On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 8:44 PM, Kariuki Martin
<martinkariuki7@gmail.com> wrote:

> Apana bwana! Who says we cannot be joyful in our cultural ways for
> fear of being tribal?

I think the moment a people lose proud in who they are, they are lost.
For own interests, politicians poisoned our positive cultural affiliations.
By creating and instilling new fear culture "they are out to finish us."
It fragmented "Kenyan" and let's face it, it gets worse if 'concealed'

MJ, whom I thought was South African, even publishes that he's an American.

"Mr. Joseph is a U.S. citizen and obtained a B. Sc. (cum laude) in
Electrical Engineering from the University of Cape
Town.."<http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=433#c1363>

Remember prior to infamous "PEV" I used to call a neighbour "wewe
jaluo" and he'd respond "nini okuyu" because we were defined by
<http://africamatters.blogspot.com/2008/01/tribalism-in-kenya.html>

Heck, we have a rich and diverse cultural heritage :-)   And if not a
word is meant to insult anyone, then as far as I am concerned its ok
to express it in whatever language. We should stop pretending, cease
speaking in hush tones about it in public only to retreat to the real
dangerous scheming tribal cocoons... else follow politicians be doomed
:-(

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