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Kenya Cup Results 01/08/09
» Rugby in Kenya Kenya Cup Results 01/08/09
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I hate poetry,i could write a poem ...
» the-undergraduate I hate poetry,i could write a poem about you everyday
I hate love songs,am addicted to them
I hate this feeling of longing,i long for the day i'll see you again
I hate kisses,i cant seem to get enough of them
I hate staring,i cant keep my eyes off you
I hate day dreaming,am dreaming of you right now
I hate being in love,i keep falling deeper in love with you
But most of all
I hate caring,because i care about you too much
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AGOA week in Kenya
» bankelele AGOA week in Kenya
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10:21
From The Archives: Kumekucha Classic
» You Missed This special weekend edition classic kumekucha throwback from the archives
7 Things That Will Happen To Kenya If Kibaki Is Re-elected Most Kenyans are like the proverbial Ostrich that when faced with a rapidly approaching forest fire, prefers to bury its' head in the sand and hope that the fire will just go away.
The rapidly approaching "fire" is the re-election of President Mwai Kibaki for a second term. Kenyans are well able to stop this happening, especially the young people of Kenya who just need to unite and speak in one voice.
There are even those Kenyans who feel that a Kibaki re-election may not be such a bad thing after all. The feel that the economy has recovered and is growing at unprecedented levels and Kanu is out of power.
The facts on the ground are a little different. One thing in particular that Kenyans have failed to see to see, or feel the effects of, is the so-called economic growth. I tend to agree with the economist's view that I feel is very close to the truth that points in a different direction for the answers to the current so-called strength of the Kenyan economy. It is believed that Kenyans who are now scattered all over the world have been sending money back home for investment and upkeep at unprecedented levels which has kept the Kenyan shilling very strong and cushioned the economy against current adverse effects like that of rising world oil prices
. Apart from that the economic miracle of the Kibaki government is a mirage at best and a bad tasteless joke at worse.
Whatever your opinion may be, here is what Kenyans should expect from a Mwai Kibaki Re-election victory in 2007;
i) Disaster And Civil Unrest On A Massive Scale: Continuation of the current policies that ignore the plight of the majority of ordinary Kenyans especially in the area of job creation (the position of the Kibaki administration: Interest rates are low and banks are now eager to lend, why don't the penniless get working, go to the nearest bank and borrow money to start a business?). This administration believes that the Constituency Development Fund is enough to cater for the millions of Kenyans now living below the poverty line. This is a terrible mistake because this is a time bomb that will surely go off. We have already seen some tiny explosions in terms of rising levels of crime that are overwhelming the better equipped and much larger police force we have today. This big time bomb is bound to go off within a year of President Kibaki's re-election. Only a brand new administration headed by a new younger generation of Kenyans, preferably non-golf playing individuals, have any hope of seeing and addressing this priority with the urgency it deserves. It would also help if at least a few influential faces in such a new administration have used a pit latrine recently.
ii) More Commissions Of Inquiry: If you thought Moi had overused commissions of inquiry, then President Kibaki has taken them to new heights. He is now spending taxpayers money to constitute commissions of inquiry to probe members of his own immediate family. Something that can be sorted out in a 10-minute family meeting one lazy Sunday afternoon long before even the public gets wind of it, now takes up public funds and the valuable time of public officers. How else would one view the Artur's saga?
For the uninformed, commissions of inquiry are never meant to get to the bottom of anything. The idea is to be seen to be doing something while time passes so that people forget about the thorny issue at hand. Name one commission of inquiry in Kenya that has produced results to date.
Expect many more commissions of inquiry in a second Kibaki administration and no real solid action.
iii) Dozing off during cabinet meetings. The President will be 76 next year. By the time he completes his second term he will be 81 years old. Surely, let reason prevail as you answer this question. Is this the right age to deal with the problems facing the world today, let alone the problems facing most Kenyans that need radical new ideas to tackle?
The Vice President is the President's age-mate and then there is defense minister Njenga Karume. Those who are familiar with folks this age, please answer the following question; What are the odds of this cabinet staying awake and alert through a 30 minute cabinet meeting (no cabinet meeting is that short)?
iv) More Youth Funds Special funds are usually set up to help people who can otherwise not help themselves. Refugees, widows orphans etc. When a fund is set up to help the people who should be the most active in the economy of a country, then you know that there is something very wrong. In a second Kibaki administration expect the same policies that make Kenyans refugees and less fortunate in their own country so that more youth funds will be constituted to be administered by the same politicians who are experienced in handling funds like in the Goldenberg saga and Anglo Leasing affair.
v) Meanwhile Current Crop of youth leaders are growing old By the time the next elections come in 2012, Kenyans born at independence in 1963 will be approaching 50, 5 years away from the usual retirement age of 55. Is that the right time to hand over leadership to them? Mwai Kibaki joined the cabinet when he was 28 years old. He wants to leave when he is 81. Somebody help me make sense out of this.
vi) More Anglo Leasings And More Goldenbergs The financial scandals never end. There are those Kenyans who believe that because they are being exposed, somehow they will stop. Did you hear about the recent scandal where Cabinet Minister Njenga Karume sold land that he could not previously sell to the government. This administration says there is nothing wrong and everything was above board. Expect many more deals between senior influential cabinet ministers and the government that are "transparent and above board".
vii) We Will always do things the way they were done in the 60s So you are excited about the information age and what modern technology is capable of? And maybe you see it being put to good use to improve the lot of Kenyans? Forget it. Have you tried to talk to a person over 60 years of age recently? They see things very differently, the way they have always been since the swinging 60s. But Osama Bin Laden didn't exist then and neither were automatic weapons so easy to acquire for use in a crime. A second Kibaki term will be quite similar to this first one, a field day for wazee hukumbuka buffs, disaster for the nation.
If you are reading this and you still intend to play Ostrich or believe that there is nothing wrong with a second Kibaki term, then I have only one last thing left to say to you…
Will the last person leaving Kenya remember to switch off the lights…
ChrisKumekucha
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9:06 Aircraft Crashed at Nairobi’s Estate
» All about Africa and specifically Kenya An aircraft crashed at Nairobi’s Highrise estate near Wilson Airport shortly before 3pm Kenya Time on Saturday. According to Capital News there were four people on board who got injured and were rushed to different Hospitals in Nairobi. But there was a conflicting report by Nation, which claimed that one person died while other two [...]
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Eudy Simelane: Update – trial resumes Aug 26th
» Black Looks Friday 31 Aug; Delmas: The state today closed its case against the three men accused of robbing, raping and murdering lesbian soccer star Eudy Simelane in April 2008. Activists, still reeling from the shocking happenings on day one in which state witness Thato Mphiti recanted his previous testimony and took sole responsibility for the crime, [...]
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Dad
» Farmgal With one shot, you were gone 1st Aug 1982 We all miss you! R.I.P
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Story moja Hay festival
» the-undergraduate I tend to draw energy from those around me and sometimes it scares me seeing just how hyper and loud i can get when am used to being shy and a bit reserved.Either that or i have a serious case of multi personality disorder.
Hanging out my pals at the story moja hay festival yesterday brought back memories of freshman and sophomore years.Me and the twins used to be allover campus signing up for clubs and events that we'd end up missing.We also walked around teasing people who seemed to be working too hard to try and blend in with the 'in crowd'.We tried all sorts of stuff from ice skating,football,artist management and at some point we even went gambling at a casino and....lost!!It's like whenever you win,you'll always get tempted to play another round!
So we walked into impala club to find a quiet orderly event with lotsa book,sculpture and film enthusiasts and within minutes we were allover creating mayhem and running our own side show.I think we might have even traumatized a very friendly artist who had displayed his iron cast sculptures cos we started acting like the sculptures were real animals.we knew we had to draw the line somewhere after kissing a giant frog in the hopes that it would turn into prince charming....in our defence...the fairytales never said whether a metal frog could replace the real thing and so we had to try our luck despite the many camera flashes directed at us :)
I also loved canvas painting where everyone was allowed to modify or add their own drawings to create one huge painting.Our contribution was adding a huge sun at the botton of the painting since we were in an 'artsy' mode which left a few high school kids staring at us wondering whether we were high.To cap it all we signed our names allover the canvas and made it look like we'd painted the whole thing by ourselves,took a few pictures posing to smile for some 'fans' who'd been busy recording our craziness on their cellphones and left for the film workshop.At this point,i should probably say,IT'S RUDE TO PHOTOGRAPH OR RECORD PEOPLE WITHOUT ASKING!!I see this happening alot and guys are the main culprits!!
The event turned out to be fun but i hope next year theyll consider incorporating live music as a way of promoting up coming bands and also to make it more interesting/lively.
Some of the comedians deserve to be on telly cos i loved their material that left the audience in stitches 'he was the marking scheme of an ugly baby'.A couple of tears were shed at the kenya burning photo exhibition tent since they had very many graphic images that really make you question human nature.After seeing photos of beheaded kenyans,some burnt in their cars and mobs caught in action during the post election violence...i hate to think of where we could be headed if we dont act soon and work at transforming the way communities view each other.
Tuungane tujenge taifa pamoja kama wakenya
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Photos of the Stoetry at KNT and 1st day of Story Moja
» Kenyanpoet The Stoetry session at the Kenya National Theatre on 30th was a huge success, find photos here.
Photos of the 1st day of the Story Moja Festival
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Satellite TV Deals In America !
» A Nairobian's Perspective ! Are you resident in America and desiring to get the best possible satellite TV deals based on your location?Then Kaptainsatellite.com is the site for you to enable you browse the different available options out in the market for both DIRECTV offers and Satellite Dish Network offers.You can also be able to see and compare the different pros and cons facts on DIRECTV Offers and DISH Network Offers in your locality.
The site enables you to browse and read user reviews of the top rated satellite tv service providers by region for example if you are in Maine area of the USA your link is:Direct TV in Maine .By clicking on the link you will be directed to web page where you will get to view:- The Best Direct TV deals,offers ,equipment, manuals etc.
- The Best Directv deals on Receivers, Satellite Dishes ...etc
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- Compare customer satisfaction ratings and get to see why satellite TV beats cable TV
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4:07
Sir Bobby Robson- Football Legend departs
» SportsKenya 
Bobby & Jose at Barcelona's triumph -1997 European's Cup Winners Cup
One of football's legend departed from us yesterday after a long battle with cancer. I remember him most as the English manager who led the England team into the semi-finals ( painfully for us who favoured Cameroon's dream run ) in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. He also mentored another great coach Jose Mourinho and managed a number of English teams. SportsKenya takes a bow to this legend ! -
World Athletics Championships-Media madness
» SportsKenya Is it me or does the media just get wrong all the time when we have training for major meets? The other day, as I was watching the sports news I saw this media house cover the training session of the national team as they went through their paces after moving their training from the major stadia which are hosting other sports events.
They maybe looking for a news item (as they are almost always short of local content...) but the damage they do to our sports personalities is irreparable. If you check other sports networks, they usually avail themselves for training sessions for sports like football and try get their news from there. The teams are usually very secretive of what and how much access is given to media.
The same ought to be done to our national team. That's why we have people called media liaisons. When you are up against some of the most competitive teams like the Ethiopians, Eritreans and North Africans as well as upcoming individual talents from France (in 3000m steeplechase), Ugandans, Qataris among others; you don't go telling the world what you are doing.
Take a case of what Kenya's Harambee Stars coach Hey has done and banned media from shooting training sessions of the team. The same needs to be done and if there any burning issues, the media should seek proper briefs not seeing some images of a Tv crew blowing dust to a team on a mission to keep our image up there ( not our doomed politicians who keep shooting themselves time and again).
Was that a bird, was that a plane, no it's the AK Bus !
Athletics Kenya, I'll do this for free but please moderate or even ban these guys !
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