When Juliet Kavinga, a Kenyan woman, was murdered by a Swede some years back, Kenya-Stockholmers were outraged. While the anger was directed towards the Swedish murderer, members of the Kenyan community in Stockholm also blamed themselves for failing to detect the dangerous circumstances under which Juliet was living. Eventually, Juliet was also blamed post-humously “for isolating herself” and creating the circumstances under which she was killed. If she had been open with Kenyans, so went the argument, she could have been advised to keep away from the Swede because the guy was disinterested in the baby and could therefore harm her, went the conclusion. Unfortunately, it was too late.
Last September, Nyambu, a Kenyan woman, killed her two children sparking a round of blames within the Kenyan community. Nyambu’s friends were blamed for failing to detect that something was wrong with her even after she isolated herself after allegedly going bonkers. Emotions were poured through KSB while Nyambu’s “friends” set up a FB page “to mourn the kids”. Anybody who tried to analyse the circumstances under which Nyambu may have killed her kids was quickly deleted from the friends FB membership. The argument was that friends “were in mourning” and anything else was unwelcome. Some friends who were mourning the most had, months back, boasted of having deleted Nyambu’s phone number from their mobiles “to get rid of her” because she had become crazy. Why is the Juliet tragedy and the Nyambu case relevant?
Today, there is a Kenyan woman called Magdalene who is begging in the streets of Stockholm. In July last year, a Kenyan couple calling themselves “The Kamaus” and who were on a visit to Stockholm from Kenya, bumped into her in town during her begging escapades. The Kamaus later wrote to KSB, asking whether there is anybody who could help her because she appeared to have been unwell upstairs.
Magdalene is apparently back in the streets, begging. Her style is a bit different. Unlike traditional beggars who camp at a corner of the streets with a small bakuli on the floor, Magdalene chases white people in the streets asking them to give her 100kr. Her strange technique is said to be working with sympathetic Swedes seeking to be left alone dipping into their wallets to get out anything which will help brash her off their trail. Once she is “helped” with a few kronas, she goes gambling at the local hole and once she runs broke, she hits the streets again in an ever ending cycle.
What is strange is that on the surface, Magdalene appears to be a very normal and sane person. However, every Kenyan who knows her also knows that she is sick mentally. If you attend a Kenyan function, you could easily bump into her, well dressed, humble and very patient. In fact, she engages in normal conversation and can even discuss issues. During the 90s, Kenyans used to converge in her flat to do politics because her ex was, by then, a dissident. Some of the big names in Stockholm today used to dine at her place.
Yeah, those were the good old days when Wakenya seeking asylum used to fight against the “dictatorial Moi/KANU regime” who was torturing Kenyans under a one party dictatorship forcing many Kenyans to flee the country to avoid being arrested and killed by the Special Branch! Today, Magdalene seems to have been abandoned by everybody in typical Kenya-Stockholm style – you are only useful when you are “normal” but the moment you begin to lose it, everybody runs away from you.
Where are the good Samaritans?
This lady is a mother of two brilliant adults and it is very painful to see what is happening to her as the Kenyan community recoils into itself. What happened to being your brother’s and sister’s keeper? A mantra that was being peddled just a few months ago after Nyambu killed her children? The situation is much more serious. I will give a scenario to drive my point home.
With her daily begging missions in town, Magdalene will, one day, attract the attention of the organized wing of the Swedish Nazis known to send white Swedish blondies to lure Africans into isolated areas to be “taught a lesson”. With her poor mental health, it is very easy to drive Magdalene away with the lure of money. The Swedish newspapers are awash with news items about disappearances and therefore, this scenario is not an “out of Sweden” fantasy. As a friend of Magdalene, will you come back and mourn about what could have been done when tragedy strikes?
The Swedish system is tough. Magdalene has been married twice, a very normal experience in Sweden. The problem is that although she is unwell, even her closest friends whom she has been praying with at Bagarmossen church have abandoned her. Surely, where is: Pastor Samsang; members of her church congregation; her adult children; her close friends for many years; and even her former hubbies whom she took care of for years? Must Kenyans here wait until Magdalene ends in some tragic situation before fathoming about what could have been done?
Where are the “good Samaritans” who have been taking in renegade teenagers and keeping them in their apartments? Some Kenyans are on record for having gone to court to prevent mothers from taking custody of their rebellious teenage daughters “in the interest of the child”. Where are they?
Last year, after Nyambu killed her kids, these good Samaritans saturated the Swedish media with sympathetic faces as they mourned about their inability to help Nyambu because her case had remained obscure. Where are they to act “in the interest” of this poor woman who is actually a tragedy waiting to happen in the streets of Stockholm?
Okoth Osewe
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Mr Osewe, i would like to thank you for raising and highlighting an issue which some of us have tried in our “private” ways to see whether we could be of help or any kind of assistance. I am one of those kenyans who used to throng at “Magdalene” place once i arrived here in Stockholm as an asylum seeker.I do also agree with you Mr. Osewe that, some of those friends who used to pay homage and gets “political teachings” while Magdalene was cooking for them, have abandoned her at the time of need.
Let me carry my own cross and say that, i will try one “method” because the one i had used previously have not “worked” or sabotaged. Another angle which Mr. Osewe you are aware of, its the Apartheid system which is being practised here by all the arms od the system when it comes to immigrants and especially Africans.
If Magdalene was a blonde, blue eyed, they could have taken care of her long time ago, due to the oath of secrecy and some details i cannot reveal, one time they(medical personnel) said that, “its our duty to determine whether one is sane or not”.
Also another problem has been to convince Magdalene that she needs to go for check ups regularly. This has also been another tug of war because herself feels she is “ok” and no one can convince her otherwise and sadly, some people too has exploited her “helpless” state to exploit her in all manners.
May the the almighty God forgives us as a society in all the iniquities we have committed against our fellow brothers and sisters.
Thank you Mr. Osewe for raising such a noble issue and myself i do take the challenge and once again i’ll try where i can to see whether i could help.God bless you and let us be one another’s keeper.
Muirani.
KSB: Thanks Muirani. This case is really sad. It’s good to know that you have been trying to help her in your own way. Don’t give up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnTWvWCM1E&feature=relmfu >Why not send her to this Banana-bonobo Republic >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMnTWvWCM1E&feature=relmfu
Where is xxxx xxxxxxx and xxxxxxx xxxxxx hence both Were the Womans Husban d with kids!
The latter husband exploited Magdalene to get Ma-pepes and Uppehållstillständ and after Ma-papers the Kikuyu guy abandoned her ,Sold her House bought a an other house and brought his real Wife in Kenya!
The First Man has big teenage kids with Magdalene, KSB How do you want Kenyans to help people(kenyans) suffering from mental cases?
KSB: Kenyans are known to come together during times of difficulty. I have raised the issue as a concerned Kenyan hoping that there are still some Kenyans “human enough” to avert an impending tragedy. The system has converted many Kenyans into “animals” and now, people are for themselves. Do not throw names here because people have a right to privacy.
Thanks mr osewe for raising the issue, n thanks bwana muirani cause u had tried in ur own way.
I know this woman n i must say its a very sad story. The other day another woman was gang raped in stockholm. what did the polise do bout it? now we have one who is at a risk of rape or even worse scenerio. pls wakenya lets do something n those who are close to her should lead us
KSB: Welcome Wanjiru and thanks for your comments. Truth be told, this is a time bomb.
Well,thats a pitty scenario.I personally have met her in her escapades.I work with mentalhealth care in stockholm and i can only encourage her friends to report or persuade her to seek help.Starting from the nearest vårdcentral,she will be take to the right places for help.Otherwise if the situation gets worse and she becomes a risk to the society,then she will be taken in according to the law”LRV”.lagen av rättpsykiatrisk tvångsvård.
In such a situation,her movement will be limited but at the same time,they do a diagnos and set in the relevant treatent or rehabilitation measures.However,its allways advisable that relatives/friends take her in when its still in early ages.that makes rehab/treatment less costly en less complicated.
After reading her story,then i thnk that the experience she has expeienced gave her a bad depression.This was too much for her to handle and the result become a yet another explosion.A volkanik explosion av mental disturbances “störningar” that have been dominant in her.
I think her friends need to be caring and daring enough in guiding her to get relevant help.
KSB: Very good advise Jay. This is the way to go.
Mr. Osewe, it is good that you have revisited this matter with reference to past fatalities and misfortunes that have resulted due to ignoring those affected. In a broad sense, we all have a moral obligation to intervene in some cases among fellow Kenyans.
I thank Mr. Muirani who has candidly stated his efforts to help “Magdalene”, who is a well-known mother.
When her issue was raised by “the Kamaus” on KSB last year, most of the commentators were completely unconcerned and referred to her past love life with some Kenyan men in Stockholm. It was as if her current loitering and begging are “punishment” for that past. I believe we can do more than just casting aspersions on her obvious mental disability.
I am ready to join Mr. Muirani and other concerned Kenyans to find a solution to her problem(s). Please let us be in touch.
KSB: Characterwise, this lady is very good and very kind. She has struggled to bring up two kids as a single mother and now they are responsible human beings. Anything can go wrong with anybody at any time in this society. Friends who feel for her should meet to discuss how she can be helped. It is sad to see someone you have associated with in the past begging in the streets because of a mental challenge. Muirani, Jared, Jay, Wanjiru and anybody concerned should meet to discuss possible help as soon as possible.
Man kills and eats victim’s intestines in Nyeri
Thursday May 10, 2012-Fear and anxiety gripped Chinga village in Nyeri County, after a middle aged man killed his colleague and ate his intestines.
The two who worked as casual labourers at a nearby dairy ranch picked a quarrel in a local bar on Tuesday night when the irked suspect rushed home and returned with a dagger.
He stabbed to death the 35-year-old John Mugendi on the stomach who died on the spot after all his intestines spilled over on the ground.
Shocked residents found the suspect turned cannibal eating the dead man intestines.
Members of the public descended on him with kick and blows and it was the local police officers who were on patrol who saved the man from the public wrath.
Nyeri South Police boss Adiel Nyange confirmed the incident and said the man will be arraigned in court, today (Thursday).
The body of the deceased was later taken to Mukurwe- ini District Hospital mortuary for postmortem.
Article by; Stephen Njoroge
in this case kenyans live in a law called “kujililia”…no one cares for the other until u here them in caskets…..examples…her husbands where are they?gone n missin….even if she is insane or watever she is human n pipo too who have big tings..money(kenyans) can usher in n help that small they have…one day she begged for 20krona n one dude said sinlikupea last week…u wonder if he gives her today will he die?to me bt God will bless him unless he worships other tings….now lets b frank Osewe…mapepe or without …kenyans who help each other may have something small in common n when there is beer n meat u see many bt in sickness n death u see none….wake up n smell d coffee n help each order…we act like wild animals….
KSB: Malcom, I can quote u again: “we act like wild animals”.
Her Former Two Known (wife-beaters &Exploiters)Kenyans are hiding in the so called Stor-Stockholm.Hope not to meet them for ever ! Amen, Wait a Minute where are the suducees & the Pharesees of Bagamossen Church?`Come out in the Open The Suffering daughter(follower) is still the same one as you used to work & pray together ! Where thou art?
Jesus Said I was hungry ,but you didnt give me food.I was naked ,but you didnt cloth me.
etc these words were said by Jesus Christ whom you worship!Kenyans will be watching your deeds and muenendos pamoja na Muelekeo Watu Wa Miungu!
Where is that Snälla (kind) Mama Who helpes Wakenya in difficulty times of need : She helped the Twin murderer Grace Nyambu who drawned her two lovely kids in Munkholmen(Sigtuna Kommun)Where is she to assist Magdalene in her bossom hence she is a known preacher of gods word.
The African lifestyle
Posted maj 8th, 2012 by admin.
Efter 9 dagar i kenyanska hem är vi fulla av intryck. Vi har inte hunnit berätta om allt vi upplevt och fått lära oss om landet och kulturen, så vi kommer att ägna några inlägg åt detta. Vi är förstås inga experter på den kenyanska livsstilen, men vi delar med oss av de intryck vi fått:
1.Tid är ett flytande begrepp – Om man planerar något till klockan tre är det troligare att det blir av vid sju, eller inte alls. Klockan är en oviktig tingest, och om man mot förmodan försöker planera förstörs alla planer ändå effektivt av trafikkaoset.
2.Män går inte in i köket – Kvinnors och mäns roller är tydligt åtskilda. Män går inte in i köket, ber inte om ursäkt och gråter inte, enligt våra källor (men blev delvis motbevisat).
3.Kvinnor går helst inte heller in i köket – Så fort en kvinna har pengar till en ”maid” slutar hon också gå in i köket…
4.En stor bil är viktigare än ett fräscht badrum – Kök och badrum är oviktiga områden som kan få förfalla, bara man har propra kläder och en vräkig bil.
5.Gäster är varmt välkomna – Alla vill prata, bjuda hem en och generöst dela vad hemmet har att erbjuda, rik som fattig.
6.Problem och oro läggs i Guds händer – Kanske beror det på missionärerna, eller på en känsla av maktlöshet. Bordsböner och ”God bless you”-hälsningar ger en känsla av att befinna sig i Staterna.
http://www.freedomtravel.se/2012/05/the-african-lifestyle/#comments
The idiot Swedish woman bloger on #11 thinks that nine days in Kenya should make her an expert in African lifestyle.Imagine she wrote:
4.En stor bil är viktigare än ett fräscht badrum – Kök och badrum är oviktiga områden som kan få förfalla, bara man har propra kläder och en vräkig bil.
Seriously, this is an insult to Kenyans. How can a big car and decent dressing be more important than a clean toilet and bathroom to Kenyans? She is so judgmental and thinks Kenyans are the same. If she visited two Kenyan homes in nine days, how can that be an African lifestyle? A real damn STUPID Swedish woman she is!
This Swedish woman should know that Maids exist in Sweden and work both illegally or legally. Some Swedish ministers have in the past been cited as having employed househelps illegally. Let us leave the holier than thou attitude outside and live in the real world. Nine days in Kenya should not make her an expert of the country. Jinga type!
Maid in Sweden: clean home, dirty money?
Few people in Swedish life can sour a conversation as quickly and reliably as the woman who comes to clean the house. Three years ago, the country’s collective blood pressure rose to dangerous levels when the government made good on its promise to provide controversial incentives for home cleaning services.
”A lot of people in the Social Democrat movement have parents and grandparents who worked as household servants and have very negative memories of the old ‘upstairs downstairs’ mindset. Also, the Social Democrats had built up new Swedish modes of living over a long period whereby men and women were expected to do exactly the same things, from running companies to ironing shirts. My idea would partly entail a division of labour, which just didn’t suit their way of thinking.”
http://www.thelocal.se/29046/20100916/
Thanx Mr. Osewe for raising this issue, we gonna do smthngs we kenyans for the sake of this woman juu ex huz yake alipopata mapee kutoka kwa huyu mama alimpotelea ata salam zi, yeye tu nikuhanya madame those comin frm Kenya yaani ma latest girls in Sweden belongs to the mzee.
@comment 11, elin nordgren was a house maid in AMERICA..till she met we all know who, parted her legs, got kids, and millions….shut up if u know nothing about kenya imbecile!!!
RoseMarie Kahidi I agree with you – where is this matatu woman?? she calls her house shelter home..
she can accomodate this Magdalene then she can be getting even more socialmoney since she is very good
in claimimg money from social after ( brainwashing other peoples girls in the name of giving them 24hrs freedom that the girls doesnt get from their parens). Shame on you matatu woman.
Tack Mr Oswei med flera för er omsorg om “M”. Jag känner “M” sedan flera år tillbaka och har följt henne nära på den tunga vägen det senaste året. Jag är medveten om vilka risker hon tar i sitt liv och har pratat mycket med “M” om det. Jag vill berätta att vi följt “M” till olika instanser som lett fram till att “M” har insatser från den sociala omsorgen. Och hon är medlem och välkommen i vår kyrka på Skarpnäcks allé. Vi behöver hjälpas åt så inte “M” kommer in i farliga sammanhang. Tillsammans blir vi ett gott nätverk av skydd runtom vår syster.
Ann-Josefine – diakon