In 20 years there has not been a single successful corruption case tried in
Kenya, with a conviction. The so called '4th Estate' is itself soaked in
corruption, stories and features are done on the basis of bribes and dishing
out of favours. Truth be told we have no help in the current set of
institutions and unless we look at new means and tools we'll be discussing
corruption and depleted resources, with no excuse why we did nothing.
Hilary Clinton did make a very interesting remark, young people (the real
stakeholders of the future) must use tools like twitter to report, and
highlight corruption in real-time. Whereas am not big in tweets, can we
harness 'ushahidi-like' tools to deal with graft? Initially it has to be
name and shame but in the longterm it'll have to be actionable.
I will not claim to have the solution but can we mash-up ideas and see what
we can do about it. I am so tired of talk-shows and I have participated in
them and tele is full of them. Can we DO something tangible?
What say you?
Kiania
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[Asentric Consulting Ltd]
If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter
what his birth ....
-Richest Man in Babylon
