You need to be attention-span-maxing.
Watch 3 hour talks. Read books for hours at a time. Watch the entire movie, without taking a break. Stare into space losing yourself in thought and imagination. Do not check your phone. The opposite of brain-rot is the will to focus in a culture which wants to pull you every other way.
The doctors wanted her as PS because of the work she did in prisons.
The PS is incompetent even as an English graduate, not just because she didn't study medicine. Someone saying "let's not politicize matters" didn't understand her theory class. The decision of the US to bring ebola here was political. So the PS should not be telling us not to politicize matters. The matters are already political.
Two, Oluga is pushing the same agenda and he has a masters in medicine. Is he competent, then?
Kenya's problem is political education, not technical expertise. Educated Kenyans are gloriously ignorant and proudly lacking in what Yvonne Owuor called (yes, she's a writer) "historical intelligence." It's a problem across all professions in Kenya. The ebola quarantine in health is conservation in ecology and CBC in education. Educated Kenyans, especially in the government, lack philosophical knowledge and are competently pro-imperialist.
The tragedy here is that Jaramogi spotted the problem with the civil service in 1965 when he and other politicians started the Lumumba Institute. It was quickly shut down through the scheming of Mboya and the Americans. That's how we got Sessional Paper no 10 of 1965 to make Kenyan civil servants solidly capitalist. Capitalism is solidly anti-intellectual. That's why the civil servants have no clue about the geopolitical arena they're operating in.
I wrote this post in June 2022,
Read it carefully,
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I have been an active internet user since 2003.
In 2000, I first got an email [email protected]. (I cannot remember the domain name, but in those days, there was no Gmail or Yahoo in Kenya.)
I have been an active mobile internet user since 2007 February.
My first internet-enabled phone was the Motorola 7i.
During this era, browsing was almost free of charge.
Therefore, I have the experience to see scammers and liars by just observing their characters online.
By just reading what you have written, I will deduce your intention and disarm you right away.
There are thousands of criminals online preying on your ignorance, especially on the pretext of Crypto and FOREX.
You have all read how a young man in Kenya was brutally murdered alongside three men for allegedly scamming someone of USD 10,000 on the pretext of Crypto windfalls.
I want to reiterate to you that there is no shortcut to wealth creation. You must work hard and sweat.
Ignore platitudes like "work smart", etc. You must work hard. You must toil and soil your fingers.
Even Elon Musk told his employees to go to work in the office or get fired.
The people who show you opulence and poshness on social media are mostly con men and criminals. - and this includes politicians.
80% of politicians running for elective seats are deplorable criminals, conmen, sluts, prostitutes, hooligans, racketeers, hoodlums, jailbreaks, scofflaws, felons and thieves.
They are running for elective seats to launder the money they have scammed from people or stolen from public coffers. - and then use their political powers to hide from the judicial system while continuing to steal.
When you see people posting posh houses, expensive clothes, and exquisite vehicles while showing you how they are living a lavish lifestyle, followed by a Bible quote or quotes by famous people, just know they are simply showing you a red herring to distract you from seeing their criminal intent.
Those are criminals.
You cannot be a millionaire overnight.
You cannot bet or gamble your way into wealth.
As a man, the system is rigged against you, therefore, you have no choice but to work as hard as you can to get out of poverty.
If you refuse to listen, you will be hunted by the people you have scammed or the security system, and you will be brutally murdered.
Most of these men are simps who are scamming people to please random women.
Live honestly and genuinely.
Be content with the small you have.
Don't be in a rush, be patient.
#MasculinitySaturday
My dear friends and colleagues. 16 girls in Utimishi Academy were fatally set ablaze by their fellow students!!
Bad adults are not an accident. They are a project. A project that started at age 5 when a child talked back to an adult and the parent laughed and said, "Huyu mtoto ni tough kama mimi"
A project that continued at age 10 when the child threw a tantrum in public and nobody said a word.
A project that matured at age 15 when the teenager disrespected a teacher and the parent showed up at school to defend the child.
A project that graduated at age 25 when a fully grown adult cannot keep a job because they cannot take correction from anyone.
Nobody wakes up at 30 and suddenly becomes rude, entitled, dishonest, and impossible to deal with.
That software was installed early.
By parents who were allergic to the word "no."
"Mtoto wangu asiumizwe."
"Usimshoutie."
"Let the child express themselves."
Express themselves into what, exactly?
A menace?
Because that is what happened.
You let your child talk back to elders and called it confidence.
You let them break rules and called it creativity.
You let them disrespect boundaries and called it independence.
Now they are 28.
They cannot hold a relationship because they have never been told they are wrong.
They cannot keep a job because they argue with every supervisor. They cannot take feedback without crying victim.
And you are wondering what happened.
You happened.
You skipped the most important part of parenting.
Discipline.
Not beating. Discipline.
Teaching a child that actions have consequences. That "no" is a complete sentence. That apologizing is not weakness. That respecting people is not optional.
These are lessons that must be taught early. Because the world will not teach them gently.
Schools do not raise children. The internet does not raise children. TikTok does not raise children. Church does not raise children.
Parents do.
And if you refuse to correct your child, society will do it for you.
Society has no patience. No mercy. No second chances.
Prisons are full of people who were never told "sit down" at age 7.
Broken homes are full of adults who were never taught emotional regulation at age 12.
Unemployment lines are full of people who were never told "do it again properly" at age 15.
You had the chance to shape them.
You chose comfort over correction.
And now the world is dealing with the result.
Raise children with manners. With respect. With accountability. With the understanding that the world owes them nothing and character determines everything.
Otherwise, you are not raising a child.
You are manufacturing a future problem.
And society will send you the bill.
In low trust environments, be polite and cordial, yet brief. Minimise attack surface: share little personal information. Ignore provocations and be unprovocative. Be unopinionated. Express uncertainty when pressed. Do not emote. Avoid attachments. You are there, but not present.