ANTS

We more intelligent than ants, so we are supposed to be rational since animals are not. However we cannot be sure of that either.
We don’t speak their language and they don’t speak ours either.
But their actions speak louder than words.
They live in well organised colonies and well established chains of command. Every ant has a role to play in sustaining the demands of the colony.
But that is not all. As that photo of them drinking a drop of water shows, they believe in sharing their resources equally and without discrimination.
But can we say the same about ourselves? We, the intelligent of the earth?
In pursuit of our greed and competition for our earth’s diminishing resources, we have polluted rivers and lakes, produced greenhouse gases that have altered our weather patterns. Mining activities have left the land barren, and the environment so ruined, that it is now inhabitable for us and other living things.
And now, we are at the mercy of weather change, and other disasters that threaten our future survival. But even as we face the calamities that threaten us , we cannot agree among ourselves on how to save the planet.
The photo of those ants sharing resources and looking out for one another, should be a lesson for all of us.
We live in a world full of inequalities and injustices that lead us to wars and revolutions.
If what we do is what defines our intelligence, then I am afraid that the ants are way ahead of us with their unique intelligence.
Since we all live in this planet, it is the duty of all of us, the earth’s “intelligent” inhabitants, to share the responsibility of saving it.
The ants balance themselves around the drop of to save it from falling to the ground, putting it out of reach for all of them. They all lose. We should follow their example to save ourselves from extinction. We the “intelligent” beings of our earth.

Are Judges above the law?

Are judges above the law? Sometimes back, the Deputy CJ was arrested in the same manner, and taken to Court. She was defended by a “battery” of lawyers. She declined to take a plea.
The DPP took the case to the JSC. The JSC is still sitting on the case almost 2 years later. And the DCJ is still in office.
Earlier this week, the CJ stopped the Accounting Officer in the Judiciary from attending a Parliamentary Committee meeting where she had been summoned to answer queries on Judicial expenditure. The Speaker of the National Assembly threatened to cut the Judiciary Budget if the Registrar did not answer questions on the Judiciary’s financial mismanagement raised by the Auditor-General.
Some years back, the Ringera Commission recommended the sacking of 82 Judges and Magistrates for corruption. They all went home.
Corruption is rampant in the Judiciary. Even the former CJ acknowledged that. But the Judiciary is out to protect it’s own, after High Court orders stopped the arrest the two Judges. The DCJ case too, seems to have been swept under the carpet.
This behaviour by the Judiciary justifies the appointment of the Ombudsman for the Judiciary by the executive. Otherwise, the Judiciary will spin off, and out of control.
Why can’t they leave the DCI to investigate and tell the public the truth.If they are innocent the truth will surely vindicate them.If there is financial mismanagement in the Judiciary that is the work auditor general and parliament to oversight like for every body else.Something somewhere does not add up.

NO NEED OF TEARGAS

After seeing what happened at the Rhino charge event, we should seriously start thinking of using these noble creatures for crowd control.
In the coming electoral season, there will be many rowdy political gatherings that may need to be dispersed using expensive tear gas canisters and rubber bullets. Bees would be a cheaper alternative.
If the Government were to approve their use, (we have Police dogs) bee farmers in Baringo would have a market for their “soldier” bees to be sold to the Police service. This would certainly boost the economies of both Baringo and Turkana, who happen to be the poorest areas in the country, and whose land is ideal for bee farming.
Bees are perfect for the job. They don’t discriminate. They sting everyone including the politicians. You cannot throw stones at them, and most importantly, you cannot hide from them