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I am not a Gen Z, in fact I do not subscribe to the foreign nomenclature and so I rejected the description as a baby boomer. In our case, our baby boom came late 1970s. In 1979 our total fertility rate was the highest in the world with an average of 8.1 children per woman! What we are calling Gen X are actually the Baby boomers. I am more inclined to think of Kenyans as KANU generation followed by the Kibaki Optimistic and Lost Cause generation followed by the Fake Promises (Laptops and Stadia that never came) generation. These are the angry Gen Z who have been brought up on promises and lies - Tutatenga, Tutapanga, Tutaweka etc. The anger of this generation must be contextualised, they have been led down the garden path and are fed up with the smoke and mirrors that began with UhuRuto and morphed RutRiggyG. We have had this coming for a while. Let's call it what it is so we can deal with it. The mainstream media labelling is pushing that this group is leaderless, fearless and tribe-less. The first two adjectives I have no problem with but I detest the 'tribe-less' label, why is belonging to a tribe a vice and being tribe-less a virtue. It is a total misreading of the truth. In the past dispensation Kenyans identified and organised politically as ethnic groups (our political parties are ethnic organizations), voted along ethnic lines and governed on ethno-economic terms and thus ethnicity became a tool for marginalization, exclusion, oppression, inclusion and favouritism. It should not be so. The youth are not Tribeless they have transcended this yoke and are organizing as youth bound by perennial abuse from lies, deferred dreams, false promises a feeling of anger and are re-defining their own destiny. Call them the right things because they have freed us from the tribal ghettos and love their diversity. For the first time, the Finance Act was translated into all the Kenyan languages so how can they be tribeless?

This week Rwandese begin events to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Genocide. Before my recent visits to that country, I had interacted with Rwandese brothers and sisters yet I was not fully able to fathom what it means to have lived through a pogrom, to have been born in that legacy and to navigate how to live with it into the future. Some compatriots were perpetrators and others were victims but today the woven Rwandan fabric is a tapestry of all, people bound together by the idea that remembering is powerful as a deterrent to repetition. It is tempting to imagine that wicked past history is best forgotten and buried, but history has taught us that past grievances left unresolved tend to fester, simmer and eventually boil over in rather untidy ways. The history that led to the tragic events was recently explained to me by my old friend PJ Obonde whom I met at the Kigali Airport as we were travelling home. A protege Jean De Dieu Ngirabaganwa had tried to educate me before PJs lesson. From PJs rendition, I realised that history is so layered and complex resulting in the fact that most people do not fully grasp the genesis of the problem. I am not sure that in-country that past is dissected fully. It is a past heavily pregnant with residual anger. The theme of remembering, forgiving and moving on has seen movements such as the Truth and Reconciliation hearings in South Africa as well as the still-born attempts in Kenya to deal with the historical injustices. I am however struck by how obvious the fact is that every post-colonial nation needs to have a remembrance of the atrocities of colonialism and Western imperialism yet do not. The establishment of Western hegemony was brutal and traumatic, there were far-reaching atrocities such as those visited upon the Congo people by King Leopold, the genocide perpetrated by the Germans in Namibia and closer home the pockets of genocidal activities all over Kenya including hushed events such as the killing of resistors among various Kenyan communities not to mention the well-documented ones like the Lari massacre, the up-side-down burial of Waiyaki wa Hinga, the beheading of Koitalel, the 'ma-Johnny'' pacification of Uyoma and Karungu and of the Abagusii after Otenyo speared Northcoate, the list is endless. Have we post-colonials made peace with that history? Have we forgiven the colonial perpetrators for the trauma inflicted on us? Shouldn't we have a week when we commemorate the atrocities of Colonialism and remember its trauma so that we can tell ourselves 'Never again'. The African Union needs to discuss and designate a week when the continent commemorates slavery and the slave trade, the Scramble for Africa and colonization with all its ugliness (I will not even begin with the cultural terrorism wrought by foreign religions). In our current state of PTSD, we cannot actually move forward and I see the challenges to the neo-colonial domination in francophone Africa that is unravelling day by day, election by election, coup by coup as part of that PTSD playing out. It's going to get worse.

There are things happening and happening things.
The below post speaks. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=398197069416628&id=100076790154949&mibextid=CDWPTG

Just acquired these baskets. I love their look. I am still trying to get my creative juices to get thinking how they can be upcycled.

Woke up to these lovelies. I can not complain.

This one captures my exact thoughts

Seven years ago we were "opening" our home to friends and family and Oluoch Madiang was present. The changes in the home show what human action can accomplish.

The year is coming to a close. At Kajok'Oby arboretum we have just taken delivery of, 200 pine tree seedlings, 100 Ceder, 50 Prunus africana, 50bElgon Teak, 300 Grevillia and 100 Mvule. They will be in the soil before end of year. These replace what sun messed.

Interior refurbishment jok'Oby

Happy Women’s Day to all women and those who identify as women. You are loved. You are appreciated. ❤️❤️

These trays are the perfect gift for yourself or a loved one this season. Made of solid recycled wood and these sturdy handles with a waterproofing layer, they are the most amazing low maintenance gift.
Dimensions W 11.7’ L 22’
Order yours today.

Teal green, mustard and grey. Soft furnishing colour combo that never gets outdated. Throw pillows by Haossar Design

Just decorated these planting pots. Still wondering which Indoor Plants to put in them.

Decorated by Haossar Designs

Hostas - an all time favourite especially for shaded areas. Landscaping ideas loading.

We are into new projects that still make your home more homely than ever. Here’s our new one with these fancy wooden display trays.

Need to display your makeup, souvenirs, use as food trays to serve your guests etc ….
We’re also taking orders. 😊💚

Custom made Haossar Design Throw blankets. Make your order here today or come to TNFM Arbor Place

New collection of macrame plant hangings and yarn wall art. Only at Haossar Design. PM for your orders

Visit our stand at TNFM 28th Feb. We promise you wonderful things

Currently at the Arbor Place Lavington doing our thing - catch us again on 28th Feb

We gave it s new lease of life - DIY manenos