Uhuru Kenya is Milking Kenya Dry!

SHERRIF ARPAIO said:
Who is the current CB governor? Whoever he is, is my role model
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Patrick Njoroge: Kenyan bank boss who doesn't want luxury house - BBC News


Kenya's new central bank governor rejected the grand house that comes with his prestigious job. The BBC's Abdinoor Maalim writes this is a rare move which has created a lot of interest in the single 54-year-old, who is a member of the Catholic group Opus Dei.
Kenyans are enthralled by the new central bank governor. And it is not because they are wondering what he is going to do about the Kenyan shilling weakening against other currencies.
Patrick Njoroge seems to be from a different planet altogether.
His "refusal to take his turn to eat is surprising" says business columnist Otieno Otieno in the Daily Nation. While Victor Nyakachunga writes in the Standard "many were challenged" by him opting for the simple life.
Kenyans are used to senior government officials leading lavish lifestyles.
It is an issue which has provoked protest, not least when parliamentarians awarded themselves a pay rise of 319,000 shillings ($3,200; £2,100) a month, less than two months after being sworn in in 2013.
Mr Njoroge's predecessors in the central bank lived in the luxurious Muthaiga Estate in Nairobi.
They drove Range Rovers or Mercedes Benz accompanied by security cars.
The house is famous for its beautiful gardens which are used to host parties.
It is near the residences of the US and UK foreign envoys and Kenya's former President Mwai Kibaki.
Mr Njoroge has dismissed these perks, preferring to live in a communal house in Nairobi's Loresho estate.
He went to live with his fellow members of an organisation of the Roman Catholic church called Opus Dei.
The organisation, which means "work of God" in Latin, teaches that ordinary life is a path to sanctity.
It is widely credited with developing his humble stance.
The Opus Dei website says members aim at "humility, justice, integrity, and solidarity" and to work "hard and well, honestly and fairly".
"In God's eyes, what matters is the love people put into their work, not its success in terms of money or fame," it adds.
What is Opus Dei?
A branch of the Catholic Church founded in 1928
Has a reputation for secrecy
Some members take a vow to live in a community and some a vow of celibacy but most are married
Featured in the Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code where a member whips himself until he bleeds
Self-flagellation is an expression of remorse for sins
The Opus Dei website says members do perform penance and sacrifice but "not like the distorted and exaggerated depiction in The Da Vinci Code"
Offered a wife
When he was being vetted by MPs for the governor position, he surprised the committee by revealing he didn't own any property in Kenya.
That is despite commanding a presumably large salary in his previous job as an advisor to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Deputy Managing Director.
"I don't have a single asset here in Kenya," he said.
"It doesn't mean that this how it will be forever. I subscribe to being very deliberate about that. This is my economic model and maybe years after retirement, I would want to invest in other things," he said.
But it is not the only element of the banker's private life which has caused a stir.
He is also single.
MPs were so intrigued by Mr Njoroge's marital status that he was asked about it during the vetting process - a move BBC Trending reports was mocked online.
The MPs gave him a rare offer. When they found out he was single they requested to get him a wife.
"I am single by choice - it's not because there's a problem or shortage," he replied.
His character has attracted offers of marriage and admiration on Twitter.
"And then, that new [HASHTAG]#CBKGovernor[/HASHTAG] just made me re evaluate my life goals..man is so humble and content." tweeted an inspired Anthony Mbugua.
His colleagues are equally taken by him.
"Totally devoid of ego and instinctively averse to self-advertisement," is how a senior treasury official and long-serving central banker described him.
Kenyans hope his austere nature means he will keep their luxury-loving politicians in check and safeguard their economic future.
 

There goes CB governor!!!
He's my role model
 
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Dr Patrick Njoroge has broken his silence over the huge influence of his faith in his day to day life.
The Yale-trained economist whose appointment as the regulator early last year stirred the country but also spawned emergence of a new order for financial institutions in Kenya, revealed in an wide ranging interview with the BBC World Service’s Outlook radio programme how his Opus Dei faith has shaped his daily life and work ethic.
The Governor in the 10-minute interview recalled the “embarrassment” caused to him by legislators as they vetted him when they wondered why he had no wife at 54 years of age.
He also spoke about his peculiar decision to refuse to take in the trappings of power associated with his plum post a move that baffled many Kenyans.
In the interview, the governor explains his steadfast belief in the President Uhuru Kenyatta’s quest to fight corruption.
He recalls his childhood in Kenya saying it was fun, but also delves into how he landed his current job while “at the top of his game” as an advisor at the International Monetary Fund.
The following are the excerpts from the BBC radio interview below.
Matthew Bannister: Tell us about your childhood?
Dr Patrick Njoroge: Our parents set very high standards for us, there is no doubt about that. There wasn’t a sense of it being handed to us on a silver platter, no, we had to work hard study hard and so forth.
MB:And you were brought up in the Catholic faith:
G: That’s correct. That was also an important element in our life, Catholic faith, and yes they taught us that right from the beginning. I was baptized when I was three days old. And in the end of course there are other things that come through, being responsible, working, we were taught well in that regard.
MB:What made you decide to become an economist?
G: My intention was to go and do electrical engineering at the University of Nairobi. After finishing High School we actually had to stay out maybe seven, eight months. During that time, it became clear to me that an electrical engineer is no more than sort of a gloried electrician.
I began to see issues about poverty, about connection with people, development and I began to see that maybe I could make a difference in people’s lives by working as an economist.
MB: And then you went to Yale University in the United States. Did you fit in well with the American lifestyle?
G: (Laughing) I am not sure about that. I think the American lifestyle as graduate student is really different from what you call an American Lifestyle. The Grad student is poor and every free moment is used to study, but I did enjoy that I had a lot of friends. One of the interesting.
(READ: CBK boss proof that high office need not come with opulence)
MB:So you found a job at the International Monetary Fund and your vision there was that the IMF is a force for good in the world, is a force which can help developing economies develop better and faster, through money from the international community?
G: That’s accurate. It has not been disappointing, I think my 20 years there were phenomenal. If I had to do it again yes I would exactly what I did.
MB: Can you pick out some high lights of your time there that you are really proud of?
G: Highlights and low lights. I remember in Kazakhstan negotiating with the Kazakhks for some programme. I distinctly remember going bowling with half of the Cabinet of that country.
We had the deputy prime minister with us. (Laughing) It was kind of interesting. I think without a doubt the high point of it all was working in the office of the managing director just before I took over this job as the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
MB:How did that happen? How did you get the call to be the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya?
G: I was at the top of my game so I could do whatever I wanted. But this job came along and I looked at it and I sort of thought, well you know I may never know if I never apply if I could have got it or not. And in any event if I want to help Kenya or work with Kenya I do have specific skills and unique experiences that I think would be very useful for Kenya so may be this is the time to check that out and see what happens.
MB: Did you have to go through some rigorous selection process?
G: Yes, it was rigorous because we had to go through the vetting as we call it here by Parliament.
MB:Those MPs put some scrutiny on your private life, didn’t they?
G: They asked a lot of questions about my private life. How much property I have and things like that. But I guess the point in all this which was surprising for some of the listeners, indeed some of the Parliamentarians, was that I didn’t have a single asset in Kenya.
MB:Why was that?
G: I had decided not to put my money into investments, I give it away to charity and I spend it in my own things and I am not apologetic about that.
MB:But that was a result of your membership of Opus Dei, was it?
G: That’s correct?
MB: Could you tell me what it means to be a member of the Opus Dei? What is it that members sign up for?
G: The first thing is to realise that really what it is about is working towards becoming saint meaning relate to God in your work, in your daily activities.
MB:I believe that you also live in a community with other members of the Opus Dei, presumably that means you turned down the offer of the Central Bank Governor’s mansion?
G: I could have stayed in the mansion if I wanted to. I didn’t need to. They are not me.
There are aspects of my life that I feel strongly about and I just feel that that is not something I would want to do. And it’s not because, it’s an Opus Dei thing or not, may be other members of the Opus Dei or other people would have wanted to stay there. I didn’t feel that that’s what I wanted to do.
MB: They also wanted to know why you are still single at the age of 54, it seemed like quite an intrusive question but they did want to know that?
G: I found it a little embarrassing. I had decided to be single and to remain single, to be celibate and that’s my decision. And as members of Opus Dei who live celibate lives, some of them, not all of them, some of them, do live in a house together.
MB: Some people would say you’ve given up something very significant in deciding to become celibate?
G: I don’t think so. We give up a lot in our lives. A lot, a lot. Years ago I looked at Lisa Ondieki, she was training for a marathon and she had set a record in the New York Marathon. She used to run 120 miles every week. I mean that’s some serious dedication.
MB: And your faith is your marathon?
G: It’s not my faith, my life is my marathon. I don’t distinguish my faith from my profession, from my relations with others It’s one package, it’s a seamless package.
MB: And you also turned down the big car? There was actually fleet of cars I think, do you have any of those?
G: What I would say is that what I’ve done is to minimize my - not just use - but also access to some of those things. That I think is accurate. If I need to write well, I have just one pen, I don’t need two, the same thing with motor vehicles, and the same thing with other things? There is no point in just amassing property or amassing instruments that I cannot use.
MB:I am sure people will be impressed by your pledge but I suppose some of them will be surprised to find a banker, somebody who is looking after money who is so uninterested in material possessions?
G: That may well be the case, but I think I would turn it on its head, there is nothing about banking that requires you to be attached or to be so wrapped up in material possession.
As a matter of fact there is everything to say on the contrary. Maybe a lot of us have been stuck in a certain way of looking at things, that material possession is everything. Maybe that’s what we need to change. Maybe that’s where we need to start.
MB: One of the issues that we know faces Kenya is the endemic corruption in society. How can someone like you in the influential position you now occupy begin to tackle that corruption?
G: I think one needs to look at what their responsibilities are. My responsibility now as the Central Bank Governor is the commercial banks, making sure that the rules that are in place are supportive of reduction in corruption and things like that.
 
MK254 said:
Japo Kenya ili ufikishwe mahakamani, lazima utakua umevuka mpaka wa uhuru wa maoni, hebu fuata hizo taarifa hapo halafu uwaze maneno waliyoyatumia hao wangeyatumia kwenu.
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Yote hii mradi utetee tu? Kwani ukikubali utapungukiwa na nini? Au Tanzania itaongezewa nini?
 
Barbarosa said:
Yote hii mradi utetee tu? Kwani ukikubali utapungukiwa na nini? Au Tanzania itaongezewa nini?
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Kukubali eti Kenya imerudi nyuma kidemokrasia na kuwa level moja na Tanzania itakua janga la taifa kwetu. Tupo hapa tulipo kwa kulipia gharama.
 
MK254 said:
Kukubali eti Kenya imerudi nyuma kidemokrasia na kuwa level moja na Tanzania itakua janga la taifa kwetu. Tupo hapa tulipo kwa kulipia gharama.
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Kwa maoni yako unafikiri Kenya kuna demokrasia kuliko Tanzania?
 
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Dhuks said:
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How is this even a question?
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Inategemea demokrasia kwako ni nini kama demokrasia ni Uhuru wa kutukana Viongozi wa nchi unavyotaka labda hivyo lkn kama demokrasia maana yake Uhuru na haki ya Binadamu kuishi, Tanzania ina demokrasia kuliko Kenya tena kwa mbali sana!
 
Barbarosa said:
Inategemea demokrasia kwako ni nini kama demokrasia ni Uhuru wa kutukana Viongozi wa nchi unavyotaka labda hivyo lkn kama demokrasia maana yake Uhuru na haki ya Binadamu kuishi, Tanzania ina demokrasia kuliko Kenya tena kwa mbali sana!
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ati uhuru wa haki ya binadamu kuishi...ntk!
uhuru ghani wa haki ya binadamu kuishi unaoungelea huu?
wakenya wengi zaidi wanaenda shule, wanaenda hospitalini kupata matibabu, waliosoma, wanaojua haki zao(ndo maana huzipigania kila siku), mkenya wa kawaida anaishi maisha marefu kuliko mtanzania.... kwahivyo nikuulize tena, ni uhuru ghani wa kuishi huu unaojisifia?????
 


Kwa mfano kuna Wakenya wengi sana tu hawawezi kuelewa Raisi wa nchi yao akihutubia kwa sababu anatumia english language, kuna Wakenya wengi kwa mfano Wakikuyu wote hawawezi kusikiliza Redio inayotangaza Kijaluo na Wajaluo hawawezi kusikiliza redio/TV inayotangaza Kikikuyu ingawaje wote wanaishi nchi moja!

Nina rafiki yangu ni Mkikuyu lkn ametokea tu kuzaliwa Ukalenjin huko Baba yake alipofariki aliachiwa Mali kama Mashamba na Mifugo sasa hivi wamefukuzwa huko Ukalenjini na kunyang'anywa Mali zote kwa sababu wameambiwa wao siyo Wakalenjini na hivyo hawana haki ya kusihi huko, sasa haya yote Tanzania hayawezekani, Mtanzania yoyote ana haki ya kuishi popote na kumiliki Mali popote ndani ya ardhi ya TZ bila ya shida, hii yote ni demokrasia!

Ndiyo maana nasema kama ni kutukana Rais, kufanya Maandamano, kukaidi na kutokuheshimu utawala uliopo ndiyo demokrasia labda hapo Kenya inaishinda TZ lkn siyo kwenye haki za kimsingi kabisa za kibinadamu kama right of information ambayo Kenya iko limited kwa sababu kila ethinic group linatumia kilugha chake kwenye media zao!
 

Ni kosa kwenu nyie kujivunia huko kubanwa na kukatazwa kuongea lugha zenu za asili eti huo ni uhuru na demokrasia. Huo ni utumwa wa kiaina, maana kila binadamu ameumbwa na asili yake, na Mungu alikua na sababu ya kutuumba na lugha zetu hizi. Lugha zingine hizo kama Kiswahili na Kingereza ni za kutuunganisha tu kitaifa na kimataifa, lakini sisi Wakenya tuna uhuru wa kufurahia lugha zetu za asili.

Hilo la watu kupokonywa mali au ardhi ni tatizo la kisheria na kiusalama na sio sera ya nchi. Lipo kote duniani, nimeliona hata Bongo. Makosa ya jinai ni jambo la kawaida kwenye nchi nyingi na huwa linashughulikiwa kisheria, ni kama vile albino ndani ya Tanzania anapata shida sana maana wengi wanachinjwa na kuliwa, japo sio sera ya nchi au taifa.

Kimsingi, Wakenya hatuna ruhusa ya kumtukana yeyote hata rais wa nchi, lakini tuna uhuru wa kujieleleza. Kuna kipindi cha hapo awali Kenya ilikua kama Tanzania ambapo kukosoa rais ilikua kosa la jinai, huko tulitoka. Wewe juzi umemuita rais Uhuru kuwa ni wa ovyo na ukatumia maneno mengi mazito dhidi yake, lakini nina uhakika hayo ungeyatumia kwenu, yangekukuta.

Tanzania, itawachukua muda mrefu sana hata kusogelea mahali tupo, mpo bado sana kwa kila kitu.
 
shida ya urithi ni jambo ambalo linapatikana kila mahali, si africa pekee, familia hupigania mali na hua wanatumia sababu zozote ili kuvutia kamba kwao, ambia huyo 'rafikiyo' aende kotini kama ako na kesi kweli, uone kama hatapewa haki yake mara moja kama ye ni mkweli..


alafu tuje kwa hizo hotuba za rais, ukisema wakebya wengi hawaelewi, hio takwimu umetoa wapi? maana shule zote kenya zinafundisha kizungu na kiswahili, na hapa kenya ni 86% literacy rate kwahivyo utategemea angalau kama wanaeza elewa lugha ambayo walimu waliwafundishia shuleni.... alafu hapo hapo tuchanganye na hio ya redio.... kwa kimombo tutasema 'you got it twisted'.... democrasia ni uhuru wa kuskiza radio ya lugha moja au kuskiza ile we mwenyewe wataka? kumbuka kila eneo lenye lina radio ya kilugha, pia kutakua na redio ya kiswahili, pia utapata ya kizungu... kwahivyo hakuna mtu analazimishwa....kama democrasia ni kuskiza ligha moja, basi pia leo tuamue tue ba dini moja, tuamue vile wale ma imam wa kislaamu husomesha na kuhutubia kiarabu, hio si demokrasia maana wengine hawaelewi!!!!

alafu hii ambayo unasema eti right to information. kwahivyo unamaanisha wale wanao ongea kiswahili ndo wako na right to information pekee? je umefikiria kwamba hizi station zinazo ongea kilugha zinaendeleza hio sheria ya right to information maana hata hizo hotuba za rais zina translated kwa lugha yao ya asili...... hebu fikiria mji kama wa malindi bao una wataliano wengi, wengi wao hawaelewi kiswahili, na kizungu pia wanaelewa kidogo tu, je hao hawana right to information? je leo hii wakiamua kueka radio inayo ongea kitaliano ili zile habari za kiswahili na kizungu zikue translated, si hao wataliano watakua wapeta right yao? ama we unaona ndo watakua wamenyima wengine?

kenya kuna station za radio zimefika zaidi ya 300, lakini kutokana na takwimu, radio citizen ya kiswahili ndo inaskilizwa na wakenya wengi zaidi, haswa wale wanaoishi mashambani, wanaokaa nairobi hupenda kuskiza stesheni za lugha na nyimbo za kizungu kama classic, wale wanao ishi githurai na mitaa kama hio hupenda kusikiliza stesheni zinazoongea lugha ya sheng, leo hii unataka tuwalazimishe wote wasikilize lugha moja eti hio ndo democrasia?????, hawakulazimika kuskiza hio stesheni....
mabubu nao wakiamua kuweka stesheni ya Tv inayo tumia sign language pekee bila sauti ili pia hao wapate haki yao ya information, basi si watu wengine wa kawaida hatufai kulalamika eti mbona ile station inongea kwa lugha haileweki... hio itakua si udenokrasia. itakua ni kuzuilia haki za watu kuskiza au kuangalia kitu wanachotaka



by 2012 kenya ilikua na radio stesheni 116, sahii ziko zaidi

Radio stations have been on the rise ever since the liberalisation of the media after the Moi era. Also, radio licenses have been getting cheaper and cheaper as time goes by, which has reduced the barrier to entry for the radio market.
In 1999 there were less than 10 local radio stations in Kenya. Now there are 116. Here is the complete list:
1. Radio Citizen - 106.7
2. Mbaitu FM - 92.5
3. KBC Kiswahili - 92.9
4. Nam Lolwe FM - 97.3
5. Milele FM - 99.7
6. Muuga FM - 88.9
7. Q FM - 94.4
8. Lake Victoria FM - 92.1
9. Jambo FM - 97.5
10. Radio Star - 105.9
11. Inooro FM - 98.9
12. Bahari FM - 94.2
13. KISS FM - 100.3
14. Kaya FM - 95.9
15. Kameme FM - 101.1
16. Kisima - 89.7
17. Ghetto Radio - 89.5
18. Risala - 96.7
19. Coro FM - 95.7
20. Capital FM - 98.4
21. Ramogi FM -107.1
22. Classic FM - 105.2
23. West FM - 94.9
24. Musyi FM - 102.2
25. Kass FM - 89.1
26. Easy FM - 96.3
27. Chamgei FM - 90.4
28. KBC English - 95.6
29. BBC - 93.9
30. Radio Maisha - 102.7
31. Sayare Radio - 102.9
32. Egesa FM - 103.4
33. Mulembe FM - 97.9
34. KBC North Eastern - 87.7
35. Bibilia Husema - 90.7
36. Radio One - 97.1
37. Syokimau FM - 88.7
38. Injili FM - 103.7
39. Minto - 101.7
40. Pwani FM - 104.7
41. Baraka FM - 95.5
42. Wimwaro
43. Metro FM - 101.9
44. Imani FM - 88.8
45. Kitwek - 98.0
46. Sauti ya Mwananchi - 100.9
47. Hope FM - 93.3
48. Sahara FM - 106.4
49. Jesus Is Lord - 105.3
50. Mambo FM - 91.7
51. Anguo
52. Ghetto FM - 89.9
53. Radio Waumini - 88.3
54. Frontier FM
55. Radio Salaam
56. Radio Djibouti
57. Sheki FM
58. Uptown - 91.1
59. Radio Rahma
60. Radio Ethiopia
61. Family
62. Hot 96 - 96.0
63. Homeboyz Radio - 103.5
64. Mururi 107.3
65. Mata FM
66. Hosana
67. MMUST FM
68. Sifa FM
69. KBC Eastern
70. East Africa FM
71. Radio Maria
72. Radio Mwiriama
73. X FM Rock - 105.5
74. Iqra FM - 95.1
75. Mulembee Bukusu
76. Radio Simba
77. Voice of America
78. Fish FM
79. Mwanendu FM
80. KBC Western
81. Amani FM
82. Kill FM
83. Kangema FM
84. Radio Free Africa(RFA)
85. Rehema
86. Light & Life
87. RFI - 89.9
88. Radio Mang'elete
89. Radio Umoja
90. Best FM
91. Cloud FM
92. Bahasha
93. Radio Star
94. ECN
95. Maendeleo
96. RTD Tanzania
97. Rock Mambo
98. Sema Radio
99. Deutchse-Welle
100. Step FM
101. Mwanganza
102. Sound Asia FM
103. East FM
104. Radio China
105. Turkana FM
106. Radio Pamoja
107. KBC Central
108. TBC TZ
109. Mandeq
110. Touch FM
111. Koch FM
112. Triple-A
113. Irib
114. CRI
115. Lokichogio FM
116. Neema FM









Nchi si kuongea lugha moja, nchi si kua rangi moja , nchi ni uzalendo, nchi ni kuwa na ndoto moja hata kama mko tofauti ki umri,rangi,lugha asili...
 


Acha kudanganya, girlfriend yangu Mkenya nimefika kwao kijijini kwa shosho hakuna anayejua English huko, isitoshe rafiki yangu alifukuzwa Ukalenjini kwa sababu ni Mkikuyu na hakuwa peke yake anasema huko kuna Wakijuyu wengi walihamia na wakifukuzwa na nyumba zao kuchomwa na wala siyo swala la mirathi!
 
mimi mwenyewe nimekua huko juzi na nimekutana na wajaluo, wakikuyu hata wapwani, kwahivyo kutumia story ya mtu mmoja si evidence ya kutosha..... mwanzo inaonekana unaongelea mambo yaliofanyika ule mwaka mbaya wa 2007... (and you seem to be missing the point here, you are equating the vice of negative tribalism to democrasy, tribalism is a vice in kenya, but its not part of the law, its not a policy, its just an evil thing that people accumulate, just like corruption, now dwmocrasy in that situation wont be the act of doing a bad thing, democrasy in this situation would be what the victim gets n terms of justice... ndo maana nakwambia mwambie huyo rafiki yako aende kotini aangalia kama atanyimwa haki yake)...huko kwenu sasa ni tofauti, vices zengine ni part of the policy, kwahivyo mwanchi hata hawezi kutafuta haki manake hio vice iko institutionalised na iko kwa sheria, redio station ikifungwa hakuna lolote unaeza fanya, alafu eti unasema hio ni demokrasia..
alafu hao unaosema hawaelewi kizungu, basi hizo stesheni zinazo ongea ligha yao inawapatia haki ya kupata habari kwa lugha wanayoelewa zaidi........ je uliwauliza kama wanafeel lees kenyan kwasababu hawaelewi kizungu? je uliwauliza kama haki zao zimezidi kudhorora toka wakati wa moi hadi sasa kwasababu ya watu kuongea kizungu...maana sikuhizi hata bibilia kunazo za lugha asili... kama nilivyosema, ukenya si rangi,miaka,wala lugha...ukenya ni uzalendo wa nchi
 
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