Saturday 10 March 2012
Africa Kesho: Are Women Taking Over?
Africa Kesho: Are Women Taking Over?: Hallo Bloggers! Recent publications from different parts of this world have painted a rosy picture of women in whatever capacity they exis...
Are Women Taking Over?
Hallo Bloggers!
Recent publications from different parts of this world have painted a rosy picture of women in whatever capacity they exist. if women were examined as per their productivity at work, the results came out positive, in terms of corruption, women turned out to be less corrupter and corruptible by a great percentage. education was not left out as women today get more degrees than men and perform better in college and other learning institutions. these are glossy revelations for the Noe woman.
This trend goes all the way to the traditional women of Africa.a research by WFP and the UNICEF, found out that 70% 0f the food produced in sub-Saharan Africa was by women. women work on the farms and the home more than men thereby contributing over 60% of the family home`s activities and productivity. most farms are worked or managed by women, kids are brought up and cared for a great deal by their mothers, small businesses are run by women as majority players.
In this regard therefore, men are fast loosing their leadership roles in many areas of life. they earn less, work little,corruptible,read less and show Little leadership in areas they ought to dominate.so i pose, is this the degeneration of man as the race leader? are men assuming the roles of women more and more in life visa a vis? one blogger wrote that this is absolutely true as we see more men everyday from all walks of life assuming on womanly trends of fashion,they are on the catwalk with women, they wear earrings, in Africa they treat and plait their hair into womanly styles,they are more gay than ever before even getting married as wives to fellow men! they whine all the time and cant stand and face the world as it was time gone by.
Looking at these issues critically and from a man`s point of view, should the man re invent himself or let fate slide him into an abyss of uselessness?already in countries like Kenya we see men take on the barton of battered spouses a thing that was unheard of a few decades ago! are men on the right track or is this the last of their ilk only fading so fast with the passage of time to extinction as the dinosaurs? what! with the test tube babies, cloning and the many other research projects in the lab, we may never need men anymore.sad isn't it?
Recent publications from different parts of this world have painted a rosy picture of women in whatever capacity they exist. if women were examined as per their productivity at work, the results came out positive, in terms of corruption, women turned out to be less corrupter and corruptible by a great percentage. education was not left out as women today get more degrees than men and perform better in college and other learning institutions. these are glossy revelations for the Noe woman.
This trend goes all the way to the traditional women of Africa.a research by WFP and the UNICEF, found out that 70% 0f the food produced in sub-Saharan Africa was by women. women work on the farms and the home more than men thereby contributing over 60% of the family home`s activities and productivity. most farms are worked or managed by women, kids are brought up and cared for a great deal by their mothers, small businesses are run by women as majority players.
In this regard therefore, men are fast loosing their leadership roles in many areas of life. they earn less, work little,corruptible,read less and show Little leadership in areas they ought to dominate.so i pose, is this the degeneration of man as the race leader? are men assuming the roles of women more and more in life visa a vis? one blogger wrote that this is absolutely true as we see more men everyday from all walks of life assuming on womanly trends of fashion,they are on the catwalk with women, they wear earrings, in Africa they treat and plait their hair into womanly styles,they are more gay than ever before even getting married as wives to fellow men! they whine all the time and cant stand and face the world as it was time gone by.
Looking at these issues critically and from a man`s point of view, should the man re invent himself or let fate slide him into an abyss of uselessness?already in countries like Kenya we see men take on the barton of battered spouses a thing that was unheard of a few decades ago! are men on the right track or is this the last of their ilk only fading so fast with the passage of time to extinction as the dinosaurs? what! with the test tube babies, cloning and the many other research projects in the lab, we may never need men anymore.sad isn't it?
Friday 9 March 2012
Another Rwanda In The Making?
Almost this time a year ago, the world woke up to what many reffered to as the Arab Spring. the movement sweft faster than bushfire accross the Arab world toppling life long despots that untill then were thought to be invincible. nation after nation, dictators gave in but there is one thing that stood out unravelled; the realisation that even after the toppling of the despots, little changed. thats the pointer as to why these states are still in total disarray.
One thing has refused to go away - the Syrian Question - or the quagmire i could say. this started as the spring, but has grown into a war that sadly the Chinese and Russians are yet to see or they see and refuse to acknowledge the sight maybe because of reasons well known to their governments.a friend told me that these governments are using Syrians and Syria as the testing grounds for their weaponery! am yet to know how he came upto that disturbing conclusion.
I remember the movies `Sometimes In April` & `Hotel Rwanda` shot about Rwanda in the 1994 genocide. the world went through the drama we are witnessing in the UN security council, drama of balance of power between the member states as the Assad regime shells its own people with grenades made by these fueding states. if you follow the happenings in that nation closely you will know the truth that this is not an uprising but a genocide that the world leaders are watching from the comfort and safety of their palaces as if its a horror movie soon to end.
I have never seen all my life, a regime that no matter how much its citzens push it to the wall, uses its most modern weapons on the same citizens with such force and barbarism! even during the Holocaust Hitler dind subject Germens to such atrocities. while in Rwanda, the numbers counted upwards to thousands,hundreds of thousands and over a million deaths, the world looked away like it was none of their business if some black niggers butchered themselves to extinction! they did nothing, jus as in Syria they sit pretty with veto after veto and great talk but the mass murder goes on unabated. even humanitarian aid cant be allowed in!? isisnt this the worst we`ve seen of a leader? what else worse can you do after you disconnect water,electricity,oil pipelines,all supply chains and block aid to a city your forces shell each day? whats the message this wicked regime is sending to the world?
in answer to this question, i would like to call upon all in power or with the power to change this gory spectacle to do so, or else they will pay dearly for the blood in Syria.Nobody kills women and children,starves them and even does ethnic cleansing then gets away with it. Histrory will prove me right. what difference after all exists between Homs and the other besieged cities and Alchawitz and the gas chambers? atleast the later were exhumed or mass buried with a little honour to their person, not thrown to shreds by Russian Bombs!
One thing has refused to go away - the Syrian Question - or the quagmire i could say. this started as the spring, but has grown into a war that sadly the Chinese and Russians are yet to see or they see and refuse to acknowledge the sight maybe because of reasons well known to their governments.a friend told me that these governments are using Syrians and Syria as the testing grounds for their weaponery! am yet to know how he came upto that disturbing conclusion.
I remember the movies `Sometimes In April` & `Hotel Rwanda` shot about Rwanda in the 1994 genocide. the world went through the drama we are witnessing in the UN security council, drama of balance of power between the member states as the Assad regime shells its own people with grenades made by these fueding states. if you follow the happenings in that nation closely you will know the truth that this is not an uprising but a genocide that the world leaders are watching from the comfort and safety of their palaces as if its a horror movie soon to end.
I have never seen all my life, a regime that no matter how much its citzens push it to the wall, uses its most modern weapons on the same citizens with such force and barbarism! even during the Holocaust Hitler dind subject Germens to such atrocities. while in Rwanda, the numbers counted upwards to thousands,hundreds of thousands and over a million deaths, the world looked away like it was none of their business if some black niggers butchered themselves to extinction! they did nothing, jus as in Syria they sit pretty with veto after veto and great talk but the mass murder goes on unabated. even humanitarian aid cant be allowed in!? isisnt this the worst we`ve seen of a leader? what else worse can you do after you disconnect water,electricity,oil pipelines,all supply chains and block aid to a city your forces shell each day? whats the message this wicked regime is sending to the world?
in answer to this question, i would like to call upon all in power or with the power to change this gory spectacle to do so, or else they will pay dearly for the blood in Syria.Nobody kills women and children,starves them and even does ethnic cleansing then gets away with it. Histrory will prove me right. what difference after all exists between Homs and the other besieged cities and Alchawitz and the gas chambers? atleast the later were exhumed or mass buried with a little honour to their person, not thrown to shreds by Russian Bombs!
Monday 5 March 2012
The Tilting Balance In Kenya - The poor to the rich!
Halo buddies, good Africans. finally the tide is turning in Kenya. the day of reckoning is nigh. i read with awe and almost disbelief the sweetest news i have had for years. that William Samoe Ruto (an ardent presidential candidate) just after the turmoil that engulfed Kenya in 2007-08 over over bungled elections, seized and took to himself land of up to 100acres belonging to one Adrian Gilbert Muteshi a victim of the violence and an IDP for that matter. he even went ahead and processed a title to the land!
But as the song "give me hope Johanna!" by Eddy Grant says, didn't he see that the tide was turning? had he to wait till the morning come! for surely the morning has now come and he has to return the land, pay compensation and the suite costs to the complainant. something that years ago was unimaginable leave alone implementable.
This brings into focus a few serious questions on the ruling elites motives of wanting to stay in power indefinitely, and more so in African countries and their inherent resistance to change even by the pouring of the blood of their countrymen. for starters, Mr Ruto was among the most ardent naysayers against the constitution and the setting up of a local tribunal to look into the 2007-8 violence;could it have been that they knew what they had done before and after the violence and that Kenyans and the world should forget it as a bad day in its history and move on without ruffling some feathers so that the perpetrators could keep what they seized from the displaced,dead and maimed? was it a deliberate attempt to bury the truth? many cases of this calibre against the powerful and mighty are bound to be in the courts in great numbers in the near future due to the emerging trend of majority of Kenyans having great faith in our reformed and renewed judicial system under C.J Willy Mutunga.
This case especially, will act as a case precedent for many others. I personally salute Mr Adrian for his great courage and knowledge of his rights and the use of our system to get justice and show all that now you can take that tycoon or political big wig to your local court and be assured of getting justice served to you in due time without the messing up of the rich defendant with his millions! hello Kenyan 'Mafia'- wake and smell the coffee! the time of reckoning is at Hand! watch this space! adieu for now.
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But as the song "give me hope Johanna!" by Eddy Grant says, didn't he see that the tide was turning? had he to wait till the morning come! for surely the morning has now come and he has to return the land, pay compensation and the suite costs to the complainant. something that years ago was unimaginable leave alone implementable.
This brings into focus a few serious questions on the ruling elites motives of wanting to stay in power indefinitely, and more so in African countries and their inherent resistance to change even by the pouring of the blood of their countrymen. for starters, Mr Ruto was among the most ardent naysayers against the constitution and the setting up of a local tribunal to look into the 2007-8 violence;could it have been that they knew what they had done before and after the violence and that Kenyans and the world should forget it as a bad day in its history and move on without ruffling some feathers so that the perpetrators could keep what they seized from the displaced,dead and maimed? was it a deliberate attempt to bury the truth? many cases of this calibre against the powerful and mighty are bound to be in the courts in great numbers in the near future due to the emerging trend of majority of Kenyans having great faith in our reformed and renewed judicial system under C.J Willy Mutunga.
This case especially, will act as a case precedent for many others. I personally salute Mr Adrian for his great courage and knowledge of his rights and the use of our system to get justice and show all that now you can take that tycoon or political big wig to your local court and be assured of getting justice served to you in due time without the messing up of the rich defendant with his millions! hello Kenyan 'Mafia'- wake and smell the coffee! the time of reckoning is at Hand! watch this space! adieu for now.
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Africa Kesho: African Dependency Syndrome(ADS)
Africa Kesho: African Dependency Syndrome(ADS): African dependency syndrome as I like to refer to it, is the idea of most populations in Africa of sitting in a devastating situation expect...
African Dependency Syndrome(ADS)
African dependency syndrome as I like to refer to it, is the idea of most populations in Africa of sitting in a devastating situation expecting outsiders to stample on them one day and have sympathy on their status and helplessness and rescue them fro the epidemic, and they are many in Africa!
Why cant we rise up and invent? why cant we think? think Africans think! do something today about that limitation you face, start the movement here, lets discuss!
Why cant we rise up and invent? why cant we think? think Africans think! do something today about that limitation you face, start the movement here, lets discuss!
Sunday 4 March 2012
Education Handicapcy In Africa.
educational handicapcy in AfricatwitterHow can we as Africans take on the big task of ending mental ignorance and civic education handicapcy within the people? most of our people don't understand how our governments work hence their lack of stake and power to scrutinise and put Govt to book. that's the basis of many wars in the continent. who can help us open up these governments and push them to educate its people to attain high integrity rule? lets work together and do it on our own! share your roadmap theory here.
Friday 2 March 2012
Hello! Africans all over the planet, this is our new platform to interact and review, discuss, influence and amend our systems and daily lives. i welcome you all aboard. we will be using two major languages, English and Kiswahili as the major modes of communication.
Among the major topics we will feature include:
politics, education, food security, farming methods, health and post colonial Africa, systems of governance, our elections,culture and culture changes amaong many many other topics.
welcome aboard this motherland platform and be heard by the whole world wide! spread the word!
best regards,
Africa Kesho Team.
Among the major topics we will feature include:
politics, education, food security, farming methods, health and post colonial Africa, systems of governance, our elections,culture and culture changes amaong many many other topics.
welcome aboard this motherland platform and be heard by the whole world wide! spread the word!
best regards,
Africa Kesho Team.
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