The Scoop on the Kenya Rugby Scene.

 As usual we continue to BLOOM,and here is where we give you the 4-1-1 candidly.THE BLOOMER hereby brings on board Poghie a.ka Pitseh,one of Kenya's all time rugby fanatic and a staunch KCB supporter(read his blogs-'Kenya gunners' and 'Pitseh',they blew me away).
Here is his inside story.

So a lot has been happening on the rugby scene this side of lake victoria,considering that it is off season. Clubs looking to strenghten their sides,the national side kicking off their defence of the Victoria and elgon cups,heads rolling at the 7’s management and much more.

Let’s start with the proverbial ‘historic transfer  window’ players moving from club to club as they would during any other transfer window. Not that this has not been happening  before,but not with the same magnitude. With the main culprits being the newly promoted Homeboyz rfc  (Manchester City) picking up a sizeable number of players so far. The likes of Brian Nyikuli,Ken Isindu,John Ahenda,Kelvin ‘kichwa’ Omiyo,Gisore just off the top of my head add that to the already established players in the team like Ken Moseti,Indimuli,Steven Matioli and you can see them giving the ‘big three’ a run for their money. By big three I mean K.C.B,Quins and Impala. These are just a few of the transfers that are going through,those that I am aware of this far.Nondies are also looking to add a few new faces to improve their woeful perfomance last time out,which saw them escape relegation by the skin of their teeth. The rest of the clubs would not want to be left behind so expect a few shake ups here and there. As with any human being change does not come without a few rigid bodies here and there. Most of these rigid bodies have been from among the fans and parent clubs (the selling club) questioning the loyalty of the players and branding them ‘money chasers’.  If you are offered a better paying job in the same field you are in,with better conditions,wouldn’t you take it? These players have families to feed,school to pay for,rent to settle let’s not get petty! In the long run the pay packages will help us grow rugby into a professional sport,it won’t happen overnight. Clubs will have to look after their players welfare a bit better than they were in order to stay relevant.
Kenya’s defence of the Victoria cup started on a rather dissapointing start,with the men(I don’t call them boys ) going down  to a much improved Zimbabwe 42-24 in Harare. Head coach Michael ‘Tank’ Otieno pointed out our inability to close down counter attacks as the major stumbling block.
We get a chance to close the gap on Zimbabwe in the Victoria cup standings and improve our I.R.B rankings when we face Uganda tomorrow at the K.R.U grounds in a Victoria and Elgon cup double header. As expected tank made a few changes some forced some tactical,notable and most talked about is the inclusion of sevens recent mainstays Humphrey ‘Tall’ Kayange and Andrew ‘Arms’ Amonde rightfully so,to deal with the counter attacks. Tall and Patrice should be a very interesting pairing at the centres with Nato Simiyu at Fly half it looks like a very pacy yet strong back line with Sudi ‘seduction’ and Abuoga patrolling the wings,Vincent Mose completing the back three. Also included are Curtis Lilako,Dennis Karani both earning their first full caps,Ronnie Mwenesi,Duncan Ekasi,Brian Okwomi and Kenny Andola. With many of the changes being in the forwards,and judging from the kind of forwards he’s brought in,tank is looking to play a lean and very mobile forward line with more play being at the backs. A notable exclusion is Daniel Kiptoo which points to my earlier point on a lean forward line (though it is no light pack). The rest of the changes are more a man to man Adimo for Andola Mwenesi for Umbuge giving the players exposure,very happy to see ‘project 2015’ getting in there! With that I expect Tank to line them up as follows (1-15).
Joel Nganga,Vincent Ongera,Moses Amusala,Ronnie Mwenesi,Anthony Mutai,Andrew Amonde,David Mogere,Duncan Ekasi,Peter Mutai,Nato Simiyu,Peter Abuoga,Patrice Agunda,Humphrey Kayange,Victor Sudi,Vincent Mose. With the likes of Allan Omuka,Curtis Lilako and or Dennis Karani,Ken Andola,Edwin Achayo and Martin Likami offering the options from the bench to coming in for any tired legs to run the ugandans later in the game.I expect either Nato or Mose to take the kicking role though tank mentioned Abuoga as the territorial kicker,so I expect him to take them,but either of the previously mentioned to take the kicking for  points role,Mose being my first choice by the way. With this I can safely put my neck on the chopping board that we will comfortably put six tries past the sebos,let alone the four tank was talking of. Go to kampala to confirm ourselves as elgon cup champions AGAIN,it will be good to lift the cup in uganda for once. Let me not get ahead of myself here ..
Speaking of the chopping board,guess whose neck did not make it out? By now you know its Benjamin Ayimba’s! We all saw it coming after the season we had and even benja trying to speed up his exit by having a ‘heated’ exchange of words with bwana shairman! Here is a link to an interview he did with Sports Arena.com.   

I’ll highlight a few parts,where he says that he blames the slump in performance on the players who according to him,had become full of themselves and success had got to their heads. He goes on to mention a clique of players. What was he running,a shop? He was the coach,if a player feels that he is too big for the team,’Shoka ianguke’ there are very many players out here,able and ready! The other part I want to draw your attention to is where he talks of structures and that there is no quick fix,agreed totally! We need to have a fully fledged Shujaa team as he mentioned,a team that plays the sevens brand exclusively. That way we get closer to fulfilling the potential that is kenya sevens rugby.The rest is just him showing us what a short memory he has.Correct me if I am wrong but did benja have any I.R.B coaching experience when he was appointed? And no being a player does not count! Mitch brings in a load of experience locally I dare say more than benja had when he took over.As much as I know,Mitch is a disciplinarian,he wont take the cliques that benja is talking of!
 I wish Benja all the best in his future as he is an integral part in the development of the game,we need more people with the passion he has for the game. Unfortunately or rather the complete opposite,I feel the union made the right call,he had hit his peak with the current conditions and could not hold it there.With the support of the union and clubs Mitch is the right man to take this team even further.

Finally Mean Machine's rein in the top flight has rightfully come to an end. After an uncertain period with rumors going through immediately after the new office took over,that the Kenya cup will be expanded seeing Machine retain their spot and either Mombasa or Kisumu getting a place. This would have seen a ten team league i.e Quins,K.C.B,Impala,Mwamba,Strathmore,Nondies,Nakuru,Machine,Homeboyz,Mombasa or Kisumu. Clubs voted earlier this week to keep the original 8 team format. Thus sending Machine to the E.S.S. I was partly for the expansion of the league as it would have spread the game through out the country,but the standard of rugby away from the capital is not as high. It would have seen cricket scores all over the place. So the call to shoot it down was a wise one at this point. But in the long run,structures will have to be put in place to bring up the quality out there.So that the sport can develop throughout the country. Ultimately the league will have to be expanded just not now. As for machine they just have to work their socks and boots off,I expect eschuma back in the top flight at the end of next season.
 
With that Thank Y’all!   
Pitseh  

ABOUT ME!

Those who tried to know me but failed miserably say "A.T.T.I.T.U.D.E" is my Middle name...humm.. well i have a name for them too "L.O.S.E.R.S"..LOL!!

I’m not a sinner; I just can’t do anything right.
I’m not depressed; I’m just always sad.
I’m not crying; my eyes are just full of tears.
I’m not living; I just keep breathing.
I’m not a thief; I just take what I need.
I’m not a slut; I just express my feelings.
I’m not trying; I’ve already given up.
I’m not stupid; I just don’t get it.
I’m not weird; I’m just different.
I’m not a rebel; I just don’t take orders.
I’m not worthless; I just don’t know my value.
I’m not a believer; I’ve already lost hope.
I’m not a punk; I just act like myself.
I’m not beautiful; it’s only skin deep.
I’m not emotional; I just have a lot of feelings.
I’m not a cutter; I just found a way to get rid of pain.
I’m not immature; I’m just not growing up.
I’m not a quitter; I just stop and re-think.
I’m not laughing; I need to smile first.
I’m not impulsive; I just act before I think.
I’m not perfect; I don’t want to be.
I’m not ignoring; I just choose not to listen.
I’m not a gossip; I have my own life.
I’m not pessimistic; I just don’t get my hopes up.
I’m not impatient; I just don’t like to wait.
I’m not happy; I do have sparks of joy.
I’m not tough; I just don’t take shit.
I’m not clingy; I just want to be held.
I’m not opinionated; I just voice what I think.
I’m not a poet; I just express myself in words.
I’m not questioning; I just have my doubts.
I’m not hiding; I just want to disappear.
I’m not you; I'm just trying to be me

about me:
If quitters never win, and winners never cheat, who’s the idiot that said: Quit while you’re ahead?

This is one thing that even GOD cant change"This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time"

If there is one thing in this entire world that you cant loose is yourself

Want to know about me, then read following:

(1)It's attitude, not aptitude, that determines your altitude.

(2)Success is not about where u r but how far u've travelled from where u started.

(3)It takes a strong fish 2 swim against the current.Even a dead one can float with it.

(4)There is never wrong time to do right things.

(5)Well done is better than well said.

(6)Motivation is what gets u started. Habit is what keeps u going.

(7)U r never too old to set new goals or dream another dreams.

(8)U may b disappointed if u fail but u r doomed if u don't try.

(9)Triumph comes after many "Tries" with "oomph"

(10)It's not noble to be superior to others but to be superior to our former self.

(11)Never regret your past.Rather embrace it as the teacher it is.

(12)Success is taking right decision at the right time while failure is repeating the same mistake many times.

(13)Who looks outside, dreams ; who looks inside, awakens.

(14)From struggle comes strength.

(15)If u think u can, u can but if u think u can't , u r right.

(16)Success is inversely proprtional to exponential power of (HARD WORK)
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Now , can u understand me???

New Al-Qaeda manual tells terrorists to pretend to be gay to avoid ‘female spy honeytraps

Al-Qaeda fanatics in Britain were told to lie about their sexuality in an attempt to avoid women who may be spies, it has emerged.
According to Mirror.co.uk, a new terror-training manual told Islamic extremists to pretend to be gay if a woman approaches them in case she is a ‘honeytrap’ spy sent by security services.

“Many hotels, especially in busy UK cities have women hanging around the lobby areas in order to attract men,” said the manual.
“A young beautiful woman may come and talk to you. The first thing you do to protect yourself from such a ­situation is to make dua (prayers) to Allah for steadfastness,” it said.
“The second thing is to find an excuse to get away from her that is realistic and sensible, such as you having a girlfriend for the past few years and you are loyal to her or you are ­homosexual,” it added.
The 64-page guide in English was written to try to stop the police and MI5 from uncovering the identity of terrorists plotting attacks on British soil, the report said.

It was produced by Taliban warlords in Afghanistan and was discovered by Mirror investigators on a Jihadist website used by UK cells.
It has emerged just months after MI5 launched a recruitment drive for women to work as spies.
The guide was placed online after Osama Bin Laden was killed, suggesting Al Taliban leaders are determined to launch revenge attacks on the UK./www.asianage.com

Tanzania's AY Collabos With Rapper Lil Romeo

AY and Meagan Good

Tanzanian rapper AY is taking his talents to the international scene with a collabo with American rapper Lil Romeo.
The two shot a video to their song "Speak with your body" which also features singer La'Myia Good - the older sister of actress Megan Good.
The video was shot in Hollywood California and AY says he expects it to be out in two weeks.
"It is a great song and so is the video. Look out for it. I am just getting started so take a seat," said AY.
It was a star-studded affair at the video shoot as Megan Good was present helping out her sister offstage. There was also another celebrity, actor Sam Jones III. He has appeared in Smallville, The Practice, ER, CSI:Crime Scene Investigation, and 7th Heaven Crime Scene Investigation, and 7th Heaven.
Story courtesy of http://www.izvipi.com

Actor Sam Jones (left) with AY and part of the crew

La'Myia Good getting ready for her scene
Story courtesy of http://www.izvipi.com

The Road Not Taken ByRobert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.  
ww.poemhunter.com

Chinese Teenage Offers Her Virginity In Exchange For IPhone 4

According to Korea Herald, a Chinese teenage lady revealed on Weibo (a Chinese micro-blogging site) that she was willing to sell her virginity to anyone willing to buy her iPhone 4. The lady even went ahead and posted her photos encouraging offers of iPhones against her virginity. She tweeted…..oh weibod that  it is her “dream to own a iPhone4 but her father won’t let her get one.”

The reaction on Weibo have been majorly negative though a good number of the respondents thought that she could have preserved her virginity for iPhone 5. Others also thought that she might have been pulling

a prank.

In April, a 17 year old Chinese boy sold his kidney for an equivalent of $3,400 to buy an iPad and iPhone.courtesy of www.techmtaa.com

Reasons Why Double Intake wont work In NUC

This is what i think..

1. No one wants a younger sibling to find him/her in colle.
2. The University hall(the only one in the school) can barely fit the current crop of students.
3. We used tents last semesters for classes how will they handle an extra 600 students??
4. The institution barely has enough lecturers for the existing courses.
5. The mess is small and it experiences major strains during exam sessions,it cant handle additional students and especially with limited time for its opening(12-2pm 4 lunch breaks)
6. The sporting facilities are substandard,high schools have better kits and we cant keep going to Narok High at games time,ata hao pia wamechoka!
7. Hostel spaces are few and the contractor for the new hostel doesnt seem to be in a hurry.
8. Moran already gets filled up with the current No of students
9. Lecturers like Dr Khamadi cant teach for 12months consecutively....
10. There are no enough supplies of 'SURE' for an additional population.                                                                                                                                  

NUC is the acronym for Narok University College which was established as a constituent college of Moi University on 16th July 2008. It was initially founded as a campus of Moi University in February 2007 before its elevation to a university college in July 2008.Join in the discussion and let me know what u think.

DISTURBIA!

Many of us remember vividly the song done by Rihanna,the beautiful girl from Barbados,with a similar title.
According to www.musicbanter.com/lyrics/Rihanna-Disturbia.html "Distubia'' itself is a made-up word. 
Disturb comes from the Latin - `dis' and `turbare', which means, ``to throw into disorder''.
 Therefore, disturbia would be the state of being in disorder.


Sometimes i have that feeling
I toss and turn,i flip and flop
Disturbed and perturbed
by the beauty in my sleep
The beauty that is my dreams
The thoughts make me shoot to my feet
And reality welcomes me,and alas!
Its no longer i dream and i have to act
But in a country like mine,a governance 
like this,The deserving are not always
deserving
I know a person,who knows a person,who
knows a person that can help.
Will it distort my direction,will it bend my dream
Will it distort the information,will it reduce 
desire in my want.
This is so close,my mouth-nose distance
but my hands cant reach it,my tongue
is tied,it has its limits.
But i choose to do my best,choose
to play my part,let me go to sleep
satisfied that i played my part
An disturbed by my dreams.
They wont let me go...
THIS IS MY DISTURBIA!

Ben Gollings' contract not renewed

England Sevens captain Ben Gollings has announced that he will be stepping away from the international game, having not been awarded a new contract with England.

Gollings is Sevens Rugby's all-time record points-scorer with 2,652 from 70 tournaments, surpassing Fiji’s great Waisale Serevi.

Gollings’ international Sevens career spanned over a decade, having made his debut in the 1999/2000 IRB Sevens World Series in Paris at the age of 19.

He is the only man to have played in all 11 World Series contested to date.

Gollings also played in three Commonwealth Games and at two Rugby World Cup Sevens, reaching the final of the latter in 2005 in Hong Kong.

“It was really disappointing not to be offered a new contract with the England Sevens team as it has been a hugely enjoyable part of my life for so many years," said Gollings.

“It is a shame I won’t be able to fulfil my ambition of cracking the 3,000 points barrier or becoming all-time top try scorer, but I’ve been fortunate to enjoy as much as I have.

Ben Gollings;among the greatest ever in England.

irbsevens.com

Meat

...Meat is grilled ambition;it is the tastiest, juiciest,most nutritious
thing that can ever be served up in platter.
It represents Man's dominion over nature,
his triumph over all other species.
It is reward for his position as feudal
 overlord in the evolutionary chain.
To eat meat is to subjugate the entire ecosystem ,
to sit as king at the top of the food chain.It is to be predator surrounded by prey...
The Wag on why he values meat and cant be a Vegan(read Vegetarian)

Smart kids shouldn’t be doctors or pilots

Published on 25/04/2010

By Ted Malanda(The Standard)

According to a psychologist whose name I can’t remember, food, shelter and a mate rank high up the ladder among man’s hierarchy of needs.

Now backtrack to January when the country was paying homage to gallant sons and daughters who had just clobbered the daylights out of KCSE. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" journalists asked.

They all wanted to be neurosurgeons, pilots and other lofty professionals, of course. None of them aspired to be a farmer or a builder or a good husband or wife.

Their choices make lots of sense when you think about it. Being a farmer or a mason is sweaty and backbreaking work. No glamour at all. In the movies, a farmer is romanticised: Fat cows, healthy crops, a nice old house and car, plenty of food and a dotting wife. But it’s a different ball game altogether in real life.

Farming means calloused hands that aren’t ideal for romance. It is spending your entire life whistling at sheep and chasing chickens in some neck of the woods without cologne and perfume. And it is pure hell when the rains fail.

Sweaty armpits

Masonry is an equally drab existence where you sweat your guts out building mansions for your clients and thereafter retreat to your little hovel somewhere in Kibera. Is it any surprise, therefore, that no kid wants to be an agriculturalist or a construction engineer?

Being a good spouse is no different from farming and masonry, either.

If you asked anyone after their fourth beer, they would confess that a husband or wife is just about the most boring task in this world.

But what these bright sparks don’t realise is that you might be the finest brain surgeon in East and Central Africa alright but you can’t open up skulls without ugali and sukuma wiki in your stomach. And no, this stuff doesn’t grow in the supermarket — someone with sweaty armpits has to raise it on a farm.

Drink and smoke

Besides, you might make so much money but quickly discover that you are too busy to spend it. In any case, wives and husbands don’t get very amused when your phone rings at crazy hours of the night and you quickly dress up and leave. Five times a week? Hell no!

You could also be the finest pilot in the neighbourhood but the thrill of it wears off in a short while when you discover that you are an overeducated and overpaid matatu driver who spends all your life away from your family. Meanwhile, the plodding farmer and the mason will still be sweating through a boring existence, feeding the nation, creating shelter, and raising solid families. With their rough hands, they feed themselves and build their own homes, something you can’t do. Let’s face it, you wouldn’t last a week if they shut down the supermarket.

But here is a parting shot: Pilots and doctors drink and smoke more than farmers and masons. Now you know whose life really sucks!

According to a psychologist whose name I can’t remember, food, shelter and a mate rank high up the ladder among man’s hierarchy of needs.

Now backtrack to January when the country was paying homage to gallant sons and daughters who had just clobbered the daylights out of KCSE. "What do you want to be when you grow up?" journalists asked.

They all wanted to be neurosurgeons, pilots and other lofty professionals, of course. None of them aspired to be a farmer or a builder or a good husband or wife.

Their choices make lots of sense when you think about it. Being a farmer or a mason is sweaty and backbreaking work. No glamour at all. In the movies, a farmer is romanticised: Fat cows, healthy crops, a nice old house and car, plenty of food and a dotting wife. But it’s a different ball game altogether in real life.

Farming means calloused hands that aren’t ideal for romance. It is spending your entire life whistling at sheep and chasing chickens in some neck of the woods without cologne and perfume. And it is pure hell when the rains fail.

Sweaty armpits

Masonry is an equally drab existence where you sweat your guts out building mansions for your clients and thereafter retreat to your little hovel somewhere in Kibera. Is it any surprise, therefore, that no kid wants to be an agriculturalist or a construction engineer?

Being a good spouse is no different from farming and masonry, either.

If you asked anyone after their fourth beer, they would confess that a husband or wife is just about the most boring task in this world.

But what these bright sparks don’t realise is that you might be the finest brain surgeon in East and Central Africa alright but you can’t open up skulls without ugali and sukuma wiki in your stomach. And no, this stuff doesn’t grow in the supermarket — someone with sweaty armpits has to raise it on a farm.

Drink and smoke

Besides, you might make so much money but quickly discover that you are too busy to spend it. In any case, wives and husbands don’t get very amused when your phone rings at crazy hours of the night and you quickly dress up and leave. Five times a week? Hell no!

You could also be the finest pilot in the neighbourhood but the thrill of it wears off in a short while when you discover that you are an overeducated and overpaid matatu driver who spends all your life away from your family. Meanwhile, the plodding farmer and the mason will still be sweating through a boring existence, feeding the nation, creating shelter, and raising solid families. With their rough hands, they feed themselves and build their own homes, something you can’t do. Let’s face it, you wouldn’t last a week if they shut down the supermarket.

But here is a parting shot: Pilots and doctors drink and smoke more than farmers and masons. Now you know whose life really sucks!

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke

Kenya Rugby-highlyts

Kenya rugby 15s team skipper Innocent Simiyu, Joel Ng’ang’a, Vincent Ongera, Daniel Kiptoo, Wilson K’Opondo and Mike Aung before their Victoria Cup match kick-off against Zimbabwe at RFUEA ground on July 23, 2010.

7 new players have been called into the Kenya 15s squad travellin to Harare,Zimbabwe.The seven are said to have caught the eyes of the selectors during the just concluded Bamburi Super Series(BRSS) and the Kenyan tests against The Pumas of  South Africa.the team has a good blend of both the old crop and a new blend of players.Players are drawn from 4 Kenyan cup sides with a large variety from Kenyan Cup winners Harlequins and BRsS winners,Rhinos.The seven include:Isaac Adimo,Antony Nyandigisi,Alan Omuka,Moses Amusala,Martin Likami,Dennis Muhanji and Edwin Achayo.
The team has also invited the services of flanker,Dennis 'Ironman' Mwanja,who is returning to the squad after a spell of injury.
Noticeable exclusions includeOscar Ouma(Nakuru),Andrew Amonde,Edwin Alubaka,Ronnie Mwenesi,Calvin Biko(KCB),and Nzioka Mwema of Quins.
Elsewhere Homeboyz are busy in the transfer window after raiding Impala and KCB.The entertainers are out to sign in Dennis Abenga,Dan Weku,Kelvin Omiyo,Brian Nyikuli all from Impala and Ken Isindu and John Meso,both utility forwards for KCB.Nondies are also in talks to make major signings in this transfer window.
http://www.dailynation.co.ke 

I HAVE A DREAM-Martin Luther King Jr.

This is considered to be one of the greatest speeches of all,and if  MLK Jr would have been alive today he would have been proud of its impact and especially to see a black man in the White House.The speech was delivered in 1963,the same year Kenya got independence.A man considered to be ahead of his time who made every moment count and lived for the service of humanity.

Martin Luther King Jr.

The Speech. "I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. 

We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" 

We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive .

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Kenya and Singapore

Every now and then you hear the Prime minister making comparisons between Kenya and Singapore and how the two countrys should be at par.According to an article in the Standard on 26th March 2011,Donald.B.Kipkorir compares the two countries in the following aspects.We have much in common with Singapore; we are former British colonies, and both were gifted independence nearly same time. However, our paths have taken different trajectories. It is easy to explain why by showing why Singapore has succeeded.

When Singapore was expelled from Malaysia in 1965, it was a 697sqkm of useless land abutting the sea and inhabited by a poor fishing community of two million people most of who lived in leaking boats. Kenya was then a rich newly independent country with territory 900 times bigger. Forty-five years later, Singapore with a population of five million people only, has an economy with GDP of $234 billion. With our population of 40 million people, we are happy with an economy that is worth $30 billion.

Its excellent civil service, first class education, top grade infrastructure, and benevolent dictatorship underpin Singapore’s economic success. When the results for our schools national examinations are announced, the ambitions of top students are predictable: neurosurgery, actuarial science and engineering. In Singapore, top students join the teaching profession. Teaching is the most prestigious career there. The education system is so exacting but same time creating an enabling environment for all. Everyone goes to university. The top students go to study teaching and other careers, while the bottom students join universities for beauty therapy. Whatever one becomes, the process is rigorous and under complete control and supervision of Ministry of Education. Singapore scores at the top in all international school tests. If teachers are the top of class, how else can anyone fail?

By its education system, Singapore has created a civil service that is based on merit and performance. The best rise to the top of their careers with annual salaries reaching $2 million. Civil servants earn more than politicians. There, politicians do not dictate the civil service. Most politicians and ministers were career civil servants. Due to its meritocratic civil service, the politicians end up being the best. A minister, who had risen to the top of his civil service career through sheer merit, will always promote same principles and philosophy.

Singapore Changi Airport is repeatedly voted the best airport in the world. It handles over 42 million passengers per year. The Singapore Port is the world’s busiest, and is a favourite port of call for most ships. Its road network is first-rate. Internet and telephone penetration and connection is total. With such infrastructure and supported by top-rate universities, there is no excuse for failure. The only way is up.

Singapore has also developed a venerable medical sector. Every one has either mandatory or government-subsidized medical cover. And of their tiny enclave of a country, 50 per cent of Singapore is covered in forests and water-marshes for environmental balance. No country in the world has such forest cover. There are no poor people or destitute in Singapore. No images of emaciated people trying to survive by boiling wild fruits.

Above all, Singapore has developed because of benevolent dictatorship. Its founding Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew, ruled till his retirement in 1990 by iron-grip and brooking no dissent. On retirement, he handed over power to his son, Lee Hsien Loon. While the son is Prime Minister, the father is called Minister Mentor — the real power figure.

In Kenya, we have political leadership that is deeply wanting in education, strategy and vision. We elect those who have failed in their careers or even fugitives from justice, and we expect to change. If we keep re-electing leaders in the current calibre and expecting to be like Singapore, we would, like the co-conspirator Servilius Casca in Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare say, but "… wherefore did you so much tempt the heavens?" 

Just to show you how Singapore has developed i hereby present to you images of one of Singapore newest and probably the worlds most magnificent hotel,The Singapore Sky Park.

Now compare it with Kenya.....