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#21 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 10:56:13 AM
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InnovateGuy wrote:


Lastly, I'm reminded of Mark 6: 4 "A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown.



A prophet never gives up!
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B.Timer
#22 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 11:00:08 AM
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For me, it is a sad day that an activist has been subdued into submission.

Not too helpful in as far our democratic credentials are concerned.

Renkown leaders around the world started off as activists.

Martin Luther was an activist.
Nelson Mandela started off as an activist.
How about Jomo Kenyatta before he was arrested.






Dunia ni msongamano..
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#23 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 11:05:08 AM
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B.Timer wrote:
For me, it is a sad day that an activist has been subdued into submission.

Not too helpful in as far our democratic credentials are concerned.

Renkown leaders around the world started off as activists.

Martin Luther was an activist.
Nelson Mandela started off as an activist.
How about Jomo Kenyatta before he was arrested.



Huyu alikuwa anachuna chai na kahawa kule Roiro!

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#24 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 11:07:13 AM
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Buster wrote:
Saw him in 'The Trend' on Friday. He was wondering why Kenyans like being abused by the state. I wonder if som



They will make noise in the comfort of their offices, their cars, their matatus, their bedrooms, their facebook pages, but do nothing about it. When someone comes out to mobilize them to action, they'll say he has been paid and give all manner of excuses not to participate in street demos. When you decide it's time to quit activism and take care of your own matters because nobody cares about the country, you're called a coward by people who would never demonstrate in their lives! In the words of another wazuan "you're damned if you do and damned when you don't do. Damn!"
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kyt
#25 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 12:29:16 PM
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sad sad sad day for kenya
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accelriskconsult
#26 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 12:36:29 PM
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B.Timer wrote:
For me, it is a sad day that an activist has been subdued into submission.

Not too helpful in as far our democratic credentials are concerned.

Renkown leaders around the world started off as activists.

Martin Luther was an activist.
Nelson Mandela started off as an activist.
How about Jomo Kenyatta before he was arrested.









And Jesus Christ was also an activist
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Impunity
#27 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 12:39:22 PM
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kyt wrote:
sad sad sad day for kenya


Explain why its a bad day for Kenya!
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seppuku
#28 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 12:44:18 PM
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mukiha wrote:
I guess the guy has finally realised that "Activism" hardly ever solves any problem.

You solve problems by doing something tangible; not by shouting yourself hoarse for the media cameras!

Activists just tell us what the problems are (as if we didn't know already!) but never do anything to help solve them.

So, you run the streets saying that our money is being eaten, do you really think the "eaters" will stop eating?

Instead, you should collect evidence that Mrs XYZ ate, give it to the DPP and if the DPP doesn't act, hurl him to court for collaborating with the "eaters"!


Well, not really. With the right motivation, organization and numbers, activism tactics such as boycotts and civil disobedience can actually get the government to pay attention and act on the issues at hand. But as @innovateGuy has pointed out, and I agree, the average Kenyan is far too timid to stand up for his rights.
Learn first to treat your time as you would your money, then treat your money as you do your time.
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tycho
#29 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 1:27:22 PM
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Mwangi has every right to choose what pleases him. These reactions of it either being a sad day, or that Mwangi is a coward, are just the perfect example that we are a lost people, and all this talk is a 'babel'. Why? How can a responsible citizen expect to be always represented by someone else? Now we expect Mwangi to 'keep the government on it's toes' for us! We expect Mwangi to be the 'Messiah' and hate him if he chooses to drop out of the 'race'. To be like 'Che'.

This means we are the 'living dead' who need to wait for a 'Messiah'. To wake them to life.

Poor souls. Who is Martin Luther? Who is Jesus?

Where is Jesus? Where is Luther? Or Ghadaffi?

You can only live for your self, but do you even know yourself? Knowing your self is what seperates you from a quail. It is the 'power of God' that rules over the Universe. And how can such knowledge be acquired vicariously?

Why is corruption strangling us? Why are we not 'eating'? Why do we want to blame devolution woes on the governors? The answer is because you don't know your self. That's why, you have no vision. You don't know what to do with your infrastructure, your constitution, your institutions. And all you can do is blame, blame, blame.

And look up on the sky and wait for the Messiah to come on Airforce one.
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#30 Posted : Monday, February 17, 2014 2:23:44 PM
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B.Timer wrote:
For me, it is a sad day that an activist has been subdued into submission.

Not too helpful in as far our democratic credentials are concerned.

Renkown leaders around the world started off as activists.

Martin Luther was an activist.
Nelson Mandela started off as an activist.
How about Jomo Kenyatta before he was arrested.




The sad thing and the problem in Kenya cannot be solved through street activism.
We are past that. We're not fighting a repressive regime like the ones Martin Luther, Raila, Mandela etc fought. Our fight is with ourselves and poor values. I would understand if people especially the poor are fighting for equality but that's not the case.
We democratically voted in the current constitution and leaders, what laws do we now want changed? Will replacing individuals with other similar individuals change things? I doubt.
We need to learn to lobby.

BBI will solve it :)
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