The truth is this bwana mdogo,
about Kenya.
1. There are very few individuals live more than a first world countries. This group comprises whites, some politicians, some business people.
2. There is also a group of few individuals, but many compared to the first group, who live in the middle income economy. Majority are kikuyus, Luo, kamba. Generally GEMA group.
3. The last group is the worst group of all if you stage it at regional arena. They are multitudes, but definitely they possess nothing. They are squeezed and squatting in a very limited size of piece of land. This group comprises any ethnic group outside GEMA. The so called Pokot and Turkana dwellers are the typical example. This group of people is the one which exerts thrust on class struggle. They think their suffering and poverty is because of the GEMA people. This is why in every election, they try to air their grievances through violence. They think it's a time to end and break the vicious cycle of economic inequality, but their efforts end in vain.
In most cases, the people who belong in third group are normally not considered as Kenyans. Many statistics about the country development do not take into account the people outside Nairobi, although are big in number. For instance the stats about the ratio of teacher to pupils, doctor to patients, book to pupils etc are coming from Nairobi. Outside Nairobi is regarded as not Kenya.
This is why some Kenyans dare to compare their country with some (well) progressed Afrikan countries like RSA, Botswana, Namibia, somewhat Angola. I don't mention Nigeria, because that is like Kenya as it has imaginable livelihoods disparities. In the same country others are extremely rich while others are deep on earth.
You guys, think Nairobi is everything, this is why you invested a lot in many sectors, which is good. However, outside Nairobi is in horrible condition. Please learn to balance the distribution of the national's cake.
I remain.
Eli.
GEMA stands for Gikuyu, Embu, Meru and Akamba..... Luos and Kalenjin are also considered majority groups...
You do realise that Nairobi is a city of only 4 million people right, and Kenya is a country of almost 50m people! The whites and the Indians have been here since the 70s when our GDP was like $16B, we have added like 7,000 new $$ millionnairs in the last 10 years alone....
And when you say the groups outside GEMA are squeezed in a very limited piece of land, you do realise that the GEMA comunities + Luo + Kalenjin + Mijikenda actually reside in 30% of Kenyas Land mass????? They are the ones who are actually sqeezed, thats why you'll find slums....
Now if you look at Kenyaspopulation density (People per square km)
Having seen the population density, look again at this map of the Ethinic demographics, Notice that Grey area that cuts across the country thats made of very smalll tribes they just named it "Others".. Thats where you find Oromos and Rendile, that area alon if like 30% of Kenya and virtually no one lives there its 0.02 people per square kilometer!
SO as you can see, 70% of the population is actually sqeezed within 30% of the Land mass, the minority ethnic groups like Turkana, Oromo, Borana, Somali, Samburu are very few in number but they occupy the largest land mass... And the system of land ownership there is "Community Land Ownership" that means majority of that land there is not owned by individuals, the whole community ownes the land, Thats why Turkana herdsmen are still able to graze their cows within the Turkana Wind Firm grounds because the company had to ask permision from the community to use that land to set up those wind turbines, but the Land still belongs to the community...
And after years of neglect in the north, this is the reason why we came up with the LAPSSET project, to wake up this nothern part of Kenya... Once we can learn how to thrive in that desert part of Kenya, Kenya will never be the same, Isiolo town is bound to the the logistical hub of the future..
If you look at the $30B LAPSSET project, It specifically targets these areas that cover 70% of the land mass