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babslepe:
Alexxo I actually stayed in Kenya for 6 months 2015 .You are not getting the point no insults intended, most capital and major cities in the world are very busy that is a known fact .Alexxo you are a Kenyan am a Nigerian we all are Africans we need to control what and what we say about our countries on media. Most of these developed and developing countries have their bad and down sides also but you rarely read about it on the media but we Africans just pour everything on the media I wonder how this even got to the front page we need to start educating ourselves and do away with the trash journalism this bloggers are doing, we need to stop stereotyping ourselves this cankerworm has eaten so deep if you just type any African country on Google you will be so shocked to see the search result 65 percent of what will come back is negative. In other countries and continents we are all grouped and considered as one it is only we the Africans that can differentiate this person is a Nigerian these other one is a Kenyan or Ghanaian. It has gotten so bad even the big news giants (CNN, Al Jazeera,bbc) when they want to advertise an African Program like for example inside Africa must they show malnourished kids or war torn regions or they show wild life and animals like Africa is a Jungle and you can see lions and wild Animals all over the place but when they want to advertise an european program they show skyscrapers lovely beaches and good scenery even Asia that have dead countries they dont portray the way we Africans are being portrayed.
Most foreigners that have not been to Africa when you pick up a discussion with them you will be so shocked when they tell you how they see Africa. I would not blame them but it is what they see on TV and read on the internet. Am actually very happy a Kenyan is on a Nigerian forum like this who knows how many other foreigners are on the forum so such worthless news that adds no value to anyone should be frowned at and should not even make it's way to front page if you actually see some neighbourhood (all those housing projects) in America you will be so shocked that place is in America but they dont bring their dirty linen outside to wash. Alexxo you would not like it if you are not granted admission into a facility or venue cause of your skin colour cos most Asians that are my colleagues keep saying Africans are naturally wicked and full of hate. My people in the house we should fight this course together there are other interesting topics on the forum that can make front page not this worthless piece of article that add no value to any one or anything .Lets try to control what we put on the media and social media about our countries and continent do you know countries like America have very high crime rate more than most countries in the world but they dont put it out there. The internet never forgets. How is it our business if you fly to naija every 2 days or whether you have dated a Nigerian or done business with Nigerians you were not coerced or forced to do any of these things so she should fence and gate her useless issues to herself and her family and carry her attention seeking self elsewhere, if you read and digest what she wrote I can only see a woman that has been used and dumped trying to console herself ,did anybody ask her any questions before all this many many talk na wa.NO BE SHE GO TELL US SAY NA FISH DEY INSIDE GEISHA

This "I am an African and so are you " bull will never wash! My experience living in at least SEVEN African countries has taught me that we are DIFFERENT. VERY DIFFERENT.
Ethiopians are kind and courteous almost to a fault. Always drinking coffee at the slightest excuse.

Zimbos are amicable but I always detect some latent hostility to african foreigners.

Then come the Senegalese>>> aaaah my oh my, one of my absolute favorite africans, they just are all so into family and honest labor and they cook so well. Senegalese are also courteous, they are fantastic Muslims who mostly avoid extremist thinking, and haven't abolished all African cultural practices like endless drumming. In fact, i get angry when nigerians try to steal Jollof Rice from senegambia when its clear as day who invented it.

Ugandans are just into the good life and are spendthrift in their habits.

Tanzanians are so courteous, they dislike the "crude " mannerisms and tribal attitudes of her northern neighbours. The profusion of greetings will overwhelm you esp if you're a mongrel from the northern neighbour. Kiswahili is Tanzanians national tongue and they can't understand why long term strangers in their midst cannot pick it up. English use is generally frowned upon.

Cameroonians invented partying or its the national religion, i really don't know. All i know is am glad to have met and partied with loads of them in my more carefree days.

Abeg, Africans no be same oooh. Africa is NOT a monolith.

In Uganda, they are building a standard gauge railway, and there is a section where they will build some mega bridges. I have seen the drawings and they will oust some of the ones here.

Blueberrie:
Ok, why are we comparing the whole entire Kenya to the city of Lagos? Going by what you said earlier that all Kenyans are lazy, unmotivated and dependent on the British simply because the economy of one state is larger than Kenya's economy is kind of an unfair comparison.. what about the rest of Nigeria? Does that mean that every Nigerian is more hardworking than the average Kenyan simply becuz you compared Lagos to the whole of Kenya?

Next time I hear someone use that blasphemous "lazy " line on a hardworking Kenyan who isn't into crime, I'm gonna flatten someboris head even flatter. That useless GDP line, we killed it in the thread bout kenya being ahead in all aspects. Karibu.

muafrika2 na wengine, shukeni hapa mara that that

Omadachi:
I have been to Kenya four times.They always get intimidated when they come across Nigerians.Wheather they like it or not we are force to reckon with in Africa.Just that our leaders are just messing us up.
This write up should be thrown to the thrash bin.

Rubbish! Am personally NOT "intimidated " by your lot! What's intimidating about Nigerians anyway? That is apart from a terrible reputation everywhere in the world they go.
The lady just made a personal observation about the general average Joe in Nigeria is loud, rude, disrespectful and are always speaking like its a effing boxing match with Floyd Mayweather every single minute you are alive. Coming from a comparatively saner country, she's going crazy not coz she is, but her environment is! FYI, your countrymen are all over our country, doing all sorts of shenanigans, being rude to locals, while speaking their strange incomprehensible languages at them. You folks also act like you own the place, just the other day some crazy Nigerian stabbed his countryman over money in a small kenyan town in a way our people are not accustomed to. Abeg, let me be mumu over crazy anyday.
I mean WTF!

gbengress1:
I was surprised to see this (condom dispenser) in a Kenya bank's toilet . However, my Kenyan friends said it is everywhere. I think it is high time we have this in many of our companies here in Nigeria .

And what is so strange about this? Do Nigerians live in a convent? Sometimes i can't understand how y'all think!

Beey:
Nakuelewa.Zilianza kuvuka.Yes but on that particular day, we waited for them to cross.Unfortunately, one of the tour trucks got stuck at the front of the river.Thay scared them and they went back.The people that I can almost tell by their physique are the Sudanese and Ghanaians too.Nigerians in general are taller than Ghanaians.But one can't always guess.

Hehehe live some more and gain ever greater experience. Alot of Kenyans and some Zambians tend to have prominent foreheads, you stick out !! More pics

Beey:
LOL, what's with my facial structure?

Hahahaaa, busted! People can tell each other apart y'know. I can tell a nigerian from a Kenyan by the looks,gait and walking style. Have the wildebeests started crossing?

obaaderemi:
World Cup qualification is a foregone conclusion for Nigeria.The important thing now is for us to prepare well and go with a winning mentality.But we need to maintain this team.

wishing super eagles all the best, qualification for Russia seems certain now. Don't take this as bad belle, but i really don't take all super eagles teams since the Kanu Okocha Finidi era seriously. Even the one that won the 2013 CAN. That was the golden era of nigerian football which these young fellas like Iwobi and Kelechi just cannot hack. I especially admired Finidi, chai! that was real midfielder.
Question : with all the undeniably fantastic youth talent in Nigeria at youth level, why hasn't this translated into continental, talk less of global, dominance?

Abagworo:
They should have let the results be for national interest.

the National interest was to have a free, fair and credible process. That didn't happen.

TonyeBarcanista:
It isn't about being ignorant, it is about getting justice. It doesn't matter whether or not the apex court declared Odinga as the lawful winner or called for a fresh election altogether Is immaterial. Whether Odinga wins the rerun or Kenyatta wins is also immaterial. We should be after justice irrespective of our individual sentiment.


The election was marred with irregularities.. That's a fact!!!

correct Tonye, it was shambolic in execution and spirit..
Dear SmallSimba Ps: The general outline of the decision by the CJ was given and a detailed one is sure to come. BTW the 2013 decision was scoriated around the world by legal scholars and thoroughly embarrassed the legal profession in Kenya, if not just for its sheer lack of jurisprudence, but for its lack of substance since it was long on procedure and short on the truth, which it also failed to acknowledge. That being said, its not about Raila (hate him/love him/neutral), its about the need for a free and fair process, which it wasn't. This will no doubt open the way for more petitions for other positions as well from governor to local reps. This is the beginning of the end of electoral authoritarianism in Africa. There are several places in Africa where open and serious electoral fraud takes place, Uganda and Zimbabwe come instantly to mind.

TayserMahiri:
Its really puzzling who will hold the election. Do we get angels or wat? What if no one gunner's 50+1 in 60 days? If irregularities occur back to the Court? Constitutional crisis?? We might have a new president Next Year

Might be supervised by neutral body but certainly not IEBC.

TayserMahiri:
We might have to call UN to hold the next one

Agreed.

Speaking as a Kenyan, the irregularities were too glaring. Everything from computer algorithms to fake polling stations to improbable results

Houston, yesterday

PissedYagami:
Father and daughter offering voters water @ Highridge Primary.
Can you see more Indians voting? Thats for Noweuse, geniluv, 68816419 and others who constatly yap here.

Excellent! I voted in one of the embakasi constituencies and there was one hilarious kenyan asian gentleman who kept the queue entertained with his anecdotes.
My very first class teacher in std 1 was a very very very very strict one by the name of miss Sheikh. I still shudder even after so many years of how she drummed maths into my head, and am all the better for it, so I won't complain.

mechoau:
so while waiting at the park if I may see a bus to town because it was around 5am. another 3set of female police officer came asking why my cab hasn't come to pick me up. but I told them I just arrived nt quite long that I will wait till d cab man comes but they said they want to see my hotel booking which i gave them and they said am lying that any cab is not coming for me that I should just bring something for them or else I will land my self in station I keep begging them that I don't have money but they keep threatening me with let's go to station but they later collected 40dollar. life in Kenya is fully of bribe even if you are caught wth any offences and u have money, believe me you have no problem if you are loaded with money in Kenya u will enjoy their police

O boy O boy! My fren, you have landed in a hyenas den.Allow naijalander and other nigerians in Nairobi get you out of your self inflicted harm. I wouldn't even wish this for my worst enemy. Remember failing to plan is planning to fail. Never do this again!

Have you covered ALL of Africa? I hope you realize how large it is?

Long live democracy!

akeeen:
did he like jump through time?




Lalasticlala

What's your issue with this man's ID? How did you get hold of it?

[quote author=SweetJoystick post=59309180]Lol it is sad reality. Africa is backward, except for a few African countries [p/quote]
I presume you have travelled extensively within Africa?

freshest4live:
Why is Odinga against this result.

He is alleging fraud in tallying

Muafrika2:
Undisputed

Mostly Kalenjins. They live in the Rift valley highlands.

Yes, true. Some think all kenyans can run marathons! False! In other news, am the undisputed, unchallenged champion of the 10 m dash from sofa to fridge in both house and office! And then some!

SweetJoystick:
backward African nations

Explorers, look at some of your countrymen and their choice words! I voted yesterday at the stroke of 1 pm and accompanied by all my kids. Long live democracy!

Sham democracy in a republic ruled by fear! Elections do not a democracy make.

Hbuyosh:
This is just one of the prodigious reports out there by the pseudo- scientists, the pseudo- intellectuals, activists, religious figures and pipo like u who are driven more by sentiments based on those false information than reason.....a coalition of the ignorants who have greatly succeeded in inculcated this irrational fear of the gmo foods in the minds of the masses everywhere.

Faced by this climate of widespread Gmo phobia, govts have been compelled to abandon any idea of introducing those foods, despite the worldwide scientific consencus that Gmos are virtually harmless any more than the conventionally grown foods.

Gmos are pests and disease resistant (that argument there that they require more farm chemicals to produce is arrant nonsense), drought resistant, cheaper to produce and potentially more nutritious.

They are designed to address those challenges experienced with the conventional crops.

Govts have only rejected the gmos to protect their political positions rather than out of a genuine concern regading the potential harm of the gmos. Scrutinize their private thots on the issue, the majority really do agree with the opinion of the scientists that gmos are totally harmless.

There is a lot of misinformation out there regarding the potential harm of the gmos, coupled with those alleged scientific researches on animals God knows by whom or where. That scientific research about rats was rubbished by the way, the scientist behind it humiliated. Read here >>>>

But Gm is not different from selecting the the top creme of crops or animals in order to produce the best breed or cross- breeding different species of the same organism to produce a different and perhaps a better variety of the same organism, except that with the Gmos it is done by manipulating the genes of the organisms in order to produce superior species.

If gmos were to cause mutations in our bodies it probably will be only the positive ones, making our bodies more resistant to diseases for example. Why do the effects only have to be the bad ones?

Gmos are not bad.

http://allianceforscience.cornell.edu/blog/mark-lynas/gmo-safety-debate-over

My kenyan brother, that is a very unscientific argument, and I shall leave it at that, lest I derail this thread. Perhaps there's a GMO thread on NL where we can engage properly.

FYI the pro GMO lobby are part of the military industrial complex, and they work hand in glove with big media. And you sir, have fallen victim to their disinformation campaign.

Hbuyosh:
There is absolutely no conclusive evidence to support the almost paranoic fears of the GMOs.

Gmo foods are consumed in many parts of the world; in the west, in Asia, in the Americas. But there havent been reported cases of cancers or some physiological malfunction attributed to the foods.

With this perennial problem of droughts and food shortages, leading our govt to spend millions of $$$ on importing food to plug the deficit at home, the money that could have otherwise served better purposes in our country's developnent, it is high time that we alley our irrational fears and suspicions, based on misinformation, and accepted the GMOs.

The current varieties of food crops we have have failed us.

If can believe that GMOs are poison, we should as well believe that the polio vaccines are also poisons intended to decimate the African population. The GMO rumors are just as bogus.

GMOs are bad for your body, bad for the community, bad for farmers and bad for the environment. This is why:

The health consequences of eating genetically modified organisms are largely unknown. Genetically engineered foods have not been shown to be safe to eat and may have unpredictable consequences. When trans-fats were first introduced, corporations battled to get them onto your grocery shelves – and it is only decades later that this once novel food has been proven to be extremely unhealthful. Many scientists are worried that the genetically altered foods, once consumed, may pass on their mutant genes to bacterium in the digestive system, just like the canola plants on the roadsides of North Dakota. How these new strains of bacteria may affect our body systems’ balance is anybody’s guess.
Food items that contain GMOs are unlabeled in America. Why so sneaky? The European Union has banned GMOs, as have Australia, Japan, the UK and two dozen other countries that recognize that a lack of long term studies and testing may be hiding disastrous health defects.
Genetic engineering reduces genetic diversity. When genes are more diverse, they are more robust; this is why a pure bred dog tends to have greater health problems than the dear old mutt. Plants with reduced genetic diversity cannot handle drought, fungus invasions or insects nearly as well as natural plants, which could have dire consequences for farmers and communities dependent on GMO crops for survival.
Once the mutant genes are out of the bag, there is no going back. Genetically modified organisms contaminate existing seeds with their altered material, passing on modified traits to non-target species. This creates a new strain of plant that was never intended in the laboratory. In North Dakota, recent studies show that 80% of wild canola plants tested contained at least one transgene. In Japan, a modified bacteria created a new amino acid not found in nature; it was used in protein drinks and before it was recalled it cause severe mental and metabolic damage to hundreds as well as several deaths. Japan banned GMOs after this horrific experience. Monarch butterflies have also died after their favorite food, milkweed, was cross-pollinated from Bt corn which rendered it toxic to the endangered species.
GMOs are not the answer for global food security. Genetically engineered crops have shown no increase in yield and no decrease in pesticide use. In many cases other farm technology has proven much more successful, and even Monsanto agrees that its genetically engineered crops yield less than conventional farming.
Genetically engineered foods have not been proven to be safe, but the few studies conducted don’t look so hot. The organs of rats who ate genetically modified potatoes showed signs of chronic wasting, and female rates fed a diet of herbicide-resistant soybeans gave birth to stunted and sterile pups.
Big biotech firms have very sketchy track records, but then again what would you expect from organizations who want to patent the world’s food supply? These massive biotech companies have a history of toxic contamination, deceiving the public and suing small farmers when their patented seeds blew across the fence. Biotech firms sell sterile seeds to African farmers- meaning the seeds are only good for one season, because the plants that grow up will not be able to reproduce. Farmers must buy new seeds every year instead of growing from the previous year’s yield. GMOs are not the farmers’ friend.
GMOs require massive amounts of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. These things are poisons, and should not be eaten or allowed to run off into our water supply. But they are, every day, by companies who care far more about the bottom line than they do about your health, your environment or your children’s future.
The bottom line is that genetically modified organisms have not been proven in any way to be safe, and most of the studies are actually leaning the other direction, which is why many of the world’s countries have banned these items whose DNA has been genetically engineered. In America, they aren’t even labeled, much less banned, so the majority of the populace has no idea that they are eating lab-created DNA on a daily basis.

Now you do; your best defense is to purchase certified organic food, which cannot contain any GMOs, and to tell your friends and loved ones to do the same.

http://www.organicauthority.com/foodie-buzz/eight-reasons-gmos-are-bad-for-you.html

obaaderemi:
GMO is the future of agric.Chinese and Americans have been munching GMO crops for years and there has been no reports of side effects.But the West still control the puppet strings of African governments and 'must' tell us what to accept or reject to qualify for certain aid packages.

No side effects?!!! My friend, you are very unserious!! Do you follow the anti GMO debate? GMO is the most evil invention since evil itself! The corporations pushing for its use are greedy spineless entities that have driven thousands of Indian farmers to commit suicide. GMO alters the natural pollination process and as you know that's mostly done by bees: without bees pollinating crops, we can't be here, literally. No bees = no crops = no people. The gene splicing and other techniques used to alter DNA can cause long term physiological changes in our metabolism and hence anatomy. Mr man, read up on the dangers of GMO. Kenya rejected the GMO lobby a long time ago, we don't want them.

obaaderemi:
But what's wrong with kenya?The corn debacle seems to be getting out of hand.The poor can't afford it and ungali is dissappearing from the menu of the middle class.And people are being lynched to death for stealing corn.It's the rainy season here in Nigeria and the commodity is as cheap as whatever.We could export some to you.I don't want to believe the cause is simply the drought in East Africa.It reeks of something else,like corruption or incompetence or outdated farming techniques.Well,I don't know.You can enlighten us and what steps are being taken?

Yes, some sticky fingers in govt have colluded with unnamed players in the private sector to unlawfully deplete grain reserves and force an artificial shortage which they intended to profit from owing to an inevitable price hike emanating from said shortage. Also, there has been a drought and shorter rains in the past farming season that didn't yield expected results. All of East Africa was affected but the planners didn't put in contingency plans. Hence the shortage. Corn has been imported from Mexico, but now Zambia is plugging in the deficit. Other measures have been taken like launching a grand irrigation scheme whose main role is to sell all corn to the cereals board in order to plug deficit and stave off inflation. But irrigation scheme didn't yield as expected, hence the resulting shortage. The main cause is poor management of food reserves. I refuse to believe in 2017 people should be blaming the rain for crop failures barring force majeure esp taking agricultural science advancement into consideration.

You say you have been to Kenya, we love our ugali man, we are not yam people!! Our per capita consumption of corn is way beyond that of nigeria, and the crop has immense socio cultural value that only a native can comprehend. Btw do Nigerians eat ugali?

Nowenuse:
Developing faster because the Chinese built a railway line linking Nairobi- Mombasa (which is the biggest Kenyan project since independence) or what?

for your reading pleasure : https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2017/07/21/amaechi-railway-technology-beyond-the-expertise-of-most-nigerian-engineers/

Who can take someone like her seriously, she has built alot of her fame and fortune lying on her back, if you know what I mean!

AAinEqGuinea:
But Africans born in American are still considered African?

I've heard that it has to with culture... but id argue that many people from Africa, but are now in the West Indies, to this day retained and practice more of core African traditions than many Africans. We know that there are hundreds if not thousands of African cultures, so is ones Africanness confined to continental boundaries?

I've heard that because many whites had forceful relationships with enslaved Africans that this somehow nullifies their true and pure Africanness. Although this is true, many Arab also had relations with Bantu or Darker complexion African as well. Does this make Muslim or Christian Africans less African?

Is it because African Americans can't claim a nationality/colony so one is forced to carry the identity of his enslaved world, which on its own is a loaded discussion/thread. Proudly Jamaican, Nigerian, Ghanaian, Kenyan, Biafran when it's argued that ethnicity is far more important, see Culture above.

Are white Afrikaans more African than African Americans?

What and who defines the expiration of one's Africanness?

Any feedback is valued.

I think Aframs ooze and drip America. Head to toe.From your beer cap to your Nike Jordans y'all scream America. From your accent, to your food choices, heck, it's difficult to conceal your americanness. Just embrace it. I have several nieces /nephews from all over the States with direct connections to the motherland who visit regularly. I keep telling them to just be themselves and not fear the disapproval that alot of them face when they come home. Yes, lots of africans don't understand how someone related to them ends up speaking like so strange. Many can't make the connection between nature and nurture, sadly. Its one thing to look like me and share my exact surname, and its another to not talk like me and eat like me.

As for the Afrikaners, i actually know one who's a naturalized American, and teaches at a Florida university . I wonder how he checks the race box when filling a form or during census. He is an African American , y'know. Strange.