Mzalendo Buzz
Having Mzalendo.com mentioned in Wednesday’s Daily Nation has led to a flood of feedback that has certainly shown that there is keen interest in what Ory and I are trying to do.
Which is pretty much empowering Kenyans with regard to their own Government.
You have a right to know just how your MP represents you. You have a right to know how they voted in certain bills. You have a right to know how they express themselves. You have a right to know what sort of questions they ask on the floor. You have a right to know how government representatives respond to questions.
It is your right!
If there is one thing we’d like to become clear to anyone, everywhere it is that
Your representative
Works for you
and not the other way round
That having been said, a minor gripe here. It would be nice if newspapers checked their facts before they publish. Really.
- Ory is in fact a woman, and not a man as the story says
- Contrary to what the headline says, neither of us is in the United States, and we cannot imagine where the notion came from. One is not sure whether to be amused or annoyed at the notion that anything of substance must come from overseas
That last bit of disinformation forces me to now say, for the record, that I am NOT in the United States but am very much in Kenya. When I talk about events and issues in Kenya it is from first hand experience and not through proxy.
But as they say — publicity is publicity. If anything it will force us to up our game still more :)
Of Titles
President Kibaki has been at the coast over the weekend dishing out title deeds. Last week he was merrily doing this wearing a loud shirt that gave the impression to those who could not see him directly that he was wearing chain mail on a windy day.
Personally, I find the notion of a President physically handing out title deeds a colossal waste of valuable time that could be better spent elsewhere.
Now, handling out title deeds, according to a distant relative who works for the Ministry of Lands, is clerical work for the most junior of officers. It is not like giving out a Doctorate.
It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that Baba Jimmy is scoring political points.
Who’d have thought that impending elections would drive the legendary lethargy out of our Leader!
Gangsta Nation
There was a shootout last Sunday. There are generally shootouts at one point or another in this country, but this one was special because it took place right outside my back gate, on the road I use to get to Mi Casa.
It was equally more special because it took place 5 minutes before my whistling person was strolling down the road wondering where the heck everyone was and why there was a crowd further down the road.
Let’s just say the 4 carjackers are having their names looked for in the Book Of Life
Charity And The Snake Charmer
A very angry and very determined Health Minister Charity Ngilu led a large group of equally angry women to the doorstep of Security Minister John “Python” Michuki to demand an apology to slights made to the Kamba culture and the Kenyan Woman.
I did not watch the news in full yesterday but from the little I could deduce, he had somehow found more room in what is turning out to be an ample mouth to put his foot in, with some choice remarks to her about her reluctance to join NARC-Kenya.
That Charity objected strongly was very clear. As he slithered out the back door of his office it was clear what his views on Charity were. Charity may begin at home but he was quite willing to leave Charity behind.
Pic Of The Day
Whatever this guy is thinking, I doubt it is pure and pious!