“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Forty-three years of independence, we [in Northern Kenya] still don’t have basic health facilities. A man has to be transported in a wheelbarrow 20, 30 kilometers for a hospital.”
— Joseph Lekuton
Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya
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“Just walking, I found a man who gave me a full scholarship to the United States. My mother still lives in a cow-dung hut, none of my brothers are going to school, and this man told me, ‘Here, go.’”
— Joseph Lekuton
Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya
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“So, here you are. You’ve got a good education from America, you have a good life in America; what are you going to do for us? We want you to be our eyes, we’ll give you the legs. We’ll walk you, you lead us.”
— Joseph Lekuton quoting an elder
Joseph Lekuton tells a parable for Kenya
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