Yes Barrack, honesty will save our souls n’ our nation Kenya

There are Commentators that I like. It is not about their style (which is excellent anyway), but about their honesty in what they write about. One, Barrack Muluka, a publisher and media consultant, contribute to ‘The Standard’ newspaper (weekend edition). This weekend, Fe. 16, his commentary touches my inner heart. As, a Follower of Christ I’m challenged, as well, by Barrack’s piece. Read on….

So, Africa has her own Demons ?

 Time Magazine has this story. My take is that Time has perfected the harsh tone of international media on Africa. Nevertheless, there are indeed some bitter truths the story… 

 

Demons that still haunt Africa

Thursday, Jan. 10, 2008 By ALEX PERRY/ELDORET, LAURA BLUE/LONDON 

High up in the mountains of the northern Rift Valley is the village of Kiambaa, a place of maize farms and mud huts where the air is so light and pure, it is said to hold the secret of Kenya’s world-beating distance runners

Kenya Election 2007, a Reflection

 My Cadanian friend sent me this reflection.

Kenya Election 2007 – III: The Cost

It is 1994. Tanzania. I stand upon the hill on which the Anglican church stands. I look around me, and let my eyes rest on the river Ngara below. The view is stunning

This man, Samura, has Mama-Afrika’s story

  

I begin with a confession. That I am, without an apology, a news junk person. When deprived of news, from the newspapers, the radio, Tv or the internet, my system goes somewhat broke. It’s like a student

Wanted: Mama-Afrika Saviour!

The Tanzanian Teacher has a point. True, true, true; the historical records are in Africa’s favour – we were and still are at the receiving end. Injustices to Africa are evident. We have cried for a long time, and as the teacher observes, crying will no longer help. We should act and act now. May the leaders of contemporary Africa be the objects of reason in saving the continent. When will they stop dancing to the tunes of the West (and some of oil-thirsty Asian countries) and rethink their future? May our history be a scale opon which

The “Money Bugs” Ministries?

Going After the Money Ministries

Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007 By DAVID VAN BIEMA

The story is from Time Magazine, US edition

On the website for their ministry based in Newark, Texas, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland commit to “teach Christians worldwide who they are in Christ Jesus and how to live a victorious life.” And they appear to be victorious in theirs, with books in 22 languages, a global crusade schedule and a TV show reaching millions. No less a luminary than presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is advertised to appear on the show for six days straight to discuss “character in the Bible.”

The Koreas willing to ‘drink green-tea’ together

       

As smoke from tear gas canisters got thicker and darker in the streets of Myanmar, former Burma, South Korean President, Roh Moo-hyun, was taking a cup of green tea with his northern counterpart, Kim Jung Il at Pyongyang. But not quite. They were making peace.

Oops! Korean paper spots Kenya’s politics

Kenyan news rarely captures the attention of the Korea Herald, the only English newspaper that I access on a daily basis, safe for Sundays. The last news from Kenya printed therein was about an emotional (almost in tears) Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary General’s visit to Kibera slums. He was later quoted saying Kenya must be the poorest nation in

Kenya Politics: Will the Script change in 2007?

   There are two outstanding things in the newly-set political stage. The audience (electorate) is more informed five years later, and secondly, the young actors will be performing. Unquestionably, Kenya’s politics is shaping up in a rather exclusive course.

Man-Eaters of Darfur, are we?

Some years back, while watching The Ghost and the Darkness, a film based on John Patterson’s  Man-Eaters of Tsavo, I got a different image of lions. That the fierce lions in the film, developed a rather bizarre behaviour. Once they tasted human blood, they would not eat anything else but hunt for humans!