Forward to my adulthood and my father has no qualms with me education-wise rather. I have major qualms with my not so honorable representative within the confines of the August house – if ever they represent my needs in any other setting since I seldom see anything surmounting to relevance from my duly elected representative. All I see is; not him either at the Constituency or in the Parliament. On the few, and I mean really few instances that I see him, he is sincerely aloof so I prefer him asleep instead.
Fast forward to Wednesday June 20, 2012. 40 million people – registered and natural Kenyans – partook in the promulgation of the supreme law in person and through various media. From the not so progressive and Brit written constitution, at the onset, our self drafted and popularly chosen supreme set of laws was not going to go down well with many a politicians easily based on my readership and comprehension of it. Understanding lawyer-language is an uphill task and I guess that is why Kenya shook…not by the movement of tectonic plates but by the actions of my and yours truly Members, honorable at that, on the evening of Wednesday, June 20, 2012.
The law seeks to uphold existing and establish pillars as benchmarks aimed at initiating and advancing development through self-oriented individuals on the platform of established institutions. Besides bleeding me dry by seating in parliament and getting paid for arguing about who is the official opposition leader – I can still not believe that was a topical issue in the full glare of the Speaker – one case in point is the issue of MPs educational anchor points.
I just found out that some can hardly read or form an English statement and now it has just dawned on them that they will set foot in parliament. No more should they not upgrade and as such, they want the clause repealed. Never mind that most of them shuttled the country campaigning for the enactment of the constitution. This is the clause that sets yardsticks for anyone who wants to acquire a new first name (Honorable) next time around slightly after March 2013.
Personally, I insist (to myself though since they never listen) that without a degree, one should not be honorable. I mean what’s in it for those with Masters and PhDs however few they are? Did they school for years on end just to be clustered with guys who even after turning into instant salaried millionaires after two or so calendar months still refuse to upgrade their softwares? I think not.
This is the proverbial seating on the fence kind of situation. Where does leadership begin / end and where does education end / begin as pertains to the individual, the community, the town, the county and the nation’s growth and development?
