Ethical Globalization Institute
The setting is a remote village in Kenya's Busia County. The chief - local administrator - addresses the Baraza (local gathering) and the audiences are quite pensive of the exciting news their leader had brought from the capital city. Mr. Katongole - the chief, begins’ “it is a great pleasure to join you once more after a month of absence. The city is full of hope and people go about their business in a hurry to make ends meet but all in all Nairobi is really a beautiful city,” he pauses. I took a strategic position just behind a group of men who sat quietly listening keenly to the coveted message.
The chief continued giving a lecture on the benefits that the people of Busia will get from globalization. He said “very soon you will be able to send an email right from your house, you will speak to your daughter or son abroad using a computer and you will even be able to buy a car all the way from Japan right inside your bedroom. I tell you my people, soon things will be different here, you will listen to your president right here at home and your businesses will expand rapidly due to increased overseas markets.”
The chief continued educating us on the importance of globalization. Although the chief had a very interesting message on globalization, the context of the lecture was somewhat disturbing. An insightful review of the socio-economic situation in Busia County brings this to light. Most people of Busia County live below the poverty line with the basic amenities such as electricity, clean drinking water and access to affordable health care lacking. The county lacks basic infrastructure like roads, hospitals and they depend on manual agricultural production mainly for subsistence use.
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