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It is hard to understand why we can't feed ourselves
Publication Date: 1/10/2006
A good American friend asked me about the people dying of starvation in Kenya. He meant well but he failed to understand how a community could allow itself to be caught unawares, almost every year, by drought.
At first, I was embarrassed; it was hard to explain our inability as a nation to feed ourselves. I became defensive. After all, who was he to point out the problems facing my country? Obviously, I was in denial. In the end, I did not answer his question.
As insensitive as this will sound, any starving adult who is able-bodied and is of sound mind bears a chunk of responsibility for this problem. I do recognise that life, especially in Kenya, is tough, but still there is no excuse for accepting and embracing defeat.
If I starved last year, I would not just sit idle and wait to starve this year. I would not put my life at the mercy of nature or the Government. Every human being is solely responsible for his or her own well-being.
It seems that it is always the same places that are hit the hardest by famine, and therefore, all these people who inhabit these places are duty-bound to make drastic changes in their lifestyles.
Personally, I would seek a way to move to another location not characterised by severe food shortages. If I were a father or a mother, I would not allow limiting traditions or archaic social values concerning ancestral land to sentence my children to starvation and death.
Why on earth would someone choose to permanently live in such an area, especially knowing the high likelihood of drought and famine?
Also, it is folly for these people to expect that the Government will come through when needed most. Our Government has a long history of failure, so it is pure insanity for anyone to put their lives in the hands of such a government.
For a country that has been independent for more than 40 years, it is a shame that we have to depend largely on rain to determine our welfare as a nation.
A great deal of resources, both from within and from without, have been wasted on Kenya. I realise the importance of a new Constitution, but consider all the efforts and money spent on it. Imagine if that same effort and resources were spent on making Kenya a nation self-sufficient in water.
After all, we are a nation abundant with water resources, yet we are incapable of taming nature to our advantage.
Our leaders have refused to invest in the necessary technology to free the nation from water shortage. Take Israel or Egypt, both nations of the desert with limited natural water resources, yet these nations have used the little water they have to become self-reliant on food.
No one can convince me that Kenya could not achieve the same success if the right plan was in place.
Nairobi, one of the major cities in Africa, is often marked by periods of severe water shortages, and we expect foreign investors to bring their hard-earned money and use it to build factories in Kenya when we cannot even guarantee them a steady supply of water.
Why can't the novices who constitute Kibaki's Government surprise us by coming up with a new idea that will actually affect us directly?
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