Politics
Now that the ODM leading lights are in London, it would be good if the NARC-K big-wigs set off for Washington. We, the people, and the climate, could do without the hot air. Really.
Religion
I am giving serious thought to giving up Lent for Lent
Education
I for one am very bitter that while I had to find the square root of 0.02323434545 using green log tables and a ruler, my brother who sat for the exams last year used a green Casio that could even draw graphs.
Radio
It seems that any doofus can and does become a radio presenter. My friend K bitterly asks me why she, and I quote,
… pissed away 4 years of my life studying journalism and mass communication and now all it takes to become a radio presenter is to release an atrocious song on radio and be labeled a ‘celeb’ by weekly local rags written and edited by half wits like the ‘Pulse’ and ‘Buzz’
Coincidences
Having a minister called Kimunya, a permanent secretary called Kinyua, an Assistant Minister called Kenneth (from Gatanga), a central bank governor called Ndungu, a Capital Markets Authority boss called Waruingi, and a Revenue Authority Commissioner General called Waweru, it becomes very convenient for the Finance Ministry as a whole to conduct its meetings in Kikuyu over a light snack of nduma. This I am sure is a coincidence. let us graph the status quo:
Carpets
Oh if the carpets at the Nation Media Center could talk!
Economy
According to the Government, the economy grew by 6%. But what they don’t tell you is where the money went.
Allow me:
Presidential Opinion
President Kibaki thinks very little of his people. Very little indeed
John Mayer – Gravity