My Random Stories

(All photos courtesy of Google). If you would have asked me a week ago what I thought about President Obama's visit to Kenya, I would have said, I am not really interested. I knew it was not a social call or a courtesy visit he was making, just going to open a summit and that was it. As the week went by and the day he was to arrive drew closer, I asked myself what will his visit do for me, do for Kenya, do for Africa? We have been through so much the past two years and gone through much hurt in terms of corruption and insecurity. I had almost lost hope in the country and was planning to retire to my traditional home soon after my studies to block the negativity and anguish the country was facing. I  prophesied  doom and spelled out the dangers that would befall Kenya and Africa if someone did not do something. In the past weekend I changed my perception thanks to President Obama. The first night he came in he spent time with his family and got...

(Photos Courtesy of Google) It is quite unfortunate that people who have ideas are always the first to be killed. And more often than not they are killed by their own people. They are seen as threats because they have visions and want to see others prosper and not themselves. Those who are greedy and want more power put blame on them, insult them , humiliate them and more often than not exterminate them so that they can continue feeding at the expense of others. In Patrice Lumumba's Last letter he saw a vision for Congo, he prayed that one day it will be beautiful and that everyone will live in peace and harmony. He wanted what was best for the Congolese and this made him a threat. He wanted change and had a vision of uniting the Congolese under one government but he was referred to as 'Satan'. It is a really sad and angering story to know that Africans were and are still treated as idiots who need the West to survive. The moment we break the ties, the le...

(All photos, courtesy of Google) I have been asking myself the question, do muggers and robbers today ever think about their victims before they approach and threaten them? Jacob was walking, as he usually does, at around 7 pm at night in the cold streets of Nairobi. He had just come from a lecture and on that day he had brought his laptop to do a presentation in class. His mother had already warned him to be wary because unfortunately muggers in Nairobi were targeting university students walking with bags around town. This was because those students more often than not carry laptops in those bags. He heeded his mother's words and became very alert as he crossed the streets and increased his pace whenever he felt he was being followed. The stage was only five minutes away and today he was going to make it At least that is what he thought. As he crossed a busy lane with countable number of people, three gentlemen in biker jackets approached him from behind. He...