TIGblogs - Edgar Dearn Makona

Our politicians always like to tell Kenyans that some years back countries such as South Korea and Malaysia were economically at par with Kenya and have since moved on.

While they fail to state the true state of Kenya’s labour resource at the time, one thing that remains true is that while the East Asian countries were able to harness the knowledge they possessed and used it to develop their countries, we in Kenya hae not done so.

Knowledge is indeed power. And This power can, however; only be exercised if society generates knowledge that is relevant to its needs.

As was ably noted, irrelevant knowledge is what led to the road constructions in rural areas that were used for drying grains and goats basking.

The thriving Jua Kali sector remains informal in Kenya even though it commands substantial wealth that can determine the growth of the country.

At this juncture in Kenya’s history, the pool of educated people is at its best compared to when we attained our independence, the large numbers of Kenyans working in foreign countries attests to this,

If this country is to achieve any meaningful development and achieve the heady growths we so admire of the East Asian economies, we will need to put the knowledge we now posses into usable condition and make it formal for recognition and use.

All the knowledge in this world will be of no use to Kenya if it is not put into use. That is what we need all our experts and intellectuals to do, time for talk is long gone, it is now time for Kenya to utilise the knowledge we have and walk the talk