DP Kindiki slams Citizen TV Journalist Linus Kaikai after remarks on Singapore
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has criticized Citizen TV Journalist Linus Kaikai after he questioned the relevance of using Singapore as a direct model for Kenya.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has criticized Citizen TV Journalist Linus Kaikai after he questioned the relevance of using Singapore as a direct model for Kenya.
Speaking on Thursday, December 18, during the News Gang show on Citizen TV, Kaikai noted that Singapore is nearly 800 times smaller than Kenya.
The Citizen TV journalist also mentioned that Singapore’s entire population is comparable to that of Nairobi alone.
“Do we know how small Singapore is in terms of size compared to Kenya? Singapore is a city-state, a very small country that is 50 km in diameter, which is like Nairobi to Thika.
“Singapore is nearly 800 times smaller than Kenya. In terms of population, Singapore is only 6 million, which is the same population as Nairobi,” said Kaikai.
He went on to say that aspirations to emulate developed countries should be approached carefully to avoid embarrassing the nation.
“When we look at economic and development models at a position of the president, I don’t think it is something to be loud about, to come out here and say now we want to become Singapore in terms of economy, it is all well do it start the journey but ensure the narrative is not going to embarrass the public,” Kaikai stated.
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In response to Kaikai’s sentiment’s DP Kindiki said Kenya’s ambitious plan to be a first-world country models on other countries apart from Singapore.
“Pessimistic comments about Singapore being a tiny 735 square kilometer city-state incomparable to Kenya should know that Kenya’s first world ambition is modeling on a few more Asian countries besides Singapore,” said Kindiki.
The Deputy President mentioned China as one of the countries Kenya aspires to emulate.
DP Kindiki also noted that China is almost 17 times bigger than Kenya and has a huge population.
“China, a 9.6 million square kilometer mega country of 1.5 billion people (compared to Kenya’s 582,646 square kilometer area and 55 million people) is almost 17 times larger than Kenya,” he stated.
“China’s turning point was 1978, just the other day. In 40 years, it moved from being a poor, isolated country to the first world. Kenya will transition to the first world in our lifetime.”
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