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UPROAR BY TENANTS OVER KISUMU ASIAN TYCOONS HEFTY RENTS; Kisumu City too lucrative?
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Date:Â Wed, 7 May 2008 16:32:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:Â ndebele okoth
Subject:Â Is Kisumu City too lucrative for illegal Asians immigrants in Kenya than other Cities?
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Ne jokanyanam
The reason why Jaluo cannot prosper the way other tribes are is because we are always jealous of what others do and specialize more in theoretics than in practical work. An Asian in dispora will consign goods to another fellow Asian in Kenya etc based on trust and once item have been sold they share profits amicable and continue. The systems they use circumvent official channels bedeviled with heavy taxes and before anybody else realises, they have made their kill. I went to Kisumu Boys High School (A-level) with an Indian classmate and hardly before we finished A-level studies, the guy was very rich.
No Jaluo I know of can do such things without accusing the partner of stealing the money sent to him, calling him all sorts of names – If you buy a shirt, he will tell others that he is eating all my money.
Joluo as a tribe, of course I belong to it, have terrible short-comings which are detrimental to development. Unless we change our attitude and the way we look at others, we may never excel in business.
I recall vividly when I was studying in UK and Otieno Mbare and others were encouraging other luos to buy shares in the Kisumu Molasses, how a group of Joluo went balistic and bacme so vindictive of the Odinga family. Yawa were ur wach angó mane ok wawacho kuomwa joluo. Sani koro wachiwo the same Molasses as an example of good development.
Jaluo ok nyal ndiko nyawadgi etich moak oyalone, okwaye very many papers! Admittedly, there are certain categories of jobs where papers are necessary and other kaka office boys etc where they are not necessary. I know of many luos in senior positions who are going to retired or have retired without employing kata mana ngato achiel.
Koro sano we are talking of grand projects requiring alot of support and trust but if we go by what some of us have said on projects such as Dominion in Siaya, then we cannot go very far.
I submit that Jaluo should be subjected to an empirical study in order to understand why we behave the way we do. Oganda mamoko wuoro gama gimarach kod jaluo.
Aluru winj tal
Richard Mungla
Mozambique
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Date:Â Thu, 8 May 2008 13:14:03 +0200
From:Â Richard Mungla
Subject:Â Re: Is Kisumu City too lucrative for illegal Asians immigrants in Kenya than other Cities?
Ayie kodi wuod luo, jowa seche moko paro matin koluwore gi konyo yawa.We must change as far as helping our own tribesmen is concerned.We must shake off petty competition like ni ki ikonye to obiro yombi
Migosi Otieno Dalmas koro ema omako civil service, ka po no gimoro owuok to ondike joluo ma graguate ma timo nono kawan gini.
Ka jaluo odagi kwelo to ere rachne?
My friend, I understand your way of thinking but you must realise that a Luo will not just hire anyone because they come from the same tribe. That is the one reason this country cannot go far. There are too many employees both in Private sector and Government who just dont know what they are doing.
Cant you see the reason that Odinga disagreed with Kenyatta was because he was stealing from his own Kikuyu? Joluo okwahero gik ma ikwalo. How many Luos have we lost due to their stand against corruption? Arent those enough for you? Tom Mboya didnt die for nothing and neither did Robert Ouko. Learn this!
It is because Luos do not steal and rob that they are not rich in a land where the rich are those who stole and grabbed after independence. It makes perfect sense to me.
The Luo didnt get that chance. The so called Indians you speak of, are well known when it comes to holding illeagally acquired property for politicians. One good example, Pattni. This man has not been jailed for one reason only and that is he knows too much. He has too many politicians by the nuts!
They cant touch him.
To take it a little further, i cant believe that you are amazed by people who evade taxes like the said Indians you mentioned. Those goods are ferried on infrastructure that they do not fund. Shame on you man, shame!
You must come to understand , and as a Luo, that there are consequences for all crimes. You may be rich but how you got your wealth also matters. You may change your name to Paul but your day will come. Nothing is free in this life.
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