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For Love and Money: What Makes America So Successful?

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:34:00 -0400

What Makes America So Successful?

Rants, Raves & Reviews: Obama bows before king

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:09:00 -0400

Obama bows down before king abdullah of saudi arabia...

Ouch! This is going to hurt Obama's reputation as the leader of the free world when you consider that saudi arabians are well not 'free'.

So what do you think?

[www.americanthinker.com]

[www.jihadwatch.org]

[www.suntimes.com]

[www.suntimes.com]

Possible Explanations:

“I wasn’t bowing . . . I was ducking in case someone threw a shoe.”
"Oops, I dropped my contact lens."
"Keep buying our T-Bills or my goose is cooked!"

What a nightmare for the protocol officers esp if a king/chief of some rinky-dink kingdom expects the same treatment/reverence!

You Missed This: Different Spys At Kumekucha

Chris — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:00 -0400

I sincerely hope that you are enjoying your Easter holidays immensely. I would not dream of spoiling it with some hot breaking news that will worry you (I leave that to Tuesday). And so I have decided to talk about the interesting characters who regularly pass by at this site (some of them literally live here and I am totally charmed that they should find this such a cozy home)

Here at Kumekucha we have various ways of being able to tell where comments come from and so let me share with you the different types of commentators we have here (based on my insider info).

The Serious Diasporan
The group I love most. These guys love their country, some of them so much that I have often felt envious. They are always annoyed at the fact that this blog sometimes has too many abusive comments. It irks them that a discussion on the future of the motherland should be turned into a joke or a mchongoano (abuses) contest between Luos and Kikuyus. Many of them have written to me and on two occasions I have given some of them (whom I knew from before and trusted) the opportunity to help me solve the comments problem. Only then have they been able to empathize with my situation.

The Diasporan seeking Entertainment
Life out there in the Diaspora is not totally a bed of roses, as most Kenyan believe. You really miss home more so if you are totally stressed with your job or studies. And so some folks have to “let off steam” by seeking some hilarious entertainment. Many of them find it in the comments area of this blog. Hence you will see Taabu’s mistress, Phil’s mistress etc. This is a tricky group because some of them spoil the blog with their “extreme French” if you know what I mean while others make this place so entertaining that when I am low I usually come here to read the comments and within no time I am guaranteed to be rolling on the floor with laughter, tears streaming out of my eyes.

The Intelligence Community
Many, many readers of this blog do NOT believe that this group exists here. When I first pointed it out in 2005 many dismissed it as a figment of my imagination. Today I have plenty of evidence to prove that not only do they leave comments here but they monitor this blog religiously (and send out reports). Many times they step in to do damage control when it looks like we will frustrate their objectives with the information we give here. Like recently when some people were determined that nobody should take Paul Muite seriously when he says his life is in danger. Actually Muite has shut down the Kwekwe squad with his utterances (at least momentarily). My only fear is that some other interests may still carry out hits and make them look like Kwekwe.

There are other fascinating groups like what I would call Jeshi la mzee who always heckle on behalf of their “employers” and then there are the locals who seek inside information among other groups of commentators.

Those my friends are the people who make this place so addictive.

Do have a happy Easter folks but please make sure you are NOT flat broke by the time Tuesday comes.Kumekucha

Kenyanentrepreneur.com: Pertuity Direct

kenyanentrepreneur — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:55:35 -0400

There’s an article in BD Africa about a social networking lending site founded by Kenyan, Kim Muhota. The video below is an introductory speech about the company (Pertuity Direct) that can be found on its website. Muhota’s accent is completely Americanized, which I find somewhat strange for someone who supposedly finished high school in Kenya. [...]

Kenyanentrepreneur.com: Merali’s Sameer: Bursting Like It’s Tyres

kenyanentrepreneur — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:54:48 -0400

I just came across this site, which I had never heard of before called breakingnewskenya.com. The site had an interesting article, which was posted last year on the sheenanigans at Merali’s company and why it’s short-term MD, Eric Kimani was fired. Anyway, they were some revealing comments posted on the site and I want to highlight [...]