Questions to Kimunya on Kass FM 28 Sep 2007

Araap Sang na wageni wetu Asalam Aleikum,
Wewe ni wetu! Hao watu uliowaleta inaonyesha sababu ya kuuliza swali langu la kwanza:

1. Kwenye hivi vyama vya kisiasa, je wanawake wapo wapi? Mbona ni ODM ya Kalonzo tu ambayo inajaribu kuweka akina mama kifua mbele? Hata hiyo PNU ilipotambulisha timu ya Mzee Kibaki, hapakuwa na akina mama asili mia 30 il hali alisema nafasi zote za kazi ziwe na kitengo cha 1:3 kwao, ama ilikuwa MOU ingine iliyovunjwa?

2. Swali langu la pili ni kwa Mhe. Kimunya: Je Wakenya walipoimba 2002 kwamba yote yawezekana Kenya hiyo tuliimba kwa lugha ya taifa (Kiswahili). Baadaye juzi mtu fulani alisema kule Busia kwamba yeye alimshauri Rais apuuze MOU ile iliyomuwezesha kuchaguliwa. Swali langu ni kwenye mseto huu wa PNU ambao sasa mumekiunda, kunao 'wazee' wangapi ambao wameambiwa waende kando kidogo tufuge mto kisha murudi kushauri juu ya hii MOU mpya ya PNU? Je, Kibaki anaweza kuaminika tena kwa kuweza kuweka ahadi na wanaoambatana naye?

3. Kwa dada wa ODM-K, mbona Kalonzo amesahau pa kuwinda na sasa anamrudishia risasi Raila il hali anataka KUOMBA kiti? Mwambie anaposema kuwa Raila ni project ya serikali ajue ni ukweli mtupu kwani SISI wapiga KURA wa Kenya NDIO Serikali na Raila ni PROJECT YETU!
Ni mimi wenu 'agenti wa mabadiliko'

Rethink the parallel degree programmes

The philosophy behind the introduction of the parallel degree courses was to beat the ceiling imposed on admission into our public universities by the 'limited' number of university places available. In addition (or is it a consequence), the system has been turned into a cash-cow by the universities to raise the much-needed cash reserves in the face of decreasing governmental support for our institutions of higher learning. But it introduced another aspect to our education system which is potentially discriminatory and 'abuseable'. For, whereas a B+ does not guarantee a student entry into a professional science course like medicine and /or pharmacy, with money one can 'buy' a parallel degree which is respectable and acceptable in the market place much like the 'regular' degree. The poor who cannot afford the exorbitant fees paid for this parallel degree are disenfranchised. This is simply unacceptable in a country that prides itself in the development of human resource. Consider that school performance is pegged, one way or another, to the school to which one is admitted. The chances of one getting an A at Starehe are a world of difference from the odds that one has to beat to get closer at Cheptiret or Chekunyuk secondary schools.

I hold the opinion that the parallel degree programmes be scrapped, the High Education Loans Board (HELB) be funded more adequately and education money be made available for ALL Kenyan students who meet the minimum requirements for admission to university irrespective of their family or social standing. This way, the country will not condemn the poor to the vicious cycle poverty and all of us can enjoy the fruits of education. Certainly, the mechanism of recovery of those HELB monies held by former students is still poor and this needs streamlining.

Question is, beyond the colourful rhetoric and lip-service which is paid to poverty eradication and fight against illiteracy, which presidential campaign is thinking of education beyond the tired and recycled ideas that bring nothing new to our country. Which campaign is ready to fund our research institutions beyond the 0.0025% of the GDP that the Moi and Kibaki governments have been giving, which money simply goes into payment of salaries of the severely demoralised, underpaid and underutilised human resources that populate our universities. China for example allocates upwards of 10% of its massive GDP for research and development, no wonder the strides it is making with her economic growth threatening a double-digit growth. No economy can develop without research! I don't know how much the established economies in Europe, USA/Canada and Japan and the emerging tigers (Brazil, India and Korea as well as next door in South Africa) plough back into R & D but it certainly is not anything close to 1000-fold Kenya's pittance. That is why they are growing.

Politics Comments on Kass FM 21 Sep 2007

Araap Sang/Mutahi/Araap Magut,
Ahsante kwa sababu ya kiwango ambacho ni cha juu kwani wao ni wale ambao unaweza kuwaita 'matirenik'. Ningependa kusema kwamba kwa wao wanaowania kiti cha rais ya Kenya, watu wanafahamu ni nani hawezi kuaminika tena! Basi ningependa kuwauliza wao maswali mawili tu.

1. Mwaka wa 2002, Kibaki alichaguliwa kwa nguvu za mseto (coalition), baadaye akajaribu kuvunjilia mbali hiyo roho ya kukutanisha vyama. Je, anaporudi sasa kutafuta tena mseto mpya ya Panu, anaweza kuaminika kwa sababu wakati ule alipata kiti akiwa kitandani lakini sasa anaweza kujifanyia kampeni?

2. Kufuatia kuhama kwa Mhe Kenyatta kujiunga na Panu, kuhama kule kuna maanisha nini kwa siasa ya 'baada ya Kibaki' na jee inawezekana kuwa watu kama akina Kombo/Saitoti na wengine wanayo nafasi kweli katika mpangilio huu wa Uhuru/Moi Vs Kibaki (na watu wake wanao panga kuwania wadhifa wa kuongoza) ama wasahau?

Comments on Kass FM 17 Sep 2007

Araap Sang,
Ochamegei biikab Kalenjiin eng Asiisi bo rani. Ko ageer agine kong'aanyei Kibaki Chepkuugit no kiguure PNU. Kale angu nito ko ka kile 'Pigeni Nyinyi U.' Siis abagaach amaatar ale U ko mwoei nee. Ametoi biik alak asi komwa ng'aleek alak kobaate amoche ateeb kit ne u ni: Ko ng'alaal Uhuru eng' ne ka to Kanu (ne kii koek suraiyaat), Mwakwere (Shirikisho), Nyachae (Ford-People), Tuju (Narc-Kenya). Kale anyun angu ko ng'alaal araap Kirwa ko bo Chaamait ngiro?

Nebo aeng ago ne bo kamanuut: eng' 2002 ko kiimugutio gei chamaisiek asi komuuktochi Kibaki konyoor ng'echereet. Eng' kasaraatok ko kimii palalia ne ke kuure MOU. Ago eng let ko kinyo kochuute ng'ony kosyiinet Kibaki ak koweek ga. Akwong'e ale anguu nee ne igoochin ra ko koonyit MOU ne bo chamaisiekab PNU kongen komie kole tuun 2012 ko makai tun komochei chi ak kuraisiekyok? Chicho ko makiyoni, ago nga ko kotuktugen economy kot ko it 6% ko tos mieitu ne tia eng ODM ne bo biik che iyonigei? Every defector has a defect!

Comments on Kass FM 14 Sep 2007

Arap Sang,
It is an interesting mix of people there. That is democracy. Let me ask something to Sammy Seroney (Kap Talamindet chiicho bo Lembus che ma ng'eenyei koowo ama beendi kandaraas). Ngot imoche ing'alaale biik che biriiren eunek ko toos imwaa nee agobo biik che kiile 'ootut labotoonik'? Ang' kii ka kigoochi Kalonzo VP ko araap Ruto ne kigoon 'winning formula' ago ki iyan ko omben? Ama kimuchi kemwaa kele Raila ko kitawendi nda ma nyoor ng'echereet amu ingen biik chito ne ki isib kolabat ama it betut ab nomination.

Ye ki weechgei kemwaa kele ng'wonindo ne kibo 1960s ko teer ak nebo ra. Biik che mwaei kole ki ko u chiito eng chamaisiek ko kautie kole eng' Jumatatu wikit ne nyonei kowendi boiyootab emeet komwaei kole mi chama ne bo PNU. Iitwo ile defection number ata? Kanu-DP-NAK-Narc-PNU = Chamaisiek muut che muguleen! Oberbeer biik alak agobo kugoinoteetab chamaisiek. Among'aal biikab Kalenjiin, kateeb arap Sang inootok no karoonetab ra kole 'Ko onae ra ole mochei ketooret biikab Kalenjiin i?' Kasiirok Kombo ne ingen kosuubchi Bukusuyeek boisionik i? Kilyaa asi mo bwaat ole kimoche kigeem Kibaki kot kogoon boisionik?

Ole ageertoi nguno ko nda mii arap Ruto ko VP nebo Raila ta egu kiboitio. Mie ne tia amu ingen Raila kole biik che kiiti ko Kalenjiin. Ara anyuun nyonei koribeech mising. Ogich biikab Kalenjiin, ongetii arap Mibei asi kobiit waleet!

Kura - Comments on Kass FM 12 Sep 2007

Araap Saang,
Ang' ki iwe keny oh boiyoondoni asi ki ta ek mursi cheego, ameloiteneech is we amu ki kee mach keenaiteen. Kany amwaun ng'olyoo. Tomo aachigil kuraiyaat aboisie Telkom Wireless, ago aweendi aawenye ngunoo ngaa kararan eng' website ne bo ECK kou ye ka ageer.

Nebo aeng' ko ke teebenech agobo chiito ne kibirchinii kura. Woiis, kakogur araa ma! Kany amwaun chiito ne maabirchinii asi ko onee met kou meengiich kastoik. Maabirchini kuraiyaat nyu chiito ne kendooi anan ko ng'aalei lakweetab biich koleenjin wui ke yaatiteen amu anyone kooito asi ye ibata kowo koito goot age ak ko bagaakta cheebo chii eng' keweet ne leel. Notok ko kakile ngot ko ki ma imuuch chiito koriib MOU eng' tai ko toos nee ne ibooru keele ta komuuchi kiiyan konyil age? Araap Saang, ma abirchinii kura biik che ki iluukyi batai tupchosiekyook eng' Tulwoop Koony Kaap Kuugo ye kitinyei ng'waninweekab tartaetab korotiik. Maabirchinii kura biik che king'aleech kole inyo komieitu sobeet ang' ye itio koek choriik kosiir cho kii bo Goldenberg. Asoome biik ketooretkei tugul ak ke esie kebirchii kura 'business as usual'. Ye awelel amwae ale abirchinii kuura kamugutieetabgei nebo biik che ka rat tolol ak komwa eng; tugeet agenge kole 'kimoche waleet ngunoo'!

Eng' let aleen mie go ne mii soomyoo amu kirootyin tuumdo gaayaa. Kongoi araap Saang, ileenji Chief Whip "Mur Kimageet kee silei". Amewendii keny! Sere gonnyo