During the Turkish occupation of Greece, it was a patriotic obligation for Greeks to evade taxes. Under the British colonialization, the refrain among Americans was ‘no taxation without representation.’
The current situation in Kenya where our taxes are used to pay corrupt ministers is akin to the Greek and American situation in many ways.
One, it is the poor people who pay taxes in this country. MPs do not pay taxes to start with. They import their cars tax free to boot. The companies of the rich bribe KRA to evade taxes. Jua Kali artisans on Jogoo Road, who have been made deaf by molding scrap metals to be made into household goods sold to fellow paupers, are the one who pay taxes. Small scale business persons are sustaining our economy; the big dogs take all their catch to the bank.
Unfortunately, the taxes that the poor pay do not support effective health care or finance public schools for them. Government officials steal most of the money. Sam Ongeri and his gang pocketed FPE cash and took the remainder to his Kissii schools. Kibaki patted him on the back for a job well done and fired junior officials. How does a genuine tax payer feel? Disillusioned if not worse.
By the way who will tell Kibaki to shut up about the fight against corruption? He irritates my ears stiff. How can he blabber against corruption and go on to re-appoint the ministers we manage to haunt of their offices? This guy cannot convince a mad man. He should just sleep in State House till 2012. We demand nothing more from him. Not anymore. We have seen the much he can do. Thank you Sir!
Secondly, the taxes that jobless entrepreneurs pay are used to pay salaries of the employed sons and daughters of the wealthy elite to do nothing for us. If you are poor, however well educated, you don’t get employed. Your place is in the informal sector. Hawker, jua kali artisan, manamba, house girl, anything but not a decent job. Good jobs are the preserve of the rich. The children of the oligarchs get employed so that you toil in the sun to pay their salaries. The same fate awaits your children. It is hereditary.
Your taxes are even used to satisfy the sexual appetites of the political elite. They prostitute our sisters, girl friends and our wives with their ill gotten money. We pay for their luxury villas, limousines and holidays. Their businesses keep springing up. Open spaces are disappearing as they put up hotels and estates. We are pushed to the slums.
What should we do to curb this? Sabotage and lynching is the only antidote.
Mob justice is rampant in this country. We kill small thieves because we don’t trust our justice system. They will pay their way out. Instant justice has proved effective for small time thieves. It will also work for the fat thieves in big offices.
Extra-judicial killings are almost legal in Kenya. Police kill robbers and muggers everyday. Of course they don’t kill the rich who steal by the billions. They kill small thieves to protect the wealth of rich thieves. Isn’t time Wananchi take up the role of lynching the rich thieves?
Mungiki is a child of neglect, poverty and deprivation. Unfortunately they terrorize and extort from the poor. I wish they could play Robin Hood; steal from the rich thieves and used the proceeds to alleviate their own poverty. It will work like this, anybody suspected of corruption, say Ongeri and Ruto, their property be targeted for looting. Kidnap their kids and demand ransom. Bomb their buildings and burn their houses. That way the rich thieves will stop stealing from us.
At the height of apartheid, Winnie Mandela called for ‘neck lacing’ of traitors in Soweto. The same fate should befall the vampires sucking our blood. If one big thief is lynched, the rest will be deterred from stealing our hard earned money. If the rich thinks this won’t happen, then they are mistaken. Injustice and frustration beget the worst form of violence. Suicide bombers and martyrs are a product of injustice and repression. If the political elite think we are tame, they better know it won’t be forever.
We don’t trust this government to fight for us. State institutions have failed us completely. I once went to a house of an activist. He had labeled his toilet- ‘state house’, his dust bin -‘Kenya National Assembly’, and his pigsty -‘the High Court of Kenya’. Nothing can describe the rot in our institutions than this.
The day we stop worshipping thieves who steal from us, is the day Kenya will move forward. So far, we fight thieves by shouting and demonstrations. This has proved ineffective. It failed with Ongeri and Ruto. They have learned that we tire shouting after some time and we retreat to our misery. Even when it works, the Corruption High Priest in the hill returns them to the cabinet after awhile.
Big thieves beware! Soon, very soon, the army of the unemployed will be baying for your blood. In the meantime let us make evading taxes a national sport of the poor!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Umaru Yar Adua’s Critical Health Poses a Big Hurdle for Mischievous Loyalists
The highly choreographed hauling of sick former Nigerian president Umaru Yar Adua in the cover of darkness back to Nigerian soil smelt of mischief. His loyalists are hell bent on returning him to power but his ill health is posing a big hurdle. He is very sick and Nigerians will not be convinced he is in a position to lead. The scheme appears to have stalled midstream at least for now and his apologists have been forced back to the drawing board.
The fact that lights were switched off at the airport, he was received with an ICU ambulance with top government officials unaware does not bode well for his return to office soon. Journalists were not allowed to cover him and indeed no photograph was taken of him attest to the fact he is still a very sick fellow. Many Nigerians would not believe he is well till they see him walking and talking at the least.
One question lingers on the minds of many: why bring Yar Adua back in the country when he is not recovered? One very obvious answer is a political scheme by his loyalists to pull the presidential carpet from Goodluck Jonathan’s feet. Yar Adua’s loyalists are scheming to wrest power back and make Yar Adua rule by proxy. This scheme however seems to have aborted.
For the power hungry schemers to abandon the maneuver means the former president is very ill and the conspirators feared the backlash from Nigerian public for propping a lame duck on the presidential seat. Most Nigerians interviewed by the BBC would wish only a fully recovered Yar Adua to return to his duties and for Goodluck Jonathan to act as president till then.
There is one worry though. It seems the conspirators are not done yet. Parliament had ordered that Yar Adua furnishes it with a letter once he comes back to the country. This he has done via his press statement. This poses risks. Could Musa Yar Adua be implying that he is now president and Goodluck Jonathan just executing the role of the president from his Vice Presidential seat? This could be true. The statement by the Presidential Secretary referred to Goodluck Jonathan as the VP and not acting president. The stage could be set for his return.
Already Yar Adua’s presence in the country is causing confusion among the ruling elite. The Executive Council meeting failed to take off. The power elite are realigning themselves afresh to take into account the return of Yar Adua.
This could signify stormy times ahead. A tug of war might emerge between Goodluck Jonathan and Yar Adua’s henchmen. The current relationship between Goodluck Jonathan and Yar Adua is anyone’s guess. Has Goodluck Jonathan been invited to visit the ailing president? I think no. Will he be allowed to see the former president in case he takes the initiative? No. He would have been the one receiving the president at the airport if the relationship would have been that good.
If Yar Adua ever get well and resume his duties. Goodluck Jonathan should consider himself jobless. Yar Adua will not waste a minute before sacking him. Just like he sacked the Justice Minister after assuming power, Yar Adua’s power brokers will do away with him in a flash.
I am worried that Yar Adua’s presence in Nigeria will embolden his loyalists to defy Goodluck Jonathan’s authority and set the stage for political uncertainty which will not be good for Nigeria’s stability.
The much we can do for now is to watch the scenario unfold and pray for Umaru Musa Yar Adua’s quick recovery.
The fact that lights were switched off at the airport, he was received with an ICU ambulance with top government officials unaware does not bode well for his return to office soon. Journalists were not allowed to cover him and indeed no photograph was taken of him attest to the fact he is still a very sick fellow. Many Nigerians would not believe he is well till they see him walking and talking at the least.
One question lingers on the minds of many: why bring Yar Adua back in the country when he is not recovered? One very obvious answer is a political scheme by his loyalists to pull the presidential carpet from Goodluck Jonathan’s feet. Yar Adua’s loyalists are scheming to wrest power back and make Yar Adua rule by proxy. This scheme however seems to have aborted.
For the power hungry schemers to abandon the maneuver means the former president is very ill and the conspirators feared the backlash from Nigerian public for propping a lame duck on the presidential seat. Most Nigerians interviewed by the BBC would wish only a fully recovered Yar Adua to return to his duties and for Goodluck Jonathan to act as president till then.
There is one worry though. It seems the conspirators are not done yet. Parliament had ordered that Yar Adua furnishes it with a letter once he comes back to the country. This he has done via his press statement. This poses risks. Could Musa Yar Adua be implying that he is now president and Goodluck Jonathan just executing the role of the president from his Vice Presidential seat? This could be true. The statement by the Presidential Secretary referred to Goodluck Jonathan as the VP and not acting president. The stage could be set for his return.
Already Yar Adua’s presence in the country is causing confusion among the ruling elite. The Executive Council meeting failed to take off. The power elite are realigning themselves afresh to take into account the return of Yar Adua.
This could signify stormy times ahead. A tug of war might emerge between Goodluck Jonathan and Yar Adua’s henchmen. The current relationship between Goodluck Jonathan and Yar Adua is anyone’s guess. Has Goodluck Jonathan been invited to visit the ailing president? I think no. Will he be allowed to see the former president in case he takes the initiative? No. He would have been the one receiving the president at the airport if the relationship would have been that good.
If Yar Adua ever get well and resume his duties. Goodluck Jonathan should consider himself jobless. Yar Adua will not waste a minute before sacking him. Just like he sacked the Justice Minister after assuming power, Yar Adua’s power brokers will do away with him in a flash.
I am worried that Yar Adua’s presence in Nigeria will embolden his loyalists to defy Goodluck Jonathan’s authority and set the stage for political uncertainty which will not be good for Nigeria’s stability.
The much we can do for now is to watch the scenario unfold and pray for Umaru Musa Yar Adua’s quick recovery.
I Dare Raila Odinga To Resign If He Is A Real Democrat!
I have always refrained from playing commentator to the theatre of buffoons that is Kenyan politics. I have since 2008 Post Election Violence retreated to a news-proof fortress to insulate myself from this farce run by hoodlums and ruffians otherwise called leaders by incurable sycophants.
No wonder many US Congressmen are opting out of defending their seats in mid term elections owing to disillusionment with the paralysis in Washington. They are doing this in spite of the fact that they are sure to retain their seats. Bad politics make apolitical of the most foremost of politicians anywhere in the world. Ask many a Kenyan and they will tell you of their frustration with our politics.
This endless charade between Kibaki and Raila over the firing of crooked ministers that never was has however stirred me out of my cocoon.
It is not by accident that Kibaki implicitly castigated Raila in his address to parliament over his overturned firing of corrupt ministers but it seems there is an elaborate plot to humiliate him. Kibaki, in short, is daring Raila to quit the coalition, something he has noticed Raila is not keen on doing and so he wants to fully exploit it to embarrass him.
Even though the coalition government is a bipartisan arrangement, I don’t have the heart to talk about Kibaki. I recompense injury with injury. Since he never talk much himself even when situation so demands, then why should anybody talk about him. In any case, he is not my president. He won through a coup. Maybe he is the president of Central Kenya because he dishes them senior appointments.
My dalliance with Kibaki ended irrevocably in 2003. We gave him an overwhelming mandate to unite and heal Kenya after years of KANU tyranny but instead he brought in Gikuyu tyranny. We showed him we wanted to start on a new slate as far as corruption is concerned but he presided over the worst form of corruption ever. I lost hope on him. He killed our dream for a new Kenya. He squandered the goodwill to finish corruption. I am just wishing it was 2013 tomorrow.
It is fair to just leave him to historians if any will have the desire to pen anything on him He will be lucky to occupy a footnote in the history of this country. In ten years, a Google search on his name will return ; “maybe a former president of an African country.” I am yet to meet the most uninspiring, laid back, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, aloof and indecisive president as Kibaki. He is the only that ever was and ever will be.
In the cesspit that is our politics, Raila has some semblance of credentials of a democrat. Since this coalition has failed us miserably, it behooves a true democrat to resign and seek a new mandate to govern and bring about the much needed change. It is on this basis that I dare Raila to resign that we may go for new elections in accordance with the constitution that anchored this coalition arrangement.
I am aware that the government will not end with his resignation. Three minutes after Raila’s resignation, Central Kenya MPs will hold a press conference to announce that the government still stands with Kibaki as president. They will go ahead to give a drawn-out legal interpretation of the constitution to justify their claims. The AG will hold another press conference to concur and the stage will be set for street protests by Luos and the civil society.
I am fully aware of all these but I want Raila to show that his democratic ideals cannot be compromised by the allure of power; that his desire to bring a new dawn in this country cannot be quenched by a fleet of limousines. The test of Raila’s democratic ideals is complete. He has been taunted, teased, embarrassed and sabotaged. In true democracies, coalition governments are wound up for less.
The Dutch coalition government has just collapsed over the contentious issue of recalling 2000 Dutch troops serving in Afghanistan. German, Italian, Canadian and Israeli coalition arrangements often collapse over minor policy differences. It is true democracy at play. Political parties and their leaders have certain ideologies that they cannot compromise however the urge to remain in government.
Why is it not so in Kenya and by extension Africa? The answer is simple. One, there are no real political parties founded on sound ideology. Two, power is exploited for selfish material gain.
The bone of contention between Kibaki and Raila is corruption if not power. Kibaki is a reactionary in the fight against corruption while Raila seems keen to fight corruption. This is a serious policy issue that should have left Kenya staring on the face of another election, possibly a flawed one. But Raila, however his pretence to real democracy is not keen on resigning.
The trappings of power are just too sweet to relinquish. That is why Raila is calling for outside intervention to salvage the coalition arrangement. That is why he is the one extending the olive branch to Kibaki. That is why he is the one keen on talks to douse the fires he started.
The same scenario is playing out in Zimbabwe. Morgan Tshangirai is too befuddled with the little power that Mugabe condescended to him that however much harassments he and his supporters are faced with, he cannot relinquish it. He is always calling SADC to intervene. It is true that life in Zimbabwe is better after the GPA was signed but it can get better. Morgan Tshangirai is too soft on Mugabe and ZANU PF when it comes to pushing for reforms and the full implementations of the GPA.
I am also aware that not all ODM Cabinet Ministers will stand with Raila. The balance of power in the coalition favors PNU. Most ODM ministers have hobnobbed with PNU. A potent example is the embattled agriculture minister William Ruto. He is functionally PNU but nominally ODM. He and his ilk know where the bread is buttered. It is a strategy to make the most gain out of the coalition.
Don’t be cheated that it is for the benefit of the people. The Kalenjin, which he claims to fight for has not seen any tangible benefits from his political infidelity. The only justification is, the hyenas too are well versed in the game of leveraging.
Still, Raila can do us good by resigning to pave way for new elections. To this end, I am keenly awaiting Raila’s response to the implicit challenge by Kibaki to resign. Will he take up the gauntlet? Place your bet!
No wonder many US Congressmen are opting out of defending their seats in mid term elections owing to disillusionment with the paralysis in Washington. They are doing this in spite of the fact that they are sure to retain their seats. Bad politics make apolitical of the most foremost of politicians anywhere in the world. Ask many a Kenyan and they will tell you of their frustration with our politics.
This endless charade between Kibaki and Raila over the firing of crooked ministers that never was has however stirred me out of my cocoon.
It is not by accident that Kibaki implicitly castigated Raila in his address to parliament over his overturned firing of corrupt ministers but it seems there is an elaborate plot to humiliate him. Kibaki, in short, is daring Raila to quit the coalition, something he has noticed Raila is not keen on doing and so he wants to fully exploit it to embarrass him.
Even though the coalition government is a bipartisan arrangement, I don’t have the heart to talk about Kibaki. I recompense injury with injury. Since he never talk much himself even when situation so demands, then why should anybody talk about him. In any case, he is not my president. He won through a coup. Maybe he is the president of Central Kenya because he dishes them senior appointments.
My dalliance with Kibaki ended irrevocably in 2003. We gave him an overwhelming mandate to unite and heal Kenya after years of KANU tyranny but instead he brought in Gikuyu tyranny. We showed him we wanted to start on a new slate as far as corruption is concerned but he presided over the worst form of corruption ever. I lost hope on him. He killed our dream for a new Kenya. He squandered the goodwill to finish corruption. I am just wishing it was 2013 tomorrow.
It is fair to just leave him to historians if any will have the desire to pen anything on him He will be lucky to occupy a footnote in the history of this country. In ten years, a Google search on his name will return ; “maybe a former president of an African country.” I am yet to meet the most uninspiring, laid back, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, aloof and indecisive president as Kibaki. He is the only that ever was and ever will be.
In the cesspit that is our politics, Raila has some semblance of credentials of a democrat. Since this coalition has failed us miserably, it behooves a true democrat to resign and seek a new mandate to govern and bring about the much needed change. It is on this basis that I dare Raila to resign that we may go for new elections in accordance with the constitution that anchored this coalition arrangement.
I am aware that the government will not end with his resignation. Three minutes after Raila’s resignation, Central Kenya MPs will hold a press conference to announce that the government still stands with Kibaki as president. They will go ahead to give a drawn-out legal interpretation of the constitution to justify their claims. The AG will hold another press conference to concur and the stage will be set for street protests by Luos and the civil society.
I am fully aware of all these but I want Raila to show that his democratic ideals cannot be compromised by the allure of power; that his desire to bring a new dawn in this country cannot be quenched by a fleet of limousines. The test of Raila’s democratic ideals is complete. He has been taunted, teased, embarrassed and sabotaged. In true democracies, coalition governments are wound up for less.
The Dutch coalition government has just collapsed over the contentious issue of recalling 2000 Dutch troops serving in Afghanistan. German, Italian, Canadian and Israeli coalition arrangements often collapse over minor policy differences. It is true democracy at play. Political parties and their leaders have certain ideologies that they cannot compromise however the urge to remain in government.
Why is it not so in Kenya and by extension Africa? The answer is simple. One, there are no real political parties founded on sound ideology. Two, power is exploited for selfish material gain.
The bone of contention between Kibaki and Raila is corruption if not power. Kibaki is a reactionary in the fight against corruption while Raila seems keen to fight corruption. This is a serious policy issue that should have left Kenya staring on the face of another election, possibly a flawed one. But Raila, however his pretence to real democracy is not keen on resigning.
The trappings of power are just too sweet to relinquish. That is why Raila is calling for outside intervention to salvage the coalition arrangement. That is why he is the one extending the olive branch to Kibaki. That is why he is the one keen on talks to douse the fires he started.
The same scenario is playing out in Zimbabwe. Morgan Tshangirai is too befuddled with the little power that Mugabe condescended to him that however much harassments he and his supporters are faced with, he cannot relinquish it. He is always calling SADC to intervene. It is true that life in Zimbabwe is better after the GPA was signed but it can get better. Morgan Tshangirai is too soft on Mugabe and ZANU PF when it comes to pushing for reforms and the full implementations of the GPA.
I am also aware that not all ODM Cabinet Ministers will stand with Raila. The balance of power in the coalition favors PNU. Most ODM ministers have hobnobbed with PNU. A potent example is the embattled agriculture minister William Ruto. He is functionally PNU but nominally ODM. He and his ilk know where the bread is buttered. It is a strategy to make the most gain out of the coalition.
Don’t be cheated that it is for the benefit of the people. The Kalenjin, which he claims to fight for has not seen any tangible benefits from his political infidelity. The only justification is, the hyenas too are well versed in the game of leveraging.
Still, Raila can do us good by resigning to pave way for new elections. To this end, I am keenly awaiting Raila’s response to the implicit challenge by Kibaki to resign. Will he take up the gauntlet? Place your bet!
nI Dare Raila Odinga To Resign If He Is A Real Democrat!
I have always refrained from playing commentator to the theatre of buffoons that is Kenyan politics. I have since 2008 Post Election Violence retreated to a news-proof fortress to insulate myself from this farce run by hoodlums and ruffians otherwise called leaders by incurable sycophants.
No wonder many US Congressmen are opting out of defending their seats in mid term elections owing to disillusionment with the paralysis in Washington. They are doing this in spite of the fact that they are sure to retain their seats. Bad politics make apolitical of the most foremost of politicians anywhere in the world. Ask many a Kenyan and they will tell you of their frustration with our politics.
This endless charade between Kibaki and Raila over the firing of crooked ministers that never was has however stirred me out of my cocoon.
It is not by accident that Kibaki implicitly castigated Raila in his address to parliament over his overturned firing of corrupt ministers but it seems there is an elaborate plot to humiliate him. Kibaki, in short, is daring Raila to quit the coalition, something he has noticed Raila is not keen on doing and so he wants to fully exploit it to embarrass him.
Even though the coalition government is a bipartisan arrangement, I don’t have the heart to talk about Kibaki. I recompense injury with injury. Since he never talk much himself even when situation so demands, then why should anybody talk about him. In any case, he is not my president. He won through a coup. Maybe he is the president of Central Kenya because he dishes them senior appointments.
My dalliance with Kibaki ended irrevocably in 2003. We gave him an overwhelming mandate to unite and heal Kenya after years of KANU tyranny but instead he brought in Gikuyu tyranny. We showed him we wanted to start on a new slate as far as corruption is concerned but he presided over the worst form of corruption ever. I lost hope on him. He killed our dream for a new Kenya. He squandered the goodwill to finish corruption. I am just wishing it was 2013 tomorrow.
It is fair to just leave him to historians if any will have the desire to pen anything on him He will be lucky to occupy a footnote in the history of this country. In ten years, a Google search on his name will return ; “maybe a former president of an African country.” I am yet to meet the most uninspiring, laid back, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, aloof and indecisive president as Kibaki. He is the only that ever was and ever will be.
In the cesspit that is our politics, Raila has some semblance of credentials of a democrat. Since this coalition has failed us miserably, it behooves a true democrat to resign and seek a new mandate to govern and bring about the much needed change. It is on this basis that I dare Raila to resign that we may go for new elections in accordance with the constitution that anchored this coalition arrangement.
I am aware that the government will not end with his resignation. Three minutes after Raila’s resignation, Central Kenya MPs will hold a press conference to announce that the government still stands with Kibaki as president. They will go ahead to give a drawn-out legal interpretation of the constitution to justify their claims. The AG will hold another press conference to concur and the stage will be set for street protests by Luos and the civil society.
I am fully aware of all these but I want Raila to show that his democratic ideals cannot be compromised by the allure of power; that his desire to bring a new dawn in this country cannot be quenched by a fleet of limousines. The test of Raila’s democratic ideals is complete. He has been taunted, teased, embarrassed and sabotaged. In true democracies, coalition governments are wound up for less.
The Dutch coalition government has just collapsed over the contentious issue of recalling 2000 Dutch troops serving in Afghanistan. German, Italian, Canadian and Israeli coalition arrangements often collapse over minor policy differences. It is true democracy at play. Political parties and their leaders have certain ideologies that they cannot compromise however the urge to remain in government.
Why is it not so in Kenya and by extension Africa? The answer is simple. One, there are no real political parties founded on sound ideology. Two, power is exploited for selfish material gain.
The bone of contention between Kibaki and Raila is corruption if not power. Kibaki is a reactionary in the fight against corruption while Raila seems keen to fight corruption. This is a serious policy issue that should have left Kenya staring on the face of another election, possibly a flawed one. But Raila, however his pretence to real democracy is not keen on resigning.
The trappings of power are just too sweet to relinquish. That is why Raila is calling for outside intervention to salvage the coalition arrangement. That is why he is the one extending the olive branch to Kibaki. That is why he is the one keen on talks to douse the fires he started.
The same scenario is playing out in Zimbabwe. Morgan Tshangirai is too befuddled with the little power that Mugabe condescended to him that however much harassments he and his supporters are faced with, he cannot relinquish it. He is always calling SADC to intervene. It is true that life in Zimbabwe is better after the GPA was signed but it can get better. Morgan Tshangirai is too soft on Mugabe and ZANU PF when it comes to pushing for reforms and the full implementations of the GPA.
I am also aware that not all ODM Cabinet Ministers will stand with Raila. The balance of power in the coalition favors PNU. Most ODM ministers have hobnobbed with PNU. A potent example is the embattled agriculture minister William Ruto. He is functionally PNU but nominally ODM. He and his ilk know where the bread is buttered. It is a strategy to make the most gain out of the coalition.
Don’t be cheated that it is for the benefit of the people. The Kalenjin, which he claims to fight for has not seen any tangible benefits from his political infidelity. The only justification is, the hyenas too are well versed in the game of leveraging.
Still, Raila can do us good by resigning to pave way for new elections. To this end, I am keenly awaiting Raila’s response to the implicit challenge by Kibaki to resign. Will he take up the gauntlet? Place your bet!
No wonder many US Congressmen are opting out of defending their seats in mid term elections owing to disillusionment with the paralysis in Washington. They are doing this in spite of the fact that they are sure to retain their seats. Bad politics make apolitical of the most foremost of politicians anywhere in the world. Ask many a Kenyan and they will tell you of their frustration with our politics.
This endless charade between Kibaki and Raila over the firing of crooked ministers that never was has however stirred me out of my cocoon.
It is not by accident that Kibaki implicitly castigated Raila in his address to parliament over his overturned firing of corrupt ministers but it seems there is an elaborate plot to humiliate him. Kibaki, in short, is daring Raila to quit the coalition, something he has noticed Raila is not keen on doing and so he wants to fully exploit it to embarrass him.
Even though the coalition government is a bipartisan arrangement, I don’t have the heart to talk about Kibaki. I recompense injury with injury. Since he never talk much himself even when situation so demands, then why should anybody talk about him. In any case, he is not my president. He won through a coup. Maybe he is the president of Central Kenya because he dishes them senior appointments.
My dalliance with Kibaki ended irrevocably in 2003. We gave him an overwhelming mandate to unite and heal Kenya after years of KANU tyranny but instead he brought in Gikuyu tyranny. We showed him we wanted to start on a new slate as far as corruption is concerned but he presided over the worst form of corruption ever. I lost hope on him. He killed our dream for a new Kenya. He squandered the goodwill to finish corruption. I am just wishing it was 2013 tomorrow.
It is fair to just leave him to historians if any will have the desire to pen anything on him He will be lucky to occupy a footnote in the history of this country. In ten years, a Google search on his name will return ; “maybe a former president of an African country.” I am yet to meet the most uninspiring, laid back, indifferent, apathetic, unconcerned, aloof and indecisive president as Kibaki. He is the only that ever was and ever will be.
In the cesspit that is our politics, Raila has some semblance of credentials of a democrat. Since this coalition has failed us miserably, it behooves a true democrat to resign and seek a new mandate to govern and bring about the much needed change. It is on this basis that I dare Raila to resign that we may go for new elections in accordance with the constitution that anchored this coalition arrangement.
I am aware that the government will not end with his resignation. Three minutes after Raila’s resignation, Central Kenya MPs will hold a press conference to announce that the government still stands with Kibaki as president. They will go ahead to give a drawn-out legal interpretation of the constitution to justify their claims. The AG will hold another press conference to concur and the stage will be set for street protests by Luos and the civil society.
I am fully aware of all these but I want Raila to show that his democratic ideals cannot be compromised by the allure of power; that his desire to bring a new dawn in this country cannot be quenched by a fleet of limousines. The test of Raila’s democratic ideals is complete. He has been taunted, teased, embarrassed and sabotaged. In true democracies, coalition governments are wound up for less.
The Dutch coalition government has just collapsed over the contentious issue of recalling 2000 Dutch troops serving in Afghanistan. German, Italian, Canadian and Israeli coalition arrangements often collapse over minor policy differences. It is true democracy at play. Political parties and their leaders have certain ideologies that they cannot compromise however the urge to remain in government.
Why is it not so in Kenya and by extension Africa? The answer is simple. One, there are no real political parties founded on sound ideology. Two, power is exploited for selfish material gain.
The bone of contention between Kibaki and Raila is corruption if not power. Kibaki is a reactionary in the fight against corruption while Raila seems keen to fight corruption. This is a serious policy issue that should have left Kenya staring on the face of another election, possibly a flawed one. But Raila, however his pretence to real democracy is not keen on resigning.
The trappings of power are just too sweet to relinquish. That is why Raila is calling for outside intervention to salvage the coalition arrangement. That is why he is the one extending the olive branch to Kibaki. That is why he is the one keen on talks to douse the fires he started.
The same scenario is playing out in Zimbabwe. Morgan Tshangirai is too befuddled with the little power that Mugabe condescended to him that however much harassments he and his supporters are faced with, he cannot relinquish it. He is always calling SADC to intervene. It is true that life in Zimbabwe is better after the GPA was signed but it can get better. Morgan Tshangirai is too soft on Mugabe and ZANU PF when it comes to pushing for reforms and the full implementations of the GPA.
I am also aware that not all ODM Cabinet Ministers will stand with Raila. The balance of power in the coalition favors PNU. Most ODM ministers have hobnobbed with PNU. A potent example is the embattled agriculture minister William Ruto. He is functionally PNU but nominally ODM. He and his ilk know where the bread is buttered. It is a strategy to make the most gain out of the coalition.
Don’t be cheated that it is for the benefit of the people. The Kalenjin, which he claims to fight for has not seen any tangible benefits from his political infidelity. The only justification is, the hyenas too are well versed in the game of leveraging.
Still, Raila can do us good by resigning to pave way for new elections. To this end, I am keenly awaiting Raila’s response to the implicit challenge by Kibaki to resign. Will he take up the gauntlet? Place your bet!
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Esther Arunga is a Psychiatric Case!
Seeing Esther Arunga in the dungeon corridors as if she is a cheap slut after a night swoop elicits but a single emotion: PITY! That she had the nerve to smile and wave to the cameras like a prisoner of conscience being whisked away by loathsome agents of a police state confirms our most dreaded fear; that she needs some urgent psychiatric attention!
The often time loquacious country, Kenya, is for once unanimous in prayer after it lost words on what to make of Esther Arunga’s decadence in the name of following a one-man-church that fits all the descriptions of a worthless cult.
It beats all expectations for a veritable TV Queen who was admired by many and loved by the multitude, to come into such disgrace in such a short time. It numbs the mind to witness a beauty who is supposed to be mellowing the all too pugnacious news that is our politics with her reassuring smiles to overnight turn into a cult melodrama.
That Esther Arunga, the confident and intelligent looking lady, a role model living the ‘Kenyan Dream’, if ever there is any, is now a convergence of national sympathy is too flummoxing.
Beauty, intellect and charm are too uncommon a combination to be found in a single soul but Esther Arunga had it all in abundance. You could see it in her dazzling eyes, grace and composure. To watch all these crumble in a sordid whirlwind is way too disconcerting. It is very hard on her family, friends and fans. Nobody saw this coming, even if they did, they did not have the heart to believe it.
Never have I mourned a celebrity’s misdemeanor. In any case, it is such scandals that make celebrities worth our interest. But, there is something in Esther Arunga’s downfall that resembles the feeling of catching your younger sister messing with boys. You cannot be indifferent but take time to talk some sense into her little head.
I seldom care about the conduct of the distant guy on TV who chooses to go down the gutter, after all, fate befall all of us in different versions. But with Esther Arunga, I refuse to believe that she has lost it. Even if it is wishful/wistful thinking, then this is what I need for the moment. I would rather live in denial than believe that Esther Arunga is gone to the dawgs! This gal was just loveable. There is this cord of concern that refuses to snap for her. I believe it is not an isolated feeling.
The sight of a bamboozled family and a coterie of her friends in the police station checking on Esther Arunga is just not like her kind of scene. It is unlike of Esther Arunga to be hauled into a police cell. Cells were not made for some people like Esther Arunga. At least not on a charge of belonging to a wannabe cult run by a screwball called Joseph Hellon! I bequeath her more brains than this.
Now, what is to be done?
Some may argue that we leave Esther Arunga alone to follow her spiritual desires. But this ignominy called the ‘the Finger of God Church’ is hardly a spiritual thing. A church that alienates one from a job and family is a scourge not a church. Religion by essence is devoid of reason but a cult is on the extreme end of this continuum. It does not border on lunacy but it is an embodiment of it. It is founded on oddity and is driven by passionate dereliction of reality. Historically, no good has ever come out of a cult.
Most cults have an aspect of sex in it. Members undergo perpetual baptism of sex. Don’t be surprised that ‘the Finger of God Church’ involves sex orgies, this could be the reason the cops were quick to act. The fact that minors were involved could have added to the impetus. It is justified to worry about our beloved Esther!
From the rabid look in her press conference to her bizarre smiles at the police station, I decipher one thing. Esther Arunga is absolutely non compos mentis. She is most definitely out of her mind. Certainly not schizoid but a psychological condition that only shrinks and doctors can define. We obviously have a patient.
I am not trying to insinuate that Esther Arunga is stark crazy. Far from it. Doctors use a number of parameters to define madness. To be sane, an individual’s opinion should be dependable by others in society. I wonder how many people can take Esther’s idea on religion. Another parameter relates to being able to take care of oneself. If you waste yourself and harm your reputation that is not good care of oneself and to some extend you qualify for a mental asylum. This is what Tiger Woods realized, that is why he is in a rehab.
Whether she has denounced her family or not, as soon as she is out of the cells, her family. I repeat, her family, should demand that she accompany them for an urgent date with a doc. If need be, by a court order. The next thing is to demand that the nonce called Joseph Hell-on, should keep a radius of ten kilometers away from Esther Arunga. That fellow is a witch who put Esther Arunga under a spell of voodoo. What else can explain the complete moral degradation of our beloved Esther Arunga?
I cannot afford to see Esther Arunga becoming a cheap martyr of idiocy. She has better use of her life than to be an object of pity and a subject of bemusement.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish Esther Arunga a most very quick recovery from this most very unfortunate streak of insanity!
The often time loquacious country, Kenya, is for once unanimous in prayer after it lost words on what to make of Esther Arunga’s decadence in the name of following a one-man-church that fits all the descriptions of a worthless cult.
It beats all expectations for a veritable TV Queen who was admired by many and loved by the multitude, to come into such disgrace in such a short time. It numbs the mind to witness a beauty who is supposed to be mellowing the all too pugnacious news that is our politics with her reassuring smiles to overnight turn into a cult melodrama.
That Esther Arunga, the confident and intelligent looking lady, a role model living the ‘Kenyan Dream’, if ever there is any, is now a convergence of national sympathy is too flummoxing.
Beauty, intellect and charm are too uncommon a combination to be found in a single soul but Esther Arunga had it all in abundance. You could see it in her dazzling eyes, grace and composure. To watch all these crumble in a sordid whirlwind is way too disconcerting. It is very hard on her family, friends and fans. Nobody saw this coming, even if they did, they did not have the heart to believe it.
Never have I mourned a celebrity’s misdemeanor. In any case, it is such scandals that make celebrities worth our interest. But, there is something in Esther Arunga’s downfall that resembles the feeling of catching your younger sister messing with boys. You cannot be indifferent but take time to talk some sense into her little head.
I seldom care about the conduct of the distant guy on TV who chooses to go down the gutter, after all, fate befall all of us in different versions. But with Esther Arunga, I refuse to believe that she has lost it. Even if it is wishful/wistful thinking, then this is what I need for the moment. I would rather live in denial than believe that Esther Arunga is gone to the dawgs! This gal was just loveable. There is this cord of concern that refuses to snap for her. I believe it is not an isolated feeling.
The sight of a bamboozled family and a coterie of her friends in the police station checking on Esther Arunga is just not like her kind of scene. It is unlike of Esther Arunga to be hauled into a police cell. Cells were not made for some people like Esther Arunga. At least not on a charge of belonging to a wannabe cult run by a screwball called Joseph Hellon! I bequeath her more brains than this.
Now, what is to be done?
Some may argue that we leave Esther Arunga alone to follow her spiritual desires. But this ignominy called the ‘the Finger of God Church’ is hardly a spiritual thing. A church that alienates one from a job and family is a scourge not a church. Religion by essence is devoid of reason but a cult is on the extreme end of this continuum. It does not border on lunacy but it is an embodiment of it. It is founded on oddity and is driven by passionate dereliction of reality. Historically, no good has ever come out of a cult.
Most cults have an aspect of sex in it. Members undergo perpetual baptism of sex. Don’t be surprised that ‘the Finger of God Church’ involves sex orgies, this could be the reason the cops were quick to act. The fact that minors were involved could have added to the impetus. It is justified to worry about our beloved Esther!
From the rabid look in her press conference to her bizarre smiles at the police station, I decipher one thing. Esther Arunga is absolutely non compos mentis. She is most definitely out of her mind. Certainly not schizoid but a psychological condition that only shrinks and doctors can define. We obviously have a patient.
I am not trying to insinuate that Esther Arunga is stark crazy. Far from it. Doctors use a number of parameters to define madness. To be sane, an individual’s opinion should be dependable by others in society. I wonder how many people can take Esther’s idea on religion. Another parameter relates to being able to take care of oneself. If you waste yourself and harm your reputation that is not good care of oneself and to some extend you qualify for a mental asylum. This is what Tiger Woods realized, that is why he is in a rehab.
Whether she has denounced her family or not, as soon as she is out of the cells, her family. I repeat, her family, should demand that she accompany them for an urgent date with a doc. If need be, by a court order. The next thing is to demand that the nonce called Joseph Hell-on, should keep a radius of ten kilometers away from Esther Arunga. That fellow is a witch who put Esther Arunga under a spell of voodoo. What else can explain the complete moral degradation of our beloved Esther Arunga?
I cannot afford to see Esther Arunga becoming a cheap martyr of idiocy. She has better use of her life than to be an object of pity and a subject of bemusement.
From the bottom of my heart, I wish Esther Arunga a most very quick recovery from this most very unfortunate streak of insanity!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Esther Arunga: from A-List to Cult Wannabe!
There is something wrong when a lady of 29 quit her day job to be an acolyte in a cheap cult. There is something totally wrong when an advocate is advised to call off her wedding to another man by another man going by the title of a spiritual mentor. There is something terribly amiss when a woman with a good salary opt out of her residence to live in a church mansion.
There is something out of place with the Esther Arunga that we all knew. Remember the plump girl with an innocent smile on TV? The quintessential African beauty, simple,stunning and confident?That was our Esther Arunga. The Esther Arunga in a press conference yesterday is a com[plete stranger. The touchy, pouting, shouting, looking lost Esther Arunga is a different gal from the one we all knew and loved.
I loved this gal on TV. Every man in town loved Esther Arunga. I didn't know why we all loved her. Was is it the air of friendliness she carried around? maybe. Was it the aura of quiet intellect she radiated on the TV screen? probably. No one i met knew knew exactly why Esther Arunga was the queen of TV. But she was.
Monita Rajpal of CNN completed my TV idols alongside Esther Arunga. i am both their fans on Facebook. The only people i am a fan of for that matter.
Where did the rain started beating our Esther Arunga?
she lost my admiration awhile ago when rumors of funny relationships started the rounds. maybe i was jealous. she lost it again when she lost the plumpness. her eyes lost the radiance. she became a tad thinner. my African queen changed. i complained. others complained. something went amiss. just like i didn't know what was good with her before, i just could not figure what was amiss. she just lost it on the beauty dept.
Maybe she had some personal problems that took toll on her happiness. maybe.
i will be the last person to castigate Esther Arunga but she was wrong to quit her job. Joseph Hellon cannot pay her the salary that KTN used to pay her. she should ask Cess Mutungi. She had a future on TV. Maybe she would have become the next Zain Verjee. Caroline Mutoko has done herself a lot of good in Kiss by sticking there for all these years. Nyambane quit his job only to sell toilet detergents on TV.
i fear for the future of Esther Arunga if who she calls her friends and advisers are the likes of Joseph Hellon.
yesterday, she did not look good on TV at all. she was smart but acted a tart.She ought to have kept her cool. a third rate PR company would have advised her to keep away from the press conference. Celeb communications are done through Twitter, Facebook or a personal blog. not TV. my mum and grandmother watched her yet the only derivative of celebrity they know is maybe a wedding celebration. social sites make sure your communication get to the right people.
as a former admirer of Esther Arunga who will not hesitate being a fan again when she fix her life, i will advise her to keep off Joseph Hellon, that bullshit church, take some time off, relax, put her life in order and get something worthwhile to do.
Esther Arunga, i love you gal!
There is something out of place with the Esther Arunga that we all knew. Remember the plump girl with an innocent smile on TV? The quintessential African beauty, simple,stunning and confident?That was our Esther Arunga. The Esther Arunga in a press conference yesterday is a com[plete stranger. The touchy, pouting, shouting, looking lost Esther Arunga is a different gal from the one we all knew and loved.
I loved this gal on TV. Every man in town loved Esther Arunga. I didn't know why we all loved her. Was is it the air of friendliness she carried around? maybe. Was it the aura of quiet intellect she radiated on the TV screen? probably. No one i met knew knew exactly why Esther Arunga was the queen of TV. But she was.
Monita Rajpal of CNN completed my TV idols alongside Esther Arunga. i am both their fans on Facebook. The only people i am a fan of for that matter.
Where did the rain started beating our Esther Arunga?
she lost my admiration awhile ago when rumors of funny relationships started the rounds. maybe i was jealous. she lost it again when she lost the plumpness. her eyes lost the radiance. she became a tad thinner. my African queen changed. i complained. others complained. something went amiss. just like i didn't know what was good with her before, i just could not figure what was amiss. she just lost it on the beauty dept.
Maybe she had some personal problems that took toll on her happiness. maybe.
i will be the last person to castigate Esther Arunga but she was wrong to quit her job. Joseph Hellon cannot pay her the salary that KTN used to pay her. she should ask Cess Mutungi. She had a future on TV. Maybe she would have become the next Zain Verjee. Caroline Mutoko has done herself a lot of good in Kiss by sticking there for all these years. Nyambane quit his job only to sell toilet detergents on TV.
i fear for the future of Esther Arunga if who she calls her friends and advisers are the likes of Joseph Hellon.
yesterday, she did not look good on TV at all. she was smart but acted a tart.She ought to have kept her cool. a third rate PR company would have advised her to keep away from the press conference. Celeb communications are done through Twitter, Facebook or a personal blog. not TV. my mum and grandmother watched her yet the only derivative of celebrity they know is maybe a wedding celebration. social sites make sure your communication get to the right people.
as a former admirer of Esther Arunga who will not hesitate being a fan again when she fix her life, i will advise her to keep off Joseph Hellon, that bullshit church, take some time off, relax, put her life in order and get something worthwhile to do.
Esther Arunga, i love you gal!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
There is a Gold Digger in Every Kenyan Gal
A German friend of mine put me in an awkward position recently. Having hooked up a Kenyan gal on Afrointroductions.com, he wanted my advice on how to relate with her. The cultural difference meant that he had to be careful on the speed, intimacy, and expectations of his new date.
I had to rack my nerves over just what makes Kenyan gals different from the rest of the world. I was tempted to tell him I don’t know. But then, I am a Kenyan and ought to know better. He turned to Google but no sites had sufficient info on the subject. That meant I was the only resource available.
Never before has a situation demanded that I analyze the general characteristics, nuances, psyche and personality of Kenyan gals as a whole. What one word describes Kenyan gals in general?
Apart from the tribal stereotypes and myths, I have never cared to scrutinize my numerous experiences dating Kenyan bimbos. To make it worse, I have never dated across borders so I didn’t have the comparative benefits with say Ugandans, Caucasians, Hispanics or other nationalities.
In partial fulfillment of this project, yesterday I sat on Mama Ngina Street and observed Kenyan gals strut their stuff as they left their offices for home after 5. I was hoping that the sight will jog my mind to come up with an overriding description of Kenyan gals.
I was not very lucky. The only conclusion was that Kenyan gals are blessed with ample bottoms and nice boobs. That is not a national personality. Is it?
The next endeavor was to go home and relive all the dating experiences I have had with various girls, recall all that my female friends have divulged to me of their expectations of boyfriends, their general (mis)demeanor and their dating dreams. That was better. I had to extend my TOR though, in case some other foreigner will look for the same or more, they will find it in a click.
After reading my findings, I knew I will make many enemies with the Kenyan female species but I could not help, intellectual integrity demands brutal honesty.
Looks
Kenyan gals are generally plump, medium in height, dark in shade, sizeable boobs and generous bums. Most of them will not skip any article titled ‘how to lose weight’ but it is evident that few have ever taken any step to shed the extra pounds. Weight notwithstanding, they are very beautiful pieces of creation.
Language
English, Swahili and Mother tongue. The accents vary depending on their first languages. Nairobirds usually are articulate and fluent in English.
Career
Career focused and independent. Rural folks display house wife tendencies. Marriage age range from 24 to 30 years in urban areas. Most opt for marriage, a minority prefer being single. Wife initiated divorce is rare unless the husband become broke. There is a general belief in men providing in marriage thus income levels dictate the choice of husband, Caucasians being the most preferred option.
Most Nairobirds spend their time scouring dating sites looking for western dates. Some hover around tourist hotels trying their luck. Some display their wares in Facebook, Tagged, plentyoffish.com and afrointroductions hoping a Caucasian punter will chance by. Age is not a factor when it comes to whites. It is not uncommon to spot a doting septuagenarian tugging a shameless teenager on Kenyan streets.
Education
Majority are educated to college and degree levels. However, they are scantily informed on national and international issues. Beyond academic needs, few Kenyan women can be spotted with a book. They sometimes read old magazines. Some carry novels for the prestige that come with a reading gal.
Hobbies
Drinking, listening to R n B, going to church (though they are hardly spiritual, they go to church out of fear rather than faith) and watching Nigerian and Mexican tele-novellas. Forget what they write as hobbies in social networking sites, they do little of those.
Materialism
They work hard for money while hoping to one day land a rich dude who will buy them a car and a house in Runda. A Kenyan chick will not think twice before dumping a boyfriend for greener pastures.
The thigh lever of a Kenyan gal is coin-operated!
Temperament
More aggressive than most of their African counterparts
Social life
They love clubbing and socializing. The dress code is more conservative than their East African counterparts in clubs.
Permissiveness
If a husband or a boyfriend is financially stable, then they can be the most faithful creatures after the dog, however, they would not shy away from a fling/infidelity if the price is right.
Sexual orientation
99% are straight. The remainder is shared between lesbians and bis.
Bed time
Tend to be conservative, traditional and unadventurous. Generally lousy but responsive to a few extra acts. For them, sex is a science not an art.
Drugs
Hard drugs, NO. Drinking, Yes. Smoking, rare.
Protected sex
Not so keen about it. Dare-devils.
Fashion
Less skimpy (occasionally you can spot some cleavages and tight asses). No minis. Simply unfashionable.
Miscellaneous
Loose, loving, jealous, submissive, good housekeepers, terrible cooks, motherly, and talkative.
(Anything left or overstated? drop a comment!)
I had to rack my nerves over just what makes Kenyan gals different from the rest of the world. I was tempted to tell him I don’t know. But then, I am a Kenyan and ought to know better. He turned to Google but no sites had sufficient info on the subject. That meant I was the only resource available.
Never before has a situation demanded that I analyze the general characteristics, nuances, psyche and personality of Kenyan gals as a whole. What one word describes Kenyan gals in general?
Apart from the tribal stereotypes and myths, I have never cared to scrutinize my numerous experiences dating Kenyan bimbos. To make it worse, I have never dated across borders so I didn’t have the comparative benefits with say Ugandans, Caucasians, Hispanics or other nationalities.
In partial fulfillment of this project, yesterday I sat on Mama Ngina Street and observed Kenyan gals strut their stuff as they left their offices for home after 5. I was hoping that the sight will jog my mind to come up with an overriding description of Kenyan gals.
I was not very lucky. The only conclusion was that Kenyan gals are blessed with ample bottoms and nice boobs. That is not a national personality. Is it?
The next endeavor was to go home and relive all the dating experiences I have had with various girls, recall all that my female friends have divulged to me of their expectations of boyfriends, their general (mis)demeanor and their dating dreams. That was better. I had to extend my TOR though, in case some other foreigner will look for the same or more, they will find it in a click.
After reading my findings, I knew I will make many enemies with the Kenyan female species but I could not help, intellectual integrity demands brutal honesty.
Looks
Kenyan gals are generally plump, medium in height, dark in shade, sizeable boobs and generous bums. Most of them will not skip any article titled ‘how to lose weight’ but it is evident that few have ever taken any step to shed the extra pounds. Weight notwithstanding, they are very beautiful pieces of creation.
Language
English, Swahili and Mother tongue. The accents vary depending on their first languages. Nairobirds usually are articulate and fluent in English.
Career
Career focused and independent. Rural folks display house wife tendencies. Marriage age range from 24 to 30 years in urban areas. Most opt for marriage, a minority prefer being single. Wife initiated divorce is rare unless the husband become broke. There is a general belief in men providing in marriage thus income levels dictate the choice of husband, Caucasians being the most preferred option.
Most Nairobirds spend their time scouring dating sites looking for western dates. Some hover around tourist hotels trying their luck. Some display their wares in Facebook, Tagged, plentyoffish.com and afrointroductions hoping a Caucasian punter will chance by. Age is not a factor when it comes to whites. It is not uncommon to spot a doting septuagenarian tugging a shameless teenager on Kenyan streets.
Education
Majority are educated to college and degree levels. However, they are scantily informed on national and international issues. Beyond academic needs, few Kenyan women can be spotted with a book. They sometimes read old magazines. Some carry novels for the prestige that come with a reading gal.
Hobbies
Drinking, listening to R n B, going to church (though they are hardly spiritual, they go to church out of fear rather than faith) and watching Nigerian and Mexican tele-novellas. Forget what they write as hobbies in social networking sites, they do little of those.
Materialism
They work hard for money while hoping to one day land a rich dude who will buy them a car and a house in Runda. A Kenyan chick will not think twice before dumping a boyfriend for greener pastures.
The thigh lever of a Kenyan gal is coin-operated!
Temperament
More aggressive than most of their African counterparts
Social life
They love clubbing and socializing. The dress code is more conservative than their East African counterparts in clubs.
Permissiveness
If a husband or a boyfriend is financially stable, then they can be the most faithful creatures after the dog, however, they would not shy away from a fling/infidelity if the price is right.
Sexual orientation
99% are straight. The remainder is shared between lesbians and bis.
Bed time
Tend to be conservative, traditional and unadventurous. Generally lousy but responsive to a few extra acts. For them, sex is a science not an art.
Drugs
Hard drugs, NO. Drinking, Yes. Smoking, rare.
Protected sex
Not so keen about it. Dare-devils.
Fashion
Less skimpy (occasionally you can spot some cleavages and tight asses). No minis. Simply unfashionable.
Miscellaneous
Loose, loving, jealous, submissive, good housekeepers, terrible cooks, motherly, and talkative.
(Anything left or overstated? drop a comment!)
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