National Identity

National identity is a sense of belonging, or being part of something.

One thing that certainly gives us our national identity is the National identity cards, issued when one leaves high school at the age of 18year. This card clearly gives you identity. In so many ways you cannot operate without a national identity card. You need it to perform important transactions in the bank, at the m-pesa joints, to pay taxes, to identify yourself when entering premises the list you use your national identity card is endless. So when one loses it becomes a nightmarish experience.

Our athletes also give us national identity, we feel proud when we see Kenyan athletes winning gold medals at this point you feel proud to be Kenyan and associated with the Kenyan symbols like the flag and the national anthem.

It’s good to know that when you positively associate yourself with your national identity you automatically become a patriot.