Hello everybody! Thank you so much. Thank you. I want to thank our Nairobi Governor too, Mike Sonko, for all the great work that he is doing, being a governor of Nairobi City County where at least hosting all the 43 tribes of Kenya is not an easy task.
And it is so beautiful to see all the happy and positive young faces in you.
Briefly, may I share with you a significant moment in my life. Not so long ago, I was much privileged to having been one of the amongst other 21 bright and talented youths (from other different countries in the world) out the almost 300 youth in the Kectil Class of 2017, selected to attend a leadership conference in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Unlike home in Kenya, no one there abroad identified with us on the basis of tribal identity and/or ethnicity.
During the one week conference, we also exchanged a lot with other youth from other countries, from South Africa, Pakistan, Guyana, Malawi, Botswana, Nigeria, Brazil, Columbia, Ghana and USA. At the conclusion of the conference therefore, we all came to agreement that each of our respective nations have different obstacles ranging from economic to political to social problems, issues like poverty, unemployment and corruption as the common denominator. Yet as I talk to you here today, fellow Kenyans, as we all know, minus the tribal politics that has always increasingly almost plunged our motherland into a total disarray after every each five years of elections, obviously, due to certain vested selfish interest group, as young man, as your son, as your brother and as your fellow patriot, I am always impressed not by our diversities along ethnic and tribal backgrounds but by the closeness our goals, our desires, our concerns and ultimately, our hope for a better and ever united country and nation, one people. We have no other country but Kenya!
However, the leadership of this great nation is so lacking that it is time we talk about it and put serious proposals in place. Even amongst us here, we all have the national feeling of fear and frustration that will most likely in the future result in a national suicide and disaster when swept under the carpet. If not deliberated upon, our children and even grandchildren will not deal with the effects of these negative divisions but shall deal with their aftermath which shall be a crisis beyond them. It is my hope that no one amongst us here really admires to witness Kenya wallowing in the pollical mess like in South Sudan, Somalia or even Congo. Truly, we never know the value of something until it is taken away from us, in this case, political and economic stability.