There is a Kenyan in Stockholm called Mr. Clay Onyango who is becoming very provocative. The latest is that he has resorted to undermining Wakenya who are “vertically challenged” (short) and exposing them to unnecessary ridicule as he pokes his nose into issues concerning political parties he does not belong to.
In a collective attack on myself and Munala, Clay wrote: “Their height is around 5.2 inches and they are both very good poets. Once you are this short it’s believed that one tends to have inferiority complex and in order to be recognized, you need to make noise”. At KSB, this amounted to a “Surprise attack”. In any case, I am not a poet so I don’t know where Clay gets his instructions.
When he attacks other people’s physical configurations, Clay forgets that he is himself having a permanent area of alopecia on his head forcing him to constantly shave his hair. May be, Clay thinks that his Kipara is a certificate for him to try and play “sage” in the situation. If you deliver an attack in the direction of KSB in a given fashion expect similar fire because that is the rule in “blogology”. This brings us to the so called “Family values.
When KSB comes under attack with blatant lies, abuses, horrific fabrications, foul language and what have you, family values are thrown out of the window by attackers who sometimes have to apologise to their readers for the extent of the filth they are spewing. But when KSB responds with consummate diplomacy, giving references connected to scandals, victims begin to scream about “Kids are reading this and that stuff”. When Clay, who should be a decent family man, writes the above filth, how does he expect to be respected? Do the kids go to sleep when Clay writes his crap then wake up when Osewe responds?
Clay does not belong to ODM-KS so he might not be in a position to understand the political issues at play. When ODM-KS had a meeting at Tensta some months back, Clay appeared from nowhere to attend the meeting. But when he was asked to join the Party, he refused. From the ODM-KS meeting, Clay went directly to a Narc-KS meeting in Alby. If Clay is not interested in politics, why can’t he just continue selling tickets instead of assuming the profile of a political prostitute under the guise of “wanting to know what both Parties are doing”.
Although he is not an ODM-KS member, Clay suddenly popped up at an illegal meeting that had been called by two ODM-KS Committee members. Was it because of the “Omundu kwa Omundu” philosophy that, I understand, calls for solidarity when a “Mwana wa Ingo” faces a challenge or what did Clay come to do at the meeting?
Clay should first put his house in order before taking other people’s business on his head. When Gerry Midenyo was facing criminal charges in a Swedish court, Wakenya who saw Gerry smash a Mtizedi’s head refused to appear as witnesses. Many Wakenya supported Gerry because the Mtizedi was becoming Mjinga sana at a Kenyan Party.
Every Mkenya was shocked when Clay turned up in Court as a key witness against brother Gerry and guess what happened? Gerry went to jail and the Mzee has been very bitter with Clay. If the two might have buried the hatchet to show solidarity with “Mwana wa Ingo” at a time of crisis, only time will tell.
When rumours circulated in Stockholm that Clay had been arrested and put in police custody, it was Gerry and George Mengo that Clay decided to attack. Clay wrote: “My advice to …Gerry Midenyo, George Mengo and a few others who might pop up is: Please visit a mental hospital. It’s free in Sweden. You do have a loose nerve in your brains”.
Were the kids reading the blog or had they gone to sleep so as to miss the above verbal brutality? Could someone like Clay act as a “peace maker” in a political dispute with this kinda language?
“Operation Thunderbolt” that Clay started stalled even before it could leave the run way. A Party that was organized by Clay at Alby and which was to be used to launch “OT” was boycotted by Wakenya because no one wanted to get engaged. When Clay later called a meeting, only four people turned up. That was Clay, his wife, Ole Ngais and his wife. That was after I and Jared Odero warned Clay that he could not start a Project of that magnitude without a well laid out structure. What did Clay do? He simply rubbished the critique but when push came to shove, the Project collapsed. No one hears about the operation any longer because it died.
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Then Clay came up with the idea of setting up a football team of Wakenya in Stockholm. Honestly, I still believe that this was a very noble idea. Once again, Clay was warned that although the idea was super, it was wrong to name the football team after his personal business. The argument was that a Mkenya who had nothing to do with the business could find it difficult fitting into it because of possible economic complications but Clay would not listen. When push came to shove, the idea collapsed and no one hears about “Orkarinte Football Team” any more.
If there is a Kenyan who is known to have tried stuff, its Clay. But majority of initiatives are always failing. Take for example the social gathering point Clay opened at Sundyberg a few years ago. The joint was owned by an African Caribbean and it picked on quite well. But what happened? After a few weeks, the place was closed down.
Then came the Kamukunji fiasco. Clay announced that the place had been opened and that Wakenya had eventually found a meeting place. Before the celebration was over, Kamukunji was closed down.
I don’t want to go further. Clay opened a place at Odenplan for Wakenya to socialize. I still remember the fantastic art work that was done by Morre Petersson. It was a small place but it looked comfy. After just three weeks, the place was closed down.
But the most interesting close down was the one which involved someone I don’t want to name here. Wakenya were informed that a new place had been opened by Clay. As a person who always shows solidarity whenever a Mkenya pulls something progressive, I dashed to the joint. I was with Moses Trubadur. It was an art shop cum meeting joint. One could notice that a Jungu was behind it because of the level of control. It was sophisticated and music was blaring from a lap top connected to tiny but powerful speakers. I personally congratulated Clay for work “well done”. Kumbe!
As the Grand opening continued, a guy who had been very cool, suddenly started demanding that Clay pay him his money. He claimed that he had given clay 6.000 kr for a ticket but that he never got his ticket. This happened in front of Wakenya so if you are scratching your head thinking that this is another KSB rumour, just wait a minute.
The guy became rowdy and invited Clay for a fight. For him, he could not understand why Clay had not paid him his cash while at the same time “opening places”. Haya! The situation soon turned ugly and Wakenya started to panic. Attempts to cool the guy down failed. Before Wananchi could figure out what was happening, Wazungu who were at the place noticed that there was a problem. The guy was by now, shouting for Clay to pay him up and Wakenya feared that manjako would soon be called. When the show was over, the place was closed down the same day it was opened. The Grand opening became the Grand closing.
Hata hivyo, Clay did not give up. He opened another place at Odenplan which also closed down the day a birthday was to be held at the place. But that is for another day.
I think Clay should leave ODM-KS matters alone and try to open a new place. Instead of trying to make peace in ODM-KS and raining abuses at people without proper reasons, he should try to make peace with himself and work with others.
If you are a peace maker, it doesn’t work when you undermine the very people you want to harmonize. When Kiboi died, Clay sent an apology to all Wakenya he had wronged in the past. He said that Wakenya should love one another. What happened to the love Clay talked about because now, he is openly abusing people and making new enemies.
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