Kenya Is Ripe For A Revolution,We Need Visionary Leadership 11/09/2009
Posted by martinndugu in Uncategorized.Tags: Corruption, Digital story telling project, Forests, hunger, leadership, post election violence, water
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For the past two weeks I wrote a blog about how the government is not focusing on the IDPs by spending seven point four billion shillings on census, instead of using this money to relocate them back to their homes.
photo by Mavish
For one year and eight months now the IDPs have been suffering but no one seems to care about them but for now they have a new smile on their faces, the government will spent one hundred and thirty three billion shilling to relocate them back to their homes and rebuild their houses new.
This is the most important step the government has taken at this moment. What the government now need to do is to feed the hunger stricken people in different parts of the country. Water shortage has been one major causes of food shortage and also lack of rain. The government should conserve our forests in order to have enough food and end food shortages.
Photo by Mavish
Those people living in Mau forest were told to vacate that place by the government in order to conserve the forest but they were promise that they will be located to another area, If this will succeed then the problem of water shortage and food will reduce. I’m pleading to the government to conserve our forest by planting more seedling in order to end up this issues of hunger starvations and also water shortage.
Photo by Martin Ndung'u
If the government fails to do this then most people in different parts of this country will suffer and eventually die. I also urge our ministers and the ministries of water and food to join hands together and by doing this they can achieve because nothing is hand unless you do not try.
My video at work 03/09/2009
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The Inside Story Save The Mau 19/08/2009
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If we manage our resources well, we can grow enough food for all Kenyans and export the excess. Dams, lakes and rivers are drying up because we have destroyed our water catchments areas like Mau forest.
I urge the government to comply and tell those people to leave the Mau forest immediately and relocate them to another land. Let us save Kenya and together we can do more!!!
The Inside Story Focus on The Future Too 31/07/2009
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Last week as I watched the local TV news I was not delighted by the bad news about hunger and water shortage in our country.
This has emerged out due to the post election violence last year, since many people were left homeless and their properties were destroyed too.
Human beings are still dying in various parts of our country, yet our leaders are enjoying themselves not knowing what the citizens are going through, but some are good, like the speaker of the national assembly Kenneth Marende, who donated money to help the hunger stricken people in Northern Kenya.
At least, if our leaders lobbied for reduction of food prices items it can help. I think Hon Uhuru Kenyatta made the right decision when he said, our leaders cannot afford to ride expensive cars when people are starving during his budget speech this year.
I’m pleading to the government of Kenya to conserve our forests and also encourage recycling of papers by books, toilet papers and paper bags manufacturing companies.
Apart from that the government needs to dig up bore holes in various parts in the country and this will help to fight hunger and starvation in the future, because there will be enough rain and water projects.
If the government will not focus on this issues who will? and for how long will people continue dying due to hunger strike and starvations? Wake up?
The Voice of Street Children 28/01/2009
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It was December last year when I went to visit my friends, those who leave and work on streets of Nairobi. Life looked sophisticated and boring on the streets. The sun was above the horizon as birds flew with joy as they sung their sweet melodies.
When I reached at the base where my friends live, I was shocked by the bad news that one of my friends had died simply because of a road accident. I stayed there for five hours taking with my friends about how they are been harassed by the city council and also the police.
I left them and I went back home but after two weeks I come to realize that he died simply because he was in drugs. He used to sniff glue, I felt so sorry for him because he died young and he was my best friend.
I’m pleading to the government of Kenya to take action to those people who sell glue to street children because if this continues many street children will die young and they will not have a bright future.
Glue sniffing is harmful to our children and youths. Do not give them handouts give them future,Let us find our future, please let us stop it!!
How Many More Must Die? 16/01/2009
Posted by martinndugu in Uncategorized.Tags: Digital story telling project, Harassment, Kenya, mungiki, nairobi, police, street, streetassociations, youths.dumpingsite
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Recently eight street association members of Dandora dumping site were shot dead by police being accused of car jacking and mungiki members of which was not true.
We visited the sight where they stay and work and one member of the street association told us that he was luck to escape death, when police came to their base where they do their job which involves recycling metals and plastics material in order to earn a living in Dadora dumping site.
He told us that one police man told the others that they could have first shoot him before they shoot the others as he was walking out of the dumping site but one police told him not to do so.
He also told us that before the police shoot his friends they showed their street association certificate to the police but the police did not want to see. When he moved a few steps forward the police started shooting his friends and that made him run away so he was luck to escape death.
He also told us that the police said they will come back again where they work to shoot the other members who were left behind. Now their lives are on danger and they are now pleading to the government to take quick action because if this continues many of them will die young and innocent.
They Were Denied The Right! 06/01/2009
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December 31, will forever remain in my memory. At 11.00 p.m at night, I was a sleep, having forgone my sleep while waiting midnight to celebrate the New Year party.
I received a call from my cousin. He wanted to know if I was aware about the New Year celebration party at his home.The night was cool and bright as people walk around in different directions.
Immediately I set off to town, but on my way I was warned by police who were coming from the opposite direction that my destination was not safe.
Police were shooting in the air to disperse the youths who were shouting and dancing waiting midnight in order to celebrate the New Year.
No sooner had the youths finished shouting than the police quickly run after them and caught them including my friend Ruche a 17 years old boy.
They were taken to police custody with injuries because they were beaten by the police and charged for shouting and touting.
They were released the next day, they did not celebrate the New Year in peace instead they were held in police custody.
I’m pleading to the government of Kenya to take action to these issues of police harassment. If this continues many youths will be on the dark side of life and their future too.
What Should Be Done To Reduce It? 21/11/2008
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It happened to an orphan, an eleven years old girl in Nairobi but no action has been taken so far. It was on Monday night when suddenly a heard a big scream as I was sleeping.
I looked at my watch it was half past mid night, I wondered who could be screaming at that late hour. The night was cool and bright. The wind was blowing towards the Western direction.
I switched off the light, I heard a big crowd walking on the road since I live near the road. I have not heard any movement or any car moving before and it was risk to walk outside at that hour.
No sooner had I walked outside than I found a crowd of people holding a twenty four years old man who they were accusing him for sexual abuse The man has been sleeping with an eleven years old girl and the girl defended him by saying he is not the one because the man has been giving her money.
The girl now is suffering from sexual transmitted disease gonorrhea. The man was taken to the police station with minor injuries since he was beaten by the crowd but the police told them they do not have any evidence and they released him.
One girl who is a friend of this girl told the crowd that the man has been sleeping with this girl for three months, since the girl is an orphan no one defended her any more because she defended this man not even her family members who said that the girl refused to complete her primary education and she started this behaviors of moving around with men’s.
I felt sorry for her as she is young suffering and she does not have someone to help her that’s why she started this habit so as to earn a living. I’m pleading to the government to take action to these people who abuse children in any form of child abuse, they know that children have they rights too but they go ahead and abuse the m.
If this continues many children will be on the dark side of life and who will be responsible for our children in the future? If the government ignores to take action to these issues of child abuse.
For How Long Should It Continue? 28/10/2008
Posted by martinndugu in Uncategorized.Tags: crime, death, Digital story telling project, mungiki, nairobi, police, police harassment, street
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It was on a Monday morning, which was a day for everyone in this county to celebrate and remember the heroes who fought for independence but for me it turned to be a mourning day to remember.
Life looked sophisticated and boring. The sun was above the Eastern horizon, birds flew with joy as they sung their sweet melodies.
The bad news about the death of my two friends John and Njoroge made my temperature rise up to 28 degrees because they were shot dead by the police claiming that they were ‘Mungiki’ members of which they were not, instead they were members of Globe Street Association who lives and works on streets.
This is Njoroge with his friend's baby.(photo by Elvis Majani)
I remember the last day with them like it was yesterday because I was with them last on 15 October on a forum of the Streets Associations, which was about from streets to microphone. The amazing thing is that they raised their voices on that forum about issues affecting them which included: police harassment, drug abuse, sexual abuse and environment.
This is John. (Photo by Kristina Rosinsky)
I remember the performing a skit about police harassment. They also said that since January up to now this year, the number of those who have been shot dead by the police has increased from six to eight still been accused of Mungiki members.
Mungiki is a kikuyu word which means togetherness and the Mungiki members say that they like peace, working together but the government believes they are bad people who like crime. If this continues our brothers and sisters who lives and work on streets will be on the dark side of life since they are been shot for no good reason.
I ‘m pleading to the government of Kenya to take action and do investigation first before shooting someone especially our young brothers and sister who leaves and work on the streets.
