Kenyans Inherited A Colony Intact As It Was And That Is Why Our Leaders Continue To Behave Like Colonial Masters

When Americans declared their Independence from the Queen, they sat down, took their time and created a system of governance that was best suited to their divergent interest; a federal system of governance was born; the first of its kind in the universe, the rest is history:

Kenya's situation was different; they never declared their Independence nor won it; they were given their Independence after a UN Security Council Resolution against colonialism; they were given their Independence and in that package was a Constitution from Lancaster; the same Constitution the colonialist used in developing economic and social systems created purposely for suppression, brutality, plunder, and most notably, divide and rule:

With the colonial structures intact, Kenyatta simple took over from the white man as the new black colonialist; him and his kinsmen took over everything that was owned and controlled by the white man and became the new colonialist at the helm; the only difference is that he and his kinsmen became worse colonialists:

What Kenyatta presided over during his regime was not tribalism but colonialism; he essentially colonized all the other ethnic communities; when Moi accidentally took over he never bothered to destroy this colonial structure he claimed he hated instead, he perfected it; however, belonging to a group that was championing for a decentralized system of governance just before Independence, it was surprising that Moi now saw no need for change; most likely it was because he was no longer at the receiving end; very typical of an African mindset in leadership:

Kenyans got a perfect chance to destroy the colonial system of governance in 2010 but instead came up with a mongrel of a Constitution; they came up with a system that is still essentially centralized; very little was achieved by the 2010 review process; the reason being that the colonialist communities were allowed to hijack the process:

It will take another overhaul of the Constitution for this part of the world to realize real democratic governance; and genuine positive overhaul shall be achieved only if the colonialist are excluded from participation in the next process of constitutional review:

For now, all other ethnic communities shall have to continue to bear the burden of being colonized.