Here are a few quotes by famous Kenyans that you should know.
1. Mwai Kibaki – third president of Kenya
“Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others. It is not an opportunity to satisfy personal greed.”
“Peace is the cornerstone of our development.”
“Let us reject violence and selfishness which could destroy our country’s unity.”
“We know from our own history, and that of our neighbors, that where conflicts and disagreements are not resolved peacefully, the suffering and bloodshed that follows and the collapse of economic and social development leads to tragic consequences. ”
2. Jomo Kenyatta- first president of Kenya
“When the missionaries came to Africa, they had the Bible and we had the land. They taught us to pray with our eyes closed. When we opened them, we had the Bible in our hand, and they had the land.”
3. PLO Lumumba
“Sometimes, and those times are many, wisdom demands that we remain silent. This is such a time.”
4. Masai Ujiri
“This is my hobby. Reaching out, getting to know other people’s cultures, traveling to other people’s countries.”
5. Dedan Kimathi – freedom fighter
“I would rather die on my legs than live on my knees”
6. Wangari Maathai – Nobel Prize winner
“African women in general need to know that it’s OK for them to be the way they are – to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence.”
“All of us have a God in us, and that God is the spirit that unites all life, everything that is on this planet.”
“Until you dig a hole, you plant a tree, you water it and make it survive, you haven’t done a thing. You are just talking.”