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.

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.

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.

Back to Basics

I arrived in Nairobi on Monday in the morning and headed straight to Muthurwa Market just to experience the chaos associated with this corner of town.I was impressed that the smoking ban was still operational and the sight of smokers bundled in a small area- "smoking zone", puffing away their lives was nostalgic.

Muthurwa lived up to its name and it was amazing to see the number of coming from that direction into town.At this point i realized that Nairobi is an overpopulated city.The smog in the air reminded me of Beijing and all over a sudden i had this feelin...sadness to be precise that the city had sunk too low.

I boarded a matatu to Umoja Estate to meet my favourite friends who still reside in the country ( all the others ran away to America).Once with my friends we headed straight to the pub to catch-up with one another.It was 9AM. We all concurred that the new look Guiness stout bottle sucks

Fischer's lovebird (Agapornis Fischeri) can no longer be spotted in Nairobi

Fischer's lovebird (Agapornis Fischeri)is a native of East Africa.This colourful and noisy bird was a common site in the city of Nairobi until recently, when certainly, it was no more.

Lots of trouble for our country Kenya

I know most of you who have access to Kenya's press (print/electronic and audio visual) know that Kenya's forest cover is now 1.7% of 582650 square Kilometers that is the total geographical area of our country.Just to break it down for all of you dear readers who were kicked out of the math class in high school just because the math teacher didn't like your face......the total land mass under forest cover in Kenya is 9905.05 sq.Km (582650 * 1.7/100 = 9905.05 sq. km....damn i feel smart...or 990505 hectares or better still 2447591.158 acres)www.hmnet.com/africa/kenya/kenya.html

http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/forests-grasslands-drylands/country-profile-96.html
Of the highest concern of these forests, is the Mau Summit which is 2/3 or approximately 66% of 9905.05 sq.km.The mau has been invaded and something needs to be done ASAP.Images of fires gutting down the eucalyptus and cedar plantations in the forests is enough proof that this wanton destruction did not start this year neither did it start ten years ago.As far as the Maasai elders are concerned Mau was originally made up of indigenous African tree species not the cedars and the Eucalyptus that are burning down today....i accept the fact that once an indegenous forest is gone there are very little chances of re-generating one...so the soft-wood plantations are better than no forest at all...to cut a long story short....all people in the Mau should move out and give the forest a chance to regenerate by itself.

Politicians should sober up and stop trivializing this issue using their usual tools (politics and tribalism).Top leadership of the nation must deal with this matter squarely and conclusively...indeed this is a litmus test for the prime minister....whether he can make rational and unpopular decisions at a risk of political fallout. (something which Kimuya successfully did but the consequences were that he was censured by parliament).On an ironical perspective, the politicians can let the destruction go on and we will see which ethnic community will suffer most.....( i cannot believe i have just said this)

There are also disturbing news that 76 lions in Narok and Trans Mara districts have been poisoned and killed in the past one month. Again, we say let the politicians defend their ethnic interests as we wait, as a nation, to see what happens when the food chain in the Mara gets skewed