#Kenya pt 1

We all know that one person,who is gifted,fantastic at something but they don't see it.And regardless of what we say,their negative perception of self always trumps  any affirmations we make.

I feel we Kenyans are like that.We have outsiders telling us we have a beautiful,safe country,that we are one of the world's  best investment destinations,that Nairobi is one of Africa's best cities and yet we are busy trending 2years of helplessness and Kidero drums.

Over the years,Western media has been accused of negative publicity about Africa,of which Kenya is no exception.And we Kenyans, have decided to build on that  platform.The Garissa Attack photos,the stripping women videos,,the traffic terrorist attack warnings spread like bushfire.We eagerly retweet ,share and forward these images and messages.

I read yesterday of the impending collapse of the tourism industry.We mostly blame the  government and yet I wonder if we also didn't play a significant role.Our newly found freedom of expression has us portraying our land as unsafe,unstable,riddled with incompetent,corrupt  public officials and traffic jams.It's no  wonder no-one wants to come and visit.
I'm not suggesting we sugar-coat the myriad of challenges this country is facing but we need to remember as we were told in 2013,choices have consequences.
And our choice to say 5 negative things to 1 positive thing about Kenya is contributing to the thousands of job losses in the tourism industry.

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