Tag: kenya

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democracy, ha!
it is safer and more fashionable to criticize, demonize, witness, ridicule, question, insult, hold accountable one Raila Amolo Odinga. Noted?
AND
It is only him that can be ‘tolerated’ to talk about ‘our’ business. Well, the perception is that he can be ignored- as an ‘old bitter mad man’ resorting to theatrics.
No, not you Jacob Juma. what’s your problem?
‘i will never give up fighting corruption’
you are young(er), you are rich,
why wouldn’t you shut up
and leave alone the ‘politics’? eh?
‘i will NOT fear death and stay in the comfort zone’
you are (un)usual business man..
we are business-as-usual, man !!
‘God Bless Kenya’
*ten shots*
tweet heart !!
*spit*
tweet that !!
*unknown gun one*
” hio iwe funzo kwako
na kwa wengine
kama wewe …
wenye tabia…
ama nia “
*unknown unknown*
“i’d rather (you) die…
*slowly blows smoke*
….than (I) resign !”
>>>>>
stay tuned
for more episodes on the continuing saga

.. series title unknown!

 

 

…stay tuned
for more episodes from the continuing saga ‘gangsters paradise’/ nairobi no-life/ unknown hit(wo)man/ hostage: kenya democracy.. haven’t settled on a name.

state of the national imperial (paper) chase address

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so, i remembered my history teacher in primary school alleging that kenya is a christian nation . ati 80% of it’s citizens profess this religion or way of life. now, i believe for we are a forgiving nation of second chances
our president and his deputy have led the nation by example down on their knees recognising the king of kings. (sielewi mbona bado the deputy is loudly and profusely still proclaiming innocence na kesi kwisha, the president ametulia). anyway, prayer rallies that have united the nation. from the date they were running mates to date. a round of thanksgiving prayer rallies are in order. early christians were jail birds.. paulo na sila… yes, join me please.. paulo na silaaa…. waliomba…

……..

here is where you can blow your whistles… shangwes and vigelegeles
…….. placards and vuvuzelas are welcome….
……..
yes, watu wa mungu!…. the message i have today for the chase bank customers is what we have been preaching all along, accept and move on! we legally (s)elected suspects to preside over the state. be good christians; forgive and forget. if you can’t forgive you must forget. forget your life savings and pray for the saving of the bank directors.
it takes me back to primary school mathematics; which is greater 10% of kes 700 or 10% of kes 7 B? i asked myself, you should also ask yourself ‘ what is the greater good?’ good christians tithe; and when they are governors and senators i am sure as you have seen they continue the good works

to further demonstrate our christianity, we must now find ways of accommodating the directors in public office. some have called it a gangsters paradise but they forget jesus barabbas. without him the prophecy and the promise of salvation would not have happened

i am calling on you to volunteer for prayer rallies for the bank suspects. we shall be asked i was in jail and you did not visit me… i was hungry you did not feed me… i was cold you did not clothe me…

 

there are no kenyans living in kenya

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… there are
no kenyans
living in kenya
 
they live
in hashtag
surburbs
ghettoes
tethered
 
Wi-Li…(e)?
 
question’s disturb the peace
no politics allowed
but all aspire to be
politicians, *whisper* secretly
 
why steal
when you can loot?
then you can shoot;
mob justice –
 
you hit me
we hit you?
 
.. there are
no kenyans
living in kenya
 
they headline
athletics news
innovate
money transfers
 
that would rather die than resign
there are no kenyans living
in kenya; a foreign country’s
pay-as-you-vote reality t.v
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

prayers, preyers and payers

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prayers, preyers and payers
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forgive and forget;
prayers.
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few thousands of victims
 |
40 million survivors
IDP bribers
40 million witnesses’
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….
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missing testimonies.
tasty monies
payers.
 |
pope champagne
preyers.
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for
Pope Francis
.
welcome to kenya.
.
pray for us…
mi sina.

economigreeks

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” everyday i wake up to more bull shit ” – jay z , heart of the city (ain’t no love)

today i walked past an exhibition near the tom mboya statue. the theme was chronicling courage through kenya’s independence in the face of white colonialists and then the black colonialists. todays headline of a daily newspaper had on it kenya’s eurobond billions hidden in a secret account. a night or so earlier i watched as vimal shah (ceo bidco ltd , chairman kepsa) and karithi murithi (ceo jmg strategy innovations ltd) call the kenyan concern over the state of their ‘broke government’ reports ‘crisis of confidence’ and ‘noise’ respectively.

as i walked away from the exhibition, watching my step i reflected on that latter statement critically. i mused as i turned it around… ‘murmurs of despairing discontent to roars of disgust’. i’ll insert some book titles here –

“confession of an economist: writing to impress rather than inform” robert hakes.

“how to lie with statistics ” darrel huff

i listened to the eminent personalities projecting into my parents living room and came out not impressed or informed. maybe a little piqued (just a little) and amused. darrel huff’s title lit up in neon as i listened to the tussle between cord and jubilee on the matter of the governments economic ‘performance’ (maybe that word fits with a friends dismissive, ‘ i’m tired of these clowns!’). vimal shah was shown a picture of a headline ‘is kenya africa’s greece?’ his answer was to the effect that that was a ‘cartoon’.  it’s okay… pay it no mind it’s charlie hebdo. they spoke ‘greek’ and the last thing i remember was an excited kariithi murimi signing off, ‘you can’t build your economy by shouting at it!’ … i looked about the deserted room and back to the screen questioningly,’… but, who’s shouting?’

honestly, i hoped the conversation would shift a little (just a little). to my text an atheist friend that politics has trumped economics, the response was that i am too idealistic! yet i believed to a small degree i was being optimistic. ha!

as i touched harambee avenue i debated on which was better between ‘man-eat-man’ or  ‘man-eat-dog’.

‘kenya has gone to the dogs’ –
‘a dog is a man’s best friend’ –

‘greater love has no one than this..’