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17:43
From: Kikuyumoja's realm
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Fellow blogger Ed Cross dropped me an e-mail, informing me about his page on contemporary African art “African Works“.
Well…saniblog.org came in between, but otherwise: I’d love to open an open, multi-authored blog dedicated to art works from East Africa. What I’ve seen online so far are just single artists being promoted by someone or themselves, and often it’s just limited to one specific artist and his/her well-selling works. With a blog as the contemporary publishing platform / tool, up-coming artists and those who are already well established could at least present their work in a much better way. All you’d have to do then is to register as an author and upload some of your works.
Currently, at my site, it just lacks another empty mySQL database, a lonely weekend aka 2-3h of creativity and a suitable domain name which could suit everyone involved. Sanaa.org/.net are already taken by someone, but I think a Kiswahili domain name would still be very attractive. Any ideas?
(I really really have to change my webhoster one day soon…have been with 1&1 since 1998 and all they given me are high montly costs but also good 99,99% reliability. The package is limited to 3 mySQL dbs only though, and even their domain costs for the .net/.org range are wayyyy above the competition. Yani - moving sites = time & pain = costs).
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16:20
From: Kikuyumoja's realm
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Check out this quote I’ve just found while going through a pile of newspapers from EAK I received the other day:
Q: At 24, you are probably one of the youngest CEOs in the region. Has this been an obstacle in your quest to market the company?
A: Yes, it has. As a young entrepreneur maketing a new concept, I faced a lot of challenges, with some prospective clients not taking me seriously. But once I proved my worth, people started respecting me, especially when they learnt that at my age, I have 45 employees. I believe it is the youth who will lift Africa out the yokes of poverty.
(Nadeem Juma, CEO, E-Fulusi (T) Ltd.,
ex: “Q&A”, The EastAfrican, No.682, Nov 26 - Dec 02, 2007, p. 23)
My Indian colleague at work who is currently writing his master thesis and, at his age of 22, also is the youngest intern at the GTZ, recently introduced me to one of his friends who - at the age of 28 - is currently setting up a branch of a well-known Indian bank in Frankfurt. And I was told that an Indian guy has three things to achieve in life: a very good education, getting married and buying a house.
Now compare that with what the average German wants to achieve in his life…hmmm.
As for that quote above: Nadeem’s company in Tanzania, E-Fulusi, offers mobile banking services - operator independent!
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The purchasing agents of Father Christmas recently approached me and asked, what I would like to receive as a xmas present. Well…
I’ve been living out of two suitcases for the past 1,5 years - and it feels good. As long as the battery on my N95-phone/mp3player/webthing is fully charged, I’ve got a comfy bed to sleep in and access to a broadband inet connection, there isn’t much else money could buy for me.
As for the other, unmaterialistic stuff: good health can’t be bought, 8h of sleep every night neither and love….well…it’s always good to be loved! :-)
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15:52
From: Cock And Bull
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Look at thread. Look at the way it is wound round and round itself. Look at the hole in the middle. See how the thread closely hugs the emptiness of that hole. Take the end of the thread and pull it along. Look at it unwind and stretch further and further. See it become liberated and move away from the hole. How far will it go? Maybe it will stretch for miles instead of just occupying an inch or two of space.
They say that a person wrapped around themselves makes a very small bundle. And yet many people know what it is like to be wrapped around themselves. To be like thread. Wound too tightly and with an empty centre. And the person wished to move away from the emptiness. To leave it behind and stretch for miles. Move further away from the hole until one day you are free and the hole in no longer part of you.
But above all, a person wishes to find purpose. To create something unique and marvelous in the world. Like thread used to knit a beautiful skull cap, worn by a baby on a cold night. And that is when thread wound around emptiness is transformed into something beautiful and functional.
The only time that it becomes necessary to unwind thread is when there is purpose to sew or knit. Otherwise if there is no purpose, then the thread stays wound around the gaping hole of emptiness. To find purpose, is to start unwinding and creating uniqueness and marvel. To find purpose, is to fully unwind and lose the emptiness.
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15:13
From: Cock And Bull
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People have the tendency to think that when they love, they are doing it for the other person. And so as a result of this reasoning, a person will start keeping tabs of the things that he or she does for another as a sort of investment. If the other person does not reciprocate, the good deeds fade and actually become a source of bitterness. A former happy doer will become unhappy because he or she did good things for another. But should that be the case? I do not think so. The reason is because to love is one of the greatest gifts that a person can experience while in this world. To be able to do for another selflessly and to feel for another without reservation is something to marvel about. When you find yourself transforming from a person who used to just think about themselves to one who takes joy in periodically thinking about the welfare of another or others, you realize that your capacity for accommodation has increased. Consequently you know that your universe has expanded.
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14:26
From: Farmgal
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Love, Internet style
Slide show of Atlanta couple’s lavish engagement an online smash hit
www.photosbyknight.com/gray/
By ROSALIND BENTLEY
Published on: 07/14/07 As proposals go, the engagement of Robert Gray Jr. and Keisha Williams was a breathtaking affair: An eight-hour surprise journey for the bride-to-be through 10 rooms and suites at the Buckhead Ritz-Carlton, each room filled with dozens of [...]
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13:23
From: You Missed This
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Tribalism. Corruption. Short-term memory. These are the three opium’s we must exhale out of our body system before you go vote on the 27th No time for preaching sermons here. It is better to greet an angry mother bear unjustly robbed of her new cubs than to extend the friendly hand of warm welcome to a Kenyan doped up on tribalism opium-is this the worst type of Kenyan there is?The jury is still out. Definition of a tribalist is also known as home-grown terrorist Like a bad toothache that just won’t go away, corruption opium has refused to give Justice Ringera reason to show us the back of his post-molars in genuine laughter. Hear the Kenyan doped up on corruption speak “nobody can remove corruption from Kenya.” This monster slayed all three Presidents Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki. Whoever dares this ogre will be Kenya’s hero forever
Short-term memory loss. We remember what we ate for breakfast yesterday but can’t remember why we got independence 44 years ago. Then we let dishonourables walk right back into Parliament so we can complain in Kumekucha for another 5 years
Now you know-beware, smoking opium maybe harmful to health and kill
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13:15
From: Afromusing
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If you know people in Radio, this would be an opportunity to pass along to them.
The Developing Countries Farm Radio Network (DCFRN) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) have launched the African Farmers’ Strategies for Coping with Climate Change, a scriptwriting competition for radio broadcasters. Deadline: March 15.
The competition is open to all African radio organizations, including broadcasters, production organizations, NGOs with radio projects, and farmers’ associations with radio shows. Submitted scripts may cover themes such as water and soil management, cropping strategies for drought-resistant plants, livestock management practices, fisheries and agroforestry, among others. Scripts must be between 500 and 2,000 words and must include background notes and production notes, in addition to references to information sources used to prepare the reports. Input from local people, especially farmers, must also be included.
More information is available at Scriptcompetition.net
Thanks Solana.
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12:59
From: White African
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Dvorak has written a scathing criticism about the OLPC ($100 laptop). Bill Thompson answers it in a BBC article:
“And he demeans the people who will receive the computers, asking his readers if they will feel “better about the world’s problems, knowing that some poor tribesman’s child has a laptop”, apparently contrasting a “tribesman” with a real person like himself, safe in his Western affluence.”
Who cares?
Why does it matter that two rich Westerners are batting back and forth over the strategies and benefits of a cheap computer for children in developing countries?
As someone who grew up in Sudan and Kenya, I care. I care because I continue to hear the argument, “why give kids a computer when what they really need is food and water?” I care because people need to stop talking about Africans as if they’re in need of another handout and implying that every child in Africa is living in squalor. Most of all, I care because I don’t hear many voices from the countries that are going to be using these new computers, only from journalists from western countries.
Let’s talk about the Africa we know
There will continue to be drought, floods, war, corruption and poverty - all of the items that plague many African nations and which are amplified by the media.
However, there will also continue to be a solid majority of Africans who live happy lives without the interference of any aid or development organization. They will live in their village, raise their children, send them to school and teach them from their rich heritage. There will continue to be children growing up in the city who love to learn and would blossom even more with access to technology and information.
If you grew up in Africa, do you think that there is a use for inexpensive computers in schools?
See the picture above. Why shouldn’t those children have access to these machines? They aren’t illiterate or under-nourished. How many of us remember this same type of schooling? I do, I was in a primary school very similar to this in Southern Sudan. Why couldn’t any of my classmates become technologically literate with access to the right machines? Why only the relatively affluent white child?
What is Africa anyway, and who decides what’s “right” for each country?
Let’s stop painting Africa with a broad brush. Let’s speak out and remind people that it’s made up of more than just “tribesmen”. That not every country is the same and that there are wealthy, middle class, and yes, even poor people. Let’s stop pretending that Ghana is the same as Ethiopia, or that what applies to Botswana applies to Chad.
Most of all, as people with experience living there, let’s own our part of this debate. Why should one more Westerner be making the case for, or against, a cheap laptop for kids in Africa? I’d rather hear two Africans debate it. I’d rather have a thought leader from some African country step up and make the case for, or against, it.
Just because we grew up listening to others decide what’s right for our countries doesn’t mean we need to continue in that same way.
Try this on for size: as an African, you are more of an expert on what your part of Africa needs than any self-prescribed expert from the west.
 
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11:51
From: Cock And Bull
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A good place to start doing something about the ‘thing’ that we often feel we have inside is by sharing our insights. In a single day each person experiences flashes of profound insight about life in this world and beyond. It is not unusual to hear a person say, “God spoke to me and said…..” If what God said is useful to you and the person you are telling about it, don’t you think that it might also benefit many more other people who are hungry to hear what God has to say?
Supposing the Wright Brothers shied away from sharing their insights about a flying engine with the world? Man would probably have been denied the ability to take wing at the beginning of the last century. What if Disney felt that his insight for a children theme park was too immature to share with the world? Probably Mickey Mouse would not have thrilled children as well as adults since 1928. What if Martin Luther King felt that his dream for civil liberation of the American blacks was too personal? You probably would be asking, “Martin Luther who?”
Personal insights are as individual as thumbprints. No one can have exactly like yours. By sharing your insights with others, you guarantee that you will leave your mark in the world. Are your insights important enough to be shared with others? That is up to you to decide. For as Henry Ford rightly said: “Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” Will you dare to believe in yourself today?
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11:37
From: You Missed This
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 By Raila A. Odinga We in the Pentagon have watched with growing alarm the spate of violence, killings and ethnic cleansing that is sweeping the nation in advance of the 27 December election. This pattern that Kenyans are frighteningly aware of from the election conducted under the Moi regime, and which we thought was a relic of the past. But the same vicious tactics are once again being used to intimidate Kenyans into either not voting or voting for those who are threatening them. It is unconscionable that such violence has returned under a government that repeatedly professes a commitment to human rights and the free and peaceful exercise of the right to vote, but whose record continues to show very opposite. In the last 24 hours alone, seven Kenyans have lost their lives in suspicious incidents, with other deaths that the media is not aware of. Politically –instigated violence has been ravaging Kuresoi, Molo and Mt. Elgon for some time. The Mt. Elgon clashes have in fact been with us for more than a year now and they represent the most glaring evidence of the state’s refusal to provide the security our people so desperately need. This violence has now escalated even further, and now Naivasha, Nairobi and its environs are being targeted as well. I have in fact just come from the Mater Misereicordia Hospital, where I went to express solidarity, and provide consolation to Charles Werangai Masinde, who was brutally targeted in an attack Saturday that took the life of ODM aspirant Alice Ondutto. The circumstances of the killing, in which the killers trailed he car right to her gate but did not even attempt any kind of robbery, reveals that this was a political assassination. I would like to take this opportunity to offer my profound condolences to Alice’s family and friends about this dastardly attack, whose perpetrators must be apprehended and punished by our courts. As you know, two months ago, another parliamentary aspirant, Ms. Flora Tera Igoki, was viciously attacked. At that time, the government refused to condemn this atrocity against a vulnerable woman, and it is no wonder that her attackers are still at large. In the meantime, an Assistant Minister of this government whose official car was apprehended filled with a huge cache of unlawful weaponry, is also a free man. An out-going MP found with a similar cache was also set free. These two cases reveal the capacity and determination of the police to carry out its responsibilities as well as the high level interference that permits the continuation of these crimes. In addition, the most inflammatory leaflets designed to unleash violence in the Rift Valley against the ODM leadership were printed in Nairobi and then transported by policemen to the province. It is no wonder that in this environment of impunity for those who practice violence that Alice was so easily gunned down. ODM is also aware of certain ethnic groups being ejected forcibly from Kikuyu Township, Kawangware, Eastlands and Githurai by both official intimidation and by landlords determined to ensure a PNU victory. These evictions and the violence that has accompanied some of them is causing tension among people who for years lived in these communities peacefully. While all these violent crimes designed to influence the outcome of this election must be condemned in the strongest terms possible, the execution of over 500 young men in what are now being called the killing fields of Ngong has raised the level of murderous criminality to an altogether another level. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this particular crime against humanity verges on genocide. That Kenya has descended to the level of banana republics in which death squads operate at will. This terrible development must unite Kenyans in voting out the PNU government, whose disdain for the poor has now been transformed into something much more vicious. I have appealed to the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya to exercise his authority in ensuring that such violence, which will only result in a flawed election, is immediately brought to an end. I also appeal to our international partners to intercede on behalf of Kenyans to bring an end to this violence. This article was first published in Raila 2007 - the official website of Raila Odinga
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11:19
From: Cock And Bull
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Are you one of those people who are often agitated by knowledge that there is ‘something’ that you can do to help humanity? Do you have those days that you are even ready to quit your not too badly paying job for the chance of going to feed the hungry children in Darfur? Do those days last until something more interesting comes up and then are promptly forgotten?
Everyone needs to know that the call to serve humanity is often earned through selfless giving of time, energy and even money. In fact, far from hearing a loud banging at the door of the heart telling you to arise and serve, you have to identify an opportunity and act on it. The opportunity for duty in the cause for humanity is always open. It can start wherever a person is, whatever he or she does, and at any time. It is as simple as identifying a person who needs help in whichever form. For example, the destitute in your street corner is just as homeless as the ones that Mother Teresa served in Calcutta, and just as deserving as the ones shown on TV from far off lands. If you are yearning for a calling to help others, that would be a good place to start.
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11:13
From: Cock And Bull
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Back in the village, the farmer not only knows his cows, goats and sheep well, but also his chickens. And if you ask him, he will tell you that each chicken has a specific character that distinguishes it from all the others in the farm. One of those chicken characteristics has to do with the ability to reproduce successfully. The farmer will tell you that some chicken exhibit much responsibility towards the task of parenting while others are extremely careless.
The responsible chickens ordinarily lay all their eggs in a designated area, incubate them religiously for the 21 days and thereafter take the job of bringing up the chicks with great passion. The careless chickens do not bother to make the quick dash back to the hen house to lay an egg, and so will deposit an egg wherever seems convenient for them. As a result, the chicken will not have any specific nest at the end of the egg laying period. In some cases, the eggs would have been eaten by other animals, and so the chicken would not even have any eggs to incubate.
The farmer is always on the lookout for responsible chickens since he knows that they are his best bet of increasing his fowl population. In most cases, he will pick out the most responsible chicken and give it the task of taking care of not only its own eggs, but those of 1 or 2 careless chickens. So the farmers will monitor the egg laying behavior of the careless chickens and collect all their eggs, while adding them to the nest of the responsible chicken.
One of the most dramatic scenes is when a careless chicken gets into the highly agitated brooding stage and does not have any eggs to incubate. It will be seen stomping around the farm in extreme agitation while clucking loudly and causing as much general mayhem as a single chicken is capable of causing. You know what the farmer does to end the nuisance? He just takes the chicken and dips its belly in cold water. This automatically turns off its maternal instincts, brings the funk to an end and returns the chicken into the egg laying stage once again.
As a result of the great service they do the farmer, the responsible chickens have the highest chance of enjoying a long chicken life filled with many wonderful parenting experiences. On the other hand, the farmer will often pick out a careless chicken for slaughter whenever an occasion for savoring chicken meat comes around.
As you can see, the story of responsibility is as old as the story of the chicken and the egg. Whether at your place of work, in personal relationships, in a family or even in a community, life favors always go to the most responsible person.
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9:25
From: Kenyan Pundit
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I’m blogging from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I’ll be speaking at the GK3 Conference tomorrow and participating in a BBC World (TV) panel on the One Lap Per Child debate. I was meant to write about this earlier, but in between a terrible flu that was passed on to Gabriella, winding up [...]
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8:02
From: RIBA CAPITAL
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Remember a few weeks ago, I recommended the purchase of EABL, well if you took my advise, then you are in the money at the moment. But my point is, there is a lot of action currently on this counter and somebody with very deep pockets is buying heavily on this counter, similarly, some people are also getting out. This is clearly evident by the trading volumes in the last couple of days. I will post more, but his is definitely a counter to watch..... Riba
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6:18
From: You Missed This
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 Jose Mourinho has elevated his 'SPECIAL ONE' tag to new heights. By rejecting the England Manager's job Jose has intelligently called them bluff and set the bar too high. His decision almost makes the position of England manager become a jinx of sorts. By Mourinho doing another Big Phil (Brazilian Portugal manager Luis Felipe Scolari), the FA has been left with eggs on their face shredding the English pride like never before. History is repeating itself right before our eyes in less than 15 months. Just like the the FA turned to second best Steve McClaren in 2006, so will they will have to suffer constipation from misplaced pride. The FA has no choice but to settle for the diminutive and successful Italian Fabio Capello who despite limited English has an impressive CV with six trophies for every club he has managed from AC Milan to Real Madrid. Jose must be well aware of his CV and what a better way to showcase personal pride rolled in tangible success. His energy would have been underutilized in being a national coach. The versatility would have hi bottle like a caged lion. And so the search for England coach continues after unmasking the facade of fidelity to the Union Jack's flag.
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1:08
From: You Missed This
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When I read this article in the East African Standard a few minutes ago, a chill went through my spine. The men mentioned are some of the most dangerous tribalists in the president's campaign team. I will be revealing more about what some of these "respected" characters have been saying privately about NOT allowing a "Luo presidency at all costs." Read the East African Standard article on Steadman's most guarded secret
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0:57
From: Cock And Bull
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If you seat at the front of the bus during an overnight trip from Nairobi to Mombasa, you realize how alert the driver needs to be in order to make a safe journey. The reason is because there is a lot of slow moving, sometimes stationery traffic in the form of trucks and other heavy transportation vehicles. The highway that originated at the port of Mombasa is a major artery serving the East and Central African region. Apart from Kenya the highway serves as an imported maritime cargo pipeline to landlocked countries such as Uganda, Rwanda, The Democratic Republic of Congo and other minor countries in the Great Lakes region.
And so you watch as the driver makes judgment on when to overtake based on his calculations of the speed of his bus, the speed of the vehicle to be overtaken and the oncoming traffic. Occasionally, he makes loud angry hoots at other drivers making unnecessary blockages for he is in a hurry to make the journey within the timetable.
And as you watch all these hair raising maneuvers, you marvel at what a little light can do. For while guided by the light from the front of the bus, the driver is able to drive through the thickest night at high speed along the obstacle ridden Mombasa Highway. Just imagine how much darkness there is on a moonless night between 2 towns set 600km apart. A lot! And then realize that using the small pool of light ahead of the bus, the driver is able to slice his way through just by seeing the next 400m or so. With just a little light guiding him, it is unnecessary for the driver to see the whole highway in order to make the journey.
When we close our eyes and look inside, how much darkness do we see? Isn’t it frightening sometimes? All the fears from the past, the hustles of the present, and the uncertainty of the future? And yet with a little light, we too can make the journey of life through the moments when not even the moon will dare to come out and shine. For with just a little light, it is unnecessary to worry or fear about yesterday, today or tomorrow. Let us pray to God to lend us that little light to give us guidance in life, and keep us alert to make the journey safely.
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0:27
From: Cock And Bull
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I often imagine how it would be like to live without a body. I imagine that when I woke up this morning, I would not have had the need to take a shower, to dress, to have breakfast, or even to write this. The reason is because all those requirements are as a result of the body’s needs. In fact I would not have needed to wake up since there would be no body to rest or put to sleep.
How would it be like to live without the body’s needs? I am sure you are familiar with the body’s needs. The body is always crying out for attention; feed me! clothe me! shelter me! empty my bowels! hug me! touch me! make love to me! It is always crying out.
Without the body, we would not be restricted by time and distance since these are just artificial parameters that result from the body’s limitations. That means that you could go anywhere in this world just by willing yourself to. It also means that you could visit the Mars or any other space in the universe since without a body, you would not be confined to the ground by gravity, and you would not require oxygen or other ingredients that are required for the body to be alive. In fact, you could just relax in the middle of the sun with no worry since there is no body to sense the temperatures!
You would not need a house to sleep in, clothes, a car to move you around or any other thing that can be bought with money. As a result, you would not need to work for money. With the absence of a body, there would not be the need to exercise, or eat well, or do the many other things that we do to make our bodies stay alive. There would be no body to get sick.
What about negative emotions? There would be none since they all result from fear. Fear being a survival mechanism that helps in an organism’s survival, it would be unnecessary to have it at all.
I suppose it means we would be stripped of all the things that keep us busy, oppressed, preoccupied and worried. What would we remain with? Perhaps the continuous bliss and peace that results from God, One Love or whatever you consider to be the first cause.
If this is what we get when we finally die, why are we so afraid of death? If this is what others get when they die, why can we not be happy for them? Isn’t the opportunity to set aside a needy or disease ridden body in exchange for peace that is beyond all understanding something to look forward to?
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0:19
From: bankelele
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Yesterday was the day the Safaricom IPO was to start, but not a word came except from the courts. The prospectus could be out today, so there could be hope. Still the market needs a huge outlet to drain all the excess investment liquidity in the country. So far, everything offered is oversubscribed from company placements IPO's, to corporate bonds – with the Diaspora, foreign investors, local institutional investors, fund managers, co-operatives, banks and retail investors all chasing the same investments. The latest was the Diamond Trust Bank rights which were oversubscribed by 178% One controversial issue of Safaricom is the 5 – 10% owned by Mobitelea, which has been extensively discussed in the media and among blogs. However it would be surprising if that shareholding still existed, and surely that embarrassing matter has been sorted out by Vodafone either by swop's or other payments. Bank developments- Corporate rebranding at KCB at their website (formerly kcb.co.ke) is now kcbbankgroup.com - shedding the Kenyan connotation which would be a burdensome sell in the region with branches in S. Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. - Equity bank has received more approvals from CBK, NSE and CMA for their recent deals. In addition Helios (who are buying 25%) of the Bank have been exempted from the banking act provision that a foreign non bank cannot own shares in the country (until 2016) - Imperial bank has ventured into Shariah banking with a product called Imani while giant Standard Chartered also considering venturing into Islamic banking. - The Baraka Fund has taken over the country’s smallest bank – City Finance stockbroking- The NSE has announced that they have fully paid all Francis Thuo client claims as at November 30 2007 - CFC Bank is looking for stock agents in all provinces of the country. –NIC Bank's takeover of Solid Investment stockbrokers has been approved by the Minister of Finance. real estate- Business daily looks at real estate investments in the last year and their profitability. - Regardless of who wins the election, budget deficits are a sure thing and interest rates should rise in 2008 – affecting mortgages, most of which are not at fixed rates- New hotels: planned developments include seven coves in chumani kilifim while the Delamere farm will set up ecotourism camp at soysambu ranch insurance: – After insurance companies beat a retreat from insurance sector three years ago, citing fraud and the collapse of medical plans, there's a mini comeback now with First Assurance going after AAR in a partnership with the Nairobi hospital association. – The association of Kenya insurers has announced that from next year all premiums must be paid before any cover is provided opportunities bottle shortageA sign of changing trends as people seem to have forgotten that they have bottles at home. And now the bottlers want them back and are willing to pay cash for you to scrounge around the houses and surrender their empty bottles. - beer bottles: east African breweries buying them back at 17 shillings ($0.25) per bottle and 335 sh per empty beer crate to uchumi and nakumatt supermarkets. Nakumatt will pay cash while uchumi will pay in vouchers for shopping at that store! - soda bottles Nairobi bottlers (a coca cola franchise) is buying coke, fanta, sprite bottles (300 and 500ml) at 10 shillings each, and empty crates at 100 sh. awardsKenya national commission on human rights 2008 human rights & democracy awards: milele (lifetime achievement), firimbi (whistle blower), umma (public body), utumishi (police), urekebishaji (prisons), utetezi (civil society), mashinani (community based), habari (media), jitolee (business) and special category lochiel@knchr.org or bwire@knchr.org Africa Investor : Tourism Investor Awards: Tourism Investment Programme of the Year, Sustainable Tourism Investment of the Year, Business Resort of the Year, Best Initiative in Facilitating SME Tourism Investment, Tourism Promotion Agency (TPA) of the Year, Hotel Investment of the Year, Hospitality Management Team of the Year, Tourism Investment Advisor of the Year, Business Airline of the Year, 2010 Legacy Investment of the Year, Business Travel Insurer of the Year. Deadline for the entries is 11 January 2008. jobsfrom the daily papers last week- Chief executive; constituency development fund board - Daystar University deputy VC finance, administration & planning. Manpower 14/12 – CEO at the troubled East African Portland cement company - Fly 540 airline: looking for captains and first officers for ATR 72, Dash 8, Fokker F27 and BAE 146 aircraft - KISS FM: creative writers email gm@kissfm.co.ke - K-Rep Bank: branch managers, operations managers, advances managers, advances officers, apply by snail mail - D/L 19/12 - Kenya pipeline: helicopter pilot, senior accountant, internal auditor, senior internal auditor, senior IT officer, D/L 21/12, apply by snail mail - Financial management analyst at the world bank - Nairobi
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