Fast Forward 2008: FIVE PILLARS OF THE KENYAN YOUTH AGENDA AND VISION , Cyprian Orina Nyamwamu

07/03/2007

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Fast Forward 2008: FIVE PILLARS OF THE KENYAN YOUTH AGENDA AND VISION

July 2, 2007

Kibaki tosha, Raila tosha is all rubbish.

In 2001, the young people of Kenya published their Manifesto: recreating the Republic, ambitions of a generation; this seems to have gone missing from all discussions.

Further to Werugia Githaiga’s Pro-Kibaki campaign and Mr. Odhiambo Oketch’s Pro-Raila campaign on our list serve; and further to the excellent Proposals made by George Dips and those calling on us to remain faithful to the youth Agenda and vision; I have taken the liberty to reproduce an excerpt on the five Pillars of the Kenyan Youth Vision; you will realize that neither Raila nor Kibaki are part of the pillars of the mission of recreating our republic. That is what is required not some of the more preposterous and facile ideas being flaunted on this list serve.

i. Leadership: leadership is the most important pillar of recreating the republic.

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’s institution of leadership today is characterized by mediocrity, lack of vision, impunity and corruption. This leadership is largely accessed through inheritance, violence, corruption and on the basis of tribalism. The leadership (not merely leaders) that

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wants today is Ethical, accountable and transformative leadership at all levels which is founded on sound principles, standards, values and expectations.

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requires a new leadership that is visionary, based on knowledge and research and that is faithful to the true interests of our republic.

ii. Culture: culture is a paramount pillar of the project of recreating the republic. We have witnessed a culture in

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dating back to the pre-independence period a culture of treachery, betrayal, and exclusion; a culture that rewards the bad elements ad those who do not work and punishes those who do well and those who work. It is a culture of injustice. The youth have suffered most through out history on modern

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. We want to define a new value and cultural framework that supports the vision of a new republic. This requires that we must engage in Resolving our identity dilemma as a republic and define what the acceptable, celebrated and popular Kenyan culture is. We want to define a new Kenyanness.

iii. Politics and governance: our politics are politics of personalities rather than issues since political institutions such as political parties have been blocked from evolving and becoming institutions of political participation and good governance; they are politics of exclusion- exclusion of the young people, women, people with disabilities and minorities and sections of the country that did not vote for the sitting president; they are politics of betrayal of national interest and for serving the narrow elite interests of those in power! The youth have suffered under this political order. The youth have become the fodder for this political order not the foremost drivers of the national agenda and governance. No sector is served best under this political order. This political system and order if not transformed urgently,

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will diminish, not emerge stronger in this new millennium. The environment will collapse, dependency and inequality will increase, poverty and unemployment will increase and the independence of our country will be jeopardized.

We want a new political order that is designed to guarantee and serve Equity. Our politics must feature institutions, actors, factors and influences that support the vision of the new republic and society we want. We want the management of the economic resources, power, opportunity, deference and all interests and endowments of the republic to be done in a way that equity is guaranteed.

iv. Economic management: the economy is so important a pillar to the success of the vision of the new republic the young people of this generation want to create. The Kenyan economy remains small and weak to offer 33 Million Kenyans the opportunity to meet their needs and a decent living standard; it is dependent on foreign forces, underdeveloped and inefficient. It is neither a just nor fair economy with limited training and skills development, limited research, inaccessible capital resources to the majority, dismal wages and an unfair tax system. We want a strong, innovative and efficient economy.

An economy based on innovative and efficient production and efficient distribution shall benefit the young people- the majority and most productive members of our society most. This will mainstream the fundamentals of innovative production that serves the innovation that is a characteristically best identified with young people - the innovator of our country but also ensure efficient distribution of the production of our society. This is the secret to innovation, creativity and opportunity and therefore a strong and dynamic economy.

v. Social institutions: we want Responsive social institutions: we want a reliable health care system, a transformational and empowering education not just for employment but for powering the thinking and informing the creation of new better society; we want a dynamic and strong labour, and a dynamic and dependable social security system. We want a media, families and religious organizations that are responsive and not obstructionist, to the aspirations, dreams and goals of our republic.

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Cyprian Orina Nyamwamu

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