Dear Rita Kamami,
It is with a lot of sorrow that I write to wish you Happy Valentine because Whitney Houston has left us. This Valentine, I wanna dance and feel the heat with somebody who loves me and aaaai I will always love you. The happiest day in my life that I will always remember is when you entered box. I had spent my entire Equity Bank account at Java House buying hamburgers, pancakes, waffles, omelets and roasted coffee just to cut for you. These things were foreign to my stomach and now that you have fallen for me, you will have to adjust to mukimo made of pumpkin leaves and nylon tea. I know you are from Nyeri but as a couple, we are lucky because I have a karate black belt and Nderitu Njoka from Maendeleo ya Wanaume is my cousin. As I look for goats to pay your dowry, remember that I will never measure my love to you like porridge on half calabashes. You are so explosive that you make Al Shabaab look like boys playing with baruti (fireworks). You are my Thika Super Highway because you make my life so smooth. If anyone ever touches you, I will pinch their noses because they should know people. I will love you come rain come Ocampo. Happy Valentine!
Truly Yours,
Kadadi, aka Kadads
Special dedications:
Mwendwa KK- Queen Jane.
Agriculture Girl- Mike Rua
Bonoko- Sufferer Wa Mungu
Monday, February 13, 2012
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Kuweni Serious
Kuwanga serious kizee.
Unadai ule Salim wa veve base ni mharamia? Kwa nini?
Kwa sababu yeye ni Msomali na ni Muislamu?
Salim ameishi kwa hii mtaa tangu enzi.
Na vile Salim hukuunganishia surba ya veve na njugu hata ukisota.
Kanashika mara dat dat na unapata mpango Sunday.
Buda kuwanga serious. Naskia wewe ni fala, ulidhani Ras Kamboni ni base ya wanati wa Somalia
Mresh achanga za ovyo
Juzi umeandika kwa Facebook vile unagwaya Wasomali.
Unadai hawa wasee ni ma Al Shabaab ki undercover,
Alafu boi Mkisii anapatikana na mabonoko na makombora kwa keja Kayole,
Haja gani kuchukia wasee ju wanaishi Eastleigh.
Kaa mat za kwenu zimechapa basi si uhamie Buru?
Wachanga kujipandisia. Ujinga ni dame kuita shonde “human cow-dung” eti ju amesoma.
Wasee inafaa tu sare kuwa vigeugeu.
Hii stori ya kushuku wasee bila sababu ni muhadhara aisee,
Kumbuka PEV venye watu walichinjana na manjora na kuchoma makanisa,
Na before hawa watu walikuwanga maneiba wa kusaidiana chumvi na nare.
Si tukuwe serious this time tuchuje siasa za kikabila?
But first, Wasapere waseme“Siendi shop kwa sababu Al shabaab wamesababisha mambo ya kustaajabu”
Wasapere, Wajaka, Wakale, WaIngo na Wakenya wote gotea hii stori.
By Michael Mungai
Unadai ule Salim wa veve base ni mharamia? Kwa nini?
Kwa sababu yeye ni Msomali na ni Muislamu?
Salim ameishi kwa hii mtaa tangu enzi.
Na vile Salim hukuunganishia surba ya veve na njugu hata ukisota.
Kanashika mara dat dat na unapata mpango Sunday.
Buda kuwanga serious. Naskia wewe ni fala, ulidhani Ras Kamboni ni base ya wanati wa Somalia
Mresh achanga za ovyo
Juzi umeandika kwa Facebook vile unagwaya Wasomali.
Unadai hawa wasee ni ma Al Shabaab ki undercover,
Alafu boi Mkisii anapatikana na mabonoko na makombora kwa keja Kayole,
Haja gani kuchukia wasee ju wanaishi Eastleigh.
Kaa mat za kwenu zimechapa basi si uhamie Buru?
Wachanga kujipandisia. Ujinga ni dame kuita shonde “human cow-dung” eti ju amesoma.
Wasee inafaa tu sare kuwa vigeugeu.
Hii stori ya kushuku wasee bila sababu ni muhadhara aisee,
Kumbuka PEV venye watu walichinjana na manjora na kuchoma makanisa,
Na before hawa watu walikuwanga maneiba wa kusaidiana chumvi na nare.
Si tukuwe serious this time tuchuje siasa za kikabila?
But first, Wasapere waseme“Siendi shop kwa sababu Al shabaab wamesababisha mambo ya kustaajabu”
Wasapere, Wajaka, Wakale, WaIngo na Wakenya wote gotea hii stori.
By Michael Mungai
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Role of Race and Religion in Troy Davis' Execution.
The state of Georgia executed death row inmate Troy Davis on Sept. 21, amid widespread doubts about his guilt in the murder of Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail. Georgia is one of the most religious states in the U.S., yet that didn't deter this heinous act from happening. In fact, the most religious states in the United States have carried out more executions and still hold more death row inmates than the rest. At a recent Republican presidential debate on TV, I was horrified to watch Texas Governor Rick Perry, a born-again Christian, being applauded for bragging about the executions under his watch. Texas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Oklahoma, Alabama and a few other states lead in the number of executions since 1976. According to Amnesty International, more than three quarters of the homicide victims in cases resulting in execution since 1977 are white, yet African-Americans are about half of all homicide victims. This fact, supported by the overwhelmingly disproportionate number of black death-row inmates in these states, sheds light on the white Christian South's perception of justice.
Racism played an integral role in the execution of Troy Davis. The Southern conservative political elite still supports the death penalty, pandering to the far-right white Christian electorate in a region deeply scarred by a history of racism. Davis' execution is atavistic to the old Southern lynching of African-Americans. While the current conservative leaders are not hanging blacks on trees, they have created unwarranted provisos that "get tough with crime" to necessitate capital punishment. They have taken advantage of the baseless correlation between African-American males and crime, while ignoring the systemic effects of white racism, to further their political agenda. With Jim Crow nostalgia rife in the far-right, these executions are veiled tactics to subordinate African-Americans and other minorities.
Religious beliefs in America greatly shape public opinion on crime-control legislation. Protestant Christian fundamentalists for example, are more likely to support capital punishment than their moderate counterparts. The "sanctity of life" argument used by these social conservatives in their anti-abortion rhetoric clearly loses it solemnity immediately after birth. In the Christian South, "an eye for an eye" towers over the "turning the other cheek" ethic. This retributive justice framework wanders far from the pacifist, restorative approach espoused by the founder of Christianity. That's why the "Bible Belt" of America is now being referred to as the "Death Belt." The state-sanctioned executions of African-Americans in the South since the demise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Christian leader who bravely championed for equal rights and justice in the region, would give the civil rights leader nightmares if he saw what has become of his dream.
While the execution of Troy Davis exposes the frailty of the U.S. justice system, given the incredulous circumstances surrounding his sentencing, it also reminds us of the hazards posed by religious fundamentalists' notion of justice. It is important to note that the Ku Klux Klan was (and still is) an Anglo-American Protestant organization that used to enjoy support from powerful politicians in the South. While it has become unfashionable to openly support the Klan in contemporary American politics, social conservatism now acts as the façade that harbors the legacy of racial discrimination in the name of "preserving traditional values." The self-proclaimed modern agents of social morality, like their Klan predecessors, still operate under the banner of Christianity. Animosity toward racial and sexual minorities, immigrants and non- Christians is a recurring theme within this entity. Their fast ascendancy to political power within the Republican Party should be watched as a civil rights concern by the global community.
Capital punishment should never be viewed as a race-neutral policy in the United States as long as racial economic differences persist. Given the socioeconomic quandary of African- Americans and the avidity of racist Southerners to vindicate the death sentence, it is exigent that the United States terminates this barbaric practice. It is rooted in an injurious, racist past that has perennially oppressed and degraded African-Americans. Even with a black President, African-Americans are, in the words that Dr. King used almost 50 years ago, "still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination." Condoning capital punishment in America has not succeeded in deterring crime, but it has granted a social license to racist lynching. Let us all join hands in emancipating America from this iniquity.
Racism played an integral role in the execution of Troy Davis. The Southern conservative political elite still supports the death penalty, pandering to the far-right white Christian electorate in a region deeply scarred by a history of racism. Davis' execution is atavistic to the old Southern lynching of African-Americans. While the current conservative leaders are not hanging blacks on trees, they have created unwarranted provisos that "get tough with crime" to necessitate capital punishment. They have taken advantage of the baseless correlation between African-American males and crime, while ignoring the systemic effects of white racism, to further their political agenda. With Jim Crow nostalgia rife in the far-right, these executions are veiled tactics to subordinate African-Americans and other minorities.
Religious beliefs in America greatly shape public opinion on crime-control legislation. Protestant Christian fundamentalists for example, are more likely to support capital punishment than their moderate counterparts. The "sanctity of life" argument used by these social conservatives in their anti-abortion rhetoric clearly loses it solemnity immediately after birth. In the Christian South, "an eye for an eye" towers over the "turning the other cheek" ethic. This retributive justice framework wanders far from the pacifist, restorative approach espoused by the founder of Christianity. That's why the "Bible Belt" of America is now being referred to as the "Death Belt." The state-sanctioned executions of African-Americans in the South since the demise of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Christian leader who bravely championed for equal rights and justice in the region, would give the civil rights leader nightmares if he saw what has become of his dream.
While the execution of Troy Davis exposes the frailty of the U.S. justice system, given the incredulous circumstances surrounding his sentencing, it also reminds us of the hazards posed by religious fundamentalists' notion of justice. It is important to note that the Ku Klux Klan was (and still is) an Anglo-American Protestant organization that used to enjoy support from powerful politicians in the South. While it has become unfashionable to openly support the Klan in contemporary American politics, social conservatism now acts as the façade that harbors the legacy of racial discrimination in the name of "preserving traditional values." The self-proclaimed modern agents of social morality, like their Klan predecessors, still operate under the banner of Christianity. Animosity toward racial and sexual minorities, immigrants and non- Christians is a recurring theme within this entity. Their fast ascendancy to political power within the Republican Party should be watched as a civil rights concern by the global community.
Capital punishment should never be viewed as a race-neutral policy in the United States as long as racial economic differences persist. Given the socioeconomic quandary of African- Americans and the avidity of racist Southerners to vindicate the death sentence, it is exigent that the United States terminates this barbaric practice. It is rooted in an injurious, racist past that has perennially oppressed and degraded African-Americans. Even with a black President, African-Americans are, in the words that Dr. King used almost 50 years ago, "still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination." Condoning capital punishment in America has not succeeded in deterring crime, but it has granted a social license to racist lynching. Let us all join hands in emancipating America from this iniquity.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Kenyans For Kenya: Transcendent Patriotism
Sometimes during dire times, a nation must rise above its leaders and respond to our moral imperative of being OUR BROTHERS’ KEEPERS. It’s the Summum Bonum, the greatest good, that a Great Nation can be called to serve. Like a Phoenix, Kenya rises from the ashes of ethnic differences and political stalemates to take care of our own, and WE ARE STANDING TALLER TOGETHER.
For years, Kenyans have been pitted against each other by an aristocracy of impotent politicians; a rotten bunch of sitting members that has never stood up for anyone. While our politicians are busy robbing the country blind and devising political strategies on how to hold on to power, Kenyans have come together and joined hands to respond to the plight of our drought-afflicted fellow wananchi in the north.
Political, religious and ethnic differences aside, Kenyans have responded to the crisis by raising almost Kshs 100, 000,000 ($1,094,090) in less than four days. The power of the social media, which brought the dawn of the so-called Arab Spring that saw power going back to the people in North Africa, has been harnessed by venerable Kenyans to reach out to the starving. Through Facebook, radio, TV, newspaper and other media, the distress call has reached the ears of many Kenyans, both locally and abroad, and on July 31st 2011, the first batch of relief material was flagged off from Nairobi to the hard-hit locations. This is a few days after our virtual Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Alfred “Joseph Goebbels” Mutua, claimed that no Kenyan had died of hunger, despite evidence to the contrary.
The mendacity practiced by our tribalist politicians has become the unspoken insult to the intelligence of wananchi. The ill-conceived KKK Alliance (now re-branded as the G7) for example, has spurred extensive condemnation for its exclusivity. Its perilous demise is predictable in its leadership when two out of its three fuglemen have pending subpoenas from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. When justice strikes the shepherds, the sheep of the KKK flock will be scattered. The same fate awaits other political instruments forged in the furnace of demagogy.
While not a single Kenyan I’ve met seems content with the status quo of our politics, we still pander to tribal politics despite the well-known hazards. Our obsession with mediocrity should surprises no one when we vote for “our man” instead of the best qualified candidate who has our best interest as a country at heart. Only a fool would be astounded to see the parallels where people are starving to death while MPs are working on increasing their bloodsucking salaries. We brought this evil on ourselves when we bent over backwards to put the ticks on our own backs in 2007.
The disgraceful state of the Kenyan political landscape is in a critical need of democratic panel-beating. The Kenyans for Kenya initiative could be the Rubicon towards change. It has proven that solidarity in Kenya is possible. We need to vote out these politicians en masse in the 2012 general elections instead of turning our machetes on our next- door neighbors. The new Constitution has laid ground for the possibility of a people’s leadership that should send home the Kenyattas, the Odingas, the Mois, the Kibakis and the entire Kenyan patriciate. We are about to stand on holy democratic ground, and just like in the gospel song Kiatu Kivue, we need to take off these shoes that are our politicians before we desecrate the hallowed ground.
For years, Kenyans have been pitted against each other by an aristocracy of impotent politicians; a rotten bunch of sitting members that has never stood up for anyone. While our politicians are busy robbing the country blind and devising political strategies on how to hold on to power, Kenyans have come together and joined hands to respond to the plight of our drought-afflicted fellow wananchi in the north.
Political, religious and ethnic differences aside, Kenyans have responded to the crisis by raising almost Kshs 100, 000,000 ($1,094,090) in less than four days. The power of the social media, which brought the dawn of the so-called Arab Spring that saw power going back to the people in North Africa, has been harnessed by venerable Kenyans to reach out to the starving. Through Facebook, radio, TV, newspaper and other media, the distress call has reached the ears of many Kenyans, both locally and abroad, and on July 31st 2011, the first batch of relief material was flagged off from Nairobi to the hard-hit locations. This is a few days after our virtual Minister of Propaganda, Dr. Alfred “Joseph Goebbels” Mutua, claimed that no Kenyan had died of hunger, despite evidence to the contrary.
The mendacity practiced by our tribalist politicians has become the unspoken insult to the intelligence of wananchi. The ill-conceived KKK Alliance (now re-branded as the G7) for example, has spurred extensive condemnation for its exclusivity. Its perilous demise is predictable in its leadership when two out of its three fuglemen have pending subpoenas from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. When justice strikes the shepherds, the sheep of the KKK flock will be scattered. The same fate awaits other political instruments forged in the furnace of demagogy.
While not a single Kenyan I’ve met seems content with the status quo of our politics, we still pander to tribal politics despite the well-known hazards. Our obsession with mediocrity should surprises no one when we vote for “our man” instead of the best qualified candidate who has our best interest as a country at heart. Only a fool would be astounded to see the parallels where people are starving to death while MPs are working on increasing their bloodsucking salaries. We brought this evil on ourselves when we bent over backwards to put the ticks on our own backs in 2007.
The disgraceful state of the Kenyan political landscape is in a critical need of democratic panel-beating. The Kenyans for Kenya initiative could be the Rubicon towards change. It has proven that solidarity in Kenya is possible. We need to vote out these politicians en masse in the 2012 general elections instead of turning our machetes on our next- door neighbors. The new Constitution has laid ground for the possibility of a people’s leadership that should send home the Kenyattas, the Odingas, the Mois, the Kibakis and the entire Kenyan patriciate. We are about to stand on holy democratic ground, and just like in the gospel song Kiatu Kivue, we need to take off these shoes that are our politicians before we desecrate the hallowed ground.
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