This nonesense about two drafts should come to an end!
there is only one draft...the one that does not have the words "national security" inserted in Aticle 24 (1) (d)
Amen!
Now, let's go to the phase of civic education
And those YES/NO Campaign guys should be told to hold their horses.
Honestly, to vote either NO or YES is your RIGHT...
Honestly, to tell the TRUTH when convincing others of your position is your RESPONSIBILITY
Twende kazi Wakenya.
Monday, May 17, 2010
katiba ni moja tu
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Kenya for reforms
Did we have an election in 2007 in Kenya Really?
How come, then, that we can have two so said elected MPs washed away by the tide of court cases in one swoop in an afternoon today? Wanjiru, Thuo...
We should first-forward 2012 to send all these noisemakers home. They are all fakes!
Wanjiru, what will you do now? go to church, rather, to JIAM, and tell the people that it is the devils work? that the court is evil and that Kamanda was an agent of the devil? what will you say? what happened to your prayerfulness? so you stole the vote? what else have you stolen? No wonder you are against the getting of a new constitution.
haya!
How come, then, that we can have two so said elected MPs washed away by the tide of court cases in one swoop in an afternoon today? Wanjiru, Thuo...
We should first-forward 2012 to send all these noisemakers home. They are all fakes!
Wanjiru, what will you do now? go to church, rather, to JIAM, and tell the people that it is the devils work? that the court is evil and that Kamanda was an agent of the devil? what will you say? what happened to your prayerfulness? so you stole the vote? what else have you stolen? No wonder you are against the getting of a new constitution.
haya!
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
and now here we are; on the path less travelled
my bible knowledge keeps on getting mixed up with other worldly things, so i do not know whether the title alludes to a poem by one of those pale aesthetes from Europe or from the Bible reference to the road leading to heaven...
whatever it is, it is clear i am in trouble
And my trouble is simple: I risk NOT going to heaven if I continue moblising people to vote yes! and vote yes! for this new attempt at a constitution for Kenya.
Reason: Our betters, the people who know best on faith matters, the leaders of the flock of Jesus on this sinful world, the strong men (rarely women) who have chosen the path of righteousness, have said it is bad, evil etc etc...i have not yet heard satanic, but maybe that's what they mean.
xxxxxx
....well... eeh ... honestly... i mean eeh actually, this constitution only resolves the rich-rich conflict arising out of the 2007 elections (what we may call the intra-class rivalry that pulled the whole of the country to the precipice of a failed nation), it is an agenda 4 item, but has quite a number of gains for ordinary Kenyans
xxxxxx
But, really, what chances of going to heaven do i stand when i have not even prayed before asking people to VOTE YES. What impetuousness i display?
If it is said on the day of judgement that I am abetting sin, that i have assisted the community of Kenyans to indulge in exercises that have no Godliness in them, what will I say?
Yet, verily I say unto you, the road less travelled, the narrow road, leads not to church, BUT to God.
Amen.
whatever it is, it is clear i am in trouble
And my trouble is simple: I risk NOT going to heaven if I continue moblising people to vote yes! and vote yes! for this new attempt at a constitution for Kenya.
Reason: Our betters, the people who know best on faith matters, the leaders of the flock of Jesus on this sinful world, the strong men (rarely women) who have chosen the path of righteousness, have said it is bad, evil etc etc...i have not yet heard satanic, but maybe that's what they mean.
xxxxxx
....well... eeh ... honestly... i mean eeh actually, this constitution only resolves the rich-rich conflict arising out of the 2007 elections (what we may call the intra-class rivalry that pulled the whole of the country to the precipice of a failed nation), it is an agenda 4 item, but has quite a number of gains for ordinary Kenyans
xxxxxx
But, really, what chances of going to heaven do i stand when i have not even prayed before asking people to VOTE YES. What impetuousness i display?
If it is said on the day of judgement that I am abetting sin, that i have assisted the community of Kenyans to indulge in exercises that have no Godliness in them, what will I say?
Yet, verily I say unto you, the road less travelled, the narrow road, leads not to church, BUT to God.
Amen.
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
Monday, March 29, 2010
the week that matters
Countdown to Thursday afternoon vote starts today!
Thursday, alas, is 1st of April, aka April fools day.
No! foolering gobledegookingness!
Katiba ni sasa!
MPs must pass the constitution as it is.
WHY?
Because, honestly, we must realise that we will never get a constitution that fits every body's demand, a constitution that satisfies all.
Kenyans must understand that the reasons used today to defeat the constitution will be irrelevant tomorrow and that others will rise up to defeat any other future attempt.
if we delete clauses 2, 3 and 4 in the Article 26 and we delete all clauses referring to the Kadhi's court - to assuage some Christians - we will have to delete others...so far unknown... to assuage Muslims, pro-life campaigners and minorities.
if we create regions - to assuage the anger of some rift valley leaders and to please the coastal people - we will create village assemblies to assuage MY consternation (why can't the people of Mangwe, and all small isolated and unconnected villages legislate!).
That is the point, we will never see the end of this.
Those politicians saying that we have the opportunity to create a better constitution now should know that they define "better" from the viewpoint of the clause they want amended, not from my or your perspective.
let us learn humility, to accept that we have failed for 20yrs plus, and it would be a great boost to the morale of this country to succeed just this once.
and so April fools day beckons, may it be that some MPs - who have suggested amendments- will fool themselves by trying to cheat the world that they are the true nationalists.
this is the week that matters.
Thursday, alas, is 1st of April, aka April fools day.
No! foolering gobledegookingness!
Katiba ni sasa!
MPs must pass the constitution as it is.
WHY?
Because, honestly, we must realise that we will never get a constitution that fits every body's demand, a constitution that satisfies all.
Kenyans must understand that the reasons used today to defeat the constitution will be irrelevant tomorrow and that others will rise up to defeat any other future attempt.
if we delete clauses 2, 3 and 4 in the Article 26 and we delete all clauses referring to the Kadhi's court - to assuage some Christians - we will have to delete others...so far unknown... to assuage Muslims, pro-life campaigners and minorities.
if we create regions - to assuage the anger of some rift valley leaders and to please the coastal people - we will create village assemblies to assuage MY consternation (why can't the people of Mangwe, and all small isolated and unconnected villages legislate!).
That is the point, we will never see the end of this.
Those politicians saying that we have the opportunity to create a better constitution now should know that they define "better" from the viewpoint of the clause they want amended, not from my or your perspective.
let us learn humility, to accept that we have failed for 20yrs plus, and it would be a great boost to the morale of this country to succeed just this once.
and so April fools day beckons, may it be that some MPs - who have suggested amendments- will fool themselves by trying to cheat the world that they are the true nationalists.
this is the week that matters.
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
Monday, March 22, 2010
I have no problem with KIA, but...
KIA
this is a place where they train administrators of the Provincial Administration ilk...as in, it is a place where you go to to learn how to work for the government, how to implement policies handed down to you by the President...
the constitutonal debate is talking about a change of culture, a change of the essence of service provision from the monolithic presidential to the communal devolution. Can this be done in a strait jacketed place?
NO.
I am not paranoid about where MPs meet. I was against Naivasha, and now i am against KIA, but judging from the fact that MPs by Friday 19th Marcg 2010, one and half days into the "retreat" had agreed to decentralise resources as oppossed to devolving power, this is the wrong place.
can you imagine an MP legislating at the National Level then going on to be a Governor of the Constituency? Ati the constituency is the lower level of devolution? and the MP is the sole decision maker? ostentation! plus!
These guys are too much!
so what is the right place? Parliament. You know in parliament there is freedom of speech and you dont have to fear libel charges...it provides an opportunity to say the truth without being afraid.
xxxxxx
the CoE must be strong enough to just say no to any suggestions that go against the wishes of the people. kudos so far to the committee, but this is the time for you guys to be strong, msimame kidete na mseme vile mliambiwa na Wakenya.
this is a place where they train administrators of the Provincial Administration ilk...as in, it is a place where you go to to learn how to work for the government, how to implement policies handed down to you by the President...
the constitutonal debate is talking about a change of culture, a change of the essence of service provision from the monolithic presidential to the communal devolution. Can this be done in a strait jacketed place?
NO.
I am not paranoid about where MPs meet. I was against Naivasha, and now i am against KIA, but judging from the fact that MPs by Friday 19th Marcg 2010, one and half days into the "retreat" had agreed to decentralise resources as oppossed to devolving power, this is the wrong place.
can you imagine an MP legislating at the National Level then going on to be a Governor of the Constituency? Ati the constituency is the lower level of devolution? and the MP is the sole decision maker? ostentation! plus!
These guys are too much!
so what is the right place? Parliament. You know in parliament there is freedom of speech and you dont have to fear libel charges...it provides an opportunity to say the truth without being afraid.
xxxxxx
the CoE must be strong enough to just say no to any suggestions that go against the wishes of the people. kudos so far to the committee, but this is the time for you guys to be strong, msimame kidete na mseme vile mliambiwa na Wakenya.
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The Church and the Constitutional Debate
A [wo]man can get exasperated!
You know, i have always thought, now i know it was due to my naivety, that the church, and all religious groups for that matter, were makers of peace.
But i should be quickly reminded that Jesus took a whip and chased people who had turned the house of God into a market! In the same vein, the church of Christ shall not compromise evil.
In 1992, in Rift Valley, i was told a story by a girl who was a victim of ethnic clashes that went on like this " I have, all my life, known that man as the man who preaches the word of God, but that day i saw him cut my father's head off...i was at the window, and i saw my father's head fall down...see the blood sprouting from his shoulders...seeee!" of course what followed was a cataclysmic cough, a violent shiver and convulsion....
She was nine years old.
Every time i think of clashes, i wonder, where did she go?
In 2007, i was told that some churches were uncomfortable with people seeking shelter in their compounds, that actually some sent people, who sought refuge there, away.
Of course the Kiambaa church burned itself, it got annoyed with the people inside and as a result it caught fire.
Let me repent: the examples i give above can only be associated with the rotten apples in the basket of the church, people of evil spirit who hide in the church, and not the church itself.
You see, the most admirable part about the church in Kenya is that it has a clear sense of guilt for commission: The religious group apologised later in 2008 for having let us down, having let the country down, and [if i heard correctly], there was a promise that they shall preach peace.
The church, by a statement signed today, is preparing to REJECT a constitution that has Kadhi's courts. In other words, the church is prepared to make war.
OK. so be it.
If the church rejects this proposed constitution, we shall still have Kadhi's courts since they are there in the present constitution. The church should have ensured that the Kadhi's courts were struck off from the present constitution.
Secondly, the constitution that we have, and the one being proposed are CLEARLY written in the JUDEO-CHRISTIAN spirit and tradition.
Nobody sees this.
Whom does the church consider evil? Muslims? Pagans? Atheists?
Kenyans, we are not making a constitution for Christians, we are making a constitution for Kenyans! And in Kenya, there are Atheists, Muslims, Pagans etc.
You know, i have always thought, now i know it was due to my naivety, that the church, and all religious groups for that matter, were makers of peace.
But i should be quickly reminded that Jesus took a whip and chased people who had turned the house of God into a market! In the same vein, the church of Christ shall not compromise evil.
In 1992, in Rift Valley, i was told a story by a girl who was a victim of ethnic clashes that went on like this " I have, all my life, known that man as the man who preaches the word of God, but that day i saw him cut my father's head off...i was at the window, and i saw my father's head fall down...see the blood sprouting from his shoulders...seeee!" of course what followed was a cataclysmic cough, a violent shiver and convulsion....
She was nine years old.
Every time i think of clashes, i wonder, where did she go?
In 2007, i was told that some churches were uncomfortable with people seeking shelter in their compounds, that actually some sent people, who sought refuge there, away.
Of course the Kiambaa church burned itself, it got annoyed with the people inside and as a result it caught fire.
Let me repent: the examples i give above can only be associated with the rotten apples in the basket of the church, people of evil spirit who hide in the church, and not the church itself.
You see, the most admirable part about the church in Kenya is that it has a clear sense of guilt for commission: The religious group apologised later in 2008 for having let us down, having let the country down, and [if i heard correctly], there was a promise that they shall preach peace.
The church, by a statement signed today, is preparing to REJECT a constitution that has Kadhi's courts. In other words, the church is prepared to make war.
OK. so be it.
If the church rejects this proposed constitution, we shall still have Kadhi's courts since they are there in the present constitution. The church should have ensured that the Kadhi's courts were struck off from the present constitution.
Secondly, the constitution that we have, and the one being proposed are CLEARLY written in the JUDEO-CHRISTIAN spirit and tradition.
Nobody sees this.
Whom does the church consider evil? Muslims? Pagans? Atheists?
Kenyans, we are not making a constitution for Christians, we are making a constitution for Kenyans! And in Kenya, there are Atheists, Muslims, Pagans etc.
Committed to the preservation of any positive gains of the human race especially those that relate to the socio-political arena and those that people have fought for.
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