Joseph Odak Ponde

Celebrating my HERO, the Charismatic Pan-africanist, Freedom Fighter and the Greatest President Kenya Never had, Thomas Joseph Stanley Mboya. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- Few people have heard of Bulgaria’s Vasil Levski Higher Military Academy. Now, that is where Tom Mboya’s killer, Nahashon Isaac Njenga, received his training as a sapper. Military Sappers are hardened frontline soldiers who dig trenches, spy, demolish bridges and clear the way. Interestingly, Mboya was instrumental in the training of his former youth-winger-turned-killer. Why then did a man that Mboya trusted turn into his killer? That is the question that has never been answered some 49 years after the former minister for Economic Planning was killed. For four years, Njenga was a student in this high-profile academy named after a Bulgarian revolutionary who led an armed uprising of all Bulgarians during the Ottoman Empire. His diploma certificates indicated that he was trained in internal...

NAHASHON NJENGA ~ THE STORY OF BULGARIA-TRAINED MBOYA ASSASSIN   ______________________________    (Part II of my previous post). Upon return, Njenga immersed himself into Nairobi’s fast life. He rented a house in Ofafa Jericho in Plot No U3, House number 4486. He also had another house in Banana Hill, on Limuru Road. In Nairobi’s Victoria Street (ironically, now Tom Mboya Street), Njenga had a private office in Lombard House’s Room 27 and a secretary, Esther Ngugi. From here, he ran his businesses that included second hand car sales, Kemco Motors, located on University Way. His car, a Simca registration number KGR 250, was always parked there or at the Princess Hotel where he used to drink even during the day. On the day that he shot Mboya, as the minister stepped out of Government Road’s (Moi Avenue today) Chhani’s Pharmacy, Njenga had spent part of the day at a bar in Ngara. It was here that he met a Kamiti prison’s cleaner, Mary Njeri Munyuiri and he remarke...

This a story of the ancient Chineese who believed in a wall to separete them from their perceived enemies,when the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the great wall of China. They thought no one could climb it due to its height. During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice. And every time, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall... because each time they bribed the guards and came through the doors. The Chinese built the wall but forgot the character-building of the wall-guards. Thus, the building of human character comes BEFORE building of anything else.. That is what our Students need today. Like one Orientalist said: If you want to destroy the civilization of a nation there are 3 ways: 1. Destroy family structure. 2. Destroy education. 3. Lower their role models and references. 1. In order to destroy the family: undermine the role of Mother, so that she feels ash...

Joseph Odak Ponde  End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture .A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries Goal. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, pre-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals is at the center of sustainable development. Sustainable rural development is vital to the economic, social and environmental viability of nations. It is essential for poverty eradication since global poverty is overwhelmingly rural. The manifestation of pov...

SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AGENDA End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture .A Increase investment, including through enhanced international cooperation, in rural infrastructure, agricultural research and extension services, technology development and plant and livestock gene banks in order to enhance agricultural productive capacity in developing countries, in particular least developed countries Goal.  Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, pre-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning The achievement of the Millennium Development Goals is at the center of sustainable development. Sustainable rural development is vital to the economic, social and environmental viability of nations.        It is essential for poverty eradication since global...

Too many development initiatives have limited  impact.New  Schools can be built but children do not learn or go to school after all . Clinics are built but sickness persists. Governments adopt reforms but too little changes for their citizens. This is because genuine development progress is complex: solutions are not simple or obvious, those would benefit most lack power, those who can make a difference are disengaged and political barriers are too often overlooked. Many development initiatives fail to address this complexity, promoting irrelevant interventions that will have little impact. Some development initiatives, however, have real results. Some are driven domestically while others receive external support. They usually involve many players – governments, civil society, international agencies and the private sector – working together to deliver real progress in complex situations and despite strong resistance. In practice, successful initiatives reflec...