Notas del episodio
1963 Was Not Freedom. It Was a Baton Pass.
In 1963, Kenya was handed its “freedom,” but what did it really mean? The currency changed, but the theft remained. Colonial administrators made way for local cronies, and British companies were replaced by Kenyan elites. Yet, despite the political shift, the majority of Kenyans are still waiting for the promises of independence to come true.
The Reality on the Ground
While the political elites drive past open sewers in tinted Prados, the people in Turkana are still walking on roads that look more like footpaths. Hospitals in rural Kenya still refer patients to prayer, while nurses are striking for months, and teachers are still buying chalk with their meager salaries. In Nairobi, MPs earn in two months what a clinical officer earns in two years.