Nairobi, July 23 -- In my last column I wrote about John Ngumi's quest for a vision of Kenya, one that will help us emerge from our national malaise and offer a national goal and purpose that can excite and focus us.
Mr Ngumi worried that we live in a time of great cynicism and scepticism, with disbelief in the goodness, wisdom or purpose of anything government says or does, and a belief that those who lead us are uniformly selfish, greedy and immoral. This, he worried, has led us to having low expectations about our future, thanks to diminished national self-belief and self-confidence.
Despite these challenges, Mr Ngumi saw much to feel good about - in ICT, manufacturing, infrastructure development and elsewhere - providing an excellent ...