[junelinternational]

As you rightly put it, it is a myth! I will tell first that I am a big time businessman in Kenya and I am no Kikuyu blood at all. I am amazed by how many people have been bought into this myth of Kikuyus being rich in Kenya. What is a business? Many people have reduced there business definations to only day trading and Merchants. Consider this; who is richer a Kikuyu owning a retail shop or a Maasai owning 300 head of cattle, hundreds of sheep and goat and being a member of a huge group ranch? I started my business a retail shopper many years ago and that is what a majority of Kikuyus do. Forget the less than 1% of Njenga Karumes, Kibakis, Githunguris etc. It is a myth! A cow goes for atleast Ksh 15,000. Most retail shops are completely stocked with less than Ksh 70,000. A street hawker is only worth about Ksh. 10,000 at the high end. Ask yourself why are there no Maasais leaving in Slums? Do you ever hear any Maasai kids not able to pay school fees? Think. Stop being fooled by a few rich Kikuyus who were baby sat by Kenyatta to thinking Kikuyus are rich. Kikuyus are on average are as poor as any other Kenyan community. Sorry but that is the truth!

What are you talking about? How many masais have even 300 cattle to thier name? And am not saying non have, dont forget many kikuyus also have 300 plus cattle in thier OWN farms, not to mention the small scale farmers who have one or two for thier own dairy consumption. I can assure you any Kikuyu who has even 1 cattle has his own land, cattle can die due to diseases or drought, land will always be there, now MR BIG TIME BUSINESSMAN tell us who is more financially secure?

On your other point that '' do you ever hear of masai kids not able to pay fees?'' Now that is laughable, go ask all those masai watchmen all over Kenya living on KSH2000-3000 per month and they will tell you.