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Drowning the Ipod

Posted: February 28, 2008, 1:36 pm by Seasons

I got home last night to find my daughters not talking and their nanny trying to mediate. According to my 12 years old, her sister “drowned’ her Ipod in the bathtub. Jazz( the 6 year old) reckoned that she was just washing it as a favour to her sister. The situation was actually comical [...]
Tag Season

Posted: February 25, 2008, 11:06 am by Seasons

It is tag season again on KBW and to be honest, a break from all the political rhetoric and propaganda going on. Now Farmgal went and tagged me. The Rules: - Link to the person that tagged you. - Post the rules on your blog. - Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. - Tag six random people at [...]
There is no easy way

Posted: February 23, 2008, 2:57 pm by Seasons

Am listening to James Ingram’s ‘Best of..’ and this post title comes from a song that is quite relevant to what is going on in my life right now. But there are times the best is no damn good And no matter how you try to be kind There’s always still a part of you you’ll [...]
Didge and Lenny in Concert

Posted: February 22, 2008, 7:58 am by Seasons

I happen to receive this invite on Facebook The organizers happen to be close friends of mine. Although I may not be the target market, I happened to like Didge’s last Album produced by Tedd Josiah and will definitely attend this. Iam keen on hearing his new stuff.
Misery loves company

Posted: February 19, 2008, 12:57 pm by Seasons

I wrote this post in July 2006 and reviewing it today, reminds me how far I have come. I cant believe how depressed I once was. Misery loves company This has been a cliche for a long time until recently when I discovered that I have been living it. I joined a ’support’ group for divorced and single [...]
2008 Super 14 predictions

Posted: February 16, 2008, 1:18 pm by Seasons

A little late this year for my predictions as the matches started yesterday. After watching the Crusaders outplay the Brumbies and the Sharks struggle against the The Force, it blows my prediction out of the water. Still, here goes….. In my opinion the outcome of the 2008 Super 14 tournament should be the same old story [...]
Valentines day: Whats the fuss?

Posted: February 15, 2008, 5:15 pm by Seasons

I bought the flowers and chocolates. I took her out for dinner and it probably was a very romantic day- for her. All the time this was going on, I was thinking that I maybe stuck in a ritual that I have no control over. I am quite expressive on my feelings( as [...]
Mwanja Destroys England

Posted: February 10, 2008, 11:37 pm by Seasons

Kenya has just beaten England 17-7 in San diego to qualify for the Cup quarters. The win came from Dennis Mwanja’s hat-trick of tries. Am glad I stayed up to watch this albeit on TV. How I wish I made it to San Diego. I just arrived home this morning after attending the Wellington tornament [...]
Revelation from afar

Posted: February 8, 2008, 10:31 pm by Seasons

I was in Wellington New Zealand last week for the IRB sevens. I met a Kenyan guy who was a friend in college way back in 1993. This dude campaigned for Kenneth Matiba in 1992 and when he lost, he got disillusioned and migrated to the USA. He was visiting his brother in Australia and decided to come to [...]
Assassinations: Really?

Posted: February 1, 2008, 10:53 am by Seasons

When I heard that another MP had been shot dead, I drafted a post but unfortunately, the titles I came up with would have made people think that am mocking the death of a leader. Titles like “Too shot too’, ‘They shot Too too”, would have confused readers outside Kenya.

Anyhow, I decided not to put up the post and read through the KBW aggregator. I noticed that many bloggers reported the shooting of the MP as an assassination. It is interesting how quickly people decided that this was an assassination when all reports pointed to a crime of passion.

Wikipedia describes Assassination as the targeted killing of an individual who is in a high-profile position. An added distinction between assassination and other forms of killing is that the assassin has an ideological or political motivation, though many assassins (especially those not part of an organization) also demonstrate insanity; other motivations are money (contract killing), revenge, or a military operation.

How would bloggers know that this was an assassination barely minutes after the death was reported? Imagine the egg in your face when this is proven to have been a crime of passion and the end of a philanderer. How about reporting about the killing and wait for facts to be reported.

Many people are alluding that the government killed the MPs. I have been asking myself of what political value these two MP’s would deliver for the government to have them killed. I still cant fathom what they would gain.

There is another school of thought that their own party could have been involved in their demise. It is alleged that they were about to defect and thus had to be eliminated to send a message to other would-be defectors. Whilst this is plausible, I also don’t subscribe to the theory.

Conspiracy theories abound but I believe there is no political connection to the murders although politicians will use the killings to their gain.