MIA'S WORD

It is one that is brought up with good intentions but has harsh repercussions. The government has set up a way to cater for the poor if this bill is passed into law. They are offering them funds to help deal with the rise in  the cost of living due to the Value Added Tax on basic commodities like maize, wheat flour, sanitary towels, processed milk and others.  There are over 400 items in the present constitution that are zero rated. It could be noted that those products could help raise the deficit needed by the 2013 budget.  It is true that the current proposed bill will cut across all social classes.Whether it is implemented or not all the people in the country will be affected. The lower class will feel the pinch more because their income is in the lower side. Most of them are living below a dollar a day. That means that even with the government opting to offer funds to offset the imbalance by offering subsidies the poor will still be at a disadvantage. To solve the problem

I was at a bus station awaiting a parcel one day when i happened to find myself in the midst of two mothers talking about schools today. I could not help but listen in and they were more than willing to have me as a participant in their conversation. What they were saying at first struck me as ignorant talk. I later fond out that I was mistaken. The conversation was about the heated well-known debate about private schools and public schools. I know you are put off by now but bare with me for a few minutes. There argument was that public schools are better than private and they had a compelling argument. Most private schools today have resorted to scheming parents of their money. I call it scheming because today, a child going to private school and public have little to no difference. The grammar spoken by them is bad and in dire need of help. To top it all off they are trained to pass exams and not to learn to gain knowledge. When it comes to job seeking, they are at a disadvantage

NAME:   Nelson Mandela OCCUPATION:   Civil Rights Activist , World Leader,  Journalist BIRTH DATE:   July 18 ,  1918  (Age: 95) EDUCATION:   Clarkebury Boarding Institute, Wesleyan College,  University College of Fort Hare, University of London,  University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg PLACE OF BIRTH:   Mveso, Transkei, South Africa FULL NAME:   Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela AKA:   Nelson Mandela AKA:   Rolihlahla AKA:   Madiba ORIGINALLY:   Rolihlahla Mandela He turned 95 years old last week. The past months have been very harsh for him. The last we heard of his condition, he was critical but stable under life support machine. Now we hear of some uplifting news that his health is improving. The man was a strong one having gone through torture during the apartheid. He rose above all trials to reach the peak of his career and life.  A mural of Nelson Mandela in Ireland  At 95 years of age he is among the most influential persons in the world. He not only is

The teachers are justified to strike seeing that they have been doing it for years. This is a sad realisation and reality. The government  and the people of Kenya may be fade up with the strike but the fact of the matter is that this shows a huge problem. the previous month was a time for the people of Kenya to mourn as something died in the parliament building, the conscience of our elected members of parliament.

THE DARK AGES. I can not believe that there was a time when we called the era of before electricity the dark ages. Those times were not dark. The people of the 21st century are the ones living in the dark ages. Yes, we are. Look at the things going on around us, bestiality, greed of leaders at the expense of civilian lives, mass murder and suicide, wars and clashes fired by leaders for selfish gain. If this is the dark age then i accept to be corrected. We have sang the same song over and over that we need to stand up for ourselves and be independent, well am glad to see that being implemented. Now what we need is resilience,not accepting defeat until we get what  we want. Is it not common knowledge that  'nchi' ni wewe na mimi as the Uwiano advertisement for so clearly puts out. Then fight on we shall till the neo-colonialism stops. We appointed the leaders so they are working for us not their bellies. Do not get me wrong am not in sighting anyone to get up in arms and do an

Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia I never expected that a day would come when we as Kenyans would be at the edge of our seats keenly following the electoral process. We all came out for one cause. The beginning of unity among us started when we saw our brothers and sisters dying of hunger. W e came out and stood together to pull funds neede d to end t he sorrow and ho peless ness that they had . We did t hat all by ourselves when the off icials that we put in the G overnm ent did nothing but add their pensions an d s alary. I hope now that we as Kenyans have realised the power we hold and the politicians have realised that the power they had over us is gone with the wind. We should not  let ourselves end up in a helpless situation again. Ignorance is bliss but not in the digital era. If you remember, those that were ignorant when the digital era begun, suffered the consequences. We are going into untested waters, we need to work together to make it in this new jungle. Naivety is

We are truly living in the digital era indeed. The past is no longer what it used to be. Rumor has it that a famous influential person has been apprehended for atrocious acts against humanity. I can not confer the name of this official as the case is still open but it is shocking to know the extent to which people could go. It is not only in the movies that murders are committed so that one can progress in future. It is also true my fellow Kenyans, our police force has changed and is not playing around. Proof is slowly coming our way. we just have to be patient. Rome was not built in a day. We need to keep our eyes open, ears to the ground and our minds free from rigidness and old fashion thinking that has got us nowhere but in abject poverty and economic crisis. These politicians are going to play mind games with us during this trying time. Let us not fight their wars. Our time comes and they are never anywhere to be found to help yet we put them there to do just that (just think bac