الروائى النيجيرى شينوا اشيبى 1930-2013 -لايوجد عزاء.

Quote: In the year of our Lord 2013 poverty still menaces Kenyans everyday; illiteracy is pervasive, free education or not; corruption is our second skin; embezzlement of public resources might as well be one of the articles in our Constitution; tribalism and nepotism walk down the corridors of Government offices and, I dare say, institutions of higher learning, with abandon; Crime has grown up and, it seems, the security agencies have no control over him; election malpractices have become part of our national psyche and will occupy a number of chapters when Kenya finally pens her memoirs; we have no qualm electing unqualified or persons of questionable morals as long as they belong to our clan and have deep pockets; patients in public hospitals are not sure whether or not they will be treated since doctors and nurses might down their tools any time, dialysis machines are non-existent, and pharmacies have taken on a different meaning – a place where, in public hospitals, one cannot find drugs; mothers with new-born babies are detained by hospitals because they cannot raise the whopping Sh3000 maternity fees