Why are we such a tribal country compared to our neighbours like TZ. It's now hard to even rent a house if the landlord doesn't like your origin as I experienced first hand some few months ago! This country nearly went up in flames as rival tribes slaughtered each other because of a 'stolen' election. A friend in a huge company called me this morning and told me he was sacked simply because he came from the wrong tribe. According to him,the company has been doing poorly and so the management had to make some staff redudunt and targetted mostly the so called outsiders. Kenyans generally believe you can know the tribe of any minister when you walk along the corridors of their offices since most employees come from their ethnic enclaves. Promotion is rarely on merit but tribal affiliations. Various tribes prefer to read certain newpapers or watch certain news channels which will sooth their egos. I have some suggestions on how we can come out of our tribal cocoons. Let's inter-marry as much as possible. Let's use swahili and English more often especially in public. As Mutahi Ngunyi wrote on sunday,Let's learn to respect other tribes and this is especially to my brothers from Mt Kenya region who think it's only them who can lead this country!! Let's also be proud of who we are and judge each other not by tribal stereotypes but by the content of our characters. I don't buy the nonsense that we can legislate tribalism since other legislations like in corruption have not even worked. So far,we are living in denial of beautiful lies about tribe being our Achilles Heel as a nation. If we don't change,there will be an armageddon come 2012 and Kenya will go up in smoke and cease to exist as we know it!

OnLy deaD FiSh gO WiTh tHe floW....!

'Trust me,all kenyans r tribalists of varying degree,ata wewe mwenyewe'

i have done my bit and inter-married. Congratulate me!!!!!!!

on a serious note,the problem is that our leaders are the worst tribalists you can find although they fake to be role models. they will happily sponsor their fellow tribesmen to burn women and children inside a church and get away with murder most foul. look at prezzo,all the sensitive dockets are occupied by people from his own community... treasury,justice,trade,energy,security,kra....etc.

hellooo,i thought we had over 42 tribes in this country??


OnLy deaD FiSh gO WiTh tHe floW....!

Renting a house? yes,some landlords could be very cautious,and wisely so. Some of their houses are still being occupied by 'maaaali yeeeetu!' with the tenants dictating the how much rent they should pay,by when,and how much arrears they can keep...then they ask you,uta-do?

Life is worth living cos God planned it to be so.

@jaribu....kindly define a tribe for me..!!!..and we can start from there.

If you have money that you expect to start using in five years,it now belongs in stocks.

@jaribu - sawa basi. understood. would you consider the following statements tribal?

-watu wa community X follow leaders blindly.
-watu wa community Y ni wezi.
-watu wa community Z wana uanga watu.
-watu wa community A wana penda kulala na hawafanyangi kazi.

Katika Jangwa la Jangili ndipo Pwagu hupata Pwaguzi.

@ Jaribu

y r u then demonising central kenya?in the thred rais rasila odinga,@ wendz & @ NJUNG'E came out as clear RAO supporters.Hizo siku za central kusema hivyo ziliisha kitambo!if u doubt go to kosh,ngara etc n listen to thos guys discuss kibaki




The wicked flee even when no one is pursuing...

sawa @jaribu. nimekubali. so as far as you are concerned,would you call the following statement a tribal stereotype?
Let's learn to respect other tribes and this is especially to my brothers from Mt Kenya region who think it's only them who can lead this country!!

Katika Jangwa la Jangili ndipo Pwagu hupata Pwaguzi.

@ brewer,

i was quoting mutahi ngunyi if you care to read the few words before the sentence you have pasted and you know that! pliz stop splitting hairs. tribalism is still the elephant in the room. so what are you guys doing about it rather that creating a storm in a tea cup?


OnLy deaD FiSh gO WiTh tHe floW....!

Let the fools continue with their foolishnes coz the world is moving foward. Do something positive that can benefit your life and you will be celebrating while others are crying oooh tribalism,oooh politics,oooh this,oooh that.


Kioko

Jaribu,quoting Mutahi Ngunyi makes it better,right? I have said that in my view what Mutahi said on Sunday was hogwash- there was a thread on this- and even then you still misquoted him and went further than he did.