For someone who yearns for publicity - Beth Mugo must be feeling on top of the world this week. She got her Swine Flu and nothing attracts the media better than 12 cases of swne flu.
She has had this running war with Anyang Nyong'o over who controls what in what used to be one ministry before Kibaki rigged elections and demanded to share government with the winner.
Stop Press: The British kids were after all free of the swine flu!
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=1144018504&cid=4&
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Trouble At RCB
I woke up one day to find fire at RCB. As I write the fire brigade has not yet declared the fire extinguished.
They had it coming. For a long time I campaigned against the idea of moderators. I once returned from vacation and found moderators in place. So began the campaign to get the new supervisors act less like village headmen who 'fine' villagers cash and several hens, which they then slaughter, cook and wash down with liquor paid for by the 'fine'.
For starters, I advocated against moderators heavily participating in debates. However since they are free human beings whose rights cannot be violated, I suggested that they simply avoid moderating the debates in which they are participating because such an act amounts to ad hominem. A moderator who suddenly pulls out his moderating hat amid a debate reminds me of the girl I grew up with who would borrow her mother's bicycle for us to play with in some childish competition. The 'game' would go on as long as she was winning but once she starts losing matters would take a different turn. She would suddenly withdraw the bike without ceremony.
I still wonder how Rich could have been so blind not to see the express bus driven by a madman crashing his way.
Kenya is a tribal society in every way you look at it. The President of Kenya uses tribe to decide who sits close to him. The country's key insitutions are now shamelessly headed by his own tribesmen. It no longer requires substantiation and anybody asking me to name names better bring along a huge container for me to pour them in.
Every minister (apart from hapless Mwakwere) appoints tribesmen to all parastatals within his ministry. There are no exceptions beyond the above mentioned. Thus if the minister is a meru, be sure that all parastatals within that ministry will be headed by merus. And if you find luos controlling the parastatals, don't waste your time and money going for a brain transplant. It is no teaser! The minister would be a luo.
So how did anybody expect a place where Kenyans have been gathering for the last 14 years to be free of tribalism?
I hope and pray the site survives the latest tremors. I helped promote that site. The man who should get the credit for promoting the site more than anybody else is a Mr. Nene. This guy sent out emails and so on to every Kenya with a keyboard. I wonder where he is? (see story elsewhere).
They had it coming. For a long time I campaigned against the idea of moderators. I once returned from vacation and found moderators in place. So began the campaign to get the new supervisors act less like village headmen who 'fine' villagers cash and several hens, which they then slaughter, cook and wash down with liquor paid for by the 'fine'.
For starters, I advocated against moderators heavily participating in debates. However since they are free human beings whose rights cannot be violated, I suggested that they simply avoid moderating the debates in which they are participating because such an act amounts to ad hominem. A moderator who suddenly pulls out his moderating hat amid a debate reminds me of the girl I grew up with who would borrow her mother's bicycle for us to play with in some childish competition. The 'game' would go on as long as she was winning but once she starts losing matters would take a different turn. She would suddenly withdraw the bike without ceremony.
I still wonder how Rich could have been so blind not to see the express bus driven by a madman crashing his way.
Kenya is a tribal society in every way you look at it. The President of Kenya uses tribe to decide who sits close to him. The country's key insitutions are now shamelessly headed by his own tribesmen. It no longer requires substantiation and anybody asking me to name names better bring along a huge container for me to pour them in.
Every minister (apart from hapless Mwakwere) appoints tribesmen to all parastatals within his ministry. There are no exceptions beyond the above mentioned. Thus if the minister is a meru, be sure that all parastatals within that ministry will be headed by merus. And if you find luos controlling the parastatals, don't waste your time and money going for a brain transplant. It is no teaser! The minister would be a luo.
So how did anybody expect a place where Kenyans have been gathering for the last 14 years to be free of tribalism?
I hope and pray the site survives the latest tremors. I helped promote that site. The man who should get the credit for promoting the site more than anybody else is a Mr. Nene. This guy sent out emails and so on to every Kenya with a keyboard. I wonder where he is? (see story elsewhere).
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