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Pidgin2:
Kenyans are backward in their way of life

And you make this bold assertion based on a sample size of exactly one! Wow, your analytical skills are something to die for!

arinzeejikonye:
The impact assessment on the runway had been done,and the experts have considered the extent and degree of damages on the runway path,now based on this it was ascertained that a proper overhauling and comprehensive structural rehabilitation be carried out for about a month and couple of weeks,would you rather that an aviation mishap like crash landing occurs,which could be devastating and lead to loss of lives,which would lead to the downgrading of the ratings of the airport,that is going to exacerbate the situation,however,on the flipside this also offers a new opportunity to the aviation market in kaduna,as the airport,would for the first time embrace international traffic,this is another milestone,so i see no big deal here,this is done for the advancement of nigerian aviation expansion with a simultaneous approach of fostering safety standards of the nigerian skies

I was merely suggesting that construction technologies, like other scientific and engineering technologies evolve. Learn from the example given. Its always an indictment on a nation when its most important facilities, systems fail. You cant have planes landing on such a runway,abeg.

As if that wasn't enough, another, separate project generating energy with a concept called solar wind. Ladies and gentlemen,solar wind. Take note.



Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. (OTCQB: SWET) (the "Company", the inventor of large Solar Wind Downdraft Tower structures capable of producing abundant, inexpensive electricity, today announced that on July 18th, 2015 ("Effective Date", the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU" with Elperta Industries Co. Limited in Nairobi, Kenya East Africa ("Elperta" to pursue the finance and development of its thermal downdraft Towers Facilities ("Tower Facility" in Kenya.

Elperta is able to finance, construct, and place in operation such Tower Facility, subject to obtaining necessary consents and approvals and other pre-development activity. Moreover, the developer has already identified potential suitable sites as well as offtake customers in the region.

The agreement signed between the parties sets forth specific terms for SWET to receive development fees and royalties from Tower project(s) in Kenya, while allowing Elperta a 6 month exclusivity period to fully evaluate and vet a specific site identified for the first Tower Facility. Each facility is estimated to have an installed capacity rating of up to 1,250 megawatts.

Ron Pickett, CEO of Solar Wind Energy Tower, commented, "The Company has been in discussions with Elperta and two other potential developers since last fall -- focused on the Lake Turkana region of Kenya, an area the Kenyan government has targeted for energy projects. We have evaluated this site and deemed it adequate to support a Tower project. East Africa needs energy to develop its resources. International organizations and banks are committed to assisting African nations to develop infrastructure projects and energy development is essential."

He continued, "Elperta was ultimately chosen as our development partner given their strong track record, identified potential customer pipeline and ties to various financing opportunities. Upon the completion of strategic development milestones, SWET and Elperta may enter into a long-term agreement where they will have exclusive use of all of our technology, patents, trade secrets, and development know-how, together with technical support, project management and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure the successful development and utilization of Tower Facilities in the region."

About Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc. Founded in 2010, Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc., and its wholly owned commercializing subsidiary, Solar Wind Energy, Inc., is the inventor of the patented Solar Wind Downdraft Tower, which uses state of the art technologies and construction systems to produce abundant, inexpensive electricity, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and the Energy Generation Calculator software which can calculate and predict energy production of a Tower given a site's local weather data. The Company secured the site for its first Tower project in the U.S. in the City of San Luis, Arizona which may be ready for operation as soon as 2018. Under the most recent design specifications, the first Tower in San Luis, Arizona has a design capacity on an hourly basis of up to 1,250 megawatt hours, gross. The Company is also focused on licensing its development know-how and establishing partnerships at home and abroad to propagate Tower development projects in return for licensing fees for territories, development fees during construction, and recurring royalty fees based on the actual kilowatt hours produced by the Tower. Solar Wind Energy has assembled a team of experienced business professionals, engineering and scientific consultants with the proven ability to bring this solution to market.

The Company's core objective and focus is to become a leading enabler of clean, efficient renewable energy to world communities, at a reasonable cost, without the destructive residuals of fossil fuels, while continuing to generate innovative technological solutions to meet tomorrow's electrical power needs. Solar Wind Energy has filed and been issued patents that the Company believes will further enhance this potentially revolutionary technology. Solar Wind Energy Tower, Inc., based in Annapolis, MD, is traded on the OTCQB under the symbol "SWET".

Meanwhile,one of the largest windfarms located in kenyas energy breadbasket is nearing completion.Any day now a total of 365 MW from 310 windmills will be added onto the national grid.

Muafrika2:
If the Naija movies are anything to go by, no effort by the government to provide piped water, sewage or proper drainage. Even in those big houses used as their settings

I can only imagine. Though,somebody I know, who travelled to Lagos in 2007 , that everybody takes care of his own water, in many cases drilling boreholes in every plot. You can only imagine what that does to the water table.

arinzeejikonye:
The abuja airport runway is undergoing rehabilitation and expansion,hence the temporal closure for few months,even as the new kaduna airport is put into international use,hence a win-win situation

Advice,like air, should be free:
http://unicpress.com/2017/03/16/glasgow-airport-undergoes-massive-repairs-without-closure-lessons-nigeria/

I asked contributors on this thread a few pages back to enlighten us on the state of water supply and sanitation in nigeria. Got no responses. Anyone in the know ,can you give us a brief and general overview? Only intelligent input,please! Thank you.

nyangau123:
oh really, and where is the second largest port in the continent
and the funny thing is kenya population is approximately 50 million, Nigeria 200 million
why would they need more cities? when Lagos population is almost half of the entire kenyan population

Hehehe stop killing folks with those fab photos.They cant reconcile their mental image of kenya with the facts. Mental note : Add onto the stereotypes the image of a 'starving' kenyan, who somehow manage to win marathons incl the Lagos one.
bad belle and modern life,they dont mix

Muafrika2:
God knows. The man had four wives or more and many children and this is an over 80 year old woman who Met Barrack later at 18 years old. Barrack Obama snr was not as poor. He was a polititian whose life is well documented. We could have had more than just tales and stories. She probably thought it would make her more respected and motherly to say she was present at his birth.

the thing is this audio is 1. unclear 2. unverifiable.
That being​ said,the obviously birther and conspiracy minded interviewer might have actually been lost in translation! I mean 3 languages were used!
Also sarah obama was a second wife to obama sr, and i repeat she was never in Hawaii in 1960 . She must have seen him as a young man ,but certainly wasn't present at his birth.The interviewer was looking for a buzzword and he got it Western journalists can twist words,just download Malcolm X interviews on YouTube to see how they always tried to catch people offguard with treacherous wording in their questioning. Its called Yellow Journalism.
Am glad they chose the brightest brain in the family ie Dr Auma Obama as family spokesperson.Somebody with global and social exposure like her understands that western press agencies run on malicious agenda, quite unlike a booty scratcher like Malik.

my all time favorite nigerian footballer. affable guy too

OLAADEGBU:
Since you understand her how old was she when Barack was born?

Heres where i wanna slap you like real hard mr. olaawhatever with a roundhouse slap,you know,the one which makes you spin 360. And i want to do like 50 in a minute since my typing speed closely matches my slapping speed.
Obama sr and Ann Dunham begat Obama jr when he was STUDENT ,slam bam in the middle of semester, he wasn't in kenya at the time. And he was born at the Kapiolani Medical Center for women and children in Hawaii. It remains the most important and well equipped paedriatic hospital in Hawaii, it being founded bya Hawaiian princess no less. Since youre insistent on him being born in kenya,tell us which town he was born in, tell us which hospital in colonial kenya would have accepted Ann Dunham or even allowed a multiracial couple to freely cohabit, tell us the name of the hospital he was 'born' in, and tell us his delivering doctor.

So, unless Hawaii is a former province of kenya, then yes, he's technically born in kenya.

May the almighty God in heaven restore this woman to full heath. Those fantastic surgeons in India, we say to you :you are God's tools, may your skills save many more and may your work be proof of the existence of God. I am humbled by this woman's resilience and fortitude.What alot of nairalanders may not know is that her husband abandoned her in her greatest hour of need, completely making a mockery of his wedding vow.

Amen , mungu ni mwema.

LeSudAfricaine:
A Nigerian can never converse with a South African without a Nigerian blabbing about white people. You guys have this weird obsession with white people I just can't understand. It's as if one acquires humanity through them. It's trully pathetic if not tragic

Which infrastructure is that exactly? Roads, ports etc? That infrastructure? What makes Kenya? Bofswana and Egypt better than you then? White people? You guys hide behind your thumbs and make excuses.Lemme ask you? Have no new roads, ports, schools, clinics being built in far flung villages post 94? Who's building the new power plants?Lemme break It down for you, current south africa Is far more developed than It was under apartheid because the infrastructure you attribute to your white gods is distributed far more evenly. Infrastructure becomes obsolete and when that happens whos there to either maintain the old infrastructure or build me one? Aliens from mars?

So I gather you attribute you lack of development to the fact that you don't have white people? So the question comes then. Does it have take white people to build you infrastructure!? And you go on and on about mental slavery!lol

I saw south africa in 1999/2000 and then again next in 2013. Huuuge difference, even OR Tambo airport was waay different. There is an obsession amongst our 9ja peeps that all devt in another african nation must be because of oyibo. So now they will say Addis Ababa light rail is because of chinese, not forgetting its because of the initiative of the Ethio govt with chinese technical input/funds.

Pidgin2:
Massai warriors who prefer drinking the blood of cows rather than eating their flesh, your case is even worse than the South Africans as cows oppress you in your own country

cow blood not so bad, at least compared to snake,monitor lizard, rat, civet cat ,crocodile and god knows what else i see people very proudly posting right here on nairaland. jeezuuz!

Pidgin2:
See backwardness, I pity any desperado Nigerian going to a place like this

I honestly never knew Kenyans have inferiority complex, just see how they turned this thread into romance section because a South African girl is here. Is it on nairaland you want to learn Xhosa or Zulu, it's obvious that you need SA permanent residence abi? No wonder they treat you guys so bad(including Nigerian desperado brothers) if you don't respect yourselves people like that zarzar girl will keep treating you all like lesser beings

sour grapes,sour grapes ....what doesn't hurt you wont kill you, abeg, how is it hurting you that she has acquired a maasai warrior? warriors are made, and in kenya were not the chest beating variety,were the real deal. once youre comfortable with your own intellect,why should anyone feel inferior to another? Nigerians!

darkhorizon:
Hypocrite,what is your definition of "dangerous migrants"

how does stating the obvious(reugees fleeing from a warzone awash with toxic religious ideology ) not constitute a danger to any society.And is your meaning of hypocrite the same as mine?

Happy for you little bros making huge career moves and new social experiences to boot.
visa and all govt.services are online at : https://www.ecitizen.go.ke contact kenya embassy in Abuja 4 all details.

I want information on the water supply and sanitation situation in nigeria? Anyone? wikipedia entry tells me there is no national regulator and law (no laws!,wow!) regualting water and sanitation in nigeria? So how do people get water in nigeria? clueless,help!

jantavanta:
R1 was first introduced to North Americans by the Khoisan who introduced the Salutrean culture to North America. Other African migrants brought R1 to America in later years. As late as 1300 around 25,000 Malians came to America with Abubakari, many of these Malians carried R1. They were spread across North America.

The Malians spread across the North America via the Mound Culture in Mid-America and along the Coast. This is why some North American Native Americans spoke a Mande language or Mande is a substratum language.

A good example of the Malians in the North America are the Nanticokes. The Nanticokes were described by B.S Barton as very dark. This tribe of Black Native Americans formerly lived in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware. They later settled in Wyoming, Oklahoma and Canada.

https://olmec98.net/Nanticokeoldman.jpg

During the Revolutionary War, the Nanticoke sided with the British and many Nanticoke migrated to Canada, while others went into hiding or moved out West. By 1867, the Nanticoke moved to Kansas with the Lenape. There chiefdoms were called Monie, Wicomoco and Manokin (,Mandekan ?).

In 1741-51, J.C. Pyrlaeus collected the Numerals of the Nanticoke. This was before the Revolutionary War. Around this time the Conoy people joined their tribe.

The numerals collected by Pyrlaeus when they were compared to other numerals by Murray in 1873, they did not match numerals in any known Indian language. Brinton found that they were identical to Malinke-Bambara numerals.

https://olmec98.net/nanticokenumerals.png

These numerals make it clear the Nanticoke were descendants of the Malian explorers.

Below are Nanticoke at the Lenape-Nanticoke annual celebration.

https://media.nj.com/south-jersey-times/photo/2014/06/15210404-standard.jpg

Woooo, now hoold on there... the similarities between malinke bambara numerals and those of this native American tribe are eerie, i wonder if they would agree to DNA testing to provide even further irrefutable proof of their origins. White folks wont like the results,regardless.

ZarZar:
Nice one. You're teaching me new things. I can never say today was a wasted day. It was truly a pleasure talking to you. All good things have to come to an end. Enjoy what's left of your day...friend

same here, and just like that my iinkomos have to wait in the kraal until further notice. Am off to twitter now!

ZarZar:
What's cattle in your language? Lol @ zingaphi iinkomo. Andazi

The same phrase in kiswahili would be 'ng'ombe ngapi? '

ZarZar:
What's cattle in your language? Lol @ zingaphi iinkomo. Andazi

awazi? mmh? in my tongue cow is called dhyang, plural is dhok. dh is pronounced th the same way you'd say th in 'the '. Obama's daddy was a luo person. And we proud of him as hell!!

ZarZar:
Well, there you go! We started getting high & addicted to
our own supply-meat Xhosa word for cattle is iinkomo. Very similar.

iinkomo,,very familiar. you see we are all family. our ancestors are all related, so are we.
zinghapi iinkomo?

ZarZar:
Lol, I just realized something else connected to that term. Young guys in my culture, just after they come out of initiation school to become men, they have to dress a certain way for a couple of weeks. Don't ask me why because I also don't know, but they dress so...

interesting, it's all about the hands, see where they are. great life questions answered.

Arsenalholic:
To those who turned this thread into a virtual warzone, una weh done. I wonder what y'all are battling for.

we turned it into a love zone. loving is easier than warring.

ZarZar:
IDK, must be a Bantu thing, after all our ancestors reared cattle & to this day, some people take pride in owning livestock. I said I know nothing about that. Just keep saving up as much as you can

hehehee, am giving your papa 4 cows. The livestock owning aspect of African culture was a legacy of the interaction with cushite and other non bantu groups during the Great African migrations, as they say. I happen to know what the sotho name for cattle is dikgomo, what is cattle in isiXhosa?

ZarZar:
Lol @ Xhosanostra. You're well-informed. That's because the Xhosa are fearless & fierce just like the mafia, hence the term. It's loosely based on Cosa nostra. The two rhyme as well, so why not. Morogo & pap is not Xhosa cuisine. Anybody familiar with the Xhosa knows that we love meat. Almost every dish is accompanied by meat. Lots of meat. We'll probably go all out & slaughter the whole kraal when my in-laws come to town Bring everyone. The more, the merrier. Busybodies should know Kenyatta boys are in town to pick a southern rose

Ayam rushing to get a ticket, meat fan too

ZarZar:
Lol @ Xhosanostra. You're well-informed. That's because the Xhosa are fearless & fierce just like the mafia, hence the term. It's loosely based on Cosa nostra. The two rhyme as well, so why not. Morogo & pap is not Xhosa cuisine. Anybody familiar with the Xhosa knows that we love meat. Almost every dish is accompanied by meat. Lots of meat. We'll probably go all out & slaughter the whole kraal when my in-laws come to town Bring everyone. The more, the merrier. Busybodies should know Kenyatta boys are in town to pick a southern rose

Ayam rushing to get a ticket, meat fan too.
Eeh, how do you guys love meat so much, it's so common among all Southern African ethnic groups, and the Namibians are especially guilty of this.




Eeeh, you still haven't mentioned the number of cows required

ZarZar:
Hmmm, nice height The women are not privy to what's being agreed upon, so I wouldn't know. Just bring your uncles & al-al-alcohol to soften their hearts & cloud their minds

just waiting to become in-laws with a Xhosanostra. I heard this term alot, what does it mean? My uncles and brothers should be given something, they can't be flying to umthata just to be welcomed with pap/morogo.
Some of my older cousins are single, can they bring their single friends along?

BUTCHCASSIDY:
https://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/lebowski.gif my my that was fast

kenyans. We're just, you know, fast!

ZarZar:
Haaa! I haven't heard that song in a long time. Thanks for taking me down memory lane with that one. Mqombothi is made of sorghum.

Interesting. In the meantime, am also asking for a small favour. Give us a line by line translation. Can you do it? What are the other lobola requirements? I don't want to buy a plane ticket to SA only to be ambushed with a crazy surprise by uncles . I wouldn't want to be like Malema being bundled out on SONA address, would I?

I am above 6ft tall, just if you're asking.

ZarZar:
Umqombothi is made in advance by the girl's family. All you have to do is bring your A-game & good spirits of course. Lol, Xhosa love to fight, yes, but not on occasions like that. We keep it peaceful

Ok. I have a longstanding (no pun intended ) interest in African traditional drinks. In my country we have several, for example, busaa is a traditional drink from western Kenya /eastern Uganda and its base is millet. Vodka is a drink from Russia and its base is potato. What grain is the base of umqombothi.
Ps: i have just resurrected a favorite track of mine from SA, its called Lomshini Uyakhuluma, what does it mean?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0-wHG8SiNQ

ZarZar:
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right on!