Last week’s column argued that Kenya cannot catch up with South Korea because the foundations of the state and nationhood are fundamentally flawed. It further argued that each successive regime since 1963 has only effected cosmetic changes to the edifice, leaving the foundations intact.
In support, I gave examples of spectacular state failure. Underpinning these failures are values that replaced nationalist ideals during the discursive ferment of the immediate post-independence period.
