shaffie godana..

Works with SRC. Formerly - Universities Fund, @Citizentvkenya @ntvkenya @Kenya Red Cross. Culture, Gender &Nature advocate. Documentaries/Features lover.

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With the legend himself, Lemarti, the mind behind the hit song Oyee, with millions of views & many other Samburu classics. One of the most level-headed artists to emerge from the pastoralist regions. A rare gem.

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[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Bonaya Adhi Godana was born in 1952 in Dukana, a Gabra settlement pressed against the winds of the Chalbi Desert.

He grew up herding camels, his bare feet hardened by stone and sand, his eyes trained on horizons that seemed endless.

In those days, classrooms were as rare as rain, and politics belonged to distant towns.

Yet the Gabra elders, in a moment of communal foresight, released the boy to the Consolata Fathers.

“Waaqa haa eebbisu,” one elder said — may God bless him.

The nearest school lay seventy kilometres away in North Horr.

The journey was long, but destiny often hides in long journeys.

At Marsabit Boys High School, his brilliance startled teachers.

At Meru School, three straight A’s confirmed what the desert had whispered: this boy carried a mind sharpened like a spear.

By 1976, he graduated top of his class at the University of Nairobi with First Class Honours in law.

London gave him a Master’s degree, Geneva a Ph.D. in international law.

Returning home, he lectured at Nairobi, rising to Chairman of Public Law.

Yet academia was too narrow for a man whose vision stretched across deserts and borders.

In 1988, he entered politics as the first MP for North Horr.

Parliament, often noisy and theatrical, found in him a calm, incisive voice.

President Daniel arap Moi, watching from State House, remarked to aides: “That young man argues with the precision of a judge and the patience of a herdsman.”

Moi appointed him Assistant Minister, then Deputy Speaker.

In 1998, he became Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The Horn of Africa was trembling.

Ethiopia and Eritrea were locked in war, the Oromo Liberation Front stirred unrest, and Kenya’s fragile alliance with Addis Ababa threatened to unravel.

Godana, scholar and son of the frontier, stepped into the storm.

He led delegations to Ethiopia, speaking with clarity and firmness.

“Foreign policy,” he told diplomats in 2001, “is not the property of one clan or one tribe. It is the shield of the nation.”

But firmness carried a price.

Joint operations against OLF sympathizers angered Borana leaders like Abdi Tari Sasura and Guracha Galgallo.

In Parliament, accusations flew.

“You target us unfairly,” Sasura thundered.

Godana, unshaken, replied, “I target only what threatens Kenya. Nothing more, nothing less.”

The chamber fell silent, the weight of his words heavy as desert stones.

His stature grew.

In 2002, whispers of succession reached State House.

Evangelical leaders, alarmed by rumours, sought Moi’s ear.

“We cannot have a Muslim succeed you,” they pleaded.

Moi, iron‑willed, rebuked them sharply: “Dr. Godana is a baptized Catholic. He is a Christian like you. Do not insult me with ignorance.”

The delegation left in shame, their protest dissolved by truth.

Transferred to Agriculture, Godana survived the 2002 elections and became Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

Yet his heart remained tethered to Marsabit.

Through his NGO, the Pastoralist Integrated Support Programme (PISP), he dug boreholes, built water systems, offered scholarships.

“Water is life,” he told villagers in Dukana, “and education is the second water.”

His words, simple yet profound, echoed Achebe’s wisdom: opportunity awakens courage, even in the most unlikely places.

Then came April 10, 2006.

A plane lifted from Nairobi, carrying Godana and his rivals — Sasura, Galgallo, Ngoyoni — toward a peace meeting in Marsabit.

Suspense hung in the air.

Could enemies become allies?

Could Marsabit’s wounds be healed?

The plane never arrived.

It fell from the sky, scattering lives across the earth.

Thirteen died, three survived.

Professor Yash Pal Ghai, constitutional scholar, later reflected: “His death was not just the loss of a man. It was the silencing of a disciplined mind, a nationalist who believed law could tame chaos.”

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Wanafunzi Wapigwa Marsabit:

Watoto 36 wa Shule ya Maikona wanauguza majeraha

Wanafunzi wadaiwa kukaidi agizo la kusherehekea

Katibu wa Elimu Julius Bitok asema uchunguzi waanza

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[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@citizentvkenya @SamGituku Very well articulated!

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[Almamy Moha @AlmamyMoha_]

“ Senator wetu Kwani anataka nilale na yeye ” - this is the utterance of Isiolo Governor to Senator Fatuma Dullo on Nagaa Radio station last night. This Disrespectful and unethical utterance by Isiolo Governor is not only to @SenDullo but to women leaders in Kenya

Cc @CA_Kenya

[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@BonfaceNjagi_ @ChalbiSafari @AdanoSabdhe @YussufIbra @Mohamedida @GuyoDkay @WGAdhe1 @guyoabdubaumuro @LeonLidigu @magicalkenya @BonayaIsacko Yes, very common and the locals do not seek treatment from health facilities but prefer their traditional ways of getting rid of the poison from the body. Survival for the fittest!

[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@QabaleD Wah I’m so sorry my dear. This is painful. We can never judge His plans for us and so I pray for your healing mama Hirkena. Waaqi sijajabesin through this tough journey.

[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@Donsarigo Some of us have lost tens of relatives to cancer including parents. Children have been orphaned and young dreams shattered by this monster. It is so painful. I hope one day we get justice that we deserve.

[DENNIS ONSARIGO @Donsarigo]

In 2014 Ktnnews undertook an in-depth investigation into widespread cancer cases in Marsabit County. From Maikona to Kargi, tens of people were in their final stages of dying from stomach and throat cancer.
I went back there years later and I found new cases; those I had interviewed had died.
Nema had ordered the closure of a well in Kargi after more than four hundred goats died after drinking water from the well.
The deaths occurred after a huge flood where water from the Kargi desert - where the nuclear waste was dumped - found its way to the town's water table.

Experts told me that Meru ( water) and Nairobi which consume livestock from the region stand a risk of developing cancer cases. It is happening.

Links to the stories below!

https://t.co/lcP1xZ9Kgb

https://t.co/Yztkxeyaax

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29th Ramadhan 1445H will be on 9.04.2024. Eid ul Fitr shall either be on 10th or 11th April 2024 depending on the sighting of the Shawal crescent 1445H. For logistical reasons, the Eid ul Fitr Public Holiday shall be on Thursday 11.04. 2024.
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[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@Uber_Support It‘s all good now. Thanks.

[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

This is unacceptable.

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@moluboya Heroes of our time

[shaffie godana.. @ShaffieG]

@MarkMasai Well done my brother @MarkMasai! I’m proud of you

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