In the past 20 years, we have lost police officers, soldiers, teachers, masons and, most traumatically, the Garissa University students who were hunted down like animals by al Shabaab terrorists in 2015 and 148 people were massacred.
It is with the foregoing that our top leaders must understand the sentiments of the rest of the country in relation to relaxing the vetting process for citizens keen to acquire an identification card.
There is a dearth of trust on account of the history of the region from the time of Independence.
Past governments imposed a stringent vetting process for the sake of national security and to ensure illegal foreigners do not take refuge in this country.
The Kenya Kwanza administration must first explain why the strict approval procedures are no longer necessary.
The decision to cut down the bureaucracy so young men and women can feel Kenyan should be enjoyed by other Kenyans living in border communities because they too suffer the extra scrutiny because of the danger of giving foreigners citizenship.
The vetting order must be approached with caution and lifted only after more effective alternatives have been established.
HISTORICAL QUOTE
“I would rather be a little nobody, then
to be a evil somebody.”
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
The 16th US President was born on February 12, 1809.