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Most Kenyans who move to the United States cut links with their families as well as friends in Kenya and their lives in the "land of opportunities" remain a mystery to many.
A majority of them visit their families in Kenya after several years while others are forced to return only when death strikes a close relative, with some choosing to skip the burial.
A family from Kiomiti in Nyaribari Masaba, Kisii County tells Daily Nation reporter Ruth Mbula that their daughter moved to the US on a green card in 2006.
Esther (not her real name) later informed her family that she had decided to pursue a medical course in one of the colleges in the US.
The family says Esther did not return home until January, 2018 when she came for the burial of her mother.
Her kin says they do not know where Esther lives or what she does in the US.
“All I know is that she went to study medicine. We rarely communicate and when we do, it is usually brief with very scanty disclosures. We last spoke two months ago when I was inquiring about some succession issues regarding our parents’ property,” her brother says.
Daily Nation reporter Mbula called her for a response on why she has sidelined her family but she was not forthcoming with information.
“And who are you? Stop threatening me. Where I live and what I do is nobody’s business. Mind your own business," she told the reporter.
David Ombati, a senior chief in Masaba South Constituency, says Esther is not the only person from the area who have gone silent on their families after relocating to America.
“Many other people from this region have left for the US. How they go and what they do is not known. And with the nature of today’s life where people do not want to be bothered, it becomes difficult to ask questions,” he tells Daily Nation.
Although a 2018 report by Bloomberg shows there are at least 120,000 Kenyans who live and work in the US.
Several Kenyans who went to the US on student and visitor's visas have failed return to the country when they expire.
Kenyan immigrants choose to remain in the US even when they could have led better lives back home.
Omari Onyango, a former University of Nairobi lecturer and who currently operates a dental clinic in Los Angeles, California, has sought to explain why this is the case.
He says: “There are those who have tried to find either meaningful employment or a viable business in Kenya before they can relocate. Both are difficult to come by for various reasons."
Quoting a yet to be published manuscript by Dr. Marvin Opiyo titled Stuck in the USA: African Immigrants, Onyango says academic standards are superior in the US and schools are well-funded and more reliable compared Kenya.
This is believed to be one of the reasons why Kenyans who move to the US choose not to return home.
“In regard to employment, Kenya is experiencing a high unemployment rate and so to land a job with similar benefits as is the case in the US is difficult,” Onyango tells Daily Nation.
“Those who have tried to start a business in Kenya end up losing large sums of money because of lack of honesty among their relatives. Nobody wants to relocate until they have an ongoing income-generating venture back home.”
Opiyo, a teacher in California, gives his view on why Kenyans choose to stick in the US.
He says: “The school system in America is not easy. Many people do not understand this system before they start putting high demands on people who live in America."
“Kenyans, especially women, enjoy expanded social and economic freedom abundant in the US and, therefore, find no incentive to return to Kenya," he notes adding that weak law enforcement agencies also make Kenyan immigrants reluctant to return home.
Peter Makori, a Kenyan journalist based in the US reveals that there are many students from Kenya whose parents forced them to America on the false hope that it's a land of abundant opportunities.
“What they don’t appreciate is that when you come on a student visa, you risk deportation if you’re caught doing any job,” Makori says.
Others have found themselves in trouble with authorities for engaging in criminal activities.
Late last year, Kenyans living in Minnesota held a meeting to explore ways of salvaging their badly damaged image.
This came after increased cases of Kenyans being imprisoned over involvement in criminal activities including rape and wife-battering.
In June 2018, Kenyan men in the US formed an empowerment group - Maendeleo ya Wanaume - to among other things advocate for and help men settle and assimilate into the US system.
A documentary by Kaba Mbugua exposes some of the challenges Kenyans face as immigrants in the US. The documentary reveals life in the US is not a walk in the park and Kenyan immigrants struggle to make ends meet.
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Please lets also concentrate on the positive aspect of what Kenyans are doing here in the US where some have made remarkable achievements by even investing heavily and being employers to US citizens. Although there some who are stuck does not mean all those do not visit back home are in the same scenario. Coming back home for of some depends on their security after having been away for some decades and because of that disconnect hence develops the fear. However east or west home is best I love my country Kenya
Waiting for the usual suspect(s) to start........ ...not naming names... . Too exhausted to comment on this, been there done that!Live and let live!
Well, I will comment and say, I have the best family in Kenya , both nuclear and Extended that embrace me for what I was when I landed in USA, what I was I became along the way and what I aspire to be, they never judged me, were patient loved me with my baggage whatever that might be and every day I visit it is a joy all around. I realize not everyone is blessed as I'm . Support from loved one goes a long way from whether one wants to stay or go back. Its a hard decision which solely depends on each individual case, so I will never cast a stone to anyone who chose either way. Again, Live and let live.
This is a baseless story, poorly researched and in bad taste. Bure kabisa
hehehehe mbona storys za diaspora zikiandikwa most pple like FG2 anaingizwa na maaltitudes za mayai imeharimbika thou i like yr 2rd comment?Kila mtu akae pahali popote anataka juu maisha ni yake.Yes kenyans especially in usa send lots of remittances but this money inatumiwa watu wao either for schooling's or good making them the diasporas just working n eating without no other plan of early retirement juu u don't have to work mpaka 70's to relax juu by that time u will b expiring n u cannot even b able to drive yr Nice car.Yes kenya n maisha ya majuu iko na challenges zake kila siku but for the long run bin in kenya having invested ka something u will leave more enjoyable n confortable life with minimal stress!FG2 ru happy that nimecomment.But for pple who r shogas they r safer in the land of usa/uk sodom juu in kenya they will b roasted or melted n forgotten juu the cultures don't torelat such devilish nonsense.
Thank you for appreciating my comment Mhalisi, nakupenda as a person lakini ukuingilia watu ovyo ovyo bila kujua circumstances za watu, that is where we trade jabs, sawa, wewe ni wetu regardless.
Nimejibanza hapa pembeni just wondering what the heck nobody wants to really tell the truth here?? The one major reason why Kenyans, including myself, don't wanna go back to the shithole created by Neanderthals called "leaders" is one - the system WORKS in the US, period. The corruption kingpins otherwise known as "leaders" have made a mockery of our beautiful & great country by consciously and deliberately looting it to the bone. Scandal after scandal has ensured that the vast majority of Kenyans remain poor, desperate & dejected even as the rest of the world moves on. Economic growth projects like the newly constructed highways and the SGR are all very ok but imprudence and misappropriation mean that billions of taxpayers' shillings have been lost. In addition, inefficiency at so many levels, in both private and public sectors, has greatly slowed the pace of economic growth & development. For instance, after paying all the requisite rates & charges for some construction, some county officials kept paying my work site / construction site a visit every now & then alleging non-compliance and demanding bribes which I have declined. Regular Kenyans told me that this is how the system works and the best thing is to pay up & look the other way but I just couldn't do it so I have just wound up the project & called it quits and I am putting my monies here in the US. This automatically means I'll not achieve my goals but even worse, the country's economy ends up losing millions (project was worth Ksh32M) I ain't alone and have talked to a lot of fellow Kenyans who are holding out on investing in the country but these kinds of problems are barely measured statistically but truth is that the country is losing billions of shillings every year arising from this. Another very serious factor is mistrust and dishonesty which have permeated the citizenry. It is incredibly hard to find one soul you can trust with anything financial and this means a lot of people are choosing to hold onto their dollars for fear of being conned and ultimately they choose to invest their dollars in the US. Ultimately, as Africans, we have constantly proved to the world that, on average, we never mature beyond age 9 and this explains why some of our people are still dying from hunger and other easily treatable ailments in the 21st century. Unless we change our ways, we are all doomed because our so called leaders' average IQ is about 47. May Almighty God open our eyes.
You have nailed the main reason why and only reason why relocating back is so hard for most of us. I'm a hustler like you and I made a short stint back - heh, that was when I knew I couldn't hack it there after being away fro 10+ years and I would not risk it all when I had young ones to think of. Even working in normal office in Kenya was a challenge, real challenge that emotionally I was drained to the bones- jealous co -workers, people eye your position and stabbing you on the back left and right, and being a woman in certain position , the innuendos and other unwanted stuff that one experiences from male co- workers, clients, govt officials etc - so I packed my bags and decided maybe my family was important and will endure the USA , it was a better devil that I knew .
"It is incredibly hard to find one soul you can trust with anything financial and this means a lot of people are choosing to hold onto their dollars for fear of being conned and ultimately they choose to invest their dollars in the US" - That reason only, made me lose faith in our country and I'm hold it up here as much as I can till when my sunset years arrive, I can at least have something to retire with there. So such a story also needs to be told as well.
@MLACHAKE, you need a ruthless uncle like at @Anos and @Nani have, pulling out in the middle of a project doesn’t look like a good idea and it might end up being more expensive especially if you decide later to come back and try to complete it. I do understand the corruption in Kenya but it’s cheaper to complete what you have already started because corruption will not end very soon. I think @Nani said it was baptism by fire when he was doing his project but he never gave up. It’s fulfilling to see your project coming to fruition no matter the obstacles. Just my 2 cents.
What an exaggerated point of view with no flesh on the bone! The title should have started like 'why some Kenyans'. Either way there will always be winners and losers. I know so many Kenyans that are doctors, engineers, professors & etc in US and I also know a few that are stuck, clueless or drunkards with no plan for tomorrow. Let it be!
Truth be told. As somebody had said,there are some Kenyans, a few of them, who are doing well in the US. Problem is, out of every cluster of ten Kenyans, two or three are doing great. The rest, including me,are a mere shadow of themselves. I have been in the US for over 18 years, finished school but although I did not get a job in line with my qualifications, I gotta job job that i have stuck into it for 16 years. But the truth is that, like many other Kenyans living hand to mouth, pay check to pay check and working so hard to onky pay bills, many Kenyans I live and work with talk of the same thing: time to make some money and take the next flight home.Many agree that they are stuck in a country where success is but an illusion. Many bought homes between 2002-2005,hoping they would make a kill, but we all know what happened:they vacated the houses and moved to apts, yet after the banks sold them, they were left to pay for differencials. Kenyans are very allergic to anything or anybody trying to talk about the naked truth, the reality, and the slaves they have become in developing a country which does not appreciate their economic contributions, which can been escalated by Moron Trump. Mention anything about the prediments Kenyans in US facing, the cycle of poverty the experience, the suggestion of parking their bags...and you will be met by a barage of toxic mouths that would rather continue burying their head in the sand than expose themselves to ridicule and brokeness in their lives. As i contunue to pack all my belongings in the next few weeks, I hope that I will be able to disentangle myself from these chains and shackles of this hidden and unofficial slavery, that with time has given birth to a mysterious bald head(I had an afro when i land in Seattle, Washington. This has been the culmination of years of preparations after my hustling math in the US took a dramatic turn. Thete are many of us who came here as teens, but are over 40 something with families. Getting tickets for now a family of 4, 5 and 6 is untenable, and the only sure way is hang around, stay around, stick around, until the worst hsppens that will force them do the unexpected. Kenyans, fanya hesabu zako sawasawa. I dont think we left home to come here and pay bills and taxes. We all came here with the intention of bettering our lives either here the US or if we intend to go back to Kenya. If you see things do not work out for uou 5, 10, 15, 20 years later, then you should have started working on plan B at least 10 years ago.Otherwise, stay put, continue with this life of paying useless and unrealistic bundles and mountains of bills, and see where it will eventually end up to. Amen?
Before you criticize the article read the first line again. It says most Kenyans not all Kenyans. It is true MOST Kenyans even find it hard to go visit once a year because of the simple fact we can't afford it. Let the truth be told! For those who can, their wives won't let them even think of investing back home. Now if you find it hard to even get by in America when will you even think of going back? I have also realized people who came straight from ushago also dont want to think of going back. But let me tell you better have a retirement plan in place. I know of a 65 year old kenyan who is now thinking of going back coz she just realized she can't afford to retire here. Someone please proof me wrong.
Kenyan's need to face the truth. When you leave for America or any other western country, you do not become white. In fact you become part of our black brothers who face racism and discrimination. Majority whose population is in jail. Africans are even worse because they do not understand the system and they pay a hefty price just to survive. In the process, some become confused and end up in jail, others become homeless, others barely survive. A few exceptions succeed. Majority are lost. The reality is, Western countries are not a place for blacks. These are countries that are meant for whites and have a history of enslaving and lynching blacks. As Africans, we must tell the truth, education is good in those western countries but even to attain that education you must fight racism and discrimination and that education is not veered towards blacks. In fact, the history of black is rarely taught. Out of frustration, blacks have even established their own universities over time. After attaining that education, still attaining your full potential in a foreign land is impossible. The westerners make sure you know you are in their territory and you are treated like a nigger, monkey and from a shit-hole country. The first thing that will help improve black man's condition in the world is to tell the truth about how we are treated and who we are in the eyes of the rest of the world and why. This is what will discourage our brothers and relatives from fighting to leave home and ending up helpless, homeless or dead. We must study the fate of our black brothers in the West and know that we can never be better than them. These include: Martin Luther king, Malcolm X, Michael Jackson, Bill Cosby, Travon Martin, and all others who even after making it end up dead or in jail. Western countries are the land of opportunity for westerners not for blacks. If we want Africa to be the land of opportunity for Africans we must fight to create those opportunities. We need to even fight our leaders who frustrate our efforts. Only telling the truth will improve our condition. We first need to free ourselves from the chains of pretence and thinking that Africans are treated better. We are all blacks and in the eyes of all other races, we are genetically dominant and can black them out. For this, there is equal hatred for the black man all over the world. Time to wake up and build Africa for Africans. Western scholarships or not, stay home and build your country even at a slow pace for posterity. Let us take baby steps to build a peaceful Africa for Africans!!
Well said. We need to fix our own problems.
My two cents...whether home or diaspora...success is relative...your success is what you define it to be, whether it is education, business, family ties, career...kila nyani na starehe zake.. in America, if you define your success and work hard toward achieving it, it is possible..the only question will be, after you achieve it or if you fail to achieve it, what next? I guess America just provides a more structured environment (the known are morecthan the unknowns) compared to Kenya (the unknowns are more than the knowns).If your plan to your own defined success fits in a more structured environment, America is where you may have a better bet to succeed. If your plan does not require a structured environment and may actually thrive better in the unknown..then don't waste time and money and effort trying the American 'dream', just come to America, just hustle hard, live like a church mouse and save up enough, get back home and continue with your plan.
Key phrase; "Success is relative" -100%
Kabsaaa! Success USA relative...kila nyani na starehe zake...Deciding not to return to Kenya or retire in Kenya does not and should not mean a person has failed, unless, in his own eyes he has. Kama kwa roho inakusumbua hauja wekeza nyumbani..wekeza...lakini usiwadharau ama usiwashinikize wale wanaotaka kukita mizizi yao ughaibuni.
Hehe! Watu hapa have been very open and sincere. It is good. Kwangu mimi, I still harbor the desire ya kurudi nyumbani (remember who sang that song?). Lakini lazima ningoje watoto wajimudu (meaning they can run their own affairs). At that point, which may be soon, I see no reason not to go hustle with akina mkenya halisi. I won’t be starting from zero. I throw some money at real estate and cash crop farming, two things that don’t require my regular intervention. And I have a very ruthless uncle who can deal with those folks that have bothered Mlachake at his real estate projects. I pay him well and he in turn makes things move for me. I am always aware and afraid that I can’t afford retirement in majuu. So I find it compelling to have eggs in both baskets, as I find my balance. And I am willing to make adjustments as circumstances dictate.
You hit the nail in the head! My dad was that one ruthless person I trusted but he has since passed. Now I have a former diasporan and an employee who has been with me 13 years that are managing my affairs. I pay both well and they are ruthless to the core...The key here is that you have a source of income away from employment if you want peace in Kenya. Like FG2 said, Kenyans will do anything to go after your job and make you look but at the work place. They are incredibly jealous.
I echo what some here have said...I find myself in a cycle of paying bills despite having a decent job. My young daughter has had experiences in school of being looked at as less than...she has started getting vibes that she's different and it's killing me. I respect my wife enough not to pick up and leave because I can live decently with what I have invested in Kenya. Once she gets comfortable with her education and career, I will have no problem pushing a bit to move back....Even with that, I make it to Kenya four times a year and get sad on my trips back to the states.
Hehehehehe wacha nicheke kwanza. Kwani why do we feel the need every once in a while to take people on a guilt trip on choices that are personally made and do not convern anyone else but the person/persons making them. Hii tabia ya watu kuambia watu jinsi ya kuishi maisha yao itaisha lini jamani. Wengine wako ulaya but you're still tied to this ridiculous belief it's just upsetting! Ni lini ushasikia waChaina ama waHindi wale wako US wanaambiana ama kukumbushana ama kushushana hadhi "Ati kwa nini hamjawahi rudi nyumbani ama mtarudi nyumbani lini ama upizi kama hizo?" People are busy building communities here and all Kenyans can think about is how to explain themselves "to total strangers" about why they decided to make diaspora their forever home. Hii confusion ndio huwa inachanganya watu hadi hata stress inakushika, unashtukia mtu ameanguka na kufa kabla siku zake hazijafika. You meet a young man. Straight outta Keroka, really hardworking, genuine and responsible paying bills on time and putting away savings. But once the question of setting down and where to settle down comes in utapata hata anaweza ruka kichwa. This young man, is prompted to build a house in Kenya- probably starts by buying a piece of land juu si kila mtu hu inherit. Bearing in mind this is a house hatakanyaga more than twice/thrice in a year. Then relatives wana muandama atafute bibi, anaweka bibi hapo which beats logic ati mwanamke atakuwa anakaa mwaka au zaidi akikungoja bila shida zozote kutokezea. So huyu jamaa hapa US na hii baridi decides to have a serious relationship or even get married. So between managing two homes, and keeping authorities in the US from learning that you are practicing polygamy, to trying to fit in with your peers who really encourage you to feel like "you're the man!" IT'S RIDICULOUS! Somehow these things catch up with you, setting down is out of question, because how do you define setting down? The best case scenario is to set your priorities right from the get go! As soon as you get your behind on that seat to the US, start making decisions. Either get to your diaspora destination and work and invest all you have at home, without kuonja onja vitu hapa and relocate for good or settle in the US. After all, that's what the US is all about, no single race or tribe or community can lay claim to this land. Once you become a US citizen, you are free to stay and make something for yourself and your family. But hii upuzi ya ohh jenga nyumbani- ujenge nyumbani so that people who have no incling of how you bust your ass to build that house get to live in it after you die of exhaustion from working two to three jobs or ridiculously long hours to get the money. Those who truly love and understand you will appreciate your decision to stay in the US or wherever. Those who chatter the loudest are most likely the ones who offered ZERO support to you while you were still in the country. In my opinion the government and other leaders better get their act together and make it worhwhile for diasporans to invest or even return back home. Otherwise this will be the last generation that will ever give a shit about returning home or sending money back home. Mtu asijistress na asi stress mtu yeyote mwingine. Hey, sio lazima wote tuwe sawa. You wanna stretch yourself thin by having one foot in Kenya and one foot in the US, be my guest. As for me, I'll be here sipping on some Irish whiskey witnessing some fool akijipasua msamba!
I once sat next to a lady in a party who got visibly upset because some guy was happily talking about his acquisitions in Kenya. To this day I still do not understand why anyone would be pissed to learn how other Kenyans are investing back home unless of course there is an element of inadequacy in you or plain old jealous. @Mgeni you remind me of that woman. And why would someone kill themselves because they have not invested unless they have underlying mental health issues? Why do we have to follow what the Chinese or Indians are doing? Here is the bottom line, even Americans are investing else where besides America. Costa Rica, Mexico, Jamaica, name it. I sat next to a Briton ten years ago who told me he had bought a plot in Lamu, a place he wanted to settle. He had poured all his retirement money in Lamu.Go figure. If you want to put all your eggs in one basket by all means go ahead but please do not try to stunt conversations among those who want to
(1) diversify their options
(2) go back home sweet home.
(3) Even those who want to live in the West.
In my opinion, this conversation is never discussed enough and it should and infact people should feel free to write what they are doing back home, discuss their hardships, triumphs and let others learn. Nobody has all the answers,nobody.
Damn man lol , that is personal jab on some lady there he he he, you should have just told her that then ha ha ha. Back to the topic at hand, all Mgeni is saying people should do what fits their lifestyle, their desires, their goals
- and it is not just unique with Kenyans, every human being has likes, dislikes, comforts and discomforts, so assuming everyone's goal is the same is stupid! Also, not everyone thinks life is about investing, you will be surprised some people just want to be loved, happy and contented with whatever little they have. If you ever volunteer in a hospice or be in company of someone dying, and listen to their stories - it makes you realize life is not about all this we are discussing right no , yes good to have but in the end health, love and happiness, that's it!.............................
Mgeni that was quite a rant, yet you could have just written the last paragraph only and we would still have understood you.
Anos- let him rant, we all express ourselves differently yawa!
I have always wanted to move back to Kenya. But .... Truth be told .... Kenya is a Shit hole country. Ukora ndio mingi, iko kila mahali.
But there are still opportunities and why thats why the Chinese, Indians, foreigners are flocking there. But they are coming there to bring sub standard goods.
The amount of cancer cases have sky rocketed. Nobody knows if any of the stuff sold at the super markets is safe to eat because there is so many fake kbs tags being used or products that is unsafe for human consumption.
Unless the government wake up to what is happening then Kenya will remain shit hole country.
@Nimesikia and Anos I'll be sitting here while you pasuka msamba. You seem to me like the typical Kenyans who want to follow a band-wagon of some sort. Sorry to burst your bubbles but I'm entitled to my opinion. @Nimesikia, you want to diversify your options just because you heard from someone seated next to you on a plane hehehehe. Na sisi wengine wetu tunasikia kutoka kwa watu wa backgrounds mbali mbali tutasema nini? If you go back and read what I wrote you will see that I stated clearly that nobody owes anyone an explanation on why they decide not to return or invest back home. Not even you and I hope umenisikia sawa sawa. When people make a decision to settle down mapema then they save a lot of time and resources. Shida yetu wakenya ni kuchunguza-" Huyu amefanya nini, He! Wacha pia mimi nifanye," giving other people a sense of being alienated and being out of place if they do not follow what you did. And that vividly describes you "MR./MS. Nimesikia". Wewe if you have found a way of investing back home, if you've gone to "bed" with some corrupt individuals back home and you've rubbed on each others sweat and you feel certain that you can deal with it- well and good- that decision affects you na watu wa kwenu. But don't go around labelling people, and likening them with women you hang around with in pubs or parties or whatever- wewe mwenyewe unajua kile unafanyanga. The fact still remains that we are the last generation to concern ourselves about Kenya. It's a tall order for people in charge of making the country safe, economically and socially viable and law-abiding for not only us but future generations to invest in Kenya.
Lol, @Mgeni, seriously, just seems like you can not get all your thoughts together yet you really want to mother-hen everyone. What you think in your little head is what stands in your world?? Nope nope nope, life does not roll like that. If what you are reading is not for you do not read it. Nobody is forcing you into anything.Stop putting words into peoples mouths. Stop the assumptions and labelling. Stop going round in circles like some animal chasing its own tail. Get yourself together and let us have an adult conversation. Only then will I engage you again. In other words, stop the rant..
@Anos you are the sort of people who I'm talking about, trying insistently to control others including what they write in such an open forum. My friend - tembea nani! And please speak for yourself - ati we! Kwani wewe ni mwakilishi? Au wewe ndiye uli invent keyboard? Who exactly do you think you are? 🤣
If the Western countries are not meant fro blacks, why Cann't you develop your own country instead of looking for loopholes to steal? Yes these ppl are working hard today for their bills. The same can be said of 90 % of Kenyans in Kenya. They are working for peanuts. The top % are smart thieves. Take for example having a sick person in Kenya. The doctor/hospitals will keep billing a patient; taking unnecessary MRIs, CTs, medicine etc, knowing well that patient needs to be in hospice care. Unnecessary C-section for women etc etc. This in procurement positions become billionaires if not multi-millionaires in a very short time.
My point is simple. Go were you can make ends meet no matter how hard you work. It can be said the same of Kenyas, say in Kiambu. They have moved to Machakos and other counties/districts why? So that they can make ends meet. Pppl go were they can do better for themselves. What they do when they get thee is up to them. Some are lazy, some are hard working and some are in the middle. How many Kenyans in Kenya do you know that have master degrees and have no meaningful careers or jobs?
How are these contributing to the economy? These people you are blaming in the Diaspora are the same people everybody is now looking for handouts including our own govt. Read some articles in this Mwakilishi or any Kenyan newspaper and you will see that these people are the reason why the Kenyan economy is staying above the water by sending over 120 Billion shillings very year. I would like to hear som positive comments!
@Mgeni. That rant you had up there I believe was you giving your own experience in third person because you don't have the courage to admit that you made some mistakes. Kama uligenja nyumba in the middle of nowhere na ukamrishwa kutafuta bibi au bwana akae huko na wewe unaakaa majuu ukisip irish whiskey, sawa! Lakini kubali you learnt something out of it. I am not controlling anybody my fren'. Sijalazimisha mtu yeyote kufanya vile ninavyofanya. Natoa maoni yangu and you can ignore them if you don't like. Sawa?
Anos I wish you knew who you were talking to hehe! That statement I made up there ilikugusa pahali hujawahi guswa ndio maan unaleta kimbele mbele hapa. Oh honey did I vividly describe your situation up there? How do you have the audacity to tell me what to write and how to write it in a public forum, ukisii utapeleka mbaali sana🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Anos I wish you knew who you were talking to hehe! That statement I made up there ilikugusa pahali hujawahi guswa ndio maan unaleta kimbele mbele hapa. Oh honey did I vividly describe your situation up there? How do you have the audacity to tell me what to write and how to write it in a public forum, ukisii utapeleka mbaali sana🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hehehe @Mgeni, Lol! Hiyo Irish whiskey umekunda sana. Punguza kidogo ndio tuwe a conversation ya maana, badala ya kuandika ni kama umelewa. Pengine pia ni vizuri ukae majuu maana hiyo liver itahitaji proper health care. Lakini wacha niwachane nawewe, sioni manufaa ya kujadili nawe.
As my late shosh would say " githungu giokire na meri"( English language came in a the ship).. some of us think in kyuk, kisii , kijaluo and then translate it in English , just saying hakuna haja ya kuonea mtu because of eloquence in a foreign language!. As Ngugi wa Thiongi brilliantly put it on today's Nation "We perfect our English as Europe sharpens tools of plunder"- https://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/weekend/We-perfect-our-English-as-Eu…
This article should also take about Kenyans who have made it big and are thriving in United States. We have 3 Kenyan Families where i live and we are all thriving career-wise and have established some booming businesses. We've supported each other in every way possible. It's fair enough to say majority of Kenyans here in the US are doing very well. How else can you explain the colossal " remittances" you guys keep talking about?