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This has been quite the amazing month in our political sphere and in Kenya at large. I really don’t know why comedians stick to the rubbery tasting tribal jokes when we have all this going on. Some amuse, some befuddle but all are part of our dear Kenya. Uhuru ‘big talk, no walk’ Kenyatta was at it again making a long-winded hollow address justifying the Anglo-leasing payment that will be(had already been) made. He took a swipe at the AG’s office for the failure and said that he has kept his stance but ‘was forced’ to make the payment otherwise we would not be eligible for the upcoming Euro-bond issue. The president who led a house committee investigating the matter back in the day had this to say about Anglo-leasing on April 5 th 2006- “I have no fear in saying that those individuals have no loyalty to this country but to themselves. They existed in the previous government and exist in the current one,” he said, referring to the Kanu regime under which the deal...

“Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live.” ― G.K. Chesterton , George Bernard Shaw O, let him pass. He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer. Shakespeare Nothing sparks more flames than discussions on life and death and perhaps the crux in this imperfectly weighing boat is our understanding of the nature and meaning life. This debate should include retrospect (looking at the cultures, traditions and norms that we held), the present (the extent to which they have changed and our willingness to re-draw the lines) and the future (the social, economic and normative effects.) The media, the purveyor of all things newsworthy (arguable) have for a long time portrayed euthanasia as an individual decision with effects on the individual only but matters of this magnitude may apart from being prone to abuse, have an e...