Social Media Trainees Experience At The Global Platform Nairobi

The trainees who took part in the social media training at the Global Platform Nairobi had an experience about how they found the training so far. i interviewed them and here is the video with what they had to say. Feel free to share this video as well give your opinion. Thank you.

The cry of Somalis in Eastleigh

All i had to do to find myself almost handcuffed n taken to Pangani police station was to walk past seven p.m at night along Chai road.

I am not the only Somali person who's had to face this unfair treatment from the Kenyan policemen on patrol every night in the streets of Eastleigh. Around ten cases of the same have been reported in just the past three days to me. Just because someone is walking past seven p.m in the streets dose not necessarily mean that they are doing this aimlessly. This thought that being a Somali walking as early as seven p.m makes lots of Somali people remain within the confinements of their homes for fear of being caught n taken behind bars.

As if this is not enough reason to stay indoors, parents/guardians of these children have to bear losses finance wise. This is because once a Somali is caught by the men in blue then to get them out one they have to part with up to ten thousand shillings. Kenya itself is going through tough times n to think that one has to part with this amount for someone who did no crime at all just disheartens someone.

Kenya is a democratic country where citizens enjoy freedom of movement but the fact that these young we get caught for enjoying our right questions the validity of this statement as its stated in the recently passed constitution.
Being a young Somali living in Eastleigh i am in fear of walking past seven. Why? because the fear that i might jump into policemen on patrol and end up behind bars stills runs in my veins. The thought that my guardian would have to part with up to ten thousand shillings also elevates this fear.

The sight of  a policeman ought to make a person feel safe and secure. Sadly, this is not the case among us Somalis living around Eastleigh community.This brings forth the question, Is being a Somali living around Eastleigh a reason to feel safe ora reason to raise fear among us???

Road carnages in our country on the rise

Its good riddance not to hear that a road accident in Kenya. Sadly, accident news make most of the headlines almost every week and the number affected by these accidents disheartens a person. Its due to this that I brought various persons to share their views on this matter of significant importance.

Eunice is a 19 year old living in Kibera and she thinks that the rising trend of road accidents in Kenya is due to the ignorance of our traffic policemen. She fears that with the idea of traffic policemen allowing unroadworthy vehicles to roam around just by the bribe of a fifty shilling note then accident news will rise and the lives of many Kenyans will be put to danger. This poses a question to the traffic policemen, is it that they value the fifty shilling note more than the many human lives that they are risking?

Vitalis is a 24 year old teenager from the suburbs of Homabay county. His worries are more towards the drivers and motor cyclists who don't follow traffic rules. He once witnessed a car over speeding to overtake other vehicles only to end up in a head on collision with a 14 passenger public service vehicle  killing seven people on the spot. Question is, if this driver had been responsible enough to respect the traffic rules then would this incident have occurred? This is just but one example of the many accidents that have occurred due to the negligence of our drivers.

The state in which most our roads are in is also a reason to raise alarm. This are the thoughts of Everlyn, a 19 year old girl from Homabay county as well. The road from her home to Nairobi is a practical example. Many road accidents are as a result of the state of our roads and the state
government ought to take action and have this problem solved.
Solving this problem is a collective responsibility of all of us because its our country and if we have to save it then we have work together and unite. After all, unity is strength.
Thank you.

My views as to the anti homosexuality bill in Uganda

Word had it that the president of Uganda his Excellency Yoweri Museveni signed in the anti homosexuality bill. Its to that that i find this a chance to state my views on this bill. I personally think that what the president did was fair. Taking into consideration the human aspect to it, those that are currently involved in homosexuality came from families and they were born out of the love of a woman and a man. Why then should this same person opt for dating and moving in with a fellow man??

The scientists issued a statement saying that homosexuality is hormone controlled but failed to give sufficient if any evidence at all. Yes one might argue that they can adopt children but have we ever given thoughtt as to what will be the destiny of the yet to be born generation? Are we seriously willing to jeopardise the destiny of these coming generation just so that we might date the same sex?

Our Kenyan government ought to follow root and emulate Uganda in signing in this bill, not because am having a personal negative attitude towards it but because am giving thought to what will become of our future if everybody ends up practising homosexuality. Truth is, homosexuals will always be there but it does not necessarily has to be there.

As you are reading this blog, don't think of it as negative attitude towards the fact that homosexuality actually does exist, but think of it as a thought. Feel free to post your comments and opinions.

Thank you

Keepin up with swagg

Luvin myself...

The standard gauge railway, My thoughts.

Our president MR. Uhuru Mwigai Kenyatta recently set a start to the building of the standard gauge railway that is to run from Nirobi to Mombasa n further to Kigali, Malaba, Kampala and Bujumbura. This triggerd lots of thoughts as to wether this might just be the new dawn for our country and fellow country men.

I personally find it to do more harm than good. Yes it comes with lots of advantages and i quote his exellency,

• it will reduce freigjht transportation traffic charges from their present average of  0.20 US dollars to per tonne kilometer to about 0.83 US dollars per tonne kilometer.
• it will reduce transit time by freight trains from 30 hours to an average of 10 hours.
• it will increase rail transport share in the Northern Corridor , reducing the damages on the road networks in that area.
• its also a core element of our larger vision 2030 , which aims at making our nation a middle_income country by 2030.

With all this in mind, i also acknowledge the fact that all that glitters is not gold. Yes its got lots of advantages but have we sat down and pondered on what the citizens of this country reallay want? For instance what are the chances that those not living along this route are actually going to benefit from this?

 The government is also thinking of extending this line after its completion to Mombasa in a bid to reduce damages on roads but what if it actually concentrate on makin the roads in our country safer and more sufficient because lets face it the road network in our country is not the best available. A good example is the Nairobi_Mombasa road that accomodates lots of transport goods from within and outside our borders. If this road was perhaps enlarged then jams would reduce and efficiency will be assured in the road.

Coming to an end, the government is bulding this line on loan basisi from China. Kenya as a country is currently facing huge debts and this would just add on to that. Investments should be towards reducing the debts not adding to the already available ones. I hope that as you read this it triggers your thoughts about this matter. Feel free to share this post and comment with your opinions. Thank You.

Poverty,a state of mind

Poverty basically is a state where a person or persons live under tough conditions maybe because of the lack of finances  and necessities to enable them have a moderate life style.

Individually, poverty has affected me personally at various stages in my life. i have had to see my parents struggle a lot to in order to make sure that we can at least afford a comfortable living but the conditions out there are just tough. Sometimes we used to have two meals a day and just thank God and move on.

This challenged me as a person to seek out different solutions to curb poverty and halt its spread not only in my country but other countries as well.

First things first, i believe that its not always by choice that that one necessarily finds themselves struck by poverty. Sitting down and not doing anything but just sob about it does not help either. It actually elevates the problem.one simply has to step out and try develop their lives for the better.

In regards to that, i think that those hit by poverty ought to come together, form groups of people with various interests and try putting individual effort into making stuff that can be sold in the market in a bid to create self employment thus slowly by slowly curbing this problem.

Narrowing down to my country Kenya, i think the government ought to set up policies and strategies that should do away with if not reduce poverty in our country.Setting up policies is not everything, action matters.... a lot.

As an individual i have tried my best after attaining the age of 18 to do odd jobs here and there in a bid to reduce dependence on my parents. I believe reducing their burden plays a vital role in halting poverty in my family.

As you read this blog, i want you to give your opinion on it as well as suggest possible solutions to this problem because as we all know working together brings out better results.

Thank You

Learning so as to give back to the people

i currently am taking social media classes at the Global Platform Nairobi ao that i may use this skills aqcuired here for the benefit of the people back in my youth group. one thing about life iz that we dont get satisfied by necessarily finding our own happiness. The truth is.. true happiness is found by helping others find their happiness. #nuffsaid