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• Pursuit of Happiness… My Way.

  Posted: February 28, 2008, 9:22 am by Zack

  After signing my performance contract early in the year, it occured to me that I have really been working hard. At the company, we sign a performace target every six months indicating what we intend to do and how it will help propel the company to new and greater heights… This entails the issues in [...]

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• Whats with Wordpress????????

  Posted: February 7, 2008, 4:58 pm by Zack

  1. I can not comment on my favourite blogs, my comments just disappear however much I change the themes and my author name!!!!!!! 2. The Icons are gone, I can not bolden, use Italics, load pictures and use different colours!!!!! Any wordpress guru?

• Matatu Rides

  Posted: February 6, 2008, 5:59 pm by Zack

  Everyone is glued to the screen amid spring ups and downs due to bumps and potholes here and there as the journey takes its course… More of the ride I think, since the destination is not that far away. Now and then the conductor whistles out as he hits the side of the vehicle signalling [...]

• Mt. Elgon, where I call home

  Posted: February 5, 2008, 9:17 am by Zack

  Mt Elgon District is actually my home district. My community is the minority in the district and the division, Cheptais we are still the very minority. Infact people from our neighbourhood register as voters in the neighbouring Sirisia Constituency and take their documentation as residents of Bungoma west district. From our home to Mt.Elgon district head quaters, [...]

• Kibaki’s wife sued/…My Out & Abouts…

  Posted: February 4, 2008, 1:30 pm by Zack

  Lucy Kibaki Sued Top City Lawyer and Imenti Central member of parliarment Gitobu Imanyara has sued Lucy Kibaki for assault. In some article not so long ago I wrote about the latest casualty of the first lady’s ‘violence’ and someone said I didnt have the facts, I would hardly want to write about some rumour unless [...]

• Another Opposition MP Shot Dead in Western Kenya.

  Posted: January 31, 2008, 1:37 pm by Zack

  Before the country even swallowed the pain of the death of The ODM member of parliament for Embakasi Mr. Mugabe Were, Ainamoi member of parliarment Mr. David Kimutai has been pronounced dead in Eldoret following a shooting from a Police Officer outside a hotel. Mr. David Too Kimutai was shot by a traffic man on a [...]

• Seriously, Is This Kenya?

  Posted: January 29, 2008, 11:28 am by Zack

  “Beware, The Pictures May not be Pleasant For Your Eyes” These are just some of the saddest pictures that are defining the situation, the very bad situation that Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga have not gone through. A state of things that not any of their close family members of friends and associates have gone through. Seriously, what possibly can [...]

• Nairobi Tense as City MP is Assassinated.

  Posted: January 29, 2008, 7:58 am by Zack

  Another day, and we wake up to even more sad and defeating state of affairs of our beloved country, Kenya. Embakasi Member of Parliarment Hon. Melitus Mugabe Were of the Orange Democratic Movement, ODM was shot dead at 0030hrs today as he awaited opening of his home gate to be opened by unknown assailants. Mr. Were, [...]

• Kenya Is On Fire Now… Again.

  Posted: January 28, 2008, 11:20 am by Zack

  Samwel Kivuitu fucked us up… all of us Kenyans were thoroughly screwed big time by this man. Be it on PNU or ODM side we are now paying dearly for the mistake this one fellow made to announce the so obviously contested election. Right now, Kisumu, Kakamega, Eldoret among other western towns that had calmed down [...]

• Prayer Day for Beloved Kenya.

  Posted: January 25, 2008, 1:55 pm by Zack

  Early in the am I was getting mails for prayers having been called from all quaters; cabinet, pentagon, NCCK and so on. At the company it has been simple, we gathered there at 1pm, read a few scriptures from the bible and appointed some prayerful colleagues to conduct three prayers: For those who have lost theirs For our [...]

• Lifestyle in Kenya’s Three Tribes

  Posted: January 25, 2008, 8:31 am by Zack

  One motivational speaker once said that the most successful people around are ALWAYS the ones who are willing to go that extra mile, focus their extra time on worthwhile goals. I like the analogy he used of traffic on the highway………. Here it is: If you stand next to a highway (e.g. Uhuru Highway ) you will [...]

• Internal Kenyan Refugees, Their Sad Story.

  Posted: January 24, 2008, 11:36 am by Zack

  In the comfort of your living room coach watching prime news. You may never really understand the plight some of the displaced Kenyans are and have gone through. Paying a closer attention to the narrations by some of the victims yesterday, I realized how much deep this whole thing has gone and the damage it [...]

• This made me laugh…

  Posted: January 23, 2008, 3:56 pm by Zack

  Hi………. to ease the tension the country is going through, please try  make love to some one from a different tribe and name the child KIRAKA. i.e. Kibaki, Raila and Kalonzo

• Kenya’s State… Some stuff I’ve heard.

  Posted: January 23, 2008, 3:56 pm by Zack

  Just from discussing stuff with colleagues and you cant believe what things are like in Kenya. I am hardly in trouble since I have learnt to adapt to the changes these skirmishes have brought around. The pain these things that Kibaki, Raila and Kalonzo have done to this country may never be healed. Those peole [...]

• Night Running Realoded

  Posted: January 21, 2008, 5:27 pm by Zack

  This after election crisis has not been very entertaining for my social life since after that eve for christmas. My mission to have as much fun as 2007 Dec could be just crumbled with some silly declarations by one Samwel Mutua Kivuitu. Kwanza I woke up on that monday before Christmas day and I just cancelled [...]

• Kazi Iendelee, Pic of The Year.

  Posted: December 21, 2007, 11:06 am by Zack

  Been away from office and when I came back, this became my picture of the year. PAMOJA TUSONGE MBELE…

• Another One Down!

  Posted: December 11, 2007, 3:14 pm by Zack

  Funny how time comes by and quickly zooms past us without even noticing much difference in the various aspects that affect our lives. In about 20days, 2007 will be a gone story. We will no longer be in 2007 and all we will be remembering is the number of promises, assurances and resolutions that we made [...]

• Sometimes, I hate that I love you.

  Posted: December 6, 2007, 3:33 pm by Zack

  I really love you, I have stood by us for everything that I have known as I dated you. I have gone to all the necessary and possible extremes and I know you have too. Together we have been through heavens and hell. We have seen what we never imagined we will. I know you bear [...]

• Randomly Thinking

  Posted: December 3, 2007, 6:24 pm by Zack

  Its been rough close to two weeks with exams… ICT is very interesting but the examination can be very demanding especially if you happened to miss classes here and there due to the demanding schedule at work. Even the pressure I had doing my CPA-K(Certified Public Accountant of Kenya) and The Bachelors at university can not [...]

• Shocking Rating I have!

  Posted: November 29, 2007, 5:56 pm by Zack

  Well, I passed by Archer’s and found the vibe about blog rating and I am still recovering myself… If it were a movie, my blog would be watched at 11pm when all the under 17’s are in bed fast asleep and the only words flying on the screen are:  Sex(x12), Hell(x2) and Pain(x1)… Now that site made [...]

• So; When do We Stop Using Condoms?

  Posted: November 22, 2007, 12:16 pm by Zack

  Quite often, we meet someone, really like them and before we realize it, we are dating or in some sort of relationship. By a relationship, it could be your girlfriend/boy friend, fiance’, or that guy/chic you catch ‘friendly’ or arranged sex… You know, those who dont want to be engaged in the relationship stuff but [...]

• I Will Never Let You Go.

  Posted: November 20, 2007, 7:07 pm by Zack

  My love, four years of dating have not been the easiest for us, I knew I was going to stay on but had no idea for how long nor what it took to get where we are and where we are headed… Its been a journey full of everything, the happiest and saddest of moments all [...]

• Its been a while…

  Posted: November 19, 2007, 6:57 pm by Zack

  Well, its been a while since I spent some time out with my closest of pals… Interesting how time gets by and you realize that you are quickly loosing touch. You occasionaly get Email forwards from them, perhaps to indicate that you crossed by their mind, water runs so fast under that bridge in a very short [...]

• Buying My First Car, I need your hand…

  Posted: November 16, 2007, 5:20 pm by Zack

  For the last 20 something years that I have lived on this earth, I have always told myself that when I reach a certainpoint of my life, I can not wait any longer to get myself an automobile. Well, I believe it is about time I flexed a mussle and joined the car owning persons [...]

• Kibaki Na Banjuka

  Posted: November 12, 2007, 3:46 pm by Zack

  It can get to serious comedy, much further than what KJ, Kajairo and Kina Nyambane used to treat us to. In this case, even a collaboration of Martin Lawrence, Steve Marting featuring Mr. Bean is not even a match to what Mwai Kibaki and Company have just released. The Kibaki Team said nothing NEW on these vital [...]

• “New Chic in Town…”

  Posted: November 8, 2007, 7:09 pm by Zack

  Tim; a pal of mine graduated from one of the top local universities recently. Of course after college there is all the tarmarking and all that comes with it and hustling for a job. Tim didn’t have much of that… As other guyz struggled walking around town with khaki envelopes hoping that something will happen, Tim stuck with his [...]

• Love in The Air…

  Posted: November 5, 2007, 6:26 pm by Zack

  One of the members of the “pentagon” wedded this past Saturday. Easy… We have our own “pentagon”, its not just for Raila and company… A pal of mine, (very close I will say since we are always in touch since I knew him) wedded his till this past Saturday, three consecutive years girlfriend. I am extremely happy for [...]

• Times have changed…

  Posted: November 1, 2007, 6:03 pm by Zack

  A lot of water has gone under that bridge yaani… i mean, things that we knew are no more… Its a whole different life. Not so many years ago, the communication sector was lagging behind in terms of the tecnological capability and advancement. Take for instance Telkom Kenya; who knew that the telephone booths would come [...]

• Youth and Politics this 2007

  Posted: October 30, 2007, 4:44 pm by Zack

  I have tried like soooo hard to steer off the politics scene but the events unfolding have driven me there finally. The spirit that the youthful Kenyans have demonstrated in running for office across the devide and especially with the opposition parties is quite a thing to look at positively. In the recent past, running back from [...]

• The Mchongowano Days…

  Posted: October 29, 2007, 11:38 am by Zack

  Year: 15 years plus ago Place: Primary School (Somewhere in Western Kenya) Time: Usually Saturdays between 10am and 3pm… Parties: Denno Vs Joe Collins… (Denno For Nyayo East and Joe for Nyayo West Hostels) Back in primary school mchongowano was nothing like what PNU and ODM are doing on live TV these days… Things were really tight and we [...]

• Emerging Issues and Opinion Polls

  Posted: October 26, 2007, 11:40 am by Zack

  I have decided to move on and pick up the little that I have left… All because whining and beating myself up will not help me that much. Everyone around me knows me for always making it happen and trust me, though it is the most difficult time and trying time I have experienced in [...]

• I don’t Know anymore… I have lost.

  Posted: October 25, 2007, 6:02 pm by Zack

  I seriously do not know how much I can afford to say, I dont know how am supposed to say and I do not know if I should say or I shouldn’t. All I know is that I need to get whatever I feel in me somewhere and I need a shoulder to lean on.

  I failed to talk someone out of something I hold dearly, how I wish it was the other way round. I wanted it sooo bad yet I had little control on keeping it, I would have paid everything I ever had just to have all that ever mattered to me…

  Now I have a blackspot in my history, I have something that I did not want and never wanted, I had to lay low and let someone just go ahead. I do not know how to react and even go about it…

  I do not want anything, I want something… I dont even know what I want and dont. I am deeply cut within, am arched and pained. I can feel my soul just flowing with tears, I can see my mind boggled…

  I fantasized so many things in the last two nights since my second last sentence on my Rocked n Rolled article.

  I had received some news on Monday morning, I did not know how to go about the news because I knew it was not welcome then, it still had about a year to allow it… I asked for all the necessary documentation and it was availed… The few people that I talk to around me all told me so many things…

  Betina: ” Congratulations… Young Mr. Zack…”

  Njambi: ” Now you are the man!”

  Anto: “Wait a minute… what did you just say? Call me…”

  Haig: ” If it were me, I would love to start family”

  Archer: ”So it looks like Trevor might be downloaded sooner than expected…”

  JD: “It is a good thing, keep it, it is a blessing”

  and so many others…

  Good, now you know what am saying. Yes, before even we could talk about it comprehensively she went ahead asking for cash… She said it is boggling her and she can not stand feeling that any longer, I asked her even to just consider consultation for another week or even month…. She said give me the cash… I made my worst mistake giving her the cash so that she wont bother me.

  I wanted the baby, I wanted my baby… poor me I was not the one carrying the baby. I asked questions and gave all the feasible suggestions and she said she was ready to go through all that it takes because having the baby would cripple her just starting career. What more could I say, I am againist abortions whatever the situation… children are from God and whoever can conceive one should keep it. There is a reason why it happened so.

  • I have a nice a very promising career
  • I have a promotion coming up in the next six days, my salary is going to double…
  • I am buying my first car and moving to a bigger appartment in three weeks preparing for ‘my supposed family’
  • I have been saving for my unborn children’s fees for the last one year with Pan African Insurance
  • We were planning to wed, (in my mind next year December) 5 and a half years dating then in Dec 08
  • My dad and mum call to find out how me and my substancial other half are doing…
  • My mum even calls her to find out how I am doing…

  My God, the list is endless… I have been dating this very nice lady for the last four years and have never really faced a hard time and gotten lost like I am. According to her she can not just do anything that will change her life in a way she does not want… However much suggestions I sent and worry I expressed, she just went ahead. She carried on the arbotion. She was way too willing to carry out her act…

  Now I feel my life has changed, I will never view things the same way I have learnt to view them, I have had the worst ulcer of my life since Monday morning.

  If I had had my baby:

  • I would be a happy man and a proud father.
  • She would have just sacrificed and delivered it and even just given me, I would have known what to do with it. I have a very lovely mum and she is lonely living alone now, she would have brought up her first grand child with all the pride that I ever desired.
  • I would have lived the rest of my life for that kid. I would want it to be my best blessing and even investment.
  • I would have done everything to make my child the most envied child, I would have spoil it with every good thing that exists on this earth.
  • I would have had a best friend in that child, I would have had a soul mate and I would have made that child proud of me…
  • I am a sad guy, because I didnt even just get to imagine if it were a boy or a girl. Something tells me it was a boy.
  • I would have called him myself. I would have called him my names and just added a II or Jnr.

  All I know is however much I rant and rave, I have lost the child, a loss that I did all I could to stop but had limited power to control. I am in pain.

  How am I even supposed to relate after this, I seriously do not just see anything more…

  Just the other day she said so many things… On sunday she said so much.

  • I have changed
  • I do not have much time for her
  • Sijui I am insecure
  • Sijui I do not love her as much…
  • Sijui this and that… I did not know, I try my best:

  I buy her gifts when I can, I ask her out when I can… which she always finds something to fight about and then cancel and blame it on me spending time with my boyz… She says i party a lot, yet I live alone and my she has always known me to be a fairly lover of the night scene ever since. How am I supposed to sit in my house alone on a sato/fri evening and watch Tv when Man U is playing a match and my buddies are chilling out at Veranda, Mwendas or Hooters?

  Well, its done, I had at a point seriously considered running for my Dear life, I have been tied so much to this relationship that I have even been scared to move on, I have been like in marriage or something.

  Now she says I am shameless not wishing all the best follwed by her quick recovery and sijui pole for her pain when she is in trauma!!! WTF, woman, I think you are used to me so much and its high time you knew time for bull crap is done. Especially after going ahead and just ‘relieveing yourself’ with something you knew how much I hold Dear to and want to offer all my ass can get!

  Yes, I know she will be here and will read this. very honestly, I have stopped caring!

• Rocked N Rolled…

  Posted: October 22, 2007, 6:57 pm by Zack

  This weekend turned out nothing like I had planned it to be. Drinking at Veranda  The plot was RocktoberFest 2007 at Carnivore but the party somehow started on Friday. Bar hopping became the highlight of the Friday night. My innocent idea was to have a Friday evening beer and go digz to get some sleep and make time for [...]

• Rest In Peace Lucky Dube

  Posted: October 19, 2007, 5:07 pm by Zack

  Yet another great African Son has gone down.  Rest In Peace Lucky Dube, your music was an inspiration to many african men, women and children. It is a very sad loss for the african music and culture. Your record speaks for itself. No amount of words can detail the loss; I remember days in primary school when my dad [...]

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