Is it true that Christ died to save the world? And he died for our sins? Those are some of the religious philosophies I grow up with from my childhood. Every night before going to bed I ask God to send me angels to guide me through the night and help me wake up a different person. Until I visited Hungary I had never taken prayers seriously, maybe I have never been serious with prayers, and maybe I have very little faith. Waking up is a criminal offense, I have spent about 15 years since I left school looking for job so if a politician gives me money to kill my fellow country men I will take the money and kill because the government is doing nothing about my joblessness. If they make dead voters vote in the general elections, what can’t I do because they lead by example.
I have two sons with Caroline, (Max and Ehud) but tradition does not respect my marriage because have not taken a cow to Caroline’s parents, so it is not a marriage, am just one rude boy running away with some body’s daughter. May be there is hope if the vision 2030 and the millennium development goal is realized, though I will have to wait till 2030 for me to afford a cow to marry my so called wife or Max and Ehud will pay may dowry in the year 2030 that is if will afford their education.
Perhaps I am the only young Kenyan undergoing this dreadful experience, or am one among a million Kenyan youths with the same experience, some have even more worse experiences, yet we have to wait till 2030 for the vision to be realized. Little patients pays what about very little patient? Most of my generations are very worried about the slow growing economy, because the vision 2030 is a political tool to mobilize votes during the general elections. We were economical close or well off to economies like Singapore and Thailand but currently we are very behind from the two economies.
Promotion of youth groups as instruments of change is relatively a new concept to this country, which has lead to the formation of ministry of youth affairs a political ministry which was formed with the purpose of mobilizing youth votes during the general elections. There have always been community development initiatives such as youth groups; however the tradition in the past tended to see youth groups as mere conduits for channeling tribal wars, and political violence. No wonder therefore the impact of such efforts towards the eradication of poverty has been miserable dismal with too thin coverage and concomitant dependency; with the kind of politicians we have vision 2030 is a smoke screen. More recent empirical experiences have suggested that youth groups if started and supported with the right motive have the potential to become efficient conduits for social transformation. They create chances for the powerless sections of the community.
Maybe tomorrow I will my poverty level will increase while the reach will increase their wealth if that is the vision 2030 and millennium development goal then it is very much possible, with the current leadership that where we are headed to. Will I ever pay dowry?
