Dear Mzee Kiziwi,
The whole issue that your author, illiterate Interested Party to Deaf development in Kenya, raised is really thrash and not worth my comments!
But because your author thinks he is so clever let me comment just to show him dust.
First, it is not your stupid writer's mandate to decide who has the right to education in this country.
Education is a basic human right.
Anyone who provides it is given the revered title Mwalimu, Teacher and is greatly respected in our country.
That Mr. Jean Claude and Deaf AID are starting a School for the Deaf where presumably the Deaf will receive free education should be greatly supported and applauded.
Does your foolish writer have money to help the Deaf people of Kenya? What exactly has he done to give himself moral authority to demand that all foreigners should not start a school for the Deaf? Is it him Deaf AID wants to educate or poor and orphaned Deaf children? This is indeed so stupid and I shudder to think that Mzee Bubu supports you enough to give your article prominence in the blog.
He thinks that he is clever by plagiarizing Kenya Society of the Deaf Children’s repot which states inter alia “The biggest problem all private school face today in the Deaf education sector is the fact that they can only get a little support from the government. Government sponsored schools receive tuition fees from the government at KES 10,000/- or more per child, private special schools are getting a mere KES 2,000/-. This is problem....you may ask why? here is the reason. Majority of the Deaf students in the schools comes from poor families and therefore they rely on external aid to educate the children. We will continue to make these children and their parents’ objects of benevolence and never teaching them to fish for themselves or have the government support the children through the huge taxes we are paying through VAT and other various taxes that are currently at between 30-35%.”
What a pity! By its very natural and derived meaning the above article supports private intervention in Kenya’s Special education because of government inertia. How do you teach a child to fish when you do not give it the opportunity of an education? Yet because you have nothing to offer organizations like Deaf AID are not allowed, eh? How clever are you? Up to which lever did you reach in your useless education?
Please give us a break and respect our intelligence. The Deaf children whom you want Deaf AID not to educate are defenseless. They have no other option. Your mother fucking KNAD is dead as a dodo. Your Wango is only interested in his survival only!
The only thing I agree with him is that we must empower the Deaf people of Kenya. But I disagree with you louts on how to achieve this. Here is how to do it!
A; Let anyone who wants to educate the deaf do so without your stupid fuss. It’s their money not yours. This is a free market economy if we don’t like Deaf AID it would not be here. It’s useful as it is.
B. Let us build united and educated Deaf elite. Today only Dr. Ndurumo is the only recognized scholar. Stop our Deaf people ‘failing in KCSE’ we do not fail. We are educated in an unequal system meant for normal children. Let’s petition your Raila to get KSL in the revised curriculum.
C. Let our own Deaf NGO’s CBO’s be run in a transparent manner. Your corrupt deaf leaders like Wango have no moral authority to block Deaf people’s efforts to become self sufficient.
D. Once we are united and we have humble leaders not alcoholics, Yaya whoremasters, etc. we will be able to get one of our own even to the parliament!
Why?
1. KSDC serves its own purposes. Your mother and father probably would never have sent you to school if it were not for the work of this organization!
It does not matter if Shane establishes 1001 schools for the Deaf for the Deaf you illiterate. Learn to appreciate positive contribution that people like Deaf AID do for Kenya. It is their money stupid.
Why not try and ask Deaf elites like Nickson to leave Yaya and use his money to start a school for the Deaf?
I think that the question should be to ask donors politely, pointing out that pointing out that we do not need a Deaf school in Nyabondo in Kisumu while NE province have maybe 2-3 schools? Nairobi has no Deaf school. In any case it is the Government of Kenya’s responsibility, silly!
2. KNAD. Wango. Corruption. Abuses. UNDP mess up. Ogola insults. These are self explanatory and well known.
These are self explanatory and you never have courage to tell Wango to resign. Ha. Many Kenyans really hate Wango’s abuse of KNAD. Why don’t you join me? Because I am a Kikuyu and your brother Wango is a Luo? You complain about lack of coordination, but no, you want Wango to stay because like Kibaki ‘better the devil you know than the angel you don’t’
KNAD has members who are alive and actively working in various places in Kenya please get on your feet and defend your country oh sleeping giant, awake from your slumber oh mighty KNAD!!!!-Amen, but the buck stops with you! Ask not what others can do but initiate!
3. Kenyan government officials who are complaisant, lazy and gullible your days are numbered. We can not be paying huge taxes and you do not give us services - We demand transparency and accountability in the Education sector - KSL to be recognized, all teachers teaching in Deaf schools should be able to use KSL no questions no compromise we want KSL NOW!!!!-
-WOW how will you achieve that? You will bring a nationwide laughing stock because of the mess within your community! Brothers and sisters the only way forward is friendship with our hearing pigs like Jack Owiti, not threats. We will still need these hearing government fools for many years to come.
4. KNAD to organize a million Deaf March in January of 2008!
-Oh brother, KNAD cannot even raise a handful of delegates.
5. NGO council to be given a list of organizations to be audited for compliance and accountability.
-Good: You just give a list to the NGO council? Did you know that corruption is every where even within this watchdog? Oh go ahead with Raila’s authority I hope you will add KNAD, Mzee Bubu, Mzee Kiziwi, ICD, etc. but what will they serve? You are really a fool devoid of the knowledge of micro/macro economics. They will simply cover up their annual books of accounts or refuse because they know how to do so.
Ask Wango how he did it with Abilis AIDS Money!
You say, “These organizations have been given licenses to operate in Kenya to offer service BUT where are the tangible results?”
- The tangible results are there you fools. They have done so much. You instead of looking for a job are watching and farting over what other people do with their money?”
Let’s audit Shane and Nickson too, huh? Where does he get the YAYA apartment money? Could it be money meant for me and other Deaf Kenyan citizens?
5. Petition the next parliament to take action on halting the mask of benevolence.
-The parliament has gone to the dogs a long time ago. No Deaf Luo is currently qualifies to be nominated as a MP. Mr. Nickson take head. You are illiterate for all your degree and you do not know Kiswahili. Raila won’t remember you even if he gets to be the leader of official opposition.
Kenya is ours! Oh yes. And we have the world’s highest inequality. Nickson and Polios of this world life in mansions while the majority of the Deaf lives in slums. Then they (includes you) yell DEAF AID is corrupt! CMB is corrupt! KSLRP is corrupt! KNAD is good! GDC is bad! Shit! You think we are fools to follow you blindly? Just like the Pigs in the Animal Farm -Two legs good, four legs bad?
We will support those NGO’s who want to start schools for the Deaf anywhere in the republic. Your useless words benefit no one but your colonial masters.
Anonymous Critic
