tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post6274986692033501875..comments2024-03-22T15:48:22.502+03:00Comments on The Mikocheni Report: The Weekly Sneak: A Little ProvocationElsie Eyakuze-http://www.blogger.com/profile/13101928879201073169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-37519778871805040172012-10-02T11:29:59.533+03:002012-10-02T11:29:59.533+03:00Heh. the nieces are cute... but that's besides...Heh. the nieces are cute... but that's besides the point. used to come across rural kids all the time back in my NGO days. I though they had more than enough potential and dynamism that was going to waste precisely because they had no formal power to exercise. Morphing them into voters might upset the social mango cart and give them some power even over the schooling system. Of course, on Elsie Eyakuze-https://www.blogger.com/profile/13101928879201073169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-362496200322452192012-10-01T16:20:37.438+03:002012-10-01T16:20:37.438+03:00Not wanting to rain on a rather good parade here, ...Not wanting to rain on a rather good parade here, but wouldn't that make rural teachers even more powerful political operators than they are now? I mean fine to make well-educated nieces of sassy bloggers into voters: I can just see powerful pols squirming in their seats when asked very directly by a cute young girl exactly why the govt signed a contract with Richmond DC, and exactly why Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-83720895980424458812012-09-27T13:59:59.032+03:002012-09-27T13:59:59.032+03:00Which is good enough reason to keep kids off the p...Which is good enough reason to keep kids off the polls, lest we have to respect their views and their decisions. Sigh. Elsie Eyakuze-https://www.blogger.com/profile/13101928879201073169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1713787600759594848.post-15424408936774474622012-09-23T19:30:27.543+03:002012-09-23T19:30:27.543+03:00It is true Elsie, that the most vulnerable groups ...It is true Elsie, that the most vulnerable groups are the ones that do not have a say in who gets elected. I see it all too often here in Kenya. We are just coming out of a crisis in which teachers are on strike because of poor pay, while the political elite are enjoying preposterous levels of remuneration. And no one cares. If the voting age were lowered in our country, none of these guys CK's Micro Storieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09267196642885654198noreply@blogger.com