Kenya as a country has many issues
- We don’t have a national identity. What does it mean to be Kenyan? Our people care more about their rights than they do their responsibilities. We have 44 tribes that are competing for resources, and this leads to a spirit of tribalism, envy, distrust, and discord.
- Our elections often end up in chaos and bloodshed; so every time an election approaches, we tremble.
- We often feel that only some tribes or genders or types of people get opportunities while others do not.
- Some counties feel that they have been left behind by others
- Corruption is so prevalent that it’s a wonder things are still working. The counties are yet to deliver the great promise the framers of the constitution envisioned. Elections violence, floods, drought, terrorism, ethnic clashes, crime, and so forth perennially put Kenyan lives at risk.
These are the 9 issues that the creators of the BBI Report identified about our country.
The 9 Pillars of the BBI report are:
- National ethos
- Responsibilities and rights of citizenship
- Ethnic antagonism and competition
- Divisive elections
- Inclusivity
- Shared prosperity
- Corruption 8. Devolution
- Safety and security
Think of Kenya as a sinner weighed down by sins. Think of BBI as baptism. BBI will dip the country into the waters of the River Jordan, like Namaan the leper who was told by Prophet Elisha to bathe in the Jordan 7times.
When Namaan came out of the Jordan, he was healed. St. Paul has said that we must put off the old man and put on the new man.
Like a snake, Kenya must shed its old skin and emerge fresh and young and vibrant. We must put off the old man of corruption, tribalism, election violence, lack of national identity, and so forth, and put on the new man of unique identity, of responsibility, integrity, safety and security, cohesion and integration, peaceful elections, effective devolution, shared prosperity, and inclusivity.
When you are baptized, you become a new person. Your sins fall away. You are absolved. You are clean. BBI is not a magic document. We have to put in the work. We have to implement every part of it.
But once we do so, you will watch as the country transforms from the inside out. BBI is not just about fixing our hardware as a nation. It’s also about fixing our software.
We have some computer viruses in our minds and hearts as a people, and in our systems, and BBI is the antivirus that will clean out all the bugs and dirt and malware and viruses and ensure everything runs smoothly.
BBI is a reset moment for our country. It’s a new dawn for our country. BBI is the change we have always hoped of but hardly dared dream of.
BBI is a rebirth roadmap for Kenya. It’s that reset moment we have often wished we could get. Ni Mwamko Mpya wa nchi yetu.
The BBI document has diagnosed the country’s problems and provided a blueprint on how we are going to solve them. If implemented, this country will experience a cultural, political, social, and economic revolution that will propel us forward at an unprecedented speed.
For a long time, Kenya has not known itself or what it wants for itself. BBI is Kenya’s moment of self-reflection and self-realization, the moment when this country embarks on a clear path to self-actualization.
