Whom do you reckon should be the next kenyan President?

I thinking, someone well educated and of our Generation i.e. no more Kenyatta generation presidents.

Who's for the audacious and well educated Njonjo Mue? His words and actions are an inspiration to so many and if he would be a candidate in the next general elections, I would and am sure most people would vote for him.

What do y'all think?

Karungaru,
I agree with you that the time for the Kibaki's and the Kenyattas is long gone. What we need is a whole new dispensation in Kenya. Unfortunately, we still do not know who will deliver it. Kenyan's have been betrayed many times and they cannot trust anybody. Who would have though the Wakos, Murungis and the Karuas, will one day turn agianst their comrades in the struggle?

I have nothing personal against Njonjo Mue. Infact, I do admire his sincerity, and committment to our country. That said, I think there is a huge gap between raw activism and leadership. And I am not saying that there is something wrong with activism. In fact, it a key part in democratic struggle. However, it does not always follow that good activist make better leaders. That is why Martin Shikuku's effort to lead always come a cropper. And we also saw the embarassment of Koigi Wamwere, Orengo, Mukaru Nganga, Anyona, and Mukangi juts to name a few.

Further from Home, In the United State, Ralph Nader, the consumer rights campigner is the guy who really advocated for issues that affect the common people. Unfortunately, when it comes to voting, such peopel never earn more that a couple thousand votes.

I think Njonjo Mue is doing a good job in political activism, we should not make him an Orengo whose fires seems to have simmered after suffereing the embarrasing betrayal. Unfortunately, I have no one to recommed at this time.

I agree with you Sajini, activism is nowhere near leadership, but what other choice do we have, a love for a country such as Njonjo’s all that would convince me, what greater love is there, the man is risking his life so that there might be a better tomorrow for us all, I cannot stand another lost vote, none of those people whom I know very well are going to run in the next elections are worth my vote, of course everyone’s got their own opinions.

I chose Njonjo for his actions are those of someone who truly believes in humanity and the welfare of the ordinary people, I wish I had the audacity to stand and deliver to them like he does, in fact I wish we all (Kenyans) could join in, we need revolution. I have lost hope for the country I love, as am sure many Wananchis have, there doesn’t seem to be anything we can do to change the situation, it’s hopeless.

If there doesn’t spring forth a worth leader in the next general election then I don’t know when goodness will ever embrace us.

Another betrayal on the people of Kenya morale will really die, there’ll be little if not nothing to pick up after the leadership looting is over.

Thaai.

When we say that the time for Kenyattas and Kibakis are gone, are we suggesting that there ever was a time for dictatorship and sell outs to lead kenya? There can be no future without a present and a past. We have to correctly evaluate the past in order to see exactly where we are. Only then can we move on to building for the future.
I agree with both of you on the relevance of political activism. This might be one of the single most damaging aspect of our political lanscape. Our people are not true activists. We would rather leave such kind of work to a few names as the ones we have mentioned. I believe that activism in the outward expression on political awareness. Among the Akan of Ghana and Ivory Coast, there are three stages of goodness. One can see something happening and get angry about it and do nothing. The next stage is actually doing something about it and the final stage is doing something and following on the results of what you have done. We Kenyans mostly operate on the first level. We see something wrong and we are content of simply talking about it. And that is just the small group that knows what is going on. A very large segment of our people just see what the media tells them about the country. This is the reason why politicians do their best to have as much control of the media as possible. Take the Jews in America who consitute about three to four percent but control almost fourty percent of the media.
Lastly, I don't think that a leader is going to emerge from somewhere. We have to raise them ourselves. They have to be born of a man and woman. If many of us can take this approach, then we would hopefuly realize that a good leader needs good followers to. This too would mean that each and everyone of us has a rule to play in making our country what we want it to be. But we can not talk about what we want leaders to do but we are raising our children with allien concepts and allien dialects. We have to raise the nation that we want and not wish it to be given to us.
However, if you look at the young who are coming up, it is obvious that this is not happening. Many young people want modern stuff and they want it now. This is a recipe of a chaos. Our country is relatively poor and we can not afford these kinds of appetites. But all is not lost. Our luck of mineral and oil might just be the best thing that happened to us. Those African countries that have these things have a history that few of us would wish for our country. But before we go to far in at the drawing table. We have to first do a thorough study of imperialism and how it has changed its face, least we fall for their tricks.
Like anythings else, when the conditions are right, the right kind of leaders will be raised.
THAAI