RE: Kibaki roareth

hi everyone! yes twas the silence reminiscent of the mute. but am back!
Happy thanksgiving y'all! saying that coz we got to givre thanks for the little we have. In the aftermath of this referendum, Kibaki dun did it! His critics had written him off as a senile,gutless, post-golf husk of a man.But wen push came to punch, Othaya did us proud. Let's just hope things dont get out of hand. Since he fired the whole cabinet, vibe has been rife about the turmoil we'll end up in. Went to a Kao barber shop and the Kaos were rogain the way we'll see melee if Kalonzo is excluded from the next cabinet. Luos are here chanting "Tsunami!" if Agwambo is relegated to the doldrums of govt business. Halfway thru my cut, some Masai rushed in chanting war cries on behalf of Ntimama if their king is not returned to his throne.
all we can do is sit, watch, eat and gain weight, and hope that his decision will unite the nation towards our development goals.

Salaams: digital referendum

Salaams people...

I know i know, lost, nimepotea .
(can u tell since turning 23 aIve grown a tad impatient??)

So Nov the 21st eh...d day is here. Hope u've all got your registration cards...

I thought it was kind of a bummer that we in the diaspora were not able to contribute to such a momentous time in our country's destiny - so in that i frustration i & chriso thought of recreating our own ka mini digital refurendum of our own.

Only we didnt want to recreate the trivializing and piliticizing that is this whole orange/ banana craziness, we thought it more prudent to actually READ the constitution, identify which issues we thought contentious (and yes we could be wrong), and then vote and discuss these issues.

So we:

1. Got our hands on the wako draft constitution.

2. chopped it up into chapters and sections.

3. through the results into a BLOG.

4. Modified the commenting form to mimic a virtual ballot: so for each section, you can vote Yes/No and optionally give reasons or views on your position.

5. We tally these Yes/No's (on the fly) of only what we thought were the nationally contentious issues:

Appointment and functions of prime minister

State Functions of the President

Dual citizenship

Unit of devolution

I purposely didn't hotlink them so that you can browse through the referendum blog and find em.

6. We display the results in a mock up 'referendum watch' on Nchi Yetu Daily.

Now given the speed with which this fun lil project was put up - rest assured it is far from full proof : you currently can vote more than once for an issue - although we are somewhat naively optimistic that Kenyan bloggers are far to busy to get involved in such petty malice and will be responsible digital citizens.

Anyway I urge you all to piga those virtual milolongos and encourage others with internet access to participate as well by emailing the link to NYD and Referendum blog. Voting is anonymous, although email is required ONLY to avoid spamming. If there is anything worth forwarding, it is this chance to virtual referendum vote.

Happy voting wananchi!

Constitution Advertising

I was driving home jana evening along Uhuru Highway, when i heard some guys on radio [who sounded kidogo like Deux Vultures] singing the tune 'Easy like Ndizi. Vote Yes!' . While earlier in the morning on my way to work along the same Highway (in creeping traffic) i heard the No tune 'I am Sober. Vote No!'

Its amazing how much these guys have spent on advertising and campaigning for their respective positions. Any loss of votes will surely not be for want of a tidy campaign budget on either side.

Sikiza musiki: Orange No Campaign- Mapambo, I am Sober, No Hatuitaki
Banana Yes Campaign- Song 1, Song 2, Song 3. (I'm not hating- their songs just don't have titles!)

Please do vote!

RE: what...marriage?

good for Cherry...but my memory fail me. Cowi u say she was in our class?
by the way Deno, since ur my tech guru, could you help me with a free web hosting service? am designing a site for a class project and am hpoing to get a few ideas on banners,flash ads and eweb site stickability.