Oliver Says

Just a few minute ago I was checkin out one of my fav site http://www.campusvybe.com and fell victim to this photo on the left. It made me remember the KSh. 5o million or so venture by Unilever in the "Sunlight quest for Kenya's National Dress".
After I remebered this, I couldn't resist but ask the question: What happend to the Kenyan National dress?
All I can remember is that guys voted and just when we expected many people to wear the national dress to different social and national event, all I have seen is the same old styles and borrowed styles from out brados and sistos from the westo.
I was just thinking, maybe...just maybe if they gave me a sample of the cloth, I would wear it to various occassions. or better still, they could hire me as a model.
By the way just like it happend during Kenyatta day 2004, exactly 36 days after the national dress was launched, dignitaries (who are more likely to wear the national dress) were in their usual wesstern styles. Has the national dress completely turned into a white elephant?
May be we can find time to answer this questions later on. For now enjoy a collection of Kenyan fashion as it is.:

Posted by Reflective Kenyan at 6:14 PM | Permalink | Comments

May Kenya be filled with the greatest love filled peace as we remember our independence heros on Kenyatta Day.




Though we may give the day to the country's very first president, we should not easily forget the rest of the people those known (Dedan Kimathi, Bildad Kagia, Harry Thuku, Oginga Odinga) and those not known.




My people have a story that my great grandmother was among those who went to take food to the forest and she dissappeared in the process never to be found.



Many men and women lost their life especially between 1952 and 1956 as the Mau Mau involved the Bbritixh forces in a Guerilla war. If it were not for your blood may be... just may be... this country would not have been.



Let us continue to uphold peace and the rule of law despite of all the bananas and oranges that we may encounter in our path.

Posted by Reflective Kenyan at 10:12 PM | Permalink | Comments

Fifa's Associations Committee has recommended that Kenya be suspended from international football for recurrent problems within the country's game. This or something close to this has been today’s or/and yesterday’s lead (depending from which part of the globe you are in) story on various sports media around the world.

I would be more than happy if we are suspended from international soccer until we can organise ourselves. I have this kind of love-hate passion for the Kenyan football. I actually spend no time following the Kenya Premier League Limited (KPL) league or the Kenya Football Federation (KFF) Premier League.

Kenyan soccer is full of politics and Blatter should have known better if he had followed Kenya politics keenly. MOUs in the Kenyan scenne aare just some other piece of paper work and that includes the Cairo 28-point document signed in february.

Maybe the new suspension may help the soccer scene as it did between June and August 2004, when we were suspended from international football for governmental interference in the running of the sport.

By the way whether we are suspended or not, we will still not make it to the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations leave alone the 2010 FIFA World Cup.




This young friend of ours should realise that the future for him at Nantes isn’t that bright as we all expected. May be he should think of starting his own club or an academy back home (or elsewhere) instead of indulging in extravagant ventures.
By the way Oliech, this will be better done fast before those guys who wnat the Ksh. 25Million take it awy from you.
Better still you can enrol yourself for an Online degree or diploma course. They are now very cheap (some a star like you) and do not take so much times.
Remember, if you are a striker, you have to score...otherwise switch careers.



I am saddened the fact that the referee of our Moscow match had to frustrate we the Euro giants. But to all others who think we are down, I have got news for you. EUFA has declare Arsenal European Champions even before the end of the season
Long Live Arsenal (do people still use this cliche)

Posted by Reflective Kenyan at 3:03 PM | Permalink | Comments

I went, I saw and Conquered... and boy amn't I (is there such a phrase in the first place?) back and back with a bang.
I have been away attending to a few things here and there for the sake of all of us (I will tell you later how you can benefit).
While I was away, I am told that the world never waited for me and that's the whole problem. Why is it that even if I drop dead the world doesnot stop being? Is it that I am not that important? or Is it that the world can do without me?
I am still searching for the answers to these questions nad may be someone out there will help me answer them.



While I was still away, I also discovered that in this world people will walk all over you and it is up to throw them off your back because when they need you they will carry you shoulder high and this may be too high for you to jump off and not break a bone.

Posted by Reflective Kenyan at 10:22 PM | Permalink | Comments