Opinion
It is the height of folly to think along tribal lines
Posted Saturday, November 14 2009 at 19:23
Like the Serpent, you must supply the fruit of knowledge of good and bad right at the time of creation. If you do not begin imparting ethical awareness from the very cradle, it will be difficult to impart it effectively at a later date.
That is why — if we want a better generation of political and other leaders — parents must stop feeding their children with woeful tales about other tribes and races and the theory of leadership must be taught at all levels.
ochiengotani@gmail.com
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You are spot on Mr Ochieng. But I dare ask...does teaching an Africa western education make him/her more real or more fake. What exactly do we learn in school? I think we need to go back to the roots. In fact the older generations though warlike..were more fare to other tribes than we are today. At least they could agree to stop war. Today we have to import someone to separate us. Let us get real in our lives
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it is true that we have to teach our children against tribalisim. l am over thirty years old and l can say that i have no tribalism in me but unfortunetly that is not what l can say of my father who is 70 years old. For instance my father is not happy with me because l have a kikuyu girlfriend while l am luhya. He does not comprehend why l cannot find a nice luhya lady! so let us teach our children that we are all kenyans and tribes are only ethenic and cultural differences.
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i can bet you, it cant work, the problem is me and you---the way we see things. naturally reading your articles annoys especially bearing in mind that whenever the same is said by other side of political divide you talk less. tribal issue in natural in kenya, am made to believe!!!!
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