BARAGOI MASSACRE: Who is to blame?

After more than 40 police officers are killed in a horrific manner that shocked the whole nation, we are asking ourselves the same question, who is protecting us as the citizens? How can a government in this era not have the necessities required by its police officers to combat bandits and such criminals? Shall we say that we are advancing towards vision 2030 whereby we still have cattle rustling and village raids as the norm in some parts of our country? Who is to blame? A few weeks before the Suguta Valley killings of our police officers, there was a go slow by the law enforcers due to poor pay and an administration officer was arrested for allegedly inciting fellow officers to boycott work and demand better pay. This led to countrywide grumbling and some wondered how could the people who we so much trust to protect our Billions of money earn so little? In my own perspective, i say the government seems to forget them every time they are increasing the salaries of the M.P's, teachers, Lecturers, Doctors, e.t.c. Who in this world sends ex-recruits to a battlefield where they have no experience in such, leave alone in the petty crimes at the neighbourhoods? Who was the commanding officer who ordered the young Kenyans to the "Valley of Death"? What steps are being taken to avert future unnecessary and human error deaths of our poorly paid officers? Interestingly, we have a police force whose commissioner absolves himself from the errors that pertained the killings of his officers instead of giving strict orders to bring the responsible to book! , In this era of technologies, why couldn't they use the drones like the ones U.S and the KDF used to trace the Al Shabaab hideouts and smoke the bandits outinstead of sending inexperienced youths!? Can someone shed some light on this please? Who killed the 3 Army personnel in Garissa? I support the Deployment of the Military to Garissa town and Suguta if it means that law and order will prevail. Inspite of that, a wave of insecurity has rocked our nation and the securities agencies involved seem to be sleeping on the job. A bus exploded on the streets of Eastleigh, killing and injuring dozens. Grenades are being exploded everywhere and the Police have no arrests yet. Will our country go to the dogs? Who is to Blame?!

KENYAN FOOTBALL: THEY ARE NOT YOUNG! THEY ARE THE FUTURE

“If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry”! That’s what our football leaders have failed to encode for a long time now. Seated on the dirty hard slab at the Nyayo national stadium a fortnight ago I could not fail to admire the young Kenyan lads doing business for this great nation. It was the National Under-23 soccer team, which they had insisted was a Kenya Development side fearing that they would have lost and Kenya sink deeper in FIFA rankings. The boys went behind early in the game but I never at any one time lost faith in them based on their recent displays, ofcourse despite their usual poor preparations. This is the team that held African giants Guinea after losing by a solitary goal to a star studded Senegalese team that had the likes of England based Papiss Demba Cisse and Demba Ba amongst many others. Their confidence on and off the ball talked a lot and had they had better preparations for the game against Botswana, the scores could have been very much different. The football body in the Kenya needs to concentrate on these boys and other junior teams if at all they have Kenyan football at Heart. A football powerhouse like Ghana is excelling as a result of the investment they have made in their junior teams and football academies which act as the feeder teams to the Black stars. Kenya has an abundant pool of young talent which if not properly groomed will just go to waste. As am currently writing this piece the national under-20 team is currently holding former KPL champions and premier league heavyweights, Sofapaka! Does it mean that our football bosses aren’t reading in between the lines? Will they still wait for a ‘foreigner’ for Kenya to excel? Don’t they realize that if you want the fruit you must climb the tree? Stop expecting smooth traffic flow in the highway without preparing the feeder road!! If the Francis Kahatas and the Enock Agwandas are to lead us to Glory, if they are to fit in the shoes of the Joe Kadenges and J.J Masigas, then we have to invest in them, ensure they prepare well, lift their morale and confidence because the future of our football lies in the junior teams. If we have football academies, strong U-17, U-20 and U-23 teams, surely Harambee stars will be a power to reckon with!!! That’s my football! July 18, 2012 @Ndungu_Ndungu

PEELING BACK THE MASK ('of Raila')-Whats really behind it??

The Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, the Prime Minister of the republic of Kenya has come under sharp criticism and allegations from his former advisor and friend, Miguna Miguna.In his recently launched book, Miguna Miguna speaks of what he calls 'Impunity and Incompetence' of the Prime Minister in matters of leadership to our country and how he (Miguna) has exclusive evidence on how the ODM inner circle was involved in the planning of the P.E.V clashes which left 1,600 Kenyans dead and 650,000 displaced, which still remains a dark moment in our county's history. He equally dares whoever feels wrongly implicated to take matters to court for he is ready to face and fight them in court. The Raila's camp has now decided to fight back, blow by blow on all allegations raised by Miguna Miguna. How did it all start? Miguna was fired from his position as Hon. Raila's adviser on coalition matters in 2011 and he took it bitterly and promised to reveal the real person in Raila. And to stick to his words, he launched his book, Peeling Back The Mask, which explosively speaks of the massive graft and wrongs happening in the ODMs side. This has come with sharp criticism from all corners of the country, both opposing and/or pro-Raila.Lobby groups from both sides(opp & Pro) have called on Miguna to go to court or police and write a statement to prove what he is saying and implicate his so accused. Miguna came out strongly and opposed any views of him going to record such, and publicly said he reserves the right to do so at will. When will the truth be known? Kenyan Youths need to ask themselves that and figure out who to trust with their country. At this point, am left wondering how all this has been happening. Is it true that the Prime Minister's office embezzled the Kazi Kwa Vijana funds?  Is it true that the ODM senior officials who are not at the Hague list of suspects plan the PEV? Is Raila a non-reformer, given his track record in his Own Constituency Kibera slum? Many questions need answers, and we, the Kenyan Youths need to ask ourselves before its too late!!

Helicopter Crash Images

FARE THEE WELL, KIBIKU SIX

Kenya on Sunday woke up to the news that a police helicopter crashed on the Ngong Hills at kibiku and killed the Minister for Internal Security, his assistant, their two bodyguards, a pilot and his co-pilot. The deceased, Hon. Prof. George Kinuthia Kiarie alias Saitoti, Hon. Joshua Orwa Ojode, Insp. Joshua Tinkei, serg.Thomas Murimi, Sup. Luke Oyugi and Sup. Nancy Gatuanja respectively perished only 10 minutes after take off from wilson airport. True, the two ministers were friends indeed and having worked in the same ministry together as boss and assistant, they took tht friendship to a new height and showed the whole country how people should live together in harmony even in work places. Both worked with passion and zeal for the benefit of us all Kenyans in ensuring that we enjoyed peace in our homes. Although not totally, they still felt the need to have every Kenyan right to protection fulfilled. We have lost True and great Leaders, who were loved by their compatriots and families. The president declared 3 days of Mourning the fallen heroes. I wish their families strength and solace at this dark moment.

To you great Men and woman who dedicated their life toward our Great Nation, may your souls rest in eternal peace. To the families left behind by their loved ones, God will give you comfort in this time of sorrow. To my fellow Kenyans, we have lost Great Leaders who's solely mission was to ensure peace and stability in our nation. As the perfect tribute and send off to them, please let us live in harmony and show them wherever they are that though their journey on earth is over, we will not relent to live in peace. May the souls of our dear fellow Fathers, Brothers, Sister,and comrades Rest In Peace.

How is Everyone fairing in all this cold? Well, i have been off for sometime, personal reasons, but now am back to keep you all notified into what is happening around us. We are in an election year and a lot is going on in our country. Politicians trying to outdo each other all in the name of wooing voters, but we should all remember that we are the final say into this. Kenya and Kenyans are more important than a few presidency-hungry people who will go to an extent of alienating fellow citizens in shoddy show of tribal solidarity, but i say, Let Us All Keep Off such vultures! And more so, please, let us be safe. Terror group Al Shaabab has threatened to destroy our country by bombing Nairobi's' Sky Scrappers after our Defense Forces captured Afmadhow. Kismayu is the next stop and so, Al Shabaab will put up all sorts of attacks to try and destabilize the central govt of Kenya in a ploy to make Kenya pull off its soldiers. Our National security has now been put into threat and its upon each and everyone of us to stand up and volunteer any critical information that would assist in averting such. The youths should not allow our future to go in ruins! God bless Kenya and All of US!

TURKANA OIL DISCOVERY: Blessings or Curse??

On Monday evening, a wave of excitement swept through Kenya and the social networks after President Mwai Kibaki announced that the UK petroleum explorer that unlocked billions of barrels of oil in the neighbouring Uganda had made a major breakthrough with the discovery of oil in Turkana.The President, who made the announcement at a public function in Nairobi, said Tullow Oil made the discovery at the weekend but cautioned that commercial viability of the oil find remained uncertain."This is the first time Kenya has made such a discovery and it is very good news for our country,” President Kibaki said, “It is, however, the beginning of a long journey to making our country an oil producer, which typically takes more than three years.”
Oil industry experts said that apart from raising Tullow’s profile as a steady oil hunter with a proven track record in finding oil in Africa, the discovery has significantly lowered the risk profile of oil exploration in Kenya setting the stage for new investments.
Mwendia Nyagah, a consultant on petroleum issues said that the oil find risk has technically lowered Kenya’s exploration risk and that we are likely to see companies spending more here because indications are that their investment will not go to waste.
The discovery of oil in Turkana is also likely to trigger major a shake-up of firms holding exploration licenses for speculative purposes as more newcomers line up for a piece of the action.
Despite the good news, some Kenyans are already concerned about what has been called the oil curse. That’s the misfortune of corruption and misrule that people believe will result from being an oil producer, yet, that fear is real and can’t be wished away, because it’s what we’ve seen chaos in other oil producing countries in Africa and the Middle East.
It shouldn’t be that way and here’s why. Norway and Ghana have provided us with models to follow. First, Norway’s management of its oil sector has been admired mainly because it balances the protection of the environment with the need to access energy for economic growth.However, Norway’s real success has been in managing oil revenues. The groundwork for this was laid early on in the 1970s when a political consensus was reached on national control of the direction of petroleum activities. That’s to say, political parties agreed to keep oil out of election campaigns, and they’ve so far kept their promise.That’s what Kenyans should think of doing right now before oil starts flowing, otherwise differences will emerge. It won’t be easy, as Nigerian case shows. While Tullow is likely to be the main producing company in Kenya in the initial period, the government should ensure it retains greater ownership control of its resources as well as negotiate a better profit sharing agreement. The best way to achieve this is by promoting competition within the oil sector. At the same time, the government should work quickly to improve the technical skills of the local experts because that’s key to sustainable development of the sector.

Kenya should also borrow a page from Ghana in one other respect: allow as much transparency as possible. That’s only possible if Kenya joins the World Bank’s Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative’s (EITI), whose objective are to facilitate the contribution of the mining industry to poverty alleviation and economic growth through promotion of good governance and sustainable development. Countries have to report how they use their oil revenues. So far, there are 35 countries that have joined EITI, Ghana being one of them.If you see the government shying away from joining EITI, then be afraid they don’t want accountability because they want to steal oil money.

Kenyan Nurses, Please Emulate Florence Nightngale

The recent Countrywide strike by Nurses is a total shame to our government and a total show of ignorance and neglect of this humble profession by both players, Govt and Nurses. How can a delivering mother and Child die outside a hospital whilst the nurses are watching? According to media reports, the deceased family just looked on as the delivering mother bled to death, together with the new-born baby, helplessly!! And rudely with inhumane ignorance, the Nurses just said,"Sisi tuko on strike!"(we are on strike!) What in this century are the people supposedly tasked to assist a human being in this time of need just watch as the needy person dies?!Florence Nightingale(Lady of the Lamp)sacrificed herself to take care of the injured soldiers even when no one thought of going to the war front!!
Normally, a nurse is expected to be attached emotionally to her career or even the patients. Florence Nightingale syndrome is a term used to describe a situation where a caregiver, typically a doctor or nurse, develops an emotional attachment to a vulnerable patient in his or her care. This attachment may progress into a sexual attraction. But this is exactly the opposite of what our Nurses did. Instead of even paying attention to that woman who was in need, at least to show the world that they love who n what they are, even when the Govt doesn't seem to give a darn, they let money n anger come in between their pledge to serve at all times!
And to the government of Kenya, PLEASE AVERT MORE DEATHS by giving the nurses their due, considering that our nurses are worst paid compared to other developing countries! With Vision 2030 in motion, can we ditch all primitive ways n uphold the straight ways to enhance our lives together with the future of our beloved Country????

I leave you with the Florence Nightingale which EVERY new nurse pledge...
"I solemnly pledge myself before God and presence of this assembly;
To pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully.
I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug.
I will do all in my power to maintain and elevate the standard of my profession and will hold in confidence all personal matters committed to my keeping and family affairs coming to my knowledge in the practice of my calling.
With loyalty will I endeavor to aid the physician in his work, and devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care"

Let The ICC rulings not divide us, fellow Kenyans.....

On Monday the ICC judges ruled on majority that 4 of the Six P.E.V suspects have been confirmed to face a trial at the ICC court on a different chamber. Led by Judge Ekaterina-Trendafilova, the court announced that due to lack of and unsustainable evidence, Hon. Henry Kosgey and Maj(Rtd) Post-Master General Hussein Ali were acquitted.

Journalist Joshua Sang'

,Hon Uhuru Kenyatta, Hon William Ruto and Ambassador Francis Muthaura had their Cases confirmed and are set to face a trial.This has brought a lot of mixed reactions from the regions where the confirmed suspect hail from. In Gatundu, youths were spotted showing support for their leader,who is also their M.P Hon Uhuru Kenyatta, and Eldoret youths support Ruto.Following that, the president was asked to honor the Coalition accord by firing Hon. Kenyatta and Mr. Muthaura, but the President asked the Chief Justice to form a team of Eminent Legal experts to advice the government forward on this delicate issue. With the wrangles in this Coalition Govt, the Prime Ministers' side seems not to agree with what the President did,citing not being consulted over the issue and insisting that both the Suspects, who are still holding their govt jobs, to resign or get fired. With these arguments going on, Kenya and the people are at stake. The two principals should not argue before the public and their advisors should watch their mouths and action so as not to bring political and social tensions all over the country. It would be really sad if we did not learn from 2007-08 violence. May god help us all not to go back to where no one would want to!!!!

Why Always the Highs of our society Behave Badly in Public?

Our Deputy chief Justice behaved primitively last week by allowing her ego take pride! By pinching a village market security guards'nose, just because of being politely asked to wait or go through the security check like everyone else, shows how some people can be inhuman or disrespect institutions rules and requirements!! I still cannot understand how someone of her profile could do what colonialists did to our fathers ages ago in this 21st century! YES, we should not only critisize her, but also condemn her behaviour with the strongest and loudest voice we can to let everyone know that our new constitution holds everyone equal law wise and no one-including our President-is above law! So, who the heck is Baraza in comparison to our Beloved Prezzo not to follow our law?? She should be dismissed and someone human to take up her job, i say!! Nktttttt!!