I was in kakuma refugee camp for about a week in April, I enjoyed a meal of sukuma wiki (sewege free) grown by somali-bantus who had been in their third month in the camp. The only ingredients added to their small plots is water and insecticide as the area is prone to some some nusty insects. The place is quite fertile, no need of fertilizer. With solutions that seek to source water for irrigation, the place can support itself quite sufficiently despite the harsh and erratic climatic conditions. Somali-bantus are farmers by nature, Turkanas are pastorolist by nature, they might need some convincing to change their way of life slightly. Regards Ukang'a Dickson Sent from Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya 2009/5/27 Murigi Muraya <mmskunkworks@gmail.com>
Maybe we need foreigners to come in and help us grow food because of bad politics.
Skunkworks for example, is a byproduct of creative passion - geeks in love with their chosen ICT's - not the result of destructive politics.
Irrigation is not too hard. Maybe Israel could teach us to probe (and prosecute) corrupt politicians (from our own tribes) instead. Corruption talk (which in our context is usually war mongering ) ONLY when it involves another ethnic group is sooo tribal!
2009/5/27 Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu@gmail.com>
My idea on this would be we mobilize ourselves {with technological
brainstorming etc} and present proposal at Hon. Ruto's Kilimo House, on averting food insecurity in Kenya completely. I feel jittery when we tend to trust foreigners in sorting our issues. They should be the last resort. Let us take tasks, instead of saying this and that intelligently... anything un-technogical at this take nitaichukua e.g. assessing food insecurity in kenya and someone takes the tech part then we develop a proposal for presentation. any other option?
On 27/05/2009, Odhiambo ワシントン <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
2009/5/27 J. N. Kimani <ngugikimani@gmail.com>
Can Govt (Ruto) bring in the Israelis to Kenya for the survey and Skunkworks contributes for their accomodation and food? Seeing is believing and only when we see the Israelis here surveying will we believe in the next step in the process.
I wonder how accessible these ministers/MPs are. I have never tried getting to meet any of them for a discussion. We should find a way to ask him for the progress on the project.
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