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By Elodie Mazein AFP - Friday, May 9 08:49 am
LONDON (AFP) - "At least I have a good one," said Hannah Taylor as she opened a suitcase full of clothes she had just bought at a London auction which sells dozens of pieces of lost luggage each week.
She is one of around 50 people who gathered for a sale at Greasby's in Tooting, south London, for a sale of 138 bags.
The auction house expects to get a boost from the recent chaos at London Heathrow airport's new Terminal 5, when thousands of travellers lost their bags following technical problems when it opened on March 27.
For Taylor, a 31-year-old hairdresser, this is a first.
She travelled from Newbury, west of London, to test out a plan hatched by a friend -- buy suitcases cheaply at auction and then sell their contents on Internet auction site eBay.
"It's a hobby," she said. "I've come to see, maybe I'll get designer gear. It's pot luck."
Taylor had just bought seven suitcases for 213 pounds but was concerned that their contents might be more intimate than she expected.
"I thought everything was clean and folded, wrapped in plastic (but) some frequent bidders told me that you get lots of rubbish, dirty underwear," she confided.
Around the world, some 42.4 million bags were lost in 2007 -- 18.86 bags per thousand passengers, at an estimated cost of 3.8 billion dollars to the aviation industry.
Some 85 percent are reunited within 48 hours but 0.57 bags per thousand passengers are never returned home and often end up at auction houses.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) stipulates that airlines must spend 100 days trying to reunite lost bags with their owners before selling them off.
British Airways, the sole carrier operating at Heathrow's Terminal 5, still has some weeks before it can start selling off lost bags and, in any case, says it has reunited most of the lost bags with their owners.
But it does often send lost bags to auction houses and, a spokesman said, donates money earned from the sales to charity.
"In a good week, we can have 300 lots, but after the chaos at Terminal 5, we are expecting many bags in the coming weeks," said Christine Satchett, owner and auctioneer of Greasby's.
The contents of the bags are sorted in the auction house's reception area. Valuable items such as electrical equipment and jewellery are sold separately, while the rest is put back into the cases at random.
It is a lucky dip -- and some buyers get more than they bargained for.
"They could buy some guy's dirty washing as some just walk out (of the airport) and they don't want their rucksack -- they just want money from the insurance," Satchett said.
With a starting price of five pounds, each suitcase is given a brief description and then the bidding begins.
Taylor snaps up lot two for 24 pounds. It contains scores of T-shirts, all in good condition, and at first she is pleased.
But then she looks in a side pocket and finds a silicon bra insert used for temporary breast enhancement.
"Oh my god! What's that? I've bought a boob job!" she screams.
Be A Great First Date!
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Be A Great First Date!
Evan Marc Katz
In a perfect world, all first dates would result in second dates. But in reality, some women are not going respond to you. But do you have any idea why? Did you know that there’s actually a skill to dating?
Oh, yes, there is. And the reason that you may fail the first-date test is not what you think. It has nothing to do with being tall, dark, and handsome, or taking her to the nicest restaurant in town.
Being a great date has to do with one thing and one thing only: getting rid of your agenda and focusing on hers.
So what is her agenda? What do women want from men on first dates? I’m so glad you asked…
1. Have a plan
It’s not that “So…what do you want to do?” is a bad question, per se. I mean, of course you want to choose an activity that you know she likes. The thing is that, in asking her to come up with her own plan, you’re not establishing yourself as a leader. And generally, that’s what women want. A man who has ideas, a man who knows cool places, a man who can make reservations, name a time, and tell her when to be ready. Whether you choose a moderately priced, atmospheric bar in her part of town or suggest a museum that has an outdoor sculpture garden for strolling, by making a plan, you’re showing that you’re not just an average guy. And that’s the first step to building attraction and getting a second date.
2. Don’t try to impress
Have you ever met someone who tried too hard to impress you? Maybe it was some woman showing off about how many countries she’s visited or some co-worker yapping about his Porsche, but either way, I’ll bet it was a turn-off. Then what is it about dating that turns us all into braggarts? I know there’s a temptation to show off all of the things that make you different, but resist it. Any woman worth dating will not be impressed by a man who’s trying to impress. The best dates are those who are confident without flaunting their wallet, resume, and a laundry list of accomplishments. And, by the way, if you think that “first date” means “nicest restaurant in the city”, think again. Women don’t want to be bought; they want to be valued and understood. Until you can do that, you’re going to have a hard time connecting on a date.
3. Be interested. Be interesting.
Good conversation is like tennis. There’s a flow that can’t be scripted. She tells a story. You ask a question. She answers the question and asks you a different question. You tell a story. She relates another anecdote. Back and forth the conversation goes, until you’re both looking at your watches and wondering how it got to be so late. The key to making successful conversation is to ask relevant questions and genuinely listen to her answers. Too many times, we go on about ourselves without ever considering that our date might have something that she wants to say. So while you may come home thinking you had an amazing date who was a great listener, she’s wondering who the egomaniac was who couldn’t stop talking about himself.
4. Make her feel comfortable, not hunted.
Yes, you think she’s attractive. Yes, there was some email flirting. Yes, it would be nice to eventually see each other naked. But now isn’t the time. Because it’s not about getting an immediate return on your investment. It’s about building trust. It’s about making it clear that your heart is in the right place. It’s about talking about connections with friends and family. It’s about alluding to a relationship in the future. While attraction is a part of dating, it’s easy to let your sexual desires turn her off. A compliment is nice. Over-complimenting is creepy. Ogling her – creepier still.
So with all these rules in your head, how can you possibly be yourself on date? Simple. Just channel your best self – the one you are around your best friends from college, the one you are with your closest family members. Around these people, you don’t try to “be” a certain way. You don’t want anything from them. You’re comfortable. You’re effortless. You’re yourself. Now you’re in a great space to date. Go forward, and enjoy it!
Should We Cut Up Our Credit Cards?
By Serena Cowdy – 21st April, 2008
More of us are shunning card transactions and choosing to pay with cash, according to a recent study by the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
The Cost of Collection survey shows that cash is now used for 60% of all purchases in the UK, up from 54% last year. And measured by value, cash is now used for 34% of retail spending, compared with 32% a year ago. It seems that despite the wealth of credit cards on offer, we're becoming more reluctant to flash our flexible friends.
Why is this?
In the current wobbly economic climate, Britons are tightening their belts and trying not to spend money they don't have. And, in many ways, that's a good thing. Here at The Fool, we always endorse prudent financial behaviour.
Nevertheless, credit cards can be a useful financial tool if used in the right way. There are pros and cons to both forms of spending. To help you decide which is best for you, here's a quick look at the case for cash - and the benefits of credit cards.
The case for cash
These costs are too high for many smaller retailers to absorb, and they're usually passed on to customers in the form of higher prices.
The case for cards
A word of warning though: you shouldn't apply for reward or cashback credit cards unless you pay your balance off, in full, every month. If you don't, the interest you'll be charged is likely to far outweigh the benefits.
So there you have it. If you want to keep all your options open, you may well decide to carry both cash and cards.
The most important thing isn't how you spend, but how much you spend, and how much is left in your bank account! Whether you choose to stick with cash or opt for plastic, try and stay in the black. That way, you really will be taking control of your finances.
WITNESS STATEMENT
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA AND GLOBAL HEALTH, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 6 2008. RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING, ROOM 2200.
MS. NJOKI S NDUNGU FORMER MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT & CEO, CENTER FOR LEGAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION IN KENYA (CLICK), a non-profit organization dealing with policy development on constitutional and legal reform & issues of transitional justice.
Introduction:
The current crises in Kenya, prima facie, seems to be an Electoral dispute but a close study reveals a Country that been forced to own up to a deep rooted simmering conflict affecting political, economic, social and cultural aspects of the Nation State itself.
The cause of the current political crises in Kenya is two pronged. First, the poorly managed electoral process dealing with the Presidential Poll result. This acted as a trigger for the Second more entrenched and deep rooted problem that manifested itself in the explosion of violence of a magnitude unknown in post-independent Kenya. The simmering anger that was ignited is a result of a combination of historical injustices from the time of Kenya’s colonial past, and the failure of successive governments of Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki to address comprehensively the problems of inequality of its citizens.
In particular the challenges presented by landlessness, gender inequality, youth unemployment, the widening gap between the extremely wealthy and extremely poor citizens and the marginalization of some communities. Further political campaigns hyped up expectations of Kenyans in promising to redress these issues overnight whereas a structured and systematic approach with realistic time-lines is required to do so. Resolving the issues around truth and justice, particularly around issues of corruption and past violence also meant that the political class on both sides of the divide would have to give up their own in a no “sacred cows” policy which neither was/is willing to do.[1]
Signs of trouble were evident long before the Election in 2007. Most notable is the recurring violence, murders and evictions that happened in the Rift Valley, just before the General Election in 1992[2] and 2002, and in Likoni, Coast Province in 1997. All these events were politically instigated, with none of the main organizers, although they have been identified by the Akiwumi Commission, prosecuted.[3] There has been no concentrated efforts address peace building among different communities and to return or resettle displaced persons. Both these factors have lent to the impunity that is being witnessed of those who started the violence in Kuresoi in November before the General Election and eventually in Eldoret in December 2007. Hate Speech was and is still rife in political rallies, on vernacular FM Radio stations, SMS (short text messages), Emails and in the blogsphere.
Further, politicking and posturing on narrow agendas, such as the contentious MOU[4], rather than focusing on national interest, led to the rejection by oblivious Kenyans of the new draft Constitution in 2005, who threw away its proposed new structures for power sharing between a President and Prime Minister, the reduction of presidential powers, increased parliamentary vetting of public appointments and institutions to deal with the land question, devolution of resources, and addressing the inequalities of the marginalized. If that Constitution was in place, the tragedy of the last few weeks would have been avoided.
The same politicking and posturing but from the opposite end frustrated the enactment of the minimum reform package which would have ensured inter alia the professionalism and independence of the ECK, and would have reduced the powers of the winner-who-takes-it-all.[5] Finally, the political class dillydallied and did not adopt the Recommendations by the Task Force led by Professor Makau Wa Mutua, to set up a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission which would have resolved many past injustices through a peaceful mediation.
The Election:
The Spark that was to ignite the violent unrest was the presidential poll result. There were ominous signs that the poll would be problematic. Over the last 4 months before the poll media houses were reporting weekly Opinion polls that indicated that it was a tight race between Kibaki and Raila and many coined the phrase ‘too close to call’. In Kenya, this should have sent out a blaring warning that it was too close for comfort. And indeed both Kibaki and Raila got over 4 million votes each(out of over 8 million votes cast) but neither got over 50% of the vote. Conversely this also meant that over 40% of the electorate rejected either candidate. Both sides engaged in electoral malpractices: there was abnormal voter turnout in both Kibaki’s and Raila’s strongholds. In addition to this tense situation, the Electoral Commission of Kenya proceeded to tally the presidential vote in a manner so careless that no reasonable person can be certain, (including all observers present), who actually won the presidential poll.
Many serious questions were raised during the tallying and the announcement of the Presidential results as there were clear discrepancies, illegalities, and disparities with regard to the results released by the ECK. The ECK Chairman himself had during the process of tallying, continually referred to the possibility of results “being cooked” and voiced concerns about the unexplained disappearance of polling officers with the results in certain areas. However, with all these anomalies he still went ahead and declared a result. Kibaki’s PNU are convinced he won and that Raila was never going to accept loss anyway. Raila’s ODM are convinced the poll was stolen with the help of the ECK. What a powder keg and then top it up with the fact that the winner of this election (which is too close to call, with all manner of confusion unprecedented in a Kenyan Election), takes all.
The Violence.
The Reported violence can be categorized in five distinct types:
Many demonstrations, some organized and others sporadic riots in protest of the poll result. Many of these took place in mainly cities and towns often leading to running battles with security forces (police). Some protestors vented anger in the destruction of property and lives were lost. Some fighting in this instance took place between known PNU and ODM supporters. Most of these incidents were recorded between the nights of the 28th December 2007 to the 6th January 2008 and were widespread all over the country with hotspots in Kisumu, Mombasa, Eldoret, and Nairobi’s Slum Areas.
These violent incidents composed of organized groups of youth (read ODM) targeting and killing other Kenyans on the basis of their ethnicity and perceived although not necessarily real supporters of their opponents (read PNU)[6]. The youths traveled around in Lorries, targeting specify properties and attacking persons based their identification cards. There were leaflets printed and circulated warning families to leave. The violence started in Eldoret spreading to other areas of Uasin Gishu District and Spilling over into Nakuru District. Similar attacks are reported in Nyanza, Western and Nairobi. There is sufficient intelligence to suggest that such violence particularly in the Rift Valley was planned, financed and implemented with the knowledge of some political actors. There is further evidence to suggest that some vernacular FM Radio stations had prior to the Election sent coded messages that pointed to the eviction of particular communities from their homes, whatever the outcome of the election – a damning indictment that the election result was used as a pretext for pre-planned evictions. It is clear that many crimes against humanity have taken place.
In general most of the displaced are women and children who have horrific stories to tell of the mayhem and violence. Almost 1000 lives have been lost and over 500,000 persons are displaced.
Of particular concern are the sexual attacks on women. In initial attacks (Violence category 1 and 2) many women were gang raped in their homes or while fleeing to safety. Many have had no access to Post Exposure Prophylaxis or ARV’s which should be administered within 72 hours without which the risk of infection of HIV is very high.[7] Many rapes and sexual assaults are now happening the IDP camps, where the environment is still high-risk. Further many Women and Girls are being sexually exploited in exchange of food, clothing and medicine. Further degradation of women has been seen by attempts of some gangs to strip women wearing trousers.
What next?
1. The Arbitration team lead by Kofi Annan must stay in place not only during the mediation but to ensure the outcome of any agreements that may be reached. Although the ultimate responsibility lies with local leaders there are too many vested interests amongst them to assure the Kenyan Citizens of complete compliance. The Arbitration team must supervise the entire process to the end. ie. until the next Presidential Elections are held.
2. The political settlement reached by the two Parties must contain specific constitutional and legal proposals that should be in an agreed packaged to be immediately passed into law as soon as Parliament re-opens.
3. The political settlement should also contain clear reforms dealing with Security, Civil Service, and Judicial Reform.
4. The settlement must also contain a mechanism for Transitional Justice and a Commission on Land that should be entrenched in the Constitution.
WHAT THE POLITICAL SETTLEMENT SHOULD CONTAIN:
A. CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL REFORMS.
ELECTORAL REFORMS
The Electoral Commission of Kenya as currently constituted should be dismantled and a new independent body reconstituted, staffed by a professional secretariat and headed by a leaner number of Commissioners. The Members should be nominated from the parliamentary political parties, through a proportional representation formula to be declared by the Speaker.
The Commission should be set up within 30 days of the passing of the Constitutional amendments and embark immediately on key electoral reforms including the redrawing of constituency boundaries (which should be its independent mandate) and redress of past gerrymandering and inequitable distribution of constituency and wards in the Country.
The Commission should then begin preparations for a General Election, of Presidential, Parliamentary and Civic Elections to be held within 24 months from the date of the passing of Constitutional Amendments. (This date should be incorporated in the constitutional amendments package and in the written political settlement).
Parliament should ensure that Electoral Reforms contain a clause to introduce together with the Constituency First-past-the-post, a formula for distribution of seats on a Mixed Member Proportional Representation (MMPR) to ensure representation of minorities and marginalized groups, and a specific reference to gender equity.
EXECUTIVE POWER REFORMS
A power sharing arrangement must be introduced, where the Head of State and the Head of Government share the reins of power. The more powerful Ministries should be held equally by their individual parties. The Provisos of the Executive Chapter in the Bomas Draft Constitution as read with the Naivasha Accord as agreed by the Parliamentary Select Committee in November 2004 (with or without negotiated changes) should be adopted, and passed by Parliament through the Constitutional Amendments Package.
JUDICIAL SERVICE REFORM
The already drafted Judicial Service Bill should be part of the legal package of proposed legislation agreed during the political settlement and immediately passed into law when Parliament reopens. This will give the Judiciary the necessary financial Independence it needs from the Executive. Further the powers of the Judicial Service Commission should be amended so as to give Parliament the necessary vetting powers in the appointment of Judges.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Permanent Secretaries and Ambassadors should be appointed through a Process of Parliamentary vetting. The Head of State and the Head of Government should apply a power sharing arrangement on Ministries that have security and defence oversight and accordingly decided the appointment of key positions in the Military, Police and Security Intelligence.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission should be entrenched in the Constitution to ensure strict independence from the Executive and other arms of Government.
B. LAND REFORMS.
This is a critical issue that must be addressed urgently and comprehensively. An independent Constitutional Commission on Land must immediately be set up. On its immediate agenda is the urgent need for land redistribution. In order to do this the Government would have to purchase land from private individuals and multinationals that own large tracts of arable land and create new settlement schemes. To his credit President Kibaki did introduce ranking of the neediest through a poverty index. This must be used inter also to ensure land resources are used to help the poor. However a work ethic must also be engineered so that the beneficiaries of such settlement extract bounty from the land. Justice must also be done. Where in the past sale of land took place between willing buyer, willing seller, there can be no justifiable excuse for the latter to evict the seller. While addressing the past and comprehensive land policy is urgently needed and needs to be placed before parliament for adoption. Finally there is need to rethink the Kenyan culture with regard to land ownership. Dialogue should be encouraged to think about title of property that is not necessarily land. Housing development and High rise apartment buildings away from agricultural must be the way into the future.
C. TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.
In 2003 a taskforce on the establishment of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission went around the Country taking views from members of the Public. The public was unanimous that there was urgent need for such a Commission. The terms of reference for the Commission are to investigate political assassinations and killings, Massacres and possible Genocides, Political Violence, Politically instigated ethnic clashes and violations of economic, social and cultural rights. (The full report of the Task Force is herewith attached). The urgency of the need to set up this Commission is self explanatory. It is a critical institution through which Kenya can find itself and learn to forgive.
D. OTHER IMMEDIATE ACTIONS.
1. Immediate Demobilizing of gangs of youth: Recognizing that 89% of the population are Kenyans under age 31, many without gainful employment there is need for immediate implementation of the Marshall Plan for the Youth, This must include a modernized ‘Swyneerton’ Plan where young people can engage not only in gainful employment but in ownership of assets and property.
2. The intergenerational gaps must be closed: There is need to retire from public service any person who was a young Kenyan at the advent of independence. There has been a tendency of the ‘wazee’s to sit on jobs and opportunities which were available to them when they were younger, creating a traffic jam effect: anger and frustration of a waiting in the line younger generation. An attractive package for retirement should be offered to encourage outward movement of the older generation. The same should be done in terms of holding of political office.
3. Masculinity in crises: For the last decade it has become obvious that many men are finding it difficult to move from traditional and cultural to modern roles in a fast growing developing economy such as Kenya. Increasingly women are breadwinners, while young men, particularly in the rural setting spend their time in the market places, mostly discussing politics. The movement from the marketplace to the road blocks for violence should then not come as any surprise. As we focus on the advancement and empowerment of women, an intervention must be made to reinstate the new male model around engaging in gainful employment and equal relationships as a part of society’s expectations of a progressive and modern Kenyan man.
4. Finally, there are immediate challenges of Reconstruction, Resettlement of displaced, Reinvestment, Restoration of our national Image, and validation of traditional and Cultural mechanisms for peace and justice and for national healing.
Finally I would like to state firmly and categorically that Kenya is not another Rwanda. Many peace initiatives and humanitarian interventions are being done by Kenyans for Kenya. To this end international pressure should not in any way involve sanctions that will hurt the poor. The pressure to act should be on the political class in redeeming the image and reputation of Kenya as a stable and peaceful country. As Koffi Annan has said the leaders on both sides must make hard choices; the pressure to act then must affect them directly as individuals to ensure that this is done.
Thank you.
I would like to acknowledgments the use in this analysis of writings, thoughts, and discussions of with Cabral Pinto, Mugambi Kiai, Betty Murungi, Vital Voices – the Women’s Agenda, Women in Kenya Together (WONET), Urgent Action Fund, Jane Kiragu. John Mbaria, et al.
[1] The Ndungu Report which investigated Land grabbing in the past, adversely named over 100 MP’s sitting on both sides of the House in the last Parliament. Most are still political ‘Big Wigs’ in the current standoff.
[2] Official statistics in 1992 clashes alone report 779 dead and 50,000 displaced.
[3] Among them key ODM politicians who are currently members of the current Parliament.
[4] The Orange team for the No Vote was led by NARC leaders led by Raila who felt shortchanged on the MOU.
[5] Justice Minister, Martha Karua, undermined all efforts by the Committee on the Administration of Justice and Legal Affairs to midwife this minimum package in the House.
[6] This is interesting, particularly when it is a known fact that many Kenyans discarded the 3-piece suit that is vote for President, MP and Councilor only from one party, so it is impossible to know who exactly voted for whom. However, several exit polls indicate that many kikuyus in Nairobi voted for Raila, and luyhas for Kibaki etc
[7] Unconfirmed reports state that there are more than 1,500 women rape victims within the camps in Nairobi area.
CANCER PREVENTION UPDATE
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY (TRY THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNHOPKINS HOSPITAL (IN USA) IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY .
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body.These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastro-intestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.
CANCER CELLS FEED ON :
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder.
By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like Nutrasweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in colour. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt. ( THE WEST MADE US 2 CHANGE FROM SEA 2 WHITE IODISED SALT )
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus ..
By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soya milk cancer cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment.
A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains
livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful,especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment.
About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed
and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for
building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day.. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine .
Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties . Water- best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
12. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines become putrified and leads to more toxic buildup.
13. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
14. Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor ssence,Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins,minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the body's own killer cells to destroy cancer cells.
Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
15. Cancer is a disease of the mind,body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor.
Anger, un forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
16. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
PLEASE READ ON
1. No plastic containers in micro.
2. No water bottles in freezer.
3. No plastic wrap in microwave.
Johns Hopkinshas recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at WalterReedArmyMedic alCenter as well. Dioxin chemicals causes cancer, especially breast cancer.
Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto,
Wellness Program Manager at CastleHospitalwas on a TV program to explain this health hazard.
He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat.
He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body.
Instead, he recommends using glass, such as CorningWare, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food.
You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, CorningWare, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.
Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.
This is an article that should be sent to all in your life .
Kenya’s wealth in foreign hands
By Kamau Ngotho African Standard Online
The bulk of Kenya’s wealth is in foreign hands, according to statistics obtained exclusively by The Sunday Standard. If Kenya were a cake to be shared out, Kenyans would only lay claim to 31 per cent of the country’s total wealth. The rest would go to foreigners.
Agriculture, tourism and banking, which combined bring in the country’s largest earnings, are in foreign hands. Last year, tea, tourism, flowers and coffee earned the country Sh140 billion, nearly half of the annual national budget. Of this money, only 31 per cent ended up in the country — as tax and real earnings to the nationals.
And shareholding in the richest 20 companies that trade at the Nairobi Stock Exchange is foreign. The skewed distribution of wealth between foreigners and Kenyans puts paid to all efforts since independence to hand control of the country to its citizens.
Tea growing, which earned the country Sh43.5 billion last year, is concentrated in the hands of six leading agricultural companies whose shareholding is largely foreign. Up to 78 per cent of earnings from tea went, therefore, to foreigners — leaving the balance for Kenyans.
The Big Six in the tea sector are Unilever Tea Kenya, Kakuzi Ltd, Williamson Tea Company, Kapchorua Tea, Limuru Tea Company and Sasini Coffee and Tea.
The British-owned Brooke Bond Group holds 43.1 million shares of the total 48.8 million shares issued in Univeler Tea Kenya. The same group owns 54 per cent of the total 3.9 million shares issued in Limuru Tea Company.
In Kakuzi Ltd, foreigners have a total shareholding of 68.3 per cent of the total 19.6 million shares issued. They hold the shares through Bordure Ltd and Lintak Investment Ltd, with 35.1 and 33.2 per cent shareholding, respectively.
Britain’s Williamson family has a controlling majority shareholding in both Williamson Tea and Kapchorua Tea companies. In Williamson Tea, it holds 67.2 per cent of the total 8.8 million shares issued through their company, Ngong Tea Holding PLC.
In Kapchorua tea, they hold 40 per cent of the 3.9 million shares issued.
Sasini Tea and Coffee Ltd is 87.3 per cent owned by business magnate Naushad Merali, a Kenyan. Merali’s companies hold his shares in these businesses: Legend Investments Ltd (51.7 per cent), East African Batteries (18.7 per cent), Yana Towers (15.9 per cent) and Swan Estates (1.04 per cent).
The reinvigorated tourism sector, which earned Sh42 billion last year, is also foreign-owned.
And just as the Sh43.5 billion earnings from tea sector ended up in foreign pockets, so did the Sh42 billion that came from tourism. Tourism earnings went into three directions: Hotels, airlines, and travel/booking agents, in that order. Of Kenya’s 290,000-plus tourist hotel bed spaces, foreign hoteliers own 74.3 per cent of it.
Tour flights to Kenya are entirely in the hands of foreign airlines. It is all the more foreign-dominated in the traditional tourist peak periods of Easter and Christmas, when there are no scheduled flights to Kenya’s tourist hub of Mombasa. During the two seasons, tourists arrive in Mombasa in chartered jets arranged by European tour operators.
Foreign companies stationed in European and American capitals also entirely control hotel bookings and transfers. Where internal travel is concerned, foreigners too, dominate by owning 7 of the 11 leading local tour travel firms.
At the end of the day, tourism in Kenya remains a foreigners’ enclave with indigenous Kenyans left to scratch the surface on petty trades like selling curios and prostitution.
After years of lobbying, last year the European Union set aside Sh250 million to economically empower indigenous Kenyans to get a fair share of the lucrative industry. Seven projects were targeted to tilt the balance in a programme called Tourism Diversification and Empowerment Project.
But a spokesman at the Nairobi EU office said the money is yet to be released as project proposals submitted are still under evaluation.
The only hotel chain listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange is the TPS Serena. The Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development holds the company’s majority shareholding through its company, TPS Holdings Limited.
Horticulture, which earned Kenya Sh28.2 billion last year, is the country’s third largest foreign exchange earner. It, too, is a foreigners’ affair. Indigenous Kenyans mainly come in as casual labourers on the flower farms.
Of the 44 certified companies dealing with horticulture products, 26 are foreign-owned. But an even bigger irony is that the leading 10 players in the industry — all foreign-owned — bag 83 per cent of the total income from the sector.
Flower farming (floriculture) is the key plank in Kenya’s agriculture sector. Seventy six per cent of Kenya’s total flower production is concentrated in foreign-owned flowers farms around the Naivasha area. The big three are Homegrown, Sulmac and Oserian.
Late last year, Kenya overtook Israel and Columbia as leading exporters of cut flowers. But you would not know that from the world’s leading flower auctions in Amsterdam and London. Why?
Foreign flower exporters in Kenya have registered their companies abroad — mainly in Amsterdam — and sell flowers they have grown in Kenya under a foreign label. In that case, while flowers from a local company are sold in Amsterdam as flowers from Kenya, Dutch companies growing their flowers in Naivasha sell theirs as flowers from Holland.
The consequence of it is that flowers owned by Dutch companies receive preferential treatment at the auction, including exemption from the strict EU-imposed export rules.
Flower auctions in Amsterdam and London account for 65 and 25 per cent of Kenya flower sales respectively. Of the approximate 60,000 tonnes of flowers exported from Kenya last year, 37,000 tonnes were sold in Amsterdam and London auctions as flowers from Holland.
The statistics can make it look like the entire flower industry in Kenya is one big conspiracy against indigenous people. Foreign air charters, the only ones used in flower transport, charge the highest rates in Nairobi. Freight charges on flowers from Kenya are twice those in the capitals of Kenya’s nearest competitors Israel, Columbia and Costa Rica.
There are also 40 to 45 per cent higher than in Egypt and South Africa, Kenya’s two biggest competitors on the continent.
At $400 a day, inspection and storage charges at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport are the highest in the world. So is the freight charge of $1.85-$2.2 per stem.
Flowers sold in Kenya’s name are inspected stem by stem at the JKIA at the cost of 12 Euro cents a stem. Those grown in Kenya but marketed by overseas-accredited companies are only inspected in bulk.
On average, it costs upwards of $1 million to set up a typical flower farm on a half acre spread , which in turn brings in a $50,000 a year.
Kenya’s fourth leading export earner, coffee, is equally depressing on the ownership scale. The majority of small-scale coffee growers in Kenya sell coffee raw from the farm, earning less than 10 per cent of what the finished end product earns in foreign markets and in a foreign label.
Though touted as an agricultural country, the other large-scale agricultural activities in Kenya are also foreign-owned.
Rea-Vipingo Plantations, which deals mainly in sisal and dairy farming is 77 per cent owned by the Robinson family of England. They hold the shares through REA Holdings PLC, Unibuckle Holdings Ltd and REA Trading Ltd.
Del Monte, world famous for pineapple products, is entirely a French affair and sells its products with the label "Made-in-France".
The question of who owns Kenya’s wealth sticks out like a sore thumb in the banking sector. The leading two banks with a combined market share of 71.4 per cent are Barclays Bank of Kenya and the Standard Chartered.
They are foreign-owned. Barclays Bank plc of London owns 68 per cent stake in Barclays Bank of Kenya.
Standard Bank Africa, a London outfit, in turn owns 81 per cent shareholding in Standard Chartered Bank.
To avoid domination by foreign banks, Nigeria and South Africa enacted laws on percentages of shareholding a foreign bank could own.
Foreign ownership is also the same cord that runs through key blue chip companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange.
At the East African Breweries, British-owned Guinness plc holds 63.5 per cent of the total equity, leaving Kenyans to scramble for the rest. Guinness shares are held in the names of Diageo Kenya Ltd and Diageo Netherlands B.V.
In the Nation Media Group, the Aga Khan holds 28.2 million shares of the 35.6 million shares issued. The Aga Khan’s shares are held in the names of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development and Amin Nanji Juma. In Kenya Airways, Dutch company, KLM, holds 40.6 per cent equity.
In Total Kenya Ltd, French companies Total Outre-mer and Elf Oil Kenya Ltd, own 77 per cent of the total shareholding, while in BAT Kenya Ltd, Molensteegh Investment BV of London, holds 68 per cent of the total shareholding.
The question of who owns Kenya’s wealth generated a national debate in 1968 when the National Council of Churches of Kenya published a paper entitled: "Who Owns Kenya’s Industry?" In the paper, the late Anglican Bishop, the Rev Henry Okullu, regretted that five years into independence, "the compass needle had not moved in the direction of indigenous ownership of Kenya’s wealth."
Thirty-seven years later, the Rev Okullu would turn in his grave to note that the needle has drifted even further away.
Enough is enough
GEMA Communities Will NOT Continue to be slaughtered at Will Like Chicken
WE ARE NOT YOUR CHICKEN TO SLAUGHTER AT WILL.
It has now become fashion that anybody with a problem with the Government, has a political score to settle, losses a football match or even cannot pass wind finds relief through KILLING the nearest Kikuyu, BURNING our homes, LOOTING and DESTROYING our businesses and property, RAPING our mothers and daughters and MAIMING our children.
This has gone on every 5 years from 1992 ( Kikuyus should lie low like an envelope was the call by one William Ntimama) and up until today our brothers and sisters have been denied their right to occupy land that they rightfully own and still live as refugees in their own country. The killing of GEMA community has continued and is now a 5 YEARLY RITUAL. It has now even been baptized ETHNIC CLEANSING by the Press and the Political Class.
This has gone on because those that kill, rape, maim our people or burn, loot or destroy our property wake up the following day and go on with their lives as if killing a Kikuyu is the next NORMAL thing to do.
It has continued because those doing the killings, rapes, maiming or destruction of property have not faced any CONSEQUENCES for perpetrating their crimes.
They kill us and get away with it. They kill us again and get away with it. They rape our mothers and daughters and get away with it. They maim our children and get away with it. They burn our homes and get away with it. They loot and destroy our businesses and get away with it. After all it was just another Kikuyu.
We wish to state the following
1. We are Kenyans with rights like every other Kenyan
2. Whatever we own has been acquired through blood and sweat
3. We have a right to live and rightfully own property in any part of Kenya
4. We have a right to guaranteed security by the Government
5. We have a right to protect our children and Property
6. We are our brother’s keepers.
Our PATIENCE, CALM and BELIEF IN THE RULE OF LAW have been taken as WEAKNESS. Our brothers and sisters get killed and we wait for the law to take its cause. Our mothers and daughters get raped and we wait for the law to take its cause. Our children get maimed and we wait for the law to take its cause. We lose property and keep quiet about it. We sleep in makeshift houses and plastic tents in refugee camps because our homes have been burnt down by our well known neighbors and our legally acquired land has been occupied by others. We get insulted publicly and keep quiet about it.
Our patience, calm and belief in the rule of law seem not to have paid dividends. This situation cannot and will NOT be allowed to continue. Our people will not be killed at will again. Our mothers and daughters will not be raped with impunity again. Our children will not be maimed mercilessly again. Our property will not be burned down or looted with impunity again. We will not continue to be refugees in our own country. We will not be CLEANSED. We have no apologies to make for having been born GEMA. We are proud to be Kenyans who are Gikuyu, Embu, Meru or Akamba.
Henceforth, there will be CONSEQUENCIES.
We know those who commit these crimes because they are our neighbors. We work together. We went to school together. We worship in the same Churches. We drink in the same Pubs. We belong to the same Golf Clubs. We travel in the same bus. We draw water from the same river.
We know where YOUR MOTHERS, BROTHERS, SISTERS, DAUGHTERS and CHILDREN work or live. We know where YOU own property. We know that YOU too, CAN BLEED.
If YOU have read history and follow current affairs YOU know just how violent and ruthless we are capable of becoming. YOU know that high walls, fierce dogs and guns in Lavington cannot stop us from getting to YOU and YOUR RELATIVES. You know that we took an OATH during the MAU MAU, in 1969 and as recent as last year to protect freedom. You know just how DETERMINED, RESILIENT and THOROUGH we can be.
DO NOT PUSH US ANY FURTHER.
We have lived PEACEFULLY as neighbours for decades. We have been family friends for years. Your son has married my daughter, and mine yours. We derive great joy from our grand and great grandchildren. We have depended on each other for generations. We have done profitable business together as partners for years. Our COLLECTIVE hard work has built Kenya . We have no wish to destroy this GREAT NATION.
We are therefore advising you to look for the RIGHT PLACES to vent your anger. To look for the RIGHT AVENUES to air your grievances. To reach out to or create the RIGHT FORUMS to correct any perceived historical misdeeds. To look for OTHER WAYS TO SETTLE YOUR POLITICAL SCORES. But whatever you do, NOT through killing our people.
Our people are not your chicken for you to slaughter at will
By Kenyans who love their Country dearly!!
PASS ON TO OUR FRIENDS.
Why Kibaki MUST GO
26th January, 2008
I greet you all in the name of Koitalel arap Samoei, our great orkoiyot and Nandi warrior who was assassinated 100 years ago by the British colonialists.
There is no other time in our history that our unity is more important than today. There is no other time that the existence and livelihood of the Kalenjin people has been threatened, from the time of the colonialists, through the Kenyatta government to Moi's misrule than is today in the Kibaki administration. The spirit of our great warrior and leader has to be rekindled and passed to all our brothers and sisters across the Kalenjin land. We have to rise and defend our rights just like Koitalel led the resistance 100 years ago in resisting the British invasion. Let me elaborate how the Kibaki administration and the house of Mumbi has systematically marginalized the Kalenjin Community.
1. Land
The Kenyatta and Moi administration settled Kikuyu emigrants (occupiers) in the Rift Valley, our land. Our forefathers shed tears and blood for the purpose of preserving this heritage for their future off-springs (Kamatusa). The colonialists came and occupied our land after we fought them for a period of 7 years (The longest African resistance to a white man's rule). At independence, the dominant Kikuyu crafted a law in the constitution specifically for the benefit of their own people. That "Every Kenyan is free to own property in any part of the country". With this legal error in our history, their was an exodus of Kikuyus from Central Province to Rift Valley. The Kenyatta government gave them free "loans" to acquire huge chunks of our land without taking into account the interests of the original owners. This land was supposed to revert to the rightful ancestral owners (Kamatusa) at the time of independence. This did not happen. This marked the genesis of second occupiers to our land.
Moi was an accomplice in this injustice. He kept silent in the 60s and 70s as our people were robbed of what is rightfully theirs. He mortgaged our heritage for the sake of a seat that did not benefit us in any way. He perfected this game in 24 years that he has been in power. On ascending to the presidency, more land was still curved for many kikuyus in R. Valley.
The little crumbs that the Kalenjins were given by Moi in Mau, Likia, Mt. Elgon were taken back when Kibaki came to power. Kimunya called our title deeds PIECES (FAECES) OF PAPER. This is very painful indeed and this has stuck in our hearts and nothing can erase it for generations to come. Nothing can remove this unfortunate stain. We welcomed the OCCUPIERS in R. Valley; we lost so many forests during their reign; they allocated themselves so much productive land at the expense of our brothers and sisters; they insult us by calling us LUMBWA(dogs); they have killed our people; they evicted our people in Mau, Likia and other areas. Brethren, arise; this has to come to an end. Kotalel arap Samoei has been re-borned and we have to claim back what rightfully belongs to us; whether by FORCE or by DIPLOMACY. It has come to an EYE FOR AN EYE, A fist for a fist, a leg for a leg.
2. Education
At independence, the Kalenjins were systematically marginalized in terms of education. All the resources were channeled to Central province. They claim that we are only good in taking care of cows and goats. That is why they told Moi to go take care of goats as they show us how a country is run; and the idiot still went ahead to support them in last year's flawed elections. No tangible effort was done to build schools in R. Valley. 90% of School bursaries were reserved to Mt. Kenya region; and still happens till today. Many colleges and universities were constructed in Central and Nairobi region. Many Kikuyus were sent abroad for further learning. Some of the best national schools located in Central province were given adequate facilities while those of hostile regions like R. Valley were ignored. The best teachers were posted to schools in Mt. Kenya region. This continued consistently until Moi took over. Mr. Moi, having been a failure in school hated dealing with educated Kalenjins. He preferred to transact business with ex-prison warders and cattle auctioneers like Barngetuny. Our education continued to suffer during Moi's time because of poor policies.
This trend has been revived by the Kibaki administration. The secret is to ensure that we have so many school dropouts which will give rise to insecurity in our areas and investors shying away from such areas. Scrutinize government expenditure on education and bursaries, you will know where lots of money is heading to. This discrepancy has resulted in Mt. Kenya dominating everybody in this country in terms of education. Have you asked yourselves why we have very few professors, doctors, lecturers, dentists, teachers, etc? Apart from Kiptoon, most of the other kalenjin professors are political professors.
This has to stop. The only people who can stop the kikuyu dominance in this country are the kalenjins. We cannot allow ourselves to be trampled upon like other tribes. We must stand up and play the leadership role in liberating our country from the jaws of the kikuyus.
3. Employment
Do you need any explanations on this? Name all the parastatals and name the senior employees in those organizations. The names revolve around Mt. Kenya region. How many kalenjins has the Kibaki government sacked? un-countable. How many has it refused to employ, including Dr. Rotich in KACA? Un-countable. If we are all equal in this country why is it that it is only people from one region that get recruited in this country? Are we lesser kenyans? We cannot allow ourselves to be subjugated in this manner. We belong here and the earlier these kikuyus realize we are serious in our quest by all means, the better. This five years will see them bringing in chiefs and sub-chiefs from the mount Kenya region to lord on us at our village levels; the only remaining government jobs that they have not filled with Mt. Kenya characters. Devolution was to take resources to our regions rather than centralize it in Nairobi . This would have helped our regions to develop and get our brothers and sisters get employed. What did they do? They told their people that majimbo means you relocate to your ancestral home. This was never in our ODM's campaign agenda. We wanted to share resources fairly. They poisoned their people's minds and now they want to accuse Raila and Rutto of preaching Majimbo of evicting people. That was their interpretation and that is what they told people. They are paying for their own sins.
We advocate for fair employment to all. The Kalenjins have to get their share if peace must prevail in this country.
4. Commerce/Trade
Talk of NSE, talk of government supplies, talk of small shops, talk of big shops; they all belong to Kikuyus. Whether in R. Valley, Nyanza, Coast or Kakuma, they are all owned by Kikuyus. Talk of Equity bank, how many kikuyus are being given loans on a daily basis? Equity bought IDB and the government has been channeling loans to their kikuyu brethren without any rigorous procedures. Kwani what is so special with this breed of people for them to own so much? They have greed and arrogance of catastrophic proportions. Again, devolution would have leveled the playing ground of trade. Channeling the resources to regions would have ignited business activities at the regional level. What did they do? They stole our votes and decided to maintain the status quo. Imagine what they will do in the next five years if you consider this will be their last term. They have bought most of the government assets through NSE. Brethren, how many millionaires can you identify in R. Valley? How many are there in Central and Mt. Kenya region? Is it by accident that we have less than 10 and they have over 1000? Can't you see? Open your godamn eyes!!! We do not have a future if we don't rise up now. They are going to buy all that was not bought previously. Their properties have to be brought down for them to see sense. It is the only language they can understand. No more talks.
5. Infrastructure
Look at the roads, telecommunication, electricity, water; name them; all the resources for in this sector have been channeled to Mt. Kenya region. From Kipipiri to North Imenti to Mwea to Embu; these guys have built highways, supplied water to their people, supplied electricity, telephone lines, dug boreholes, etc. The allocation in the national budget is heavily skewed towards their regions. This is all about resources. Moi was extremely ignorant and useless. He stole from us and did deals with these guys. He enriched himself so much; he is always ready to sacrifice his own people for his own benefits. Back to Mt. Kenya paradise; what you guys need to understand is that all this is about resource distribution. If these guys were able to do what they did in 5 years, what will they not do in the next 5 years. They are equipping their region as they steal from us. That is why they cannot listen to resource devolution.
Do you need any further education? Of course not. The list of inequalities is so long and you must be having one of your own. As if this was not enough, they stole our votes and asked us to do what we think we can do. That is right guys, "Do what you think you can do if you are man enough". We have done what we were challenged to do since we are not small boys and girls. We shall still do what we think we can do as long as we are claiming for what is ours. If any of us (gotab kalenjin), God forbid, betrays our course we shall not only eliminate him/her, but their entire linage. We shall also invoke our kalenjin CURSE in ensuring that the individual and all their generation shall not live.
We started by identifying our fighting spirit with the spirit of Koitalel ara Samoei (God rest his soul in eternal peace). This spirit still lives today. This spirit is about the kalenjin's spirit of NEVER SAY DIE even in times of adversity. Our God will deliver us to Canaan from the current mistreatment. We shall not lose focus of where we are going and what we want. We shall not allow ourselves to be among the meek and the submissive in this country because Kibaki says so. We shall say what we want to say and do what we want to do.
It is 100 years since the great warrior and leader of the Kalenjin died. He left a mark in the history of this country and the rest of the world: "The longest African Resistance to a White Man's Rule". That should always be our rallying MOTTO as a people. The man will always be our hero and source of inspiration. If Koitalel could resist the inventor of the GUN for 7 years, how can we succumb to MISUSERS of the GUN when we have also gotten access to them? Let our spirit not die brothers and sisters. A century after our great Orkoiyot died, another great Kalenjin son has been born unto us. Coincidentally, he is called by the same name of the great leader: SAMOEI. This great son of ours belong to the age group of KAPLELACH. Our fore fathers predicted that during this age group, the world will either SURVIVE or PERISH. This prophecy has to come to pass. It is this age group that will deliver our people from the jaws of the PYTHON (KIBAKI). I call upon all of us to remain steadfast in giving him total support. Their strength in parliament yesterday shows what determination and unity can achieve.
We have been receiving threatening messages via sms from our brothers and sisters the kikuyus. They are interested in looking for us and our off-springs in Nairobi for elimination. These people cannot steal from us our democratic right and threaten violence upon us. It would amount to double tragedy. We SHALL NOT allow this to happen and the earlier they get to know it the better. Nairobi City is in Rift Valley; the name Nairobi in itself is Maasai (who are our cousins) and it means a place with water. We will never succumb to their threats. We shall defend ourselves and our interests to the bitter end. If they want to bring clashes to Nairobi , they can go ahead. They will regret why they ever started it in the first place. We urge our people to ensure that every family is fully equipped with our normal tools; if we can afford, ferry two warriors from upcountry fully armed and house them until we have this thing sorted out. It is imperative that we fully deal with the house of Mumbi. NAIROBI WILL EITHER BELONG TO ALL OF US OR NONE OF US. The house of MUMBI should realize that this country is not ruled through threats but by engaging the other partners. We did not start this war, they started it and the ONLY WAY TO END IT IS TO HAVE THE THIEF (KIBAKI) TALK TO RAILA THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
THIS ARTICLE WERE SENT TO MR SEED IN LONDON – THE FIRST ONE ON JANUARY 10, 2008 AND THE SECOND IN DECEMBER 2007.
Are they true or false? You are the judge.
Food for thought
God's Word on Kenya
By Bishop Dr. Douglas
This is the word I got today on Sunday January 6th, 2008 concerning the situation in Kenya . I got the word while at a Prayer for Kenya in Columbus, OH. With encouragement from those present, I am putting the word in writing so that many other Kenyans would get the opportunity to hear the same. The message is not edited or polished but it is as rough as I delivered it. In addition, like every word, you are welcome to test and see if it is from the Lord. If it is not, then discard it. However, if it is from the Lord then may we heed to it with great repentance and humility to God. Thank you.
The first thing I saw was that there was peace in Kenya . For the sake of peace, and in the name of God, Hon. Raila choose to accept President Kibaki as President of Kenya and then there was peace in the land. I also saw that what had happened in Kenya was God Awakening Kenyans to Arise, Repent and Surrender their lives and Kenya back to God.
In 2002 when Kibaki was elected president, God had anointed Kibaki to be President even though he was disabled from a road accident. In a prophetic sense, Kibaki's being crippled signified the state in which the country was in, and so God choose Kibaki to restore the country of Kenya just as God was restoring Kibaki back to health.
And indeed God restored the country to greater prosperity but Kibaki forgot that it was God who was doing all this and not the hand of man. Therefore, in a bid to wake up Kibaki and the Kenyans to this reality, God allowed the mysterious tragedy and deaths to befall members of Kibakis parliament. This shook the country and Kibaki headed to the word of God and called for a national day of prayer in which all Kenyans humbled themselves and repented
in prayer; then there was peace.
Unfortunately, though, Kibaki and the Kenyans forgot that the hand of God was upon the nation and so when Kibaki sought a second term as president, he campaigned based on what he had done instead of what God had done for Kenya . No wonder then that he chose the theme 'kazi iendelee'. Whereas there is nothing wrong in advocating for more development and prosperity, yet God was nowhere in the picture. Infact, when Kibaki launched PNU he
advised everyone to campaign for him based on what 'he had done' for Kenya .
God saw the pride and arrogance in Kibaki and so raised up Raila as His servant to shake up Kibaki and the country at large. God's hand being upon Raila, most people begun to embrace Raila including church leaders who even anointed Raila in confirmation that God's hand was upon him. As a result, Raila's fame and popularity spread like wildfire all over Kenya and even the nations supported Raila when they saw the dynamic change agent he was.
However, as Raila's influence grew, millions of Kenyans begun looking up to Raila as 'Joshua' who would now save them economically and bring paradise into their lives. It is also unfortunate that when Raila saw the great influence he was getting, he like Kibaki, failed to acknowledge the hand of God in him and so rather than point the people to God, he took God's glory and so God was disappointed with Raila.
Granted that almost everyone was now blinded by what they saw physically in either Kibaki or Raila, Kenyans went to vote without caring to consult earnestly with God. The sad part too was that the church also allowed herself to be caught up in the worldly politics and in so doing lost her voice to the people. For this reason, the clergy cannot speak without being treated with suspicion. In order to save Kenya , God looked for a man He could use and he found a God fearing Servant in the person of Samuel Kivuitu. Mr Kivuitu was only appointed to his position as Chairman of the Electoral Commission by the hand of God. In other words, Kivuitu was not Kibaki's preferred choice but instead it was God's hand that intervened thus effecting his appointment. The whole world applauded this act of God.
The only sad thing was that Kivuitu did not even know that God had indeed set him up and even to this day, Kivutu does not understand what happened to him when he declared the presidential results. Only God knows because the answer is not physical but spiritual. God supernaturally intervened and allowed Kivuitu to declare Kibaki the winner in order that He may bring all Kenyans to a greater realization that Kenya belongs to God and only God must reign supreme in Kenya not Raila or Kibaki.
With the results showing Raila leading, Kibaki was greatly broken hearted. God further humbled Kibaki by getting rid of his cabinet ministers. But again it was this humbling and brokenness allowed Kibaki to quickly surrender and call unto God.
On the other side, most of Raila's followers had completely lost focus on God and had already shifted all their allegiance to Raila to the point of worshipping Raila. On his part, Raila's ego became too egotistical leaving no place for God to use Him. It was then that God preferred the already humbled Kibaki to the proud Raila and that is why Kivuitu announced that Kibaki is President. In the natural, this remains a puzzle to everyone.
Before the elections, almost all Kenyans had invested alot in prayer and so God answered their prayers thus. Not as they expected but according to His divine wisdom. God's answer further heavily chastised Kenyans for forsaking God and building their hopes in man. Thus, God's answer gave Kenyans an opportunity for humility and a chance to call upon God in repentance. For this reason, Kenya's peace and justice lies not with foreign or international mediators but with Kenyans themselves who have to humble themselves and call upon God to intervene as in all other times in their history.
Concerning the tribal divide, I saw that it was only being exaggerated because deep in their hearts, Kenyans loved each other regardless of their different tribes or ethnic orientation. I also saw that deep down in the Kenyans; they knew too well that only Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. Moreover, with the death of their loved ones, neighbors and friends, Kenyans have already begun seeking God's intervention in prayer. That is why the devil is defeated and cannot do any more harm to Kenya . Indeed Kenyans have stopped looking unto Kibaki or Raila for Peace.
Once Kenyans realize their folly and return to God, God will grant then supernatural peace and unprecedented holistic abundance: returning to them what the enemy stole from them. So let everyone look unto God upon whom lies the hope, peace and prosperity of/for Kenya . Amen and Amen.
"If I shut the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people and my people who are called by my name humble themselves ad pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land" 2Chronicles 7:12-14
"Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord" Zechariah 4:6
ANOTHER PROPHESY ABOUT KENYA IN MAY 2007 FAR BEFORE THE ELECTIONS
(The Following Here Is Just A Little Of What Is Inside Kenya’s Most Unique New Book!)
31 Prophecy Highlights for Kenya ~ 2007 ~ 2012!
~The Prophetic Ministry of Dr. Thomas Manton IV~ (May 29, 2007)
1. The Upcoming Presidential Elections: “President Mwai Kibaki will be re-elected as Kenya’s President on December 27, 2007. My Hand is upon him to produce continued development and reformation in Kenya over the next five years, says the Lord!
2. Parliament: Changes are coming in your Parliament.
3. Crime and Law Enforcement: I will arrange a great increase in law enforcement in your nation beginning in this next season. Crime will be dealt with severely; and it will decrease greatly and even be eradicated in certain sectors in the coming season!
4. Conflicts, Violence and Unrest: I saw three Visions of clashes: 1) The first conflict I saw was involving the Mungiki. I saw men in military uniforms going in against these criminals to foil them. This happened swiftly thereafter. 2) I saw tribal-clashes. 3) I saw a horrible scene of social unrest ~ resulting in violence and rioting in the streets. I then saw your military and police going out forcefully to stop those causing these violent eruptions.
5. Airport and Airline Growth and Expansions: Expansions will happen at Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi. At least twenty new airlines will be transiting through Nairobi’s international airport in time to come! A new airport terminal will be built in Ukunda; and air travel will commence to there from Nairobi; making the south-coast more accessible!
6. The Super-Development of Nairobi: Nairobi will become a world-class, cosmopolitan, and very developed and advanced city!
7. Kenya: A Cosmopolitan Society? I will develop Kenya in technologies, international trade, and in international business dealings! I will raise Kenya to become a cosmopolitan society, and the world will notice!
8. Development of several other Kenyan Cities: Several other cities and regions across Kenya will be developed greatly in upcoming seasons. It will be absolutely amazing to see this in motion; and especially to see all the phenomenal growth and development in these cities after they are done!
9. Tourism: Kenya’s tourism will even yet ‘double’ again! Kenya’s tourism ‘doubled’ over the past five years since God said through us on December 13, 2002 that your tourism industry will increase greatly! That was just the beginning of the ‘tourism-explosion’ in Kenya!
10. ODM: In the first week of March 2007, God said that the ODM ‘opposition-party,’ would be put into derision, and that they would be ‘split-up.’ Some weeks later, reports hit the national headlines that Kenyatta was leaving; Raila would have his own ODM; and Kilonzo would head his own ODM-Kenya.
11. Embarrassment in Raila Camp: “Some things will come out from behind the scenes in October and November, 2007 that will ‘discredit’ Mr. Raila in the eyes of many. He will not rise again fully in his ‘popularity’ after this, says the Lord!”
12. Election Polls: The tide of the election-polls will turn; and the two front-running candidates will come to an ‘even-point!’ Then, the Election will go the way God has ordained!
13. Ousting from the President’s Cabinet: On May 29, 2007, God said that ‘a couple’ of leaders from within the President’s Cabinet would be ousted because of their defection within the ranks.
14. The Church: In the Church, God will now draw a ‘Dividing-Line.’ He will separate the true from the false; the pure from the profane; and those serving-themselves from those truly serving-God.
15. True Holy Spirit Revival: A great and miraculous Holy Spirit revival will commence in an upcoming season in Kenya! But first, the Church must be cleansed and prepared for this glorious revival now in this current season.
16. Financial Blessing: The very night I arrived in Nairobi on this, my 2007 tour, I had a powerful visitation from the Lord in my hotel suite. In this Prophetic Visitation, the Lord told me of several things He would now release upon Kenya! The first thing He said was amazing! He said: “I will now pour an avalanche of My Glory into the Christian Business Community here in Kenya!” He will now raise up many Entrepreneurs; and He will bless them in business so they can become great Gospel Financiers!
17. Economic Statuses: Many people that are in the lower-class economically will begin to rise now through new opportunities and through their own newly-increased productivities. Many will rise out of this low-estate and begin to enter the middle-class, says the Lord! I will also take many in the middle-class economically up and out into a higher status. Many will become wealthy from the understanding I will bring through My servants on how to rise economically through My own Biblical Economic System. People have been kept ignorant too long! It is time now for the Kenyan people to rise financially!
18. Young Generation: I am going to raise up the young generation; and I will have many of them become great and wise leaders in their coming day. They will rise to become great champions ~filled with My Wisdom!
19. Spirit of Wisdom: “I will pour out My Spirit of Wisdom upon the African continent in new ways! The Spirit of Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding will enlighten people on how best to do things more progressively and better in every way. Great Productivity will obviously follow!
20. African Advancement: “I will work to get this ‘stigma’ off of Africa that makes people around the world consider Africa to be behind in everything!
21. Increases in the Department of Justice: .In the first week of March 2007, God said that He will move in your Department of Justice. Then, some days later, President Kibaki tripled the number of your Judges from sixty-something judges to over two-hundred!
22. ‘Prince’ of Koinange Street Foiled!: On Monday Night, April 2, 2007, as I was conducting Prophetic Explosion Meetings on Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi, the Glory of the Lord visited us; and He declared that night that He was destroying the footprints of that demonic-principality of Koinange Street, once and for all! The Holy Spirit and I broke that demon-prince’s back that Night! God’s Presence was still very tangible out in the streets all over that area the next day as we arrived to conduct our next Meetings there! Next, a group of the ‘Business-Owners of Koinange Street’ got together for a Rally declaring that they need a clean and safe ‘business-district’ there; instead of a ‘red-light’ district! Then, a few days after that, the Nairobi Police were sent in to begin to ‘clean-up’ those streets! Hallelujah!
23. Excellence in Music: “I will raise up and perfect into excellence the sounds of music and the sounds of worship and praise in Kenya. I am releasing My grace and gifting for this in your people. However, I am not guaranteeing you results! You will have to work for those results that you want in the perfection of your ‘sound.’ If you can truly cultivate My excellence in your music, then I will even have it exported to the world, says the Lord. Remember Hillsong!
24. Miracle in your Wheat-Industry: In May, 2007, the Lord said to me while I was ministering in Nairobi that another tremendous agricultural ‘miracle’ will happen in Kenya’s wheat-industry! After I prophesied this, it came out in your media-headlines that there was now virtually no wheat in your nation! The Lord had me prophesy that this coming ‘miracle’ in wheat-growing and production would be so vast, that Kenya would not be able to consume it all and will have to export it! My God!
25. War against Poverty: Kenya’s economic structures and statuses will continue to rise in and amongst the peoples of Kenya. I will have My true remnant within My Church attack the spirits of poverty! Heretofore, My Church has not known how to attack these things. They have just left it all there in their ignorances. But now, I will raise up My warriors and vessels to attack these evils and bring them down! And Prosperity will begin to blanket this society in new ways, as you all flow with Me and My plans of action, says the Lord!
26. Understanding Biblical Economics: “In My Church, My people will begin to learn and understand My Kingdom laws and My laws of Biblical Economics. They will learn them, and begin to operate in them, and get tremendously blessed by Me, says the Lord!
27. Victory over Religious-devils and Religious-ministries: No ‘religious-devils’ or ‘religious-ministries’ will be able to stop My flow this time, says the Holy Ghost! Oh, many will cry-out erroneously in their ignorance that they do not want My move or how I perform it. They will even criticize My movements. How sad for them! Some foolish ones will even attempt to persecute what I am doing. But nevertheless, I will have My blessed Way! And hear this! Those foolish ones who persecute what I am doing will in turn be persecuted by Me! I will turn against them and persecute them and they will put down and become as nothing. I will take My Hand off them; and the sign of ‘Ichabod’ shall be written over their houses, and My Glory will depart from them, says the Lord! They will even try to continue with their ministries and their churches after this, of course, but all things concerning them will eventually flop and collapse! And I will take many of My precious people out from those places of death where