Thought Patterns
by Emanuel
January 17, 2008 at 15:55
filed under travel
I’ve been spending quite some time getting ready for my upcoming trip to Africa and we regrettably had to cancel the Kenyan portion of our travel due to the instable situation there since the December 27th election rigging.
The chaos that has erupted in Kenya over the past week provides some strong evidence that democracy and development go hand in hand, and that economic growth does not necessarily reinforce weak political institutions. Kenya didn’t choose development over democracy. It chose to be a democracy, hoping that economic growth would follow. Indeed, the past 5 years have seen impressive and sustained economic growth. Yet, when the Kenyans who were left out of the country’s expansion attempted to use their franchise to vote out the incumbents and vote in their champions, Kenya’s ruling elite appears to have responded by stealing the election.
I was hoping for some of this
but unfortunately Kenya is looking more like this these days
Let us wish that as the opposition protesters continue to demonstrate against the result of the elections, the international community will engage more strongly in order to broker an agreement between the two leaders, before the death toll climbs into the thousands. Check the BBC for very good detailed info on the background and latest info.
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Incroyables ces photos ! J’en rêvais tellement aussi. Ce n’est que partie remise.