Diaspora Kenyan

From Alaiz Parmuya: PONDER ABOUT THIS!

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

PONDER ABOUT THIS???????????????????  After Kenya’s independence land losses increased by leaps and bounds. Part of the land left had become home to wildlife. The British put in place a policy for the Maasai Reserve to be either be partly vacated or leased out or for outright surrender to others. The new Government took up that [...]

From Maren Swakei: To My fellow Maasai Idiots

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

To My fellow Maasai Idiots And I’m one of them   Dear idiots, You are suffering because of your stupidity. I’m suffering because of our stupidity. What happened to you that you have became the laughing stock of Kenya?   You used to be a proud people. The pride of Africa. The Arab slave traders [...]

On CNN Samburu beading. We must differentiate between different types of beadings.

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Ole Ngais  On CNN Samburu beading. We must differentiate between different types of beadings. Follow the facebook debate here. Visit the Maasai-Youth-Led Congress Facebook forum to follow how the Samburu and Maasai are reacting on the beads for rape as provided by the CNN reporter David McKenzie. Category one: Non ceremonial beads. There is a beading [...]

Pastoral communities record grievances with TJRC

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

By Edwin Cheserek Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) has received complaints from pastoral communities in the Rift Valley about the violation of their rights. The commission has recorded 8,874 statements from residents who say they have been negatively affected by cattle rustling activities, land injustices and political isolation. Ms Ann Kiprotich, the Rift Valley [...]

DallasBlack.com: Kenyan Activist

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

DallasBlack.com: Kenyan Activist. Date: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 By: The Dallas Examiner A petite, 5 ft. 5 inches tall, Lucy Semeiyan Mashua stands 10 feet tall to some. Albeit figurative, she needs to stand at such a height to be successful in her mission and to overcome her past, which included being subjected to what’s considered by [...]

Kenya Maasai: the Race to Preserve the Past

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Female Psychological Empowerment instead of FGM

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Image via Wikipedia Female Genital Mutilation is our enemy number one! Everybody is now getting the message but some choose to cut the girls in the hide.. Be warned, we have spies all over and your conservative traditions will be curtailed by law. More good news, in Endana, Mujogodo, we are now practicing what I [...]

Vernacular, national and formal languages in Kenya.

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Image via Wikipedia Maryanne Naipasoi Tutuma.  We play your songs on  wide screen at home and my kids loves it. Thank you for such fine tunning songs! We also follow Ole Pakuo and his tantalizing Maasai Gospel music. Saidimu Ole Ngais. Where are all the children book writers? video producers to help register and keep [...]

Maasai and the Game of Cricket

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Cricket is a game considered in Kenya to be for the affluent in society. But a group of players from the united kingdom have decided to demystify the game and are training a group that you’d least expect to be receiving such training … Maasai Morans. In Laikipia, Morans are now learning how to bat [...]

Laikipia North District not granted right to own Constituency?

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Saidimu Ole ngais

Laikipia North District not granted right to own Constituency? Measures to challenge IIBRC in Court now that Laikipia North is denied a Constituency of its own can be taken soon. Legal support: ILO Convention 169 for tribal/Indigenous people. (Someone to quote the corresponding article in the Constitution?) The question now is if Kenya is violating [...]