Mid Morning today I read a tweeter update from Bankelele about “ Diaspora’s giving up on Kenya” . I read it, and I felt terrible about about what it means for us as a country. I posted to him a smaller & edited version a response to his blog.. It begins: In the Media, Bad News is great news. I hope you realize this aspect of reporting as you and other Kenyan’s in the Diaspora make decisions about home. It is always a crowd puller to report about 1000 people dying from post poll violence than it when 37 charter flights resume their flights to Kenya. Don't allow yourself to be a victim of Mis-directed reporting, one that doesn’t care about a continent that is still represented by a thin black child holding out his hands to relief food. The grim images on TV are true, so much so that they became a label of what Kenya is about, but that can and will change if someone stops talking and starts acting. That someone is us. Someone who has a platform to inspire Kenyans towards change,...
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