Merry Christmas to KSB Readers
On behalf of the entire KSB crew, I take this opportunity to thank all readers who have continued to show interest in the blog site. It has been a difficult year and many stories have come and gone. We are now approaching Christmas before closing down the year 2009 to begin a new leg in 2010.
As some readers will acknowledge, it has not been possible to fulfill all the expectations of all readers during 2009. I get a stream of emails on a daily basis with different requests and demands which could not all be met.
There are readers who have been very interested in specific stories and who did place requests for follow ups but due to time factor and a lot of developments in the Kenya-Stockholm scene, some stories had to be left hanging in the middle way as new stories took center stage. I hope that in the coming year, there will be an improvement.
Okoth Osewe
Likewise, there are readers who brought in material which did not make it to the blog site. This was not because the submissions were not good enough but because there were more interesting tales that cropped up after the submissions. For this reason, certain submissions never saw day light at KSB. We hope that these readers are not bitter and that they will continue to make submissions in the coming year in the spirit of building KSB.
Scandal is a very sensitive issue at KSB and whenever one explodes, there is normally a mixture of excitement and disappointment. Naturally, there are readers who enjoy scandal while those involved in scandal may be least enthusiastic about them. There are readers who have very good contacts with KSB staff members but at the same time, they sometimes get involved in scandal which sometimes finds expression at KSB.
One positive development about the above situation is that KSB contacts have, with time, learnt to separate “Blogship” with “Friendship” so that they do not mix the two. If a KSB contact is involved in scandal and the storo finds its way to the site, the latest experience has shown that these contacts do not take matters personally but rather, view it “blogally”. This is very encouraging because such reactions are signs of maturity and acceptance of KSB as a media where both positive and negative presentations are not just inevitable but also part of the game.
We don’t name names especially where scandal is involved in order to protect the identities and integrities of those involved. This is the basic rule of the game and we intend to keep this policy in the future.
Then, there are the so called scandals which happened but never made it to KSB. The truth is that either we did not know about them or we just ran out of time. The problem with scandals is that they are normally timeless and one scandal that was missed in 2009 may find its way at the blog site in 2010 although this is not a matter to dwell on right now. We can only hope that next year, there will be fewer scandals to report, a situation that every Kenya-Stockhoklmer looks forward to.
Sometimes, an event is announced at KSB but when it takes place, agents might not be on the ground to cover it. Some readers have taken offence with KSB for failing to turn up at functions to report on what happened after the events were announced at the blog site. The bottom line is that KSB runs on a voluntary basis and we are under no obligation to cover everything that happens in Kenya-Stockholm.
We might have had a miss here and there but it has to be appreciated that since KSB is not running on any funds from anywhere, stuff can go missing at the blog because of problems with logistics. For this reason, we would urge our readers to go slowly when it comes to blame when an event is not reported here.
Sometimes, staff members are at the scene of action but very little is reported at KSB. Once again, it boils down to time. It takes a lot of effort to process information and avail it to the public once it is collected and this is why established Media houses employ journalists to do the job. No one has employed anybody to work at KSB and so failure of news delivery cannot be blamed on KSB management.
What I can say is that we will continue to strive to bring the news to readers as much as possible but in cases where lapses are evident, we will not take any responsibility. The presence of a KSB agent at a function does not automatically translate into publication of the news at the blog site and no one should take offence.
Having made those points, I take this opportunity to wish all KSB readers a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. I hope that readers will continue to find the blog site useful in the coming year while I also hope that 2010 will be a very exciting year both at KSB and in the daily lives of individual readers. “May your Christmas be Merry and your New year Happy”.
Okoth Osewe
KSB President
Ukweli wa Mambo: Maisha Chini ya Ubepari Imechosha Uma
UMMA UMECHOSHWA NA MAISHA CHINI YA MFUMO WA UBEPARI
Makala ya Nguvu ya Hoja kwa KSB Jumamosi 18.12.2009
na Ndugu Mwandawiro Mghanga
Ndugu Mwandawiro Mghanga
Penye moshi bila shaka hapakosi moto. Miaka aroboani na sita tangu tujinyakulie uhuru kutoka kwa ukolonimkongwe wa Wingereza dalili zinaonyesha kuwa umma umechoka na maisha chini ya mfumo wa ubepari. Na kama kuna pahali ukweli huu unajihidhirishia basi na katika Siku Kuu za Kitaifa, Madaraka Dei, Kenyatta Dei ambayo kwa kweli inafaa kuitwa Siku ya Mashujaa wa Kitaifa, na Jamhuri Dei. Pia na sherehe zingine za kitaifa kama Leba Dei.
Katika makumi ya sitini baada tu ya uhuru mnamo mwaka wa 1963, wananchi walikuwa wakimiminika kusherehekea Siku Kuu za Kitaifa kwa fahari, vifijo na nderemonderemo. Nyimbo ziliimbwa, ngoma zilicharazwa na kuchezwa, michezo mbalimbali iliburudisha, hotuba zilitolewa na viongozi kwa ufasaha na zikapokelewa na umma kwa mishangilio ya furaha na bashasha. Baadae karamu ziliandaliwa kila pahali. Almradi, Wakenya walikumbuka historia yao ya mapambano dhidi ya ubeberu huku wakiwa na matumaini makubwa kwamba maisha yao yangeliboreka, kama si wakati huo basi ni katika siku za usoni. Na kwa kweli katika kipindi cha miaka michache baada ya uhuru wananchi walishuhudia mipango mizuri yenye kuwahamasisha na kuwapa matumaini. Sera kabambe za kuimarisha uchumi wa kilimo, biashara na viwanda na za kuleta ajira kwa wengi zilitekelezwa. Huduma za jamii kama elimu, matibabu, nyumba na burudani zilionekana zikikua sehemu nyingi nchini, mijini na mashmbani.
Lakini kumbe mgema akisifiwa pombe hulitia maji, sera za kimaendeleo hazikudumu muda mrefu. Siasa za hiana na ulafi zilitibua mambo na kufanya matumaini ya umma kuanza kuyeyuka kama matofali ya barafu. Mana viongozi walipoteza rada huku wakisahau lengo la kupigania uhuru. Rais wa kwanza wa Kenya, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, akatuanzisha vibaya kwa kutushindilia katika mfumo wa kinyama wa ubepari. Badala ya sera za kuhakikisha ardhi na rasilimali za kitaifa zinatumika kwa ajili ya maendeleo ya kunufaisha na kuinua kila mtu katika jamii na kila sehemu ya Kenya, akachagua sera za kufanya rasilimali za kitaifa kumfaidi yeye binafsi, jamaa yake, marafiki zake na watu wachache huku akibagua sehemu zingine za nchi. Badala ya kujenga taifa lenye msingi katika mfumo wa ujima uliyokuwa sehemu ya utamaduni wa makabila mengi ya Kenya, Kenyatta akatutumbikiza katika mfumo wa kushindana, kunyang’anyana, kuporana, kunyakua, kunyonyana, kudanganyana na kudhulumiana.
Badala ya kukuza mbegu za kidemokrasi, haki za binadamu, umoja wa kitaifa na kuheshimu utu wa kila mtu, akapanda mbegu za imla, nyanyaso, uvunjaji haki za binadamu na uhasama kati ya makabila ndugu ya nchi yetu. Badala ya kufundishwa kuzingatia haki na usawa, Wakenya wakaelekezwa kuabudu pesa, ulafi na kutumia madaraka kujitajirisha kwa ufisadi na wizi wa mali ya umma. Badala ya kuimarisha Jumuia ya Afrika Mashariki, Serikali ya Kenyatta ikaihujumu na kuivunja kwa hofu ya siasa za ujamaa za Mwasisi wa Taifa la Tanziania Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere. Chini ya mfumo wa ubepari, watu wachache wakazidi kutajirika huku wengi wakididimia kwenye lindi la ufukara, ukosefu na dhiki za kila aina. Serikali zote zilizofuata, iwe ni ya Daniel Arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki na hii ya leo ya Mwai Kibaki na Raila Odinga, ziliamua kufuata nyayo za kibepari za Jomo Kenyatta. Hivi leo Kenya imetia fora katika kutekeleza sera za kibepari na kukua kwa pengo kati ya matajiri na maskini.
Umma wa Kenya ulipogundua kuwa viongozi hawakuwa na nia ya kuleta ukombozi wa kijamii na kitaifa bali shauku ya kujinyakulia na kujilimbikizia pesa, ardhi na mali kwa njia yoyote ile, ulianza kuwachukia na kuwadharau. Siku Kuu za Kitaifa zikaanza kukosewa faida na kususiwa. Maana hotuba za viongozi zilijaa uongo, utapeli na unafiki. Hivi leo ni watu wachache mno ambao huhudhuria sherehe hizi. Na wanaohudhuria huhudhuria siyo kusikiliza hotuba ya Rais bali kuona michezo na kushuhudia vituko mbalimbali. Isitoshe, badala ya sherehe za kitaifa kuleta furaha zinaleta hofu na wasiwasi miongoni mwa viongozi wanaoogopa aibu ya kuzomewa na umma wenye chuki na hasira. Wananchi kwa upande wao wanaogopa athari za maandamano ya wakereketwa wanaozatiti umma kudai mageuzi nyakati za sherehe zenyewe. Uongozi mbaya umekojolea hisia za kizalendo miongoni mwa umma na kusababisha ghadhabu, hamaki na kiherehere.
Hali ya hatari ya kiuchumi na kifedha ya ubepari wa kimataifa imeongeza tabu juu ya tabu miongoni mwa umma wa Kenya huku ikizidi kuchochea mizozo na ghasia zilizoko. Wala maisha ya wengi nchini hayataboreka chini ya mfumo wa unyonyaji wa mtu kwa mtu, ubepari. Matamshi ya Serikali ya Rais Mwai Kibaki na Waziri Mkuu Raila Odinga kuhusu haki, usawa, demokrasi, uhuru, uzalendo, utawala mwema, maadili ya kiutu, haki za binadamu na matumaini huku wakishikilia na kutekeleza sera za kibepari, ni unafiki, uhange na utapeli mtupu. Chuki zilizoko dhidi Serikali na viongozi ni chuki dhidi ya maisha duni kwa wengi miaka arobaini na sita chini ya mfumo wa ubepari. Na kadiri uchumi utakavyozidi kuyumba na kuzorota huku viongozi wakitekeleza sera za kibepari zilizofeli kwa ajili ya maslahi yao ya ulafi, watazidi kuchukiwa na umma. Ndiyo, umma unazidi kufahamu kwamba hawataona uhuru kamili ndani ya mfumo wa ubepari wala hawatakombolewa na wenye kuzingatia itikadi ya kibepari, wawe wazee wawe vijana, wanawake au wanaume. Ukweli na usemwe, barabara ya ukombozi kamili ni ya usoshalisti.
Mwandawiro Mghanga, Barua pepe: mwandawiro2002@yahoo.com
Vumbi Dekula December Schedule
Friday 18th-19th December.
Saturday 19th December
Place: Lilla Wien Bar
Address: Swedenborgsg.20
Pendeltåg: Stockholm Södra
Time: 21.00 hrs – 01.00 hrs
Invitation to Banyarwanda Xmass Party
Dear Members and Friends & Sollentuna Community
Banyarwanda Cultural Organisation in cooperation with the Banyarwanda Women’s Association and the Network for African Unity in Sollentuna
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WELCOMES you to an end of the year meeting and Christmas get together table (julbord) evening on Saturday DEC 19th 2009, in Sollentuna.
Venue: Sollentua BIBLIOTEKHUSETS AMORINA HALL
Aniaraplatsen 2, Sollentuna
(Sollentuna Centrum)
*Opposite Scandic Star Hotel Sollentuna, a few meters from the Pendeltåg Station in Sollentuna, on your right side exit.
Director web map on: HERE
The X-mas party will start at 19:00hrs with Christmas songs in Kinyarwanda & Kirundi by a free Swedish X-mas welcome drink, traditional Swedish x-mass glög & appetizer followed by a warm East African meal on agashibo (Rwandan National beans), and crowned with a lovely evening dance until your beautiful legs begin to struggle down before you make your journey home!
***Should there be excess funds after meting the budget of this get together, the funds will be used to organise our organisation’s 20th anniversary scheduled for next year. This will be your chance to be part of this momentous event! Info is also contained in our next year’s activity plan which will be read during the ocassion on Saturday.
Without your tireless support and dedicated loyalty, we wouldn’t be on the cusp of turning 20!
You have shared your Kinyarwanda language and dance skills with friends and taught our kids to speak this beautiful language. And here, you have also undoubtedly influenced the opening of our Embassy in Scandinavia .
As the clock ticks towards 2010, let all of us — Africans, East-Africans, Rwandese, Swedes, brothers and sisters of same united world meet up and LET GOOD TIMES ROCK & ROLL peacefully amoug us and all members of the multicultural Swedish society!
Contribution fee for non members: SEK50 for adults and FREE for children (under 18).
*Among the many surprises are presents generously provided by our Embassy for the benefit of all children.
Special Meals : SEK30, for adults & SEK 20 for kids (over 10 years) and free for those below 10. All subsidised by the Banyarwanda kulturförening (BAKUF). Beverages of your own choice will be served and will cost differently.
BAKUF wishes you a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 2010.
Edward Taifa Defuro! BAKUF
Samson Mande- Coordinator Network for Africans
Kenyan Goes Underground After Beating Ex-Wife Sensless
Magbeth: Seeking to move on with life
Mashaka, a middle-aged Kenyan dude, may have disappeared into the underground to escape from a police dragnet after he allegedly hurt his ex wife Magbeth who has since been taken into safe custody together with the couple’s two children apparently to remove them from harm’s way. Although the couple split up many months ago, and although Mashaka has been nestling alone in a separate flat, he retained the house keys under some unknown agreement with his ex during the split.
Since he had access to the flat, it is understood that Mashaka used to sneak into the house at night to benefit from “sympathy mhanyos” from the ex especially when experiencing “heavy manyege build-up” but that the situation changed after the ex attracted a new bull who took over the precious goods thereby locking off Mashaka as a second-class consumer of the coveted goods.
The shock of losing the “post-break up benefits” allegedly took place one evening when Mashaka popped into the flat unannounced (after being warned to keep off because of serious romantic developments) and found his ex being serviced in his former bedroom by the new bull, a situation which reportedly created a huge crisis and thoroughly embarrassed both Magbeth and her new boyfriend.
According to reports constituted from different Kenya-Stockholm satellites, Mashaka is the last person her ex expected in the flat after falling for a new BF and when he showed up without notice, the new couple was on bed although the guy had reportedly not yet received green light to begin body-work because the lady was still inspecting the equipment. When Mashaka opened the door, there was pandemonium, prompting an immediate scramble by the couple for stuff to cover themselves. In the process, the guy allegedly managed to grab a towel which he wrapped around his waist before getting on his feet as the lady dived under the sheets.
When Mashaka first gathered rumours about a “replacement dude” who was allegedly fixing Magbeth’s delicate quarters, he thought he was a tiny minuscule of a person he could crush like njugu karanga (peanut) but when he examined the valleys of powerful muscles that crisscrossed the guy’s body from top to bottom, he became convinced that he could not survive a single battle with him under any circumstance because the guy looked like he had spent many hours in the gym lifting heavy steal-based metallic wheels.
Once he determined that his chances of winning any physical combat was zero, Mashaka decided to apply his remaining logic so he made “a tactical retreat” to evade the guy who is also suspected by Sam Pippo to be hailing from Kabila’s Zaire, a country known for guerrilla war, arms smuggling, mercenaries and blood diamonds.
In fact, it is whispered that Mashaka did not even put on his shoes at the door when he was fleeing from the flat because he wanted to be sure that he escapes so he allegedly carried his shoes with him. A “Hot gossiper” normally based at Vasa Temple in the evenings told KSB that, Mashaka told a confidant who leaked part of the storo that if the guy had caught up with him that evening, Kenyans may have had to call another harambee plus a memorial service at Bagarmossen Church because the guy apparently had the capacity to convert him into past tense without much effort.
Mashaka Having Sleepless Nights
Although Mashaka retreated “to fight another day”, the damage had been done because it eventually downed on him that he had lost opportunities of “emergency mhanyos” he had become addicted to and other similar arrangements which were apparently being tolerated by his ex with the hope that the two could “patch up things” and resume their relationship for the sake of the family. The split had been bitter because Mashaka is reported to have lost his job as part of collateral damage during their matrimonial crisis while family investment also crumbled under the huge weight of circumstances that led their marriage to hit the rocks before it eventually disintegrated.
The juicy Mashaka storo was harvested through a complicated network linked to a close relative of Mashaka who innocently downloaded all the files into the brain of a close friend who then ropokwad the tale unknowingly to another friend “during swallow” before a secret agent eventually got wind and sent an attachment to KSB. In fact, bits of the storo have been doing the rounds in different Kenya-Stockholm Networks and underground Radio stations mainly transmitting from Alby and Norsborg environs.
According to details, Mashaka has not brought himself up psychologically to accept the reality that Magbeth, his ex, can be hanyad after the split by another bull if she likes. Mashaka has been having sleepless nights since he learnt that the goods he used to consume liberally have been transferred into the custody of a rival bull who has been keeping the woman “squeaking with pleasure” as part of rehab in preparation for a new relationship.
When Mashaka eventually found “pants on the floor” near his former double-bed during a stupid “peep in” on the fateful day, he was devastated although there is little he could do because apart from his rival’s physical power, the bull appeared to have been eating good ugali as opposed to Mashaka who had grown thin and weak as if he was constantly on “Swedish potatis”, spaghetti and crazy soup after the split.
According to a source, Magbeth eliminated all possibilities of a re-union with Mashaka after she gathered rumours from Watu Wengine that after their split, the guy dashed to Kenya and hooked up a new chick whom he quickly ballooned secretly before boarding a Kenya Airways flight back to Stockholm. It is reported that Magbeth believes that the chick, who is cooling down in Kenya as her tummy swells by the hour, was ballooned as part of a new marriage scheme by Mashaka who, nevertheless, continued to enjoy sympathy mhanyos from her as if a re-union was still in the works.
When she discovered the underground movements her ex was engaged in, Magbeth decided to move on with life by opening up her strategic honey combs to “new prospects” before landing the Zairwa guy who has been “doing her” as part of a “Test drive” to enable her determine the guy’s romantic capabilities.
She wants to be sure that the guy is a “long distance sexthlete” because this is what she misses most. In other words, she doesn’t want a zombie who will deflate beside her after three minutes thereby creating a new relationship crisis and for this reason, the Zairwa guy was just about to be put on another trial session when Mashaka burst into the room. She was happy that the guy can crush Mashaka in any fight so she doesn’t have to worry about security.
SMS Propelled Grenades
In short, Magbeth decided to begin “window shopping” for new muscles she could engage when her spies told her that Mashaka had been spotted in Kenya and that he had engaged a new chick who had told her contacts that she would soon be flying to Sweden because her charms had mesmerized a “Kenya Diaspora businessman” who had installed a baby in her tummy as proof that their future as hubby and waifero was bound for ever. After he allegedly fixed a new woman in Kenya, Mashaka returned to Sweden to study moves by his ex and this is when he bumped into the Zairwa with Magbeth in his former bedroom.
When he could no longer put up with the new reality, Mashaka is said to have gone to the woman’s flat one evening, started a quarrel and began to beat her ruthlessly. When he was done, he left the flat before the woman mastered all remaining energy and called police. It is understood that when police arrived, the woman was in a very bad shape although KSB could not establish the extent of her injuries. At this point, a man hunt for Mashaka began as police seized the kids and whisked them to a foster home.
A source told KSB that the estranged couple has been engaged in a dirty inter-cell-phone war-fare using sophisticated SMS propelled grenades and mouth to mouth rockets which have been polluting the Kenya-Stockholm atmosphere in total disregard to the crucial climate talks currently going on in Copenhagen to save the planet. In the meantime, the guy has been banned from the woman’s flat, meeting the kids or taking contact with the woman as investigations continue.
Reports say that the guy may, most likely, lose the case if it comes before the court system because of massive evidence reportedly in the hands of police. The situation is so serious that the guy is reportedly planning to relocate to the UK to escape from Swedish justice. It is not clear how long the guy will remain in hiding or when the case is likely to come to court.
Okoth Osewe
Inivitation to Brother Muirani’s Baptism – 20th/December
Githuku wa Muirani: To be baptized
Brother Githuku wa Muirani, a Kenyan Christian resident in Stockholm, wishes to invite Kenyans, friends and well-wishers to his baptismal ceremony which will take place on Sunday 20th December 2009 at the New Life Church in Stockholm. The invitation has also been extended to all those who would like to fellowship with brother Muirani.
Speaking to KSB, Mr. Muirani said: “All this is for the glory of the Kingdom of God. It’s my humble prayer that our Kenyan community may turn to God because Jesus said in John 14:6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me”.
The New Life Church, where the ceremony will take place, is located at Fridhemsgatan 17 (Tube station Fridhemsplan) and the ceremony begins at 15.00 hrs. The Baptism will be through immersion.
Mr. Muirani, who has been undergoing tremendous spiritual transformation over the recent past, told KSB that he was baptized when he was a child when he still did not know much about life and added that the baptism he is destined to undergo on Sunday will be a spiritual one.
He asked for forgiveness from people he may have wronged in life and explained that with the impending baptism, he will become a new person whose life will be dedicated to serving the Lord. Brother Muirani had very strong message to Kenyans. He said:
“We have tried many ways, but Jesus is the answer to everything. Most Kenyans here were raised up as Christians but since we came here in Europe, we started to “worship” European Gods. If we turn from our wicked ways and turn our face to God, he will listen to us and forgive us our sins. Today the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is good news to those who knows Christ”.
Okoth Osewe
Grand New Year Bash at Sollentuna
Dear friends, Network for Africans Unity in Sweden invites members, friends and well wishers to come to Sollentuna for a “Grand Two Years Dance” as we celebrate ending the 2009 and welcoming the 2010 together.
It’s another occasion for you to meet new and old friends, compare notes in an informal social, joyful night, make new resolutions and get inspired to take on challenges in 2010. Do not miss a free glass of champagne at 00.00 (24.00).
The Network for Africans Unity wishes to take this opportunity to reassure you of our commitment to unite Africans in Sweden, promote African culture and image for better integration in Sweden`s multicultural society.
Serah Nielssen’s Sister Has Died/Open House Set Up
Serah Nielsen, a Kenyan resident in Stockholm, has lost her sister in Kenya. An “Open House” has been set up at Serah’s house at Västerbybacke 24 (6th floor) in Rinkeby from 18.00 hrs. Kenyans, friends, sympathizers and well wishers are invited to the Open house daily.
There will be main prayers on Saturday, December 19th from 15.00 hrs and all are invited. Serah needs to travel home urgently to attend the funeral of her sister who has left four children behind. At the time of her death, the sister was pregnant and undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Kenya. For further info, call Serah at: 0737881977.
KSB sends deep condolences to the entire family of Serah Nielssen during this time of shock and sorrow. Death is a tragedy not easy to cope with and we hope that the family will have the strength and courage to go through this very difficult moment.
Okoth Osewe
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