not yet punditik

image from  http://www.picturequotes.com Social media cannot agree where this came from – there was a debate some time back – I forget on which group.  I think, but I may be wrong, that it was originally writing by a member of Kilimani Mums, or one of its myriad breakaway groups, who after a facebook soliloquy of her life and times, signed off with “cha muhimu ni uhai”.  Of importance is life. I agree.   Because life as we and google know it - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death - is the only thing that makes me, me.   Plus its the only thing that’s brought me here, and its end – death – is what takes me out of here.   So for my stay here on earth, of importance is life. But what is life?   Where did it start?   What starts life?   What is its purpose?   Where does life go? ...

image from treasurefromheaven.org Online they say. Live and let live. So long as I am not harming anyone else. You will know you don’t know [utajua hujui]. Do not judge. Struggle with your own state [pambana na hali yako]. Of importance is life [bora uhai]. It is burning you where [inakuwasha wapi]. Be thinned by yours [Hȋjio ni ciaku]. Let me be thinned by mine [Nȋke hȋjio nȋ ciakwa]. They turn political and say. The razor blade is the same one [wembe ni ule ule]. Army ants [thuraku]. Come out come out [kumira kumira]. Ruto will never be president. Raila will never be president. Kenya is a fertile country, able to feed herself and export surplus. Food is no longer grown in Kenya because fertilizer, brokers and imports. Milk farmers cannot sell to their neighbour. Manure cannot be used to fertilise the land. A national medical fund exists. We raise money annually for neonatal care. Trained medical personnel are unemployed. Do...