Best wishes for April

Yonder is April
Weeks of promise
and tender winds

Whether at noon
or
hurried evenings
the common Raven will
flap wings for her children
to seek shelter, for cloud's
darkest hangs precariously,
and narcissus only grins

Wild narcissus in April bloom

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Gladys Shollei's Proposal is the Best we have

No more than two thirds of members of any elective or appointive positions shall be of the same gender. So forbids Constitutuition of Kenya 2010. The third gender rule as it is mostly referred to, has continued to get a ping pong in parliament, which is itself a target of this provision. Kenyan parliament remains dominated by men since 1963. There have been efforts to realize this legal requirement in the past. Most notably, towards the general election of 2017. The majority leader in the National Assembly Mr.Aden Duale tried his best but a greater portion of legislators were reluctant to support him. Perhaps the timing was wrong and members thought that the act was likely to affect their personal ambitions. The women representative of Uasin Gishu, Gladys Boss Shollei publicized her intent to table a bill in Parliament to fix the gender rule issue with finality. For many months now, the leadership of parli...

Recent Political Moves...progress?

: So much has happened in Africa in the last few days. What would you like to start with? : I have always loved Zimbabwe. Let’s go to Harare. My condolences to the great people of Zim following the demise of their second liberation hero. Morgan Tsvangirai devoted his adult life to speaking for the political voiceless.It feels as though the bad governance by Mugabe affected the overall health of Morgan. For sure the effects of the Robert Gabriel’s administration will stay on for some time. May Heaven accept the soul of Morgan. May God bless his followers. His death reminds me of Etienne Tshisekedi of the DRC who served his people with vigour until his death on Feb, 2017. : Now that you started with the south, let’s proceed on to Pretoria. ANC just ousted a President. Yes… : Every master must have a way in which to reprimand or punish his or her servant. True democracy only thrives if the citizens have a method by which to punish their leaders. For a second time, the people ...

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