STOP POLITICIZING CIRCUMCISION

Doctors have given the reasons to why circumcision to men is healthy. Why do the politicians want to politicize it now? Who said only circumcised men are good leaders? How do they even know that other politicians have not gone through the knife? This is a matter only the wives know, unless we think otherwise.

You can’t base it that because it is not the culture of a certain community, all of them have not undergone the knife. Just because they don’t celebrate circumcision in a particular tribe does not mean they all have not gone through the knife. People should know by now that it is done even in the hospitals, and it’s not necessary to let every one know you underwent the act.

Let us not politicize this issue, it might seem as a joke to everyone but it very serious especially in this era in which we are trying to fight HIV/AIDS. I would love to encourage all the men out there….doesn;t matter which tribe you hail from, to embrace circumcision as a health issue and not as many perceive it. It doesn’t make one less of a man and vice versa.

To those who force others into the act, should instead talk to them and advice them on why it is good for them to be circumcised. To the leaders like Oburu and the other two who said they will undergo the knife………congratulations……but we hope you did all this for health reasons and not political.

Wahi Kuwahi….was not a nice joke:

Finally it came to an end, this joke that Coca-Cola has been playing on us…..the devoted drinkers. Am so happy but also sad it came to an end. Happy because now people can save the energy and money they were spending taking sodas with wahi-kuwahi bottle tops…….yet you end up with 100 bob wahi…..so frustrating. Sad because I got 1million wahi and was seriously taking soda to get that 1M kuwahi……..and then they say its over?......not nice at all.

Everyone was so determined to get the matching bottle tops but only wahi was abundant……kuwahi as many perceived were taken to shagz (rural areas) where no one could afford the pleasure of buying a soda……not oftenly….not even for a winning game like this.

Even in the restaurants, waiters hurried to serve you just to get hold of the bottle top. On one occasion I had to demand for my bottle top or else I don’t pay, all in the name of wahi kuwahi.

If there’s someone out there who got to win the chums even for a sok (ksh.100), I say you are better off….but considering that was the fare you used to go to coca-cola……you are worst off.

It was a moving joke that got all of us drinking, I know the company has made a lot of cash….am personally disappointed…..but that’s what they call good selling strategy.

Kenyan soap operas

Vitimbi, Tausi, Vioja Mahakani and the likes hit the market and were really a must watch. Tausi was the most popular one, vitimbi being the best comedy at the time. Then Redykulus emerged, with the best artistes like KJ and Nyambane taking part. After the fall of Redykulus, Red Corner emerged with the same theme as Redykulus and the same same artistes playing their roles.

These were the days one could not afford to miss the programs, but if you did then you would watch out for the repeat.

Today we have so much of the Kenyan soap operas. Citizen, KBC and NTV are the ones embracing these local shows and bringing them to our screens. Citizen being in the lead with so many shows, from Tahidi high, Cobra Squad, Majaliwa, Papa Shirandula and the rest. I must say they are so many that one gets confused on which one to keep up with.

This is a great move by our local artistes and the entertainment industry. But still they have along way to go, with a lot of things to learn. Not all the programs are best and worth watching, only a few try to glue people to the screens while others are just fake. Viewers always want something realistic, creative, clear and with the best characters in place. I mean if you bring to the screens something fake yet we all know its fake (acting and not real) then you is lost because we want something that makes us feel like it’s real.

So the likes of Cobra Squad where people talk and you see clearly they are reciting and competing on talking brings out the fakeness of the whole show. Tahidi High is doing well but at some point loosing the realistic touch. The likes of Majaliwa, Beba beba and the rest need a bit of improvement. Papa Shirandula, Wash and Set are the best at the moment.

Well Vitimbi, Vioja maahakani are long overdue according to me, they keep doing almost the same thing over and over again and that makes it boring.

Let’s borrow a leaf from our Nigerian brothers and from the Mexican soap operas, let’s come up with something realistic with the best Characters. We are on the right path