Mbugua wa Mungai Remembers Bantu Mwaura
Greetings all in these unhappy circumstances; Bantu, as you know, is gone across the big river. I really wish we didn’t have his crossing, standing as a
Bantu Mwaura at the Poetry Africa Festival in South Africa
preamble to this message. Bantu? I hope the few lines I share here might connect to our larger collective memory of this man who will continue to be an enigma even to those of us who knew him for many years. I offer only a snippet of Bantu’s narrative as the man and his ideas struck me over 18 years.
I do not mean to inveigle myself in Bantu’s story, but the methods of folklorists indicate to me that I can only tell parts of that narrative that I got to know by dint of being associated with him over the years. And perhaps if we understood better that all our stories are but iterations of others, past and present, in a struggle for making happen a better world then perhaps we might appreciate more the connections rather than the differences between us. After all, regardless of the proliferation of opinions and feelings about him, let us remember that Bantu was human, like all of us.
Our first meeting– in 1990– and what has now turned out to be our final encounter occured in spaces that ordinarily would appear rigidly, irreconcilably divorced, yet in retrospect it seems that it is our habitation of similar spaces that ultimately enables me to see what I can of Bantu Mwaura. It is thus just as well that we met and parted as we did. We met as undergraduate students at Kenyatta University’s literature department and our final meeting occurred in a more relaxed environment over Kenya’s national cuisine–Tusker and Choma–which seems to have been a valedictory of sorts, at Roysambu Inn on Thika Road the first week of September 2008; I revert shortly to the significance of these spaces.
I recall vividly our first week as freshers at KU when there was a minor march to the administration block over some minor grievance (attested to by the fact that the university was not closed). Bantu was one of the first students to be made a non-resident; the irony is that even if he was not on campus at the material time of these events, the administration kicked him out of the university halls of residence anyway, just to make an example out of the man. Of course it was easy to victimise him because with his dreadlocks; he stood out.
Later if we, his colleagues in literature classes, probed him about this matter, he would simply retort that “it just shows the irrationality of the system…judging people simply by their looks.” He ignored but never forgot this particular matter–how can one eschew memory in the process of social analysis?–and moved on to distinguish himself as being one of the more passionate students in our class; ever fond of quoting Steven Biko among other Black consciousness writers, well, we transformed our Bantu into Biko in a neat onomastic process that belied the social ugliness that Bantu so-passionately believed needed to, and could, be changed. You never could tear away Franz Fanon and Paulo Freire out of the man’s hands.Yet Bantu didn’t just read these writers; while their work supplied value as analytical prisms, he was acutely aware of the context within which he worked.
Social consciousness, self-awareness and analysis–and the politics that inhibit their achievement–are things that Bantu-Biko paid keen attention to; personal grievances by “the system” merely strengthened his resolve. There never was any doubt in Bantu’s mind throughout our time as undergraduate students and in later years that the divisions that society sets up amongst the citizenry have a clear political purpose; it is not incidental that ‘regular’ folk in Kenya kill each other for their “eating chiefs” (apologies to Taban Lo Liyong). It strikes me as relevant that I had the good fortune of having gone to school with both Bantu and Ntai Wa Nkuraru, another fiercely passionate social reformer, who was my year mate at KU university; he died “mysteriously” in his late 30s in London in 1999. He too taught us something about belief in and commitment to social justice.
In later years we went our separate ways–Bantu headed to Leeds University and on to America. What kept us connected was our interest in non-canonical forms of popular creative expression; thus we discovered another shared interest–the politics of bar room theater, and it was a happy coincidence that in our different fashions, we both got to work with the late Wahome Mutahi. I immediately saw what would draw Bantu and Mutahi together–a deep concern with questions of social justice and exposing the structures and logic that undergird social inequities in post-colonial Kenya.
The passion of Bantu combined with Mutahi’s humorous critique of power enable one to see many of the things that could be remedied about Kenya (and perhaps other lands as well) but which we choose not to! The commitment to the popular arts by these two artists also showed us something else: that the search for knowledge of society might also be pursued in/through non-canonical spaces/creative practices. Thus I believe the Kenyan arts/performance scene is the richer for Bantu’s input, a fact that is well-demonstrated by the array of articles that he and his team put together in Twaweza Communications’ maiden issue of Jahazi, a culture and arts journal for which he was initially editor-in-chief.
It’s hard to believe that Bantu ever laughed, but he did, and I know a huge story might be made of his tendency, when he smiled, to tug at his goatee, but even then there is something to be learnt from his rare-smiling habits. We all had our arguments with Bantu about all manner of literary topics; he was certainly not easy to corral in these disputes, but if you did hem in this man who would footnote his rhetoric by quoting so many books your ears and head spun–he is certainly the only one I knew in Kenya who quoted Kole Omotoso and pronounced the second name correctly!–and if he did see your point, then Bantu conceded the fact in one of the most genial smiles that I have only rarely seen particularly amongst academics.
See, Bantu was not just all argument; he was complex human being with an even more complex personality that perhaps society saw too harshly, or chose to not see at all, because what he said disturbed us. Definitely he was disturbed by us and our cynical habits! This was the sort of politics that we chatted about over our last meal that uncharacteristically cool late afternoon last September.
From the academy where our connection begun with a search for knowledge in canonical literary forms to the bar where Bantu and I (and many other Kenyans) debate(d) emergent forms of knowledge and popular forms of knowing, one can only hope that even if our collective conscience appears numb perhaps we might remember Bantu’s passion for causes he believed in. It was not for nothing that as undergraduates we compared him to the incorruptible teacher in Ayi Kwei Armah’s The Beautyful ones are not yet Born.
Mbugua wa-Mungai.
Ohio State University
Center For Folklore Studies
Columbus,OH
USA.
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Marende Ruling: Statement By Eminent Africans
We have been following with considerable concern the deadlock in the National Assembly of Kenya regarding the designation of the Leader of Government Business in Parliament and the nomination of the Chairperson of the House Business Committee.
We welcome yesterday’s ruling by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Kenneth Marende, which should unblock the impasse and enable Parliament to continue the important business of the people. We applaud the Speaker for his wisdom and statesmanship.
We urge Kenya’s leaders and all Members of Parliament to put aside their partisan considerations and place the interests of the people first. It is imperative that they recapture the spirit of reconciliation and healing needed to build a democratic, stable, peaceful and prosperous nation.
Issued by Mr. Kofi A. Annan, Mrs. Graca Machel and President Benjamin Mkapa.
29 April 2009
“Ebook Version” of “Raila’s Stolen Presidency” to be Launched
The Ebook version of the book, ”Raila Odinga’s Stolen Presidency: Consequences and the Future of Kenya” will be launched next week in Stockholm. This means that the book will now be available for immediate download upon purchase while the electronic version will be three times cheaper than the hard copy.
The Author
The development of the “Ebook version” of the book is a direct result of both demand and technological possibilities in the digital age. The Ebook has been developed by “Mapambano Media Works” whose subsidiary, “Mapambano Distributors”, remains a key distributor of the book.
The Ebook will be easily navigable through an interconnection of links while it is presented in a user-friendly interface. No special software will be required to read the book which will be downloaded from a secure server.
A big advantage of the Ebook version is that the book will be readily available for download in Kenya where it has not yet been launched because of unfavorable circumstances. Details about the electronic version of the book will be communicated to the public next week through available Media channels.
In Scandinavia, the distribution of the book has been taken over by leading Swedish book distribution firms including Bokia, Adlibris, Bokus, Bokson, CDON, Bok.nu, Liberians and Bokfynd. The price of the book varies according to Company’s desired profitability. The book can also be ordered through any bookshop in Scandinavia and at designated bookshops around the world.
Among the distribution firms listed, and apart from Mapambano stores, only Bokus takes International orders and delivers to the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland(inc. Åland), France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain (inc. Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
Only Mapambano stores delivers the book anywhere in the world and at the cheapest price of 52 US Dollars (including postage by Registered mail). For further details on other Mapambano book offers, visit Mapambano stores.
Libris, the Swedish Library Cataloging system, has listed the book which is now available at both the Kings Library in Stockholm and Stockholm University Library. Contacts continue for the book to be available in Libraries across Sweden.
Okoth Osewe
New Public Lecture About Kenya In Uppsala
Violence and Politics in Kenya’s Uncivil Society
David Anderson: The African Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK
The post-electoral violence of January and February 2008 alerted the world to the fragility of Kenya’s transition to multi-party democracy. This lecture will survey the main events in Kenya’s politics since the settlement arbitrated by Kofi Annan, putting in place a ‘grand coalition’ government under Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. It will be demonstrated that this has halted Kenya’s transition to democracy, replacing it with a system of competitive authoritarianism in which the ability to mobilize violence is the key determinant of political participation. The evolution of ‘gang culture’ will be described, including the most recent violence that has seen the police and apparently independent ‘community militias’ mount a systematic assault upon the criminal network known as Mungiki. The lecture will also consider the issues of extrajudicial killings, the rule of law, and the culture of impunity.
Venue: NAI, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala
David Anderson is Professor in African Politics and Director of the African Studies Centre at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. He researches and writes on the history and politics of eastern Africa. His publications include Histories of the Hanged: Britain’s Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire (2005), and Eroding the Commons (2002). He has recently completed a study of Violence and Politics in Kenya. His current projects include a collection of essays on Ethnic Claims and Moral Economies, to be published in 2010, and a study of the Cold War in Africa, planned for 2011. He is editor of the Journal of Eastern African Studies.
All interested are welcome.
Discussant: Shailja Patel, Kenyan poet, playwright, and political activist, and currently Guest Writer at the Nordic Africa Institute.
Chair: Knut Myhre, Research Fellow,The Nordic Africa Institute
Updates and upcoming events: www.nai.uu.se
Inquiries: Inga-Britt.Faris@nai.uu.se, 018 – 56 22 11, 018 – 56 22 00 (switch board)
Bantu Mwaura Found Dead
UPDATE:
Portions of information from Kenya indicate that Bantu Mwaura may have taken his own life. There is still no official information about what really happened.
By Standard Reporter
Police are investigating the death of a human rights activist and university lecturer Bantu Mwaura, whose body was found outside his gate at Sunlight estate in Nairobi’s Lang’ata area, on Monday morning.
Bantu Mwaura, suspected to have been Murdered in Kenya
Sources said that family members of Bantu, who was also a renowned thespian, director, poet and storyteller, had reported him missing on Friday. Bantu was a respected poet whose work in English, Kiswahili and Gikuyu has been published in several journals.
He had a PhD in Performance Studies from the New York University and a Masters in Theatre Studies from Leeds University (UK)
“Magic System” On Live Performance In Stockholm
LIVE HITS LIKE ZOUGLOU DANCE, BOUGER BOUGER AND GAUO in Mdborgar torgets DEBASER HALL- Stockholm in May- check them on www.magicsystem.fr
The show is in two phases:
1. Live show: 19:00-23:00= 300 kronor- these tickets are almost finished
2. After-party dance with Magic System and home based artists: 00:00-03:00 am= 150 kronor
3. Those with first ticket shall pay 50 kronor only for extending into the after party.
4. Buy tickets from Taj Mahal -stockolm, WWW.TICKSTER.SE, WWW.DEBASER.SE and VASA BAR AND CAFE-SVEAVÄGEN 44 THE AFRO ASIA CONTACT PLACE
Labour Day Bash On 1/May By African Maison
In recognition of the “International Workers Day”, the group, Maison African, invites all Party lovers to a historic Labour Day, all night bash on 1st of May with Dj Jimmy spinning.
The re-known and all famous Kenyan Star DJ and “Spin-master” will be featuring the latest collection in the field of Benga, Sokouss, Zilizopendwa, R&B, Hip Hop and other well known music genres to make the night memorable and special. Don’t 4get: African delicacies and drinks will be available at reasonable prices.
Time: 18:00hrs till Chee
Entrance: 50kr
Venue: Central Skolan, Märsta, Skolgatan 10.
Take Pendal Tåg from Central Station to Märsta station. For more information: 0704954947, 0739139136, 0705263303.
“Swahili Book” Launch At ABF
“Swahili is a World language” spoken by more than 100 million people. A meeting will take place at
The book "Swahili for Swedes"
ABF-huset in Stockholm on Tuesday April 28 where the book “Swahili for Swedes” will be presented. The event begins at 18.00 and the address is Sveavägen 41 (Tube Rådmansgatan).
Program:
- Swahili’s position in East Africa: Representatives from the Kenyan and Tanzanian embassies
- Swahili – about the language and its usage: The authors give examples from the book
- Travel Agents and friendship association’s involved with information
Organizers:
ABF Stockholm Hjalmarson & Högberg Bokförlag Watatu
More information about the book and the authors can be found here:
www.watatu.se/swahili
The book will be available for sale during the meeting. For larger quantities, please contact the publisher for price information, tel 08-22 67 20, info@hohforlag.se.
Karibuni!
Concluding Remarks On Ole Ngais Debate
Betty (comment 33 on When Purity had her day with Wangari Maathai), that was very mature and balanced analysis, free from below the belt attacks and other degrading epithets. Thanks for your email and your conviction to give Ole Ngais sober advice in the spirit of building and not destroying a possible potential among us.
Ole Ngais, wife and son Obama meeting Maathai. Photo lifted from Ole Ngais Blog
If Ole Ngais is studious enough, this should be sumptuous “food for thought”. It is this kind of informed critique that could buoy rather than denunciate Ole’s atavastic presumptions especially on the subject matter he was seeking to handle.
I think Ole Ngais is very affable and to add to Bettty’s posting on what he lacks, he needs to amass the relevant ideological tools of analysis especially in politics and venture into subjects he can grapple with, leaving the heavier stuff until he understands them. This will save him from unnecessary foolery, at least in the public domain.
For example, by propounding elsewhere that a “man eat man society” is a “fascist society”, Ole unconsciously transmits the message that he doesn’t understand the difference between fascism and capitalism, the latter having earned the “Man eat Man” cliche.
Alternatively, when he uncritically adores Social democracy and proceeds to submit that it is the panacea of the current international crisis of capitalism, he advertizes his lack of understanding of the limits of modern Social democratic ideology and the progressive retrogression of this ideology to the right wing of the European political divide.
When this deficiency of knowledge is broadcast to the wider Internet audience, Ole Ngais loses the very academic esteem he passionately craves for and, in the process, he puts the reputation of learning institutions he underwent into serious disrepute.
To apply the Kenyan paradigm, it could be the Standard seven English patched up at Secondary through the “milky” 8-4-4 shit-sem but which was never perfected because the victim may have dropped out probably to herd cattle.
The skill of writing is acquired or natured over time. It doesn’t drop from the sky. Errors (spelling, factual or grammatical), typos, illogical expositions, poor dialectics, syntactical difficulties, lack of objectivity, abstraction, weird perspective, overt apemanship, colloquialism, bombastic displays, ephemeral presentations passed as philosophy, plagiarism and a host of other problems are all part of the writing business. However, there is a range when problems within a text could be acceptable depending on the scope, subject matter and authority of the writer.
Kenya-Stockholmers Are Very Observant
A political science student at a reputable University penning a two page document on A4 may not escape with a “catalogue of errors” especially if they are spelling or grammar-based, more so, if the student claims command of the language in use. This has been the case in the Ole Ngais study.
As an interpolation, the alacrity with which commentators dashed to dress down Ole Ngais on the language question could not have been spontaneous if he hadn’t made claim to or trumpeted his University education from the roof tops.
The stupendous errors that were excavated by commentator “English Lessons” clearly pointed to difficulties with the English language and this weakness may have triggered the invective that was well packaged to have the effect of maximum embarrassment and ceremonial “cut-down” of Ole Ngais “back to size”. From a Veterinarian’s point of view, it was a case of crude dehorning of a bull rampaging destructively in the Boma.
In extreme cases, Ngais was reduced to a polygamous, blood-drinking Maasai villager (armed with a spear) who should have been better off cloaked in goat-skin while the dominant insinuation was that he may have accidentally attended half-baked English lessons in some windowless class room in Maasai land although he now poses as the “top of the academic pops” in Kenya-Stockholm.
His exhibitionist approach with his “cheap Swedish courses” together with his advertisement of his “status as a University student” was linked to his hollow educational background and ignorance of his village people who are likely to elevate him into a small God although they may never understand what he means when he claims that he has been to Södertorn University in Sweden.
What the collective lambasting of Ole Ngais has exposed is that Kenya-Stockholmers are very observant but they bid their time for the opportune moment before they intervene to check-mate a colleague deemed way-ward. Ole Ngais has been running his mediocre blog for months but no one has ever bothered to alert him about his horrible English or publish this fact.
When his Purity inspired contact with Maathai got on top of his head (complete with family-packed photo opportunities which were displayed for the public), some Kenyans in Stockholm who felt upset decided to go to work.
On the question of linguistic challenges, many commentators at KSB intervene intermittently on a diversity of subjects with well to do English. There are others who have made good points with scribblings which resemble English but which could pass for unintelligible miscreant argot.
However, these contributors have never been taken under the kind of siege that quickly swept Ole Ngais into the pool of lumpens when he was supposed to be sitting on Kenya-Stockholm’s Ivory Tower as one commentator put it.
The fact that you are literate does not automatically mean that you are educated. Being educated does not mean being learned just like being learned does not mean being enlightened.
The 10th Parliament in Kenya presents the most educated elite in our country but this education has not prevented our leaders from looting and plundering the country’s resources as they refuse to pay taxes, swing in Mercedes Benzes and demand for more pay on top of their million salaries when the masses are starving.
What Ole Ngais Should Do
Tacitly put, the education of our leaders does not count in the alter of primitive accumulation under rotten capitalism that has dragged our country backwards for more than 45 years, a system that has fattened our very exploiters and kept our people begging in the face of plenty.
In practice, the most educated persons are always averse to advertising their education by shouting at the roof tops. As I said in my KSB article, Ole Ngais is not my enemy. People have the right to defend themselves against base attacks. Those attacking Ole Ngais here are simply trying to build him by showing him his mistakes. You don’t move at high speed in a highway full of pot-holes because then, you are heading towards the inevitable – a crash.
Ole Ngais could best take contact with “English lessons” to help him edit his work. He could even arrange to speak to or meet this commentator (if possible) then he will realize that I am not the person correcting his work incognito. This will help him stop fighting imaginary enemies, allow him to apologize, thank commentators trying to remove the speck from his very eyes and help him begin the healing process as he struggles to come to terms with what he needs to do to improve his writing.
Why should I hide under the cloak of anonymity when I can say anything allowed by the rules at this blog site? Ole Ngais first surfaced in Kenya Stockholm through this blog and it is me who edited his message of condolence when Diplomat James Kiboi passed away in September 2006 before publishing it. There is a Luo proverb that roughly translated, says that “It is the sick eye you treat that returns to look at you with disdain”.
Despite his “rough edges”, I have always viewed Ole Ngais as a progressive individual and respected him at that. I was therefore surprised when he threw a grenade in my back yard because of a commentary on a picture he had taken with Professor Maathai. The negative aspect of the drama is that this tiny grenade has literally provoked my allies into bombing Ole’s Stockholm Manyatta to smithereens. Luckily, he rushed to the banker from where he surfaces to try and clear the mess in his compound. There is need for a cease-fire so that he can begin to rebuild and make peace.
In the spirit of the Bagarmossen Church, and as per the preachings of Pastor Beatrice, Brothers Muraya, Muirani, Samson eta al, I have forgiven ole Ngais for attacking me and still regard him as both a good father to his kids and husband to his wife. I will not however turn the other cheek.
I hope that I could be of help in his intellectual development because he remains a potential who has dared to collect his rag tag of ideas (to help his Mugokondo people) into a web site so he needs encouragement.
Ole Ngais needs to transfer his youthful energies to making Kenya a better place to live in instead of wasting it fighting a blogger like makozewe at a critical time when I am busy trying to promote my new book to shed more light and “overstanding” about what happened at the bungled December 2007 election tragedy in our country. I don’t have much time to tend to Ole’s antiques so I will rest my case.
Okoth Osewe
Venue Change For Apostle Karanja Meetings
The venue where the renowned Apostle of Christ Harvesters Ministries in the USA, Apostle Karanja, will be meeting the faithful and other Kenyans next month has been changed from Kärtorp to the old Bagarmossen Church.
Speaking to KSB, Brother in Christ Githuku wa Muirani of the Outreach Ministries said that the “Kenya Christian Community in Stockholm” which has organized the three day event, would like to alert all Kenyans about the venue change to avoid confusion.
Apostle Karanja will be in Sweden for three days, time when he is expected to spread God’s message to Kenyans and friends here in Stockholm.
Okoth Osewe
Weddings: Invitation To Meet Kenyan Couple
The Kenya-Stockholm couple, Mr. Moses Njenga and Miss. Ann Wambui will be wedding in August. You are invited to a get together with the couple on Friday May 1st (Labour day) at Heimdalsv 18 (at the Park) in Norsborg. The event begins at 14.00 up to 23.00. Nyama Choma and drinks will be available at reasonable prices. All are welcome. For further info, Call Mr. Laban Mberi at 0704771098 or Mr. Moses Njenga at 0737443325.
Kenyan Writer Shailja Patel To Perform In Uppsala
Shailja Patel, Nordic Africa Institute Guest Writer 2009, will appear in the series Writers’ Africa at an event in the Institute library, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala, on Thursday 23 April from 6.00 to 8.00 p.m.
SHAILJA PATEL
Shailja Patel will discuss Poetry, Performance and Resistance in a Kenyan and African context with Mai Palmberg, co-ordinator of the Cultural Images in and of Africa research project at NAI.
Shailja Patel is a Kenyan poet, playwright, spoken word artist and political activist. Shailja Patel is also the founder of a Direct Action Training Program in Kenya to empower grassroots activists with skills for political engagement.
Her central work, performed as a one-woman show, is known as Migritude. The name, which she has composed as a play on the words ‘negritude’ and ‘migrant attitude’, “asserts the dignity of the outsider status, and captures the unique political and cultural space occupied by migrants who refuse to choose between identities of origin and identities of assimilation, which channel difference as a source of power rather than conceal or erase it”.
‘Migritude’ has already found its way into the discourse on Africa and the world. The first part of Migritude was premiered in 2006 in the San Fransisco Bay Area. It is conceived as a cycle in four parts, and draws on the artist’s spiritual and cultural heritage as a third-generation East African of Indian Gujarati descent.
Rally Planned In Nairobi Over Migingo
17th April 2009
The Officer Commanding Station,
Central Police Station,
Nairobi.
Dear Sir,
RE: NOTIFICATION TO HOLD A PEACEFUL PUBLIC RALLY OVER THE MIGINGO ISLAND ISSUE BY PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OF KENYA AT UHURU PARK ON SATURDAY APRIL 25, 2009
We, the undersigned and other Patriotic Kenyans, hereby bring to 
your notice our intention to hold a public rally as subjected above. We request you to provide adequate security and to control traffic as Kenyans peacefully congregate at Uhuru Park for the rally on Saturday, April 25, 2009, from 10 am to 4 pm, to:
1. Publicly and plainly reaffirm our unwavering stand that Migingo Island is and has always been an integral part of the territory of the Republic of Kenya, and that it is equal to any other part of Kenya, and we will not allow it to be marginalised and discriminated against.
2. Demand the unconditional removal of the Ugandan flag from, and the evacuation of Migingo Island by the occupying armed forces of the Republic of Uganda, within 24 hours of the rally.
3. If they do not do so, the Ugandan Ambassador to Kenya should be kicked out and ours recalled from Kampala upon the expiry of the 24 hour ultimatum, and a punitive economic blockade be imposed on Uganda.
4. Demand the immediate suspension of the East African integration talks and the immediate withdrawal of the Kenyan delegation from the said sham talks.
5. Demand that General Jeremiah Kianga, the incompetent Chief of General Staff, immediately vacates office for playing politics with the sovereignty and security of the Republic of Kenya.
We consider it an act of HIGH TREASON for President Kibaki to side with the invading Ugandans by speaking and acting in a manner to suggest that Migingo Island is not clearly an integral part of Kenya. Which constitution did he swear to protect if he doesn’t know such basics? Which country does he purport to rule if Kenya’s boundaries are a matter for negotiation with expansionist neighbours?
Mr. Kibaki has no mandate to renegotiate Kenya’s boarders? By purporting to do so, irrespective of whether he uses surveyors or whatever experts as a concession mechanism, he is endangering the security and sovereignty of the Republic. If Migingo is negotiable so is any part of the Republic! That is extremely dangerous and we will not be spectators in our destruction.
We are hereby serving a 14 day notice on President Kibaki to immediately discharge his oath of office to defend the Constitution of Kenya by reclaiming Migingo islands. Failure to which, he should vacate office immediately to pave way for a more able Kenyan to take charge in the spirit of our National Anthem which in part states:
Amkeni ndugu zetu
Tufanye sote bidii
Nasi tujitoe kwa nguvu
Nchi yetu ya Kenya
Tunayoipenda
Tuwe tayari kuilinda
Yours faithfully,
For and on behalf of all Patriotic Kenyans
Farouk Machanje
Okiya Omtatah Okoiti
Ephantus Githae
Al-Amin Kimathi
Sheikh Ramadhan
George Nyongesa
“Deported Kenyan Lady” Back In Stockholm
A Kenyan lady who was deported home with her baby girl is back in Stockholm and in full swing. According to a KSB agent, the lady was spotted pushing a pram somewhere in town. The agent said that it was positive identification.
KSB pundits had predicted that she had no chance of fixing her papers if she didn’t return home. Her story was captured by a local evening paper although the publicity generated a flurry of negative comments at KSB just before the lady returned to Kenya. KSB takes this opportunity to welcome her back to Stockholm. The final part of her story was suspended at
KSB in order not to jeopardize her pursuit for residence status.
For her personal update, Stockholm has remained turbulent although there has been considerable stability since the beginning of April as evidenced by a reduction of scandals. Purity has been back in the news while Jeff Ole Ngais has been experiencing a lot of pounding after a major gaffe linked to a commentary on Maathai’s picture.
Since her departure from Stockholm, big scandals that Kenya-Stockholmers have been chewing include the “Millionaire Barbs” scandal and the “Black kid white father” scandal that shocked the community. The last potions of these scandals are yet to be published.
Okoth Osewe
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