Kenyan Idiot

The women of Central Kenya have finally awoken for the costly slumber of yester years. The sleep of 'mass production'. Today's ladies are wise to the fact that a family must be planned. In the year 2009 it costs and arm to rear just one child from infancy to primary school alone and this does not take into account the recent economic down turn. Yes, a baby is a bundle of joy but more than three may just be a bundle! Don't get me wrong I love the mere site of them, but the fact still remains - they are not cheap! The villagized woman however has not caught this bus as she continues to produce tiny tots undaunted, with seemingly no thought to how they may be educated or even fed. Have you ever noticed that it is the lesser -financially- secure couples that produce en mass? For the life of me I cannot figure out why this is. I recently saw a news report that highlighted the plight of flood victims on the coast; this story featured a couple with their seven children who...

wow! The world cup trophy is here! But wait, why are we so excited? Don't get me wrong I absolutly adore football... it's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. But let's be serious, all this buzz for something that only a lucky few will take a picture with. Many did not even get close enough to the solid gold work of art, and if you did; it is enchased in a glass box! Now people I can understand the president and Prime Ministers zeal because they are the only ones who could touch the thing. The trophy must have been a sight to behold and I hope Kenyans enjoyed the priviledge because this is as close as anyone in this country is ever going to get to that cup. Harambee stars are never going to lift that trophy high... never, at least not as long as we keep getting thrashed 5-0 by teams like Kuwait! Our national team is a true embarrassment, and I can't help but think of what could have been under the tutor ledge of the late German coach Rainhard Fabis...

Everyone- at least here in Africa has an ongoing fascination and a never ending love-affair with big four wheel drive cars. If you have one everyone else assumes that you're rich, this is in many cases an over assumption because most people who have large cars have loaned money from their banks to acquire not only the car but also the sense of status it brings. This syndrome is so far in-bread within us even our MP's refuse to drive smaller more money saving cars calling them 'school boy' vehicles. These false ideas are irritating, and, more importantly drive many who can not afford them to the brink poverty and possible bankruptcy just for the show of it. We seem to be drawn to the flashy things in life like moths to a flame, it seems we all love to show off to our would be friends. It seems like, some of our politicians and super rich wouldn't be caught anywhere in small saloon cars. They are so attached to their four wheeled friends that they are no longer a ...

Well it's that time of year again when a batch of young people get down to knuckle cracking, stress inducing exams, and thus hopefully taking their first steps into a world much different from the one they know. A brand new and often daunting phase of their lives: University. Whether they do GCSE or KCSE this time is marked by pure stress and it is this stress and mounting pressure to succeed that leads many to cheat. I must admit that although I never did it but I will try to explain why some feel the need to, so bare with me... Exam feaver is a term that is used to explain the sheer panic that greets a student before, and even during a paper. At this point some students even draw a complete blank. Again allow me to admit if you will, when I was sitting my GCSE's and GCE's a few years ago I had probably the worst case of exam fever ever, my stomach was in knots and I went into a cold sweat when I saw my first paper which just happened to be English Lit... to make the l...

A smiling Amos shitswilla Wako walked into the press conference yesterday but beneath the toothy grin the AG was braced for a fight with none other than the worlds only superpower. The AG had called the press after being informed that his visa had been revoked for impeding the reform process. As he extolled himself, and his record of reforms and defended himself I could not help but think of just what he'd accomplished in his 18 year tenure as the countries chief legal advisor: Several cases- both in the Moi and Kibaki administrations- remain unsolved, they include: Goldenberg and the Anglo- Leasing scam. With such a track record- of consistently failing to bring the participants of corruption to book- surely such vehement protestation was uncalled for. Mr. Wako's admission confirmed what was already known or at least suspected by many. The ban states that the AG can not set foot on U.S soil either for business or pleasure and this means that he can't visit the UN head...

Ati what? Ng'anga, a talent scout.... lord help us all! This news reminds me of the just concluded TPF3 and judge Ian Mbugwa's never ending cynicism and frustration at some truly cringe worthy auditions. And the fact that the man himself-Ng'anga- was on probation a total of six times, much more than any other contestant on all previous seasons.How did he make it to the finale? I'm still bamboozled! Ian and other seemingly harsh judges like him brings me to the question: who on earth will judge the contestants? Surely not Ng'an'galito himself! And people, the man is Kenyan why the Spanish add on? Where did that one come from? Unfortunately or fortunately it seems to have stuck to him like glue. Another thing, I've just realised how the format of the up-coming show is a copy-paste of America's got talent which concluded last night on NTV with Bianca Ryan walking away with the million dollars - which I must say was well deserved. Can we please come up w...

You may ask what chrystal balls have to do with with the 2010 world cup... well nothing on the face of it, unless you're me that is... Let's imagine or pretend to be exact- because what I am about to say may be quite outlandish, given the fact that I'll never be a fortune teller or handle a chrystal ball-that i am a fortune teller and that i can see into the coming year with the most vivid clarity. Now, I'm gently rubbing the ball or waving my hands above it or doing whatever fortune tellers do to receive their pictures... I see Kenyans, lots of them , each with a small establishment of some kind making an absolute killing off of the 2010 world cup. Which to those of you who don't know or who are for some reason out of the proverbial loop comes 'home' to the southern most part of Africa form the 11 June-11 July. This is normally a very special time for all football fans but this year is just that much more special simply because it's closer to home. Fo...