Lemme release my anger just a little bit. Yesterday's news on entertainers and tik tokers representing Kenya on Food security really triggered something in me. Where did we fail as a country? Here are last years interns from the Kenyan Israeli project.
A thread.
A thread.
Each year, between 100-200 Kenyan students are trained in Arava region one of the most high tech agricultural zone in the world. I was part of the project. It's like a military training only that you don't have the ammunition. It's not for the faint hearted. As per the...
..agreement, the students would in turn come to be absorbed back in the county govt and , unfortunately, time the Galana Kulalu project. The first budget for the project was 140 million USD but was scaled down to 73 million USD. Guess what was removed in the scaling down...
..the student stipend after graduating in Israel and being absorbed in Galana Kulalu and milling operations. The program has trained more than 800 students since its inception in 2017. From all diversities, which means each county can have like 20 trained students to train..
..other Kenyans. What happened? More than half or 50% are unemployed. About 25% ventured into private market and the rest fleed the country again to look for greener pastures. Reason being? A mediocre govt. What if we had utilized all the trainees?
Just imagine the cohort encompasses of water and irrigation engineers from Kewi, Jkuat, Uon and Egerton, agronomists, agricultural extensionists , agribusiness, veterinary, animal science, agri economics, agriculture in general and horticulture and management. Why doesn't this..
..this govt utilize their skills? Give them the tools and see the wonders. Israel does wonders in the desert. Drilling borehole to depths of 1.3km, desalination, water recycling and reuse. These are all skills that we have acquired. What happened to using this individuals..
..to curb food insecurity? The big question is..is the govt really willing to fight hunger or is it intentionally making the people suffer and die from hunger hence achieve their political mileage each and every five years?
I was seated a month ago with an Israeli talking about agricultural partnership. He was presenting in class and said he was shocked he went to Kenya and the panel never knew what they were doing. I instantly clicked and understood. The people there were connected. They have..
..no relevant skills. It was about soil testing in Turkana and one guy in the panel opened his mouth and ashamed the whole of the nation. Why don't we overhaul the whole system and restructure? What's the function of these CAS positions? I am damn sure and absolutely sure..
..if these brains are utilized.. we shall achieve milestones. Lemme share a few pics of what we did. In the sand. Israel are doing irrigation on freaking sand!! One of the contractors of Galana Kulalu was telling me that if Israel had only 10% of what Kenya had, they would be..
..ahead of the US by far in everything. Israelis are even astonished there are people who wanna live in their country. They asked what are you doing in such a country with harsh conditions. Anyway, something must be done. Lemme share some pictures you see.
Just look at these. This is doable in North eastern, eastern and Turkana. Why lie. I have seen it work
Dairy cattle. Though very expensive, it can be achieved.
There are so many. I am even doing a whole compilation and maybe put the video in YouTube. We have the necessary skills. But the akenya Govti frustrating us. I decided to further my education because Kenya traumatized me beyond. You are willing to work, but where? And we don't..
..want handouts. We want a chance to showcase our skills. I will concentrate this March on Food security. This is a battle I am willing to die on since I already have the platform. And to all those graduates and interns from Israel, let's push this always.
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I like Latiff..he keeps the conversation going in Spice FM
I like Latiff..he keeps the conversation going in Spice FM
And for the UoN guys, go to the careers office, Mahatma Gandhi, look for Naomi Mabera and Johnstone Kinyua. Those are the one recruiting for UoN. One of the best people. Mimi nlikua nmetolewa kwa list nkapata email nkiuza viazi uko Bungoma wamereconsider. You never know your luck
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