Stupidity that is Packaged and sold Expensively and unapologetically- The Mask of Functionality
Review Overview The Kenyan economy is moving, at least for the top 2%. Our bankers are counting money at high speeds; they can perform basic computer functions, and close the bank doors at the end of the banking day. Kenyan lawyers are signing agreements each day on behalf of their clients, pharmacists sell panadol and […]
Why attempts to Revive Soccer have always Failed
here is no sport in Kenya that embodies our national character than soccer. Like our public service and politics, soccer is riddled with gross mediocrity, suffocating myopia, and decadent corruption. Each time the leadership of the sport is changed, a conspiracy between various circumstances occurs resulting in the elevation of clueless clowns and shameless thugs […]
Paul Kagame-Worst African Dictator-Ever! And the West is busy kissing his Backside
There are more than 1000 Hutus rotting in Rwanda’s jails because of genocide. The west, led by former US President, Bill Clinton, and the former serpentine UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, can never be outdone in singing praises to Paul Kagame for stopping the genocide. Two respected scholars from the University of Michigan, Prof. Christian […]
Kenyatta and The Hague: Lessons from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
I thoroughly investigated the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in great detail for my dissertation. Therefore, I have an idea or two regarding what President Uhuru Kenyatta is likely to go through. As it is already widely known to those who love knowledge, the Serbs were not in the seat of power but […]
Male Circumcision and Sex: Why the uncut John Fails Me
Confessions of one Woman Uncircumcised men fail me in bed. Period. I can imagine the anguish this statement might cause to old uncircumcised men who cannot do anything about their manhood. But hey, you can help spread the word that it is far much sexier to have that spear sharpened. It is stupid to make […]
Leaders are readers
One major characteristic shared by most leaders, and in this case the term “leader” is used strictly to refer to genuine individuals who appeal to higher values as opposed to fear and other juvenile and primitive inclinations, is the expansive nature of their knowledge. Famous men and women who stood and and got counted when […]
The Devolution Debacle
Of all the evils that Kenyans have had to endure under the folly of the political class, devolution is the most devastating. Wait before you dismiss me as a devolution devil-I am not against all forms of devolution. I am against foolish devolution that squeezes the gigantic American system on a nation the size of […]
The Case for a Musyoka Candidacy
The Case for a Musyoka Candidacy Raila’s place in Kenyan politics cannot be contested even by the most malicious of characters. Whether driven by self-interest as some might argue or a patriotic push to see a better Kenya, he has fought with sweat, blood, and tears. He has helped build successful politicians throughout the country […]
Why the solution to Africa’s leadership crisis is bloodshed
Why the solution to Africa’s leadership crisis is bloodshed More than 200 years ago, men who had gotten tired of being milked dry by the British Empire asked for either liberty or death. These were the great men and women who created the United States as we know it today. It is true that these […]
The Anne Waiguru Shame and how it reveals the ugly face of “tribal loyalties” in leadership selection
The Anne Waiguru Shame and how it reveals the ugly face of “tribal loyalties” in leadership selection Since independence, Kenyans have witnessed scandal after scandal, most of them financial in nature, which have seen the not-so mysterious disappearance of colossal sums of taxpayers’ shillings. Granted, Kenya is not a monopoly when it comes to high […]