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            Jack Fernandes: His Final Curtain Call           Nairobi. Born 13th August 1933. Died: 29 April 2015. It is with humble acceptance of Gods Will that we announce the passing on, to his heavenly stage, of JACK FERNANDES loving husband of the late Olga Fernandes, beloved father of Ian and Elaine, father-in-law of Paloma and Vernon, adoring grandfather to Georgia, Kayleigh, Kayla and Aiden. Jack was a special man who will be missed by many. A great entertainer who will be remembered for his comical antics on the Konkani Stage, a prominent sports man on the athletics track and football field and his many years of service to the Goan Institute. The funeral service will take place at 10 am on Saturday 2nd May, 2015 at the Consolata Shrine, Westlands. Viewing will commence from 9.30 am. This will be followed by a cremation at the Kariokor Crematorium. No flo...

Kenya’s history of good intentions The road to Kenya’s independence from the earliest of days to 1963 was always paved with the best of intentions, some of which are spelt out in the Jomo Kenya speech below. Looking back, it is easy to dismiss the whole episode as exploitation by the few in power but what would have been the alternative. For 50 years successive governments have faced this the most difficult of issues and have come up almost empty. The Kenya African National Union manifesto which is jammed packed with the highest ideals any society would wish to achieve is also the basis for the Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 which legitimised the capitalist course, especially in relation to ownership of land and industry. Jomo Kenyatta’s speech at the Kenya African Union (KAU) meeting (June, 1952) I want you to know the purpose of K.A.U. It is the biggest purpose the African has. It involves every African in Kenya and it is their mouthpiece which asks for freedom. K...

This document (edited) reveals the inside story on how an American, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, came write one of the most hated policy papers in Kenya’s political history: the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965. 2015 is also the 50 th anniversary of the paper’s adoption by the Kenya parliament. The paper virtually turned Kenya into a capitalist society and paved the way for those in power to plunder the fruits of Uhuru for themselves rather than sharing it with the general wananchi. It is arguable that Kenya could have been anything other capitalist. There is a strong belief that capitalism was a conspiracy between western powers and the then Kenya government.            As the East African countries approached independence their second major concern, after that of finding the means to take effective control of government, was the development of their societies. World Bank missions to each of the three major East African ter...