OBBO: Kenya’s excellence stems from fight for survival

So we return to the unfinished business of last week’s column: Why, we asked, are all awards, except one, for the Caine Prize for African writing that have been won by East African, gone to Kenya?

For that matter, why did it have to be Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge, to be the first human to run a sub-two hour marathon? Why was it Kenya that was the “Silicon Savannah,” not Tanzania? And, why is it that Oscar-winning Lupita Nyong’o became the most globally successful actress, and not a tall beautiful Namubiru from Kampala?