KIAMBU COUNTY; NOW I KNOW

The yapping and yelling about the imbalance in regional development is guided by ignorance and cheap talk; now i know. Personally i come from the large and extensive county of Bungoma which is endowed with resources that can be tapped to realise a self sufficient society. But the question still begging is whether the problem of regional imbalance in terms of development will be solved by the advent of devolution.
Recently, i was previledged to tour the heart of Kiambu county in the company of friends and family. to be specific i went to the town of Githunguri. My journey was from Nakuru ending in the interiors of Githunguri villages. I was suprised to discover that the roads from uplands all the way to githunguri township was a dilapidated road that was worse than people outside central kenya could ever imagine. However, theres this misconception in other regions that all roads in central kenya are tarmacked and well mantained, that is a lie for sure.
but what i realised about this community is the level of organisation, the unity and diligence of the people. Not that they have good roads, nor do they have large tracts of land, but still they are a rich society. Unlike my Bungoma people who have large tracts of land, this community that is densely populated with small pieces of land put it to its maxmum use. in every junction, you will get a milk collection centre with farmiliar brand names such as Fresha, Limuru and Brookside. after every five to six kilometer is a tea factory or even coffee factories.
Githunguri town is bustling with many activities with large and established banking halls and other conglomerates which have set foot here. this community is primarily small scale farmers who have gone against all odds to establish a vibrant business community. i beg to differ with the clinches in the air that central kenya is more developed than other regions in terms of infrastructure. The fact remains, in terms of infrastructure, we are all the same.
So you ask, where is the difference then? the difference is organisation. Unlike other communities, these people are organized. Dairy farmers have formed unions and saccos and put up factories to add value to their produce. coffee farmers found strength in their unity to set up coffee mills and thus magnify their bargaining power. the banking sector seeing such level of diligence has come in as business partners with the community. tea farmers will only worry about production and not the market, agrovets are well situated in every village. we have no excuse not to empower ourselves, instead we should stop agitating and do these small things as they look, maybe one day we shall change the reality of our communities.