Introduction to my blog

I dedicate this blog to all those in Africa who are caught in the bondage of poverty, civil strife and hopelessness, whose uncertain future is more often than not, entrusted on leaders who have no vision or sympathy.

I give my blog the title, ‘not yet uhuru’, because this is the reality we are leaving in, in Africa. ‘Not Yet Uhuru’ was the title of a book written by the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga (May his soul rest in peace). He was the first vice president of independent Kenya. At that time, in the sixties, this great son of Kenya meant, independence goes beyond just having a few black men and woman ruling the rest of citizens in most cases oppressing them just as the colonialist did. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga was detained because he wanted the government of the day to respect the ideals that all Kenya’s fought for at the time. Today, not yet uhuru is manifesting itself in other forms that seem to obscure the evils of oppression, exploitation and intimidation. Without a doubt we have made progress as a continent towards basic freedoms, in the same statement, I want to say that, there are freedoms that we don’t want to have; the freedom to be poor and hungry, the freedom to be hopeless, and the freedom to be exploited and intimidated.

Our forefathers, grandfathers and fathers may have fought a different enemy but the bottom line is when the majority of our people are expected to live below the poverty line, a new war front is opened. Just as enemies have change, the way we wage war has also changed. What I am doing now was not an option in the sixties or even in the nineties, this is one way of fighting these evil forces that threaten our fabric as a people, without firing a shot. The two distinct groups at loggerheads are the wealthy and those leaving in abject poverty. I have to qualify that the wealthy in this context does not refer to those who have acquired it in an honest way. It refers to those few individuals who have looted with impunity enriching themselves and those arround them.

I sincerely invite Africans who believe that our people deserve better leaders than power hungry, visionless rulers whose mandate has waned. On this blog I will bring out real issues that need consideration if we have to move to the next level of civilization. I don’t guarantee that I will not offend but I promise to get you thinking and even acting. Thank you for reading to the end. Aluta continua!