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09-Feb-08 - What failed state?

Let me write my first blog here on something that's not music related but one that has affected me a lot. Leading western news organizations have filled the Airwaves with i think a not too positive image of whats happening in my country. i think the whole picture is not being shown on CNN or BBC and though that's unfair it's to be expected and there's really nothing we can do about that for the moment.
What really gets to me though, is the way almost everyone has pretty much written Kenya off. We have been thrown in the 'failed states' bin! "a country that was an island of peace in a troubled region' 1.. 2.. 3.. your out! Even people in Zimbabwe, consider us a failed state.
What has been happening here in the past one month is tragic. Lives and livelihood lost is nothing to be made light of. But in Swahili we say, stumbling does not equate falling. And it is true, we have stumbled. But not fallen or failed. And we need help to get back to our stride again, which is why Koffi Annan, Graca Machel and Benjamin Mukapa are here. And we are getting back to our stride.
For what wasn't on CNN was the chorus of peace from all. Neighbors from different tribes helping those who had their homes burnt down rebuild. Yes we do have problems and inequalities and flaws in our institutions. But we can and will fix them. Kenya never goes down!!