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Post by Omwenga on Jan 7, 2013 1:49:41 GMT 3
Fair enough, my friend. You try to drill into some head, and your drill-bits keep breaking. At some point the smart thing to do is to give up. For what it's worth, I do my bit (when talking or writing to all sorts of people n all sorts of places) to make sure that people have an accurate "understanding" of Our Great Country and its "leaders". In the last couple of months or so, quite a bit of that has been about ICC issues, and a great deal it has been in relation to Maina Njenga's role in CORD and what it says about Raila. Otis, All my children from the oldest to the youngest will tell you it was drilled in each one of them at very young age but old enough to comprehend that the words "give up" don't exist in the Omwenga household and therefore they should never, ever think about giving up and to drill this point home even more, I would have them watch enduring sports, especially those from Japan such as Sasuke, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasuke_%28TV_series%29. I occasionally find myself inadvertently saying "I give up" when playing some games with them and they are quick to point out to me that's a no-no in this household. Anyway, that's a long way to say I never give up and that's true even when I have expended my last drill bit! ;D Tactical retreat, sure but never give up.
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Post by Omwenga on Jan 7, 2013 1:52:57 GMT 3
Fair enough, my friend. You try to drill into some head, and your drill-bits keep breaking. At some point the smart thing to do is to give up. For what it's worth, I do my bit (when talking or writing to all sorts of people n all sorts of places) to make sure that people have an accurate "understanding" of Our Great Country and its "leaders". In the last couple of months or so, quite a bit of that has been about ICC issues, and a great deal it has been in relation to Maina Njenga's role in CORD and what it says about Raila. That's all I am saying, namely, let both sides of the divide be heard on any of the issues and may the West or other countries for that matter make the right call in the end as to who they should back as the ideal leader for Kenya at this time and under these circumstances. It obviously goes without saying regardless of who that is, they all must stand for, and support us in our quest to have the most open, peaceful and transparent elections, ever. I am fairly certain that shall come to pass.
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Post by furaha on Jan 8, 2013 1:23:39 GMT 3
Furaha: Many thanks for directing me to that hint. As for people doing the rounds saying this and that group is going to win, I am not at all surprised; I expect all political parties to go around telling everybody (and their dog) that they will win. On the contrary, I would be surprised if they were claiming otherwise or not claiming their impending victory. On things that would not fly with the larger embassies, would that include the USA (and its current "troubling assessment") and other Western countries that actually do matter (e.g. France, the UK, Germany, etc.)? Otis, As in any trade or profession you will find that personality is a key factor in diplomatic missions. Whether it is a big mission or a small one is not as important as leadership by dedicated and interested folks at all levels who come with an open mind and are really trying to understand what is happening in a given country. And yes, of course, it matters whether they represent a major country, like those on the UN Security Council , or a minion. The first are more strictly governed from their capitals whereas the minions usually send diplomats who are expected to use their common sense and act accordingly. You find good and bad people in both categories. Sometimes minions, represented by the right person, can wield a lot of influence because they are not considered to have ulterior political or economic motives. They are sometimes more readily accepted than, say, the US, China or Russia, who are considered known quantities regardless of the person in charge of the embassy. On the whole I think that by now many of them have started to see the complexity Kenya's present situation. I doubt whether many will readily accept what anyone who bothers to call on them tells them. It is hard to live in Kenya for more than a few months and not understand the volatility of the present situation. You cannot shut your door to the reality on your doorstep. But while most probably agree on the analysis of the immediate situation, its seriousness and the underlying causes, they may differ on the (public)position to take. Some will condemn and remind us of international principles, including human rights, and urge that these be respected. This is the line Kofi Annan is taking and several governments have supported him in this. On the whole what Annan says still carries quite a bit of weight. But others may choose to remain quiet because they have bilateral interests they consider more important (important contracts, fishing rights, free trade deals and so on). It takes all kinds... But engage them is important. Furaha
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 8, 2013 4:16:14 GMT 3
Thank you, Furaha. On the whole, I don't think the USA needs my help to see the reality-v-propaganda. I'm going to concentrate my efforts on Estonia.
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Post by nowayhaha on Jan 8, 2013 12:28:14 GMT 3
Whether UHURU/ RUTO win …….. US, Britain and Japan CAN NEVER put sanctions on KENYA networkedblogs.com/GO10EBy Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst I have been watching and analysing the upcoming election without prejudice. I want to state that no country in the world will issue sanctions against Kenya. I developed this thought when Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) became one of the best performing stock markets in the world. Multinationals Presence: There are so many multinational companies in Kenya. KLM (which is a Netherlands based airline) is a 26% shareholder of Kenya Airways a publicly listed company on Nairobi securities exchange. Diageo (British owned firm) is a majority shareholder of East African Breweries Limited (EABL); it has produced great returns to investors. Barclays Bank is a subsidiary of Barclays global and has also produced huge returns to investors. Will the European watch their stock portfolios’ melts and profits decline with the existing euro zone crisis? America's National Debt: The national debt in United States of America is $16 Trillion. The GDP per Capita of this country has been declining and this poses a great challenge to the Americans to pay their debt. The Federal interest rate in America ranges from 0-0.25%, In Europe, The European Central Bank has set the interest rates at 0.75%.The Central Bank interest rates in Kenya are 11%.These countries are lending money to Kenyan banks and micro-finance to make huge profits unaware to Kenyan citizens through Carry trade. I pose a challenge, who doesn’t love money? Outsourcing: It is impossible to compare the cost labor between Kenya and the west. In USA, Europe, Australia, Its costs $10 an hour to hire a laborer .In Kenya, It only costs $3 to hire a laborer the whole day. It is therefore difficult for the export companies in the Kenyan horticultural, floriculture, and manufacturing close their shops in Kenya which has a port and is centrally located geopolitically. It is extremely difficult for these companies to be profitable in their home countries. They cannot transfer their operations in China due to the rising middle class and increased wage index. Minerals: The Kenya government in collaboration with Tullow LLC reported oil discovery. A barrel of Oil costs $88-90. An oil tanker has a capacity load of 1million barrels. If Kenya starts exporting 5 million barrels of oil in one week, it totals up to more than $400million in a week. We also have Gold, Coal, Rare Earth Minerals, Iron ore and Titanium. This is where foreign interests come into play and as a citizen; before you enjoy the campaign funds, ask yourself, Hii pesa imetoka wapi? Japan: I know you most likely used a Japanese car in the morning and your garage is full of Japanese spare parts. It means you have employed so many people in the manufacturing, shipping and insurance industry in Japan. How will they support sanctions and create unemployment in their country? Sanctions are just campaign propaganda! Period By Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst
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Post by Omwenga on Jan 8, 2013 15:55:03 GMT 3
Whether UHURU/ RUTO win …….. US, Britain and Japan CAN NEVER put sanctions on KENYA networkedblogs.com/GO10EBy Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst I have been watching and analysing the upcoming election without prejudice. I want to state that no country in the world will issue sanctions against Kenya. I developed this thought when Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) became one of the best performing stock markets in the world. Multinationals Presence: There are so many multinational companies in Kenya. KLM (which is a Netherlands based airline) is a 26% shareholder of Kenya Airways a publicly listed company on Nairobi securities exchange. Diageo (British owned firm) is a majority shareholder of East African Breweries Limited (EABL); it has produced great returns to investors. Barclays Bank is a subsidiary of Barclays global and has also produced huge returns to investors. Will the European watch their stock portfolios’ melts and profits decline with the existing euro zone crisis? America's National Debt: The national debt in United States of America is $16 Trillion. The GDP per Capita of this country has been declining and this poses a great challenge to the Americans to pay their debt. The Federal interest rate in America ranges from 0-0.25%, In Europe, The European Central Bank has set the interest rates at 0.75%.The Central Bank interest rates in Kenya are 11%.These countries are lending money to Kenyan banks and micro-finance to make huge profits unaware to Kenyan citizens through Carry trade. I pose a challenge, who doesn’t love money? Outsourcing: It is impossible to compare the cost labor between Kenya and the west. In USA, Europe, Australia, Its costs $10 an hour to hire a laborer .In Kenya, It only costs $3 to hire a laborer the whole day. It is therefore difficult for the export companies in the Kenyan horticultural, floriculture, and manufacturing close their shops in Kenya which has a port and is centrally located geopolitically. It is extremely difficult for these companies to be profitable in their home countries. They cannot transfer their operations in China due to the rising middle class and increased wage index. Minerals: The Kenya government in collaboration with Tullow LLC reported oil discovery. A barrel of Oil costs $88-90. An oil tanker has a capacity load of 1million barrels. If Kenya starts exporting 5 million barrels of oil in one week, it totals up to more than $400million in a week. We also have Gold, Coal, Rare Earth Minerals, Iron ore and Titanium. This is where foreign interests come into play and as a citizen; before you enjoy the campaign funds, ask yourself, Hii pesa imetoka wapi? Japan: I know you most likely used a Japanese car in the morning and your garage is full of Japanese spare parts. It means you have employed so many people in the manufacturing, shipping and insurance industry in Japan. How will they support sanctions and create unemployment in their country? Sanctions are just campaign propaganda! Period By Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst I don't believe I have come across at more worse reasoning in defense of anything or for the propagation of a point of view. By this warped logic, no sanctions can be imposed on any country because, by definition, imposition of sanction presupposes the existence of an an economic net positive that will be lost or diminished upon imposition of sanctions for the greater good that is attained or is attainable from the imposition of such. There is actually a more plausible case that could be made against imposition of sanctions for Kenya this person did not make so we'll leave it there with instructions to him to study this things more before making such a lame case and that's being extremely generous to describe this collection of words as such.
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Post by furaha on Jan 8, 2013 17:06:42 GMT 3
Whether UHURU/ RUTO win …….. US, Britain and Japan CAN NEVER put sanctions on KENYA networkedblogs.com/GO10EBy Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst I have been watching and analysing the upcoming election without prejudice. I want to state that no country in the world will issue sanctions against Kenya. I developed this thought when Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) became one of the best performing stock markets in the world. Multinationals Presence: There are so many multinational companies in Kenya. KLM (which is a Netherlands based airline) is a 26% shareholder of Kenya Airways a publicly listed company on Nairobi securities exchange. Diageo (British owned firm) is a majority shareholder of East African Breweries Limited (EABL); it has produced great returns to investors. Barclays Bank is a subsidiary of Barclays global and has also produced huge returns to investors. Will the European watch their stock portfolios’ melts and profits decline with the existing euro zone crisis? America's National Debt: The national debt in United States of America is $16 Trillion. The GDP per Capita of this country has been declining and this poses a great challenge to the Americans to pay their debt. The Federal interest rate in America ranges from 0-0.25%, In Europe, The European Central Bank has set the interest rates at 0.75%.The Central Bank interest rates in Kenya are 11%.These countries are lending money to Kenyan banks and micro-finance to make huge profits unaware to Kenyan citizens through Carry trade. I pose a challenge, who doesn’t love money? Outsourcing: It is impossible to compare the cost labor between Kenya and the west. In USA, Europe, Australia, Its costs $10 an hour to hire a laborer .In Kenya, It only costs $3 to hire a laborer the whole day. It is therefore difficult for the export companies in the Kenyan horticultural, floriculture, and manufacturing close their shops in Kenya which has a port and is centrally located geopolitically. It is extremely difficult for these companies to be profitable in their home countries. They cannot transfer their operations in China due to the rising middle class and increased wage index. Minerals: The Kenya government in collaboration with Tullow LLC reported oil discovery. A barrel of Oil costs $88-90. An oil tanker has a capacity load of 1million barrels. If Kenya starts exporting 5 million barrels of oil in one week, it totals up to more than $400million in a week. We also have Gold, Coal, Rare Earth Minerals, Iron ore and Titanium. This is where foreign interests come into play and as a citizen; before you enjoy the campaign funds, ask yourself, Hii pesa imetoka wapi? Japan: I know you most likely used a Japanese car in the morning and your garage is full of Japanese spare parts. It means you have employed so many people in the manufacturing, shipping and insurance industry in Japan. How will they support sanctions and create unemployment in their country? Sanctions are just campaign propaganda! Period By Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst This is a very limited perspective. It looks at general economic sanctions. These are becoming rare. These days the talk is of targeted or smart sanctions which attempt to affect specific groups or individuals. Visa sanctions are an example. That being said, even targeted sanctions can have broader impact. Targeting is not always at easy as it sounds.... But the general economic sanctions Paul Kioi writes about are very different measures. I wonder why he does not consider the impact of limited or targeted sanctions. Perhaps that does not suit his agenda?
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 8, 2013 17:40:00 GMT 3
Astonishing stuff from someone who describes himself as "Financial markets analyst". Not worth detailed comments, so I'll just make a few quick ones. Paul Koi wrote: Multinationals Presence: There are so many multinational companies in Kenya. KLM (which is a Netherlands based airline) is a 26% shareholder of Kenya Airways a publicly listed company on Nairobi securities exchange. Diageo (British owned firm) is a majority shareholder of East African Breweries Limited (EABL); it has produced great returns to investors. Barclays Bank is a subsidiary of Barclays global and has also produced huge returns to investors. Will the European watch their stock portfolios’ melts and profits decline with the existing euro zone crisis? And how much of the revenue of these companies are due to their Kenyan operations? How many 0s after the decimal point before you get to a significant number? Central Bank of Kenya, eh? How often does the IMF have to hand over money in order to stabilize the Kenyan shilling? The last time? .... 2011, 2012. Let's actually look at the really big picture. The total contribution of the whole of Africa to world trade is about 3%. Most of that tiny figure comes from South Africa and the oil/mineral-rich countries. Kenya's share? 0.00.... How much money are those banks or whatever lending to Kenya, and how does it compare with what they are lending elsewhere? Try to understand that "huge" on the Kenyan scale is actually rather tiny on the global scale. Is Kenya some sort of remote island? Last I looked Uganda, Tanzania, etc. were right next door and with the same conditions as Kenya. In fact, are there any other alternatives to China, even right here in Africa? As for the other "details", let's take flowers, for example? Is Kenya such a huge producer in the world? Do business in that area in other parts of the world really find it difficult to make profits in their own countries. Not in my Other Country, for one. Very nice. And exactly when will Kenya start exporting this oil? Let's not even ask for 5 million barrels a week. When might it be able to export even 100 barrels a week? Knowing that would be very useful when we start to count our $400 million per week. We also have gold, coal, titanium, iron ore, etc.. Very nice. And how much do they contribute to our economy? Or is this another future hundreds of millons per week? (On second thoughts, exclude the gold from my list; I believe Pattni already exported all of it.) Anyway, how many hundreds of millions per week should we start counting for the others? How many used Japanese cars are there in Kenya, how often do they need spare parts, and how much do those spare parts contribute to the overall Japanese wallet? From what you have written above, you are aware of the term "outsourcing". But do you really understand how it works and in what areas? You seem to assume that because you have a Japanese car all the spare parts you will need will come from Japan. In that regard, I suggest you look at countries like China, Taiwan, and Thailand. "Lawyer and financial analyst", eh? I take it that "lawyer" is the dayjob and "financial analyst" is the hobby. My advice: don't give up the dayjob just yet.
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 8, 2013 20:19:58 GMT 3
Slowly we are getting to the point. Your mention of the World Bank man helps. He was Colin Bruce of Guyana, Country Director for Kenya, based in Nairobi where he rented accommodation in Muthaiga, belonging to one Mwai Kibaki. He worked closely with the mandarins of the Treasury and seems to have truly believed that in the hands of these 'technocrats' Kenya had the brightest future it could possibly have. He gave Kenya high scores despite the serious concerns about corruption that were rearing their ugly heads since appr. 2005 when Bruce took up his position in Nairobi. Furaha After I had read Ori Omwenga's missive and found it a bit -[in laws must be diplomatic with one another]- tongue in cheek, I just sat baaaaaak and waited for the inevitable! When my brother Sam finally proclaimed EUREKA! we are on the same page Furaha, I too gasped Alleluhya! and breathed a sigh of relief! Because honestly, the gold-plating on this earthen-ware was pretty thin! and the mud was always a scratch away! Omwenga, you know some of us read carefully what you write. But no worries, take it on the chin and come back even if groggy; I remember wicked b6k wickedly driving me to the ropes in the Gichangi NSIS thread, and all ended up well!
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Post by Omwenga on Jan 8, 2013 22:52:06 GMT 3
Slowly we are getting to the point. Your mention of the World Bank man helps. He was Colin Bruce of Guyana, Country Director for Kenya, based in Nairobi where he rented accommodation in Muthaiga, belonging to one Mwai Kibaki. He worked closely with the mandarins of the Treasury and seems to have truly believed that in the hands of these 'technocrats' Kenya had the brightest future it could possibly have. He gave Kenya high scores despite the serious concerns about corruption that were rearing their ugly heads since appr. 2005 when Bruce took up his position in Nairobi. Furaha After I had read Ori Omwenga's missive and found it a bit -[in laws must be diplomatic with one another]- tongue in cheek, I just sat baaaaaak and waited for the inevitable! When my brother Sam finally proclaimed EUREKA! we are on the same page Furaha, I too gasped Alleluhya! and breathed a sigh of relief! Because honestly, the gold-plating on this earthen-ware was pretty thin! and the mud was always a scratch away! Omwenga, you know some of us read carefully what you write. But no worries, take it on the chin and come back even if groggy; I remember wicked b6k wickedly driving me to the ropes in the Gichangi NSIS thread, and all ended up well! Ori Jakaswanga,I don't know about yours truly being a pinned man but Furaha is certainly among the gallant women; no qualms taking one one the chin from her ;D Your diplomacy is appreciated.
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Post by kamalet on Jan 9, 2013 9:10:47 GMT 3
... House and Field Negroes!
Apologists for the West treacherous; Kenyans must chart their own destiny
By JOSEPH MAGUTT Posted Tuesday, January 8 2013 at 16:50
Malcolm X, the fire-spitting civil rights activist of the 1960s categorised African-Americans into two: the house and field Negro.
His analogy was drawn from America’s slavery that lasted 400 years and which came to an end in 1865 with the defeat of the southern slave states.
He assigned each group with characteristics apropos of their tasks and their relation with their masters.
The house Negro, he noted worked in the master’s house, dressed well and gorged himself with the latter’s food, whereas the field Negro toiled in the plantation from dawn to dusk. And despite the thralldom, the house Negro loved his master unqualifiedly and identified with the master in all things.
He graphically points out that in spite of the asymmetric relationship, the house Negro would go to any length to prove his fidelity to the master.
If the master’s house caught fire, for instance, the house Negro would give his life to put it off, and if the master got indisposed, he would deferentially state: “what is the matter boss, are we sick?
The moral here is that despite the servitude and dehumanising conditions, the house Negro never developed a mind of his own. He was the quintessential apple-polisher and a sell-out to his race.
In the struggle for civil rights in the 1960s, Malcolm X wrote, the house Negro was the problem and not the oppressor. He suffered from what is now known as the house Negro syndrome – docility, passivity, servility, unquestioning, and patronage-bent disposition.
The field Negro on the other hand laboured in the plantation and was flogged and shellacked from dawn to sunset. He lived in a shack and wore threadbare clothes. He epitomised wretchedness.
Because of this sub-human treatment the field Negro loathed the master.
To show his disapproval for the insufferable brutalities and lack of compensation for the back-breaking work, the field Negro was openly defiant. Malcolm, quips that, if the master’s house caught fire, he pined and hankered for the day that he could determine his own destiny in a just society.
This allegory knits into the modern “Kenyan house Negro” who personifies this characterisation. First, our “house Negroes’’ are in the minority, yet they are loud and pretentiously schooled and cultured. They are incurable afro-pessimists and secretly regret why they were born in the so-called “dark continent”.
They are your typical cassandras and doomsayers. Nothing will stop this lot auctioning the soul of this great country to the highest bidder if only to satiate their narcissistic interests.
Kenya’s house Negroes are wont to identify with the West and their demeanour changes pitiably in the presence of the master. Listen to the trade-in-stock parlance of your typical Kenyan ‘oreo cookie’ in reference to the master: “our donor community”, “our development partners”, “our big brother”, “First World”.
In international conferences, they are adept at painting Kenya as a hopeless country in order to attract attention, and sympathy of the masters – including using exaggerated statistics often derived from Western NGOs. Some have no compunction about tagging Kenya a failed state.
Relishing the patronage of the West, the Kenyan house Negro is often seen roaming the corridors of Western foreign missions. The agenda? To submit unsolicited fortnightly briefs to these missions on Kenya’s zeitgeist and to plead for financial support from “donors” for all sorts of programmes.
Some have taken positions on who should be Kenya’s president this year. They have been epithetical to the extreme about other candidates or coalitions because the “West may raise concerns”.
Left to their own devices, they would go for broke to tailor-make a presidential candidate amenable to the wishes of their masters.
Some have even opined in weekly columns that Kenya ought to hang onto the apron strings of Uncle Sam and John Bull in order to chalk out good economic results.
Never mind that President Kibaki has assiduously and unremittingly reminded them that Kenya finances 95 per cent of its macro-programmes from internal sources. These house Negroes are a shame and disgrace to this country.
Mr Magutt teaches politics and international studies at Kenyatta University (email@josephmagutt.com).
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 11, 2013 5:09:29 GMT 3
By Paul Kioi, Lawyer and Financial markets analyst I have been watching and analysing the upcoming election without prejudice. I want to state that no country in the world will issue sanctions against Kenya. I developed this thought when Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) became one of the best performing stock markets in the world. This is a dying thread, but two things happened yesterday and today, and I thought they might be relevant. First, yesterday, the old lady next door increased my little son's dog-walking wages by 100%. (He gets pocket money by taking the poodle around the block.) He's still the lowest paid person we've ever had on our street, but, in terms of salary-increases, he's the best performer we've had for a zillion years. Second, today, a fellow Kenyan who plays his games on the NSE gave the latest figures on its market capitalization. Wow. Mr Kioi: compare the NSE figure with corresponding figures from serious "exchanges" ... Wake me up as soon as you hit the first significant figure after the decimal point, and then, perhaps, we can jointly develop our thoughts and make appropriate statements on sanctions. Without prejudice, of course.
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 11, 2013 5:13:00 GMT 3
Kamalet:
Maggott is definitely a very funny guy. I think he's come in for a Jukwaa-mention before this latest "contribution".
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Post by jakaswanga on Jan 12, 2013 13:48:33 GMT 3
... House and Field Negroes! Apologists for the West treacherous; Kenyans must chart their own destiny By JOSEPH MAGUTT Posted Tuesday, January 8 2013 at 16:50 Malcolm X, the fire-spitting civil rights activist of the 1960s categorised African-Americans into two: the house and field Negro. Mr Magutt teaches politics and international studies at Kenyatta University (email@josephmagutt.com).KENYA BETTER GET IT RIGHT! FOR ONCE There is something called walking the talk, about this House Negro Farm Negro analogy. If the Farm negro articulators really want liberation, emancipation and an end to the slavery regime, they better be talking revolution. And Dr. Magutt is not. Historically therefore, he is offside with his anti-Mutua . HERE IS A PARABLE ON SANCTIONS AS FACED BY OTHERS. This 1969 situation is still illustrative: Firebrand Fidel Castro with a band of desperado guerilileros, has driven off dictator Batista from Cuba. The General had turned the island into an American colony, economically, too with an underworld where vice like prostitution's reigned unchecked, unlike over at the Mainland in Miami. Dr. Che Guevara, a jack of all trades who understood international economics well, and the nature of the Cuban economy vis-a-vis the USA, advises Castro to ask for a detailed state of the Cuban economy. His inheritance from Batista. As Il Commandante laboriously reads through Central Bank, Ministry of Finance, and other indicators from the relevant bodies, Guevara notices the Big Man is not getting to the bone with his lawyer mindset. So he gives it to Castro straight up the a.s.s, enema fashion. The USA, through subsidiary companies, own Cuba, right up to the prostitute on the corner, and the sports sector. A strangulation and total monopoly. Every commerce, impex trade and manufacturing industry is their company, --tobacco, sugar, cement, you name it; and every vice --gambling, all prostitution, both brothel and street, child and adult, gay and hetero, and drugs and money laundering too, is run by the American mafia. Cubans merely the muscle. 'Cuba is the cloaca-ish end of Western civilisation.' Says Guevara to the new Maximum Leader. 'Meaningful change Fidel, --Comrade Amigo, must first involve wrestling control from these foreigners. The economic instrument is called Nationalisation. But it would be quite a man of extraordinary balls and brain who nationalised an economic system owned by a Super-power right on his doorstep. The USA has an aircraft-carrier holding base 100km from here [Habana] at Virginia. You and your revolution would be a slum-dunk, a home-run at the first throw!''And you know there is a big BRAIN-DRAIN underway already, as all yes, House Negroes, take any route out of Cuba now! Nearly all the professional class, apart from leftists, have applied for US visas!' 'Now, Fidel, show me mind and balls now, or turn around and bare your a.s.s, since my d!ck is already erect, and my balls are yearning full to be your first enema!' Camillo Cienfuegios was in the room. Young Raul Castro too. And an assortment of other adventurists who sailed the Granma from Mexico and survived. ---Below is photo of Camilo and Fidel. That was the decisive moment that sieved (and shifted) House from Farm NegroEs. Take a CONCRETE step to dare the unmitigated wrath of the master in reality. Walk the talk of independence.The Cubans could not believe the insolence of the foreigner Che Guevara at their Il Commandante, and it showed. Even Castro's famous temper rose. But Guevara was the most thorough-going thinker in the room, and tempers do not change economic reality and political problems. 'Your speeches and temper wont fill Cuban bellies Castro!' Guevarra drained on his Havana. 'You will be serving a.s.s in Washington DC every visit, Amigo, just like your predecessor General Fugencio. A House Nig-ah mouthing revolutionary slogans by day, but bending all over at night to POTUS Dwight D. Eisenhower. I just want to go there now, lubricate it some, before the Big American rips your sphincters apart and renders you incontinent, and doc Guevara has to be sewing you up for him every now and again for the next session!'There the truth lay on the table. And Castro had to rise to his fate, or submit to it. 'You made your point Che, all the way to my heart through my head you made it Amigo! My anus dies virgin!' responded Fidel Castro, who, if we are to believe one of his revolutionary lovers who was then a secretary in the room, looked like he never in his life had been pushed this far, that he lost all his characteristic arrogant humour, wit, gift for the garb, which even in his death-cell after he HISTORY SHALL ABSOLVE ME SPEECH IN COURT, he still had in plenty. -----------------So, Whenever you hear anybody telling you our Kenya can beat sanctions, always remember the Guevara Castro confrontation. And lay the truth on the table silently in your mind. And bite. And remember the history of Cuba after wards. And the invasion came. Where are you? Now Kenyans: We are all House Negroes, and I am too old to deny it anymore. Or let me put it this American negro spiritual way: y'all be house nig's; n aint no madhafaka tell me nothin' dif'rent! n aint none no bullshit me none yo!Will the real Farm Negroes rise up and be counted? ;D I will be back!
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Post by Omwenga on Jan 24, 2013 0:01:15 GMT 3
Hon. Robert F. Godec has been sworn in as the ambassador to Kenya. Ambassador Godec was sworn in by US Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton. According to the US State Department, Ambassador Godec served in numerous senior positions within the Department of State in Washington, was U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia from 2006 to 2009 and also served at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi from 1996 to 1999. Robert F. Godec is currently the Principal Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Department of State. From 2006 to 2009, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia. Ambassador Godec has also served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and was Deputy Coordinator for the Transition in Iraq, charged with organizing the transition of policy and operational elements of the Coalition Provisional Authority and the standup of U.S. Mission Iraq. Prior to his work on Iraq, Ambassador Godec was Acting Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at U.S. Embassy Pretoria, South Africa. He has also served as Economic Counselor at U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Kenya, Assistant Office Director for Thailand and Burma in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Director for Southeast Asian Affairs at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Before joining the Foreign Service in 1985, Ambassador Godec earned a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from Yale University as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. He attended the State Department's Senior Seminar and has received a Distinguished Honor Award and numerous other awards and commendations. Ambassador Godec speaks French and German. In a Statement issued during his confirmation hearing before the US Senate, Godec said the following: The upcoming March 2013 election is the next key moment for Kenya in the implementation of its new constitution and in advancing political reform. The responsibility for the election rests squarely with the Kenyan government and people, and success, frankly, is not assured. If I am confirmed, one of my top priorities will be to support Kenyan efforts to make the election free, fair, and peaceful. We have a strong and varied set of programs in place to assist institutions charged with carrying out the most complex election in Kenya's history. We are working with government, civil society, religious leaders, community leaders, and youth across the country to promote peaceful participation in the election. With the nomination, confirmation and now having been sworn as US Ambassador to Kenya, let’s hope this career diplomat who has previously served in the country can do as he has outlined above for that’s all we ask him at the base level. His first order of business ought to make it clear what the consequences of electing Uhuru and Ruto shall be for the country from the United States’ perspective and not take the usual middle, dodgy and going to the extreme not to offend anyone or raise eye-brows on matters such as this as most a diplomats are wont to do. To her credit, though, outgoing US Secretary of State and Godic's boss, Hillary Clinton, made it clear in basically reading the riot's act to Kibaki--according to leaked reports from the closed-door meeting, that it would not be business as usual were Uhuru or Ruto allowed to vie and are elected to office. Publicly, the US hasn't said much, though, weighing the situation as it evolves before doing so. That kind of silence or muddled pronouncements is exactly what we don't need at this time. There are times where clarity of purpose and objectives must be made clear and in no uncertain terms. Nothing cries for just that other than this ICC situation. I commend the UK envoy to Kenya Christian Turner who made it clear the other day the UK will not have anything to do with Uhuru or Ruto in the unfortunate circumstance either or both are elected as president and vice-president, the new US envoy should do the same and ditto for all other envoys so it’s even more clear to all that it’s not business as usual in Kenya anymore as these two ICC indictees seem to think or want others to believe. We are way past this exploitation of people’s lack of information, poverty and tribalism to advance narrow and selfish agendas as Uhuru and Ruto are clearly pursuing.
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Post by OtishOtish on Jan 24, 2013 0:47:18 GMT 3
Publicly, the US hasn't said much, though, weighing the situation as it evolves before doing so. That kind of silence or muddled pronouncements is exactly what we don't need at this time. There are times where clarity of purpose and objectives must be made clear and in no uncertain terms. Nothing cries for just that other than this ICC situation. Earlier on this thread, somebody (the real OO) wrote this [After being reprimanded for "incorrectly" connecting to the ICC the noble mission of this thread.] "The reason I immediately latched on to the ICC aspect, perhaps incorrectly, is that I am aware of quite a few Kenyan-Americans (not necessarily including you) who would like Obama to publicly take a stand in support of the Kenyan ICC trials. Obviously that would be inappropriate."The response was this: "I agree but don't see that happening anyway."(No, it won't do to quibble about the difference between Obama and the US government. Unless one wants to be especially clever, but see the point below.) Read more: jukwaa.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=7742&page=1#ixzz2Iqga1uszAnother person (again, the real OO!) added the wisdom from an old Chinese poem on the dangers of being too clever: clever people can sometimes be so clever that they outsmart themselves and end up looking not-so-smart or acting in self-defeating ways. The entire poem was probably a bit too long to reproduce in its entirety, but, among other things, its essence says this: "Sure, you are clever. But that doesn't mean that everyone else is a dunderhead. So, sometimes, just be straightforward. Even if that makes you look muddle-headed, it might even do you more good than cleverness." So, then, let's reflect again on a bit of Oriental Wisdom: Title: "Being muddle-headed could sometimes be a blessing".It is not easy to be clever. Nor is it easy to be muddle-headed. It is hard to go from being muddle-headed to being clever. But hardest is to go from being clever to being muddle-headed. ... In life, sometimes cleverness is not the path to gain. .... So one should try not to be too clever. And God will somehow bless you. The US government since Obama came into power has been very supportive of the ICC: at major ICC meetings, the USA is represented and (it being the USA) listened to, and recent US actions and decisions are already bearing fruit in places like Uganda (i.e. Kony case). What the US should do is continue to express general strong support for the ICC and give it the sort of backing it has been doing lately. Anything else from the USA (or wherever), i.e. statements which get into specific cases, such as the Kenyan ones, would be highly inappropriate and unhelpful at this stage. The words of Chris Turner (UK) were very carefully chosen, and that should be borne in mind when latching onto a particular interpretation.
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