The country "Kenya" is no longer attractive...

[kamalet]

Who gave the civil society the mandate to represent the voice of Kenyans? They are unelected and can only loudmouths shouting what they beleive which may not necessarily align with what I want as a kenyan.

As you much prefer to dig up quotes from others and rarely give us your in(fore?)sight, I did pose a question to our resident ICC expert who weeps daily for the victims on the small matter of the self confessed mungiki murderers of Naivasha (you know what they did dont you?)getting immunity from prosecution whilst at the same time the same lot thinks it is promoting impunity to give the sitting heads of state immunity? Is there a chance you could see the difference?

[foresight]

Kamalet... who gave the civil society the mandate to represent Kenya?? Really!

Let me softly point out that democracy is about questioning and opposing views, which does not always sit well with the instincts of liberation politics and leaders.

So a  strong democracy will be characterized, among other things, by the strength of its civil society. That is the case in most established democracies in the Western world, and had been the emerging case in Kenya prior to Jubilee coming to power.

Please don't ignore what can happen when ordinary citizens organize themselves against autocratic rulers and governments. Look at the Arab world. 

The Jubilee coalition will find it harder to rule when they poke their fingers in the eyes of the civil society. A strong and resilient civil society was highly instrumental in the fall of apartheid in South Africa. 

In Kenya the Civil society will only be silent when the  not so democratic government of Kenya will fulfil or seen to fulfill the needs her citizens. Without this civil society the Jubilee led government will increasingly see itself as the sole voice of “the people” disregarding the voices coming from a relatively weak opposition and Kenyans.

Fortunately there is this strong signs of a re-emerging Kenyan civil society. and the best example of this is the array of civil society forces actively opposing Jubilee government’s plan to avoid accountability at the hague.

Our democratic inclined previous goverment made sure that a vibrant civil society was indispensable.... When they are on your side, you will love them and when they are against you,  you will hate them.

[foresight]

The other part that I like dig up quotes etc.

Kamalet .. I will give you free advice... people who are most productive make sure they have time for the few things that give them the highest payoff. I for example choose to routinely delegate or outsource my lower-value activities, by this I mean, finding and applying knowledge from other sources that will/can spare me tremendous amounts of money and labor. 

So what I do is follow "leads" especially of successful people, I also have a large library, so I  scan books, magazines, CDs/DVDs , articles, and I attend conferences for ideas and insights, this allows me to achieve my goals faster.

A true story is told of a very shrewd rich man named Zaccheaus, he wanted to set his eyes on a very important personality who was visiting his home town. The problem was,  Zaccheaus was a dwarf ( height challenged) and his reputation was such that people hated him. 

To achieve his goal or quest he had to overcome two obstacles, one, the pressing crowds would obstruct his view and and two, his tainted reputation meant that a real possibility of being ridiculed or hurt in mob frenzy existed. As it was, he was thoroughly disadvantaged.

 Zaccheaus may have been "height challenged" but he was far from being "brain damaged"... so he thought quickly.  He ran and climbed on top of a tree and with that ONE MOVE, he was suddenly the tallest person.  The playing field was more than leveled!  The disadvantage nullified!

Believe it or not, not only was his goal met, it superseded his expectation by far and and to the chagrin of the crowd.  

From that vantage point, he caught the attention of the important personality and Zaccheaus ended up hosting him in his house.

Such is the power of LEVERAGING... wisdom Kamalet is better than might and it is profitable for direction!

There are areas where the opinion of others speak for me, others say it better than me. So I quote them to save me time and also appreciate their wisdom, knowledge, time and input. I do not need to reinvent the wheel. Thats why I read everyones post.

Again I have other areas/places of interest not (politics) where I express my very valuable views, there I write much catering to a different audience, If you want to I can send you the link, not only will you be amazed, you will be empowered.

Jukwaa thoroughly satisfies my political curiosity and political leanings . The contributors are smart, witty, humorous, opinionated, rigid, combative, vulgar, but all within content and context and I love it... And again I love the order. Please do not be upset when I quote from your wise input here.