I always wonder how journalists aspiring to become leaders through UDA have the guts to do so while reading the news everyday about abductions and extra judicial killings..Hawa,comedians and musicians tawe ❌
I will not steal from you.
I will not allow my family or friends to steal from you.
I will set up working systems.
Thank you so much, Houston, Texas for the vibrant discussions during the Townhall.
#UkatibaCaravan
Public participation is not a favour from government. It is a constitutional duty.
Sherry Arnstein’s 1969 ladder of citizen participation still explains why so many “consultations” in Kenya feel hollow. She ranked engagement by the real power citizens actually hold:
Non-participation
•Manipulation: forums used to sell a decision already made.
•Therapy: citizens treated as the problem, not the policy.
Tokenism
•Informing: one-way notices and websites, no reply channel.
•Consultation: hearings and surveys whose results officials may ignore.
•Placation: seats on committees while the final say stays with powerholders.
Citizen power
•Partnership: negotiated sharing of planning and decisions.
•Delegated power: citizens hold the majority authority over a programme.
•Citizen control: full management of policy and funds.
Article 10 and Article 118 of our Constitution demand more than notices and photo opportunities. If the public cannot change the outcome, it is not participation. It is ceremony.
Demand the higher rungs.
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