Maisha Kazini: Work, jobs or servitude? A conversation with Mordecai Ogada (part two)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ก.ค. 2024
- Kenyans have been socialized to believe that status should come from money rather than from skill and accomplishment. So we respect people who are rich noisemakers, more than we respect modest Kenyans with skills and accomplishment. Our society also mocks skilled work. Whether we're talking about the arts, technical professions or science, Kenyans will often demean work by skilled people as either useless, or as so easy that it can be done by anybody with no skills. However, this elitism does not last, and it is a significant cause of social and psychic violence in Kenya.
Kenyans need to fight for dignifying work, not for mere jobs or service.
Always insightful listening to you two on the value and dignity of work.
I went to Nairobi School. The colonial style unleashed on me was unspeakable. It taught me how not to treat my fellow human being.
A conversation between these two eloquent and insightful individuals could be 40 minutes and I'll watch it in 1.5 hrs because I keep pausing just to think about the profoundness of what they're saying - or rewind it back because my eyes and ears have been opened WIDE and I have to hear it again! Your points linking BBI and feudalism/'blue-bloodedness" particularly are sooo eye-opening!
These are the kind of convos we as young people need to listen to.Profound,Insightful and Directional convos.
Very insightful and inspirational. Everytime I listen to Mordecai's interviews on Maisha Kazini, it just blows my mind. Keep up the good work Dr.Wandia.
"WORK is what you contribute to society as a result of a combination of your skill, you experience & education, and your desire..." POWERFUL
I'm always in awe listening to both of you and have learnt a lot than I would have in my undergrad. Thanks alot.
“That kind of person you cannot control”…why would anyone want to control aperson who is comepentent in what he came to do? And why would such a person walk into a situation where they will be controlled?
Social enrepreneurs work themselves litearaly to death, crying in the wilderness, driven by their ideas, supported by skeptical friends and relatives who quietly doubt their sanity. When the breakthrough comes, the entire herd struggles to enter and feed, but the author is already on the horizon in pursuit of the refined idea or an offshoot of it.
The work you talk about leads one to quickly understand what works and what does not and so there is no wastage of time. In a word, to judge, and you know what we are exhorted from on high not to do.
A person can walk into a situation where they can be controlled because they are enticed by the idea of power and money. Prof Magoha, a surgeon running the education docket is an example as they've mentioned
the results of being centered around the abuser.. because of their violence!! we cannot move, we cannot even value ourselves
sambady heal us :/
Wow!
Word...
Very insightful
Insightful conversation.
"Some people ask 'what do you do' to determine how much respect they can give you"
'people like that cannot be controlled...' 💥💥💥💥🔥🔥👏👏👏👏👏
Dr.Ogada Rocks!
I wonder why our farmers dont produce their own cheese , butter , jams etc all these products started from cottage industries
The system gives you a formless mass, a bag of tools and a book of rules. It enslaves you to your death.
"To a bird born in captivity, flying looks like an illness." Someone as Quoted by Dr Mordecai Ogada
An anecdote and a question.
Anecdote: Whose son are you?
I once was driving through Mombasa in a taxi. As we drove through the streets, the taxi driver turned to me and said: Look at the name of that street. The sign read Fidel Odinga. Alas! The taxi driver told me that the governor of Mombasa named that street so after the death of Fidel. Then he pointed out to me that the street is adjacent to a very important historical site related to the Slave trade.
Is there a road in this country named after Eliud Kipchoge?
Question: Moral decadence, injustice and Christianity
Why is it that Christianity is so accomodating to moral decadence and injustice? Kenya claims to be a Christian country and to be God-fearing, but its oozing with moral decadence and injustice.
Is it that there is a philosophical weakness within Christianity itself because it also was tied to colonialism and the slave trade?