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Part 1. Why I love My Mama Africa?

If you slap a man and in the event falls to the ground, then wakes up, dusts himself and says ‘thank you’ and lead his way, how will you feel? How will you consider a person seeing you driving a car and then asks whether there are houses in Africa? How will you take a man who sympathizes with you over an advert he saw yesterday and in the midst a brother appears in the corner with a poster written “veteran, hungry and homeless? That’s being African in a self-imposed democracy and in an imaginary wealthy nation. Africans in my own faulty analysis have mastered the art of acceptance and ownership of the stereotypes.

Poverty is our greatest ‘asset’, we have owned it and in fact have recently adopted it as the best Foreign exchange earner and a tool to explore some unconscious fools. The foolishness of asking the obvious when you already have an iPhone 6. We have implicitly as African hustlers in diaspora accepted all the statistics that otherwise give us all the diseases and an illusion of the endangered species called ‘black African”.  The pretense of preaching in biblical terms and giving a starving man unlimited condoms when he asks for food? Was it not written in the Book of Mathew 7v9 “Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10“Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?”  I love my people for they  didn’t even argue with the Original discussion by Darwinians on whether we were actually categorized as human. Trevor Roper another person of intellect presume that we didn’t even have a yesterday and therefore no history “except gyrations of barbarous people?” We have tested the invention of Eugenics and the struggle to subvert the African man, like water hyacinth we are growing, the thrash you dump on us is the greatest fertilizer of humanity in Africa. With greed for Oil and circumvention of international laws you manage to make us believe that actually the civil fights amongst a few countries in Africa are our cause and not your faulty foreign policy and thirst for another imperialism.

I have been a student in the West, perhaps one with less intellect as many might have branded, I have clear records of the rare occasions with a few classmates whom I literally considered their help and assistance in my infancy as substantial .They reminded me how to speak English ‘well’ and they never bothered to ask whether Africa was a country or continent. Some considered the issues of illegal immigration sensitive because they never wanted to offend a new friend, they really didn’t check and distinguish the distance and concept of legal immigrants. Poor I, when I came to realize that almost all the books and discussions featured Africa only on issues of poor health, diseases, civil fights and poverty largely. Acceptance and white lies saved me from ridicule. You would have wish as I had wished to ride in the beautiful hills of Cherangani with this ignorant people, I really wanted to take them to Diani Beach for a walk, I thought about showing them the ruins of Old Zimbabwe, I just wanted to ask them whether the Egyptian Pyramids made sense to them in terms of time, structure and place. They really understood about Diamond rich Africa, but thought we were foolish about them.

Statistics does not lie, despite the overwhelming stereotypes we have to overcome, I have fallen in love with Mama Africa, it teaches culture, discipline and Morals. They taught us that to be smart or intelligent does not really mean to get to the extreme of inventing that which is capable destroying humanity including yourself and family. Kudos Mama Africa for not inventing or daring do the WMD thing.

I love My Africa for accepting and owning stereotypes.

Gynophobism: Are Kenyan Men uneasy with women and power?

In my own objective and often bias observations, I have come to an almost fair conclusion that women are quick to listen and make informed decisions in matters of justice, fairness and empathy and therefore make perfect Lawyers, Judges and Nurses.  I do not intend to make this a statement of fact, but I am opening another perspective of curtailing the ineffective patriarchy. In my Republic, Men (men in this case refers to only those with XY chromosomes) are very uneasy and have constantly engaged in various ways to try and block or get rid women of substance from certain places. It is for obvious reasons that women cannot be easily corrupted and they think and often rule in favor of children and other less fortunate persons. I am cautious and therefore be warned that I do not mean ALL women, neither do I ascertain that men are a complete failure. I am only guided by probability of success and failure in judicial matters, which in the interest of the majority women do an incredible duty.

You might not like the interpretation, I do not beg for a like and I only consider objective discussions to the same. Before anyone can demonize the above, let us have a quick look at some cases in the Republic I claim my Citizenship. The case of   former Chief Registrar of Judiciary and JSC and how an alleged crime was demonized and swept under the carpet? This as it appears was stage-managed and its intention in reasonable minds was getting rid of a block in the way of pre-established networks meant to maintain the evils leading in inefficiency. It can also be concluded with certainty that the potential of such intellectual Woman was enormous and she would have become the next boss and agent of the long awaited change. How do you make us believe that there was a scandal in buying the house of the Boss? Does it mean one or two persons approve certain coins to be spend without the boss knowledge….. We haven’t grown too damn to consume ‘Make beliefs’. Spare us from your own twitter and internet ridicule and allow commonsense and natural instincts to guide reasoning. We are used to the phrase “the matter is before the courts” because its purpose is to shut up those with divergent reasoning, perhaps I am not a sceptic let actions do the talk.

Is it almost true that men are becoming more uncomfortable with estrogens? Here is another careless one, recently in Kenya a decision was brought to public with intention to retire the Lady Deputy Commissioner of police without any justified reasons. I suppose without certainty that she must have been on the way of certain pre-planned deals and perhaps extremely tough on the same. Thank heavens it backfired because we are in the 21st century and people are beginning to see behind the curtains. Think about that for a second as you consider this other gynophobia act. The judiciary recently served a Lady Judge with a reminder of her coming retirement and proceeded to gazette for a replacement. I don’t care whether it is a legal procedure because I have not been a compliant of the same, I only rely on customary law, natural law and commonsense. Therefore, what we know is that a Judge is a super intelligent person and she knows what age is legal to retire therefore we do not and she does not require reminders. The intention to do so is an objective bias and malice and to that extent we can make an immature assumption that the interest parties have begun paying for the post. The worst about the same could be also very true: that the Lady Judge might have been doing an incredible job and that does not always please the few self- serving individuals and intimidating her might create or shake her and hopefully create a loophole.

The passing of Polygamy bill qualifies under the same category, it is not urgent and therefore we do not consider it as a necessity for Kenyans. The bill is also intended reduce women to objects of pleasure, which off course does not function at this age. If you’re still wondering about that, be careful because you will miss the point on the new creation of a ‘welfare state’ for only women. This idea of women representatives is a sample of bones thrown to silence dogs and let the thieves proceed to loot. This post is a ridicule and in, I my own opinion Women of Kenya stand even more chances in power as opposed to posts with no bargaining power.

I trust a Woman in making a ruling in a court of Law, I trust a Woman to be my Nurse and I trust a Woman in a fight against Drugs and Corruption………