Babu Manamba was hallucinating. He ran away from imaginary enemies in ODM, and went hiding inside a cave called Labour.
Inside this cave, there was a feminine anaconda which ate the food Babu brought in a khaki envelope marked NYS. After depleting the stocks, the serpent now wants him. Poor Manamba, every cave has its owner. More hooves please!
We engage another gear. When students see an adult acting as a student rudely respond to their ‘teachers’ on a TV programme, they tend to think it is ‘cool’ and would want to ape these thespians without considering the latter are acting and they (students) are living.
The creators of Tahidi High should consider changing their script and do a theme that adds value to the fabric of society.
And now on Kiraitu. This man was in Alliance then went to Harvard. He must be razor-sharp upstairs. But the sharpness doesn’t help him in politics and that’s how he was easily conned by a St Mary’s alumnus who is said to have passed by Amherst to see a friend.
Even a villager who never went to any school is wise enough to know not to regret after taking his goat to the market. Someone tell Kiraitu that you cannot sell your bus and have it!
Kiraitu isn’t the only bright man to be made cabbage by politics. Prof Mbithi’s appointment to head Moi’s civil service was influenced by Mulu Mutisya who was as educated as Jacob Zuma and Oscar Sudi. Prof Yusuf Lule’s academic credentials couldn’t help him stay in power beyond two months in Uganda in the 70s.
Does anyone know what became of Mbithi after he declined the EAC job? Politics treats Kalembe, the retired kata hema, the same as Dr Josephat Karanja, the former UON VC who became Moi’s football to be juggled as he wished
Lastly, while slaughtering a goat, you don’t look at it in the eyes. You may sympathise with it and let it free. The government should beat up the bandits and disarm them pronto. Henceforth, their children should be forcefully taken to class and taught how to grow up like human beings.
Dependency on pastoralism escalates this clashes and an alternative economic activity will mitigate this problem. The Pokots must learn to co-exist with their neighbours peacefully.
Have a great week, my friends and enemies!
