The presidential candidates comments on Kass FM 29 Oct 2007

Joshua,
Ochamegei eng Kenya. Chamwoo korook aleenji biikab Cheeptabach kongoi amu kotaach Chairman Henry Kosgey ye ko rutoochi kokwoonootok kooro boisionik. Ne bo aeng Joshua ko kaamoche ale yo kimochei kiiro chito kenai ng'olyoot no mwoei siruutik kole "eng' chong'indoab muguleldo ko mwoei kutiit'. Geer bichi somok ole ng'olooldoi:

1. Kibaki ko chamei koleen 'hawa wana....'
2. Kalonzo ko chamei koleen 'mimi nilisema...'
3. Raila koleen eng kotugul 'Sisi tuta...'

Eng ng'aleecho igeere ile mi chiito ne matinyei agenda, mi ageenge ni kiinyi metitnyi ak muguleldonyi kiit ne kemuchi keguure 'ge' anan ko 'self'. Chito age igeere ile mi ak alak ko nootok amu nee asi koleen 'achek'. Ara anyuun ingooro biikyok chito ne 'kimi kobooto inendet', chito nebo 'ge' ak chito ne 'teer eng' acheek'. Tos ta omoche anyeiwook kosiir yotok i? Ingen mengit!

Kalonzo launch, comments on Kass FM 15 Oct 2007

Ochamegei Joyce,
Aleen korook kongoi eng' Kass FM amu ko kimuuch acheek che ke mii sang'uutab Kenya keegaschii Kalonzo kanyenyeetnyi eng' Asiistab amut. Eng' ye ko agas ng'alaalet tugul ko koabwaat ng'aleek aeng':

1. Nyolu kowiich Kalonzo nguno ib kotuiyogei ak PNU amu ng'alalet ne kobiit ko bo bireetab tegeetik che borboreen. Yo koyaat chi gutiit ak kochup Raila anan ko Kibaki ko koochuchuk rate ne bo Kalonzo kong'eete 8% agoi <5%.

2. Eng' ne bo iman, loo banda ne mochei kwo Kalonzo. Aechin muren ak tuukchiik. Ye mwa Kalonzo agobo corruption ak kong'wereer biik che mii ak Raila ko kautie kole 'ma onei kwetyiin, kwetyiin'. Ango mii suumutnyi Mutula ne ki ogilyootab biik che chaang' che ki kemwaitae choorset. Ara anyuun, oo Kaap Kalonzo chubisieet ak kachaetab gei. Ko ageer agot aiin bo wui koogati delegates ko keende eunek lolotinweek. No ko laskeita! Ya sigirieet yo kelossgei amu itiori biich ib keechil!

Comments to Muite/Jirongo on Kass FM 05 Oct 2007

Araap Sang,
Ahsante tena kwa kuwa na mpango wa leo. Ningependa kumshukuru Mhe Muite kwa kukaa ngumu katika hicho chama cha safina hata wakati huu wote ambapo upepo wa vyama vingine vilitingiza sehemu anakotoka (Ford-Asili 2002 wakati Muite alikuwa Ford-Kenya na 2007 alipokaa kwenye Safina ila Narc ilikuwa inavuma). Ila sijashangaa kuwa anamuunga mkono Mzee Kibaki naye ni "young turk". Nimuulize Muite maswali mawili:

1. Je kuwaunga mkono Mzee Kibaki na Moi kuna ambatanaje na msimamo wake wa uongozi mzuri ambao Kanu ya Moi ilikuwa haina?
2. Mwaka wa 2002, Mzee Kibaki alichaguliwa kwa vyama vya mseto kuambatana na kile ambacho kiliitwa MOU. Baadaye watu fulani walimshauri afutilie mbali ile ngazi (hata akajaribu kuvivunja vyama vya mseto huo) na pia akawamwaga wale walioenda kila kona ya Kenya kumpigia debe ili achaguliwe ila alikuwa hospitalini. Swali langu kwanyi wawili, kila mmoja baada ya mwingine: Kibaki anaweza kuaminika tena kuhifadhi MOU ingine ama vipi?
   

Comment: Ikiwa kwa kweli Michael Cheluget ameachishwa kazi wakati huu, niwaambie watu wa PNU kuwa mambo yamepanuka na unga imemwagika!
Mimi wenu, 'Agent of change - Mwanaharakati wa mabadiliko'

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.