Coup De'etat, Grounds Democracy

Africa is on the verge of recording  it's zillionth coup de'etat in half a decade with the ouster of Central African republic president Francois Bozize by armed rebels branded Seleka. 

François Bozizé  who in march 15 2003 overthrew Ange-Félix Patassé  fled the capital after the rebels seized it and French soldiers are protecting the airport from invasion. South African forces sent to help the government have not made their presence felt despite the assertion of being the African powerhouse.

Heavily armed Seleca rebels in the Central African Republic control the capital Bangui

Coups are not a new thing in Africa and especially West Africa with countries like Mali, Nigeria and Ghana enjoying a record of more than 4 since Independence. even the central African republic itself, a solemnly poor country has its own share of more than 5 coups to date.

Failed attempts in other parts of Africa clearly point out the fact that this is a seriously considered solution  to failed democracy by most African countries.

"Central African Republic has just opened a new page in its history," said a communique signed by Justin Kombo Moustapha, secretary-general of Seleka.

Although they have proved to revolutionalize a tyrannical government since the inset of democracy, African coups have evolved to become a source of complete destruction for the country involved. Experts expound that coups are the poorest ways of establishing a democracy.

This has already started manifesting itself in CAR with looters and gunmen swarming streets of the capital causing havoc

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THE DISARRAY That is the Civil Srvants Pay

Kenyan Taxpayers have been awarded a rare opportunity to voice their sentiments on what the topmost public servants are to earn in their tenure in office.

This follows a release of the new proposed salaries structure by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission yesterday. Different groups are expected to table their views in the week-long process which seeks to achieve a wage bill that is actionable subject to the prevailing economic circumstances in the country.

Of specific interest though, is the expectation earlier mused by the commission that all Civil Servants salaries would appraised to ensure that salaries are pegged on the value their work adds to taxpayers. In view of the salary structure tabled, the commission doesn't still quench the need that is bridging the fierce gap that continues to exist between civil servants.

It is quite implausible that a small percentage of the population gets a lions-share of the wage bill while the rest divide the remainder and still say we are in a spirit of nation building and fairness. The impact of these officers work in relation to economic growth vis-a-vis that of junior employees is quite little. The implication is that these junior civil servants require the much-needed motivation to be able to dispense their services appropriately. On the contrary, they are burdened with meager salaries and threatened with reductions and intimidating performance contracts.

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Chinua Achebe Passes On

  The undisputed Father of African literature Prof. Chinua Achebe, writer of African all time bestseller Things Fall Apart called it a day yesterday at 82 in Boston following a short illness according to his agent. 

                                                               
   Africa mourns a man who strove to rid Africans of colonial-linked thoughts. His  death has been greeted with solemnity as his books sold out in Nigerian bookshops. he has lived a remarkable life of service to humanity and his ideas will be revered centuries to come.

   Despite a car crash in 1990 which left him partially paralysed Chinua defied that hurdle to become Africas Most successful Author, with one of his books selling over 30 Million copies in over 50 languages! Some critics found his early novels to be stronger on ideology than on narrative interest. But his stature grew, until he was considered a literary and political beacon, influencing generations of African writers as well as many in the West.

    Achebe was a fierce critic of successive Nigerian governments and frequently lamented the failure of the country’s leadership. In 1983, he published the immensely popular pamphlet, “The Trouble With Nigeria” which lashed out at Nigeria’s pervasive corruption and labelled the West African nation as “dirty, callous, noisy, ostentatious, dishonest and vulgar. In short it is among the most unpleasant places on earth.” He went further: “The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of its leaders to rise to the responsibility,”  - words which unfortunately remain true today.

Many african writers have raised their sentiments on the icon immediately he died. 

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READING THE SAME SCRIPT?

A directive by President Mwai Kibaki, through head of Public service Francis Kimemia has been met with hostility by the prime minister who has advised all ministers to ignore it....

The premier who is also battling a case in  the supreme court where he's challenging the just completed presidential election, says that the current government is legal under the 2007 National accord. He further lauded the advise by Prof. Githu Muigai who contradicted the interpretation by the CIC boss Charles Nyachae that all ministers should leave office after march 4th.

This situation has been replicated several times in the current government with different interpretations being given from the same document (the constitution) by people in authority. The implication has been leaving the Kenyan Citizenry confused on who should give directions!

THE HUGE FAILURE

The flawed vote tallying system by the IEBC was imminent weeks before the election, but the electoral body went ahead to use it. Independent auditors have established that even tests on the system had failed to work and all possibilities were poinnting at an eventual failure in the system.

The ksh 9.6 Billion investment came to a dead-stop at 8:00 AM in the morning after a series of security attacks on its database. these have been attributed to a general lack of pre-paration and involvement of different parties in the crafting of the system and dropping some of them in the process. the main admiinistrator alllegedly did not pocess alll the security passwords and thus seriously compromising the security of the system...research by the standard media exemplify this

EDUCATION.....GONE GLOBAL......

Tenured Professor Departs Stanford U., Hoping to Teach 500,000 Students at Online Start-Up - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education From chronicle.com - June 5, 2012 10:34 PM I am curious to see how this turns out. This reminds me of a program to be offered by UBC (NextGenU), where health sciences courses will be offered online for free to encourage participation from students in developing worlds.......................

LETSAY..........iTs wEeKeNd!!!

      I seriously don't know what to write today, I just realized that blogging isn't that easy as my university don lightly puts in his early Monday morning lecturers (that I hardly attend)..... especially on  a weekend.... when waking up is so quite different especially because sleeping s during the day! this, though doesn't apply to all individuals because only those with that cash-flow to spend can afford to invert normal daily patterns-with exception of campus ladies(and generally ladies) of course! who only have to look good, smile big! and that's it....they'll be driven home with even addition shopping +............

.......But there are also guys who are  quite lucky to have friends or is it perceived friends, that have the beeping on their phones once four o'clock every Friday, or even weekday-principally to have a good time....though they won't give a damn if you've not been having supper lately or your landlord is hot on you're heels because it's already.........

The new,old new

         We are back again to the same old Kenya, but this time with new leaders! or is it freshly elected leaders. of the many elections that our dear Kenyans have participated this one seems to have been one of the best....But its still evident that our electorate dont seem to learn making informed decisions is not quite what Kenyans are good at... but we are rather good at following the wave/cloud or what my critical and creative thinking lecturer would says 'following the bandwagon' ......................................