tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post6773455010131618636..comments2024-03-28T17:52:49.942-07:00Comments on You Missed This: Where Art Thou, Kibaki?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-37000823338880814902008-07-28T06:21:00.000-07:002008-07-28T06:21:00.000-07:00....and looked like he was breathing his last on a.......and looked like he was breathing his last on a death bed too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-37140908158504384012008-07-27T14:45:00.000-07:002008-07-27T14:45:00.000-07:00at least he showed up in sagana lodge. Was there a...at least he showed up in sagana lodge. Was there a video of his address? I think Kumekucha is blowing hot air on this oneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-1023672406463629402008-07-26T17:01:00.000-07:002008-07-26T17:01:00.000-07:00There are some really good and engaging posters on...There are some really good and engaging posters on this blog, from both sides of the political divide, and we get to learn a lot from them. But these are almost ALWAYS overshadowed by shallow,frivolous and abusive posters, who greatly lower the value of the blog. <BR/><BR/>Kikuyu bashing can be fine and maybe even welcomed, if based on some sound reasoning and justification. Even the rumor mongering, a hallmark of the originator posts, can work well to generate some exchange. What is really disappointing are the sweeping and often malicious stereotypes, especially of whole communities. But then, maybe that's why the blog was created and why such hubris tolerated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-4775924967010679892008-07-26T07:38:00.000-07:002008-07-26T07:38:00.000-07:00Do you know the Queen of England (UK) use slang wh...Do you know the Queen of England (UK) use slang when she is not doing anything official. That's may sound absurd but that's true. A BBC programme aired last year called "life at palace" showed Queen behaving exactly the same way your grandmother behaves. she uses slangs and idioms to communicate with her staff. <BR/>Stop getting offended by people using slang they are not meant for harm but its a simple way of communicating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-86360352677649846452008-07-26T07:22:00.000-07:002008-07-26T07:22:00.000-07:00Why is it when someone disagree with the majority ...Why is it when someone disagree with the majority ODMers in this blog is teemed to be idiot, tribal and abusive? Everyone has the right of opnion just like you do.<BR/><BR/>The people you call here notorious bloggers are only notorious because they don't agree with you.<BR/><BR/>Look at taabu, the well known bully in this blog, he can call anyone any name but most of you thinks is ok. But when someone like Kwale or Vikii use mild words they are seen as abusive just because of their political leaning.<BR/>I have seen some of the most disgusting insults traded in this blog and no-one comment about them just because they come from ODMers aiming at Kibaki or kikuyus. <BR/>WHY DON'T YOU PUT A DISCLAIMER THAT THIS BLOG IS FOR ODM SUPPORTERS ONLY. and with that we will know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-33600589604259154112008-07-26T06:04:00.000-07:002008-07-26T06:04:00.000-07:00KK is about the only blog I know that doesnt make ...KK is about the only blog I know that doesnt make demands of its population. Dont know whether that's a good or bad thing but no need to weigh what you say, no need to be collegial, no need to be fair, no need to justify what you say, simply no code of conduct and no rules enforced ....pretty much like the motherland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-86578629440299922122008-07-26T05:54:00.000-07:002008-07-26T05:54:00.000-07:00Kumekucha,Some people are talking of walking all o...Kumekucha,<BR/><BR/>Some people are talking of walking all over their opponents.<BR/><BR/>Why didn't you tell us there was some kind of competition going on here?<BR/><BR/>PeaceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-33490696047723206892008-07-26T03:21:00.000-07:002008-07-26T03:21:00.000-07:00Anon at 2.00pm. With intellectual lightweights lik...Anon at 2.00pm. With intellectual lightweights like you as my opponents, i do not need to exert any brain muscle at all. I can walk all over you WITHOUT getting off my seat to refer to ANY educational tools like dictionaries, which obviously intimidate you going by your reverent reference to one.Kimi Raikkonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746369867832618011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-89594923047759295262008-07-25T19:41:00.000-07:002008-07-25T19:41:00.000-07:00Rhyymasterit has taken events leading to 2007 elec...Rhyymaster<BR/><BR/>it has taken events leading to 2007 elections, events that followed thereafter and blogs such as this for many of us to realise that despite what we otherwise previously thought, there are those among us, some whom we even considered really close friends and perhaps closer than relatives who are absolute incontrevertible tribalists and in some cases ethnic chauvinists as well. many of us have been shocked at how deep the extent that it clouds or overrides common decency and objective thinking but in the long run its better it comes out in the open now and we deal with it or learn to live with it. <BR/><BR/>over time, some of those stuck in that mindset will gradually learn to overcome. for those of us that for one reason or another are long past it, can help or at least avoid agravating the situation further. <BR/><BR/>i quite agree with taabu and others who've said this many times, there is no need to hide from the truth and deceive ourselves. its really sad and regretable, but thats where we are today. <BR/><BR/>i only hope we can all overcome someday.<BR/><BR/>on a side note, anon 10:53 thank you for the very kind words. in this same vein i apologise to anyone that may have been offended by my contribution to this and other forums. it is not intentional and done solely in an attempt to share/discuss thoughts so as to learn and appreciate divergent sometimes conflicting viewpoints. we all want the best for ourselves as a nation for a better kenya.<BR/><BR/>enjoy your weekend.<BR/><BR/>UrXlncAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-91241749948702468932008-07-25T17:53:00.000-07:002008-07-25T17:53:00.000-07:00There is too much tribalism on this blog. It needs...There is too much tribalism on this blog. It needs to be moderated.<BR/><BR/><BR/>RhyymemasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-32253999552932269932008-07-25T17:45:00.000-07:002008-07-25T17:45:00.000-07:00this is the bank chris wrote trash about abd predi...this is the bank chris wrote trash about abd predicted doom....eti ni bank ya mkikuyu...you rem Raila and ODM telling people to demonstrate against the bank????he he he he<BR/><BR/>Equity Bank’s half-year earnings touch Sh3 billion<BR/>Published on 26/07/2008 <BR/><BR/>By John Oyuke<BR/><BR/>Equity Bank has posted a 200 per cent rise in half-year profits on the back of improved growth. <BR/><BR/>The bank said its gross profits grew to Sh3.087 billion up from Sh1.037 billion during the period ended June 30.<BR/><BR/>Chief executive, James Mwangi said the performance was as a result of balanced growth, profitability and control systems. <BR/><BR/>He said the bank’s total assets grew to Sh72.5 billion up from Sh29.9 billion a growth of 143 per cent. <BR/><BR/>The trading results indicate that while the group’s total operating income increased by 156 per cent to Sh6.58 billion, overheads only increased by 128 per cent to reach Sh3.5 billion. <BR/><BR/>During the period the group consolidated loan book increased to Sh36.2 billion up from Sh14.3 billion, a growth of 153 per cent signifying deployment of the recent capital investment by Helios. <BR/><BR/>“In spite of the rapid growth, the bank sustained the quality of loan book with non-performing loans remaining at three per cent,” Mwangi said in the financial statement. Equity’s number of deposit accounts stood at 2,456,982 accounting for over 45 per cent of all deposit accounts in the banking industry while the number of loan accounts stood at 510,768.<BR/><BR/>The trading results show the bank’s liquidity remained strong at 56 per cent while the core capital to total deposits ratio stood at 33 per cent against a minimum legal requirement of eight per cent.<BR/><BR/>The bank announced its results on the heels of its celebrations after being named the Best Bank in Kenya by the prestigious Euromoney magazine for the second year in a row. <BR/><BR/>Last year’s award went to Equity Bank due to its efforts to encourage the unbanked to get involved with the banking sector.<BR/><BR/>IvyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-50695944459528178202008-07-25T15:41:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:41:00.000-07:00i consider both Raila and Kibaki's health to be un...i consider both Raila and Kibaki's health to be under threat simply because they are both under alot of stress now Raila is a better actor than Kibaki; a charismatic bully as opposed to Kibaki the architect of old decay. no way Kibaki can move faster than he currently does he would collapse from anti-lethargy a disease first discovered in the latter recent as 2003 meanwhile, the government will continue to be a half-breed illegitimate child of our collective will as Kenyans-neither good or bad just there like KwaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-40896759730594701092008-07-25T15:03:00.000-07:002008-07-25T15:03:00.000-07:00Being DULY is fashionable in KenyaFrom the top to ...Being DULY is fashionable in Kenya<BR/><BR/>From the top to the lowest, DULY as a result of cheating is the in thing in Kenya Today.<BR/>It is on record this cheating in exams started in large scale in 2005. Any coincidence with the Constitutional referendum that created fertile ground for what happened in december 2007 political showdown and now...<BR/><BR/>we have proud DULY performing students as<BR/><BR/>CHEATING is The hidden hand in school fires<BR/><BR/>Published on 26/07/2008<BR/>By Dennis Onyango<BR/>The massive cheating and mix-up in tallying witnessed in Form Four exams over the last two years is fanning school unrest and rogue behaviour.<BR/>The vicious attacks on school administrators and property is added fuel by fear there are hidden hands in the confusion over mock exams, which are used by the national exam body in cases where its own figures do not add up.<BR/>So bad is the situation in one case in Nyanza a student who scored ‘B’ in mock, but who could not write the national exams, ended up with the grade in the Kenya National Examination Council year-opener list.<BR/>Refusal or reluctance by top public servants, who have been warned by head teachers this year’s exam might be boycotted if there were early signs it has leaked to confront the situation has compounded the problem.<BR/>An official of the heads association said he has alerted his candidates to prepare for a possibility that they may be in school in 2009 should there be a leakage this year.<BR/>“We resolved as heads that should there be leakage this year, and there is evidence like what the media showed last year, we will not take those exams. It is not an empty threat,” a principal said.<BR/>He said students were rioting over mock partly because they had not prepared for this rigorous test, knowing they would cheat in KCSE. The other reason, he said, is that students with mobile phones received some information that KNEC would use mock results to moderate KCSE.<BR/>Inquiries within education corridors reveal the frustration over the fading confidence in KNEC’s competence and capacity to oversee an open and fair competition in schools, is not just limited to students.<BR/>Teachers, and especially principals, are scratching theirs heads over what to do in the face of the whirlpool of destructive riots and what they perceive impervious senior education officials.<BR/>On the crosshairs within the teaching fraternity is Internal Security Minister George Saitoti who had the education docket in the last two years of President Kibaki’s first term, and his predecessor at Jogoo House Prof Sam Ongeri.<BR/>There is also the Education Permanent Secretary the two ministers have shared Prof Karega Mutahi, and Mr Paul Wasanga, the KNEC chairman. Ongeri renewed Wasanga’s contract in May amid the rage about confusing grading, last year. Teachers believe, and which they deny, that they know what is happening behind the scenes.<BR/>Worse still, is that some of the cases of cheating have gone either unpunished or undetected, but remains known to some teachers and students. This has set on fire the rising passions in schools, notwithstanding the denials by education administrators.<BR/>And even as the ministry struggles to deflect blame to drugs, alcohol, adolescence and after-taste of post-election violence, Mutahi’s name regularly comes up among head teachers as part of the problem.<BR/>“Students should not be allowed to succeed through cheating. But because they have been allowed in the last two years, they want more of it. KNEC is the problem, not the teachers,” a principal said.<BR/>Because of the sensitivity of the matter and the risk to his job, he spoke like the others, on condition his name would be concealed.<BR/>Cheating in examination<BR/>“Because of massive cheating in recent years, we have a crop of students that has not been reading. They do not want mock either because they are not prepared for it or because they fear it would expose their ‘stupidity’ when they cheat in and pass KCSE,” he added.<BR/>The ministry has denied there was extreme cheating in the exams and blamed the mess on a computer error. But head teachers appear unanimous there was cheating and fear unless there is a purge at the ministry and Knec, there may be more riots.<BR/>Because of the cheating last year, a number of principals said mock exams, which used to pass unnoticed even at the districts where they are done, have acquired a new significance nationally.<BR/>Of all the strikes so far, more than half has been caused by students refusing to sit mock exams. In some cases, students have set the stage for the closing of the schools to avoid mocks.<BR/>Across the country, students are burning schools because of mock exams they claim are too difficult or do not want to take.<BR/>For the first time, the strikes, mostly over mock examinations, have occurred in private and public secondary schools.<BR/>Usually, private schools have little in common with public ones. They are usually insulated from the tribulations of students in public schools.<BR/>This time, however, they have united to demand what sounds like their preferred version of mock.<BR/>Teachers, however, say behind what is being dismissed as fear of mocks, is the grave issue of cheating in national examinations. The public is witnessing the effect of that cheating on education.<BR/>Following what teachers generally call massive cheating last year, students either do not see the need for rigorous tests, which they believe leads nowhere or want to be allowed to cheat in mocks also.<BR/>According to a principal of a senior school, for the last three years, Form Ones and Form Twos watched KCSE candidates cheat and got away with it.<BR/>“The first serious cheating took place in 2005 and we thought it was an isolated case. It returned massively last year. Form Ones and Twos watched as candidates cheated. They were convinced those candidates would have their results cancelled. It came as a shock when those candidates got away with it and got As. A culture is building among our students that you do not have to study hard to pass examinations,” the principal said.<BR/>With the experiences of the last two years, the principal said, some of the candidates may genuinely be unprepared for the rigorous mocks because they never studied hard, believing there would be cheating this year.<BR/>But even those who were prepared are protesting against mocks because they want to maximise on the tests and therefore want to cheat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-70530151780500013622008-07-25T14:31:00.000-07:002008-07-25T14:31:00.000-07:00It doesnt matter whether Kibaki is there or not. K...It doesnt matter whether Kibaki is there or not. Kenyans dont need him because of the pain he inflicted to many of us, really to the whole nation.<BR/><BR/>Kenyans have given him refuge in that house on the hill. He can rot there for the next 100 years but we dont recognise him as our leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-53624600335072584832008-07-25T14:00:00.000-07:002008-07-25T14:00:00.000-07:00Kimi, you do not have to try so hard by browsing t...Kimi, you do not have to try so hard by browsing the "dic-tionary" to try and sound or come off as an intellectual. The lack thereof is evident in the postulations you put forth everyday. Please try harder, but don't go overboard. <BR/><BR/>A spade is still one whether you choose to to call it a big spoon, get it BOY!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-12281596132766168242008-07-25T13:20:00.000-07:002008-07-25T13:20:00.000-07:00anon @ 8.20. Please take a break from your perpetu...anon @ 8.20. Please take a break from your perpetual intellectual masturbation. Wishing it is not doing it, don't you get it? <BR/>Rebut Kwale, Vikii and myself with principled and intelligent conviction, not anger and apoplectic rage. It will only make you choke to death. Better still, get a real education.<BR/><BR/>Chris on the other hand should up his game and stop rumour mongering from his base at Nairobi West's Mini pub. Kibaki is as healthy and sprightly as a hungry tomcat. Eat your heart out.Kimi Raikkonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746369867832618011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-49253564968081835552008-07-25T11:40:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:40:00.000-07:00Every VILLAGE has its idiots and mad men as a stac...Every VILLAGE has its idiots and mad men as a stack reminder of our sanity.<BR/><BR/>Please indulge me for a minute as we point out our mad men, "village idiots", on Kumekucha that everyday remind us of of our sanity in the midst of all the insanity. <BR/><BR/>They clamor so hard for attention to their irrational rants and raves and forget the substance of the discourse at hand.<BR/><BR/>Accolades to one:<BR/><BR/>VIKII<BR/>KWALE<BR/>KIMI<BR/>Fake IVY<BR/><BR/>VILLAGE IDIOTS, please take your rightful place.<BR/><BR/>WASHENZI TUPU, they breathe, eat, live RAILA this, RAILA that, KIKUYU this, KIKUYU that and never bring anything concrete, substantial or worthwhile that can help Kenya forge forward. <BR/><BR/>You wonder why we are in the hole that we are in, as I said, they remind us of our SANITY, that all's not lost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-24662414390321785712008-07-25T11:38:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:38:00.000-07:00Jeff,we can smell anyone suffering from Railaphobi...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>we can smell anyone suffering from Railaphobia from whatever direction they approach?<BR/><BR/>Why would you wish Raila something worse than the 'eye problem that takes him to Germany'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-46504753570961220682008-07-25T11:34:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:34:00.000-07:00Jeff,What exactly is your point? Tell me one human...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>What exactly is your point? Tell me one human being who never falls sick. <BR/><BR/>Given that both men have been under tremendous pressure since last year, should it surprise anyone if any of them fall sick?<BR/><BR/>Okay, if performance in office so far, is the yardstick for measuring ones health, who between RAILA and KIBZ would you say is healthier?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-4487553936494024162008-07-25T11:27:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:27:00.000-07:00Anon 10:55Is RAO's really a tiny eye problem? How ...Anon 10:55<BR/><BR/>Is RAO's really a tiny eye problem? How do you know. Really.<BR/><BR/>To enlighten you, both RAO and MK have gone through life-threatening experiences. RAO the detention (8 years!) and MK the accident. You cannot wish what RAO went through in detention (Nyayo House) away. Just look at Matiba and other former detainees during that time to get what i mean. RAO has the advantage of age, but he is headed where Matiba and others are. My thesis is that that is why he has to keep on trooping to Germany for medical attention. We only know about the 'eye', there could be more. And I could be wrong!<BR/><BR/>JEFFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-7165113167208614202008-07-25T11:17:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:17:00.000-07:00anon11:04 AMyou hit the nail on the head and inste...anon11:04 AM<BR/><BR/>you hit the nail on the head and instead of domo's here like vikii and kwale encouraging their brothers and sisters (kibaki, Uhuru, Beth Mugo, Michuki, karume, kimunya,and the rest to share their wealth with wakina mungiki youth and the malaya's who have now moved to the coast and the kenya Uganda border- you hear "aterere" they are here bragging on how the few rich kikuyu's are wotking hard going about their businesses - forgetting most of the kikuyu idp's are begging and have no land to call home(si Kenyatta took t all)<BR/><BR/>If the Kenyatta family own land the size of Nyanza province- then I think kikuyu's are foooooooools to allow their tribesmen to control all the land while their own families are misplaced-<BR/><BR/> now i totally agree kikuyu's are the most foolish tribe to allow a few people in their communities to own most of the land and the rest of the kikuyu herded along like goats for slaughter when they try to question this in equality(Mungiki youth executions in 2007 by kibaki-they raised this exact questions) and please do not take it as abuse i will say that to any other tribe in the same position.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-5416285279786287282008-07-25T11:04:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:04:00.000-07:00in central LESOTHO 65% of the land is owned by 7 r...in central LESOTHO 65% of the land is owned by 7 rich mugikuyus. The rest of the 8-million folks live on 35%. thats why kuna mungiki, uwizi, uconny, ukarabati, umalaya na ufisadi huko LESOTHO. kichwa za hii vitu imeruka kamaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-46291138237747983882008-07-25T11:00:00.000-07:002008-07-25T11:00:00.000-07:00anon10:48 AMwhich shamba's you are crazy- look aro...anon10:48 AM<BR/><BR/>which shamba's you are crazy- look around you- all your kikuyu IDP's are going hungry and begging for food with nowhere to sleep ati they are working on their shamba's? which ones??<BR/><BR/>the only kibaki supporters working on shamba's are those who stole them from the mau mau freedom fighters through Kenyatta -yes they are rich and they don't care about the same tribesmen they stole from- go take your IDP'S AND SETTLE THEM IN CENTRAL LESOTHO!! and stop your ignorant crap on here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-80082176906887499332008-07-25T10:55:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:55:00.000-07:009:41 AMJEFFListen here kibaki is sick and you can'...9:41 AM<BR/><BR/>JEFF<BR/><BR/>Listen here kibaki is sick and you can't wish it away- this is directly from the horses mouth a madam Lucy Kibaki(do you know her??) the whole Kenya does.<BR/><BR/>Now if you are going to compare PM's tiny eye problem with kibaki's full blown sickness then you are a misplaced kikuyu.<BR/>but on the other hand I'm glad you hit the nail on the head yes the injections are indeed working! but for how long?? the truth will be out soon.<BR/>trust me Lucy Kibaki knows what she is saying- don't you??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-65272972994668002842008-07-25T10:53:00.000-07:002008-07-25T10:53:00.000-07:00Kwale,For once we are on the same side. I hope you...Kwale,<BR/><BR/>For once we are on the same side. <BR/><BR/>I hope you thought about your last statement and will try and remember that in subsequent posts.<BR/><BR/>Ivy hit the nail on the head. We are bloggers and not friends or relatives. Therefore, the idea of addressing each other like buddies should be used with a lot of caution. Do you understand why some blacks in America call each other the n.. word, but hit the roof if an 'outsider' attempts to do this..even jokingly?<BR/><BR/>Please refrain from calling people names, because not everyone has lived in Britain where I know words like shagging and f**** are used so liberally without offence.<BR/><BR/>Finally, and this may or may not be important to you. Image is everything and many people on this blog have formed an opinion about you, just because of the way you put your messages across. Okay, so what, you may say? <BR/><BR/>I think everyone including Kwale deserves to give an opinion regarding how they feel our country should be governed. We all have divergent views, and I don't think anyone spends their time blogging if they don't think anyone will take their view seriously. <BR/><BR/>Sadly Kwale, some of your good points are dismissed because of the image you have created.<BR/><BR/>Talking of image. Do you read posts by UrXlnc? His/her (almost certain he is a man) posts melt even the most hardened of positions and one cannot help loving this blogger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com