18/10/2002
JEXJALUO ****
Let's try thinking Kenyan
En adier ni wan jo Luo and I join everyone else in being proud to be one.
But let us not be so self-centered that we fail to contribute to our country,
Kenya. We have in the past focussed so much on being luos, just like
other tribes have focussed on being themselves that we have torn Kenya into
tribal pieces and denied our country the oprtunity to develop.
Akelo nayr Kager says that we are Luos, period. An jaLuo, that is correct,
but I am also Kenyan. Let's not politicize our identity at the expense of
development. what Kenyans need to know is that we are the ones to decide
who to rule us, and who not to. If we, as individuals, feel we know what
might be right for our country, then it would just be in order to share it
with others. The country, Kenya, might be a result of a British mistake,
but I doubt if most of us experienced any other thing than being Kenyan.
Let not our ambitions come before the thought of our beloved country.
Apisi nyar Alego asked what developments we can count from our cooperation
with other tribes. Allow me to mention that most of the politicians you mentioned
went into a cooperation because of their own selfish ambitions. We
should have never expected anything from them. A number of you might have
read my article on why we should have not followed Odinga into Kanu. I am
ashamed I was right among other few people who saw that opportunists should
not be followed like we did Raila. I would encourage positive cooperation.
Let "US" who claim to know teach others, and let's hear what they also have
to say. Let's build jaluo as a unit, but also remember we are a part
of the larger model; Kenya.
I would like to encourage Kenyans to practice positive tribalism, where we
are proud of our varieties, but also appreciate that other people are different
from us. As an individual I am proud that I can elect my leader.
If we all could value well, this pride, this blessing, then maybe we could
even choose who to lead the luos, and then, ask them who we would live them
to cooperate with , and why. Not just follow them everywhere as if
they are the ones who know.
By the way asewuok e dala mar Trondheim, sani koro antiere Oslo omiyi an
kod namba mar email manyien.
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John Omollo Olala
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Akelo,Nyar Kager
jaluo@jaluo.com
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