I must confess that i'm proud to be Kenyan.History was made yesterday (05/08/2010) when the citizens of Kenya unanimously and overwhelmingly endorsed - through the ballot- a new constitution dispensation that promises hope to the downtrodden majority.
Pundits argue that the draft constitution that was voted for this year was no different from the Kilifi alias wako draft that the then Kibaki's administration (as william Ruto likes saying).....tried pushing it down the throats of Kenyans.
Talking of william Ruto E.G.H. Mp.....this man despite his purpoted crimes is my role model.Just the other day, i learnt that mheshimiwa Ruto became a Minister when he was only 35 and that he had already made his first 100 million Kenyan shillings at this age.Ruto was the de-facto leader of those opposing the constitution and his flock included non other than the christian clergy and their sheep, the faithful.
If you don't know, then i want to inform you that Mr. Ruto is a very eloquent man.Very discreet, shrewd and all those character traits you can think of, that make one to be described as an intelligent man (as per Kenyatta University common Unit of critical thinkers definition).
So, Ruto appears on TV, and the first thing a journalist asks him is whether he concedes defeat and do you know what Ruto says......???....The majority (Yes/Green) had their way but the minority (No/Red)had their say....don't you just love this man.Enter Mzee Moi...and what are his comments on Kenya's landmark stride towards the future????......this new constitution will entrench tribalism.....
Talking of tribalism....I have come to recognise the fact that when Gikuyus and the Luos are singing the same political song (as one Kiraitu Murungi likes saying, then Kenya as a nation prospers.Indeed, in 2003 when the NARC party took over the ruins of KANU's Plunder, it felt so nice to be Kenyan.It also feels so nice to be Kenyan today now that President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga are not suspicious of each other, or better still, are singing from the same hymnbook and for that matter the same hymn.
I have to comment on His excellency the vice president.It is not a secret that most Kamba's voted against the constitution.This to me was a major blow to Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka but also a lifeline.Someone in my local pub was saying that if kalonzo, Ruto and Deputy Premier Uhuru kenyatta, actualised the KKK aliance, then 2012 will be a walk in the park.I beg to differ...(to be continued when more ideas stram into me head)
Nairobi daily is a blog set up a few years ago, by Alex Maina himself.The content is biased towards Alex Maina's political opinion and occasionally, his emotions.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Thursday, December 10, 2009
I'm back
Many things have happened ever since i posted my last blog.Finally, squatters were evicted from the Mau forest, Harambeee stars (Kenya's National team) never qualified for the World cup and Africa cup of Nations finals,Antoine Hey ( the national team coach) was fired, the predicted el nino rains never came, a draft constitution for the republic was published et cetera et cetera.
On a personal note, i have resolved to cement my career as a librarian and now more than ever appreciate the fact that experience counts.
Life in Nairobi remains the same, albeit the new "noise pollution" law that has been introduced.The rich continue getting richer while the poor seem to have resigned to the fact that they were condemned to poverty.Our politicians are now aligning themselves in preparation for 2012 general elections.Speculation is rife that there might be a grand tribal alliance pitting the Agikuyu, Akamba and the Kalenjin together.In my opinion this is a tragedy in the making.Politicians vouching for the triple K(KKK) have been in government before.Some have been accused of grand corruption, land grabbing, and abuse of human rights(read PEV).Suprissingly, the possibility of this alliance is seemingly becoming part of the Kenyan debate.It is all over in the news and different foras and Kamkujis (including those night ones at Kencom and Hotel Ambassedeur' in downtown Nairobi) are discussing KKK.
A chinese engineer working on Thika Road once lamented that if Kenyans spoke economy as much as they spoke politics,Kenya will be way ahead.
I choose not to be prophet of doom but am keenly watching this new political sway.
On a personal note, i have resolved to cement my career as a librarian and now more than ever appreciate the fact that experience counts.
Life in Nairobi remains the same, albeit the new "noise pollution" law that has been introduced.The rich continue getting richer while the poor seem to have resigned to the fact that they were condemned to poverty.Our politicians are now aligning themselves in preparation for 2012 general elections.Speculation is rife that there might be a grand tribal alliance pitting the Agikuyu, Akamba and the Kalenjin together.In my opinion this is a tragedy in the making.Politicians vouching for the triple K(KKK) have been in government before.Some have been accused of grand corruption, land grabbing, and abuse of human rights(read PEV).Suprissingly, the possibility of this alliance is seemingly becoming part of the Kenyan debate.It is all over in the news and different foras and Kamkujis (including those night ones at Kencom and Hotel Ambassedeur' in downtown Nairobi) are discussing KKK.
A chinese engineer working on Thika Road once lamented that if Kenyans spoke economy as much as they spoke politics,Kenya will be way ahead.
I choose not to be prophet of doom but am keenly watching this new political sway.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Positive energy
I have regained positive energy.I will not complain anymore.I am blessed to be where iam.I will avoid people who always talk negative.I am grateful.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
What Africa needs is Nuke Power....we have been slaves for too long
I will start by commenting on Hillary's Clinton visit to Kenya.Personally i thought she tried her level best not to upset us with the usual American arrogance that we have been exposed to in the past.I liked everything about her tour to Kenya especially the public debate at the University of Nairobi.
One person in the audience asked Hillary why America endorsed the election of President Kibaki in 2007 but later receded on that decision.The person went even further and asked why America and Europe (the world's imperialists slave masters)now support the Zimbabwean Government after a power sharing deal between President Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai who is now prime minister. Hillary Clinton's reply was that the elections in Kenya were free and fair but were full of irregularities as compared to Zimbabwe where there was voter intimidation and pre-election violence but no tallying irregularities.She went on further and admitted that the 2007 elections in Kenya were not different to those of the USA in the years 2000 and 2004.Mrs Clinton informed the Kenyan Masses that America supports free and fair elections but is also aware that the losers of elections are always tempted to incite violence.....apparently she was on point......that is exactly what happened in Kenya.The losers planned and executed the violence.We want justice now.If no one will give us justice then we will give ourselves justice using the law of natural justice.We want Guns.
Anyway, Mrs. Clinton kept on insisting that Obama's Government wanted Africa to come-up with solutions to its own problems something which i found very contradictory...she even said that she supports the local tribunal!!So why then lecture top leadership on good governance/corruption and impunity which, clearly is an attribute of almost all leaders in Africa.It is well known that money stolen from Africa by corrupt individuals from Africa and from the rest of the world,is in Europe, Australia , South East Asia, America, Caribbean islands etc
Kenya has been trying to recover money stolen from public cofers for the past six years.If Europe and America are to talk about corruption, then let them assist Kenya to recover this money.
Africa requires the following things to be "Independent"
-Africa requires to feed itself
-Africa requires to maintain its heritage(iam not saying that we maintain all the old traditions)
-Africa requires to "reclaim" the knowledge to cure our diseases (missionary's explorers and colonialists stole it from us"
-Africa requires a solid education system.
- Africa requires a big Army and a Weapon of Mass destruction.
After achieving the above goals....the word sanctions will not apply.
One person in the audience asked Hillary why America endorsed the election of President Kibaki in 2007 but later receded on that decision.The person went even further and asked why America and Europe (the world's imperialists slave masters)now support the Zimbabwean Government after a power sharing deal between President Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai who is now prime minister. Hillary Clinton's reply was that the elections in Kenya were free and fair but were full of irregularities as compared to Zimbabwe where there was voter intimidation and pre-election violence but no tallying irregularities.She went on further and admitted that the 2007 elections in Kenya were not different to those of the USA in the years 2000 and 2004.Mrs Clinton informed the Kenyan Masses that America supports free and fair elections but is also aware that the losers of elections are always tempted to incite violence.....apparently she was on point......that is exactly what happened in Kenya.The losers planned and executed the violence.We want justice now.If no one will give us justice then we will give ourselves justice using the law of natural justice.We want Guns.
Anyway, Mrs. Clinton kept on insisting that Obama's Government wanted Africa to come-up with solutions to its own problems something which i found very contradictory...she even said that she supports the local tribunal!!So why then lecture top leadership on good governance/corruption and impunity which, clearly is an attribute of almost all leaders in Africa.It is well known that money stolen from Africa by corrupt individuals from Africa and from the rest of the world,is in Europe, Australia , South East Asia, America, Caribbean islands etc
Kenya has been trying to recover money stolen from public cofers for the past six years.If Europe and America are to talk about corruption, then let them assist Kenya to recover this money.
Africa requires the following things to be "Independent"
-Africa requires to feed itself
-Africa requires to maintain its heritage(iam not saying that we maintain all the old traditions)
-Africa requires to "reclaim" the knowledge to cure our diseases (missionary's explorers and colonialists stole it from us"
-Africa requires a solid education system.
- Africa requires a big Army and a Weapon of Mass destruction.
After achieving the above goals....the word sanctions will not apply.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Obama checks into Africa and tells us nothing new
Come Saturday afternoon on 11th July 2009 and i was nursing one humongous hangover carried over from a night of binge drinking.The hangover felt like a bout of Malaria, a terrible disease that kills so many Africans.At about 1500hrs Nairobi time and 1300hrs Accra time, all TV stations in Kenya stopped their programming schedule so as to air Obama's maiden visit as president of the USA (America sucks) to sub-Sahara Africa.
Predictably,Ghanaians were all over the place trying to catch a glimpse of the man from siaya.
When Obama started to 'address the dark continent' he sounded like a white politician.He spoke about corruption, poverty etc and blamed all this woes to our big men.Listening to Obama,it felt like a scene from George Orwell's Animal Farm, where the animals peeped through the Key hole and could not differentiate the pigs from the humans.I mean, i could not differentiate Obama from George Bush or any other head of state from the first world.
He mentioned something about the civil society in Kenya having played an important role to quell the violence in Kenya in early 2008.I would like to inform readers of this blog that the civil society in Kenya is as useless as a lame donkey.They are opportunists who are swayed by the wind like a dhow in the high seas.For example, prior to the elections, they were all singing to the ODM (Orange Democtratic Movement) tune of change and anti-Gikuyuism.It is a fact that ODM used tribal hatred as a campaign strategy and the civil society was there on TV/radio/Newspapers on a daily basis cheering them on.
Tribalism is a fact in Kenya.It is a monster.Our second names are tribal names.It is our beauty.It is our pride.It is our sense of belonging.It shows we are not slaves who cannot trace their roots.It reflects our diversity and culture not to mention a tourist attraction.Tribalism is here to stay.
I attended an international workshop one day and happened to meet one black American guy who seemed to be 40 years old.The guy kept on insiting that there are tribes in America to the point that got me thinking that even Americans want to go tribal.It seemed cool(in the american sense of the word) to belong to a tribe.Unfortunately most black Americans cannot trace their roots, so they should not try lecturing Africans on the motherland about tribalism.
Obama also talked about global warming and its effects especially the African continent.To rub salt on the African wound..... Obama's luggage included his fuel guzzler with a funny American Name.That car of his, coupled with Ghanaian chase cars and Ghanaian presidential motorcade must have dented a hole in the ozone layer in Accra due to their carbon emissions.
Obama spoke about the youth holding the future of Africa.Take Kenya for instance, 70% of Kenyan youth are drug addicts and alcohol abusers.How can these guys lead us to the future?There is unequal trade in the world.Africa has very little access to the American Market, how does he expect us to make foreign exchange when we cannot sell our goods overseas?What about the slaves that toiled in the sugarcane plantations of America making it become an economic powerhouse?I read somewhere that half of New York was built by slaves.What about the continued looting and exploitation of our natural resources by first world countries who use conflict to exploit Africa even more??(FYI...The problem of Piracy off Somalia's coast is a result of exploitation by European and Asian Fish industries who are currently overfishing with the watchful eyes of Marine vessels...the likes that were used in the gulf war of 1990)
We expected him to talk about such issues...not things that George Bush spoke about five years ago.
Predictably,Ghanaians were all over the place trying to catch a glimpse of the man from siaya.
When Obama started to 'address the dark continent' he sounded like a white politician.He spoke about corruption, poverty etc and blamed all this woes to our big men.Listening to Obama,it felt like a scene from George Orwell's Animal Farm, where the animals peeped through the Key hole and could not differentiate the pigs from the humans.I mean, i could not differentiate Obama from George Bush or any other head of state from the first world.
He mentioned something about the civil society in Kenya having played an important role to quell the violence in Kenya in early 2008.I would like to inform readers of this blog that the civil society in Kenya is as useless as a lame donkey.They are opportunists who are swayed by the wind like a dhow in the high seas.For example, prior to the elections, they were all singing to the ODM (Orange Democtratic Movement) tune of change and anti-Gikuyuism.It is a fact that ODM used tribal hatred as a campaign strategy and the civil society was there on TV/radio/Newspapers on a daily basis cheering them on.
Tribalism is a fact in Kenya.It is a monster.Our second names are tribal names.It is our beauty.It is our pride.It is our sense of belonging.It shows we are not slaves who cannot trace their roots.It reflects our diversity and culture not to mention a tourist attraction.Tribalism is here to stay.
I attended an international workshop one day and happened to meet one black American guy who seemed to be 40 years old.The guy kept on insiting that there are tribes in America to the point that got me thinking that even Americans want to go tribal.It seemed cool(in the american sense of the word) to belong to a tribe.Unfortunately most black Americans cannot trace their roots, so they should not try lecturing Africans on the motherland about tribalism.
Obama also talked about global warming and its effects especially the African continent.To rub salt on the African wound..... Obama's luggage included his fuel guzzler with a funny American Name.That car of his, coupled with Ghanaian chase cars and Ghanaian presidential motorcade must have dented a hole in the ozone layer in Accra due to their carbon emissions.
Obama spoke about the youth holding the future of Africa.Take Kenya for instance, 70% of Kenyan youth are drug addicts and alcohol abusers.How can these guys lead us to the future?There is unequal trade in the world.Africa has very little access to the American Market, how does he expect us to make foreign exchange when we cannot sell our goods overseas?What about the slaves that toiled in the sugarcane plantations of America making it become an economic powerhouse?I read somewhere that half of New York was built by slaves.What about the continued looting and exploitation of our natural resources by first world countries who use conflict to exploit Africa even more??(FYI...The problem of Piracy off Somalia's coast is a result of exploitation by European and Asian Fish industries who are currently overfishing with the watchful eyes of Marine vessels...the likes that were used in the gulf war of 1990)
We expected him to talk about such issues...not things that George Bush spoke about five years ago.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The European christian missionaries of Nairobi's shanty towns
I watched the news yesterday both in shock and utter dismay.All of a sudden and after 20 years of purported child molestation Father Renato Kizito is in the limelight for all the bad reasons.I have never met Fr.Renato in person but i know so many positive things he has done for desolate and hopeless ghetto picken of Nairobi city.Take for instance Koinonia....who in the ghettos does not know Koinonia?
Koinonia has changed lives....from rags to riches sort of change.I remember when Radio Waumini was launched.It put reggae in its programming schedule and there was this massive outcry from "self-righteous" Kenyans. The bearded priest was instrumental in the setting up of this Catholic FM radio station.Everybody was asking why a Catholic radio station would play reggae??But to the slum people this was another clever way of the so called pedophile priest of bringing inspiration in the scrap metal and carton box jungles of Nairobi.
Just two days ago someone was arrested trying to print out pictures of naked children in a studio in the Hurlingham area of Nairobi.The big question was, what is the rationale of acquiring photos of naked minors??Techno savvy readers of this blog know that there is a variety of powerful graphic software in the market e.g., adobe photoshop,Illustrator et cetera.Street wise readers also know that in Kenya, just like Nigeria; extortion, blackmail and kidnapping amongst other misdeeds are a common phenomenon.Someone might have played around with photoshop to blackmail Renato.Iam not insinuating that Renato is innocent but most of us must have heard of the phrase "burden of proof" and "innocent until proven guilty".Lets give due process a chance...and we can then know "beyond reasonable doubt" whether Renato is or is not guilty.
Finally, i would like to big up Martin De pares and Daniel Comboni missionaries for all the good job they did in downtown Huruma.
Koinonia has changed lives....from rags to riches sort of change.I remember when Radio Waumini was launched.It put reggae in its programming schedule and there was this massive outcry from "self-righteous" Kenyans. The bearded priest was instrumental in the setting up of this Catholic FM radio station.Everybody was asking why a Catholic radio station would play reggae??But to the slum people this was another clever way of the so called pedophile priest of bringing inspiration in the scrap metal and carton box jungles of Nairobi.
Just two days ago someone was arrested trying to print out pictures of naked children in a studio in the Hurlingham area of Nairobi.The big question was, what is the rationale of acquiring photos of naked minors??Techno savvy readers of this blog know that there is a variety of powerful graphic software in the market e.g., adobe photoshop,Illustrator et cetera.Street wise readers also know that in Kenya, just like Nigeria; extortion, blackmail and kidnapping amongst other misdeeds are a common phenomenon.Someone might have played around with photoshop to blackmail Renato.Iam not insinuating that Renato is innocent but most of us must have heard of the phrase "burden of proof" and "innocent until proven guilty".Lets give due process a chance...and we can then know "beyond reasonable doubt" whether Renato is or is not guilty.
Finally, i would like to big up Martin De pares and Daniel Comboni missionaries for all the good job they did in downtown Huruma.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
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