Discussing Tribal Problems in our Politics is Hate Speech

Discussing the genesis of tribal venom in our country is hate speech. You are forbiddened from even mentioning certain communities which shall remain unnamed because that would be incitement. Is this how we will one day find a solution?

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Kenyan Tribal Violence at Foreign Ivy League University

Kenyan tribal politics and venom amongst Kenyans very faraway from home at a foreign university. How does one explain this? Actually there is an explanation that very few Kenyans know about and even fewer understand.

Nairobi Jubilee Voters Slay Giant

The lobbying on the ground and in the grassroots in Nairobi has taken off paving way for what is set to be a historical event. Meaning that many years in the future people will look back and acknowledge that it all started in Nairobi and with a certain candidate. Watch the video and judge for yourself.

What Kenyans Think About This Luo Kikuyu Thing

The following is a conversation ongoing on Facebook that was triggered by the posting of the photograph and comment above (that photo of an innocent small boy has been widely used for Luo bashing in conversations of a certain community right across social media). The varied responses received which I reporduce below should be an eye opener to thinking Kenyans...


G.M: True

K.C.: weee wacha uchokozi

R.N.: I do feel that this is under the belt M.K., that is a child who has no personal input to your post!! Just my opinion.

M.K.: Mmmmmh noted

O.A.: Some people just thrive on abusing others and in my youth no female of their community ever denied me ati I was not circumcised

M.K.: Thats Because you must have been legendary in matters after hours

K.C.: My buddy M.K. what we need most in our beautiful country right now is tolerance, empathy and the ability to see things from the other guys' point of view. In my personal view JUBILEE is the best, most efficient government we have had since indipendence. Try and get an ID replacement and you will agree with me. HOWEVER it is also true that our much maligned brother on the other side of the divide won the election in 2007 (by a landslide). Turn the tables and imagine what you would have felt. I know you are NOT a tribalist coz I know you well and your close friends too who run across the political divide.

M.K.: SoooooooO??? Make your point sir!

M.K. .....and what landslide is this you are referring to?

M.O.: Train up a child in the way he should go...and when he is old he shall not depart from it...

M.K.: Proverbs 22.-6

K.D.M.: I thought this was an okay post - nothing to do with anyone. Let's not catch feelings unnecessarily.

C.M.: Let's make this brief. .
Denigrating anyone based on their ethnic or religious background is myopic and dangerous.
Veiled tribalism/racism disguised as humour is downright shameful. Having being raised in a cosmopolitan neighbourhood with people of various backgrounds and nationalities has made me privileged. I can't say the same for all. . R.N. thanks for your courage. . With you 100%. . way below the belt. .!!

M.K.: I don't know about you, but if before you comment, bother to reflect and count the number of times you have thrown a stone pre/post circumcision. ....mmmmmh

K.C.: How many US presidents have been circumcized? Very very few indeed. And that's the toughest job in the world. Also latest research has revelealed that circumcision is one of the causes of erectile dysfunction in men from a very young age (it all has to do with sensitivity). Finally it is very easy to profile any tribe in Kenya in a negative way. No tribe is superior I choose to deal with and profile individuals instead. And so if one politician or me for instance gets under your skin why profile the entire community I come from?

K.C.: GOD has interesting ways of humbling us. Take a situation where you have a life-threatening illness and you are referred to the top specialist who happens to belong to a certain tribe you have been profiling and ridiculing (very likely in this case as you all know, these guys are brilliant and end up as top doctors, engineers etc). Would you do a Kimunya (I would rather die than...)????

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Question to Kumekucha on Facebook;
This is a very honest observation. Please do not read mischief. Why have high profile demonstrations or political protests become solely Kikuyu activism? Why are other communities boycotting or showing complete apathy? Every other lead spokesperson at the Freedom Corner protest yesterday were our brothers and sisters from Mount Kenya region.Njoya,Mwangi,Maina etc etc. This is unilateral solidarity for which I really can't put a finger on.What is happening...??

My answer;

This is a group of Kenyans who have been consistent in their fight for a better Kenya. I have never looked at them as Kikuyus and it would be unfair for anybody to look at them as such. They are Kenyans. PERIOD. They have refused to be boxed into the categories carefully prepared by our so-called leaders for their own selfish political objectives. Secondly those in civil society championing the peaceful demonstrations are wise enough to realize that if they were to allow one of their Luo brothers for instance, on the forefront the whole noble cause would be reduced to the-elections-are-over-move-on rhetoric. Or these-stupid-Luos-rhetoric. Or Raila-has-organized-this-because-he-lost-the-elections-and-wants-to-be-president-at-all-costs etc.

I have had the pleasure of knowing some of these tribeless Kenyans who are largely ignored by the tribal voters of Kenya. I always assure them that even if people see them as confused now, history will classify them as visionaries. And remember that being on the forefront is not a joke. Some like Oscar Kingara lost his life while others like John Githongo have had to live in exile from their own country. And there are many other who continue to suffer. I really get angry when I see some silly tribal comment and remember what people are risking while the rest of us have fun on Facebook and Twitter.
 
Oscar Kingara: Brutally gunned down in his car (along with his assistant Oulu) by a man on a motorbike a few hours after the government had accused his Oscar Foundation of being a front for Mungiki. There are those who will see Kingara as a "confused Kikuyu" but may he be remembered as a gallant Kenyan. Perhaps long dead and forgotten, but I have written a book available only to raw notes readers that talks about his assassination and those who organized it. Hopefully one day that book will be widely available. Meanwhile you can read an old Kumekucha post HERE. Pay special attention to the first readers' comment because I believe it was written by somebody sympathetic to the killers. Rest in peace Oscar, and may your brutal death not have been in vain.


All my children and others I have influence on have been carefully brought up by me in the knowledge that all those who propagate tribalism are the worst kind of criminals. I have highlighted the strengths of major Kenyan tribes to them and what they should seek to copy from them. The Luo brilliance for those who want to pursue the medical profession and other highly technical fields, not to mention their swag. The Kikuyu entrepreneurial spirit that is unmatched in most of Africa and beyond etc. BUT recently one of them put me in a tight corner when he asked me how come some of the worst tribalists we have are PhD holders. My reply; Son, degrees do not mean automatic intelligence and that is why Kenya is full of very educated but very foolish people. I want you to be both intelligent and highly educated so that when you take over from these idiots you can bring about real and lasting change in our country.

History bores most Kenyans and that is why there is absolutely no chance that most will ever discover that this tribalism monster was birthed and fed in State house after the assassination of Tom Mboya (a Luo man who won all his elections with Kikuyu votes against Kikuyu candidates) in July 1969. Jomo and his team did an excellent job because if you go to the estates even today you will hear kids barely out of their diapers saying "Luos are stupid." The current government has effortlessly used it (guided by some of the people who were around when this evil was first mooted). Admittedly it wins elections. But I have consistently said in my blog since 2005 that the country needs a real truth and reconciliation campaign where people will be made to understand what happened and we should start by apologizing to our Luo brothers for the grave sin we have committed against them. If not this is something serious enough to be tried at the ICC.


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