By Kablit Kiu, I recently visited a school in North Turkana, Kaeris Primary School, and I was shocked by the state that our girls are in. Some of these girls were using old clothes, blankets, old mattress pads and even leaves when attending classes to be safe during their menstrual periods. There is stigmatization; some …
By Immanuel Lokwei, One of the most disheartening dispositions of the majority of Kenyan citizenry is their weakened (and the operative word is weak) interest in engaging in political debates. They are disinterested, indifferent and unmotivated and see many talks involving politics as a bother. We emphasize that it is a weakened interest because once …
The means to real peace: an excerpt[1] No government [or community, Turkana, Pokot, Samburu] admits any more that it keeps an army [community’s warriors] to satisfy occasionally the desire for conquest. Rather the army [warriors] is supposed to serve for defense, and one invokes the morality that approves of self-defense. But this implies one’s own …
Some think the best way to be safe from terror is to be terror itself… But other avenues, positively humane and actually contributing less (to say the least) to the evolving continuum of violence, are possible. It is really strange that while other people engage with music for purposes of having fun and great times …
By Immanuel Lokwei, I think that of late, like the last ten years or so, the Pokots have had an upper hand both militarily and diplomatically. I think you [Mr. Imana] are quite right that this ethnic fighting has been unidirectional, “starts from Pokot and ends in Turkana.” But let us ask ourselves, why have …
By Ekal Imana, (Criticism of “Turkanas for Pokots Liberation: De-Domesticating Pastoralism” article) Lokwei, Are you a Turkana or a pokot dressed in Turkana skin? Your suggestion makes sense, but, I wonder how old you are, and if young, where you have been in these years the pokots have been attacking Turkana with abandon? 1. For as …
By Immanuel Lokwei (A story about Love, Hate, Invisibility and Kenyan Politics and The Prospects of Reconciliation) That smile was not meant for me. I intercepted it nonetheless, and I must have added more thrust to it for once I let go of it after I had churned and siphoned off its inherent goodness (I … Continue reading »
“Kibuso is a ghost village. You can almost feel the spirits swirl around in the little eddies of dust and ash that the wind kicks up in the oppressive afternoon heat.” How Kenya’s ethnic conflicts get politicised – Al Jazeera Blogs. “But this is a complex story with its roots buried deep in a mess … Continue reading »
By Immanuel Lokwei, GENRE: Futuristic, Fiction Some people have heard of the Tyranny of Numbers and have rebuffed it and have killed the messenger. Personally, I shy away from such actions for I am a messenger myself. Statistics don’t rub well with you unless they are favorable. Well, I will tell you what you cannot … Continue reading »
By Immanuel Lokwei, GENRE: Solipsistic, Fiction (From Anecdotes of An “Ethnic Warrior” Who Never Was!) There have always been people on both the giving and receiving ends of oppression. When I see some people on the latter end, I wonder whether it is not a double tragedy to waste their misfortunes, to fail to make … Continue reading »
(Posted on October 25, 2009 – from http://mutahi-ngunyi.blogspot.com) Last week my readers corrected me. They told me that the ‘‘ahoi’’ are not only in Gema. You find them in every community. And I agree. In the tribe, the ‘‘ahoi’’ are subjects, not citizens. When their masters ask them to jump, they do not ask why. … Continue reading »
By Mutahi Ngunyi, Mutahi Ngunyi’s take on possible voting patterns and outcomes in Kenya’s upcoming general election to be held in March 2013. This clip shows the Tyranny of Numbers. Continue reading »
Training the Next Generation of Human Rights Advocates
Merging Trans-Ethnical Ideas *** A Response to Ethical Discrepancies *** Nurture of Aesthetics in Artistic and Scientific Endeavors
