@SpryVoice Umenikumbusha kuwa sijasoma riwaya iliyoandikwa kwa lugha ya Kiswahili tangu nimalize masomo yangu ya shule ya upili.
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Dr. Joshua Kembero
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Dr. Joshua Kembero
@kembero
Advocate of the High Court of Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya Katılım Mayıs 2009
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Ni wachache sana wanaozungumza Kiswahili sanifu nchini Kenya, japo tumekisoma shuleni kwa miaka mingi. Kawaida, tunazungumza Kiswahili cha Mtaani na kukiachia kile sanifu (cha vitabu) waandishi wa habari, wakufunzi, waPwani na wingine wachache. Kwa mfano, Seneta wa Kirinyaga James Kamau Murango huwasilisha hoja zake Mbungeni akitumia Kiswahili. Miaka ya nyuma, Mtumishi Augustine Njehu Kathangu, mfungwa wa kisiasa na Mbunge wa zamani wa Runyenjes, alizungumza bungeni akitumia Kiswahili. Wabunge kutoka Pwani ya Kenya pia hutumia lugha ya Taifa bungeni mara kwa mara.
Humu nje, la kushangaza ni kwamba hata uzungumze Kiswahili kibovu, watu wanachukulia jambo la kawaida tu. Ila fanya makosa ukuzugumza Kimombo. Kuna mzee mmoja kazini alichengwa na lugha mkoloni. Akitaka kusema "I want" yuasema "I was wanted". Hivi tukamwita "I was wanted." Ukweli ni kwamba tumedunisha lugha yetu.
Juzi darasani, kuna mwanafunzi kutoka Pwani aliyekuwa anawalisha hoja. Nikagundua kimombo kinamtatanisha, hivyo nikamuomba atumie Kiswahili. Wenzake walinung'una na wakaona hili sio la kawaida. Aliwasilisha hoja vizuri sana na akaeleweka.
Matokeo ya kutokitumia Kiswahili ni kuwa uwezo na uzoefu wetu katika lugha hii uko chini. Mara nyingi, hata unapotaka kuzungumza lugha sanifu unajipata unakanganyika kwa sababu mazingira yetu hayatumii.
Mimi hujipata taabani nikizungumza na ndugu zetu waTanzania kwa sababu sina uzoefu wa lugha ya kiufundi. Inanichukua muda mrefu kuwaza na kueleza fikra zangu. Mara nyingi tunajipata tunaingiza lugha ya kimombo ili kujieleza. Tatizo hili limo pia katika lugha zetu za mama. Tunazungumza katika mazingira ya kijamii, ila megine tunasitasita sana.
Tunaweza kusema mengi kuhusu Kiswahili. Pamoja na tukivyofundishwa methali ambazo tunazikalili, ila maana hatuzijui. Kila mwanafunzi atakwambia "Mwenda tezi na omo marejeo ni ngamani." Mwalimu aliyewafundisha anajua tu /Mwenda, na, majereo na ni/. Ukimuuliza je, maana ya /Tezi, Omo na Ngamani/ ni nini? Hajui. Je, wewe wajua?
Yote tisa kumi, Cha mkufuu mwanafuu, kwa nini a?
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Free markets are great. A lesson that seemingly voters cannot learn.
George@BehizyTweets
This is an insane perspective. And it's all because Europe deviated from the free-market and entrepreneurial-freedom ideals that made them rich in the first place.
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“In engineering, you are peer reviewed by reality”. From Rory Sutherland, in this week’s Spectator.
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The real problem with the ballroom is that it's not incorporated into the mixed-use, walkable urbanism of the surrounding area. I've added a Buc-ee's with an additional layer of market-rate affordable housing units on top. This should make both sides happy. No parking of course.
Sam Stein@samstein
The New York Times takes an architectural look at the coming White House ballroom and finds there is a lot of ornamental stairs to no where and faux windows with bathroom stalls behind them
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Dr. Joshua Kembero retweetledi
Let's be clear:
Spain: enacts rent control -> no more homes
Argentina: ends rent control -> tons of new homes
Rent control is a better way to destroy cities than dropping bombs on them.
Cato Institute@CatoInstitute
Spain froze rents and capped increases at 2%, but rent control is already cutting supply by up to 50% and not improving conditions for renters. Spain should follow Argentina, which ended rent control in 2023 and has seen housing supply rise 180%, reports Cato’s @hiperfalcon. ow.ly/k7Mx50YztmZ
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@julianboolean_ @NathanpmYoung I think founding nations based on anti-colonial revolutions is not a bad thing; the US did. However, founding them on identitarian grievances is wrong. The cycle never ends and it becomes a turtles all the way down ad infinitum.
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@NathanpmYoung funnily enough I think we've had this exact discussion before
my pet wrong-but-provocative theory is that founding a nation on violent anti-colonial revolution legitimizes coups as power transfer leading to institutional instability
plus geography
x.com/julianboolean_…
Julian@julianboolean_
@NathanpmYoung yeah I think the biggest factor is conflict and instability preventing all the other problems from being solved the way they were in Asia ironically I do think this is downstream of colonialism and violent revolution x.com/sameQCU/status…
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@giddysinclair @NathanpmYoung Why do you have to outsource your causes to outside forces. Don’t we have agency? Can’t we lift ourselves by our bootstraps instead of outsourcing every cause to some nefarious outside forces like CIA etc.?
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Sit this one out. It’s not your place to pose questions like that, coming from your “high ground”. Let Africa solve its on problems. African leaders who sought to move Africa forward were assassinated and killed and are still being targeted. Is there corruption in Africa yes, but our retrogression has been documented to be as a result of not just corruption but also consistent external influence which you tried to avoid speaking about.
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@AbkTrauma @NathanpmYoung @ladyfa777 I think Koreans and the Chinese had it rough too. We can’t wallow in selective victimhood and Oppression Olympics to justify our shortcomings. I lived in Asia and was surprised by how some Asian societies copied some of ‘the ways of the colonizers’ and became better societies.
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Huh? People need to read a book. The "scramble for Africa" was literally a thing. It put 90% of the continent under European control making Africa the most colonized continent in the world. Why? Because Africa is the richest continent as far as natural resources. And that's the reason Africa was directly occupied and Asia was just subjected to unequal treaties for the most part. Both continents were exploited but there's just no comparison. Just look at what Leopold II did to Congo. It was brutal. Inhumane. And up to 15 million people were killed. That's the type of evil that direct occupation brings.
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The government is not a better steward. It’s run by the same people running these matatus. Look at public hospitals, public schools, KPLC and quasi-public water companies! Are they run better? The day we begin loving ourselves more than money is the day these ills reduce.
ONJOLO KENYA🇰🇪@onjolo_kenya
Today near Dedan Kimathi University in Nyeri .13 dead on the spot. Not even taken to hospital ,straight to the morgue. And this is almost a normal day. People move on, the news cycle moves on, and nothing really changes. Attempts have been made before. Murkomen tried to introduce cameras in public transport and it was rejected. NTSA tried to introduce instant fines through highway cameras, and people said it was better for that money to go to police on the road instead of instant fines that were reportedly going into a private account ,even though the camera system would actually have enforced the rules. Personally, I would choose the lesser evil if it meant enforcement actually happens. But the problem is bigger than fines and cameras. The problem is structural. Public transport in Kenya wasn’t privatized in one decision , it faded into private hands over time. In the 1960s and 70s, services were mainly run by government linked bus companies and Kenya Railways. Then in 1973, matatus were legalized, opening the door for private operators. By the 1980s, public systems were collapsing due to poor management and inefficiency, while matatus thrived because they were faster and more flexible. In the 1990s, economic reforms accelerated the government’s withdrawal, and by the mid 90s matatus dominated. Kenya didn’t privatize public transport through a plan ,the government stepped back and the private sector filled the gap. Maybe the conversation we should be having now is whether public transport is too important to be left entirely to the private sector. Because what we have now is not just a transport system its a business of death !
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Reading this then you remember the clownery some Kenyan lawyers engage in while drafting demand letters because they want to trend online…
Ogundipe, Esq.@The_Ogundipe
Here. You're welcome, colleagues.
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@razibkhan @AllTwistedHopes Hahaha
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When you take a Foucaldian approach to this situation, the speaker sounds like he’s on the oppressor’s side because, now, many hate Enlightenment ideals. However, it goes without saying that the Ayatollah would have had Foucault hanged. The Critical Studies Approach is 🚮
Dr. Sheila Nazarian@DoctorNazarian
I grew up in Iran, a Muslim-ruled country, under a regime that killed its own people. That’s not a political opinion. That’s my lived experience. So when I speak about it, I’m not being Islamophobic. I’m being honest. The people of Iran know the truth. They’re living it every day. It’s time we stop being afraid to say it out loud.
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Dr. Joshua Kembero retweetledi
Eldoret! Asanteni sana for coming out to register as voters.
Lazima tukomeshe wizi wa mali ya umma.
Mali ya umma sio personal ATM
#ChukuaKura #MaragaMashinani
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Fellow Kenyans, I need you to help me reset, rebuild and restore Kenya.
I have chosen to run a campaign that is funded by you, ordinary Kenyans.
I am appealing to you to make a donation to the campaign.
If my campaign is funded by donations from you, the everyday Kenyan, then it becomes OUR campaign. And I will be accountable to you, the everyday Kenyan.
You can donate any amount.
Simply log in to davidmaraga.com.
Or go to Mpesa Paybill: 4164137
Account Number: 4164137
#TuSkume
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Dr. Joshua Kembero retweetledi
There's something I always tell students. You see that degree you are studying, when you finally earn it, you will join a global pool of peers.
You will be out there with your credentials, in the same pool as kids who attended MIT, Oxford, ETH Zurich, UC whatever, UCT, Kyoto.... everywhere. Even within your class cohort, some kids playing high league.
How are you going to compete with your 'Rada?' as greetings? There's zero space for mediocrity.
Last year, our department had 4 kids compete winning Mandela Fellowship. For every one of those kids are 50 others who have no chance. The Rada Team.
Continue encouraging your own to be mediocre.
Ignatius@ignyharaz2
How do you genuinely react to this?
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@tripperhead I was like, ‘this is not a CityU student’ until I saw the replies
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A 20-year-old CityU student who was caught on camera indecently assaulting a female passenger an MTR train has pleaded guilty in West Kowloon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.
The assault took place on the Tuen Ma line on March 22nd.
Video warning: indecent assault
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