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Former Kenyan TV news anchor charged
March 10th, 2010
The Case For Mr. Wilfred Nyakundi Motaro Postponed
March 9th, 201003/09/2010
The case that was going to be heard on March 10th.2010 about Mr. Motaro has been postponed until further notice.
We Thank You All For Your Support
March 8th, 201003/08/2010
We would wish to thank you all from the bottom of our hearts for all the outpouring support you gave during the difficult time of the loss of Mzee. We appreciate all the prayers, phone calls, cards and even those who came to the house to be with us.
We thank those who braved the cold and took time off their busy schedules to be with us at the February 13th function and the financial assistance you gave, especially during these tough economic times. Those who couldn’t make it but sent something we thank you all. We also thank all the ladies who prepared the delicious food for the occasion, the Lowland Community and all family and friends who gave support to us during this difficult time. We would have liked to reach out to all of you in person and communicate our gratitude to you, but we hope you will take this as a token of our appreciation.
We ask for God to continue to bless you as you do the same to others in similar circumstances. May the Lord richly bless you all and keep you safe!
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Oyugi Family
A Kenyan dies in Georgia
March 8th, 2010March 6, 2010
The Late Eric Njau Murimi Eric Njau Murimi, 31, passed away unexpectedly on March 2, 2010 in Norcross, GA.
He was born September 29, 1978 in Nairobi, Kenya, the son of Elliot and Rose Murimi. Eric came to the United States in 1999 and through hard work became a very successful manager with the British Petroleum Company.
Religion: When a secular spirit enters and rules the house of God
March 8th, 201003/08/2010
Eva. Isabella Mwango
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.’” (Matthew 21:12, 13).
We are entering into a season where Christ is cleansing his church; we are truly entering a season where it is becoming so clear that God cannot be mocked, for whatever we sow we shall reap. On entering the e temple, Jesus became righteously angry on the condition of the temple, and with the atmosphere, the priests, and those who according to Jewish religious tradition were meant to be there for a purpose. However, they were exploiting the people; they had altered their job descriptions to meet their needs and not God’s needs. Jesus not only became angry, but he overturned the trading tables and chased the traders and the buyers out. He then declared what the temple should be: a house of prayer. The priests of the time of Jesus were like the preachers of today and worship leaders who are busy selling books, tapes, and CDs in the house of God. They care more about how many books they sell than how many souls come to the Lord. The priests at the time of Jesus were paid because they were made sacrifices on behalf of the worshippers. However, they had lost their focus, they had missed the mark. Have we as the church lost the mark, lost focus?
For several years a secular spirit entered the church and has been ruling; the spirit of the living God left. When the spirit of the living God left for a season, the church operated on past glory. We talked about the God who healed, the Lord who divided the Red Sea, and the power that opened blind eyes. Once the secular spirit made sure we were all drunk with the wine of materialism, he dug in and settled in the church. He then possessed the spiritual leaders and influenced them to preach and teach messages that have us jump up and down. Our ears were so itchy such that there was no difference between the word of the motivational speakers in the secular world and the word you heard being taught on Sunday mornings. We taught weight loss programs in church, the church became a place where we sold our herbal tea, and our weight loss products, and we became our own healers by selling sleep tea and wake up tea, relaxing tea and so forth. We sold holy oil and emphasized its power over a personal relationship with God. We also introduced holy water replacing the spirit of God and a personal relationship with God. When the secular spirit entered the church, the spiritual atmosphere in the church changed. People were led by this spirit from being worshippers of the Most High God to worshippers of materialism, and selfishness.
The secular spirit came with its baggage; we now have more sick people and more divorces in the church than in the world. We have more wounded and hurt people in the church than in the world. We have more people leaving the church going back to the world than those leaving the world coming into the church or into a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. Why? Because the house of the God ceased to be the house of prayer; his house must become the house of prayer again. In this scripture, Jesus after chasing the robbers out started to do what should and must be done in the house of God. He started healing the sick; the lepers came to him, and the lame came to him, and he healed them. The house of God must be once again become a house of prayer, not a place of selfishness, but a place where self dies so we can glorify God. We must repent and chase the secular spirit out of our churches. The sick must be prayed for and healed by the power of the risen savior. There should be no excuses of why they are not healed for the Bible says we shall lay hands on the sick and they shall recover. The problem is not Jesus not healing; we are not praying. Even when we pray, we do so outside a relationship with him. It depends on who is praying for your sickness, who is praying for restoration of your marriage, and who is praying for your joblessness. We cannot pray for the sick if we have no relationship with the Lord. The demons asked the sons of Sceva, “Jesus we know and Paul we know, but who are you?” (Acts 19:15). The spirits cannot obey our commands to them because they know who we are.
Jesus is visiting individuals all over the world. He has been preparing a people who have a righteous anger in them about what has been going on in the church worldwide. They have the fire of God because they have had a visitation from the Father in their private life and in the secret place where they have dwelt with the Lord. He has touched their lips and their tongues, he has purified their hearts and made them whole, they do not love their lives more than God, and therefore they are set for his service. We cannot stop them nor can the Devil. They have realized that their assignment is greater than their locations, and thy have fought with every excusing spirit. They might not have a formal pulpit; rather their pulpit is in the market place. They have the anointing and an assignment from the father. They speak the father’s language, they know whose they are, and they have heard the small still voice that says the field is ready, and they have purposed it in their hearts to go. They are going to the supermarkets and the streets to take the kingdom of God to the drug addicts, prostitutes, homeless, the abused, and the tormented by both man and the Devil. Their cry is “God empower me for your glory.”
Jesus is doing a cleansing of those who are in the church, but playing the secular games. These include those who have been in the pulpits preaching popular messages to pull the crowds so they can buy bigger houses and fancier cars, and those who invite popular speakers so they can attract bigger giving. It includes those who have killed other people gifting and chased them out of church back to the world to serve the devil. Jesus is passing by, and he is saying his house shall be called the house of prayer. He is saying that the sick shall be healed in his house, the lame shall walk in his house, and the blind shall see in his house. Why? Because his house shall be called the house of prayer, and not a place of manipulation. Are you willing for the Lord to cleanse you? Are you willing for him to rebuke you and correct you, and pick you up again as a precious jewel in his hands? He is calling us back to himself because he loves us, and he wants to work with us. He does not want us to work for him, but he wants to work with us. Come now is the time for a mighty cleansing power of Jesus to flow through us. Let his cleansing power flow through you so it flows to others. May his cleansing power cause you to lay hands on the sick, and to pray for the needs of God in your city, country, and nation.
If you are in the San Jose area, please come join me every week on Tuesday nights for mighty move of God. Our monthly meeting is this coming Saturday March 13, 2010 at 10:00 am. For more information about the locations of these meetings visit: www.vesselforhonor.org. Also, our weekly TV program is on the air every Saturday of the week at 10:00 am PST on channel 15 Comcast cable.
Esther Arunga weds Quincy Timberlake
March 5th, 2010March 4, 2010
March 4, 2010 – If you thought you had heard the last of Esther Arunga, I guess you haven’t… She has just announced that she is now officially married to Quincy Timberlake (?) after conducting a civil ceremony yesterday.
She claims she has obtained a certificate and has officially changed her name to Esther Adongo Timberlake.
”I am so much in love with Quincy and that’s why have officially married him,” she said at a press conference in Jazz Maestro Joseph Hellon’s house in Runda… Quincy however, is still in police custody. When asked about it, Esther says it is allowed for someone to conduct a marriage even with a partner who is convicted in prison or jail.
Esther meanwhile adds that she’s planning to sue a renown psychiatrist who sedated her against her will and kept her incarcerated for five days yet she was not insane.
She said she is seeking Sh300 million in damages and stated that she will also sue her parents for taking her there.
The former TV presenter has also vowed to seek Sh30 million from respective media houses that she claims ‘defamed’ her.
She has now obtained court orders restraining her parents from interfering with her life.
Elsewhere, the government is expected to shed light on the controversial Finger of God Church and Arunga’s arrest next Thursday.
Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara raised the issue in Parliament and demanded that the Internal Security Ministry issue a statement on the regulation of churches in the country.
Gitobu further wants clarity the circumstances under which the police arrested Arunga and church founder Hellon.
Pastor Hellon and others associated with the church have since been charged with belonging to an unlawful society.
-Capital Lifestyle
Somali Islamist rebels ban English, science lessons
March 5th, 2010Fri Mar 5, 2010
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Somalia’s hardline Islamists have banned English and science studies in schools in the southern Afmadow town after the education centres there ignored the rebels’ call for fighters, residents and teachers say.
Residents of the town near the border with Kenya said three schools had been given one month to comply with the order by al Shabaab rebels and switch the curriculum to accommodate Arabic and Islamic studies.
“They asked us to contribute students to their militia so that they can fight for them, but we rejected their proposal,” said one teacher who wanted to remain anonymous.
Al Shabaab, which Washington says is al Qaeda’s proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, wants to topple Somalia’s U.N.-backed government and impose its own strict version of sharia, Islamic law.
The heavily armed group controls much of the south and parts of the capital Mogadishu, and courts run by its clerics have ordered executions, floggings and amputations.
It has also banned movies, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer in the areas under its control.
Elders said the al Shabaab militia shut down Waamo, Dhoobaale and Osman Mohamud schools briefly on Sunday, before slapping the ban on English, which they called a “spy language”.
“The Islamic administration closed education centres and ordered them to stop teaching English which they said is a western language,” Ali Mowlid Mohamud, clan elder in Afmadow, told Reuters by phone.
Kenyan film screening at the DC independent film festival
March 4th, 201003/04/2010
Dear All,
I am an independent film maker. And in April of 2009 I shot a feature movie in Kenya called TA KIMBIA. This film is about a young boy who dreams of running but must contend with family pressure and poverty.
The movie was shot over 12 days on a shoestring budget. Amongst the challenges were: numerous film permits and location fees draining the budget, the intense heat, cultural issues and missing equipment. HA!
But on the good side: the movie DID get made. I got New Balance to donate me shoes and apparel, I got a 2 time gold Olympic medalist Kip Keino to act as the coach in the movie, and I got a real aircraft from Kenya Airways, in the film.
And now it is screening at the DC independent film festival.
This takes place on March 7, 2010 at 2.30p.m. Address: 701 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Heritage Center by the navy archives.
There is ONE SCREENING only.
Please see the website: www.takimbia.com
and also the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulESLoc3Ehk
I Will Run
Ta Kimbia is Swahili for “I will Run”. Inspired by the tenacity and dedication of Kenyans who dominate the domestic and international running arenas, in 2007 Yasmine Bandali wrote a script about a young Kenyan boy who aspires to run professionally, overcoming poverty and family pressures to achieve his dreams.
The script went into development and was produced by Mogul 4.16 Ltd., a film production company based in Mombasa, Kenya.
Ta Kimbia was filmed in Mombasa, Kenya during March-April 2009.
Director: Yasmine Bandali
Producer: Mogul 4.16 Ltd.
Daily Nation Pictorial: Uganda landslide
March 4th, 2010
Kenya’s Journey Toward A New Constitution
March 8th, 2010By Prof. Meshack Mairura Sagini 03/08/2010
After a long journey, Kenya has finally produced largely an excellent document that has distilled British, French, and American constitutions to decolonize, amend, and reconstruct our own. If well implemented, Kenya is likely to develop strong institutions that would have inbuilt checks and balances; constitutional provisions Kenyans have yearned for since independence.
As we finalize the document, there is need to rethink the issue of checks and balances to ensure that each arm of the government is independent, limited, and responsible. The executive should have clear mandate to carry out governing responsibilities such as the enforcement of laws, ceremonial roles, and catalyzing national productivity. The legislature should make laws while the judiciary should interpret them independently and impartially.
As the constitution divides power among the three branches (executive, legislature, and judiciary) for purposes of ensuring fair and balanced competition in the exercise of power, the same constitution must not only limit each one of them to ensure that tyranny and corruption are checked and constrained, but also establish mechanisms for grants of power, separate institutions. Under the federal structure, the constitution rather than the president, parliament or the judiciary should be the highest authority whose supranational constitutional powers determine the finality of all types of litigation. The new system of government should guard to ensure that no single branch of government or authority would abuse the law through corruption, malicious intent, or incompetence.
Another area that needs to be looked at more keenly is the whole concept of devolution. There seems to be general agreement among the populace and other interest groups that Kenya is ripe for majimbo (states) and the current draft constitution has reserved certain powers for states).The current draft should ensure that the functions and roles of the federal government and states are harmonized. It should be important for the constitution to be clear about intergovernmental relations to ensure functional coherence exists between the central and state or regional governments.
This is precisely because under the current draft constitution states would have power to use their authority to regulate intra provincial commerce, establish local (county) governments; protect the health, safety, welfare, and morals of the people and community, conduct statewide elections (except for where the national constitution does not allow), and change constitutions and governments. These responsibilities bestowed upon states can be a source of frequent conflicts if not addressed adequately at the onset.
It would be important that as clear as possible, that the new constitution has the necessary provisions that would delegate the national government power to tax and regulate national and international commerce and trade. The constitution should also delegate power to the central government to borrow and produce money, declare war, maintain a military, protect people and property from enemies within and without, define and punish piracies, and felonies; establish standard infrastructure, grant patents and copyrights, and weights and measures. Both the national and provincial governments may concurrently share certain powers such as taxation, borrowing money, establishing and maintaining courts, making and enforcing laws, acquiring property for public use, and spending money for the common good.
The federal system to be established should allow people to appeal if one of them (governments) employs its authority to violate the rights and interests of the people, denies national and provincial governments power to manage their affairs, and does not protect the Bill of Rights. The new constitution should guarantee the conduct and prescription of public policy, the conduct of free and fair elections to dethrone corrupt, inefficient and incompetent political regimes. The new constitutional system should equally allocate power and
responsibility that respects the rights of majorities and minorities. The constitution should prohibit both the national and provincial governments from usurping the powers they do not possess. Such powers should naturally belong to the people (citizens).
In addition, governmental units must be created based on economic, cultural, and surface area occupied. Because of the size of our economy, low standards of living, and demand for growth, the number of parliamentarians should be reduced from the proposed 290 to 200. A constitution that we have fought for many years should be living a testament that will guard our fundamental human rights seriously. Protection of liberty and individual and collective rights must be paramount and prominent at all levels of governance. Finally, this constitution, in order to remain to be a living document, should provide clear mechanisms for future amendments that will strengthen our union and enrich its jurisprudence in the service of justice, virtue, and truth.
By Meshack Mairura Sagini, Ph.D.
Professor of History and Political Science
Langston University, Oklahoma, USA.
Prof. Sagini has received several academic and service awards/honors including Congressional Order of Merit, Who is Who Among America’s Teachers and Professors, and lately, President Barack Obama’s Honorary Member of the “Kitchen Cabinet.”
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