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• June 10, 2009
• 21:01

  U13 selected results

   » ‎ Kenya Cricket
  I had hoped to post full scorecards, but the formatting ability has eluded, so here are the summaries of Kenya's matches in the U13 regional tournament:
  
  Match 1:
  Kenya beat Tanzania by 11 runs
  Toss - Tza, elected to field.
  MOM Joseph Owino
  Kenya 3/108 (Joseph Owino 30*, Tanzil Sheikh 20*, Joseph Mwanji 1/11)
  Tanzania 5/97 (Abbas Zabahussin 19, Nassoro Zeharo 18, Kevan Dodhia 2/9)
  
  Match 2:
  Kenya lost to Uganda by 7 wickets
  Toss - Ken, elected to bat
  MOM Isaac Abdullahah (Uga)
  Kenya 8/83 (Tanzil Sheikh 23, Krutarth Rao 19*, Deep Haria 2/6, Simon Ssesazi 2/22)
  Uganda 3/85 (Lawrence Ssempija 32*, Isaac Abdullahah 33, Atharva Tembekhar 1/14)
  
  Match 4:
  Kenya v Tanzania - abandoned due to rain
  Kenya 3/51 (Dhawal Modi 17, Abbas Zabeehussin 1/5)
  
  Match 5:
  Kenya lost to Uganda by 8 wickets
  Toss: Ken - elected to bat
  MOM Simon Ayella (Uga)
  Kenya 6/62 (Dhawal Modi 29, Tanzil Sheikh 19, Simon Ayella 2/13)
  Uganda 2/65 (Bid Jaineel 32*, Gordon Everard 1/10, Artharva Tembekhar 1/12)
  
  Overall, Kenya's batting produced too many ducks, though there are some positives to be taken from the above, notably Joseph Owino's innings in the first match, Arthava Tembekhar chipping in with wickets each game and Dhawal Modi featuring in 2 good innings. The stand out player for Kenya however was the one player who really produced in every match: Tanzil Sheikh. Sad to see that the private schools produced little help despite their better facilities and training. Hopefully this will change in future squads and future years with this group of players.Become a fan of Kenya Cricket.com on facebook: [www.facebook.com]

• 14:17

  Fastest

   » ‎ kaasa
  Hey!     Quick one here! I hope you all  are good and guess you heard that His Excellency El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Gabon’s pres for life finally kicked the bucket after 42 yrs at the helm and as I predicted, it’s chaos all around already. As our Kenyan bishop so and so’s say on [...]

• 14:14

  The Angiological Weekend

   » ‎ Kikuyumoja's realm

  Tags:  maisha  

  Just when I thought that nothing could stop us from a well-deserved vacation, visiting some dear friends in London – a journey we had anticipated for a long time – parts of my body revolted and sent me to hospital on Sato evening.

  

  Diagnosis: a spontaneous venous thrombosis on the left leg, partly inherited from my family, partly due to sítting too much time in front of my computer.

  So I spent the best part of the week enjoying this view:

  

  ..or taking snapshots like this one:

  

  This is actually where I was waiting for gastroscopy where this woman next to me asked the doctor for colonoscopy, telling him that she had too much anal intercourcse lately. Well….

  Staying in hospital is ok – at least you’re provided with free food and I didn’t have to pay for anything. Now compare that with hospitals in Kenya and you know what’s better about Germany. Really, the health care system may be far from perfect, but it is better than in other countries.

  

  Eventually, I was given these tights which are really *tight* but also help putting some external pressure on the veins.

  

  The irony is that they’re selling this colour as flesh tone. It’s the moment where your mind goes: WTF?!?!?! U guys can’t be siriiiaaaas?!

  But they are. These tights also available in black or white – and I will order a black pair asap. Will have to wear these for at least 6 months, probably even longer. Yes, I know, many women have been wearing such special tights for the last 30 years or so, but I am a man and just not used to such special underwear. It could be worse.

  One reason for blogging all this is to remind you not to spend too much time seated (this also happens during long flights, btw!) – or else a thrombosis is what may follow. They do all kind of tests with you to exclude a tumor (which may be another cause for a thrombosis) and that ain’t nice.

  The other reason is that the Angiological department at the Uniklinik Frankfurt shares the same building with the Infectological dept – where all HIV-patients are treated. You end sharing the place with other patients who are about 1/2 of my weight and who probably won’t survive another month. Makes you appreciate life.

  Another positive aspect of all this is that your body is checked upside down – so it’s good to know (that) the rest is all well!

  
  

  

• 9:25

  World Economic Forum, Africa

   » ‎ Kenyan Pundit

  Tags:  Africa  

  I’m in Cape Town for the World Economic Forum. I’m a panelist on the Mobile Revolution panel tomorrow afternoon, along with Michael Joseph, Nick Nesbitt (Kencall), and Wolfgang Lehmacher (Geopost). You can catch a livestream of the panels here.

  Let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to ask/discuss on the panel.

  I won’t blog much, but will be tweeting lots so catch me on Twitter. Also search for #africa09 on twitter.

• 9:00

  Delta, Zain and KQ Tweet Around

   » ‎ bankelele

  Tags:  George Ayittey  

  and other Bank Twits
  Twitter is a micro-blogging tool that is really nifty for doing mini-posts, forwards and other remarks that (are on any subject) and are maybe not worthy of a full blog post. Here’s a summary of the last few days on Twitter:
  
  May 29
  - @MauriYambo Kenya Co-op Bank directors shareholding Stinks http://bit.ly/EvI2d
  - KTN’s Larry…. Madowo @larrymadowo on Twitter
  - After a few drinks I discover I may be related to @kafai and @gishungwa! #TIA
  
  May 30
  - Morning traffic jams in Nairobi Kileleshwa. Spy some Apts being built into the river & fear that one day, river will rise & reclaim its banks
  - Government of Kenya shot itself in foot with punitive alcohol tax. Spirit brewers going belly up, Uhuru should correct
  
  May 31
  - Happy birthday young @intelligensia
  
  Jun 1
  - @mwaikibaki will launch Kenya’s fibre optic cable this month
  - @mwaikibaki says Kenya census starts august 24. Ends with his famous phrase, calls hecklers #pumbavu
  - Cadbury seems to have discontinued my fave choc wafer, while alvaro is on sale - buy 5, get 1 free!
  
  June 2
  - Some Nairobi buildings were designed by Mario bros - with secret floors, VIP lifts, hidden entrances, hostile guards to negotiate
  - Santander Bank may sponsor Ferrari next year - does that also make Alonso their new driver? http://tinyurl.com/mgukmu
  - Does patient capitalist Jacqueline Novogratz @jnovogratz have the answer to the role of aid in development? http://tinyurl.com/q9llxb
  - The African Union wants to set up an African Central Bank http://bit.ly/QcMav
  - @TerryanneC Delta Airlines maiden flight earlier scheduled for tomorrow from Atlanta to Kenya postponed indefinitely
  - If I had to subscribe to one magazine for life, it would be the Economist
  
  June 3
  - @coldtusker -even without airport CEO, artur, 1jet1 - US may want more than one airport checkpoint to filter passengers, so non-stop no go
  - @mamboleo ranneberger welcomed delta in the news and was to officiate today. Mwakwere has been in US for a week waiting to fly
  - @MIMImagazine new Sade album this year http://bit.ly/Ywv14
  - What's wrong with Kenya airport Security? http://tinyurl.com/qmmem2
  - Want to speak like Kenyan kids? - try the Sheng dictionary http://www.sheng.co.ke/kamu...
  - Got an accurate shares statement by e-mail from CDSC Kenya - so my stockbroker is still honest
  
  June 4
  - Should companies care about what’s written about them online? http://bit.ly/oiYFw
  - Former ministers and MP's mentioned in parliament as masterminds of some collapsed Kenya pyramid
  - Michuki and Ruto top a NTV viewer poll of best performing ministers in Kenya. Ok... #Kenya
  
  June 5
  - @alykhansatchu "In September 2008, all hell broke loose, it fell like the Titanic" - Titus Naikuni Kenya Airways CEO
  - @coldtusker Kenya Airways losing 4 billion after Zain's 7 billion loss, there's a lot of blood!
  
  June 6
  - Nairobi city council asking 100 shillings ($1.25) to photocopy each 100 words of new laws that will punish residents #FAIL
  - Follow George Ayittey @ayittey for a harsh dose of Afro-reality
  - JKIA arrival lounge - musician Jua Cali and Uganda leader Kizza Besige arrive unnoticed
  
  June 7
  - Button-Brawn wins turkey GP. Kenyan crowds are ABB - Anyone but Button
  - @karuoro does XYZ fail for taking shots at politicos who are too funny to be imitated or is it the poor voices?
  
  June 8
  - Reading Africa confidential to see which way Gabon goes: Lady Senate president should succeed, but Bongo Jnr. is minister of defence
  - Weekendgossip: Delta planned Nairobi route before they mergered with Northwest - who are KLM partners. KLM have invested for many years in Kenya Airways so does it make sense for Delta to fly to Nairobi?
  
  June 9
  - Why would Wanjiku Mugane quit the EABL Board? http://bit.ly/u6a6V
  - R/T @kainvestor @kachwanya Zain looks to close $12bn deal to sell Africa unit - report: http://tinyurl.com/m4wofy
  - Soldiers are not allowed with guns in the room (and other hotel rules) http://bit.ly/BCAV8
  - Time to do the tax return thing - 3 out of 4 years waiting for a tax refund
  
  June 10
  - How the Lakers won Game 2: I wish Bill Simmons watched Soccer and F1 because there are more conspiracies than NBA http://tinyurl.com/ma2gax
  - The folks at DNA Kenya have published a Promiscuity Index Report: Ave No. of Steady Mistresses! Ave No. of kids per steady Mistress! Ave No. of 1 night stands since wedding! #DNAKenya http://www.dnakenya.com
  spot the difference

• 4:07

  Maria Puente's Art of Writing on Facebook or Twitter

   » ‎ Mauri Yambo
  Maria Puente bemoans the all-too-common habit of writing on Facebook and Twitter as though art, the art of writing, does not matter in those fora. She complains, "the modern status update is not always compelling reading." I cannot but agree with her entirely. In a recent twitter update I remarked that "content is the real King of Kongo." She puts it much more elegantly. Clearly, "Feeding the cat" or "Watching TV" is no one's king -- though, Puente concedes:
  
  

  "To be fair, even great diarists of the past had bad days: Samuel Pepys, the Englishman whose journals clarified a big chunk of the 17th century for historians, sometimes had nothing more imaginative to say than: And so to bed."

  
  Yet she wants something more: "Surely we could do better 350 years later?", she remarks.
  
  Approvingly, she quotes Debbie Weil, author of The Corporate Blogging Book, who notes:
  
  

  "Great blogging is great writing, and it turns out great Twittering is great writing — it's the haiku form of blogging."

  
  And she, Puente, insists: "Funny, clever and sassy updates and tweets stand out because they are the exception. Boring, vapid or just TMI — too much information — updates often dominate in cyberspace."
  Click here to read more
  
  Further Reading:
  1. Click on link to read: Ten Ways to Put Your Content in Front of More People.http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

  
  

• 3:45

  Of Kenya's 1 Million Child Workers

   » ‎ Mauri Yambo
  A story in today's East African Standard reports that Kenya has one million child workers -- children who are out of school and working under hazardous conditions -- despite the national policy of free primary education for all. Morehttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

  
  

• 2:21

  University of Nairobi Students Reject Sub-Standard HIV/Aids Exam

   » ‎ Mauri Yambo
  Last Monday, University of Nairobi students walked out of an examination hall in protest against a compulsory, end-of-semester HIV/Aids examination paper which, they argued, was not only sub-standard but also contained the answers that they were supposed to struggle to give.
  
  That was truly a strange incident. Equally bizarre was the revelation that the paper had a multiple-choice format, which is supposed to be contrary to University policy -- though some of us have been rooting, unsuccessfully, for the sanctioning of that format as an option in specific undergraduate settings (particularly courses with very large student numbers). Morehttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

  
  

• 2:16

  How many 5yr olds could you take in a fight?

   » ‎ Mo-Mo Baggins
  How many 5yr olds could you take in a fight?

• 2:01

  Maseno University Students: Sexually Active, Averse to Condom Use

   » ‎ Mauri Yambo
  A study by Kenya's Maseno University's School of Public Health reports that while nearly 70% of a sample of 500 Maseno University students were sexually active, only 15% consistently used condoms during their (practical/empirical?) 'tests' of "sexual compatibility". Morehttp://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping