Carry Your Manners

The manner by which the Members of Parliament behaved while the president was delivering his State of the Nation address was so outrageous and showed lack of mannerism and decorum in the house. It is an act so barbaric and unacceptable for such high profile persons such as our Members of Parliament. It is the duty of the president as mandated by the constitution to give his state of the Nation Address yearly and in anytime when need arises. The act is very shameful to every Kenyan to see leaders whom they elected carry themselves in a way that even the children are better off.

PHOTO: WHISTLE

Respect is mandatory to every member of the house and also being a high profile person the manner to which they carry themselves should be adhered to as it is in the constitution. The eight Members of Parliament should work on their mannerism and also the cord fraternity to put their house in order. It is also sad very sad that all of them come from one county which adds more shame to the entire county. Parliament is a house of order and rules and thus respect to every persons opinion and good manners is a prerequisite.

BY; E K BIWOTT

Uasin Gishu County Assembly Resumes.

Photo: Uasin Gishu County Governor Hon. Jackson Mandago inspects a guard of Honor mounted by County Askaris.

Uasin Gishu Governor Hon Jackson Mandago made his opening speech today at the county assembly of Uasin Gishu where he highlighted several matters and the various achievements the the county has achieved since he was elected Governor in the year 2012.  While addressing journalists outside the County Assembly he spelled out his support for the newly formed Jubilee party led by the president and his deputy, he urged members of Uasin Gishu County to support the winning party.  However, he had some pieces of advice to the opposition party. https://youtu.be/Aw2OUTbTK04

By: Biwott Edwin

 

The Shoe Technician.

PHOTO: Mwangi

You will meet him very early carrying a sack ,with his belongings inside, crossing along Uganda road highway in Uasin Gishu County, he is heading towards the District Hospital  before a blink, he is seated opposite Eldoret High Court unpacking his tools ready to work. He is commonly known as Mwangi wa viatu but to his younger friends, he is called Itwitwi a name that its origin is not known. He is a medium sized man with a  great smile to every customer that passes by his small shop.

Mwangi is a business man dealing with repairing of worn out shoes and shoe polishing having more than ten years of experience in this business. His services are loved by most clients in town because he offers exemplary and satisfactory services to his clients  both the young and the old. His day is usually packed with clients of all types ranging from the rich, poor and the commonly known `Hustler.` With his skills, he is able to modify a shoe meant for the left leg to be worn by the right leg that's a skill not possessed by all cobblers.

PHOTO: Mwangi serving his customers.

 When asked about the challenges he goes through in his profession, he first breaths in heavily then highlights the following;

• Expensive products you have to purchase with the harsh economy being the biggest challenge.
• That there are different company products and at times being hard to tell what the customer prefers, he gives an example that you can buy Kiwi and the customer prefers Lude shoe polish.
• Friends who come to beat stories during working hours of which you cant dismiss them.
• weather being the biggest challenge, him being in the Jua Cali sector, the scorching sun can be a great hindrance and also during rainy season you cant do much work.
• The challenge of a customer purchasing a new shoe then dumps the old one with him for repair and never to come back.

Amidst all the challenges, he finally gets to have sufficient income that enables him  feed his family and educate his children. With the business, he gets to interact with all types of people  from diverse cultures.
With him seated directly opposite the judiciary, he has served many high profile personnel such as High court judges, court prosecutors and even the members of the County Assembly.

PHOTO: Shoes after polishing.

 His parting short to the youth is that there are many opportunities available to venture in, that being employed should not stick in ones mind but rather create employment and eventually be employers and not employees.

BY: BIWOTT EDWIN

Create a fall back plan.

It is now close to six years since the Operation Linda Nchi started in 16^th October 2011 when we released our soldiers to Somalia to fight the enemy who had threatened our security. It has been a long battle characterized by both tears and laughter from our soldiers and the entire nation of Kenya. Our soldiers in AMISOM have done and are still doing a tremendous job that they deserve a pat on their back. 

However the recent attack in El Adde in Somalia which has left many of our brothers sisters friends relatives and even friends dead and scores injured, has left the country in grief and utter shock. The silence by the government to the relatives of the soldiers has even increased the pain ten folds because we are left in the dark without knowing the fate of our loved ones.

The government and the entire security team should come up with a fall back plan for our soldiers to return back home and secure our borders. The mission is already complete and we need them to secure our country by being deployed within our boarders and not in Somalia. The Commander In Chief should liaise with various security organs and adopt a plan in which our heroes will come back home and enjoy the peace in their mother land Kenya. The best advice is where we withdraw our soldiers and wait for the insurgents to attack our country and that’s when we respond by pushing them far away from our country. 

RIP to our heroes who paid the ultimate price.

By; Biwott k. Edwin

Tears of a Mother

A mother is crying because she has lost a husband or a son, children are crying and mourning the loss of a brother sister or even their father, a community is crying because their son and hero has died in the hands of an enemy, the whole country is mourning because of the loss of a whole troop of gallant soldiers, heroes and heroines who dedicated their life to serve the nation. These are our friends and also family members and the loss of one make a whole village grief and mourn in pain.

Tears of pain

The government should not prolong these tears a day more by withholding the sad news from the grieving families. It is better for them to give the information to the family members for them to cry once and for all rather than keeping them in agony about the dead of their loved ones and also in great anticipation that their sons or relatives maybe alive. 

It is so painful and agonizing to watch in our televisions and also read on our dailies about how stressed these families are in search of their loved ones. The thought of sleeping overnight without your husband and adding pain to injury is having in mind that you will never see him; it is only the wife who knows such.

By; Biwott k. Edwin