Education CS Dr Matiangi EXEMPLIFIES EXACTLY what AILS Western Kenya

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The problem with Education ministers when they are from Kisii, they never use their political influence to change anything in the region. Prof Ongeri presided the worst cheating era in Kisii.  The Late Dr Zachary Onyonka was worse n believed nobody should be educated above what he had attained having once said "you can't sharpen a spear for yourself."



Now Matiangi refuses to help the Nyamagwa group of schools that were recently torched saying it is idiocy. If it happened in cert<span class="text_exposed_show">ain parts of Kenya, "government intervention" would have been necessary. The same Matiangi is the one who zelously shut down some campuses of Kisii University questioning the quality and legality of their degrees. Well I went to the best university in Kenya and you can tell me anything you want about quality.</span>

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The mentality of the likes of Matiangi, never helps other communities to "catch up". He is not using power well. You have had Jubilee people ask, "What did Raila do when he was in power?"



Within 5 years when Kibaki came to power, MKU, Kemu, Zetech and others expanded so quickly.Banks-Equity, Family and others grew so rapidly.



You will expect Matiangi to ensure there are other educational entrepreneurs to expedite growth of higher education as a sector in Nyanza. But he is out to please his paymaster.



We can talk about secession but we must first try n help ourselves in the conventional way set forth by our founding fathers.



I dare say,Western Kenya politicians are too kind with government resources and even we seceded, their thinking will only result in poverty of the people.



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It is TOUGH Economically Living in Kenya Today than ever before, Rising Prices vs Stagnating Salaries and Wages

By Robert Omulo

Still fresh from taking the bronze medal in the “World Corruption Championship”, you have to admit that has never been tougher being Kenyan. Once upon a time, while abroad, we used to take offense when we were asked by other citizens whether we were Nigerians.

Being the most populous country in the continent, whenever you meet a black man abroad, chances are that most likely he’s a Nigerian. But come on! We were Kenyans, not from some God forsaken banana republic where children starve with flies n their faces while gun totting, menacing, undisciplined vagabonds run riot while calling themselves guerrillas or even worse, soldiers. That is the Kenya of the 80s to the 90s, we hosted refugees from other war torn countries in our relatively peaceful and prosperous island of peace.

However, the peace we enjoyed then was just a facade that Archbishop Desmond Tutu accurately unmasked back in the late 80s when he visited Kenya while his native South Africa was still under the loathed Apartheid regime. At the time, the man of cloth observed that there was more freedom under Apartheid than there was in Kenya. He could sense an air of intimidation in the city despite almost 3 decades of independence in Kenya.

That facade came crumbling down two years later with the rise of multi party politics, as leaders locked out of the gravy train that the government was, mingled with reformers to give as a false start of a second liberation. The Optimism that greeted the return to multi party politics, soon gave way to the despondence of the reality that Moi had just bought himself an extra decade in power. The next liberation mirage came when Kibaki took power in 2002, but he soon reminded us of the rude, crude reality that is tribal politics in Kenya.

He simply replaced Moi’s Kalenjin Mafia with his Mount Kenya Mafia. He even kicked out his coalition partners and invited the head of the opposition, his fellow tribesman into the cabinet, proving that ideology was never a factor in his politics, only genealogy mattered. With a majority of the 42 Kenyan communities locked out of the national pie-sharing, the system was bound to start cracking, and in 2007, Kenya officially gave up any pretensions of being an island of peace as citizens took machetes and guns against each other.

Ever since 2007, being referred to as Nigerian has ceased to be an insult. We are now a dangerous place to live in, Nigeria has Boko Haram, but we also have our Al Shabab, Nigeria has its corruption infamy, but we now join them on the podium for the “accolades” too, we now watch Naija movies and dance to their music, heck, some of our youth have even started talking like them, and what about our women? Well, let’s leave that for another day.

These are difficult days to be a proud Kenyan, we have a president who is routinely humiliated abroad on quasi official trips and a deputy president who is a suspect at the International Criminal Court, a man who is linked to a plethora of scandals but who is living proof that in Kenya, the only thing that matters is how much money you have. Even the church will give you the front pew as long as you’re generously contributing to the till.

The youth have become rabid tribal animals on social media where many seem to have the whole day to spend insulting other communities while extolling mythical virtues of their tribes. The government has official warmongers who speak in language that a decent man wouldn’t use even on a drunken rant, and to add insult to injury, these professional insulters are paid with taxpayer’s money.

Lately the government has taken to nakedly intimidating and harassing members of the opposition using state machinery, abusing the rule of law and making it clear that Kenya has gone a full circle, from pretending to be on a path to reform, back to the intimidation that Tutu deciphered in ’87.

This demoralising reality makes one want to seek solace in some escapist preoccupation. Music often helps in such circumstances, but there is no artist worth his or her salt that is producing any revolutionary or inspiring music. How about sports? Well, Harambee Stars are the only thing in soccer more disappointing than Man U right now.

Maybe we should go back to our traditional marathon, but oops, the IAF is threatening to suspend Kenya after it emerged that our new era champions, unlike Kipchoge and his peers, have been doping and demystifying the tales of Kenyan invincibility on the tracks. Maybe as the NGOs preach, we should just bury our heads in books and education shall be our emancipation, but is that true? We have a nation of graduates walking unemployed and criminals laughing boisterously in parliament, is there any escape for Kenyans that doesn’t involve crime or rotten politics?

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DP Ruto’s ally Hon Leshan HUMILIATED in Bomet for UNDERMINING Devolution non Performance, told stop TUMETENGA madness

Bomet Senator Hon Wilfred Lesan was humiliated in Sigor trading center, Bomet as he waived to the residents while driving who instead demanded him to alight from his car and great residents- it turned out to be a lecture session by traders.

The traders and other enraged members of the public put Hon Leshan to task accusing him of being non-performer and undermining devolution agenda. Police officers had to fire in the air to scare away youths who were baying for his blood. Hon Lesan was on his way from from Kaboso area.

The Residents demanded to know why Jubilee Government had sidelined the South Rift in implementing Pre-Elections promises yet they had voted overwhelmingly to the ruling party. The angry residents gave him message to deliver to DP Ruto; ”..that he no longer has support from the region unless Jubilee fulfils pledges contained in the 2013 manifesto.

Hon Leshani was told to his face that KANU’s Nick Salat will be voted in 2017 unless he shows commitment to devolution and stop following DP Ruto blindly.

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WHO is A TRUE Raila DIE-HARD?

Among the Kenyan elite there’s no Raila die-hard, or Uhuru die-hard, there’s just pesa die-hards. Those elites who follow Uhuru don’t love him, they only hope for govt appointments, and envelopes here and there, evade taxes, win tenders, direct JAP tickets and so on.

Those who follow Raila hope for direct tickets, or want to be seen with Raila so Uhuru can feel jealous and pursue them, and hopefully be brown-enveloped to abandon Raila, and probably state appointments if he wins as is expected in 2017.

Diehard means that you will support Raila or Uhuru even if he fires you. Jakoyo, Orengo or Nyong’o would be diehards if they would graciously accept to not run in 2017, and instead allow some fresh blood in the interest of the movement.

Sonko would be a true diehard, if say he is asked to withdraw from Nai Gov and agrees, without sulking or complaining. That’s what diehard means. It means that ur committed to the cause, and that you’re not about cash, or quid pro quo benefits, but that in that person’s cause u see a journey towards the emancipation and liberation of the Kenyan people.

Waititu knows that so long as he is seen with Uhuru, Kiambu people will listen to him. But dare Uhuru tell them to pay taxes with diligence, not trade with govt, return all the loot, and that he wants fresh blood on JAP tickets, they would all sulk, and call press conferences to rebuke him. So next time u see them say they are willing to die for Raila or Uhuru, ask them these questions.

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WHY HYPOCRITE Hon Mutava Musyimi is WRONG and SHALLOW in his response to Dr David Ndii’s call of DISBAND Kenya

By G Oguda

I have read Reverend Mutava Musyimi’s response to Dr. David Ndii’s article on Saturday, and I have never read a more shallow politically-correct response than it. He writes, and I quote;

“Just one question. Will there be any violence in the doubtless middle or upper class neighbourhood in which David Ndii lives? It is well known that in 2007/08 all the violence in Nairobi was concentrated in poor neighbourhoods and slums where people were manipulated by comfortable elites to fight on behalf of those elites who sought power…”

Let me tell you something.

The Igbo, of Nigeria, have a time tested-saying, that “All dogs eat faeces, but the one in whose mouth it is found is worse than the rest.” If I were offered three benefits to bestow to my grandchildren, they would be native intelligence, a metabolism that did not produce surplus fat and David Ndii’s capacity to be brutally honest whether he is admired or not.

Reverend Mutava Musyimi is wrong to insinuate that violence in 2007/08 was sparked off, and bankrolled by, the ruling elite. 2007/08 post-election violence found me living in Lindi, deep inside Kibera slums and I can tell you the Kikuyus of Laini Saba or the Luos of Gatwekera did not need any funding to express their discontent the way they did.

If anyone from Lindi was funded to go uproot the Kenya-Uganda railway line in Mashimoni, then my Kamba neighbour who slept and dreamt Raila Odinga has never received his faie share.

What Rev. Mutava Musyimi wrote in there is the common narrative that has aways been advanced my men of comfort historically deluded that the poor have neither the independent minds nor the courage to express their discontent with status quo.

And he is dead wrong.

I was inside the Nyayo National Stadium yesterday when that much publicised carnage broke out. Nyayo National Stadium, for those who’ve attended a game there, is a 30,000 holding arena. You have the VIP section ring-fenced by razor wire and sharp spikes. It’s designed to take the shape of a maximum security fortress where even the most brave of hooligans wouldn’t scale up to disturb the egos of the ruling class rubbing their bellies under the shade. The terraces, aptly nicknamed ‘Russia’, is a bedrock of hard knock communism.

The tickets are cheaper, the overhead sun roasts your mango head you are more likely to catch a debilitating heat rash after the 90’, the fans are more charitable they share dicotyledon nuts with each other. At the VIP section, its about which latest car you’re driving or which next deal you’re about to clinch. At the Russia, it is about how your sickly children are fairing on or whether the landlord got to sink the pit latrine so that you don’t fly toilets any longer. Russia was designed for the dregs of society.

It is in Russia where spontaneous violence broke out yesterday, after that Zimbabwean referee allowed the controversial goal to stand. What began as a harmless show of vocal disapproval quickly degenerated into objects flying into the playing surface, and would’ve been contained had the referee consulted his assistant and chalked off the goal.

But he stuck to his partial militancy and, as predicted, the small gate leading into the stadium from the Russia section came down. It was always going to be a battle on who’ll get the collar of the referee first, between that enraged fan who had torn his vest and was baying for blood, or the Kenya Police lazybones who were more of spectators than crime busters. The Kenya Police, miraculously, got there first and put a human shield around the match officials.

Then backup was radioed, and immediately we saw the platoon commander of the General Service Unit surveying the battle-field, it was clear that we were in for war. The Russia trouble-makers had been marked for maiming.

All along, the VIP section were openly cheering the duel, choosing not to take sides with either the heavy-handed Police or the fleet-footed Russians. It was typical middle-class response.

But if the VIPs thought that the Russians were only angered by officiating injustice and Police brutality, they were in for a rude shock. The original plan was to use teargas to chase off the Russian sufferers out of the stadium so that the VIPs entertainment could go on.

But they thought wrong.

Most Russians, predictably, went out to catch a breather, but some of the hardcore ones did the unthinkable and scaled off the razor wired fence into the VIP section, and brought the battle deep inside the comfort zone of the VIPs. The VIPs were still reeling from the shock of mingling with filth, until the moment they saw a plastic bottle leave the VIP section targeted at one of the cops with a teargas canister. That’s the moment they realised that if Nyayo Stadium burns, they shall all burn in it. Shit, as we know it, had hit the fan. The cops, who were hitherto preoccupied with the Russians, turned their guns at the VIP section and quickly went into a conference on whether a canister should be lobbed in there too, or not.

I have never seen pot-bellied cowards run for their dear lives. A gas canister had not even been lobbed in there but the VIP section emptied quicker than Aden Duale’s jug of verbal vomit. The rest who remained quickly started a dialogue forum with the cops making a powerpoint presentation on why they should be spared from the hastily organised marathon. If ever there was proof that the Kenyan middle-class have to fight side-by-side with the poor of this country, or they will all perish in this simmering bowl of political soup, yesterday provided us with the most stonewall of evidence.

The poor, of this country, are tired of shouldering the disproportionate burden of ethnopolitical violence and they are willing, by all means, to drag the comfortable middle class into it.

Because they feel letdown by the people who should be fighting their wars at the policy level. And no other middle-class sellout typifies this discontent than Reverend Mutava Musyimi – an ex-human rights activist whose official title is MP for Mbeere South but whose real role is President Uhuru Kenyatta’s turncoat bootlicker.

Reading that rebuttal in the papers, you get the feeling that he was pawing the ground like an impatient horse, it is a mannerism that we’ve come to know all too well. This is a Mr. Mutava Musyimi who earned his name fighting for the rights of the economical marginalised and politically repressed.

Life in parliament is, clearly, full of delights for new MPs, avoid them. When President Nixon resigned, he was about to be impeached by the House of Representatives for misusing the CIA and the FBI. But that is a far-fetched possibility in Kenya, where a Jubilee-controlled parliament have abandoned public interest legislation to dance themselves lame covering up the executive’s ass. Led by, pitifully, Rev. Mutava Musyimi.

The brutally honest opinion Dr. Ndii wrote in the Nation on Saturday have one clear message That “the bootlicking August House have not lived up to its responsibilities, so we will rise to ours.” If the institutions charged with speaking truth to power have been grossly blackmailed, or intimidated, or coerced, or bribed, it is beholden upon Kenyans of goodwill, like Dr. Ndii, to flag up these uncomfortable truths to help us forestall a painful breakaway next year.

The Great Chinua Achebe writes, in his groundbreaking book “There Was A Country; A Personal History of Biafra”, and I quote; “…we did not make the world, so there should be no reason we should be quarrelling with the number of cultures there are. If any group decides on its own that its culture is not worth talking about, it can stop talking about it. But I don’t think anybody can suggest to another person, please drop your culture lets use mine. Thats the height of arrogance and the boast of imperialism. I think cultures know how to fight their battles; cultures know how to struggle. It is up to the owners of any particular culture to ensure it survives, or if they don’t want it to survive, they should act accordingly…”

Let the 42+ cultures that make up Kenya decide whether they want to be autonomous, or not. Let no one scaremonger them with threats or intimidation. The media have failed to highlight these issues, so the public will take matters into their own hands and do what they want for freedom. Chinua Achebe adds, and I quote; “…decency and civilisation would insist that journalists take sides with the powerless. Clearly there is no moral obligation to write in any particular way. But there is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless…”

What Dr. Ndii, and oppressed Kenyans, are demanding is not a perfect country. We recognise that Kenya is not an oil painting, but our face in the entire world is quickly taking that image of a bag of spanners that even our long-term girlfriend Uganda is filing for divorce against hitherto ugly Tanzanians.

This country should, and must, be rebuilt from the ground up. No patching up, or quick-fixes, will do.

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WHY Luo Ladies are NEVER KNOWN to BRAG about their Beautifully shaped Buttocks and Cleavage

Luo ladies have never been known to brag about their buttocks and cleavage and in terms of principles, they rank among the most principled Queens in the world.

They, and their men, are more concerned about what’s in the brains than the contents of their butts and breasts.
This is because Luo ladies are naturally endowed with indomitable behinds thus having big butts is never viewed as an achievement neither is it worth any plaudits.

We Luos attach more weight on the content of the brain though the size of the buttocks is a factor but not the foremost requirement.
That’s why before we seduce a lady, we enquire about her education and intellect. Factors like public speaking is an added advantage before we go to the body physique.

What we Luo men celebrate in women is not buttocks or cleavage because we were born seeing them in the village or in Runda or Karen.
In fact, having big buttocks is a watermark in most Luos ladies. It’s not an achievement.

Luos only celebrate and reward achievement in in academia, talent, sports politics et cetera.

Here is where Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch of ICC comes in, Lupita Nyong’o comes in, Mrs. Ogot comes in, Michelle Obama comes in, and many more.

Therefore any Luo lady taking pride in big buttocks and cleavage like that idiot I’ve seen on social media calling herself socialite displaying her cleavage and inviting Jesus to come and suck her tits during this Easter must be banished from the land of the intellects.

Why can’t we just leave such behaviors to our great friends from Mt. Kenya who excel in them? 😜😜
Opus Dei Wuod Hellena JPT

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We did NOT VERIFY Okoa Kenya Signatures, all marks were in VALID- Reveals IEBC Spokesperson

The IEBC has said it did not reject any signatures by Cord’s Okoa Kenya referendum supporters despite their structure or form.

Communications manager Tabitha Mutemi said any mark was admitted as “an intention or consent by a petitioner”.

Mutemi added that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission could not verify the authenticity of any signatures as it lacks a repository.

“The claim that IEBC could not possibly verify signatures because it did not have a repository of samples is true,” she said .

“It is therefore needless to belabour or fault the IEBC on the matter and we could not ridicule ourselves to that extent.”

In a statement on Monday, Mutemi said entries that were rejected were those that were not found in the voters register.

She noted that some had signatures but no ID or passport numbers while others only had names.

The IEBC said last week that Cord did not meet the one million constitutional threshold, as only 891,598 were valid. Cord submitted booklets containing 1.4 million signatures in October 2015.

The electoral body said some of the signatures were by one person and urged the coalition to start another round of signature collection if they want to want to keep pushing the referendum agenda.

But Coalition chiefs Kalonzo Musyoka, Moses Wetang’ula and tens of lawmakers threatened to kick its commissioners out, promising “a major statement” on the direction of the plebiscite push.

Wetang’ula (Bungoma Senator) and Kalonzo (Wiper leader) said Cord was considering “legal and extra-legal means” of dealing with the IEBC’s determination.

The Senator said Cord has many avenues to explore following the IEBC’s determination, following their claim that the commission was in cahoots with the Jubilee coalition.

Cord leader Raila Odinga and Kalonzo earlier accused the commission of colluding with Jubilee MPs to reject its Okoa Kenya signatures.

Raila said National Assembly Majority leader Aden Duale should be probed alongside Sakaja over the claims. But Sakaja said Jubilee was displeased with the IEBC’s manner of conducting activities.

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