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Shocker: PNU Proposing 44 Ministries Including Hilarious New Portfolios
Posted: March 25, 2008, 7:19 pm by chris
High Drama: ODM Now Changes Its’ Mind About Safaricom IPORaila And Kibaki No Longer Smiling As Coalition Cabinet Remains In Limbo
Even before the celebrations of peace are over trouble is looming large in the horizon. Insiders had informed me that the grand coalition government would be announced as early as this last Easter weekend Saturday and catch everybody by surprise.
Those spreading this story had assumed that the principals President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister designate Raila Odinga would quickly agree. It was not to be.
Today After what reliable sources say was a stormy meeting that lasted from 11 am to about 2 pm Raila Odinga and Preasident Mwai Kibaki for the first time did not emerge together and neither were they smiling. It was clear that all was not well.
A further indicator of trouble was that some ODM people leaked some details of what had gone on inside Harambee house today. A clear sign that this coalition marriage is in trouble even before it has been consummated.
It is now dawning on Kenyans that the powers that be do not have a reform agenda government in mind. PNU wants no less than 44 cabinet ministers; 23 from PNU and 21 from ODM. ODM are suggesting 34 ministries which is not any better. Actually the grand coalition government should not have more than 20 cabinet portfolios.
One of the new ministries being suggested by PNU for ODMers is a ministry of Nairobi affairs. Amongst other extremely hilarious portfolios that will have the rest of the world laughing at Kenyans for weeks on end.
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A Man’s World
Posted: March 25, 2008, 7:05 am by ritch
This is a recollection of my growing up as a boy at Eastlands in Nairobi.
Tears well in my eyes,
As memories reign supreme,
Memories less flattering,
Memories that still linger.
I once was,
A small boy of pity,
Helpless, weak,
And depended, for support, on mother.
When the boy next door,
Came brandishing his fist,
I scurried to mother calling,
And only insulted at her side.
I was jeered at,
By other boys,
Who had the energy to waste,
Playing their dirty paper ball!
The slightest,
Bullying and punching,
Broke my heart of glass,
And hot tears streamed my cheeks.
Softie, mother’s boy,
Were their descriptions of me,
Girlish boy, they sneered,
As a sock came hurtling my way.
How vulnerable I was,
How puerile,
Stupid, even,
For a boy to expect a smooth sail.
In the evening, my father chided,
Son, taking a loaded punch,
Swallowing a maiming insult,
Are the ingredients of a man’s world.
P.S.:- Whatever happens in this country, I'll always be proud to be a Kenyan!!
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Kenya's Wasted Talents
Posted: March 25, 2008, 6:57 am by Wanjiku Unlimited
The story of Morris Tito Gachamba is fascinating and sad in equal measure. Born 75 years ago in Nyeri, he dropped out of school in Standard 3 because he could not cope with mathematics. That notwithstanding, Tito has attempted many engineering feats, the most outstanding being making his own airplane which he flew for 5 minutes before it crashed into a tree injuring him. For all his troubles, during Kenyatta’s rule he earned himself a stint in prison for trespassing Kenyan airspace, endangering his life and endangering the lives of others. Nobody saw the gold that lay in his contraption. That did not kill his dream though. He has since tried other engineering feats and his current dream is to make a glider. He has also made a tractor which he currently hires out to farmers in his village. Tito is not a rich man by any standards.
The sad bit is that Tito’s is a classic case of wasted talent. In different circumstances, the likes of Tito could have propelled Kenya into the world of aviation firsts. Or he could be relaxing in Seattle having just retired from Boeing. How much more of Kenyan talent is going to waste in the villages? How many Chinkororos and snuff sniffing Mungiki youths for example would have had a better life other than waiting for the whims of politicians? A lanky model can be spotted grazing cattle in the plains of Samburu and propelled to super stardom, but a much better approach for talents such as engineering would be a deliberate effort to look for them.
So Tusker Project Fame is looking for talented musicians, and somebody discovered Dennis Oliech. School Science Congresses have been around for as long as I can remember and are held year in year out. One would think the purpose of these congresses is to identify young Science talent for nurturing. But not in Kenya. Here, the kids, brilliant ideas and all, are sent back to school with a certificate or trophy to continue learning the History of Guatemala. And that is before computer errors mess up their KCSE results.
Do engineering companies send representatives to these Science Congresses? I think they should. Right down to the zonal level – up till the nationals. In fact they should form part of the adjudicating panel. They’re best placed to identify talent in the engineering field. They would know better which projects can be of commercial value so as to further patent and commercialize these innovations on behalf of the kids. They have the ability to then support the kids financially and intellectually and before we know it, Kenya will be on the engineering map. Of course these companies would have to work hand in hand with the government so that gifted kids can be exempted from the normal education system and still be able to work in Kenya. And Noah Wekesa (Current Minister for Science and Technology) I don’t mean taking them to the village polytechnics.
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A Man’s World
Posted: March 25, 2008, 6:50 am by ritch
This is a recollection of my growing up as a boy at Eastlands in Nairobi.
Tears well in my eyes,
As memories reign supreme,
Memories less flattering,
Memories that still linger.
I once was,
A small boy of pity,
Helpless, weak,
And depended, for support, on mother.
When the boy next door,
Came brandishing his fist,
I scurried to mother calling,
And only insulted at her side.
I was jeered at,
By other boys,
Who had the energy to waste,
Playing their dirty paper ball!
The slightest,
Bullying and punching,
Broke my heart of glass,
And hot tears streamed my cheeks.
Softie, mother’s boy,
Were their descriptions of me,
Girlish boy, they sneered,
As a sock came hurtling my way.
How vulnerable I was,
How puerile,
Stupid, even,
For a boy to expect a smooth sail.
In the evening, my father chided,
Son, taking a loaded punch,
Swallowing a maiming insult,
Are the ingredients of a man’s world.
P.S.:- Whatever happens in this country, I'll always be proud to be a Kenyan!!
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Fish cakes
Alas a fish cake.
Yet more fish cakes
Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.
The end of the fish cakes
