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... THINKER'S ...

SWEET OLD ME!

I keep telling people that God has an excellent sense of humour, second to none. I mean, in life one has two options -- either you go to school for 12 years, university for at least 4, intern for about another 4 doing crappy jobs before getting a semblance of a good job.

Alternatively, you could become the President of the United States.

... TO MY OLD MAN ...

After a long absence attending to the calls of duty in some remote region in Rwanda, where I understand the resident monkey population believes it is part of the human population, the Patriarch is back, in excellent health and excellent spirits.

You, sir, have been sorely missed!

... ROAD TRANSPORT PART I...

For those of us who may not have had the pleasure, our Roads Minister, one John Michuki is a very fascinating individual. One has not seen life until one has seen the look on a TV station cameraman that has drawn duty to cover this gentleman, and has tried unsuccessfully to give away his only cow to a fellow cameraman to do it for him

The look is very much like that that must have crossed Daniel's face as he was cheerfully informed that he was going for a one on one with a pride (and joy) of hungry lions.

Our John is a cameraman's nightmare chiefly due to the fact that getting footage of that gent is (as I heard a chap in this line of work bitterly say) im{censored} {censored} {censored} possible!

This is due to the fact that immediately those cameras are put on, the man's movements make Neo dodging bullets from Smith and his men look like  the leaning tower of Pisa doing the tootsie roll in a pool of frozen molasses. His head ducks, swans, bobs and weaves, floating like a butterfly on steroids but not stinging like a bee. His eyes dart from here and there, probably before light reflects back into them. His neck jerks almost violently from one point of compass to the next, shoulders following reluctantly.

But I digress. This gentleman some weeks back issued instructions to the effect that kutoga leo all matatus henceforth, from then onwards and from now on shall have seat belts and speed governors installed. For those of us who have never had the pleasure of traveling in one, allow me to elaborate.

A matatu, at it simplest is a combination of the following:

 

  • 1 (one) motor vehicle, seating between 18 and 40
  • 1 (one) driver, who uses one hand to attend to a large bunch of miraa / gomba / khat and the other to swig from a soda bottle, separate the miraa leaves, unwrap chewing gum, gesture respectfully at police and passing traffic with a well known finger. Oh, and to drive.
  • 1 or more conductors. One of these will collect money from passengers with enthusiasm and only give change with great reluctance when asked for the same. The others' duties are principally to converse with the one collecting the money in vernacular. If one does not choose one's seat carefully one shall be in the  immediate path or at least the slipstream of breath that can and does peel paint.
  • A speaker system that includes woofers, sub woofers, superwoofers, super sub woofers and sub super woofers that can be heard as far away as Papua New Guinea on a good day with the right winds. The speakers themselves are hidden inside the driver's seat, or in the roof of the matatu. Generally, the first aid boxes that come with the matatu are treated like part of the wrapping and immediately replaced with said speakers.
  • A number of apathetic passengers
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    To Be Continued in issue 62...

    ... KENYAN MUSIC ...

    Barring my MPs and Councillors, I love just about everything about my country. However, the music scene has become a pain in the -- er -- somewhere.

    Why? It's beginning to sound the same. 98% of the artists fondly believe they are rappers. All rap songs contain one or more of the following :
    - "ingia Carni na miokno hewani"
    - "weka Mikono juu"
    - "Tingisha kiuno"

    It's easy to be a critic but can't we please come up with something new? Come on peeps, can't we be original?

    For goodness sake some 50 Cent wannabe has actually taken it to a new level by releasing a Kiswahili version of In Da Club.

    CMB, Ogopa DJs and Blu Zebra -- give us some credit. We can detect "borrowed" beats a mile away. We've heard Tempting To Touch, Da RockWilda, O Sista, Deja Vu, Never Diss A Man, I Hate You So Much, In Da Club ... Try harder my lads!

    Can you spell LAWSUIT?

    ... THIS PART TO DRIVE THE CIA NUTS ...

    Bush. CIA. Osama. Bomb. Al Qaeda.

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    ... WHAT'S NEW ...

    Read Issue 59: Where have I been and some politicians of nuisance value
    A look at the fascinating (not my words!) Journal
    Much needed Peace And Quiet
    A SUPERVENT is in the works. Keep your capillary festooned eyeballs peeled!
    Links, links and links...

    ... QUOTE ...

    Bombay : An explosion shaped like a harbour

    ... MINE CALENDAR ...

    20 October: Chris turns 24 (Where the hell are you dude?!!) And unto Njeri a child is born! Congratulations!
    21 October: The calls of education!
    25 October: Roast meat, soccer and the lads
    1 November: K2 Street Bash! Music, music, noise and noise!
    5 November: The Matrix Revolution!
    7 November: Mbwa Kali concert!
    15 November: Nation Golf Finals

    ... GOINGS ON...

    If you're not watching the Rugby World Cup you're clearly as uncultured as I thought!
    On the soccer front my sympathies go to certain loudmouths who know themselves that for some misguided reason back Mudchester United! Gunners 4 Life Baby!

    ... FEEDBACK ...

    All those unruly people who have been writing the most threatening mail with the most atrocious vocabulary -- hope you're happy now!
    Aida - developing into a quite unhealthy obsession ;-)
    Kenyana - DROP ME A LINE ASAP!!
    Muthoni - deafening silence!
    Baddy - Hope you're living large wherever you're up to! Things are not the same!
    R.K -- the manners, grace and beauty of an octogenarian garden toad! May all of Pharaohs plagues befall your bolloks person!

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    ... FINALLY ...

    OXYGEN FOR LIFE!!
    Bad luck or not -- GUNNERS FOR LIFE!

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