I know it may sound a bit awkward but it does as well
provide room to critique and synthesize our problems from a financial perspective in
dealing with a social and cultural problem whose genesis lies in unfair
distribution of resources compounded by plutocracy, to the externalities of the 1884 Berlin
conference where German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck
convened a rendez vous of imperial
capitalists to divide Africa and the subsequent lack of belief in established
institutions of governance by the native leaders.
Me thinks that
the tribalism is not the problem in this country but rather a tool or platform used by tribal
powerbrokers to a mass wealth at the expense of their ethnic identity , the
common Luo,Kikuyu,Luhya, Kamba and the rest of the other ethnic formations in
the slum areas and other parts of the country co-exist peacefully but come the ballot period
its ones surname that matters but not what his or her candidate stands for . Once the powerbrokers
get into power they appoint a few ethnic
henchmen usually business associates so as to exploit the goodwill of their
blinded supporters.
Many at times
have blamed the Kikuyus for being tribal
but what they fail to realize is that even under President Moi, he had his
own Kalenjin brothers and the same would
replicate to the various ministries, parastatal appointments. What we ought to
realize is that criminal gangs such as Mungiki
arose as a result of historical injustices and further hardened by being misused
by politicians who gave false promises, In Luo Nyanza we have seen the occasional clashes between the Chinese and
American gangs in Kisumu fighting for the control of the city at the coast we had the Movements such the Mombasa
Republican with claims of
marginalization, Al shabaab a branch of
Al Qaeda seems to have sympathisers in the formerly Northern Frontier district, The Taliban group
in Nairobi’s Eastland Area, to the Gusii led sungusungu, chinkororo etc., all
the groups have one thing in common they are trying to fill a vacuum which the government has overlooked , that of
suppression which in turn they find solace in religion fanaticism, criminality due to
abandonment by those charged with running the institutions of governance.
Having said that ,
As nation we need to critically address this issue ideologically rather our usual
short term impulse approach to issues , though gains are being made by the
current constitution through devolution of resources to county governments, the
limit set on the ethnic composition of
public sector employees in various state agencies,the equalization fund under
the current constitution are just but just a few measures put in place to
curb unfair employment practices and unequal distribution of resources .
However the continuous emergence of the private sector which offers higher incomes should be wrapped in
the process . There is need for the government to introduce tax breaks for home
grown companies and provide tax
incentives for Kenyan companies
retaining jobs locally, having said that it should be made mandatory for companies
to file audited employee reports tallied against Paye As You Earn at the end of
the year , this report would assist in
formulating and imposing Tax penalties for companies that are
ethnically imbalanced , however for this to be achieved a formula for
determining the percentage of unfair employment practices has to be worked out and legislated , however
in my opinion this kind of premium penalties will kind of address unfair
employment practices in our private sector
that is mainly run by the same power brokers , for public sector we need to
have a capping on the procurement of tenders and contracts based on number of
tenders issued and the ethnic composition of the stakeholders for the tenders
awarded during a particular fiscal year and the magnitude of the tender at hand
as Saint Thomas Aquinas once said
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