Comments on: Shocking BBC interview of Kalenjin Church Burners and Jackson Kibor

By: DJ

DJ — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 03:33:48 +0000

Sorry, I’m joining the party late here but I hate to see my Kenyan people seething with so much hate for one another – quite primitively, I might add. I am a Luo, grew up with Kambaa, Kalenjin, Kikuyu, Luhya, Taita, Swahili, Kisii and Meru friends; all of whose languages (albeit partially) I learnt to speak in the process. Infact, I speak very good Kikuyu, you’d have a hard time believing I’m not a Kikuyu. I’ve dated Kalenjin, Kambaa, white girls etc and now engaged to a beautiful Kikuyu woman (who’s only dated Luo men) and I have never looked at any of them through the proverbial “tribal lenses”. If we, the younger generation in particular, don’t rise above these cheap tribal payasadas that I’m reading here, we will perish as a people! Absolutely. We have to come together and overcome this shallow view of each other – we are all better than that. Haha, as for the men that find Kikuyu women (or any woman for that matter) as being ‘uncontrollable”, get a grip! Please. A man worth his salt should be able to harmonize any woman he aspires to make his own. If you don’t have the mental capacity to tame your woman, pole sana. Tupendane na tuangalie mbele pamoja – we have a great nation to build.

By: MURU WA NJEHA

MURU WA NJEHA — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:42:05 +0000

I just want to go there,
Go there,
where ?
Here, there, everywhere !
where i built my home !
where i planted !
where i sowed !
where i eat !
where i slept !
where i belong !
I just want to go there,
Go there,
where ?
Here, there, everywhere,
I just want to go home

By: martin

martin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:05:42 +0000

its obvious accept or deny it Kenya belongs to kenyans and not certain tribes.lets shun away from generalizin issues.a mistake committed by a person does not at any point represent the entire community.at any given point there are innocent people.mark you everybody shud carry his/her own cross.lets not help them

By: lone

lone — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:59:36 +0000

i guess you guys with such ethnic hate go to hell

By: Anne Chebet

Anne Chebet — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:31:41 +0000

IN IF PEOPLE ARE HARD WORKING LET THEM DO BECAUSE HIYO NI WIVU YA KABILA ZINGINE THEY MUST KEEP OFF

By: wangu wa makeri

wangu wa makeri — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:36:01 +0000

Also you guys are talking about kikuyu women marrying men from other tribes it was the case before because we have been living thinking that there is no tribalisim but now everyones eyes are open we are a tribal coutry people are soon going to stop that bussiness because if you marry a man and he takes you away from nairobi to live in God knows where who is going to accept that thats going to be the end of that marriage people are waking up.

People should marry who they want to marry .It doesn't take away from your Ethnic group.As long as you marry with open eyes ,people should accept love crosses all boundaries .Preference for someone with a similar culture helps but We should be open to everyone .Luo, Digo Yoruba German,Tahitian.God created you a Kikuyu!! Nobody can change that .Be the best Kikuyu Wife or Husband you can be !Even if its not to a Kikuyu like you Joe- ADMIN

By: wangu wa makeri

wangu wa makeri — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:31:16 +0000

I saw a kiprotich guy is telling kikuyus to be prepare to build more memorials but he should remember you live by the sword you die by the sword and nothing that will stop us from existing and prospering we are ambitious as a community and we will continue to prosper

By: muchina

muchina — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:39:53 +0000

Why do kikuyu women grudgingly opt for men outside their own kikuyu community??!! preferring anyone with material wealth n especially the lake side guys? As a kikuyu man, I am honestly not proud of our womenfolk!! One thing for sure, and I am saying this from personal experience and a lifetime of observation, these womenfolk will never ever allow or attempt to mould a man to be a man and particularly in the house!! they in fact endeavour to do the opposite!! treating sons as momas boys will never help them!! It is impossible to show some balls in public (which is clearly evident at present amongst kyuk men) if all the time when they are in their homestead, their tail is always between their legs!!One must learn from an early age how to be in command and especially through observing their parents behaviour. I really do think that the way kikuyu men are brought up tells a lot about their legendary cowardly behaviour as tribes men. I have had conversations with lots of kikuyu women and to tell you the truth, they really do despise kikuyu men, yet they are the ones who bore them, what kind of insanity could this be!
Most kikuyu men (99%)tend to shun the taking of leadership on community issues not because they don’t want, but because it is not in them to do it, and which can rightly be attributed to an acute lack of courage (belief in self as a man)!! or are they ashamed of their multi tribe heritage? taking responsibility is something that should be inculcated in a child by the father whilst the child is still growing up, but if the father “amezubaaa”..as most married kikuyu men end up later in life, then, no wonder the entire kikuyu men are the way they are.

Do our kikuyu womenfolk really deserve the praise they usually get as “clever women”?? I don’t think so, for why are they completely unable to mould men to be men, is as simple as that! A REAL WOMAN NOT ONLY KNOWS HOW TO RECOGNIZE A REAL MAN, BUT ALSO HOW TO REAR & BRING UP A REAL MAN[SON] NOT A MOMASBOY!!!! In my humble opinion, the present day kikuyu women are the worst thing that can ever happen to a man!! They are the ones who have failed the community with their never ending adulterous behaviour and lust for money and thinking that they are clever!! All they think of is how to control their man to conform to their whims by any means necessary!!(they are famed for visiting wagangas at night sometimes going as far as Tanzania) The good book does say it quite clearly that, a clever woman builds her house but the stupid one tears it down with her own hands.

For me, all the blame lies with the kikuyu women, period!!

By Blog Administrator

I was about to delete your comment seeing as it has nothing to do with this post but since I am a kikuyu man whose sister is married to a man from western Kenya.I will entertain your comment and rid the ignorance that has been making the rounds.

Fact Check

1. Kikuyu women do not ‘grudgingly’ marry men from other communities .They marry men from other communities out of free will and choice.There is nothing grudgingly about it .

2.Kikuyu women marrying Men from other communities is not a new concept it has been happening for sometime(please read our history section)You will find out Gikuyu and Mumbi had nine daughters.They were all married by ‘foreign’ men.Kikuyus have married off their daughters and married the daughters of Borana’s, the Maasai.Kamba’s etc for hundreds of years-its nothing new and nobody gets exited about it in the Kikuyu community

3.The number of Kikuyu women marrying men from other communities is not as high as some should like us to think.In my estimate it is more common in urban areas but only accounts for less than 3% of the total Kikuyu women population.

4.Kikuyu customs are very clear when it comes a married woman.When a Kikuyu woman is married she becomes a member of the community she is married into.That said her family still loves her and respects her choice .She has an option to name her children after her Kikuyu family but it is not a requirement nor does it reduce her social standing within her family or the kikuyu community .

5.As for Kikuyu Men and how they are brought up.That is neither here no there .Just look at yourself.We as a community are like every other community or family.Parenting as you might know in Kenya today is not a community affair.I am sure your parents did the best they could in raising you to have such courage to comment and generalize as you have done lol(if you are indeed a kikuyu)

6.I cant speak for the Kikuyu Women who are of the view that Kikuyu Men ‘wamezuuba’ Everyone is looking for something and geographical location does not determine where good men are found.The ones who cant deal with a zuubaed one are ‘clever women’.which brings me to your point about our clever women.If indeed you agree that kikuyu men have failed then I assume you will accept that our women marrying good men from other cultures is a clever thing to do .Dont you??

7.If our women married for wealth as you claim,They wouldn’t have to go outside the community to marry money.Even if that were true I would think that part of the country would be the last place our women would head to.

And finally just for the record .One can clearly tell that your comments despite the veiled attempts to appear honest , that you are not a Kikuyu as you claim .I can tell you are a man who likes Kikuyu women for their beauty, brains and industry (and i don’t blame you)but you seem to have a problem reconciling yourself to the fact that you are not a Kikuyu.(no matter how many kikuyu women you have or intend to have)-its one of those ‘I will marry a Mzungu to feel good about myself and to be accepted but it doesn’t work).

Kikuyu women are beautiful,smart and industrious like I said before .I support them in whatever makes them happy .It doesn’t take away from my being a Kikuyu man when a kikuyu woman marries a man from another community.Masculinity and self worth is not conferred by women on men or vice versa in our culture.(or any other progressive culture for that matter hence the Mzungu problem some of you also face )So I am all for Kikuyu women doing what makes them happy.

My tip for you is instead of talking smack about Kikuyu men,or kikuyus in general you should be happy at the very least that we have raised and supported good women, who are making good wives and mothers for other communities.If indeed (and i doubt it)you are a Kikuyu man I feel more comfortable than I have ever felt ,that some of our Kikuyu sisters are marrying Men from other regions and not sticking to the confused few like you simply because they are Kikuyu.We need to keep the gene pool free of stupidity!!

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By: nelson olooko

nelson olooko — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:32:29 +0000

I have stumbled on this. I noticed that the topic is about the sorry state Kenya found itself in after purportedly stolen election. I may not buy your notion of others being against the kikuyu, but agree with you when it comes to focused utilization of what nature provides. At this point in time, I beseech all Kenyans to desist from thinking tribal, but allow free intermingling with themselves and world at large. If we allowed that, we would be keepers of each other in the times of natural calamities like drought hence famine. Resources in Kenya are abounding that if we evenly allowed ourselves to share, the petty politics would things of the past. With basic biology, we realize that if we talk tribal, our offspring will inbreed leading to poor future generations. If plants practice mainly cross pollination, who are we to inbreed?? Let us integrate as Kenyans of different ethnic groups before we think of going to America, Britain, china etc.

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