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22:00
From: You Missed This
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Guest post by Sam Okello
After the sudden and very depressing deaths of the Hon. Kipkalya Kones and the Hon. Lorna Loboso, I've found myself reflecting on the trail of death that has stalked Kenya since independence. The sad thing about these deaths is that they are never resolved, which only encourages the men who plot the murder of others to think they can always get away with the next murder. Is it any wonder they are now talking about bringing the curtain down on these murders? Does that mean killers will go free?
Just so we are clear, Kenyans are not dumb. Whenever a high profile murder is committed, we always know who's done it. With fairly accurate fingers, we can point at the man responsible for the murder of another. So for the sake of history, let's point those fingers.
J.M. Kariuki
This was one of the most flamboyant politicians the House of Mumbi ever gave us. He was known to have had an independent mind. He spoke as a Kenyan and shunned the politics of tribe. Indeed, it's because of his independent streak, and his ability to see all Kenyans as one people, that the administration of President Kenyatta had a problem with him. So in the mid-seventies, he was killed by men in that government. Since Kenyatta is dead, and Kanyotu just died, there is only one man who can tell us with certainty who killed JM. The man is Dr. Njoroge Mungai. Can he tell us the truth, or does he plan to die with it like Kenyatta and Kanyotu?
Tom Mboya
Mboya was a brilliant young man. The history books and the historians I've consulted say that he became a key rival of the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, and allowed himself to be played against Jaramogi by the Mt Kenya elite. It was because of him that Kenya Peoples Union came into existence...after he came up with the regional vice presidency scheme. The rest is history, as they say. What I want to point out is that once the Mt. Kenya elite accomplished their mission to silence Oginga Odinga, they killed Tom. The man who pulled the trigger gave us the name of the man who sent him. The sender was Jomo Kenyatta. So who killed Tom? Again, if the nation wants the truth behind this murder, ask Dr. Njoroge Mungai.
Dr. Robert Ouko
Because this death took place when people my age were relatively grown up, it marked the first time we witnessed the messy nature of politics. It opened our eyes to the fact that there were greedy and dangerous men in our midst, people who could kill any of us with impunity. But what became even more shocking than the murder was that the people who killed Bob are still walking free. If you buy the bull that it has not been proven Nicholas Biwott and Daniel Arap Moi did it, dream on. What I know is that many people lost their lives because they knew or witnessed an aspect of Bob's murder. But there are three people still alive who were principals in the sordid scheme. These were characters who were directly responsible for eliminating Bob. I've given you the names of Moi and Biwott. The third name is Marianne Briner. This woman has always presented herself as one who was a victim of the evils of the Moi administration. What I know today, this very moment, is that had Marianne Briner not passed on to Biwott and Moi the private conversations she had with the man, and had she not overly hyped them, Bob would be alive today.
Horace Ongili Owiti
Horace Ongili is said to have been a rising politician in Kenya. By the time he was brutally murdered and his body discarded in a maize plantation, it was rumored that he was set to be named vice president. At that time, the seat was occupied by an Othaya MP called Mwai Kibaki. In swaths of Luo land, it was believed that Mwai Kibaki used the late Ambala to kill Horace. Since the Othaya MP is still alive, why can't one courageous journalist ask him about his role in this death? And while at it, can he also tell us what he knows about the murder of Dr. Crispin Odhiambo Mbai? Can you, Mr. President?
Bishop Alexander Kipsang Arap Muge
This man of God was one of the most influential church people in Kenya. I had the privilege of meeting him in Eldoret just weeks before his murder. I was struck by how soft-spoken he was. It was difficult for me to see in the painfully soft-voice prelate the fearsome character the press had turned him out to be. In any case, because of his pronouncements, he was killed. There are those who thought Peter Habenga Hokondo was the killer. That's absurd. The killer was a man I've called in my novels Nick Boit.
Ladies and gentlemen, those were the big five. But others have died too. Here are their names:
Pio Gama Pinto
He was a rising politician of Indian descent. Does anybody know who killed Pio?
CMG Argwings Kodhek
Those who were born a number of years after independence know very little about Argwings. What I know for sure is that he was killed. I challenge whoever knows the story behind this murder to lay it out for us. Look, there's some crap they've written about Argwings in Google and Wikipedia, what we need here today is the inside story. Who killed Agwenge?
Masinde Muliro, Hezekiah Oyugi, Dorothy Randiek, A Nakuru Nurse... These people were killed by the same men who killed Dr. Robert Ouko.
Melitus Were and Kimutai Too
If you want to know who killed these young men, ask Police Chief, General Ali.
Finally, we have Kones and Lorna. Were they killed? Like the rest of the above murders, these ones will not be solved. We have one of the best police forces in the world and yet when it comes to these political murders, they behave like a bunch idiots. Giggling sissies.
Will there come a time when they can follow the trail of the murders and tell the nation this:
'Fellow Kenyans, you gave us the task to find out who killed_______. After a thorough investigation, we can now report that though Mr. so and so pulled the trigger, he acted on behalf of the Hon______.'
Will that day ever come? Because when it does, the murders may finally end.
For Love of Country.
Sam Okello
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21:44
From: The Diary of One Black Man
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1991 AD-Life in Jamhuri
Folks,There are no cars like the cars in bonde la ufa .The Names given those cars were all together something elseThose cars are like the rugged humvee outfitted for the Baghdad summer time alongside the Fallujah jombas. Real UGLY but just good enough. I grew up in the extreme kalenjin farmlands and every family [...]
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18:37
From: intricately me
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Eight Things for Which I Have a Passion Pool Reading Non Profits People music Partying Travelling Children Eight Things I’d Like to do Before I Die Travel round the world Get a PHD in something weird Make all of my friends really happy Have a few more babies and fall desperately in love and live hapilly ever after Help some people somewhere get what they always wanted Create a legacy that my children can carry on. Discover an alternative source of energy [Thats the money ticket right there] Go bunje jumping - sky diving -be part of some covert undercover cia type operation doing something top secret very hush hush. Eight Things I Say a Lot Dundahead Its not my fault Like Kwani I will call you back You jua, you know [i say both] Gosh Eight/Ten Paper Back and Audio Books I Have Read/Heard Recently What is the what by Dave Eggers im reading this right now actually Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali Cuba by dean Koontz Kiffe Kiffe tomorrow by Faiza Guene Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Brother im dying by Edwidge Danticat The google book by google Playing for Pizza By John Grisham These are what i could get from the top of my head there are many more. I almost went crazy when i saw the New York library, its huge and it has every book you could ever want. Eight Movies I Have Seen Eight Times Matrix...Not by choice everyone seems to have this damn movie Forrest gump... lol im not sure why Pretty woman... havent we all 40 year old virgin the gods must be crazy terminator sounds of music.... i used the songs as lulabies for my son Mary Poppins Three people who should do this AcoMwangiChurch mouse
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17:44
From: intricately me
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Its sad to see the stuff thats happening in Iowa i saw the images on CNN last night and i was absolutely amazed at how many buildings were underwater after such little time... The articles on it dont pay much attention to the devastation, and i think its a little deplorable that after such a huge disaster people still went ransacking houses and looting and so on. One would thing that something like this would bring people together. I saw another article that was talking about the financial implications of the flood. Iowa is know for corn and so grocery prices will probably go up, now with oil prices sky rocketing and corn prices going up its hard to tell where the world is headed. I was talking to a friend of min the other day and he was talking about how the world economy seems to be changing. I do believe that but i don't think its possible to forecast what its changing into. In this day and age with the evolution of technology, the constantly changing climate, expanding economies and the adverse effects of globalisation such as rising gas prices and so on. Its hard to tell what is going to change to what. There are many variables and i think that if it were a puzzle it would probably have many missing pieces. I had a chance to go visit New Orleans recently and i remember noticing how, as great as the city was, there seemed to be a cloud of sadness hanging over peoples heads. as i talked to the locals i couldn't help but wonder what it must have been like before. New Orleans is still a great place at least the people are really nice so i can only imagine.... Iowa seems like Katrina revisited only i hope this time these people actually get to rebuild their city, i hope emergency relief actually kicks in.[I don't know if anyone remembers the FEMA saga] All my sympathy goes out to these people may they find the courage to get them through these trying times. Again i was only taking a second out of my day to vent.. Au Revoir!
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17:12
From: You Missed This
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What a bunch of hypocrites Kenyans are? Results from Kilgoris and Wajir in last week’s by-elections captured the brand of cheap ETHNIC/CLAN based politics we stand for but shamelessly deny and condemn. The general reactions couched in bravado and chest thumbing aptly exposed how entrenched PRIMITIVE TRIBALISM is among Kenyans. The rabid ethnic gloating trashes all the colourful suggestion people often list here as blueprints to realize vision 2030.
Kenyans remain unrivalled masters of SELF DECEPTION. We only mouth objective platitudes when it serves our selfish agenda. Like warthogs in no time we shamelessly retreat to our egocentric shells once the coast is clear. What is more, we readily don the victimhood gab anytime we are confronted by a challenge that demands focused and selfless sacrifice.
Both PNU and ODM were the losers in Kilgoris and Wajir North. Instead negative ethnicity and clanism respectively won both seats. The Masaais were reminded to protect their tuff and resist domination. In effect the monster we have fed will promptly come for our won heads soon. Simply put the by-elections exemplified both TRIBALISM and DECEPTION as our national forte. We have inadvertently massacred all our pretence to national integration and cohesion. Otherwise what do you make of one gloating on how Ntimama has lost his grip on Masaai kingship because he supported a Kipsigis if not taking full dose of the poisoned chalice we have been ridiculing albeit at lip service level?
Just extrapolate the glee and brinkmanship to the counterfactual (what if?) scenario that awaits the IDPs when the Kipsigis go back HOME and demand their ancestral land back. By these belligerent actions we are latently manufacturing the best recipe for continued tribal tension within our borders. And shamelessly enough we are the first people to cry wolf when the monster we zealously created mutates and come baying for our collective blood. We have immaculately made the bed and must lie on it.
Illusions and visions
Even lies need some sheen of intelligence to fly and fiction must be made plausible to sell. For example the brand of DECEPTION and FRAUD then was deceitfully packaged to portray Esther Passaris as an ODM mole planted to advance a tribal agenda. All the unqualified attacks on the personal character of Passaris was a poor distraction from issues that betrayed our patriarchal mindset. Nobody bothered to dissect the political agenda and difference between Passaris and Waititu. Well, the devil is in the details and who cares provided plastic kites can be flown higher even if the skies only prove to be distance separating the nose from the mouth.
It may sound like a stuck record but until and unless we confront the national cancer that is TRIBALISM we are engaging in circular motions soothed in ego trips. Only a HONEST national retrospection will suffice. We may delude ourselves with all the clever antics to trivialize weighty issues oblivious of the truth that all such efforts only succeed in steadily steering us to the jaws of self destruction.
It is our national past time to selectively blame our politicians oblivious of the fact that they embody our selfish personal ideals. We are only cheating ourselves with pseudo slogans of national unity when all we aspire for is to dominate and ridicule others. No wonder our leaders take cue and launch all colourful visions which they mean to make ILLUSIONS. I rather the unsophisticated Ndile anytime over such scoundrels.
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15:42
From: Black Looks
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On June 17th & 18th the EU will vote on the proposed anti-immigration legislation”Returns Directive” which will enable member states to:
Detain and deport migrants including vulnerable people, unaccompanied minors (under 18 years of age) and pregnant women.
Expel unaccompanied minors and other migrants to a country where they have neither family nor legal support.
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15:18
From: White African
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Wananchi is one of the largest ISPs in Kenya. I was invited to come see the installation of Wananchi’s brand new Intel Sat satellite dish, for use in their new WiMax, fiber and cable TV offerings. Two reasons it was interesting.
First, because it’s being installed in Upper Hill, my old neighborhood. I just don’t recognize this place anymore with all of the new commercial buildings.
Second, and probably more interesting to everyone else, is that this dish is aimed directly at the mass market in Kenya and stands to drastically lower the costs of bandwidth to the home. Wananchi will be offering 512k broadband to the home for 3000 shillings ($). Compare that to the next best offerings by Safaricom with their new 3G service for 2000/= (700Mb) or 4000/= (2Gb), and Access Kenya with 256k at 6000 shillings.
From here, it looks like anyone wanting to stay untethered and who doesn’t have that high of bandwidth consumption would likely choose Safaricom (700Mb isn’t a lot). However, if you’re going to spend more than a modicum of your time on the internet, then Wananchi’s new service is the most attractive.
Wananchi’s towers also have fiber pumped directly into them, so more speed and reliability out of the gate. To manage their large 100 tower rollout in the Nairobi area, they’re piggybacking cell towers with Celtel, and hope to be done by around October. Certain towers, with service off of this new dish, will go live by the beginning of July.
All told, I have to say I’m impressed. Not just by Wananchi’s offering, which will come as great news for the public, but that the communications industry is moving along so quickly. Thought international fiber is still a dream in Kenya, local connectivity is booming.
So, where’s the local version of WordPress MU setup for local bloggers? Where are the local web services by local software guys for local companies? That we shall find out shortly, this weekend at Barcamp Nairobi.
(Update: Full-sized images on Flickr)
 
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12:15
From: Black Looks
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15 year old Eritrean Arsema Dawit was murdered in London on June 2nd 2008.
Via Africa Rise
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12:13
From: The Displaced African
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The Great Polygamy Debate
A couple of you wanted me to get a discussion started on this and I wanted to discuss this and so here we are. I want to get some great back and forth and so I will take the unpopular position and try to make the case for polygamy. I know there are many of you who read this site and have never left a comment. Make this the post where you leave your first comment and let me know your thoughts on the polygamy debate.
(NB: Keep the debate, positive and constructive. Remember it’s better to say nothing than say something that tears other folks down
ii) In case I can’t create an excuse to do so, make sure you read Kelly’s post on African marriages. It’s so true, so sad and sets the context for this post a little bit.)
Point Number One: A Rebuttal
I know one of the main arguments that will be brought up against polygamy is:
It’s a selfish, barbaric practice that only exists to satisfy the man. Whereas women who exist under polygamy have to endure jealousy and constantly fighting for the man’s attention and resources, the man can happily live with the daily ego boost of going in and out of his wives’ homes as he pleases. Under monogamy, the woman doesn’t have to fight for attention and has the full attention of the man in a mutually loving and nurturing relationship.
Let’s Separate the Ideal from the Reality
Ideally, under monogamy, we have a mutually loving relationship, based on friendship and trust that is mutually nurturing and satisfying to both parties. The reality on the ground is much different.
The Male Seed Wholesaler
First of all, from a very young age, there will be a 20% of men who sleep with 80% of the women. This is not an exact science but I think once I made this point, a lot of you can see that it’s true. Whether it’s the local or international celebrity or the most charming and eligible bachelors in the city, or the rich businessman, there will be that collection of men who will bed more women over the course of their life, than the other 80% combined.
These men tend to have the wonderful gift of being able to take women to emotional and orgasmic highs that the other men can’t seem to do. As a result, women are willing to jeopardize a lot in pursuit of this ultimately unattainable man.
This monogamy arrangement actually works out very favorably for these men because they can bed single women, engaged women and married women (don’t even act like this doesn’t happen very often) all over the place and thanks to contraception NEVER HAVE TO SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITY because the society is arranged in such a way that every adult male and female are responsible for their actions with no safety nets to protect the women.
What Polygamy Offers
What polygamy basically offers these women is accountability and security. More often than not, the “20% men” tend to be the most economically successful and most able to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of large numbers of people. The man can’t just hop from wife to wife to wife without ever having to shoulder the responsibilities for her upkeep. I am not just talking about a few thousand dollars in child support in case the man slips up one night. The man, with the support of the rest of his family can go out there, find a woman,bring her into his fold and take care of her and her children for the rest of their lives.
This will bring down the currently skyrocketing single parent household rate.
Point Number 2: The Male Nature
Finally, as I have said previously, polygamy appears to be the best way for a man to somewhat stay true to his nature in a manner that upholds his dignity, the dignity of the community and the dignity of his wife (ves) and children. Men, have been accused left, right and center of constantly being aroused by the latest, cute thing in a skirt even when they have a perfectly loving and nurturing relationship.
As one looks around the world, one can’t help but think that perhaps the man’s proclivity to always pursue the next beautiful woman isn’t just an anomaly but rather the way that he is naturally designed. So, why not stay true to this nature in a manner that is sanctioned by all the major religions of the world?
The Discussion is Way More Important than the Article in this Case
I think I will stop it there and see what discussion develops. The discussion is polygamy: give your two cents about it. Remember, keep it positive! We want some useful information to come out of this debate. Make sure you click in the small white box at the bottom of the comment box when you leave a comment so you can receive emails whenever new comments are left and stay a part of this debate.
Be blesd and bles othaz,
Mwangi
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6:13
From: Rants, Raves & Reviews
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5:08
From: Rants, Raves & Reviews
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Now... don't get all snotty... that Africa is a continent & not a country... Read the article first... linked in the subject header...
For all the racism in USA... there is more (deadlier?) tribalism most slivers of Africa than racism in the entire USA...
The BD article talks of an "Ivorite" - a former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast - being disqualified from running for the presidency coz he was not considered an "Ivorite" even though he was born in Ivory Coast!
Similar to a situation, say in 2012, if Raila is banned from running for prez in Kenya on the grounds he is "Ugandan" even though he was born in Kenya & was its PM at one point!!!
Similarly, examples of vitriol against Kenyan-born Whites & Asians... who are always on the edge during (almost) every election. Of course, during the 2007 election, the 'anger' was towards the Kikuyus (& others) who had moved to Nyanza or Rift Valley. The Whites in Zimbabwe (& increasingly S.Africa) also face similar situations.
Even a prosperous (in African terms) country like S.Africa had their share of xenophobia against fellow BLACK Africans. If not for the Football World Cup in 2010, the SA gov't (esp jacob zuma who thrives on populism) might not have reacted as they did but would have turned a blind eye to the lynching of fellow Africans.
Even the (generally) genteel Tanzanians are prone to (occasional) xenophonia esp against Kenyans.
Africa... where being African is a privilege not a right...
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4:11
From: Kenyanpoet
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For the first time since Kwani started Sunday Salon evenings over a year ago, I graced the much acclaimed evening for Kenyan writers and book enthusiasts.  Due to its location and timing (every 3rd Sunday of the month from 7.00 – 9.30pm at Kengeles Lavington green) I have never been able to make it (am still on pre-paid transport service)I however know that it’s a great venue not only for book lovers but also for those into literature as it offers a great forum for seeing new talent as well as networking opportunities.
We arrived there promptly (the event also started punctually). It was already houseful and we had to wait briefly for some seats to be availed. I was quick to note June (the event MC) and Annette (Kwani -publicity) who was quite ecstatic over my surprise visit. The evening started with some cool backup jazz music and vocals by Anto, the opening act for the event. Shortly after Anto’s performance, the first readings were by a writer, Ken Kamoche. Ken Kamoche’s debut collection of short stories, A Fragile Hope, made the Frank O’Connor long list in 2007 and the Commonwealth Writers First Book short list in 2008. He also won second prize in the 2007 Olaudah Equiano Prize for African Fiction for A Glimpse of Hope. Ken’s stories have appeared in magazines like Ambit, Wasafiri, Kunapipi, New York Stories and in various anthologies, including Dreams, Miracles and Jazz recently released by Picador. For a day job, Ken works as a professor of management, currently at Nottingham Business School. He’s also a columnist for the Sunday Nation. He read an excerpt from one of his books, which is a work of fiction. His was a story of a Zambian married man entangled in an interracial relationship with an Asian lady whilst pursuing studies in China. His dilemma as the lady discovers she is pregnant with his baby yet he has a family back home. Unfortunately the book was not available at the display desk or in local bookstores. He advised those interested to check out his website. Next was Susan Njeru, a fairly new entrant into the writers club. She has not yet published her work.. She did her undergraduate degree in Business Administration in Nairobi, and her Master’s degree in Urban Policy at the New School University in New York. She currently works in tax administration for the Government of Kenya. She read essays from two short works of fiction she has written on her relationships with men (It was an interesting story and very well told) and her relationship with in-laws. Samuel Munene whom I first met at the GoDown Art Center during finals of the ‘To be a man’ competition in which he was one of the 3 winners, had a piece on his relations with Senator Obama. His elaboration of this linkage and a letter which he was drafting to his ‘uncle’ left the whole crowd in fits of laughter. His ability to use humor and satire in his work and more so his subject matter would make one think that he’s had shot at it before. It was brilliant. It turned out, he had written that piece the previous evening. When asked during the Q &A session how he managed to transcend two forms of writing with such ease(poetry and short stories) his answer was “It just happened”. Now is that brilliance or what? He was however a bit shaken by the crowd (my guess is that he hasn’t graced that many public speaking forums as a speaker) as he kept skipping his words and his voice sounded a bit wobbly. Judy Akinyi, aka Saga McOdongo, First graced local dailies for her unfortunate brush with the law when she was nabbed with Heroin at JKIA in the year 2001. She was a teacher at the Kenya Polytechnic until 2001 when she was introduced to drug trafficking by one of the most feared operators in the murky business at the time. She was jailed for 11 years for trafficking in drugs but the sentence was commuted on appeal. She was recently released from prison and has published a book about her experiences, Deadly Money Maker.
She was reading an extract from her book which was inspired by the experience she went through Kenyan prisons and the self realization of what the drugs she had intended to traffic were affecting peoples live. As she answered questions from the audience, one could tell that she was clearly a naïve victim of circumstances who never knew what she had gotten herself into. She did not disclose why she had been enticed into transporting the drugs from Pakistan, urging us to buy a copy of the book. I however noted that the writer was clearly a first timer in writing. (The story has lots of repetition on occurrences and is told in plain prose)It however gives a firsthand account of what happens in Kenyan women’s prisons. The Question and Answer session was a lengthy one which allowed the audience to prod the 4 writers on their inspiration, hopes and choice of themes and style as well as commend them. It was way past 9.30 when I eventually decided to call it a night having spotted the likes of Muthoni Garland of Storymoja, Al Kags, Murua (he informed me he eventually wore the wedding dress- for those who have been following his escapades), Binyavanga, Prof. Wambui Mwangi and finally Dr. Chakava, the Chairman East African Educational Publishers, a veteran in the African Book publishing Industry had also graced the occasion (talk of love for writing). Annette informed me that the crowd was the biggest they’ve ever seen, Kudos to Kwani. I hope I will be able to make it for the next one. “As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical”
  
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3:53
From: Cock And Bull
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I look at my finger nails and I realize that they are much longer than I can remember and I think that maybe I should clip them. I also know that my hair is due for a long deserved trim. And as I look out of the window, I realize that while my finger nails and my hair were growing, the banana grove next to my apartment was also growing. For a while, I listen to the sound of the birds and I feel a chilly but soft breeze on my face, and it seems like I am waking up from a long slumber even though my eyes are wide open.
For a moment, I am distracted by the sound of the computer as it finishes doing the installation of software that I have been trying to make work for almost a week now. And as I resist the temptation to grab the mouse and find out if I will have better luck with the program this time, I once again realized that there is a lot going on all the time in me, to me, and around me that I do not have any conscious control over.
As I look back at the last one week, it seems like not much has happened outside my computer screen and it makes me feel like I am removing a jigger from someone’s foot. A jigger is an insect the looks like a flea, but slightly smaller. A jigger thrives in dusty households in tropical countries and is fond of burrowing into a person’s foot where it feeds and lays its eggs for the purpose of producing the next generation of jiggers.
When a person’s foot is attacked by a jigger, the tiny spot becomes very sore and itchy and brings a lot of discomfort. It is therefore usual for the person to ask someone else to help in removing the jigger from the foot. This is usually accomplished by digging out the insect from the foot using a very sharp pin. The operation is usually painful since the jigger buries itself deep inside the flesh and so it requires a person to dip the sharp pin into the same wound as many times as is required to uproot the jigger from its cozy home.
While removing a jigger from someone’s foot, full concentration is required in order to ensure that the insect is removed with the minimum amount of pricks from the sharp pin. When one in on to a jigger in another person’s foot, everything else fades into the background, and not even the grimaces of discomfort or the howls of pain will distract him from the task. And that is how it feels like the last few days have been.
Life blossoms even as my computer keyboard slowly clogs with the hair that I have pulled from my head in recent days. And I am now thinking that if I had asked the power that makes my finger nails grow while I sleep, and makes the trees flourish and the birds frolic while I am awake, most probably He would have given me a hand with this particular problem. God is still there to help us with our problems. All we have to do is ask, and give Him the chance to do it. So let us remember to ask God to give us a hand in everything that we do.
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3:22
From: You Missed This
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 Many readers have left varied comments regarding the secret sex lives of current and former members of parliament. As has been said here, anybody who digs a little deeper into the personal lives of Kenyan legislators will be shocked at what they will find. This is just a tip of the iceberg.
For the last one month, Hon Raphael Wanjala former MP for Budalangi and former Assistant Minister for Water & Irrigation (pictured) has found himself at the centre of a love triangle that is now threatening to lead to a nasty divorce case involving a 38 year-old Nigerian national and his 24 year-old Kenyan wife together with the couple’s property estimated to be valued over Kshs. 350 million. The flagship of the family business is the popular Deep West Resort off-Langata road where, these days, Wanjala spends most of his evenings together with his new lover.
What is strange about this steamy relationship is that the former assistant minister is already a polygamist with two wives. His rich Kenyan girlfriend, is only just twenty four and claims to have been married to the Nigerian for the last ten years during which time they got two children (Akinyi yawa?). The woman claims the Nigerian abandoned her with her two children and she met and fell in love with the former assistant minister during her husband’s absence.
The case has now turned into an embarrassing diplomatic row between Kenya and Nigeria with the local Nigerian Embassy set to deliver a protest letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Moses Wetangula this morning to complain about the police harassment of their national and to demand assistance for their national to access his children and his vast property.
Wanjala was rejected by Budalangi voters in the last general elections. He was first elected into parliament in 1997 on a FORD-K ticket but his dismal parliamentary record shows he never brought forward any bill nor asked any question during the 10 years he was an MP. Wanjala was recently appointed by V-P Kalonzo Musyoka as part of an eight man committee to investigate the problems that precipitated a prison officers’ strike that crippled the department and caused a security scare for one week.
See Todays Nation: Diplomatic row over love gone sour
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0:30
From: You Missed This
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Dear Mr President,
I have watched with mounting alarm as your party stares defeat in the face in the forthcoming polls and I have decided to send you this valuable advice that I assure you will save the situation.
My name is not important but I am one of the key people in former President Moi's think tank that helped him stay in power for 24 years. If you ask your dad he will tell you that this man called Moi, who speaks English falteringly and with the wrong accent outsmarted your guys several times including your dreaded CIA in all your efforts to get him out of power in the 90s. I was one of the main reasons for that stunning success against great odds. I am sure your CIA people know me very well. In short, I have plenty of practical experience in these matters and you should therefore take my advice with all the seriousness it deserves.
Mr President the really alarming thing here is that I see that Obama Mujaruo making it into that State House in Washington that you call the White House and throwing your party into the political cold maybe for 8 long years. I am sure you guys do not want this. You must therefore act decisively Mr President and you must act now.
My first suggestion is that you appoint our very own Mr Samuel Kivuitu to be the chairman of the Electoral Commission of America (ECA). Mr President, this is the only man I know who can announce the loser as the winner and still keep a straight face. What is more is that he can even throw in a joke at the moment of the theft. Tell me Mr President have you ever heard of a thief who cracks jokes as he robs a whole nation blind? I therefore wholeheartedly recommend this man to help you keep the democrats out of your 'State House'.
This man will be key in your strategy to rig out Obama and the Democrats because no earthquake will make him resign. Even the so-called pressure from your media across the country will be nothing to this man. He will simply ask CNN correspondents who ask him to resign whether he has killed anybody. What is more, Mr President, after his great success with Obama's relative here, the young senator will be a breeze for him. I need not remind you that in this game you need strong people and Kivuitu is as strong as they come, a man who despite invoking the name of God has no conscience whatsoever.
I know I am writing this to somebody who understands something about election rigging. Mr President, I am sure you remember a man called Al Gore and I am sure you also remember the decisive vote counting in a certain state where your relative was the big man then. My point is that you must now do the needful for the Republican political party otherwise things may get out of hand. I am sure you do not want to see your beloved America flooded by the Senator's fish-eating relatives from Africa. Your own CIA will confirm what deadly disease is prevalent in that area where the senator's relatives come from.
Bottom line Mr President you badly need this Kivuitu guy to save the day.
P.S. Mr President have you thought of going for a third term? I am aware that the son of Bin Laden has given you many sleepless nights and has really made you age quickly in your brief 8 years tenure in office, but you need to face life like a real man because you have a lot of unfinished business like the Iraq thing and even capturing Osama. Why not organize to change the law and run for a third term? Si your predecessor, a man called Franklin D. Roosevelt got elected so many times and even died in office? Why not you? I sense there are many Americans today who know how tough you are and who wonder what will happen to the country without you at the helm. In case you are interested in a third term (which I strongly recommend) please give me a shout and I will email you another valuable dossier on how you can do this in 4 easy steps. Nothing is impossible in politics and I can tell you that we are organizing a similar move for our Njamba down here. (opps, I meant our man down here).
Warning: This is a tongue-in-the-cheek post
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