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Mar 18

CAREY FRANCIS, OBE, (1897-1966)
"Alliance ‘kitu gani’?", Was a remark President Moi reportedly gave when he overheard one MP say "I went to Alliance"
Edward Carey Francis was a British mathematician and Anglican missionary to Kenya,

where he became "arguably the most influential educationist in Kenya's modern history".

He was born in the London borough of Hampstead. He began his education at William Ellis School, where he rose to become head boy and captain of the cricket, football, tennis, and athletics teams.

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Mar 18

~Ngug'i wa Thiong'o writes
Raila had refused to eat.He was on hunger strike. .He grew thin and pale.His right palm had gone dark,the arm had pimples and boils as well. His left arm was twisted already. He was receiving extraordinary punishment. He stood for his words.

Dictators had to go.
I had been initially jailed for a year by the Kenyatta's regime. For criticising the government acts on my book,, "l will marry when I want".I had set up a revolutionary theatre ,this provoked the dictatorial regime.

Odingas's was involving. Seven years already in jail. He stood firm. Kenya needed a fresh air. He was willing to pay the price.I felt touched by his story. When I came to see him, he was denied a chance to talk to me. However he wisely did it in a writing.

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Mar 18

REVIEW OF THE BOOK: Kenyan Student Airlifts to America, 1959-1961.
Written by Robert F Stephens
What did it take to get hundreds of eager Kenyan students into US colleges in the late 1950s and early 1960s? It took perseverance,

the assistance of many people, and the students' overwhelming desire. This is an engaging and insightful book about an important and underappreciated period in history. When we think of important historical airlifts, we think of the Berlin Airlift.

Robert Stephens transports us to another American-sponsored airlift that brought a new generation of African leaders to American shores for higher education.

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Mar 18

SENIOR CHIEF AMOTH OWIRA
More history of collaborating colonial chiefs and their families' political and economic dominance in post-independence Kenya. Alego's chief Amoth Owira.

Chief Amoth Owira of Alego was a colonial collaborating chief and the father of former Siaya County Governor Cornel Rasanga Amoth and Dr. Patrick Amoth, Director General of Health.
He was a staunch colonial enforcer who zealously carried out colonial policies.

When Mau Mau detainees serving life sentences on Mageta Island in Lake Victoria escaped in 1956, he dispatched all residents of his location to track them down.

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Mar 17

#Maestro
Kenya and Gor Mahia midfield general of the mid to late-70s era, Jerry Reagan Imbo. (RiP).
One of the best readers of the game, Imbo joined Gor in 1976 from the crack Black Mamba team of the time. In his first season,

Gor wrestled the national league title from arch-rivals, Luo Union, in the last match of the season.
He was then called-up to the national team fold by coach Ray Wood for the regional Senior CECAFA championship hosted by Somalia in 1977,

and was made captain the following year, when the tournament was held in Malawi.
Those who watched Imbo in action would remember, with great nostalgia, the deep-lying play-maker's ball mastery as he threaded probing passes from the middle of the park;

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Mar 17

JOSEPH KONY
Kony, an Acholi, was born in Odek, a village east of Gulu in northern Uganda, to farmers Luizi Obol and Nora Oting in 1961.
He belongs to the Acholi tribe.
He was either the youngest or second youngest of six siblings.

Kony had a good relationship with his siblings, but he was quick to retaliate in a dispute and would frequently resort to physical violence when confronted.
His father was a Catholic lay catechist, and his mother was an Anglican.

Gabriela Lakot, his older sister, still lives in Odek. Kony dropped out of elementary school. Until 1976, he was an altar boy. He dropped out of school when he was 15 years old.

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