New Baby of Paperless Kenyan Chick ”Without Help”
New Baby has no milk
A crisis of sorts is brewing in a flat in Stockholm where a paperless Kenyan chick is effectively going through “hell on earth” after delivering a bouncing baby boy to a white Swedish dude. According to a team of KSB agents who have fished the storo from the deep depths of “Vituko Ocean” in Kenya-Stockholm and who have code-named the Kenyan chick “Lady Babito”, the Swedish father was opposed to the pregnancy from day one after he learnt that Lady Babito’s belly had something coming up and that he was responsible.
The Swede is reported to have gone wild because he was not yet ready to begin baby-sitting while he allegedly argued that Lady Babito had tricked her into the “baby-come-paper-come” game as a strategy of settling in Sweden.
Another problem that strengthened the Jungu’s serious opposition to the pregnancy was that his parents warned him “tusen gånger” (A thousand times) not to ever think about giving them a Nigger for a grandchild under any circumstance.
The Swede then proposed to Babito that she needed to conduct an abortion, an option which Babito refused because for her, she had worked so hard to clinch what Kenya-Stockholmers refer to as a “Paper-Kid”.
At first, the Swede is reported to have thought that the matter was very simple since the case touched on an “accidental pregnancy” that could be flashed out at Karolinska hospital within minutes and the chick would be back walking in the streets two hours after the operation. He was mistaken.
As the Jungu began to amass pressure that Babito book time with the gynecologist to discuss an abortion, the Kenyan chick simply changed tact. She began to get militant and to warn her Jungu boyfriend that abortion was not in her vocabulary under the circumstances and that the baby would not just be carried to term but would also be delivered right here in Stockholm with or without papers.
This position forced the Jungu to review his battle plan. He began to threaten Babito that he would call police to arrest her and deport her before she could even deliver. However, cleaver Babito had her own plans. When she learnt about the moves her boyfriend was making, she melted from his world like thin ice. She moved from the guy’s apartment to begin counting her days away from threats about police. It was not until two weeks ago when she delivered a bouncing baby and a “Nigger-bull” at that.
Jungu Visits His Baby “Empty Handed”
The new born had not entered the world easily. Babito had to go through a CS after doctors concluded that normal delivery was not possible. In other words, Babito left hospital a few days later, both as a mother and a patient. Her boyfriend had shown her the “Red card” as far as accommodation was concerned and with nowhere to go, she linked up with a Kenyan lady who sympathized with her situation and accommodated her temporarily as she began the process of motherhood.
Punde si punde, the father of the newborn got wind about the news. He quickly made arrangements to make a connection. According to sources, the new Daddy was both anxious and excited about the news. When he saw his new boy, he is reported to have been physically elated and since then, he has been making very frequent visits to see his son.
As they say, “experience is the best teacher”. The new daddy has been making visits to see the baby without carrying any goodies. The Jungu has not yet understood that new babies need some things called diapers because they pass waste almost on a constant basis. The Kenyan lady who accepted to accommodate Babito made it clear that she was not in a position to afford the child’s basic up-keep.
She is herself having a baby to look after and the presence of Babito with her baby in the house has been stressful. Just before she delivered, Babito was being assisted periodically by the International Red Cross although the exact nature of this help could not immediately be established.
What is shocking is that although he appears to like his son, the Jungu Daddy has refused to house both the mother and the son saying that he will have nothing to do with the would-be family members, a position that has shocked some Kenyans who are wondering whether the Jungu is a human being or a wild animal.
In the meantime, the Jungu’s paroz do not even want to know the name of the Nigger grandchild. In fact, they are hoping that he won’t be named “Svensson”, a typical Swedish name. Sources say that because of the circumstances, Babito has not officially named her baby although a KSB agent picked up a name currently being used to refer to the baby.
A crisis is brewing because despite her delicate nature, Babito has no permanent abode. The Kenyan lady who rescued her in the beginning has too much on her hands and she told Babito that she ought to look for alternative accommodation so Babito fixed a new abode after another woman from Kenya accepted her in although it is not known how long she will be at the place.
New Baby “On the Verge of Starvation”
Apart from accommodation problems, another major problem facing Babito and her new born is that as a result of her operation, lack of appetite, stress linked to the child’s rejection by his father, depression, psychological set-backs, mounting frustrations, uncertainty, post-natal pressures, paperlessness and serious worries about the future, Babito has lost a lot of weight.
The consequence is that she does not have enough milk for breast-feeding and, according to sources, the baby “is on the brink of starvation”. Since Babito is not eating properly, the situation has been worsening by the hour.
To prevent the baby from starving to death due to shortage of breast milk, those around Babito recommended that the kid be put on formulas, an expensive option that Babito’s helpers are unable to afford. It is reported that the child is feeding “by the Grace of God”.
Paradoxically, the new Daddy has not understood the problem and when he goes to admire his son, he doesn’t carry with him any food or formulas. He probably thinks that the son is feeding on airburgers!
Despite her problems, Babito is reported to be very strong. She believes that she has gone through worse times while she is reported to have vowed to fight on despite the difficulties.
Members of the Kenya-Stockholm community should help Babito by donating diapers and child food at the minimum. She also needs legal help because since she is paperless, she doesn’t know what to do and appears afraid of the Swedish authorities especially after the father of the child threatened to get her deported to Kenya.
She needs a pram because the Jungu Daddy has not yet clicked that kids are normally pushed around in prams, not just admired. Kenyans, friends and well-wishers also need to talk to the Jungu Daddy and pump him with stuff about his responsibilities as a Daddy regardless of the circumstances. You don’t cease to become a Daddy because a child was born against your will.
Most importantly, Babito needs compassion from caring people in Sweden. Her situation is both desperate and tough for a woman who is nursing both a wound on her belly and a new baby. Kenyan women and men alike, fathers, mothers, grandies, singles, everybody should meet to set up a “Support Group” to help this lady because sympathy is good but it’s not enough.
Okoth Osewe
Kenya-Stockholm Lady Suffers Stroke Attack
A young Kenyan lady is currently recuperating at Huddinge Hospital following a stroke attack. The lady, who is barely 30 years old, has been confined in a wheel chair after the stroke left her half way paralyzed.
Kenyans who have learnt about the tragedy have been praying for her to make quick recovery. The attack came as a complete surprise because apart from being young, the lady has been healthy and very active.
The attack has left many Kenyans in Stockholm in a state of panic because of the growing incidences of stroke attacks among both the young and the old in Kenya-Stockholm.
Although some Kenyans have blamed the attacks on excessive consumption of alcohol within the Kenya-Stockholm community, this theory might not be true because in the latest case, the lady is a devout Christian who has never touched pombe.
As the lady was admitted to hospital, another Kenyan lady had just been discharged from another hospital in town, having suffered a stroke which left her half way paralyzed and also confined her in a wheel chair. The lady collapsed in her flat before her former boyfriend called in the Ambulance which rushed her to hospital in critical condition. She was immediately put on an induced coma before going through brain surgery.
For more than six months, the lady was in a coma as Kenyans prayed for her. It was great joy to come into contact with her at the Raila meeting after she was discharged and after making tremendous recovery.
In the recent past, six Kenyans have gone down with stroke – four elderly men and two young women. Out of the four men, one has since died, another one is in a coma, a third one has recovered with partial paralysis of one arm while a fourth one appears to have made full recovery.
Okoth Osewe
“Necessary Noise” Coming to Stockholm
The re-knowned Kenyan group – Necessary Noise – will be in Stockholm on Friday, 4th December in a Pre-Christmas Live bash that is expected to send Kenya-Stockholmers rocking to the wild beats of Nairobi as cold December opens up its doors. The show has been timed before you travel anywhere for your X-Mass hide-out and this makes it special.
The show will feature Mr. Lenny, a leading Necessary Noise group member together with DJ Lastborn who will hit the DJs table as early as 19.00 hrs. Both Artists will be flying from Kenya. The show is being coordinated by Steve, a Kenyan whose interest in music since the early days in Stockhy is well known by the Kenya Party fraternity.
The show has been facilitated in conjunction with the Network for Africans Unity in Sweden (NAV) which has been exciting members of the African community with one Live show after another (Remember Magic System and others?).
The show takes place at NAVs “Center of Gravity” at Bibliotekhuset in Sollentuna (Address Taniarplatsen 2). Further information is on the way but just in case you need immediate details, ring 0762604178, 0704193053, 0737605950 and get your fill.
Okoth Osewe
Former Kenya-Stockholmer, Mr. Michael Osumba “In Critical Condition”
Mr. Michael Osumba: "In Critical Condition"
Mr. Michael Osumba, a Kenya-Stockholmer, is in critical condition in Kenya after suffering a second stroke attack. According to reports reaching KSB, Mr. Osumba has lost his ability to talk. “His condition is not good and we are very worried”, a contact who is close to Mr. Osumba told KSB. “Anything can happen”, she added.
When he left Sweden for Kenya about two years ago, Mr. Osumba appeared healthy and strong but after some months, he suffered a stroke which forced him into a coma for two weeks. When he emerged from coma, he lost his ability to walk, forcing him to remain on a wheel chair.
About two months ago, Mr. Osumba lost his mother in Kenya and that was after he lost his eldest daughter who was over 40 years old and who was a teacher in Kenya. Both the mother and the daughter succumbed to illness although his mother was advanced in years.
It is believed that the bereavements devastated Mr. Osumba and that the difficult circumstances could have resulted in his second stroke attack. Family members have requested that Kenyans, friends and well-wishers pray for Mr. Osumba.
Mr. Osumba is a very intelligent man and highly political. Before he left Kenya in the early 70s, he was very close to the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga who assisted him to proceed for further studies in the former Soviet Union. He later relocated to Sweden after failing to return to Kenya because the dictatorship of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta was harassing and intimidating Kenyans who studied in the former Soviet Union due to fear that they could spread communism in Kenya.
Okoth Osewe
Weekender: Vumbi Dekula in Action at Lilla Wien
VUMBI DEKULA BAND IN ACTION
Lilla Wien:
Friday 20th November and
Saturday 21st November
Time: 21.00-1.00
Address: Swedenborgsgatan 20
Söder Station (Pendeltåg)
Come and dance away the evening with Africas greatest live Band in Stockholm city.
Kenya Stockholmer, Fanuel Okoth is Dead
Kenya Stockholmer Mr. Fanuel Okoth is dead. The Kenyan died last night in Kenya at his home village in Yimbo, Siaya district, where he has been recuperating following a stroke attack which left him half way paralysed.
Mr. Okoth, who was over 70 years old, came to Sweden in the 70s from the former Soviet Union where he was studying. At the time of his death, a group of Kenyans were planning to get him to Sweden so that he could get proper medical treatment.
After he suffered a stroke a few months ago, he was taken to a local hospital but he soon made a dramatic recovery, prompting his relatives to return him home for further care.
Mr. Okoth will be missed by Kenyans who knew him. He was very vociferous on various issues. His death comes barely a month after Mr. Onyango Sumba, a former Kenya-Stockholmer, passed away at Kenyatta National hospital. Mr. Sumba was buried last month.
Okoth Oswe
Update on Pastor Samson’s “Caai wa Mwana”
As many Kenyans are aware, on Saturday, 28th November, Pastor Samson Kariuki and family will be receiving Kenyans and friends alike at his residence in Tumba during the welcoming ceremony of their baby who was born recently.
In this connection, KSB has been alerted that the buses leading to Pastor Samson’s residence are two while we have also been informed that they operate at different times. This information was missing during the initial announcement.
The Party begins at 15.00 hrs and the bus to catch is number 718 which operates up to 19.00 hrs. After 19.00, the bus to target is number 736 heading to Blemura and this should get you to the residence. Other information earlier transmitted remains the same.
Through Mrs Maragret Njihia, the Organizing committee sends lots of greetings to Kenyans in Stockholm hoping that members of the community will make the occasion one to remember.
Okoth Osewe
Sheila-Mustaq Wedding Reception Venue Named
Plans for the wedding between Sheila and Mustaq are at an advanced stage and a series of meetings continue to be organized as 12th December, the date of the wedding, also nears. The clock is ticking! The wedding will take place at Södermalm Church in Skanstull, Stockholm city at 11.00 hrs.
From the Church, the newly weds will proceed to a Reception at Södermalm Christian School located at Hammarbyhöjden (Address Petrejusvägen 42) where guests will be waiting for the couple.
According to information gathered by KSB, different departments in charge of the wedding are meeting continuously so as not to leave anything to chance. It will be the second Kenya-Stockholm wedding since july when David and Madde tied the knot before zooming to Kenya for their honeymoon.
A key personality who is deeply involved in the planning of the wedding is Mrs Margaret Njihia. In July, Margaret is among Kenyans who masterminded the wedding of David and Maddeleine which was staged in Gävle and which was a huge success.
KSB has learnt that the wedding will be documented by top Kenya-Stockholm photographers namely Mr. Keegan Kagwe and Mr. Seidimu ole Ngais. KSB operatives will also be at hand to capture “Momentpix” for the blog site.
With the wedding set for December 12th, Ambassador Purity can, this time, take Jamhuri day Reception to Iceland or Kiruna and few Kenyans will complain because the day will be packed with better action. Further details will be released as they become available.
Okoth Osewe
It’s a Baby Girl for Daisy!
KSB takes this opportunity to congratulate Daisy following the delivery of her baby girl. It is a moment that many Kenyans have been waiting for and now, it has come. The baby is yet another addition to the growing number of bouncing babies born to Kenyan parents. At the Apostle Karanja Conference, a total of 27 children were blessed by the Apostle, a sign that not all Kenyan couples are just spreading hot gossip around. They get busy until late into the night as evidenced by the impressive result of their work.
Okoth Osewe
John Githongo Lecture at Nordic Africa Institute
Public lecture: Tuesday 24 November 2009, 16:00 – 17:30
John Githongo
Venue: The Nordic Africa Institute, Kungsgatan 38, Uppsala
Governance Reform from Below
John Githongo
Zinduko Trust, Kenya
Chair: Carin Norberg, Director, The Nordic Africa Institute
The struggle against corruption in Africa has come to rest partly on the initiatives of individuals of great convictions. However, the struggle for a fair, just and equitable humanity risks losing direction if it relies primarily on individual initiative at the expense of collective action and on modernizing institutions at the expense of transforming their internal work cultures for better state-society relations. John Githongo’s presentation will reflect on the essentials to transforming institutions and the role local level ideas and participation can play. He will illustrate this using the Zinduko and Twaweza initiatives that he currently co-ordinates.
John Githongo is a Kenyan civil society luminary best known for his role in investigating and exposing the Anglo-Leasing corruption scandal in the country. But, in fact, Mr. Githongo combines in his impressive professional work numerous attributes. These include his extended work in the field of journalism for which he took the third prize of the CNN African Journalist of the Year in 1995, several engagements as a consultant and advisor to international organizations, enormous interests in research and publishing and also serving as Trustee on many local and international organizations. Githongo has been Director, Transparency International (Berlin and Kenya) from 1999 to 2002. He is the founding Trustee of Zinduka Trust, an organization that focuses on governance reforms from below.
The lecture is open to all interested.
Welcome!
Susanne Linderos
Information Manager
The Nordic Africa Institute
P O Box 1703, SE-75147 Uppsala, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 56 22 06 (direct)
Phone: +46 18 56 22 00 (exchange)
Fax: +46 18 56 22 90
Visitiors’ Address: Kungsgatan 38, 753 21 Uppsala
Download: Draft Harmonized Constitution of Kenya
Dual citizenship is here to stay for Kenyans
The draft harmonized Kenya Constitution appears to be here after twenty years of struggle. Wananchi are supposed to study the document and make further recommendations to the Committee of Experts (CoE). Today, the Kenyan government circulated a copy of the Constitution to Kenyans at home and abroad.
KSB was not left behind and our readers have the opportunity of downloading a pdf version of this all important document. If adopted, the document will put to an end governance in Kenya under a Constitution which was designed under conditions of colonialism and which did not put into consideration numerous aspects of Kenyan life that were bound to change with time.
For example, the Colonial style Constitution did not envisage a situation where Kenyans would leave the country in large numbers to become known as “Kenyans in Diaspora”. An estimated 2 million Kenyans in Diaspora have been putting their case since the struggle for a new constitution began and these efforts seem to be on the verge of producing results.
Although an amendment was made on the colonial style Constitution to accommodate the new political situation that introduced the post of Prime Minister after the PEV, the harmonized draft takes the matter a notch higher and entrenches the PMs Office in the Constitution. It also introduces rules and guidelines for the PMs Office, a good move forward in Kenya’s democratization process.
Another new item in the draft is the recognition of political parties together with a line-up of rules for setting up parties. For Kenyans in Diaspora, there is one important entry.
The issue of dual citizenship is well taken care of and if nothing is changed after the draft goes through a National Referendum, Kenyans will be able to enjoy the privileges of dual citizenship. Those who took up other citizenships before the new Constitution was crafted will have an opportunity to reclaim their Kenyan citizenship, a welcome news for Kenyans in Diaspora. Read more about the Draft by downloading it HERE.
Okoth Osewe
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Letters from Shiku: Walk the Talk and Save Mau Forest
Real destruction of Mau is in tea plantations by fat land grabbers
One of Kenya’s most powerful men has just been in Stockholm. Apart from being powerful and famous, Prime Minister Raila Odinga is one of the leaders who has taken a passionate stand to save the Mau forest. Already millions of Kenyans are starving, rivers have dried up and thousands of animals have perished in drought.
Currently the settlers are in a mad rush to squeeze the last penny from the forest before they are evicted or re-located. This has resulted in aggressive felling of trees. The trees are then sold off as logs in a bid to maximize their profit out of the forest before the government takes a stern move. Thus Mau forest is drying with every click of a second.
The Prime minister should not be shuddered by a selfish slice of Rift Valley MPs who are busy antagonizing his efforts to conserve Mau. These politicians shouting loudest own huge chunks of land which they acquired illegally. These are the same guys who sold part of `their’ land to innocent poor farmers. The list which was tabled in Parliament by the Prime Minister revealed that the beneficiaries of Mau forest are rich and politically connected individuals. Why then should they be compensated?
Noble Laureate Prof. Wangari Maathai recently requested the government to consider the plight of the millions of Kenyans at stake but should not be cowed by the few self-seekers who fail to see the importance of conserving Mau forest and see voters instead of destruction.
Mau forest is Kenya’s biggest catchment area. The rivers that flow from it feed savannah of Maasai Mara as well as four other national parks. The famous “Pink Lake” is in danger because all the rivers that feed it have dried up.
The outcome of Mau destruction has been felt far and wide. The Mara river, which is fed from the Mau forest, is having low water which is threatening to dry up any time soon. The recent wild beast migration from Mara to Serengeti was not spectacular as it has been in the past. No hunting by crocodiles as the beasts leisurely walk in and out.
If evictions are implemented immediately, the forest could be re-stored within the desired time frame of three years. Kenyans need to do whatever it takes to ensure that the Mau catchment is preserved.
Steve Shiku
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