Who knows .....

So the verdict is out, withe respect to our recent mishaps in the +254. In summary:

JKIA Fire
This icon of our nation from before independence. This gateway where literally 95% of all the Kenyans who've flown out of and into this country have walked through the gates, lounges, check-in counters and terminals of this icon. When you're growing up as a Kenyan no matter your class, going to the airport was special. IT had a strange excitement to it. Literally relatives would come to the city from up country to say good bye and welcome you back when you flew in or out.... at least in my family :-)

Recently a monstrous fire ravaged the international arrival complex at JKIA affecting the international departure terminals as well. If you watch TV read the news, are on social media you saw it. A towering column of smoke reached into the sky, it could be seen from quite far. The whole city was in shock that whole day as fire engines and public officials raced into and out of the airport and we wondered which direction our country was headed... with everything we've been to our airport was that sacred icon of normalcy that met international standards (well most) and set us apart from other (African) nations and connected us to the rest of the world. Through out every crisis we've gone through its been a constant and then it burned....

So after the fire was put out, investigators were assigned and invited we had several press conferences and then a report was born and sprung on us at an inspection tour of the airport by the transport CS. The fire was caused in all its enormity by teeny weeny electrical fault. As we chocked on our incredulity the findings were corroborated by foreign investigators (which out to give us a measure of reassurance, I mean foreign is best yes? No!) end result we are all left tweedling our thumbs.. with a partially burnt down :-( but rapidly being refurbished :-) airport - winning smile!

So I'm left wondering ( and I hope I'm not alone) what happened? How did this happen after all these years of it not happening? Did anyone think or not think that this would happen?

Don't we have leaders to avoid having a situation where everything goes to hell in a basket and the nation burns down around our ears? Is this going to be the norm for Kenya? Horrible after horrible surprise and the findings are "Well it was an accident, we didn't plan or prepare for it?"