from Judy Miriga
Folks,
Progressive Success is based in acquisition of sound education (which is the tool of information one has) with discipline of character to meet challenges and competition, which is why, people engage in the struggle to improve life in an organized establishment. To have an Education is to achieve the necessary informed knowledge to be able to utilize effectively to build self-esteem and responsibility to gain trust and jointly improve a balanced (supply vs. demand) destiny.
In all this hullabaloo, Ericson Oduya demonstrated Responsible character irrespective of his tender age……he came out an outstanding focused individual able to engage intellectually and intelligently with critical thinking debate, as he tackled issues and discounted irrelevancy. He showed Responsibility in a voice of Reason for a Revolutionary quest of all aspect for better governance……this tells who and what he is after in tackling matters of the future. He is definitely looking for a future with available opportunities for economic stability with excellent innovation challenges as well as providing for sustainable social management impact. I believe he is not alone in this. Many of his age group although silenced by the corrupt system, have the same burning expectation, so he loudly represents voice of reason on their behalf. The youth group is 80% of the total population and we cannot afford to take their concern for granted as some people do. The likes of Omwenga’s need to recognize this.
Profession is gaining compliments of Excellency of information. It is the recognition of knowledge from information that is recognized to mould behavior in learning, studying or training of an occupation. It is what you make in a character in life which makes the person who he or she becomes. It an establishment of occupation one strives to build, which mark an identified of a learning discipline.
Ericson Oduya have achieved this Professional identity recognized in his participation on this forum. Academic paper certification is not enough to produce the best of Profession in a person. I therefore recommend him highly for any responsible future commitment in areas of Socio/Economic and Political engagement.
At age 25, Ericson Oduya has shown and displayed a disciplined character of critical thinking necessary to meet challenges and competition in life’s journey as he put up stiff edge without allowing himself to be intimidated or threatened by Professionals twice his age in the forum.
To many who think there are just a few of the youth group of the likes of Ericson Oduya are in for a rude shock. They youth are concerned of their future and they will not take it lying down. We cannot shut them from limiting their freedom of speech. It is here that we balance and accommodate each others needs in a diversified manner, to make a better future and an improved destiny pregnant with cultural diversity……..
I am impressed and proud to have the likes of informed youthful Oduyas in our midst, and I am thrilled we are not worried of loss of cultural diversity as we are passing over to the next world. The seedlings blossom of the Oduyas of tomorrow displays the integrity of “Obama boys” of the future………..What a wonderful improved destiny, this will be…….
Well done Eric my son, again, I am proud of you. May God continue to give you wisdom as you endeavour and expand in knowledge to perfect your Profession as you join with others to improve and make better survival, livelihood and destiny.
Cheers…..!!!
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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— On Sat, 10/22/11, Kuria-Mwangi wrote:
Subject: Of Apples and Oranges
Ndugu Kombo:
That mail was directed at me but I opted to ignore it because I would prefer Omwenga, Wams, Judy and yours truly to live amicably. Now that you have commented on the thread, allow me to add my pesa nane on the issue. I also want to remind SO that he could have explained his position without putting other down. He belongs to a group of fellows on these fora who think they know it all and want others without “a profession” to shut up. Every mail they author has to have line or more on “we lawyers” , “we doctors” and about others who are not endowed with such careers. That is what had started the other major wars when some folks were told to shut up because they are either too young or dont have a career worthy talking about. Just read any mail coming from those majambazi:)
Lets forget that and move on to the academic issue of whether Omwenga has a case or not. I have not seen him tell us what is that which is defaming on the utterances from Eric. I only saw him asked several questions about his career and all I expected from him was a rebuttal or denial. But instead he talked of a mother of law suits. Would Eric and others be sued for searching stuff on the internet and forwarding such or for asking questions on what happened? Where does libel come in there? If I forward upuzi on you and then you claim that is lies and then threaten to sue me, what kind of nonsense is that when the authors of such upuzi are lurking in the internet?
The difference between the Omwenga case and Miguna Miguna cases is that the former was suing list owners for allowing what he felt was defaming stuff to be sent there. That is what the Canadian court has arrested. I believe Miguna Miguna is wise to know that he cannot sue those forwarding information on the net but tried to draw some dollars from akina Matunda and Bowen.
Omwenga seem to suggest that his case is close to the one of Muite et al Vs Mike Kuria. He may have some valid argument here on the connection but he totally missed the point on where the Miguna Miguna case is relevant. I expected him to deduce that even in his case where he is suing the person asking or making a statement based on what has been splashed on the internet, it lack merit. Lacks merit because he should be pursuing those who made he original allegations about his career and not the one asking him what happened. If there was a gag order from a court ordering that SO not be asked what happened, then he has a case.
Muite Vs Kuria case may hold some water because Kuria made allegations which sound to me defaming. Muite and co have made a strong case especially because he is a politician who hope to run for the presidency and Kuria’s porojo may nip his wings especially in his base. That has ground but I dont see it going far.
Since SO is arguing his case has merit, let him tell us kinaga naga what Eric said and did which is defaming.
The only good thing to come out of SO case is that it is going to muzzle the freedom of speech among us and also protect those with skeletons in their closets from being aired in public. Those of us with a dark past should feel comfortable with this because it will protect us from being discussed hadharani. It will seal the mouth of those who like to payuker about us and also break their fingers. That will please many folks who didnt want anybody ask them any question about their past. Other than that, I dont see how that case will help us enjoy the freedom we thought we had. I will prefer we wait and see how far SO will go.
I am only asking a honest question and asking because I am legally challenged. I may be missing something and so I hope SO or somebody else who know law should tell me in plain english what is to be sued and why what has been said can be taken to a serious court.
Over to SO or somebody else who can convince me of this issue. I am all ears.
Kuria
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 12:04 PM, Elijah Kombo wrote:
NOT VERY RELEVANT STUFF FOR NETTERS TO SWALLOW! It doesnt address what ails our back-yard. Wakili Esq – please try to be innovative atleast. 42 million Kenyans dont want to be told they are ‘backward’ and ‘copyist’ of the Britons! We want encouragement. Purpose in your life that YOU will send emails that encourage and are for the common good of ALL Kenyans regardless of political, religious and economic affiliation, genders, religion, or otherwise.
PLEASE! You message is not relevant to the current scenarios in Kenya: security, economy, and governance. Please Wakili, we need some little hard stuff from you!
Kombo Elijah
— On Sat, 10/22/11, Samuel Omwenga wrote:
Netters,
There was this little boy in a village his parents were trying to explain the difference between an apple and an orange.
The parents took time to patiently describe the differences in the physical characteristics of the two fruits, including shape and color; the differences in conditions under which both grow, the nutritional values of both; the differences in how they taste, or how they each appeal differently to others by site and even told the hard to understand boy that the late Steve Jobs named his empire after one of the fruits and not the other but the boy would still not get it. Asked if the two fruits are the same or now, the boy defiantly shouted “there is no difference between the two. They sound the same to me!”
Frustrated and because the parents wanted this little boy to understand the difference, the father called the house worker and told him to go to the market and bring back several oranges and apples mixed in one bag.
The worker returned with a bag of fruits as instructed and confident their boy will finally notice the difference, the parents told the boy to separate the fruits in the basket, putting the ones which look alike together and separate from the others.
The boy then proceeded to separate the fruits, creating about 7 groups, including some groups which had both apples and oranges.
Puzzled, the parents asked the boy to explain his rationale:
Well, Dad, they all look the same to me but 7 is my favorite number so I have decided to group them in 7 groups.
The boy went on to graduate at the bottom of his class from Remedial School after failing to get past Standard Seven several times, went on to perform poorly in both his O and A levels but his Dad paid for his parallel education at one of the institutions in his country and is now teaching at Apple University, which is owned and operated by a major Orange farmer in the country, ensuring that progress in the country will come slow; really slowly with the dilution of our education system to this level.
I tell this story because any lawyer will tell you one of the major tenets of successful representation of your client, is to distinguish your case or tie your case with other similar cases. This, in fact, is at the core of litigation.
No one expects a non-lawyer to make certain distinctions in cases, even trained lawyers cannot always make.
However, there are clear distinctions that can be made between cases even a lay person or non-lawyer can make by merely familiarizing themselves with the facts or information regarding the case.
In other words, distinguishing the cases is as telling the difference between an apple and orange.
This phenomena, namely, inability to distinguish things is also very common and at the root of many problems people are saddled with which can be avoided if only the culprits would take the time to understand and make the distinction.
In the political context, you have people lumped into a group and summarily condemned as a group of being one thing when in reality they are not and one can easily make easy distinctions as to each relative to the other.
The irony of this is, those lumping people into groups they condemn have more in common with these characters than the characters have between and among themselves.
In the litigation context, the courts are there to provide the distinction were that to be necessary.
With the judicial reforms underway, I am very confident these distinctions would be made dispassionately and impartially.
I always read with amusement how lay people all of a sudden become experts in things they don’t really know or understand.
And to hear them talk, boy are they confident about the nonsense they say the uninitiated and unwary may actually believe them.
They mix-up apples and oranges, crush them with a blender and hand you a glass, saying, “here is your tea.”
Only the most gullible would take even as a sip of such a concoction.
Peace, Love and Unity
Omwenga.
Samuel N. Omwenga, Esq.
Vice President
LLP Enterprise, LLC