Now that I am a free jamaa having escaped the academic claws of campus, I’ve been visiting various offices with the quest of fattening my non-existent wallet. This virtual wallet of mine has to hold a million shillings by the time I hit 25, which is just a few months away but I am not one to be held down by time. If I can get through a Beyonce and Shakira belly dance in the ‘Beautiful Liar’ video (Damn! Such scenes should be illegal cause they can kill) then Kujandani Observatory must surely be able to figure out how to pocket a mill. The shoe pair that I had selected to cover my virgin feet is already cracking at the sole after a number of rejections at the hands of HRMs. The humble pie and ‘air’ burgers have frequented my stomach for a few weeks now. My multi pronged attack of job searches included the net, pals, snail mail and whatever else my inquisitive eyes landed on. MyJobsEye still charges guys for a net-based job search while there are a 1001 free job search sites like bestjobskenya.com and kazinow.com.
With the great Kenyan athletes bagging gold at the 2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships held last weekend in Mombasa, I feel that I should be fit enough to do the same since my feet have covered all the backstreets of Nairobi. I think that I can become a Google Earth consultant for the Nairobi CBD hmmm... My job interviewers should not be astonished when I turn up in a pair of Nikes and a River Road assembled suit for a thorough grilling.
It was visibly frying hot at our coastal city and the athletes were prone to hallucinations. Our very own female runner, Koriang’, apparently finished the race with one lap to go. I almost thought that it was a backhanded Kenyan tactic when she raised her arms in the Women’s Junior 6Km race to claim victory. But all was not well when the Ethiopians also thought that the race was over and slowed down and gave the other more alert Kenyans space to dash to victory. Lynette Barasa certainly enjoyed the win that resulted from the unfortunate incident. Meanwhile, Koriang’ staggered off in a daze. We might as well say that she took one for the team.
The feared 5 time world champ, Kenenisa Bekele, in the Men’s Senior 12km race had an easy time tormenting the Kenyans as they lapped the field only to get a dose of his own medicine from an athlete from Ethiopia’s rival bordering nation of Eritrea. He dared the newly crowned champion, Zadese, to fly past him and the Eritrean performed a Roadrunner act. Mr. Coyote had to pause and quit in disbelief as Zadese whizzed to pole position without looking back. Perhaps he feared turning into a pillar of salt. Kenyan fans were quick to rejoice at this and for that time Zadese was a Kenyan. In an almost similar but less eventful fashion, Lorna Kiplagat the Danish Kenyan or should it be the Kenyish Dane, led the Senior Women 8km race right from the starters gunshot to the finishers tape break. Kenyans cheered her on despite her new nationality (Yeah, we never abandon family except if one is a Muslim then the government usually assumes that one is a terrorist). We thank our Muslim brothers though for tolerating the government as it licked the booty of President Bush. I actually supported their proposed (but called off) disruption of the championships. On the flip side, Kenya was defeated by England in the on-going Cricket World Cup in the Windies. I blame the government!?
Swaziland did not stand a chance against Harambee Stars in the Africa Nations Cup Qualifier match. Denis Oliech hammered in a goal to prove that the Hummer that he owns is not for nothing. It ended 2-0 and Kenyans were hyped. Of course we had to win. There was so much pent up soccer in us during the ban by FIFA. Let’s just hope that KFF (Kenya Football Federation or Kifafa) does not experience seizures into wrangling once again. That’s as likely as Raila Odinga and Martha Karua agreeing on who is to determine the new constitution. “It’s the people! It’s the people!” shout we the wananchi. Still on the topic of Hummers, it was very sad and funny that the Kenyan parliament found it vital to discuss Raila Odinga’s new H2 and the filming of sleeping parliamentarians two days ago. The daily recordings of the House’s proceedings in the Hansard must have read-
Pimping Raila’s Ride and televising of MPs getting 40 winks while in session was discussed. It was decided that members will be allowed to take 39 winks instead and the Hummer issue was resolved when Raila offered a ride to Hon. Kalembe Ndile, who brought up the matter on a standing order.
KPLC (Kenya Power and Lighting Company) unionized workers recently set the Kujandani record for the Briefest Strike. The union (KETAWU) promised a dark day in the Kenyan history books. This strike lasted for under 24 hours without any of the threatened power blackouts. I guess that the Sec Gen realized that if KPLC could survive without them then they might face retrenchment.
After posting the Theory of the Kenyan Silicon Valley in my previous blog (bugzzalot.blog.com), the economic bubble has finally burst and Kenyans are selling off their shares. I wonder why people do this when they can just sit it out and the prices will start rising again. This is like buying a shirt at 20 bob and selling it at 15 when as usual, fashion will circle back and make it worth 35-provided that you didn’t wear it. Scangroup has also announced that it is expanding to Nigeria. BABS Professor wannabes had predicted this in a half truth statement that assumed that they would expand to radio and TV but its all good. In line with our move to kujandani.blogspot.com, the now knowledgeable wannabes have renamed themselves Kujandani Amateur Biz School (KABS).
