Hi good people,
I am afraid we are being too harsh to these brothers (and sisters ) of ours. In an increasingly globalised world, it matters less where one gets an opportunity to excell and make a buck or two.
Did Mucheru have an opportunity in Kenya? Yes he did, but was not adequately compensated for his effort.Rationally, he had to scout for other markets ,which wetre willing to give him better returns for his effort. It just happens that this comes with some regulations and other conditions, such as changing ones citizenship.Unfortunately for us, we lack a dual citizenship law.
Perhaps it is time, good people, that we looked at this issue of changing ones citizenship a littel bit more positively.Mucheru is still one of ourv own and if he carries our culture and heritage to his adopted home, the better for us.
Can we pose for a moment and look at all the Asians in Kenya, who have settled and acquired property and businesses in Kenya.Are they less indians just because they changed their citizenship?And does one have to stay in the country so as to look patriotic but be poor, yet opportunities exist everywhere in the world? Mucheru is every bit Kenyan, his citizenship notwithstanding!
What we must chastise, in my view, are those characters who shift base to other countries, denounce their countries by words and deeds, adopt some "funny accents and attitudes" all in the name of looking sophisticated.
I honestly believe that the law should not be unjustly punitive as to render a person stateless.Whether mucheru renounce his citizenship or not, he still remains our hardworking brother who tried to better his livelihood.
But again, i could be wrong
"Unless a boy dies young, he surely shall partake of the bearded meat" - Chinua Achebe