AS YOU THWART ANY PROPOSAL, Be Wary Lest You Regret Later

There is this story of a certain middle aged man who didn't fall in love very easily; given his high level of education, range of knowledge and other people's experiences. Nevertheless, in his third decade of life, he fell in love for a third time (first time he had been an undergraduate and the second time was after he had landed his first well-paying job at the age of 27). In both cases, he had fallen out of the love quite easily; the moment his ladies showed even an iota of non-cooperation. However, this third time he was determined to keep the relationship going, considering that his expiry date as a bachelor was fast approaching.

Unfortunately, the girl he had come to like very much started playing hard to get, the moment she realized how much our guy was interested in her. Well, this is how it happened:

Our eligible bachelor would regularly chat with the apple of his eye and in his texts he would call her 'babe', out of fondness. All the sh1t hit the fan when suddenly the woman replied to one of his texts telling him not to call her 'babe' again as it would never be! As you would expect, it was a shocker for our supposedly suave guy; the lady was proving to be more sophisticated! The dude therefore ignored the offensive message, taking his time before texting back to 'his babe'. When he did, the girl didn't respond in turn. He would later call her and she wouldn't pick his calls. It followed that the gentleman (he's a jerk, anyway) realized that he was getting a taste of his own medicine. Just as easily as he had dropped the other girls who had been in love with him earlier, so was he getting blatantly jilted! At that juncture he decided that only a 'handshake' would do. As it had worked for other politicians, so should it work for him - After all, wasn't he a politician too?

MORAL OF THE STORY

When a peaceable person, who may appear to have hurt you earlier approaches you for reconciliation, be clever enough to accept it. This parable therefore goes to former Embu senator Hon Lenny Kivuti, who represents the girl in the above illustration. As the girl decided that she can't be called 'babe' before jumping into bed with the guy, so does the Embu opposition leader insist that he can't take Governor Wambora's handshake before 'jumping' to the Supreme Court - signified by the bed in this literally work.

CONCLUSION

Just jump to bed Ma'am, I mean Sir.

The Only Governor whose Voice was Heard from America

Well, well, well. Now that the man who has come to be referred to as the governor with the nine lives of the proverbial cat is back from a successful and fruitful trip to the United States of America, it's only prudent to bring to your attention that he hadn't gone to the original land of opportunity in vain. When​ he, among several other leaders honored an invitation to participate in the National Governors Association (NGA) convention, Embu governor Martin Wambora managed to meet investors involved in coffee processing, international media personalities and Kenyans, especially Embu people in diaspora. It is the latter group that organized a meet with their esteemed leader, an event that elicited criticism from his local opposition with some alleging that the governor used taxpayers' money for the occasion. In fact, it's the Embu people in the States who organized a 'Governor's Ball' at their expense. Anyhow, no matter how well a diligent person does, haters will always poke holes in any noble feat, courtesy of their jealousy.

POWERFUL: While in the States, Governor Wambora (carrying briefcase) met and interacted with many powerful persons. PHOTO|Courtesy

All the detractions notwithstanding, the humble but highly intelligent leader got audience with Voice of America, a government-funded international radio broadcast source that serves as the United States federal government's official institution for non-military, external broadcasting. In the interview, aired on Citizen radio on 2 August 2018 at 7:50pm, Hon. Wambora answered questions pertaining to external trade in Embu County, coffee farming, devolution, health care and indiscipline in secondary schools.

On regional trade, he said that his government does export mangoes, among other products to other countries and is also an importer of various goods and services, through devolution. On this point, he gave assurance that the 'imported' Cuban doctors recently deployed in the county do auger well with the people and that through their contribution, great strides in health care are bound to be made; adding weight to the successful brain surgery a few months ago and the continuing kidney transplants at Embu level 5 hospital. He added that devolution is a success story both for Kenya as a country and for the devolved units as well. On the question of secondary schools students' indiscipline, Wambora disagreed with the powers that be, arguing that the recent cases of arson in schools were a result of the withdrawal of the cane in schools; that as it has been said of old, 'spare the rod, spoil the child'.

Kenyans in diaspora couldn't get enough of Governor Wambora. PHOTO|Courtesy