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My two cent's worth

August 02, 2006

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Greatings to all fellow Kenyans

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Anonymous said…

Greatings bro

Wednesday, August 02, 2006 5:02:00 PM

Tax Vanity

I am wont to think that sometimes our priorities are just plain wrong especially when it comes to the provision of services by the darned govt. Yeah, they claim the democratic space is open. Bla blah. Anyway, my beef is with those who interfere with my pursuit of happiness. For example, in Kenya, old is not necessarily gold. I talk about old classic vehicles. You cannot import a vehicle over 8 years old, ostenibly to protect local manufacturers from unfair competition from cheap used imports, and to protect the environment from all the usual effluent. Fair enough. But what if I found a supuu 1970 Benz 280sl on say E-bay and felt that I just had to have it. Do I emigrate coz it would not be allowed into the country or what? I believe I am as vain as the next guy or gal. I would like to have my 2 cents worth emblazoned on my license plates. Should the govt take this as an opportunity to allow me to, for once, vainly and voluntarily give them money in sin taxes for vanity plates

State of the marriage institution in Kenya

The increasingly loud debate on the state of the marriage institution in Kenya and some of the attendant rhetoric has disabled any critical thought on the subject with everyone putting in their two cents worth. I will not deviate from this and will also add my bla blah to the furore. For some time now, we have heard from every corner and rooftop that the idea of marriage is headed the way of the dodo. However, a certain “progressive” Nigerian pastor quickly saw a gap or even better, a vacuum, and quickly disabused Kenyans of any such notion as ladies flocked to his sermon at the KICC in droves. Political parties – eat your hearts out – such an attentive crowd would do any gathering proud. Well, he sold “matrimonial theology” and his audience might have been forgiven for thinking that the Lord himself had been sighted. Don’t get me wrong, God might be female. Anyway, the rhetoric has been viewed by apologists for marriage as largely elitist – an agenda pushed by opinio

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