What is a philosophy?

Philosophy is the theory that one has about how to live or deal with a particular situation. Or A set of beliefs of the people in given country

AFRICAN SOCIALISM

SOCIALISM; refers to economic and political theory of social organization  meaning production , distribution and exchange owned and regulated by the community as a whole 

African socialism was a term used by the late JomoKenyatta and  the late  Joseph mboya to describe the philosophy that kenya would adopt to achieve economic and political development 

Sharing of national resources for example;

• Land resources such as agriculture

• Soils

Minerals

Gem stones  Diatomite

• Name the animals

2 water

Activities include;

• Fishing in lakes and mining in  Rivers

•  Mining

 

3 .Natural forests

• What do we obtain from our forests?

Generosity

 

Kindness

Selflessness

SAY NO TO____

 

The philosophy of African socialism was be guide economic development through;

 

(a)Attraction of foreign business in the country and providing free environment for them to business 

 

 (b)Provision of a free and enabling environment in the country for kenyans to conduct business

•Industry

 

 

The government being involve in doing business in order to provide essential services by setting up parastatals for example Kenya ports authority 

 

 

 

Examples of Parastatals

 

 

Allow formation of many political parties, giving them freedom to choose and belong to any political party

 

Questions 

1. A national philosophy is _____
2. African socialism was adopted as a national philosophy in the year?
3. African socialism was the idea of ________and _________
4. It was adopted to achieve _____,____and __

 

Answers

 

1.Is a set of beliefs of the people of a given country

2.1965

3.The late Jomokenyatta and Joseph Mboya

4.(I) sharing (ii)generosity (iii) selflessness