Re: I was ordained by the late Father Messiah Melkio of Legio Maria, at Nyalenda slum

Mr. Odundo

It is ridiculous, unreasonable and foolish to refer to Baba Messiah as a false Prophet. I have always tried to limit myself when it comes to matters of religion because I believe that religion is a private matter guarding our own private lives. With due respesct Sir, you've got no express right to abuse other peoples faith. My advice is, please don't attack other peoples Legio Maria and glorify your own as the only true faith.

Baba Messiah was nothing but a peacefull Soul, an apostle of humanity, peace and amity. His prophesies like global warming, etc. has come to pass. Baba Messiahs' teachings captured and uplifted many people in East Africa. His emphasis on Luo unity, African Church, economic integration and communal harmony is an aspect always to be remembered and transmitted from one generation to the other. He was against infighting, classification of society based on education, socio-eco' status and the branding game which we are now re-inventing here.

Many of us fought our wars in Kenya, why can't we stop it and unite in confronting real problems facing the Luo Nation; diseases, low education standards etc., now that we are in a different environment.

It's bad to note that the Luo Nation remain at crossroads while we continue our online wars unabated.

The under 5yrs death mortality currently stand at 38 percent in Luoland. Life expectancy of a Luo man in Kano, Alego, Dhiwa , Rongo etc is 39 years. Put differently; if the under five mortality rate is 38 out of one hundred, after 5-39yrs mortality at 10 percent. The life expectancy at 39 years of age, where will be the Luo Nation in 2050??. Think about that!! So bring your inteligence man, fight those figure as an inteligent Luo!

As people living in the industrialised world, we must stop this useless war of attacking each other, some of us in the diaspora transformation have many degrees and we don't sign our names using those degrees because at the end of the day, it doens't really matter. I've met many people in the west here with PhDs and they dont even append their qualifications as Dr. Prof. etc their letters. Our people still live in the past, thinking of their degees all the time. This is primitivity of the highest degree, lets be smart guys.

What really matters is how you use your influence in dealing with urgent matters that needs immediate attention in Luo land i.e. Education, Healthcare, Investment etc. No Luo jimbo, no Luo organised religious community, no Luo political movement, no Luo youth movement, no Luo women development initiative, no Luo professional caucus can prosper if Luo Nation does not prosper.

Lets drop jealousy and promote love. I speak to you as someone who is really troubled with the skeleton data I've just shared with you. Although I dont know some of you personally, I still believe in you as my brothers and sisters who want our people to have good lives. For this to be realised, we must work together and stop Luo propensity. The transformation of Luo Land has just began, it is not run by uniteligent Luos as Mr. Odundo wants us to believe. I dont consider myself inteligent but at the sane time I ma not a fool or anyones foot soldier. I wish to state here that this pakruok mar somo is one of our biggest weaknessess as a community. Once you start discriminating your own brothers and sisters based on their level of their education, you cease to be a team player.

It is not surprising that in the course of this transformation things happen which are not always to our liking. So I do not look upon these matters, annoying and irritating as they are, as things which are frightening. They have to occur and in fact, the way they are occurring is an indication that we are marching ahead and that all the suppressed urges in us are coming up and we are fighting the evils which come in our way.

All over the world, inteligent people through their home governments have invested massive amount of dollars to help attract foreign investment. Let us do the samme!! We also have to understand one important point....Investors are not in business of pork-barrelling.

Last baut not least, we just need to attract 10 big investments every year for ten years, thats all we need to have an economy in Luo land. This can be realised only if we work together and guard against the disruptive tendencies. I say, pessimists who have perfected the art of opposing anything they are not in. Those who raise their heads whenever an occasion offers itself. Our people are leading stone age lifestyles because the so called elites are not leading them well. This is what this transformation is all about. We need big time investors in Luo nation and not briefcase NGOs and donations.

William ODuor