Dear Kenyans,
It is easy to call what is happening in South Africa today as pathetic, inhuman, barbaric or XENOPHOBIC (a strong fear and dislike of people from other countries and cultures). But are we really all the time realistic to judge and draw conclusions about the South African violence before we really understand what this so called criminals are fighting for?. Some have gone as far as saying that in South African airport a black man is treated as almost a criminal while a white drug trafficker or pedophile is treated as gods when entering the country. How many Kenyan blacks have met such treatment in our Jomo Kenyatta international airport (JKIA) when going to Kenya??. Ladies and gentlemen so many Kenyan blacks have met the same treatment in JKIA when returning home to see their relatives or back for holidays from a broad. The mentality that a black man is the criminal has not only infiltrated the white man`s brain BUT has also made inroads into fellow blacks brains; officials, policemen, passport control agents, ministers, presidents, army, students etc. In other words it is a very big disease which need a lot of doctors, nurses, infact a whole entire medical professionals to treat. In South Africa alone there are so many immigrants from European countries as well, so why are they not affected?. Or somebody wants to say that they are doing good, better needed jobs than these fellow blacks from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi etc. Who among executives will go to a toilet which is not cleaned for a month, or live with garbage for decades without cleaners or collectors, who among elites will live without food which the low poor blacks are producing?. Or who among highly educated will like to have no diamond or golden ring when marrying a beautiful girl?. Those low job seekers are the miners of all those GOLD and Diamonds you see even white women wearing in South Africa and all over the whole world, they toil in South African farms everyday to make people have food on their table everyday in South Africa and all over the world where South African foods are taken to. So why are they called low job seekers, is it because they are blacks or what?. What is high skill job with food to eat?. Who will live without food in his stomach?..
Being a Kenyan, I have also to look at my country wisely also; let us just take a glimps at Kenya. How many people from outside central province are welcomed there?. Even the present prime miniters ( Mr. Raila) was kicked out of an hotel in central province before the last years election (2007). I do apologise to mention that, but it is just the problem with memory. human being tend to remember better things which have just happened in recent life than things which happened long time ago. Ladies and gentlemen central province is un reachable to other non Kikuyu tribes, despite that the same province has produced 2 presidents since independence. People would think that the presidents would unite the different tribes we do have in the country, but unfortunately they have just separated us. It is only Moi who did the opposite and we are now seeing the some of the consequenses in the Rift Valley. So what explanation does Kibaki or Kenyatta had to justify a Kikuyu living in Rift Valley while a Kalenjin or a luo is not welcomed into CENTRAL PROVINCE?. Are n`t they worse than the South African criminals now killing fellow blacks?.
Fellow Kenyans: DOES TIME RUN BACKWARDS IN AFRICA????. Europeans are uniting their countries and people, forming the EU, We see how powerful USA is, South Americans are forming an economic bonding, Asian countries are doing wonders, but Africans are just killing each other. Well South African and Afrcan Union would have cried loud to the UN if this present killings was done by whites, but when fellow blacks kill each other they think they do not need the UN help, while life is the same: whether taken away by whites or blacks, isn`t a big paradox to understand?. I do personally see the problem we do have in Africa, Kenya included as a POOR MANAGEMENT NOT LACK OF MONEY. What is hapening in South Africa is a wake up call, it has happened in Kenya and can still happen again. If the ODM/PNU coalition do not solve the basic problems which lead to post election violence now when they still have time, then my suggestion that: TIME RUN BACKWARDS IN AFRICA will be 100% right. Before I forget; well the South African problem is not xenophobic, it is the media and failed managers who wants us to think so, just go deep into your center of thinking and try to digest it properly; what makes a human being behaves like we see in South Africa or in the post election violence in Kenya???.
Paul Nyandoto.
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Date:Â Sun, 25 May 2008 09:07:21 +0300
From:Â Paul Nyandoto
Subject:Â Â Is South Africa Becoming another Kenyan CENTRAL PROVINCE????
It is incredible that in this day and age mr. nyandoto can come up with such wild and unsubstantiated accusations on our fellow Kenyans the kikuyus to the effect that they have denied the luos ownership of property in central province and are therefore no different from the black south Africans who are busy evicting their fellow Africans. Mr. nyandoto has not provided an iota of evidence on this allegation which to me is a convenient cover and scapegoat for the failure by luos to get in to the mainstream of capitalism in the country. Have luos been denied acuisition of land and property in Kibera, Dandora or kariobaangi where they constitute the majority of tenants, or indeed in maisailand-Kiserian, kitengela Ngong etc where kikuyus and Kisiis through sheer enterprise have almost replaced the indigenous people. Let the truth be told- over 95 percent of kikuyus have acquired their properties through the traditional means of capital accumulation of sacrifice, hard work , embracing and harnessing competitive spirit while the luos have been held back by their sloth, socialist ideologies, envy, witchcraft, polygamy and other forms of backward culture. It is the high time we accept the reality that if we continue waiting for free things, moaning and envying the success of other Kenyans without addressing the root causes of poverty in luo nyanza and indeed among the luos countrywide, it will just be a matter of time before we are fully colonized economically by these capitalists who apparently also includes Asians. Time to act is now before it is too late.
Joshua Odhiambo
Nyando
Paul, visit Murang’a town deep in Central Kenya and find that some hawkers in the main stage r Luos, but if a tribalist like u try to carry your prejudicial attitude anywhere in the country, you will be chased because you talk as if u tried to buy a property in cenral and you were denied. Only those who refuse to pay rent will not be teolated. Most tribes have realised how much they need each other; only a few people like you of course.
Continue inciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Paul Nyandoto
You could atleast hide your hatred for kikuyus so that your article can be given some thought. How can you use a single event involving one Kikuyu to judge all kikuyus?
You should know better. I’m not sure what kind of parallels you are trying to make comparing the Odinga event to the SA situation. The answer is clear though, hatred for kikuyus.
If you want to be taken seriously in the future by kenyans, make a choice of being objective and not subjective, otherwise your only fans will be bigoted luos and Kalenjins who feature prominently in this site.
Thanks.