The Post colonial african countries have been a disaster to their populations politically, socially and economically. We are neither achieving Development nor democracy despite huge spending on both.
Look at East Africa, Kenyan debt plus choking levels of official corruption has strangled Development agenda. Political witch-hunt seems to be the loyalty and patriotism Creed.
Tanzania has literally bombed democracy, imagine in 21st century opposition members are seeking assylum, in a parliament of 264 members only two are from opposition party the rest were rigged out by sheer Force turning Tanzania into ONE PARTY STATE officially.
Uganda regime has been the first in the world to have ushered one of her citizen to join WORLD Guinness Book of Record as the MOST ARRESTED PERSON in the globe that is Dr. Kizza Bessigye. Presidential candidate Bobi Wine sleep’s More in Police cells than his matrimonial bed for Trumped up charges.
South Sudan has not yet realized why dictionary has terms like democracy and Development because they live in the world of Guerrilla Wars and forests. Somalia exist in the world of Utopia, realities doesn’t have any cogent meaning.
Our immediate neighbors in the horn of Africa, Ethiopia Military is engaged in combat in one of it’s county or State of Tigray. Massive casualties have been reported.
Further end Eritrean President last week said the country will conduct a presidential election in 2060. The country has never conducted such since her independence in 1993.
The list of good examples is glowing and growing thinner/scarce as ventilators in Kenyan hospitals while bad examples are as pervasive/momentous and myriads as corrupt Governors in our 47 counties.
Sabastian Njagi Mwangangi- Tharaka
