NEW WINE

2006-05-25T09:49:00.001+03:00

A friend sent me this.The same does not represent my thinking on marriage…HA HA HA

MARRIAGE

You have two choices in life:
You can stay single and be miserable,
Or get married and wish you were dead.

At a cocktail party, one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing
your wedding ring on the wrong finger?"
"Yes, I am. I married the wrong man."

A lady inserted an ad in the classifieds:
"Husband Wanted".
Next day she received a hundred letters.
They all said the same thing:
"You can have mine."

When a woman steals your husband,
There is no better revenge than to let her keep him.

A woman is incomplete until she is married. Then she is finished

A little boy asked his father,
"Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?"
Father replied, "I don't know son, I'm still paying."

A young son asked,
"Is it true Dad, that in some parts of Africa a man doesn't know his
wife until he marries her?"
Dad replied, "That happens in every country, son."

Then there was a woman who said,
"I never knew what real happiness was until I got married, and by then,
it was too late."

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.

If you want your spouse to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk in your sleep.

Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life thinking they had no faults at all.

First guy says, "My wife's an angel!"
Second guy remarks, "You're lucky, mine’s still alive."

A Woman's Prayer:
Dear Lord, I pray for: Wisdom, to understand a man, to Love and to forgive him and for patience, for his moods. Because Lord, if I pray for Strength I'll just beat him to death "

Husband and wife are waiting at the bus stop with their nine children. A blind man joins them after a few minutes. When the bus arrives, they find it overloaded and only the wife and the nine kids are able to fit onto the bus. So the husband and the blind man decide to walk. After a while, the husband gets irritated by the ticking of the stick of the blind man a she taps it on the sidewalk, and says to him, "Why don't you put a piece of rubber at the end of your stick? That ticking sound is driving me crazy."

The blind man replies, "If you would’ve put a rubber at the end of YOUR
stick, we'd be riding the bus .. .so shut the hell up."

2006-03-13T14:12:00.000+03:00

HOLY WRIT IN SHENG
Luke 19: 1-10
--'Luke Kumi na tisa, moja hadi ashuu.'
Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
--Basi Yesu akapenya Jeri na alikuwa akipitia tuu.
Now behold,there was a man called Zaccheus who was the Chief Tax collector and was rich.
--Basi kilikuwa na msee mmoja ana itwa Zaka . Huyu Zaka alikuwa dongra wa kukwachu munde, na alikuwa sonko vibaya
And he sought to see who Jesus was, but he couldn't
because of the crowd,for he was a short man.
--Zaka alijisikia kusorora huyu Yesu ,lakini wapi ju ya ile kerende:alikuwa ka-pici!

So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to
see Him for he was going that direction.
--Zaka akajishanora akadandia miti ndio asorore vipoa
juu alikuwa akikwome hiyo side.
And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him
--Basi Yesu aligalavant akafika hiyo baze,akachi-ek
mabatini akamyebi na kumshow niaje ?
"Zacchaeus,make a haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house"
--"Zaka dondoka faster faster juu leo lazima ni maintain kwa keja yako".

CHURCH VOCABULARY

2006-03-08T15:37:00.000+03:00

1. Anointing: Used to describe any non-regular emotion (crying in the middle of a song when you forget the words, telling the church off (particularly when its over tithes and offering), doing the Olympic shout around the church (first one that hits the wall gets a white hanky tied around their neck!)

2. Trick of the Enemy: Used to describe anything that happens because you didn't do what you were supposed to, like your car getting repossessed cause you didn't pay the note, lights getting shut off cause you quit work to go on tour with the pastors choir, or your child repeating the first grade cause he missed the whole second semester to go on a 90 day/90 night fast and consecration.

*Of course, we know there is grace*

3. Rhema Word: Any message from an out-of-town pastor or evangelist.

4. Prophetic Word: Same message from that out-of-town pastor, delivered 5 decibels louder, while the congregation is standing. Quiet organ music optional, but works better with silence.

5. Carnal: Used to describe a saint who goes to the movies. This term doesn't apply if you rent the same movie from Blockbuster.

6. Didn't God Move?: What saints say after a long service where the pastor doesn't preach and they just shout the whole service.

7. Unlock Your Blessing: What preachers say after they've finished preaching, and they say you must give $50 to "unlock your blessing." For a more dramatic effect, this offering can be started at $1,000 and worked down to $25.

8. He'll Do It If You Let Him (followed by inaudible tongues): Round one of shouting; will begin in 5 minutes. Organist get ready.

9. We Got To Move On: What the preacher says when he wants shout time to start up again. Organist, turn up the volume on the Leslie.
10. We Have Time for One More Testimony: Not really, we're just waiting on the pastor to come into service. If you're called on during this one, when you hear clapping, just stop talking, cause the pastor has walked in and people are no longer interested in what God did for you.

11. We Can Never Pay for the Word: Get your checkbook out, the auction will begin momentarily! This phrase always comes before the offering is taken for the guest speaker.

12. God Has Been Dealing with Me on Some Issues: I'm still doing what I was doing before I got saved, only now I just put in an extra $5 in my offering when I do it.

13. Is He Worthy: Of course He is; why ask a question like that.

14. Let Us Go To God in Our Own Way: This is what you say when they ask you to pray in church and you don't know what to say.

15. Get Ready, Get Ready, Get Ready! Don't really know what this one means, but if you're not careful, a shout could break out when you say it. It must be said three times to have real impact.

16. I Can't Get No Help: Preachers say this when no one says amen in the spot they thought would get a lot of amens.

17. I'm Blessed and Highly Favored: Said when a fellow saint asks "how are you?" Memo to saints: you CAN be saved and answer "fine" when someone asks how are you.

18. Where The Spirit of The Lord is, There is liberty: Whenever you want to disrupt service and holler out when it’s quiet, use this statement to justify your behavior.

19. Get Ready To Go To The Next Level: This means the church will be hosting another revival in a few months.

20. Stand To Your Feet: This gives the illusion that the preacher is finished, but be prepared to stand up for at least 1/2 hour. May be cut to 15 minutes if the organist starts playing softly.

21. Give God a Shabach: Scream to the top of your lungs. Some church members may blow whistles and wave flags as well.

22. Every Head Bowed, Every Eye Closed: Quick! Everyone look around to see who's getting saved again this week.

23. Secular: Any person, place, object or event that's not in the church.

24. The "Yes Lord" Song: Signals the official end to shout time. Anyone still shouting when this song is over is considered to be "in self".

25. In Self: Used to describe someone who acts alone in church. For example, someone who is shouting alone. Add two more people to this display and its called...

26. In The Spirit: When three people are doing the same thing in a church service at the same time.

27. Prayer Partner: Phone buddy. 5 minutes of prayer,1 hour of church gossiping.

SOURCE: INTERNET

IT PAYS TO BE A KENYAN

2006-03-07T11:34:00.000+03:00

Well this is not my original work somebody forwarded the same to me.

A man dies and goes to hell. There he finds that there is a different hell for each country and decides he'll pick the least painful to spend his eternity.

He goes to Germany hell and asks, "what do they do here?" He is told "first they put you in an electric chair for an hour. Then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour. Then the German devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day". The man does not like the sound of that at all so he moves on. He checks out the Shell as well as the Russian hell and many more. He discovers that they are all similar to the German hell.

Then he comes to the Kenyan hell and finds that there is a long line of people waiting to get in. Amazed, he asks, "What do they do here?" He is told "first they put you in an electric chair for an hour, then they lay you on a bed of nails for another hour.

The Kenyan devil comes in and whips you for the rest of the day."
"But that is exactly the same as all the other hells why are there so many people waiting to get in?" asks the man.” Because there is never any electricity so the electric chair does not work. The nails were paid for but never supplied, so the bed is comfortable to sleep on. And the Kenyan devil used to be a civil servant, so he comes in, signs his time sheet and goes back home for private business. "

SO YOU SEE, IT PAYS TO BE A KENYAN!!

Kenyananalyst: I couldn't keep this to myself...

2006-03-04T16:56:00.000+03:00

Kenyananalyst: I couldn't keep this to myself...

LEST WE FORGET

2006-02-28T10:35:00.000+03:00

We Kenyans are notorious for what I would call SMS (Short Memory Syndrome). We fete our heroes today tomorrow we nail them on some cross. How I wish we could spare a moment for them and think of ways of honouring them (especially those who are still with us).

I wish to list down the Kenyans whom I will call the heroes of the second liberation. These are the men and women who risked their careers, limbs, family, liberty and property to agitate for freedom. Almost all of them had comfortable jobs or prosperous businesses and they could have opted to keep quiet and enjoy. The list is not exhaustive but I hope the point is made.

STUDENT LEADERS
q Titus Adungosi
q Mwandawiro Mghanga
q Wafula Buke
q Tirop Kitur
q David Murathe

BISHOPS
q Bishop Henry Okullu
q Bishop Alexander Muge
q Bishop (Archbishop) David Gitari
q Rev Timothy Njoya

EDITORS
q Gitobu Imanyara
q Njehu Gatabaki
q Pius Nyamora

LAWYERS
q Dr Oki Ooko Ombaka
q Dr John Khaminwa
q Dr Gibson Kamau Kuria
q Dr Willy Mutunga
q Pheroze Nowrojee
q James Orengo
q Wanyiri Kihoro
q Charles Nyachae
q Rumba Kinuthia
q Beatrice Nduta
q Japheth Shamalla
q Gacheche wa Miano

POLITICIANS

q Charles Rubia
q Jaramogi Adonijah Oginga Odinga
q Keneth Stanley Njindo Matiba
q Masinde Muliro
q Salim Ndamwe
q Mohammed Bhamariz
q Joseph Martin Shikuku
q George Anyona
q Njeru Kathangu
q Philip Gachoka
q Ngotho Kariuki
q Prof Edward Oyugi

And the villains?

PECULIAR PEOPLE?

2006-01-05T17:55:00.000+03:00

2006-01-04T10:46:00.000+03:00

THE SEVEN WOES

If Jesus was physically present in Kenya today I am sure He will rebuke the following group of Kenyans as He did to the Pharisees, Lawyers, Scribes and Sadducees.

Woe unto to you lawyers for you burden the illiterate and the poor with cumbersome procedures and legalities, which you yourselves are not willing to undergo.

Woe unto to you lawyers, smooth talkers for you steal from the accident victims so that you can buy for yourselves flashy cars.

Woe unto you Pharisees (politicians) for you shed crocodile tears when people die of police bullets yet you are the ones who incite them to riot.

Woe unto you Pharisees for you steal even from the dead. You have grabbed graveyards, toilets, road reserves, schools and forests. You have not even spared the places of worship.

Woe unto you Pharisees for you claim ownership to the people you never created.

Woe unto you scribes for you condemn others for the very acts that you indulge in everyday. Who gave you the mandate to sit in judgment over others?

Woe unto you televangelists for you steal from the poor in the name of seed offerings. You whitewashed sepulchres it is easier for Wacucu to enter heaven than any one of you

2005-12-14T15:36:00.000+03:00

LETTER TO THE CABINET

Hi guys,

This is my assessment of each one of you.

Hon Mwai Kibaki, B.A (Lon) Bsc (Econ) LSE, EGH, MP.
President & Commander –in-Chief
Sir, you must have realised that running a country requires more than a degree in economics. If Kenyans were to hire me to headhunt for a chief executive you will not make my shortlist. I will be kind to you. Please take a golden handshake and go home and uji-enjoy.

Hon Arthur Moody Awori
Vice President & Minister for Home Affairs
You are doing a good job as a prison reformer. However the vice presidency is overwhelming you. I will keep you as a Minister for Home Affairs.

Hon Moses Akaranga,Dip
Minister of State for Public Service
The President did not put you there in good faith. You fried Mudavadi in 2002. He deep-fried you in the referendum. Your task is to cut him to size and probably karanga him again in 2007. Do you have what it takes? Please consider a career change.

Hon John Njoroge Michuki,
Minister of State for Internal Security & Provincial Administration
You can make a good provincial commissioner. This docket is clearly larger than you. You have exhausted all the tricks in the books and yet we are still in the same situation we were in a few years ago. I must however admit that you streamlined the matatu industry. If I was to offer you a job in the public service I will make you the chairman of Transport Licensing Board. However you are past retirement age.

Hon John Munyes
Minister of State for Special Programmes
Sir your people passed a vote of no confidence in the government you are now serving in the recently concluded referendum. You together with your chairman misled the president regarding the people’s views. You thus turned yourself into a false prophet. You have no business being in the cabinet.

Hon Lt Col Gideon Sielo Konchella
Minister of State for Registration & Immigration

I have nothing against you. However a person who is clearly out of touch with his people has no business being in the cabinet. Remember your predecessor in Kilgoris occupied a much more powerful office than yours yet you beat him in 2002. You are among the many false prophets in the cabinet.
Hon James Njenga Karume
Minister of State for Defence

The less said about you the better.

Hon Suleiman Shakombo, Dip(Mngmt)
Minister of State for National Heritage

I thought you are a national heritage!

Hon David Mwiraria, BA, MA (Mak)
Minister for Finance

Your training is in mathematics and not economics or finance. If you make my shortlist I would make you the Minister for Planning.

Hon Henry Obwocha, BA, MA (Oxon) FCPA(K) FCCA
Minister for Planning & National Development
You belong to Ford People an opposition party. What are you doing here? Your place is in the Public Accounts Committee. I would charge you with obtaining a job by false pretences.

Hon Raphael Tuju, Dip (KIMC) (MA?)
Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation

You are a good comedian. Unfortunately international relations is a grave business requiring well-trained people and not clowns. You will definitely kill our reputation as a country. For the sake of this country please stay out of the foreign office. We can always fix you somewhere e.g as KBC’s editor- in- chief.

Hon Prof George Saitoti, Bsc, Msc, PhD
Minister For Education

You can make a great choirmaster. The Baba Na Mama songs are still registered in our memories. There comes a time when the interests of the nation supercedes that of a minister. That time is now. Please sir step aside.

Hon Charity Ngilu, KCE
Minister for Health

You blow both hot and cold. I wish you opted for either. Because of your unpredictability one cannot entrust you with a serious job. You are among the few leaders who believe that your candle will shine brighter if your neighbour’s is put off.

Hon Dr Mukhisa Kituyi, BA, MA, PhD
Minister for Trade & Industry

You are among the handful of ministers who perform. I would give you better appointments in the Cabinet. However you will do with a little humility. Remember pride comes before a fall.

Hon John Kipsang Koech, BA
Minister For East Africa & Regional Cooperation
You can make a good headmaster. Without wasting time I would make you the Headmaster of Chebole Secondary School.

Hon Prof Kivutha Kibwana, LLB (Nrb) LLM (Lon), LLM (Harvard), SJD
Minister for Environment & Natural Resources
You were great when you were in the academia and civil society. However you look like fish out of water in politics. How the mighty have fallen! You should seriously consider a career change. In the meanwhile I think you can do very well as a minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs.

Hon Kipruto Kiprono arap Kirwa, Dip (Agr. Eng) Dip. Ed
Minister for Agriculture
You are a great talker. I would persuade the Leader of the Official Opposition to fix you somewhere probably as a shadow Minister for Agriculture.

Hon Njeru Ndwiga, KACE
Minister for Cooperative Development

You must have been an aggressive insurance agent. I am sure you realised that running a government is not as easy as selling life policies. That is why you resorted to sycophancy. If there were a ministry of sycophancy I would promptly post you there. By the way did I hear you say that you used to ride in wheelbarrows before becoming a minister?

Hon Mutua Katuku, BA, MA
Minister for Water & Irrigation

You have distinguished yourself as a sycophant. I would appoint you an assistant minister in Njeru Ndwiga’s ministry. However such a ministry do not exist at the moment.

Hon Mutahi Kagwe
Minister for Information & Communication
We are watching.

Hon Chirau Ali Mkwere, BA, MA
Minister for Transport

Sir, you are a disaster personified. I will not allow you anywhere near a public office.

Hon Simeon Nyachae, KAPE
Minister for Roads & Public Works

In 2002 you told us that we should not elect Mr Kibaki because he is incompetent. You were right, but what are you doing in his government? You are an opportunist per excellence!

Hon Morris Dzoro, BA, MA
Minister for Tourism & Wildlife

Your greatest achievement in your ministry to date is your selling of our animals to Thailand and de-gazettement of Amboseli. I will not allow you anywhere near any public property otherwise I will have you charged for treason.

Hon Maina Kamanda
Minister for Sports, Culture & Gender
I do not want to be sued for libel!

Hon Martha Karua, LLB
Minister for Justice & Constitutional Affairs
You did a good job in the Ministry of Water. However you need a refresher course in geography, Kenya is bigger than Kirinyaga! Your volcanic temperament is not suitable for this ministry at this time in history, your legal background notwithstanding. However local councils need a person like you. I would therefore give you the local government ministry.

Hon Dr Mohamed Kuti
Minister for Youth

You were elected on KANU ticket. What are you doing here? Please ishia!

Hon Abdi Mohammed
Minister for Regional Development

See Mohammed Kuti’s letter.

Hon Kiraitu Murungi, LLB, LLM (Nrb) LLM (Harvard)
Minister for Energy

You once advised the former president to go look after his ngoats, buy a TV set and observe how ngovernment is run. Time has come for you to take your own advice. Time to go back to Imenti is now.

Hon Dr Newton Kulundu, MBchB (Nrb) (MPH)
Minister for Labour & Human Resource Development
Daktari just admit hi mambo ya uwaziri is beyond your ability. I would give you an assistant minister’s position in the ministry of health.

Hon Musikari Kombo, BA
Minister for Local Government
I do not want to be sued for libel.

Hon Joseph Munyao, KCE
Minister for Livestock Development & Fisheries
At first I thought this ministry was suitable for you. However I think you can make a great cattle dip manager!

Hon. Amos Kimunya, Bcom (Nrb) FCPA (K) CPS (K)
Minister for Lands & Settlement

You are an accomplished accountant. I did not know that accountants also deal in land. To be fair to you I would place you in the finance ministry as an assistant minister. You need to learn the ropes.

Hon Soita Shitanda
Minister for Housing
You owe you position in the cabinet to your chairman. You have set a precedent of sorts. You together with Kibwana, Wekesa and Munyes are the only Kenyans who have successfully demanded to be made cabinet ministers. Watch out for the backlash. Remember however that Chairman Kombo is a bad company.

Hon Dr Noah Wekesa, Bsc (Vet Medicine)
Minister for Science & Technology

I think you are suitable for this job. But you can do better in Livestock and Fisheries Ministry. However you should not keep bad company. Chairman Kombo is bad company.

S Amos Wako, Bsc (Econ)(Lon) LLB (Dar) LLM (Lon) EBS, EGH, SC
Attorney General

I did not know that lawyers could be mercenaries. In the world of mercenaries you are king. I would therefore export you to countries where your services will be appreciated. Iraq and Zimbabwe quickly comes to mind.

2005-12-08T09:19:00.000+03:00

KIBAKI'S RETIREMENT TEAM

A casual observer may imagine that President Kibaki has finally crafted a dream team. A team that will deliver on the promises he made to us 3 years ago. However a keen look at the new cabinet reveal the following: -

q That to the President loyalty means you say yes to anything
q That the President is not interested in the second term
q That he is a silent supporter of the ODM- the ODM requested him not to divide them by appointing some of their members to the cabinet and leaving out the others. The President granted their request.
q He has given the ODM a licence to campaign for 2007 without the shackles of ministerial duties

The President has therefore a crafted a retirement team to help him leave some legacy upon his retirement in 2007. We should therefore give him all the necessary cooperation so that he does not blame us when he finally leaves office.

I take this chance to wish the President all the best even as he prepares for his retirement.

For the Orange team I have this message- go ye therefore to all the parts of the country and consolidate your support. This is a golden chance and do not squander it.

2005-12-07T12:52:00.000+03:00

PECULIAR PEOPLE

We are the most interesting people on the planet
At a glance one will be tempted to think
That we possess dual personality
Otherwise how do you explain the following: -

We go to the streets, we holler, we demonstrate,
We cause rumpus
All in the name of agitating
For multiparty system of government,
Fifteen years later,
And we are clamouring
For a government of national unity (one party system)

We condemn tribalism and nepotism
But we do not mind
When we are the beneficiaries
We condemn those who dare oppose our tribal chiefs as traitors
Come elections
And as sheep we vote in one direction

We say malicious things
About people from other communities (tribes)
Yet we dine and wine with them, we go church together and we even intermarry!

We preach against corruption from the rooftops
Yet we love the corrupt
We elect them to local councils and parliament
We give them front rows in our places of worship
And we do not mind receiving their gifts!
Or do we hate the sin but love the sinner?

Our leaders hurl insults and threaten each other
But tomorrow
They are in the same coalition, alliance or movement
And there are all smiles
And we as spectators do not notice the incongruity!

We are a peculiar people
We are Kenyans!

2005-12-05T19:35:00.000+03:00

Manamsim

2005-12-05T19:17:00.000+03:00

A COHESIVE CABINET

Was I to reconstitute the cabinet this is how it will look like.

President
Hon Mwai Kibaki

Vice President
Hon Kalonzo Musyoka

Office Of the President
Public Service & Cabinet Office
Minister –Amos Kimunya
Asst Minister- Kivutha Kibwana
Permanent Secretary & Secretary to Cabinet- Joseph Kinyua

Department of National Security & Provincial Administration
Minister - Hon Ekwe Ethuro
Asst -Hon Musikari Kombo
Permanent Secretary- Philemon Mwaisaka

Ministry for Finance, Planning & National Development
Minister-- Hon David Mwiraria
Assist-Hon Henry Obwocha
Permanent Secretary- Dr Nehemiah Ng’eno

Ministry for Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation
Minister- Hon Peter Anyang’ Nyongo
Asst-Hon Moses Wasike Wetangula
Permanent Secretary-Amb. Frost Josiah

Ministry For Education, Research & Science
Minister- Hon Dr Kilemi Mwiria
Asst- Daniel Karaba
Franklin Bett
Permanent Secretary-Prof Chacha Nyaigoti Chacha

Ministry for Health
Minister- Hon Winfred Nyiva Mwendwa
Asst- Hon Zaddock Syongo
Permanent Secretary-Prof Julius Kiambi

Ministry For East Africa & Regional Cooperation
Minister- Hon Joseph Nyagah
Asst. Hon Stephen Tarus
Permanent Secretary-Rebecca Mwikali Nabutola

Ministry for Environment, Lands & Natural Resources
Minister- Hon Wangari Maathai
Asst: Hon Orwa Ojode
Permanent Secretary-Prof Ratemo Michieka

Ministry for Agriculture, Livestock Development & Fisheries
Minister- Hon Dr Noah Wekesa
Asst -Hon Dr Wilfred Machage
Permanent Secretary-Wellington Godo

Ministry for Cooperatives, Trade & Industry
Minister- Hon Dr Mukhisa Kituyi
Asst. Prof Christine Mango
Permanent Secretary-David Nalo

Ministry for Water & Irrigation
Minister- Hon Kipruto Arap Kirwa
Asst- Hon Lucas Maitha
Permanent Secretary-Prof George Okeyo Kroda

Ministry for Information & Communication
Minister- Hon Joe Khamisi
Asst- Hon Wickliffe Osundwa
Permanent Secretary-Dr Alfred Mutua

Ministry for Transport, Roads & Public Works
Minister- Hon Eng Raila Amolo Odinga
Asst. Hon Eng Joshua Toro
Permanent Secretary- Eng David Stower

Ministry for Tourism, Wildlife & National Heritage
Minister- Hon Najib Balala
Asst:Hon Beth Mugo
Permanent Secretary-Raymond Matiba

Ministry for Sports, Culture, Gender & Youth
Minister- Hon Peter Keneth
Asst- Cecily Mbarire
Permanent Secretary-Daniel Mule

Ministry for Home Affairs
Minister- Hon Moody Awori
Asst-Hon Alicen Chelaite
Permanent Secretary-Zachary Ogongo

Ministry for Energy
Minister- Hon William ole Ntimama
Asst-Mutahi Kagwe
Permanent Secretary-Solomon Boit

Ministry for Labour, Housing & Social Services
Minister- Hon Ochillo Ayacko
Asst – Hon Fred Gumo
Permanent Secretary-Nancy Kirui

Ministry for Local Government
Minister- Hon Lina Kilimo
Asst- Hon Mwangi Kiunjuri
Permanent Secretary-James Ongwae

State Law Office
Attorney General- Dr Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba
Director of Public Prosecutions- Keriako Tobiko
Solicitor General- Dan Ameyo

2005-12-05T19:15:00.000+03:00

NEW WINE

We have been clamouring for change since 1950s. In 1963 we attained independence and our spirits were lifted believing that at long last we had attained the freedom we all longed for. But alas our liberators soon became our oppressors!

Land grabbing became the order of the day political assassinations took place. The white highlands became black highlands for a selected privileged group. The black man became our oppressor!

With a new regime in 1978 many sighed with relief hoping and believing that the new chief would turn things around and would lessen our yoke. But alas the new chief became our new oppressor!

Land grabbing was doubled. State resources were dished out to a selected few for a song. We again longed for a new liberator.

We petitioned the white man to come to our rescue and within no time our joint and several efforts yielded multiparty and once more we sighed with relief. But wait our relief was yet to come even as our liberators jostled for the high table.

Come 2002 and we all sighed with relief even as new leadership took over the reigns. But alas our liberators became our new oppressors.

Jobs were dished out to friends and relatives the rule of law was replaced with the rule of the lord. Our liberators became our new lords.

The problem is the wine. We have deceived ourselves for far too long only content in changing the wine skin without changing the wine.
It is time for the new wine !