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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 22, 2013 20:10:42 GMT 3
The History of mankind hitherto, is the antagonism between master and slave. Lord and serf. --Frederich Engels.
DEALING WITH THE CRISIS IN LUOLAND (KAKA ANYWOLA)
The historical resilience of monarchy, which is a dynastic institute, can be evidenceD by the list of countries around the world that practice her as a state form, in some version of another. And more importantLY, the periods in historical time which it has endured, continuously as one unbroken line, or intermittently, but the same dynastic institute.
The historical superiority of republicanism, is attested to by the fact that, in the modern era, the super-power countries and competitor pretenders, are republican, where meritocracy is the creed for the top office, even if not the practice. These top-dog countries too, it will be noted, have dislodged themselves from the clutches of monarchy. Whether revolutionary Russia contra Tsarist Russia; Red versus Imperial China; Republican France versus royal France; Modern India versus Moghul India; or the USA in jailbreak from the Queen of England's castle ---the American war of Independence.
The monarchies that have wanted to stay competitive and be relevant as modern countries --Japan, the United Kingdom, have been forced to reduce their royal houses to ceremonial hollows, or mere entertainment celebrities --cultural artifacts for comical relief and nostalgia, like we recently saw at Elizabeth's Jubilee sailing the Thames, soon after the London Olympics of Mo Farah fame.
In the 'New World', that is the post-war world, where the war is a euro-centrist reference, therefore Second World War, later day despots and would-be creators of dynasties in the classical fashion which is by murder and terror, have tended to pay the French price. That is the eradication of the family tree from the genetical pool of humanity. Saddam Hussein, Mohammad Khadaffi are clear examples of several generations of a family gone at a go. the familial rudiment in Syria Assad may go the same way.
In fact ever since Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin of the Soviet Union, lined up the godly Romanovs in a disused wine-cellar in a dacha far away in the outback of Siberian woods, and fed them bullets on behalf of the people they had oppressed for a thousand years, no sensible monarch has insisted on absolute power. And those who have, like the Saudis, Jordanians, Moroccans, have had to run primitive obsolete repressive regimes where no sane human would want to inhabit --[this is a reference to Amnesty International documentation of torture methods used in those countries to stifle dissidence since the war!]
Lenin needed to remind the world, because since the French revolution, lots of water had gone under the bridge and old habits had returned.
In fact, in Africa, all the effective parties that mobilised nationalism for decolonisation, were led by republicans ---like Jomo Kenyatta and Jaramogi Odinga! Soon to entrap themselves in the web of dynastic duplicity.
The new younger Odinga is Da Ker Madit, the new younger Kenyatta the Muthamaki! --wither the republic!
to be continued.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 22, 2013 21:29:43 GMT 3
PART 11: IDEOLOGICAL FAULTLINES LUOLAND.
There used to be a Guinness commercial that claimed Guinness for Power. Guinness is good for You. --Now this is a moment, I think with my tongue in cheek, when a marketeer can say: This rigging is for power, and power is good for us [Jaluos]!
The recent events in Nyanza, unfolding as a spectacle for national amusement to others, are not that amusing for Jaluos from what I gather around me. For me, however, I will try to commentate upon them from a tangent at critical introspection, taking a long term look, and seeing it as a necessary evolutionary step, toward a catharsis; whereas, in some of my colleagues, I have only seen the denial of utter shock --hopefully temporary.
The sight of young Luo boys tearing down Raila's posters in Luoland resulted in a heart-attack for one man who, according to my brother, has since died. Such behavior could only have been sponsored by enemies from afar, his last gasp went by way of lament. The rage could not have been auto-generated by circumstances singularly peculiar to the situation at 'home'! --That to me is the logic of denial, seeking scapegoats from the usual suspects. While we wait to collect our dispersed wits.
I think Raila had long lost control of his court, and like Haille Selassie in his last years, the real power lay elsewhere, and the priorities too; and in this case the power-brokers of the court had decided to make a killing in Nyanza, which is deemed a home-run anyway. With the polls showing a Raila presidency guaranteed, Nyanza, always taken for granted, would be a killing field, (that is financially speaking). The ODM nomination is a guarantee (in a world where there are no guarantees, only risks)! A guarantee to goodies. The intensity of machinations behind the scenes must have been akin to seconds before a nuclear-reactor meltdown. A rush comparable to what you would expect on the last call for the last train to Sayun. Hyper competition.
But there was the sordid irritation of the peoples' will. The peoples' will may not be the court's will. This simple fact is why dictatorship arises in human society. You let the people decide freely? you have no guarantees you will maintain seat at the high table. And MPs who only yesterday voted to give themselves state funerals whenever they die, must have wondered on the ground, whether the people still considered them sane. This was a PR-disaster Raila could have done without. The court's will was not the King's will nor interest. And in that hiatus with the King somehow indisposed, the egg of corruption hatched.
The split in the Luo middle class is interesting to watch. Most of them are looking forward to a Raila presidency, because its trappings will have a generous trickle-down effect-[economic indicators only considered]. But this class is also the home of the articulate who know the indicators of stability, who know too, the definition of rigging, the categories of a sham process, and they are only too aware these are the evils Kibaki did the other day, with catastrophic results and widespread condemnation.
Two, they are painfully aware that the Luo lumpen was at the forefront of the resistance, filling up morgues across the republic. With this radicalised sub-altern desperados for brothers ready to fight their turf, assertive in a now 'treasonable' interpretation, how do we sell our own sham electoral process? How do we white-wash our own travesty exercise of a democratic process? What emotional codifiers does one use to convince those with fresh wounds from the battle for correct election results, that rigging is good for them; and has been done in Nyanza for their own benefit!
How do we reason: electoral theft, conducted by us on us for us, is the place to be? Morally, intellectually, emotionally, ideologically. That this dishonesty is in the national interest, and a necessity! a necessary evil.
This is the ideological sorcery that now must be performed by the crack unit of ODM spin men. A feat in sophism and intellectual suicide. It can not be done within rational political logic me-seems. One must therefore delve into rabid exclusivity. The deepest fears must be unearthed to mobilise blind emotion. The 'nation' must stand as one, as if the threat is existential. Internal dissenters must be exorcised, first by emotional expulsion. The nation must go on a war footing with an imaginary external enemy, or implode in itself, squabbling toward a civil strife.
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 22, 2013 22:00:43 GMT 3
Interesting stuff, Jakaswanga. It appears that some people are waking up. But there are many who would bite off your head if you say anything that gets too close to The King --- don't even suggest that he, like all humans, does natural things, such as taking a sh*t. He is too regal for that! So, carry on, but be mindful of The Owner, and keep your distance.
Last night I was invited to have drinks with the visiting flunkey advisor of some ODM big-wig. I asked him what would happen if, as result of these "interesting" primaries, Luos decided to abandon Raila. His response: "Where will they go?". Case closed. It reminded me of ...
A little story: Many years ago, when I was a university student, I decided to cut classes for the more entertaining business of joining some protest. We got into trouble and were hauled into some cells, to cool our heels while waiting to be charged with the law quaintly referred to as "criminal mischief". (It was alleged that we had thrown bricks at some shop-windows.) Anyway ... in the cells, we were not treated as the decent citizens that we obviously were, and we railed against the "Oppressive Minion" in charge of the establishment. Here is the answer we got: "Say what you will, and think what you will. We've still got you under lock-and-key". Case closed.
As one might say in the vernacular: mta do?
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Post by kamalet on Jan 23, 2013 11:30:44 GMT 3
Jakaswanga
Interesting position. But I am struggling to agree with you. It is not the first time that Raila has made political mistakes in Nyanza and I think the people of Luo Nyanza are a forgiving lot as they do forgive him everytime for the mistake that is repeated.
My view is that they do not have a proble with Raila the person but they struggle to reconcile that with the mistakes he makes in getting the people he wants elected and forcing them down their throats.
I think there were misplaced 'high expectations' in 2013 that some things would not happen and the reactions following the nominations were perhaps a lot more robust than in previuos years, but this still does not change the fact the Raila is still the man in Nyanza. The argument of a weakened king is in my view driven by middle class arm chair critics sitting in Nairobi and who cannot resonate with the feelings on the ground. I did argue in this forum that all that Raila needed to do was change his itinerary and visit Siaya and Homa Bay this week and the situation will be cooled off. There is a magic in the man that the rural folk (and perhaps the slum folk) seem to understand and see that the middle class types like you (and may be Otishotish and Oloo) cannot see.
The real test of a naked king would be a loss at the polls for all those "imposed" to other candidates supported by refusniks. You and I know that will not happen!!
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 23, 2013 19:50:09 GMT 3
Jakaswanga Interesting position. But I am struggling to agree with you. It is not the first time that Raila has made political mistakes in Nyanza and I think the people of Luo Nyanza are a forgiving lot as they do forgive him everytime for the mistake that is repeated. Kamalet, Raila has evolved into an institute, and institutes can get away with a lot of rot, as you may know of the Kenya Judiciary. So the one-man institute Raila erodes slowly; decays in slow motion like an iceberg entering warm waters. But an arrow past the peak of its flight is still lethal. The rigging has never been as massive as this time around. Never so blatant to the extent of idiocy like this. The Luos, never to shut their mouths when criticising others, have found themselves naked in broad daylight, the laughing stock of the nation. it is an uncomfortable place to be, and recriminations are fierce. Radio stations have been inundated with statements of horror and shame. There is something we call 'kuno' in dholuo, that is an obstinate hardening of heart which leads to a rejection of everything from a once loved one. ODM's insane corruption in Nyanza has raised this risk, and currently all the middle-class outlets are 24/7 in overdrive appealing for forgiveness. A boycott is suicide they say! Please vote, no boycott! That is how fearful the backlash is potential. 2 Raila is still the man in Nyanza yes as you say. But the ground is still too hot for a shallow propaganda tour [and things will cool as you say!] Folks like my brother who are Raila-damu are still arguing themselves hoarse with irate youth who feel taken for a ride, and are ready to put pangas to the necks of returning officers, or fire to the properties of ODM luminaries. (Remember the Luo from Naivasha who testified for General Ali at the Hague, and they wanted to burn his property in Migori, and no ODM fellow found that appaling? Same behaviour now, only the target is different!) The King will need to renew his bond with the people. He misused them too much this time. Of Nairobi middle class idlers like Otishotish ;D and Oloo I will say something later! I am different kind of idler though, a manamba at matatu stands and bus parks! ---terrible teachers strikes have now ended just when my international tour too is at sun-set!] |
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 23, 2013 20:28:13 GMT 3
Interesting stuff, Jakaswanga. It appears that some people are waking up. But there are many who would bite off your head if you say anything that gets too close to The King --- don't even suggest that he, like all humans, does natural things, such as taking a sh*t. He is too regal for that! So, carry on, but be mindful of The Owner, and keep your distance. Last night I was invited to have drinks with the visiting flunkey advisor of some ODM big-wig. I asked him what would happen if, as result of these "interesting" primaries, Luos decided to abandon Raila. His response: "Where will they go?". Case closed. It reminded me of ... A little story: Many years ago, when I was a university student, I decided to cut classes for the more entertaining business of joining some protest. We got into trouble and were hauled into some cells, to cool our heels while waiting to be charged with the law quaintly referred to as "criminal mischief". (It was alleged that we had thrown bricks at some shop-windows.) Anyway ... in the cells, we were not treated as the decent citizens that we obviously were, and we railed against the "Oppressive Minion" in charge of the establishment. Here is the answer we got: "Say what you will, and think what you will. We've still got you under lock-and-key". Case closed. As one might say in the vernacular: mta do?Otishotish, Yes indeed, what will we do? We are owned and pocketed. --Let me tell you another story, seeing you love uta-do stories so much. I remember some odd song from my childhood like this: Jaduong' ma Uganda --Milton Obote [The Old Man of Uganda]
Telo mare ber --Milton Obote [His Leadership is inspired]
En be Jaluowa --Milton Obote [And he is a fellow Luo]
Wanahere pile --Milton Obote [Daily we shall love him]
Polo omiye telo --Milton Obote [Anointed by the heavens]
Jaluo Malo Malo --Milton Obote! [Enthralled O be the Luo]Fast-Forward: Elections after the Tanzanians have ejected Amin Dada, and Milton Obote does not trust the heavens to convince the electorate to do right thing. Controversial Mwanga, chairman of the electoral commission and fixer, does the necessary. Kampala burns. Yoweri Kaguta, one of the loosing candidates, knows there is a formidable no-nonsense man in town who talks straight and wields clout. His fellow Major by rank, but now a bit promoted, Oyite Ojok. Kaguta takes a maximum risk and pays Ojok a visit which, according the Nubian General who was relaying us the tale, could have changed the history of Uganda, if Ojok had decided to be a honest soldier not a politician; Kaguta went to propose a joint coup! Ojok tells Museveni he himself did not see any election. Just sham, and he wondered why a ruthless and serious man the caliber Museveni had bothered to participate in such a scenario! --Kaguta, 24 hours then I move. Everybody knows you can not live with it! He meant Kaguta had 24 hours to move out of Kampala, then Ojok would start the death-hunt. Ojok remained to support rigging of his fellow tribesman, and the internal rot and external pressure which would eventually sweep Obote from power, consumed him young. In Uganda I visited the infamous Luwero triangle (as a non-Luo of course). My guide hated 'Northerners' which is code for the Luo, with a passion. The rage of this men is deranged! beasts they are! you know what they did here? (I knew but I preferred to answer no!) This question mta do? it unnerves me in Afrika. You never know what 25 years ahead will look like! Let the triumphalists extol the virtues of rigging! I wont! ODM Malo! Malo Malo! |
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 23, 2013 20:54:25 GMT 3
This question mta do? it unnerves me in Afrika. You never know what 25 years ahead will look like!! I was thinking that after you get through Standard Stone-Throwing Examination, Part I---have you reported for that to the local sub-chief?--we'd put you through the other four parts and then proceed to the four parts of Standard Fish-Eating Examination (where you are required to put a whole tilapia in your mouth, close your mouth, extract the flesh without injuring yourself, and then spit out the bones). But, much as I think you are a good man, in addition to doubting your authenticity, I'm afraid that we must now consider whether you have any potential at all. Don't get me wrong---I have publicly stated that I think you are a good man---but here we are: Why on earth are you worrying about 25 years on? Focus on 40 days from now! The Anointed One will rise, and manna will rain upon us! If you can't get that, then you are a hater who probably doesn't appreciate Beyonce's beauty. (And she's a one with!) Or do you have a problem with the long-awaited manna raining on your head? Focus, focus, focus! |
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Post by podp on Jan 23, 2013 21:03:59 GMT 3
Jakaswanga Raila has evolved into an institute, and institutes can get away with a lot of rot, as you may know of the Kenya Judiciary. So the one-man institute Raila erodes slowly; decays in slow motion like an iceberg entering warm waters. But an arrow past the peak of its flight is still lethal. The rigging has never been as massive as this time around. Never so blatant to the extent of idiocy like this. The Luos, never to shut their mouths when criticising others, have found themselves naked in broad daylight, the laughing stock of the nation. it is an uncomfortable place to be, and recriminations are fierce. Radio stations have been inundated with statements of horror and shame. The real test of a naked king would be a loss at the polls for all those "imposed" to other candidates supported by refusniks. You and I know that will not happen!! Of Nairobi middle class idlers like Otishotish ;D and Oloo I will say something later! I am different kind of idler though, a manamba at matatu stands and bus parks! ---terrible teachers strikes have now ended just when my international tour too is at sun-set!] Garcia Marquez, in his 'Autumn of the Patriarch' spins a horrific story that is unlikely to be similar to anything you have read before. It is a fantastic description of the rotten guts of tyranny. 'Autumn of the Patriarch' isn't really meant to be a 'pleasant' read. It is a grim portrait of the title character, and other characters come and go without having inner lives of their own; they have relevance only insofar as they intersect with his life. The "Patriarch" is the ur-dictator, the tyrant personified, an old man who never steps down, who rules behind a double whose death thus gives rise to a legend of immortality. The dictator's underlings invent Potemkin everything; his palace is full of cripples, blind people, lepers, and domestic animals; he is a monster who, like all the tyrants he represents, cannot love, but only cultivate power. He isn't really a human being; he's an implacable, negative force. For all his flailing around, occasionally making half-hearted and futile efforts to change, his life ultimately has no other meaning. And the reaction of the crowd, the mass, is the same every time. "The only thing that gave us security on earth," they say, "was the certainty that he was there....dedicated to the messianic happiness of thinking for us, knowing that we knew that he would not take any decision for us that did not have our measure..." |
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 23, 2013 21:05:31 GMT 3
PART 11: IDEOLOGICAL FAULTLINES LUOLAND. The split in the Luo middle class is interesting to watch. Most of them are looking forward to a Raila presidency, because its trappings will have a generous trickle-down effect-[economic indicators only considered]. But this class is also the home of the articulate who know the indicators of stability, who know too, the definition of rigging, the categories of a sham process, and they are only too aware these are the evils Kibaki did the other day, with catastrophic results and widespread condemnation. Two, they are painfully aware that the Luo lumpen was at the forefront of the resistance, filling up morgues across the republic. THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE GOLDEN SILENCE THe middle class have never been really at the FRONT-LINE of any political change anywhere in the world as far as I can tell anyway. By the the time they join, the dice is cast. So it was the lumpen who fought Kibaki to a halt, stopping bullets and police batons, while the middle class sat before the TV sets, calculating the chances... So I will give them a conservative profile. Collectively tending toward the status quo. But her contradictions, by way of being informed and professional, tends to produce the most articulate critique of a status quo. They are the cartilage that mediates the tension between the bottom and elite class. A besieged position. Under social conflict, this siege is even more apparent. Two examples: 1. In Homa-Bay, more than 15 youth have been arraigned for offenses ranging from demonstrations to damage of property --hooliganism. Agostino Netto, a young brilliant lawyer who replaced Ojode Rambo, has been approached by some activists to take up the cases as far as the illegal demonstration charge is concerned. Are these people being persecuted for expressing their rights to demonstrate [against a now accepted corrupted process], making use of the new freedoms in the constitution which have been so painfully won and enacted after earlier repressive regimes? Are they hooligans or patriots standing up for what is right! Agostino Netto is still thinking it over. Signs are he wont touch it. May be his mind jammed. 2. Over at Siaya is the star lawyer who was in the team that wrote the constitution. Otiende Amolo. Asked for comment whether he would advice Siaya activists, if they chose to go to court to reject, ask the court to annul any 'appointed' governor as unconstitutional, what did he say? This is an example how, under social conflict, the middle class due to their technical competence, are presented with choices in which the content of character must become visible. No hiding place. Except.. Silence is golden. Who wants a right to speak? |
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 23, 2013 21:11:55 GMT 3
Remember the Luo from Naivasha who testified for General Ali at the Hague, and they wanted to burn his property in Migori, and no ODM fellow found that appaling? Why on earth did they want to burn his property? I doubt that it had anything to do with the Uhuru-Muthaura-Ali case. I say that because right now Maina Njenga---whose Mungiki is at the heart of the activities in ICC Case 2, which activities I understand caused the unhappiness--appears to have been given the prodigal-son's warm welcome. And without the slightest whispered question. Except by haters who don't appreciate that Baba is on a winning streak. But what can one say after Baba has spoken?. Sitting on his three-legged stool, he can see farther than the tallest man sitting on top of the tallest tree. Plus, he will deliver a sh*tload of manna. Besides at the time of the PEV, it appears that Maina Njenga was in "solitary", quietly reading his bible, and Mungiki boys were practicing to join the choir in the new church he would form on his release. And you can't prove otherwise unless you have listened to the tapes! (Ekaterina Trendafilova is just a crazy lady.) |
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 23, 2013 21:15:34 GMT 3
[Beyonce's beauty. (And she's a one with!) Or do you have a problem with the long-awaited manna raining on your head? Focus, focus, focus! Focus focus focus! like vultures circling prey, the diaspora wing of the 'nation' have booked tickets home for the grand party! and the grand jobs the next day! Problem could be, going by James Ogundo's enterprising, being conned out of a hefty introduction fee! www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000075713&story_title=Kenya-ODM-election-board-member-arrested-over-certificates-scamtHE TIILAPIA test, that one I think I will pass! But it is still overall a fail for me! ;D |
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Post by kamalet on Jan 23, 2013 22:22:04 GMT 3
Guys!
Sorry to disturb your little chit chat, but you show your ignorance of the Nairobi middle class! Look at one Kamalet who repeatedly said that he would only cast the Nairobi Governor ballot if John Gakuo was nominated. Problem is that thins middle class Kamalet was never going to join the holloi polloi in day long queues to cast his vote for Gakuo. The idlers and the jobless would do that little honour and all Kamalet had to do was cast his vote. Well the middle class was shown dust by the stone throwing Punjabi university graduate. One thing you will not do is catch me throwing stones protesting that the idlers did not vote for Gakuo! In any case I did learn the lesson well last Saturday when the guy washing my car asked me who would ever care of him between Waititu (YT2) and the pharmacist Kidero.....the answer was quite clear and that shut me up.
So when you look at the shenanigans in Siaya and elsewhere in Luo Nyanza it is the guys that we are calling idlers throwing the stones for they stood on the queues and were cheated. The middle class and the rich sitting in Nairobi took the decision to screw those rural idlers and they shall am certain be on their way to mollify these idlers with either chang'aa or sweet talk!
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 23, 2013 22:22:08 GMT 3
Jakaswanga: Like you, I "know" quite a few ODM-damu types. And here is what they tell me: This is the big one. Remember those little paper-boats you used to make when you were seven? Well, this one will make the QE II superliner look like that. Either you are with us, or you are against us. A feast or death. The choice is yours. As for Ogundo, who told them not to make money? We need enterprising people to move forward Our Great Country. Want a good job in the civil service? Don't wait for someone to hand you one. Give yourself one, like Mr. Waiganjo! All those slogans about self-employment ... Kenyans are taking self-employment to "the next level"! Want a job? Give yourself a good one, and have the government pay for it! That has to be a "world's first". My friend, I would never call you a liar; but I have my doubts on the tilapia thing. Over here, in my Other Country, I pay big money for fantastic, fresh tilapia. I do so, because it is flown directly from the net; if it weren't for the flight, they'd still be wriggling. Anyway, here's why I have I problem with your story .... a few months ago, one of my kids brought to my attention a story about Lake Victoria, via some documentary. According to this documentary, the best fish was getting flown to Europe (on a daily basis) while all the locals ended up with was hyacinth. I should, but I won't ask why that is happening, if it is happening, but I will ask this: Are you sure you've been eating tilapia? To a hungry man, even an omena looks like a whale. Even a tilapia made of hyacinth might look pretty good. Anway, everytime I get one of those leaflets about starving people in Kenya needing food-aid, I always think ... But I digress. Listen, you and I need to get serious about this. Let's not be like those Mau Mau guys who refused to come out of the forest. Imagine yourself as Minister for Higher and Lower and Middle Education, and OO (the real one) as your deputy Something-and-Something in charge of fisheries. We could eat and then actually eat. |
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 23, 2013 22:32:00 GMT 3
Guys! Sorry to disturb your little chit chat, but you show your ignorance of the Nairobi middle class! Look at one Kamalet who repeatedly said that he would only cast the Nairobi Governor ballot if John Gakuo was nominated.! How quickly they get forgotten. So, what happened to your man? |
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Post by kamalet on Jan 23, 2013 22:39:36 GMT 3
Guys! Sorry to disturb your little chit chat, but you show your ignorance of the Nairobi middle class! Look at one Kamalet who repeatedly said that he would only cast the Nairobi Governor ballot if John Gakuo was nominated.! How quickly they get forgotten. So, what happened to your man? Poor guy only had 1200 people going up to queue for him. Interestingly he had some powerful financial backers who paid his bills but could no theft him pAst the nomination. If only he had gone in as an independent.....the choice of Kidero or Waititu depresses me. |
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 23, 2013 23:24:46 GMT 3
Guys! Sorry to disturb your little chit chat, but you show your ignorance of the Nairobi middle class! Look at one Kamalet who repeatedly said that he would only cast the Nairobi Governor ballot if John Gakuo was nominated. Problem is that thins middle class Kamalet was never going to join the holloi polloi in day long queues to cast his vote for Gakuo. Welcome! Join the chit chat before the heckling comes and goes viral! ;D but i think I got it right first time around when I said the middle classes I characterise conservative. ---Watching TV with pop-corns complaining the lazy maid and dog-walker is absent. While the two went to line the whole day to vote for Sonko and Waititu! walking a total of 4 km (to and fro) on an empty stomach! May be your Luo mechanic friend Omondi, closed for the day to line up the whole day! loosing a day's income in work! And then fat Bett comes on TV to tell him ---Sorry, transparency and fairness did not fit our winning strategy! [uta do?] |
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Post by nok on Jan 24, 2013 0:31:02 GMT 3
jakaswanga ;D Right now it's emotions pure. Rationality has no place whatsoever in the discourse, so respect, why send the chilling cold shower down on us. Yang Ying or is it counting 2 before 1, with subject less object human has two sides, be it front or back or sinistra Vi's a Vi's dextra. The genesis of the bible tells us that Satan was God's right hand Angel. Evil is there for good to flourish and without one blind we are when faced by the other. The constant fight within between the forces of good and bad entrenched so deep in our DNA that the conscious transcends in the unconscious. Now, a strong Court always surrounds the king, is always with the king and shields the king. The steel wall of the inner most power sanctums. This court cannot represent the peasantry ; if it tries then it dilutes itself. Self preservation begs arms length, the shorter the distance to the kings ear the better. But, a messenger of the people , a representer has to be close to the peasantry, in order to know hear feel capture the mood. In essence both the peoples messenger and the court gate keeper contradict each other in their supposed function. And therein lies the Fault line in Louland. Our Kikuyu brethren played it differently. -> That is why when all dust settles one sees that the Kibaki ;read Golf buddies; court is not made of pseudo messengers (elected). The trick may lie in separation of Ying and Yang. I hope you get what I mean  I was not born to write ;D
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 24, 2013 1:38:39 GMT 3
Problem is that thins middle class Kamalet was never going to join the holloi polloi in day long queues to cast his vote for Gakuo. No novelist has ever come close to Balzac in a study of social classes (and of human psychology for that matter). His general conclusion is that the "middle class" is the toughest class to be in: Those at the bottom can only suck up. And those at the top have to worry only about those trying to get up, where they don't belong; so they have to kick down. But in the middle, they have two problems: One, they have to suck up in order to get up. Two, because is no point in getting up if everybody else is coming along too, they have to kick down at the same time as they are sucking up. In Paris, at Balzac's time, the lowest classes are just as depraved as the upper classes. The lower classes get punished for it, because someone must be punished; and the upper classes get away with exactly the same depravities, because they are ... well, upper. The middle class is the real headache! Definitely not revolutionary material. Plus, not only are they busy sucking up and kicking down ... because they do not freely enjoy the depravities that other classes (for different reasons) enjoy, they are essentially and always unhappy---always living in the future, when they will "arrive", and very envious that everyone else (both the despised lower-class riff-raff and the envied upper-class aristocracy) seems to be having one heck of a fun-life and in this lifetime! And always having to make sure that the lower f***kers stay low. Remember that old song? Clowns to the left, jokers to the right, and here I am stuck in the middle ... yes, I am taking liberties with the musician's "vision", but you get the idea---everyone's else is .... but the middle! So it is with life, even in Kenya, in the 21st ... Insist on your daily dose of chang'aa, and you have a problem. Insist of your daily dose of the best single-malt whiskey, and you have good taste. In between, chang'aa is not allowed, and the single-malt is unaffordable. Right there are grounds for a revolution .... except it's the middles class! And so on, and so forth. Dot dot dot. Etc. etc. etc. The point: by "definition" the so-called middle-class must often be conservative. Yes, they might want change, but see above---change in a certain direction and for a certain segment. Can't have too much change, for too many people! (And that's what you get in a revolution) To the extent that they will allow for an "error-margin", it will be on the side of the "status-quo". Whereas some uppers might wish for a revolution, for the"change"---simply because even the most mindless excesses and depravities eventually become boring--the last thing the middle wants in any change that helps the lowers (unless it's a bigger change for the middle, but not too many middle elements!). That might narrow the gap between the lowers and the middle, and the uppers might not be too happy looking at this growing horde at its gates! A proper revolution requires at least: (a) A mass of the lower classes; after all, someone has to actually revolt and burn and loot or ... whatever is necessary according to the time and place. In particular, if blood must be shed, then ... fodder for the cannons. (b) Inspiring slogans ideology or desperation for (a). (c) A few (not too many!) elements ready to burst out of the middle and into the upper; if blood is to be shed, then there is no danger of there being too many elements from the middle ... (d) A few elements of the uppers, to assist, by way of betrayal; there is never much danger that there willbe too many traitors. Note the "few" in (b): if none are available, the middle is entirely dispensable, and the necessary elements will be found in (a). Interestingly, though, Balzac has a few good words for the middle class, after all: He maintains that French aristocracy atrophied because it did not replenish its stock and so became too "incestuous". In his view, a nation needs some people to do the serious work as well as provide some "high-quality" renewal, and who better than the new rough-and-ready, ambitious arrivals from the middle class. So, there you have it: one for the middle class---not revolutionary material, not entirely ready for the upper leagues, but they will work and procreate (properly and in moderation) ! Oh, I just remembered the point I was heading for ... In a country like Kenya, the significance of the middle class will always be determined by whether they have suffered enough. (This is in contrast with the lower classes, who are always suffering.) By the early 1990s, Kenya's middle was really feeling the pain, and that was very clear; but there wasn't enough pain for them to actually do what needed to be done. So Moi kept going. Another ten years, and enough was enough. Something had to be done. Even those who didn't love each other had to unite. Kenya needs to have a fundamental shift, but that is not going to happen until people have suffered enough. And that essentially means the middle: the lower classes are always suffering, and the uppers are always getting on with whatever they do. But in a place like Kenya right now, change (real change) will come when the middle has suffered enough to co-opt the lowers (supply of sweat and blood) and a few uppers (betrayal and keys to the secret lockers). We aren't there yet. P.S. Near the end of his life, Balzac, reflecting on the times of his life, decided to give his works one collective title--- The Human Comedy. 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Post by nok on Jan 24, 2013 2:16:20 GMT 3
jakaswanga ;D Right now it's emotions pure. Rationality has no place whatsoever in the discourse, so respect, why send the chilling cold shower down on us. Yang Ying or is it counting 2 before 1, with subject less object human has two sides, be it front or back or sinistra Vi's a Vi's dextra. The genesis of the bible tells us that Satan was God's right hand Angel. Evil is there for good to flourish and without one blind we are when faced by the other. The constant fight within between the forces of good and bad entrenched so deep in our DNA that the conscious transcends in the unconscious. Now, a strong Court always surrounds the king, is always with the king and shields the king. The steel wall of the inner most power sanctums. This court cannot represent the peasantry ; if it tries then it dilutes itself. Self preservation begs arms length, the shorter the distance to the kings ear the better. But, a messenger of the people , a representer has to be close to the peasantry, in order to know hear feel capture the mood. In essence both the peoples messenger and the court gate keeper contradict each other in their supposed function. And therein lies the Fault line in Louland. Our Kikuyu brethren played it differently. -> That is why when all dust settles one sees that the Kibaki ;read Golf buddies; court is not made of pseudo messengers (elected). The trick may lie in separation of Ying and Yang. I hope you get what I mean I was not born to write ;D While being a court member the gap to the peasantry must widen - social laws notwithstanding ; cultural ways adhered to ; but significantly econonometrically expansion addictably personified. And here we are digitally hangovering and witnessing the just concluded whipping of not only the luo court but also those of the BOSS read Nguyai,Githae et al and those of SAMOEI namely Koech plus Crew. Long live the Kings ;D |
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Post by nok on Jan 24, 2013 12:20:05 GMT 3
Compose a court made of Knights (be they; generals, visionaries, administrators, artists, technocrats BUT not politicians ).
Don't invent the wheel twice, just look at the the modern day Republics just like Jakaswanga has hinted to.
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Post by nok on Jan 24, 2013 12:34:04 GMT 3
Guys! Sorry to disturb your little chit chat, but you show your ignorance of the Nairobi middle class! Look at one Kamalet who repeatedly said that he would only cast the Nairobi Governor ballot if John Gakuo was nominated. Problem is that thins middle class Kamalet was never going to join the holloi polloi in day long queues to cast his vote for Gakuo. Welcome! Join the chit chat before the heckling comes and goes viral! ;D but i think I got it right first time around when I said the middle classes I characterize conservative. ---Watching TV with pop-corns complaining the lazy maid and dog-walker is absent. While the two went to line the whole day to vote for Sonko and Waititu! walking a total of 4 km (to and fro) on an empty stomach! May be your Luo mechanic friend Omondi, closed for the day to line up the whole day! loosing a day's income in work! And then fat Bett comes on TV to tell him ---Sorry, transparency and fairness did not fit our winning strategy! [uta do?] @ Jakaswanga kamaletAm really confused  . When we talk of middle class in Kenya who are we talking about. 1. Middle class in terms of Monetary Those earning above X but below Y. What is X 0r Y and who determines X or Y. 2. Middle class in terms of geographical settlement. Rural <-> Urban or Kibera<->Ngei estate 3. Middle class in terms of Education ; Academia <-> KCPE dropout 4. Middle class in terms of Profession ; Bank manager <-> Maid 5. Middle class from a cultural perspective ............ Guys Help me Understand  |
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Post by nok on Jan 24, 2013 12:43:27 GMT 3
Problem is that thins middle class Kamalet was never going to join the holloi polloi in day long queues to cast his vote for Gakuo. No novelist has ever come close to Balzac in a study of social classes (and of human psychology for that matter). His general conclusion is that the "middle class" is the toughest class to be in: Those at the bottom can only suck up. And those at the top have to worry only about those trying to get up, where they don't belong; so they have to kick down. But in the middle, they have two problems: One, they have to suck up in order to get up. Two, because is no point in getting up if everybody else is coming along too, they have to kick down at the same time as they are sucking up. In Paris, at Balzac's time, the lowest classes are just as depraved as the upper classes. The lower classes get punished for it, because someone must be punished; and the upper classes get away with exactly the same depravities, because they are ... well, upper. The middle class is the real headache! Definitely not revolutionary material. Plus, not only are they busy sucking up and kicking down ... because they do not freely enjoy the depravities that other classes (for different reasons) enjoy, they are essentially and always unhappy---always living in the future, when they will "arrive", and very envious that everyone else (both the despised lower-class riff-raff and the envied upper-class aristocracy) seems to be having one heck of a fun-life and in this lifetime! And always having to make sure that the lower f***kers stay low. Remember that old song? Clowns to the left, jokers to the right, and here I am stuck in the middle ... yes, I am taking liberties with the musician's "vision", but you get the idea---everyone's else is .... but the middle! So it is with life, even in Kenya, in the 21st ... Insist on your daily dose of chang'aa, and you have a problem. Insist of your daily dose of the best single-malt whiskey, and you have good taste. In between, chang'aa is not allowed, and the single-malt is unaffordable. Right there are grounds for a revolution .... except it's the middles class! And so on, and so forth. Dot dot dot. Etc. etc. etc. The point: by "definition" the so-called middle-class must often be conservative. Yes, they might want change, but see above---change in a certain direction and for a certain segment. Can't have too much change, for too many people! (And that's what you get in a revolution) To the extent that they will allow for an "error-margin", it will be on the side of the "status-quo". Whereas some uppers might wish for a revolution, for the"change"---simply because even the most mindless excesses and depravities eventually become boring--the last thing the middle wants in any change that helps the lowers (unless it's a bigger change for the middle, but not too many middle elements!). That might narrow the gap between the lowers and the middle, and the uppers might not be too happy looking at this growing horde at its gates! A proper revolution requires at least: (a) A mass of the lower classes; after all, someone has to actually revolt and burn and loot or ... whatever is necessary according to the time and place. In particular, if blood must be shed, then ... fodder for the cannons. (b) Inspiring slogans ideology or desperation for (a). (c) A few (not too many!) elements ready to burst out of the middle and into the upper; if blood is to be shed, then there is no danger of there being too many elements from the middle ... (d) A few elements of the uppers, to assist, by way of betrayal; there is never much danger that there willbe too many traitors. Note the "few" in (b): if none are available, the middle is entirely dispensable, and the necessary elements will be found in (a). Interestingly, though, Balzac has a few good words for the middle class, after all: He maintains that French aristocracy atrophied because it did not replenish its stock and so became too "incestuous". In his view, a nation needs some people to do the serious work as well as provide some "high-quality" renewal, and who better than the new rough-and-ready, ambitious arrivals from the middle class. So, there you have it: one for the middle class---not revolutionary material, not entirely ready for the upper leagues, but they will work and procreate (properly and in moderation) ! Oh, I just remembered the point I was heading for ... In a country like Kenya, the significance of the middle class will always be determined by whether they have suffered enough. (This is in contrast with the lower classes, who are always suffering.) By the early 1990s, Kenya's middle was really feeling the pain, and that was very clear; but there wasn't enough pain for them to actually do what needed to be done. So Moi kept going. Another ten years, and enough was enough. Something had to be done. Even those who didn't love each other had to unite. Kenya needs to have a fundamental shift, but that is not going to happen until people have suffered enough. And that essentially means the middle: the lower classes are always suffering, and the uppers are always getting on with whatever they do. But in a place like Kenya right now, change (real change) will come when the middle has suffered enough to co-opt the lowers (supply of sweat and blood) and a few uppers (betrayal and keys to the secret lockers). We aren't there yet. P.S. Near the end of his life, Balzac, reflecting on the times of his life, decided to give his works one collective title--- The Human Comedy. And here we are, now we are enjoying a subset of that---the Kenyan Comedy. Thank you @ Otishot. Enjoyed reading and makes lots of a sense |
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Post by podp on Jan 24, 2013 14:34:34 GMT 3
Kamalet,@ Jakaswanga kamaletAm really confused . When we talk of middle class in Kenya who are we talking about. 1. Middle class in terms of Monetary Those earning above X but below Y. What is X 0r Y and who determines X or Y. 2. Middle class in terms of geographical settlement. Rural <-> Urban or Kibera<->Ngei estate 3. Middle class in terms of Education ; Academia <-> KCPE dropout 4. Middle class in terms of Profession ; Bank manager <-> Maid 5. Middle class from a cultural perspective ............ Guys Help me Understand start at www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-103698/middle-class-exposedthen read During the primaries, there were many scornful remarks on social media, about the Kenyan middle classes who were following the proceedings on Twitter from the comfort of their office, and the “real people” (some called them the “riff raff”) who were out there braving the sun and cold to determine the next crop of leaders. I would argue that the “riff raff” in this case, were the heroes. But I wouldn’t rush to diss the middle class because they were engaging in a new form of soft politics — conversational democracy. Then, there was a second storyline — a rebellion against the autocracy of the party elders. These rebels were fighting a new kind of battle in Kenya; for democracy in the parties. After a chain of nominations of “flag bearers” that were nothing short of coronations after the politicians cut backroom deals, it was actually refreshing to see people blocking roads with burning tyres because they were opposing attempts by the party Establishment to handpick candidates for them or to steal the vote for their favourites. It was violent, yes, and the militants vandalised private property thus breaking the law, but we should not throw out the baby with the dirty bath water here. The young chaps who throw stones in defence of a fair vote do more to advance democracy than those who fold their arms, go home, and cry helplessly about how Kenya is doomed, and how there are malevolent forces roaming the republic. The rebels won half a victory this time, www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1673530/-/kkr466z/-/index.htmlgo to IN SUMMARY A report released earlier this year by Youth Dynamix revealed that the Kenyan youth spend Sh64 billion annually on clothes and other accessories The 2009 census report indicated that the number of registered vehicles more than doubled from 611,268 in 2001 to 1,221,083 in 2009 On average, CMC Motors sells five SUV Range Rovers a month in Kenya each valued about Sh20 million, up from just one seven years ago. This excludes other CMC brands Vision 2030 chief executive Mugo Kibati however says while the news of a growing middle class is welcome, the pace at which it is growing is disappointing www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Kenyas-new-daring-middle-class/-/1214/1537684/-/u6wmxj/-/index.htmladd IN SUMMARY Then there is the real possibility that some of the most important offices in the land, including governorship of the Nairobi metropolis might be led by boorish thugs of the sort that have always made the Nairobi City Council such a tragedy The race for the governor’s mansion in my home county, Nairobi, provides the perfect illustration: Money market tycoon Jimnah Mbaru captured the imagination with an extensive blueprint for the capital that seemed to elevate him head and shoulders over his principal rival for the TNA nomination, Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu Mr Mbaru oozed just not wealth and class, but also great ideas. Mr Waititu oozed … well, whatever it is a former city councillor accustomed to leading the howling mobs in fights over less-desirable addresses would ooze When the up-market sophisticate was beaten by the down-market rabble-rouser, Mr Mbaru’s supporters for the TNA nomination almost set Twitter and Facebook ablaze. Many declared that they would cross party lines and give their votes for Nairobi governor to Dr Evans Kidero, the ODM candidate, another respected corporate chief www.nation.co.ke/blogs/Chattering-middle-class-has-voted-in-dictators/-/446672/1671624/-/view/asBlogPost/-/wpfx8j/-/index.htmltry futurecapitalkenya.blogspot.com/2011/03/who-are-middle-class.htmland if you do not get it google |
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Post by podp on Jan 24, 2013 14:35:44 GMT 3
Kamalet,@ Jakaswanga kamaletAm really confused . When we talk of middle class in Kenya who are we talking about. 1. Middle class in terms of Monetary Those earning above X but below Y. What is X 0r Y and who determines X or Y. 2. Middle class in terms of geographical settlement. Rural <-> Urban or Kibera<->Ngei estate 3. Middle class in terms of Education ; Academia <-> KCPE dropout 4. Middle class in terms of Profession ; Bank manager <-> Maid 5. Middle class from a cultural perspective ............ Guys Help me Understand start at www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-103698/middle-class-exposedthen read During the primaries, there were many scornful remarks on social media, about the Kenyan middle classes who were following the proceedings on Twitter from the comfort of their office, and the “real people” (some called them the “riff raff”) who were out there braving the sun and cold to determine the next crop of leaders. I would argue that the “riff raff” in this case, were the heroes. But I wouldn’t rush to diss the middle class because they were engaging in a new form of soft politics — conversational democracy. Then, there was a second storyline — a rebellion against the autocracy of the party elders. These rebels were fighting a new kind of battle in Kenya; for democracy in the parties. After a chain of nominations of “flag bearers” that were nothing short of coronations after the politicians cut backroom deals, it was actually refreshing to see people blocking roads with burning tyres because they were opposing attempts by the party Establishment to handpick candidates for them or to steal the vote for their favourites. It was violent, yes, and the militants vandalised private property thus breaking the law, but we should not throw out the baby with the dirty bath water here. The young chaps who throw stones in defence of a fair vote do more to advance democracy than those who fold their arms, go home, and cry helplessly about how Kenya is doomed, and how there are malevolent forces roaming the republic. The rebels won half a victory this time, www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1673530/-/kkr466z/-/index.htmlgo to IN SUMMARY A report released earlier this year by Youth Dynamix revealed that the Kenyan youth spend Sh64 billion annually on clothes and other accessories The 2009 census report indicated that the number of registered vehicles more than doubled from 611,268 in 2001 to 1,221,083 in 2009 On average, CMC Motors sells five SUV Range Rovers a month in Kenya each valued about Sh20 million, up from just one seven years ago. This excludes other CMC brands Vision 2030 chief executive Mugo Kibati however says while the news of a growing middle class is welcome, the pace at which it is growing is disappointing www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Kenyas-new-daring-middle-class/-/1214/1537684/-/u6wmxj/-/index.htmladd IN SUMMARY Then there is the real possibility that some of the most important offices in the land, including governorship of the Nairobi metropolis might be led by boorish thugs of the sort that have always made the Nairobi City Council such a tragedy The race for the governor’s mansion in my home county, Nairobi, provides the perfect illustration: Money market tycoon Jimnah Mbaru captured the imagination with an extensive blueprint for the capital that seemed to elevate him head and shoulders over his principal rival for the TNA nomination, Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu Mr Mbaru oozed just not wealth and class, but also great ideas. Mr Waititu oozed … well, whatever it is a former city councillor accustomed to leading the howling mobs in fights over less-desirable addresses would ooze When the up-market sophisticate was beaten by the down-market rabble-rouser, Mr Mbaru’s supporters for the TNA nomination almost set Twitter and Facebook ablaze. Many declared that they would cross party lines and give their votes for Nairobi governor to Dr Evans Kidero, the ODM candidate, another respected corporate chief www.nation.co.ke/blogs/Chattering-middle-class-has-voted-in-dictators/-/446672/1671624/-/view/asBlogPost/-/wpfx8j/-/index.htmltry futurecapitalkenya.blogspot.com/2011/03/who-are-middle-class.htmland if you do not get it google |
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Post by podp on Jan 24, 2013 14:37:22 GMT 3
Kamalet,@ Jakaswanga kamaletAm really confused . When we talk of middle class in Kenya who are we talking about. 1. Middle class in terms of Monetary Those earning above X but below Y. What is X 0r Y and who determines X or Y. 2. Middle class in terms of geographical settlement. Rural <-> Urban or Kibera<->Ngei estate 3. Middle class in terms of Education ; Academia <-> KCPE dropout 4. Middle class in terms of Profession ; Bank manager <-> Maid 5. Middle class from a cultural perspective ............ Guys Help me Understand start at www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-103698/middle-class-exposedthen read During the primaries, there were many scornful remarks on social media, about the Kenyan middle classes who were following the proceedings on Twitter from the comfort of their office, and the “real people” (some called them the “riff raff”) who were out there braving the sun and cold to determine the next crop of leaders. I would argue that the “riff raff” in this case, were the heroes. But I wouldn’t rush to diss the middle class because they were engaging in a new form of soft politics — conversational democracy. Then, there was a second storyline — a rebellion against the autocracy of the party elders. These rebels were fighting a new kind of battle in Kenya; for democracy in the parties. After a chain of nominations of “flag bearers” that were nothing short of coronations after the politicians cut backroom deals, it was actually refreshing to see people blocking roads with burning tyres because they were opposing attempts by the party Establishment to handpick candidates for them or to steal the vote for their favourites. It was violent, yes, and the militants vandalised private property thus breaking the law, but we should not throw out the baby with the dirty bath water here. The young chaps who throw stones in defence of a fair vote do more to advance democracy than those who fold their arms, go home, and cry helplessly about how Kenya is doomed, and how there are malevolent forces roaming the republic. The rebels won half a victory this time, www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/1673530/-/kkr466z/-/index.htmlgo to IN SUMMARY A report released earlier this year by Youth Dynamix revealed that the Kenyan youth spend Sh64 billion annually on clothes and other accessories The 2009 census report indicated that the number of registered vehicles more than doubled from 611,268 in 2001 to 1,221,083 in 2009 On average, CMC Motors sells five SUV Range Rovers a month in Kenya each valued about Sh20 million, up from just one seven years ago. This excludes other CMC brands Vision 2030 chief executive Mugo Kibati however says while the news of a growing middle class is welcome, the pace at which it is growing is disappointing www.nation.co.ke/Features/lifestyle/Kenyas-new-daring-middle-class/-/1214/1537684/-/u6wmxj/-/index.htmladd IN SUMMARY Then there is the real possibility that some of the most important offices in the land, including governorship of the Nairobi metropolis might be led by boorish thugs of the sort that have always made the Nairobi City Council such a tragedy The race for the governor’s mansion in my home county, Nairobi, provides the perfect illustration: Money market tycoon Jimnah Mbaru captured the imagination with an extensive blueprint for the capital that seemed to elevate him head and shoulders over his principal rival for the TNA nomination, Embakasi MP Ferdinand Waititu Mr Mbaru oozed just not wealth and class, but also great ideas. Mr Waititu oozed … well, whatever it is a former city councillor accustomed to leading the howling mobs in fights over less-desirable addresses would ooze When the up-market sophisticate was beaten by the down-market rabble-rouser, Mr Mbaru’s supporters for the TNA nomination almost set Twitter and Facebook ablaze. Many declared that they would cross party lines and give their votes for Nairobi governor to Dr Evans Kidero, the ODM candidate, another respected corporate chief www.nation.co.ke/blogs/Chattering-middle-class-has-voted-in-dictators/-/446672/1671624/-/view/asBlogPost/-/wpfx8j/-/index.htmltry futurecapitalkenya.blogspot.com/2011/03/who-are-middle-class.htmland if you do not get it google |
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I was not born to write ;D
. When we talk of middle class in Kenya who are we talking about.