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We’ve failed to weed out ignorance

Boda boda operators

Walk down the street, or in any village, and ask any Kenyan what the country’s national interests are and you will get a blank stare.

Photo credit: Diana Ngila | Nation Media Group

By  Makau Mutua

Columnist

What you need to know:

  • No politician should say we have a shortage of either wapumbavu or wajinga. We have plenty of both.
  • Shall we break the curse of the wapumbavu and wajinga, or are we destined to be a banana republic?

A prominent politician likes to remind Kenyans that the country “has a shortage of fools”.

By this witticism, he means that Kenya has only a smattering of fools. As one who shares my nativity with Kenya, I will be forgiven if I differ.

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