The Epic of Kigumo MP Jubilee candidate’s Hon Ruth Wangari Mwaniki’s Strategy.

 Written by Gitau wa Kung'u (profgitauwakungu@gmail.com)

A cool brown face whose mouth opens conservatively only but to speak in a soft but intelligible, alluring voice would make you assume her as any mysterious Jane Doe in the streets. Yet she’s ambitious, daring and go-getter of a lady with a true lioness’ character and spirit. She’s among the few true generals of H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee government daring to run against the UDA wave with Jubilee ticket in an area where the ground is carpeted yellow. She’s the incumbent MP, Kigumo constituency: OGW, Hon Ruth Wangari Mwaniki.

A disquieting woman whose first step into competitive politics, She shook the Kigumo parliamentary 2017 political arena 3 months to Jubilee nominations as the only female contestant. The three months are witness of a witty, well organized, and tranquil political strategist who ruthlessly vanquished men who had started campaigning a year and many months prior.

She’s now dominating the 2022 Kigumo political arena proudly. Clad on white-dove-logoed red barret, red Jubilee combat armor suit while powerfully raising the red Jubilee flag bravely inside the same arena where spectators cheer her more than their yellow champion, her rival UDA ticket contestant Joseph Munyoro. 

She itches to not only defend and retain her incumbency but also have her closest team members elected MCAs in the 5 wards within Kigumo constituency.

She is proving to have become not only an undefeatable woman but also a smarter political strategist. Below is an analysis of her well calculated political strategy that should secure her her 2nd and final term but also etch the revamping name of Jubilee party in the next parliament.

First she strategically selected youths from villages across the constituency and empowered them to acquire permanent and pensionable jobs like in the Kenya police, the Kenya army, in the treasury, in TSC and many other government dockets. 

Then she tactically disappeared and reappeared as she engaged in running Jubilee government errands to represent the government abroad and in BBI campaigns. Meanwhile, her empowered team was representing her well in supervising various CDF development projects, social conventions eg Harambees, church fundraisers and actively in social media. 

Thus, she ensured her name and works persistently remained relevant, ringing in the ears and pulsating in the heart of Wanjiku. Her lieutenants are now familiarized with the ground and even if some don't command great influence and respect yet, she's got backup bucks to compensate and convince for support later.

The OGW honoured lady was apt to engrave her legacy and maintain relevance by setting up a NG-CDF kitty that gave a partial sponsorship to national government projects funded by the treasury, World Bank and World Health Organization among others. She has consistently remained present during the government ministers’ (Interior CS Matiang’i, Transport CS Macharia, Health CS Cecily,Water PS Irungu wa maai) inspection of proceeding projects and launching of the projects after completion. 

In the different occasions, her name has been begetting a share of the glory as she’s projected a passionate lobbyist for development projects in Kigumo constituency. 

These include Irrigation projects like Kanjathi; expansion of Kigumo Level 5; the ongoing construction of the new Kangari market; Last mile project; Muthithi market expansion; Installation of street lights and floodlights; expansion of Kigumo Police Station; and also contributing to buying of School buses like Karega Sec's, Mumbu Sec.

She recently advised and supported some of her team members to vie for MCA with Jubilee ticket in the five Kigumo subcounty wards namely Kigumo, Kangari, Kinyona, Kahumbu and Muthithi. These have secured direct Jubilee tickets to run for MCA. 

This has ensured that she has a proactive plan to not only have at least some probable friendly next MCAs but also ensure she garners more votes through their influence strategically in different vote swing  wards like Kangari, Kigumo, Kahumbu. All the MCA contestants will be offered Jubilee party’s campaign kitty and they shall market both themselves and promote her campaigns too thus she will barely use her purse’s money and personal resources and achieve her goal.

To blatantly vanuish her, her closest political combatants, UDA’s Joseph Munyoro will have to come up with smarter strategies other than letting the UDA nominations competitor go on independent ticket, relying on the UDA wave innuendos, UDA meet-the-people roadshows, booming campaign vehicles and attending Harambees, burials and church fundraisers that she has been contributing in for the last 5 years via her team. 

To Hon Martha Karua: ITS YOUR TIME! Transcend The Politburos Moves and Make The Next DP!

Written by Gitau wa Kung'u (honkungujulius@gmail.com).

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Why is your voice so faint that the heavy breathing of the bulls suffocate it's energy? Come out and powerfully forth, straight and delay no more or your children loses the last piece of faith in you.

Start the suluhu time song and our voices united shall collapse their thick stonewall of eardrums. Blow the trumpet and we'll dance to the rhythm. Show the way and we shall march forward before the green-brown carpet fades into scanty black.

You are a heroine, a potential movement. Blow the trumpet loud and our mothers, wives, sisters, aunts and youths will gather in public squares to listen to your prudent voice. This is your best opportunity to prevail and make part of the next presidency.

Dear mother Martha, you should be appreciating the glitter of the galaxies of stars on your night-face as they boast of trampling the world. You are a legion against entities thirsting for the prestigious Azimio's running mate prize.

Traverse their locking horns and deliver the children safely and soundly home before the bulls scramble for your bite. Chelewa chelewa utampata mwana si wako. It's our time, your time! It's now or never. Your response is urgently and eagerly awaited.

Regards.

Hon Jamleck Kamau Expounds on His "The Great 5 Agenda" Manifesto For His Murang'a Governor Aspiration.

"Regardless of the popularity of the party you subscribe to, if you do not vote individual leaders with wisdom and forethought, you will live to cry of corruption and greater poverty! 

I chose to listen to Wanjiku and vie with Jubilee ticket against the UDA wave because Murang’a people know that I personally can deliver what they need in their 2nd governor that no competitor possesses!” Hon Jamleck Kamau.

In a widely engaged live interview by 2 consecutive morning media show presenters in Kameme Tv and Inooro Tv, Hon Jamleck Kamau expounded not only on his decision to vie for Murang’a governor with Jubilee party ticket but also on his gubernatorial aspiration foundation on his major 5 agenda. 

Health is his first of the great 5 agenda. 

Jamleck says he will introduce a programme known as Jamucare like he has been introducing in the 9 and progressive mega medical camps he has been holding across the county. He envisions Murang’a hospitals that will not suffer insufficient drugs/medicine; 

community health workers that will be well paid and equipped with basic medical test equipment like HBP monitors and first aid kits to help end preventable infections, illnesses and deaths and; more upgraded, facilitated and better equipped hospitals.

Kilimobiashara/agribusiness is Hon Jamleck’s 2nd agenda. 

He promises to establish industries and processing plants and put up systems that will integrate professional management. “This will promote farming by eliminating brokers, creating local and international ready market for Murang’a crop and animal produce, creating employment opportunities, ensure maximum food security and many more benefits,” Jamleck says. 

He also envisions creation of a Mt. Kenya Economic Block to promote more benefiting cultivation of tea and coffee. He also promises to actualize distribution of subsidized fertilizers and to; ensure sufficient water supply for both domestic, commercial and irrigation purposes.

His 3rd agenda is Youth and women empowerment. 

“Our government shall allocate Ksh 200M fund for loans. We shall unite youths, women and even the physically handicapped into groups. The groups shall then be registered and be given no interest loans from the fund to advance their projects and also get rewarded tenders by the county government. This will cultivate and nurture the spirit of investing and generally improve livelihoods. It will end unemployment and heal Murang’a of crime, drug, substance abuse and depression. I also have many more pro-youth agendas,” J.K. comments.

The 4th of the Hon Jamleck’s great 5 is education. He paints a Murang’a with a program that will ensure no bright student from needy and vulnerable backgrounds drops out of school. He also promises to ensure E.C.D.E teachers’ salaries are increased and made pensionable. He promises free lunch programme for ECDE children, building of more classrooms and adequately facilitate institutions of learning.

The 5th of Hon Jamleck’s great 5 agenda is Ward Development Fund (WDF). He says every ward shall be granted a fund for its development. The fund shall be used to fund ward development projects like water connection, electricity connection, building of more ECDE centers etc.

On the issue of wage bill, J.K. says he shall establish a system that will ensure transparency and accountability to kick out ghost workers who are paid for services and jobs they do not perform. 

Having never been mentioned in even a single corruption case (when he was Kigumo MP for 10 years and minister for Nairobi Metropolitan in Kibaki government), Hon Jamleck promises he has designed a system that will seal all corruption loopholes where public funds get lost and promises that no cartel shall taint his transparent image.

Jamleck also commented on how he will clear the pending bills that will welcome him to his new in an unsmiling pile. He says that he will clear all legitimate pending bills and ensure his budget protocol will be strictly disciplined to ensure he diminishes accumulated pending bills. 

Hon Jamleck Kamau believes, “I’m the best option for Murang’a governor in August 8 general election. A vote for me is a vote for the realization of Murang’a peoples Dream County. I humbly request for Wanjiku’s support and vote. I pray that Almighty Mwene Nyaga makes this dream come true.”

Written by Gitau wa Kung'u.

Hon. Jamleck Kamau Pulls the Rabbit Out of The Hat to the Triumph of Jubilee Party.

Written by Gitau wa Kung'u (honkungujulius@gmail.com).

With youthfulness comes dancing energy, spirit of adventure, knowledge, rebelliousness, many trials and errors, pride and chest thumping. But youthfulness, with its energy flies into middle-age and rests not long before shooting up into the elder's timeslot. With age, surely comes grey hair. This the most critical timeslot. 

Because with ignorance, arrogance and pride a youth turns to be a despicable, physically mature but intellectually immature old idler, wandering in the libraries of knowledge. But with proactive reasoning, humility and diligence a youth turns into a respected, mature, age ripened person owning a behemoth bank of wisdom. I choose to reason. 

When I watch,  I remember my childhood and feel actual mortification for our young boys matching besides the wheelbarrow, as they sing loudest and dance fashionably to impress the wheelbarrow driver the most and thus book the next pleasurable wheelbarrow trip. 

A trip that more often than not got us rolled into a ditch and sent us flying in the air with a yelling only thunder can match! And the wisest of us came back not crying on the same wheelbarrow but on our limping feet and dull faces painted with remorse. 

Just like I felt powerfully ignorant, before I thoughtfully watched the Jubilee leadership and saw our elders taking control of the place and sitting in the cockpit of the orange-red plane with incredible confidence. This is what I concluded:

It's safe for the cub that follows the leader of the hunting lion pack than greedy the cub that follows the hyena because it pulls a carcass.

Our elders have a great vision for the nation. Didn't the sages say that man seated on a "njûngw'a" sees further than the tallest boy perched on the crown of the tallest tree? Amongst the men seated on the short stool is Hon Jamleck Kamau.

Hon Jamleck has a great vision. But many people fail to discern the eventuality. I had not thought deeply about his decision to join Jubilee but now I understand.

Because he decided to remain in Jubilee party, rather than board the yellow wheelbarrow, he is not a traitor. He is brave and a truely roaring lion.

A willful people that remains united for a great purpose prevail in the simple and worst challenges. And the wise people stand that they shall not hold back from doing what we must; ensure that the future of Murang'a County is only safe in the hands of Hon Jamleck. The word is spreading and deepening roots fast and far. It's only the politically ignorant who doesn't feel the thriving storm. 

Thus soon will the yellow wave fade as fast away as it first spread, on the advent of Hon Jamleck's hand holding high the best manifesto agenda and a treasure of humble, credible leadership experience into Murang'a.

"If God is for us, who can be against us? I humbly want to instil confidence in my supporters that we are stronger than we think, we are heroes and we are on the right track. Yes we will make the next Murang'a County government together! Yes I will make the 2nd Murang'a governor on Jubilee ticket. Yes we shall have credible, transformational, corruption free, diversified but convergent and wise governance! Twende mbele pamoja kabisa kabisa. Every Murang'a citizen's dream is valid. Let's unite, trust in God and work to realise it," Hon Jamleck wraps up for us.

 

(The writer is a; Moi University student, creative writer, unpublished author and poet, TLM Moi University editor, political analyst and blooming policy strategist).

Baba Slips on last weekend’s Azimio’s Mount Climbing Feat in Murang’a.

Saturday 29th dawn meets mobilized youths at strategic points waiting for matatus to felly them to Ihura Stadium for Baba’s visit in Forthall, the cradle of Gikuyu community. 

They are to fill the air with vuvuzela sounds, jump up and down and shout their voices to hoarseness in support of Baba. So they are handed between Ksh 400-500 each to arm their stomachs and lubricate their voices to maximum sonority. 

On converging at the stadium, they realize there are gargantuan sized supporters who speak the Lake region language rallied from Kibera. But the indigenes are hustlers who don't let anything smelling like money pass over, so they don't mind the back up.

In the name of “kupanga kazi” Ihura stadium is filled with journalists with their video cameras ready to capture especially the loudest motivated birds of the same feather perform their drama as expected. 

Baba bloggers are very apt to send those images to their social media pages and prove to the world how Baba has gripped the mountain’s support firm in the bowels.

But in reality, Baba and his Azimio team realize that other than the deflating paid-for-excitement, there’s nothing else to bank on.

Baba is no smiles as he looks with a flabbergasted look at Murang'a Leaders who have let down the Azimio Event in Murang'a like Peter Kenneth, Nduati Ngugi, Sabina Chege, Cs Macharia, PS Wairagu, Muturi Kigano, Sen Kembi Gitura, businessman Peter Munga and others.

Peter Kenneth ambition of making a running mate dwiddles drastically as attention drifted to hullabaloos caused by Azimio aspirants who are paying goons outside the gate to cheer them up once their turn to hold the mic comes.

Sabina Chege feels the heat as it comes to grudgingly dawn on her that her deputy president vision has crumbled as furiously as rock boulders down Mt. Kenya escarpments like she’s still insecure and wanton on whether to run for FortHall office or her matrimonial’s Kigumo CDF office. 

Other powerful people like CS Macharia take the cue with forced humour but Water PS Wairagu does not seem disturbed even after the CS cut him 2 minutes before he could speak of his gubernatorial manifesto. Perhaps he’s eyeing the event from bottom-up!

But wait until evening when reverse drama takes the center stage! Most of the mobilisers are drunk and complaining of not receiving their other after-work-(not)well-done portion. 

Yes, including MCAs who mobilized for the attendance. In fact those MCAs have threatened to camp naked at Ihura until their money is paid! The disgruntled youths are not only hunting down their greedy mobilisers who escaped with their money but also vowing to bring Baba down.

So the whole Azimio nation thinks the climb to the mountain top is getting too easy. At least the pictures say so. Do they say, “kwa ground mambo ni different?” 

The pen of G.K. writes from Metumi Moments Journal Editors desk.

The Controversy Behind Murang'a-Nairobi Water Wars.

By the pen of Gitau wa Kung'u ✒️

Nairobi City is the exact paradigm of a Neighbour who pees in their water tanks and comes to fetch your water by fire by force whilst you are still struggling with water scarcity! The same ungrateful neighbour then comes to dump their waste on your shamba as they threaten you! Can you allow that?

Nairobi City is the only city in the planet Earth that has National Park! Awesome, isn't it? Unfortunately, the Park is watered by the filthy, stinking Mbagathi River highly polluted with chemicals and other solid wastes. Sad, isn't it?

Nairobi City is a charming princess whom millions of suitors from all over the world rub jealous shoulders on the gate of her parents as they enter and exit the home, seeking for her hand in marriage! The Nairobi City is also top 5 most developed cities in Africa! It has 3 main rivers flowing through it: Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong rivers. However, the city doesn't use the voluminous water for drinking, domestic and other consumption needs but for dumping all sorts of wastes from human, domestic, industrial to synthetic wastes! The city is now fed by Mûrang'a County's flesh Ndakaini dam water! Very ironical, don't you agree?

You will be as shocked as a village granny after her slayqueen granddaughter from Kanairo cooks for her mukimo or muthukui to know that the only source of Nairobi's flesh water (Mûrang'a County) suffers from water shortage and is gradually experiencing the precedent signs of desertification especially in the Mûrang'a North areas and parts of Mûrang'a South!

But wait, you have not seen any "mtu wa Kanairo" slay going to dig or plant anything for his sick grandma yet! Just imagine Nairobi City administration has been pushing to dump their waste in Mûrang'a County! 

The Nairobi City, now under Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) should find means of how to clean up their carelessly polluted water systems, implement water recycling plants and use their own water soon or else, both the county and her water source (Mûrang'a) will be in acute flesh water shortage amid harsh global warming effects soon before Ndakaini eventually dries up, now that it's shrinking at alarming rate over the last few years.

It cannot be left out of the books that the Northern Water Tunnel dubbed "Tunnel of Death" by Hon Raila Odinga during Mwai Kibaki's government; is projected to make the nightmare of eventual desertification of the agriculturally fertile Mûrang'a County.

Right now, Murang'a county rivers like Irati, Maragua, Saba Saba rivers have considerably shrunk in volume and narrowed. Many seasonal rivers have dried up completely and more disheartening; Mûrang'a now experiences unsustainable weather patterns and hence reducing agro-food production  largely due to the unregulated water resource conservation and shared use with Nairobi county .

Mûrang'a County government should also petition for ownership and regulation of Ndakaini dam water resource which is native to the county but controlled by Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company before the full effects of desertification glare ruthlessly.

Gîtaû wa Kûngû writes from Mûrang'a County.

Appreciating Language Variation: Why We Are Unapologetically Proud Hustlers!

By the pen of Gitau wa Kung'u ✒️

In Linguistics (the scientific study of language), we have a branch of called 'Sociolinguistics' ( study of social and cultural effects on language) that studies various forms of language one of which is; LANGUAGE VARIATION!

Language variation studies how a language changes by observing it. Speakers of the same language may vary in accents or pronunciation of words, have different structure of words and use of vocabularies.

In language variation, words and vocabularies use may vary from one language's dialect to another or from one region to another in the same lingual community's jurisdiction. 

For instance, did you know that the word "girl" was first used as a word for little boys and girls who were regarded "not well cooked" intellectually or basically timid to their agemates mental capacity? Over time, the word girl came to be used to refer to the female child because females (girls) are thought to be inferior to males (boys) and so even timid boys were regarded to be more superior to timid girls and could not be called the same word. Eventually the world "girl" became the word we use even today to refer to female children. Now are girls less intellectually smarter to boys because their name was used for timid children?

Again, in the Americas and the Carribean, the word "nigger" was used by whites to racially abuse and degrade black slaves during the slave trade days. Over time, the black people became hardened and they even started using the name on each other and the White's dehumanisation ceased to make sense. Now, Black Americans and Carribean people proudly say "I'm a nigger" even in international screens and the whites cannot degrade African using the name anymore.

Another one, what we call "Traffic lights" in East African English, in South African English they are call them "robots" but which nationality can laugh the other as foolish for not using the word they any is associated with?

Now, in Kenyan English, the word *"Hustler"* is a form of language variation from the same word in British English  used by the British to dehumanise us during colonial period but Kenyans are proudly associated with it today to mock the British insult!

 It does not mean what the same word means in British English whose dictionary you used! In Kenya, the word "Hustler" means a person who works hard by faithful means in business to add value to their lives and to the society. 

So kindly get updated, fellow Hustlers and work hard to make personal and the society's financial progress Sir. And let no one who does not discern anything to do with language variation degrade you for respecting language variation in English! Thank you.

By the pen of Gîtaû wa Kûngû ✒️