05/13/2007
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Re: Miguna in Political Deep waters
Joab,
Following your unsolicited advice to Nyando people,
I have
four points:
- Arrogance is not going to end floods, or poverty or lack of clean water and poor infrastructure in Nyando. In fact, arrogance as an ideology, will end up just doing the opposite. Somebody who has primitive people skills cannot harness people's energies to do anything, even to build a path bridge, leave alone tame perennial floods.
- May be Joab has stayed outside for too long and has forgotten dholuo, and now he is telling us rather arrogantly that the word "arrogance" means "thuon" in dholuo? Ka ng'ano? American Luo?
For your information,
Joab, arrogance is not and has never been the
same thing as "Thuon". Arrogance in dholuo is called "achaye" or "chayo ji".
Thuon in English is heroic, strength and bravery.
Fabled Thuond Luo (Heroes of the Luo) included Gor Mahia, Lwanda Magere,
Ng'ong'a K'odima, Okore Mak'Ogonda etc. At no instance have these heroes's
characteristics been described as arrogance. Instead, they have been associated
with bravery, leadership, fortitude, grace under pressure, inclusiveness consideration
and humility (if somebody calls you uncle, just call them nephew and move
on, don't start asking them "which of my sisters gave birth to you?" Learn
from Uncle Moody).
There is only one
way that the word thuon can be used in reference to arrogance of the Miguna
type. Thuon also has a negative connotation. You know those people who are
naturally uncooperative, anarchistic, "I must have my way-I am better than
you-you are not in my league-who the f__ are you?- you mother__f___do you
know me?- I have so much money in the bank-I went to Osgood Hall law school-I
drive an SL 280-I am known all over the world type of
behaviour?"--yes, in that case it can be called arrogance--but
there is another word for it--"achach" . People can say "ng'ane thuon", but
the word thuon is being misused. Achach is more correct. Now if you look at
the other translations of arrogance--"achaye"--you can see the root connection
between "achach" and "achaye"
"ng'ane ochayo
ji" (so and so despises people), and "ng'ane achach" (so and so is a shit-disturber).
Thus, both arrogance (achaye) and forcefulness
(achach) are not and have never been ingredients for leadership anywhere,
even if we go back to antiquity. Such a person is not a leader and is unsuitable
for national position of Member of Parliament, least of all for Nyando where
there is need for uniting people from diverse backgrounds, being an up and
coming cosmopolitan area. Anybody whose biggest strength is achaye is least
qualified to lead a people of whom the majority live below the poverty line.
So it is highly arrogant on the part of joab to suggest that jokano needs
an arrogant leader, as if we are all primitive. We may be poor but we are
civil people.
- Yes, Nyamunga has failed as a leader and should be replaced. But not with somebody whose only credential is being a loud barking dog for Raila Odinga. We need a leader not a barking dog. We need real leaders who can mobilize our energies to achieve greater things, not somebody who thinks that he can embellish his resume and will be anointed by Raila. We all know the dangers of anointment that took place in 2002 that led us to have people like Nyamunga representing us in parliament. We hear money changed hands. So the nominations were for sale. That's why the MPs from the Luo region are very arrogant with respect to the people, because they are really not the representatives of the people in technical terms, but representatives of Raila. They do not have to respect or serve the people because it was not the people who elected them (apart from being mere rubber stamps). The only person they need to respect and serve is Raila, their true employer. They don't have to perform or serve to enhance people's lives during their term. They report to work at Raila's functions then they go home and sleep. They and lie with impunity. They go to parliament for technicality reasons so their seats are not declared vacant. All they need is Raila's blessing to say "ng'ane tosha" and the people's votes mean nothing.
All they need is
to shout themselves hoarse how they support Riala. All they need are photos
they took with Raila, how they picked Rialia from the airport, how they fundraised
for Riala. Then they can tell you with a straight face that they are going
to be MPs whether you like it or not, your votes notwithstanding. So what's
the difference between Nyamunga and Miguna? Apart from the fact that the former's
name starts with an N and the latter's starts with an M? The first is a devil
we know, while the second is a devil we don't know. Now we are being told
the latter's one major differentiating quality is arrogance, apart from
being a loud barking dog. Yawa nyithindwa jo ka ma, to iyanyo wa
kama nikech ang'o? Wakoso ang'o?
- Now to add insult to injury, yaani
"medo ayany ewi hinyruok". How dare you joab compare a political "oyundi"
like Miguna with the great son of
Onyango arum tidi
winyo maduong is not a quisling, neither is he or has he ever been a lap dog
of anybody. Onyango Arum moved the people of Nyando and Muhoroni from the
eighteenth century to the twentieth century. Onyango Arum has never needed
to pad his resume. He is not an arrogant fool who prattles about irrelevancies
like "you will never go to Osgoode
High School
Law School
Spare us the arrogant
lecture on the usefulness of arrogance, and first take your poodle to the
High school of life. Then come back and beg politely for our votes., or else
ng'ooooooooooooo! Kata kansila ok iyudi (you won't get even councillorship).
An ka mogeni,
Afuwo K'adhiang'
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