Happy new year

The year that started with the greatest fraud in our country namely the stealing of elections by Kibaki has now come to and end. But that was not the only thing that pained us Kenyans. Many people are still in IDP camps, many still cannot find acceptance or forgiveness in their hearts. However many other great things have happened in this year that have made us happy as a people. For me the very first one is Charles Lwangas efforts to unite the long lost brothers and sisters of Christ through his many emails and even through this blog. the man worked hard to get email addresses of many people and bring us together. but Lwanga never stopped there, he also has coordinated another forum to unite alumni of Kisumu Boys at least those who were in the years '88 to '92. Whats more, through the forum, people have been able to send each other updates on job vacancies, personal developments and so on.

Obama's win in November probably also gave Kenya quite a good reason to feel proud but for me the moment i relieved over and over was that of a-non-smiling Pamela Jelimo giving her competitors a wide range on her way to become not only a millionaire in dollar terms but also living legend of our time.

I would like to Wish all of you a brilliant year 2009 and to bless all those you meet and all those you love.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Brothers and Sisters let me take this opportunity to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. I hope the new year will be full of promises and blessings in big and small ways. Looking back in the year now ending it has been full of blessings and a mixture of misfortunes. The year started by our beloved country almost drowning in anarchy. For the first time we witnessed Neighbours who had lived for decades in peace and as brothers and sisters turning against each other and killing each other in the name of Politics??? am happy to see that the Kivuitu's team are sent parking I hope the almighty God will make them pay for the sins our brothers did to each other. Many lost their livelihood, most lost their life time investments and they have been enjoying themselves, many are still homeless. The food prices have hiked that ordinary wanainchi cannot afford food prices. Many of us might not understand how it feels like to be unable to put food on the table to feed your children.

On the international scene things have not been rosy either, the financial crisis has seen a lot of changes in the financial institutions this has made the hunger in Kenya worse as the main source of Kenyan economy over the past few years has been the support from the Kenyans in the diaspora. The crisis has affected most people making this form of support go down. Most of the Western Economy is in recession and as most people might not be aware the international market is all connected and the countries rely on each other. Let us pray that things will get better in the new year. Hopefully with peace in the country and God willing with rains the country will be able to farm and make good harvest that will encourage the prices of food to come down. May the Almighty God bless you all. James Okal.