WE HAVE TO MAKE A NATION From drumbeats of secession, to a presidential election boycotted by two thirds of the country’s electorate, to calls for economic of certain goods and services--- Kenyans are coming to the grim realization that, all along they have only been dealing with symptoms of the illness and not the actual disease. Our crisis today, is a crisis of political exclusion of a majority of the nation’s regions and nationalities, from the center of political power. It is a political crisis that has its genesis in the way state and political power, was structured and used in the first post-colonial governments of Jomo Kenyata and Daniel ArapMoi. The electoral system is the instrument that has been used to perpetuate this flawed arrangement—and not the problem. No amount of reactive tinkering with the country’s electoral laws and processes as currently provided for in the constitution, can cure this problem. A lasting cure can only be found in a collective
Principles of the Uhai Model 1. Nature is supreme Nature as the basis of life is supreme and all-ecompassing. All elements and beings must therefore recognize and respect it as a sacred endowment to be conserved and sustained. 2. Nature is invaluable All nature’s elements have intrinsic value, unknown or known. Therefore derivation and utilization of this value for economic, scientific, social, spiritual, aesthetic and other ethical benefits must primarily be aimed at sustaining the livelihoods of all beings on earth. These elements of nature are variously distributed in geographical space, creating a unique biological diversity and habitats whose value must equally be recognized and respected. 3. Nature is a sacred shrine In Africa, nature is a cultural and spiritual shrine as well as a museum of people’s histories. As a sacred shrine, home and a source of livelihood, nature should be treated with utmost reverence. 4. Life is sacred Every lif