Chama Cha Mwananchi (CCM) Launching Party.

I. Introduction: The newly registered CCM, (Chama Cha Mwananchi), social
 Democratic political party of Kenya Scandinavia branch is hereby announcing its launching ceremony. You are welcome to contest for executive vacancies.

 The founder members, volunteers, well-wishers, friends and member
 aspirants will attend the launching ceremony

2. Time and date. The ceremony will take place on June 30th 2007 in
 Stockholm. Precisely 1900hrs. and ends 2100 hours. 3. Events shall be as follows; 1900 hrs- Arrivals and welcome note.

Cold NON alcoholic drinks shall be served. 1915 hrs- Speeches. The current interim committee chairman and the visiting Secretary General to CCM Kenyan branch shall give their speeches. 2000hrs- committee election. 2030hrs- Results will be officially announced and recorded. 2045hrs- Free motion and beverages 2100hrs.End of meeting.

Nyama choma from electric grill and Kenyan chai will be served. Note; Time factor is strictly observed. 4. Location of Meeting.

Venue and Related Arrangement Located at Lillåvägen 50 2 TR.

Take the subway to Bagarmossen station.
You can also plan you journey with www.sl.se or check it with Hitta.se.
 
5. For more information on the meeting venue and related arrangement,
 please contact 0709 419 380. Or mail chamachamwananchiccm@yahoo.com
 Please log on the following website for more information:
 http://chamachamwananchi.wordpress.com/

Welcome all.

By: CCM interim management. June 26th 2007. Bagarmossen Sweden.

Posted by Jamii crew.

Maasai A changing People! Ole Ngais Tells GK Putunoi

Maasai! A changing people!- Transitional period.
The Maasai culture and social welfare is a complex, well-rounded culture that is now facing brutality and difficulties of change and stresses the intellectual certainties that can collapse a union upon itself. There aren’t good guys and bad guys. It’s simply two halves of the same society fighting assuredly for what they each believe to be the greater good.

This kind of moral struggle deflates the often pompous, obnoxious tendency of system change to become bloated glory pieces. This is an unpadded reaction that will capture the nuances of human struggle amidst a society that backdrop at a very difficult time in history.The weight of it all is that Kenyans shall now get a perfect example of how to eradicate nepotism by using the example of this case study generating a solution to it’s own problem.

Ladies and gettlemen, brothers and sisters, my fellow born again christians, muslims and all other religions, sit back and watch! A culture breaking down itself and developing a brand new culture and system. The new Maasai is right at the corner.

It all started in the 19th s
It all begun in the 19th s where maa community rose against each other , and disease hunger and drought did not spare them either. Foreign political system that both begins and ends in ugly scenario brought and left misery amidst our society.The hope seems to be that watching people shatter the lives of their friends and colleagues will bruise the deeply held conviction in its audience that they’re opinions are always the right ones. It’s when communication and negotiation stop that brothers are literally forced to face one another at opposite ends of a firing squad.

As darkly poetic as the downfall of of Maasai Kingdom in the hands of Maasai themselves might seem, it’s also rendered in strikingly uncompromisable detail. This is not a sugarcoated tale of lovely war, but rather a harshly crafted depiction of how good men fall and how even those with the best of intentions can get trapped in their own ideologies. Ole Kaparo for sure was and most likely very kind, and loving deep inside but many are still waiting to see his kindness.

Capitalist individualistic system
The capitalist individualistic system that cares for individual is far more damaging to our old traditional socialistic society where all took care of land even land was owned communally till now.

Dear uncle, or If am not mistaken ! Dear Godfrey( My fellow-brother- Kenyan). Before I answerer your defensive letter against my personal accusations to Hon. Ole Kaparo, I would like to settle family matter with you and others among our families. We will be saved from living with the illusions that we have blood connections when we probably don’t. Or when blood kinship doesn’t matter anymore….

According to your mail dated june 19th 2007, in which you elaborated my relationship to Ole Kaparo, you stated that my mother is not a close relative to Kaparo. My question to you is; Are you a close relative to Ole Kaparo? What about Kadongoi George Putunoi? or Samuel Putunoi? What about the house of Nanya Irkiku? Are they close relatives to the Hon. Ole Kaparo? I must know this from you so i can understand where i fall in the line of kinship! It will be the first step to freedom from social cultural censorship. Our family kinship by blood and marriage according to Ole Ngais

To explain, Kaparo’s family is cousin to Putunoi’s family. You are Putunoi and my mum is a daughter of Putunoi. I am utterly dismayed how you could identify mum as not closely related to Ole Kaparo but I guess it’s because she is a woman and thus not entitled to her maidens kinship or else you tell me otherwise. My mother’s maiden names are Sokoyian Putunoi.. Does that say anything to you?. My intention is to develop. dare face change side effects and and dare face them. What about you? are you going to be a conservative? or are you defending Ole Kaparo because he made you? Many of the prominent young men from our marginalized Maasai’s of Mukogodo couild have made excellent if only they were given equal opportunities as all other Kenyans in the neighborhood..

Incident at Kaparo’s
There was an incident, where, while I was attending my medical training certificate course with Ole Kaparo’s brother Taparia, my family couldn’t afford fees so my mother informed me that she was going to seek help from him. The first time my father and mother were ever exposed and couldn’t help but to go begging at Kaparo’ home while he was on his weekend in Do dol.

My mother spend a whole day sitting outside waiting to meet her”brother” but in vain. She went back in the evening tired, thirsty disappointed and confused. She never lost her dignity. Kaparo told her to come again the coming week. One week passed and my mum visited Kaparo again. This time, I sent her to ask for bursary and not his own money. I remainded mum that she had gone to Kaparo in the previous years while I was in secondary school but for the same purpose but went back empty handed. All this time, I have known that there was presidential bursary that could be given to poor children who did well in school and I was one of them. I wondered why Kaparo refused to help mum!

One evening, Taparia and I visited Ole Kaparo at his former Likii’s residence in Nanyuki.. By then, as an angry frustrated young man with severe need to develop, I decided to conftront Mweshimiwa infront many family “Bulls” namely, George Putunoi, Mohammed Kaparo, koinare, John Keshine and Taparia Kaparo. As many young men at my age I was trying alcohol while in College. I was curious and furious and my group mates too. Before the visit, we took lots of Guinees beer in a local bar in Nanyuki while I was preparing for total war with Mweshimiwa ob his own grounds. About 1930 hours, we walked home to him. I remembr My real mothers brother’s son George Putunoi was very helpful and protective. My alcohol forced out my frustrations and I went straight to Hon. kaparo; ( By the way, I no longer use alcohol since years now.), ”

Who are you! I don’t know you!.. I have never seen you! I mattered and gestured with my hands…. I assure you I meant my words… I hated him for what he did to my mother!! I have seen tears in my mother’s eyes every time she tried to seek help from “her brother speaker”. She was broken down worrying that she would not support me through my education. She promised, together with my father to sell all what they had to support me. We were all intoxicated.

Kaparo shouts to me… “who is this young man? Isn’t he the son of my sister?” He called me by my mothers name and I reacted sharply. “I am sorry for you.!” I said.. What? He said! Do you mean you are sorry for me?… There was chaos while George and Mohamed Kaparo found themselves on the defensive side. The defended me… and APUS!! Kudos man I love you guys… I have never forgotten that… The speaker is my mothers cousin- She is a putunoi’s daughter, a second class cousin to Kaparo.. How about that? But! in the new social- cultural and economical system, there is no demand that Kaparo’s, or whoever is wealthy must support the others. The system is demanded to do that.

Anyway.. Kaparo flashed away the whole thing with . “give this boy some milk he is drunk and frustrated. he is a an 8-4-4 system’s product! They speak very poor English..” Let him sleep at Ben’s/Kaparo’s son) bed. Kaparos wife(My koko)- (she is supposed to be my “grand mother…” according to Maasai) took care of me together with Taparia. The following morning. Taparia and I were invited to the parliament where Hon. Ole Kaparo gave us each 10.000 shillings for that term. We went back to Nakuru happy for the shot momment. If Ole Kaps got money from his pocket, I regret but all what I wanted was some bursary.

You will for sure explain this to my mother and her cousins,namely Hon. Kaparo, Chief Sikantoi Putunoi and and the two Simon’s from the family of Nanya Irkiku.
Uncle, you must promise me that you do a thorough research on this matter and let me know through the same communication system. I promise you, that change process is already in place and before you realize, you are a new Kenyan!

We were not given hardship allowances
How would you expect a kid studying in a manyatta like school to compete with a Starehe Boys kid? Were were not given any allowances like teaching staffs or other civil servants who worked in the area. We sat for the same exams like all scholars in Kenya. And for your correction i scored a C(PLAIN) and not as you said far more low.. . If you want me to scan my document and send it to you, I will do it and the audience will know who is misleading who.You actually scored a C (MINUS) but that did not stop you from advancing in your studies. We are victims of poor governance.

Ole Kaparo made a few gents though
Ole Kaparo actually helped you to get an employment at the central bank of Kenya. In the beginning, you had been recruited for Kenya police since they required D+ and above, but you had good grades of C- (MINUS) being almost the first kids from Mukogodo to attain better grades since the time of Kaparo. I remember, while I was in primary school, you late dad,(my beloved kakuyia-grand mother), together with the then Il polei sub location arranged a fund raising Harambee so you can pay your secondary fees. We were so happy for you that you will make it. we still hope you will be more involved with the Mukogodo society. My mother and father contributed a he goat and some 200. shillings. I was one boys helping to organize the fund raising because I am your family.

We are talking about family matters on the blog.
I am certain aware of it but charity begins at home. Lets take care of this blood thing now so we learn to work together as Kenyans and not as families with only one goal, to build Kenya, for us and for the generation to come. To stop nepotism and any kind of discrimination in the future. Somebody must take the heat and some people have to suffer for the sake of development.

My mother failed to acquire help from her so called “brother” I According to the clear kinship lines, and this, Kaparo can justify , Ole Kaparo’s family cannot marry from Ole Putunoi’s because they come from the same father. The story told along kinship network states that( Kaparo), was one of the strongest daughters in the family who probably wanted to be independent. She went on separating from the rest making her own home.

Capitalism and individualism as tool of change in Maasai society
History is against you gentle selfish men because you did not write it down! This is the same reason why it was so easy for the British colonialist to take our forefathers land. Kaparo and Putunoi are cousins and they have always been before the introduction of individualism and capitalism into our society.

I understood that when a person gets wealthy, they wish that they never had such a big extended family that almost ruins their possibilities of getting even more wealthier. You, Godfry Ole Putunoi is cousin to Ole kaparo and you have benefited from it thanks to the fact that we are related. Or rather ,you are related.

Ole Ngais is semejis to kaparos. My family( Ole Ngais) married from Kaparo’s/Putunoi’s thus making us your brothers in law- Have you forgotten that as well? or are we so down the line of kinship that we have no right to ask our democratically elected leader to help us with presidential bursary?
Kampan, where do I have you? To me, you are supposed to be my mother’s cousins son! thus my , according to Maasai people, Apu.. meaning uncle. How do you define your kinship according to the new way of living, the new lifestyle? Moreover, my dad is an adaptive son to your mother’s family- more clearly, my father is a step brother to your loving Mum(God protect her)
Kenya needs a functional social welfare system

Change is indeed innevitable!
Maasai people must change and develop like all other Kenyans. The idea of big families, extended families is right now under terrible shake-up and when we come out of this, I sure you, Ole Kaparo my mother, the greatest women in the whole world and actually your own mother, my father’s sister,-and our loving readers that we will be more Kenyans than ever. We will prove to the world that our old social and economic welfare system is out of function and we must abolish it with immediate effect.

The world, through you and I, shall realize that Maasai and with the rest of Kenyans requires a functional social welfare system in order to provide equally to all citizens of Kenya.

A sovereign state shall be able to provide equal opportunities for its citizens to take control over their lives. You and I agrees that under all circumstances, we, the people of a great country, the warriors of the mighty open Savannah, shall at the end march home with victory with nothing less that well functioning social democratic state that share resources in equal ratios. We must eradicate dependency syndrome. It makes the royal people of Kenya beggars when it’s not necessary.

Follow up of this correspondent shall come soon. May God our almighty bless you all.

By: Maasaiwarrior.

Posted by Jamii crew.

Prove Me Wrong Jeff!

Education: A lawyer by profession: Hon. Kaparo is a self made man. He was born in Tiamammut near Lentile and went to school in Doldol. A son of pastoral parents, Kaparo went through thick and thin to make it in life. He developed a lot of interest in education. He did extremely well for primary, Secondary, High school, University and post graduate studies amid a developed manifold.

His role in Development: Jeff is a product of Doldol secondary school, the only secondary school in the area apart from St. Francis Girls. I attended  the same school, a school

Kaparo built from scratch. All the schools in the area have a direct/indirect help from Him. I think the problem is not Kaparo but ourselves.

The young generation from the area seldom desire to take an active role in social responsibility. Remember that we can make an impact by helping our people in our own small ways. Currently, I am a member of an NGO that facilitates university education for bright needy girls from Kenya. We have already paid fees for 30 girls nationally; 4 are from the area. The benefits will eventually be accrued in the long run. Lets try to put a smile on the face of these poor people.

Land Issue: I would not wish to comment on the issue of white settlers because you may be right in the way it was handled, but let me dwell on the
the benefit we have obtained since Kaparo came to politics in 1988. We used to be confined to Mukogodo game reserve with migratory corridors only.

Ilpolei was principally set up to confine us to oblivion since we were known cattle rustlers. Kaparo gave us the scope of expansion; we moved and acquired

Lots and lots of land and now we have bought land even in Nanyuki town. I am in Nkare Ngiro, 15kms from Nanyuki town.

Dependency Ratios

we need to examine this issue more closely. Your mum is not a close relative of Kaparo. She may have been returned empty handed (although I highly doubt since Kaparo is extremely generous) but just imagine the number of dependence politicians have. He may be concentrating on his close relatives and your mum is far down the Kinship line.
 

Your education and medical school: Uncle, you took a certificate course in public health in Nakuru together with Mr. Taparia, Kaparo’s step brother. I remember very well that my wife was on her internship in Nakuru after finishing a diploma in clinical medicine & surgery in Nairobi. With all respect, uncle, you had not qualified for a diploma course in the area you desired. The minimum was a grade C (plain) overall with good passes in the sciences. Your grade was too far below. But hope is not lost after all. I personally, started at diploma level, to a Degree in Economics and I am now pursuing a Masters degree in economics at Kenya’s best university. 
 

Why elect him again? You want him to go back and seek a parliamentary seat? But according to you he has deserted the area and corrupt!
 

You have a good day.

Godfrey Kampan ole Putunoi

Published by Jamii.

Mr. Jeff Ole Ngais’s Letter To Hon. Ole Kaparo.

Ole Kaparo is well know in Kenya to be a very well-spoken, articulated and advance speaker, but he has presented himself to be the most dormant person among the Maasai people. Unfortunately, Ole Kaparo has let his own selfish motives go before the society’s need to democracy.

I am intentionally writing this letter to address the Speaker.

Hon. Ole Kaparo lacks motivation and has completely failed in exercising his democratic rights to help safe the marginalized indigenous Maasai people. While his fellow workmates laugh at him for lacking interest on matters so important for our survival. In our community (Maasai people), we never “attack” our family members unless it is unavoidable, and when we do so, we keep it within the family. All what happens within a family must stay within a family.
 
There is nothing more important than the family but apparently, X. Ole Kaparo has long forgotten this though demanding that we, the forgotten people shall, and must keep this rule and respect it till death do us part.  In the Maasai social order, all people, adult and children, have the right to resources, access and utilization of the resources is therefore a normal thing that not a single person lacks access to.  The Maasai people are therefore genuinely wondering why in the whole world would Ole Kaparo thing that he has the right to own all our resources for himself and get away with it without raising eye brows?

People are dying in your village while you shout to the top of your voice to keep order in a house far away from your own. “A dog cannot bark in two different homes at the same time” This is a Maasai expression which tells people that, if you want to keep security at your house, stay at home. Ole Kaparo has chosen to stay away from home and keeps on barking at others homes while his home is being raped by others, like women who were raped by the British soldiers and Ole Kaparo said nothing. Ole Kaparo’s house that he has deserted is used as a military training zone by who ever who has a military might, leading his people to be intimidated, his village children scared to death, many having been blown to death or maimed by  explosives left behind by soldiers, his village animals also been killed both by the bombs left by the British soldiers and Ole Kaparo never ever mentioned anything like compensation even when my colleagues and I at the former OSILIGI-( Organization for the survival of Il Laikipia Maasai Group Initiative), the now deregistered  human rights organization came up with advocacy and settled a case outside court with UK MOD- ministry of defense where United Kingdom decided to pay Mukogodo Maasai who were injured an compensation amount 7 million pounds.

Martyn Day won a £7m settlement last July for 228 Kenyans who were injured by unexploded bombs left on practice ranges by the army. Later, 3,500 more have come forward with similar accusations. While Ole Kaparo, my mother’s cousin, enjoys the access to our natural resources given to him by his democratic rights, the rest of his own community including my mother, Sokoyian Memusi Ngais, many of his family members and relatives, his Maasai community at large and his fellow brothers and sisters in Laikipia district, who are supposed to have the right to access resource and utilize them for their needs. are dying off due to hunger and long spell of droughts. 

In our society, our Maasai governing rules would never allow that Ole Kaparo dominates the whole society, with his un declared wealth. What is wrong with Ole Kaparo? Are just very selfish or you are entirely blind? A Maasai warrior is entitled to take care of his society. Before the white man came to Maasailand, we had the same system that we have now. It was a working social welfare system that provided for all. Like social democrats, the system gave opportunities for all members of the society to develop themselves within the framework of the guidelines provided by our democratic system. 
 
When Kausai Ole Kaparo was young, his father, a colonial chief, refused to sent him to school because school was understood by the Maasai people to be for the less favored un gifted children or You could be sent to school to please the colonial masters in that time if you happen to be from a broken family, single mother or if you are from the un favored wife in the polygamous family like in the case of Kausai Ole Kaparo. As you remember well, you went through hell. Your father refused to pay for your school fees claiming that his wealth could be spent better. Your colonial teachers must have reported the matter to the then chief who the alerted the masters.

The master came home and sold your fathers cows to pay for your school fees. Have you forgotten all this, the poor background that should make you remember the poor? My dear uncle! What has happened to you? What have they given you? Have you let the them corrupt you? Have they given you wealth so you keep your mouth shut? Why are you not advocating for your people?  You are with the president of the republic of Kenya everyday and you sit with decision makers controlling them that they behave but you are completely indiscipline yourself? Why are you so passive? Is it because of the passive chair they have given to you? The non partisan speaker’s chair? Your people are demanding you that you give the chair back and go back to active politics as soon as possible.

Laikipia East would elect you if you go back and work at home. You would then do wonders for Laikipia. You would be given a constituency of your own. The indigenous ignorant people need special care. The government should follow the conventional laws governing indigenous peoples’ right in order for them to be able to influence decision makers, in participating in decision making  processes on issues of social concern. The Maasai must be active in influencing Kenya and participating in building a democratic Kenya . Remember, Kenya is a democratic country and we underline the following fundamental constitutional demands which must be met otherwise we are not talking about democracy;

1. Freedom of opinion  including religion
2. Freedom of expression and freedom of press
3. The right to join political union and trade union organizations
4. The right to build parties and to take part in election.

The dilemma is therefore who are we going to elect if no one represents our needs? We elect people but as soon as they leave the village, they never ever turn back. “Tassai orgisoi le Nchachur!!” Check the metal gadget at the end of your sword!!

Even if on migration, making “bullshit huts”, you know the cow dung mini buses-like-huts along the way from region to region The Maasai knows where their home is.  They will always find home. Why Has Ole Kaparo lost his way? Are we too cheap for you? is it the poverty in our midst that is keeping you away? or is it the bad housing? or lack of water?

Could it be the begging mothers who stream at your home when they hear that you have come home but still return empty handed? Do you remember how many times my mother came to you begging for my college fees but returned empty handed? That she could not even be give the presidential bursary available? Why are you so selfish brother?

We chose Mwangi Kiunjuri! A “dynamic” teacher from another society. We thought he was going to do something for us.. Nothing!! Soon, we are going to vote for another looser just to go get fat and sleep in the parliament and forget us dying of hunger!!!!! Wake Maasai Leaders and you should be ashamed of yourselves due to your selfishness.

I still remember my tutor at Nakuru medical training college where I attended Environmental health course when he asked me, “Why did you not get an admission to a clinical officer course when you had good grades required?” I didn’t know what to answer. Then he went on commenting; “But aren’t you related to Ole Kaparo? Why doesn’t he help you? Then I said to him.. “Because he is very selfish!” I was so sad that I said that against my mother’s cousin but I need to face the reality to clear my consciousness. My mother’s cousin and many more Maasai leaders are very selfish. Like Lenana of the 1901, they are all rich while the rest of the Maasai people a below poverty line in fact, many of them are being threatened by extinction.

Remember, you will be answerable if Yiaku of Mukogodo forest disappears while you grow richer and lazier. Prove me wrong.

By A very angry MaasaiWarriorJune.

Bagarmossen Sweden .

Published by Jamii crew.

CCM diaspora branch to be launched in Stockholm.

Chama Cha Mwananchi CCM is delighted to announce that a Scandinavian Diaspora Branch will soon be launched in Stockholm. The Party Secretary General has been invited to attend the launch. All interested Kenyans and friends of Kenyans living in Sweden are welcome to the function. Venue of the launch will be announced soon by the interim Branch officials. You are all welcome. Karibuni. Jamii Crew. Lifted from CCM blog.