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At the momment children have passed the exams to join form one this year 2010 but to get only the form to fill for the application of busary it is very hard and remember these things are for free and for the needy people not for the rich,this also applies to college intake. thank you Call me a su ...

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1. On Monday October 6, 2008, 4:29 AM , Humphrey Mucangi, United States wrote:
  I found the article "Slaves of handout culture" very interesting because of the truth it brings to light, and the emotions it evokes to those interviewed as well as the reader. I am amazed to learn that some people can give their hard-earned money to relatives and villagers under duress. Isn't that the same thing called extortion? I think that even though there is truth about this sort of foolhardy generosity, I believe it doesn't occur every where in Kenya. I have given money to my relatives, and I did that with full knowledge that I was helping out a needy person. I am an African and I uphold the norm of Afrcan socialism. The people we complain about as being leeches are so invaluable when disaster strikes: they offer to push your Prado from a muddy ditch while you steer the humming machine splashing filth on them; they flock into our homesteads to dig a grave here or there when one of our loved ones passes on. Have you ever stopped to think of paying them for the physical and emotional comfort provided in such cases? Every society has challenges unique to it. Anyone

 

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