November paves its way into this country in a new way. Just like any other month it can't be ignored, ask those who ply Jogoo and Mombasa roads in Nairobi. Then came the rains which brought along the reign of poor leadership of the country.
The second week of the month now was the best week ever, it started of well with a cabinet Secretary going to the ETHICS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION and also several forums have been held around the country especially within the capital which is believed to hold most elites and middle class inhabitants as compared to the other parts of the country.
To start off the week was the EABL Foundation that marked its 10 years anniversary with the promotion and awareness of one of its for fundamental pillars, Skills for life which was held at Strathmore University in Nairobi. A lot was discussed and some few insights provided. First was that there needs to be a linkage and strong partnership between the public and private sectors. The young Kenyans who hold the leadership of this country at heart were also advised that they do not need a quorum to prove leadership skills and demand accountability. The cool auditorium was filled with some nice sentiments of strong and responsible leadership and what needs to be adopted to achieve a stable leadership both internally, regionally and internationally. For more on the pillars of EABL Foundation log on to their website https://www.eablfoundation.com/focus-areas
Then there came the weekly Ibua Africa twitter chat and this week they also chose to go the leadership way by hosting Joe Gachira, the co-founder of Inuka Leadership an organization that focuses on establishing and mentoring young people around the country. The twitter chat was educative all through the earlier day of the week and reached its peak on Wednesday. Joe is a determined gentleman and this is candid in the first few minutes you meet him, he is so spot and organized and conscious of his environment. I happened to join him for the chat and can guarantee you a minute spent around him is among so inspirational and can always goes to history books. He believes in strong leadership qualities and among his top; integrity, accountability and determination. For more on leadership and if you are tired of complaining about poor leadership and governance log on to the Inuka Leadership website and register so as to rejuvenate the direction and focus of our leadership http://inukaleadership.org/
This country has good and exemplary leaders both young, and old and they should be the ones to spearhead the way the country should be governed and if done in the correct manner then we will be good to go. Institutions like Ibua Africa take the initiative of identifying young Kenyans across the country who are doing exemplary things and transforming lives and leadership of this country. Some of the youths hosted before are Kelvin Macharia of Sunrise Tracking, Anne Wawira of Food4Education, the amazing and outshining Bidanya Barasa of Top Image and Liz Marami from the Kenyan Marine just to mention a few but of course they also go further to look for change and am talking of as far as Turkana County, to bring you the one and only Ekai Nabenyo of Article 48 . To get more of the exemplary young people and what Ibua Africa does log on to their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Ibua-Africa-719491048090866/
We all want good leadership for this country but do we focus in taking part in the formation of the leadership? We are more absorbed into taking sides that we often think demanding accountability is by blaming the other side for their mistakes. That should not be the case. Servant leadership is the best type of leadership the world over and is not new as it existed even in the Bible. Leadership starts with us. Your child cries, then you buy him or her a sweet to comfort them and make them stop crying, then that's how they learn CORRUPTION because they grow knowing for something to happen , favors must be provided. We need to know the qualities of leadership that we should standby before criticizing the leadership we have because if we are all absorbed in noise and sycophancy then we won't have time to get keen details on what is expected. Integrity is the first and this should be taught to our children right from the elementary level of education all the way to institutions of higher learning. Second to it is accountability, are we ourselves responsible of our actions, do you follow simple rules, do you observe street lights as a pedestrian on a Sunday night when nobody is watching? When follow these simple rules then we will know the, magnitude of the leaders committing huge mistakes and we will then demand accountability and not politicize issues that are noble to our welfare and the survival of this country. there are still other qualities that count like transparency, knowing how to work within target lines and also humility.
The November leadership was summed up on a Thursday by several forums talking of corruption and the stake of the country's leadership both in the government, non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations. The Institute of Security Studies held a panel discussion on the current state of corruption and constitution implementation process as per now and what came out was that the only thing that has been devolved is CORRUPTION. There was an agreement that devolution is the best system for this country, and what happened has been an eye opener and come next election Kenyan will know what to demand and expect from their leaders at the different levels of the decentralized government. Also on the same day the Nairobi Peace Talks were held at the United Nations Offices In Nairobi and a lot discussed with youths giving their opinions on how this country should be run.
This is thus a call to action for us at individual level to first of all practice leadership, enforce leadership, teach leadership to our young ones then finish by demanding strong and accountable leadership from the government. Have a lovely Friday and this time it is not a normal Friday but it is FRIDAY THE 13TH
