Lolest! wrote:tycho wrote:Such areas like Babadogo, Kibera, Dandora, Kayole, Mathare and the like need 'investors' who can mobilize gangs. Control is by 'jeshi'.
So if your friend wants to be paid his rent, then he/she should be politically savvy.
tycho today you sound Kenyan! But jeshi is not enough. Or you get a huge no of them. Otherwise pata police backup. When NARC came to power, walikataa kulipa. They claimed their baba had told them not to. Some landlord from Komothai in Githunguri took his few goons to evict his errant tenants. They were overpowered. They would be thrown down head first frm those 4th flr bldngs. Hence contributing to a further split in narc
I'm glad that I sound Kenyan. How else can we have 'dialogue'?
I lost a friend in a 'jeshi' foray, and I believe it was earlier than Narc.
If you take a look at the Nairobi slums, and 'estates' like Kariobangi, Dandora, and the like, you'll find a tendency of an ethnic group dominating in property ownership and another dominating in settlement, or an ethnic group both 'owning' and residing on a designated piece of land.
This in effect leads to formation of self protecting groups given the political and economic situation of the capital city where one must either own property or pay for it.
We must remember that in this case work opportunities are programed by the economic system that defines the State, and are limited-a reason why politicians promise jobs to ease pressure on the cash flow disparity.
But because politicians can't create jobs, and the jua kali sector is a low wage earner, and given inflationary pressures, then it is inevitable that @coolbull's matter will arise and smack of negative ethnicity.
Solution? Form multi-ethnic jeshis to spur cash flow - the real purpose of an army.
Remember Sun Tzu; the greatest general wins without violence.