Abdul Kalam

India Loses a Statesman and a patriot

"All birds find shelter during a rain but eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds." The late, Dr. Abdul Kalam
The road that India has traveled, is what he wanted and hoped for national progressive path.The wings of fire has dims, the flames are no more, but wings of fire flies forth to every Indian soul and heart, crossing boarders. Rest in Peace, Dr. Abdul Kalam. A man man of the people who saw India's page in the world was to be opened and he did open the new page that has many living in reality from his dreams.
Times Now, run the headline , 'ABDUL KALAM NO MORE'
News X, 'PRIDE OF INDIA & MISSILE MAN NO MORE'
 Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, termed his as 'MARG DARSHAK'
Vice President Hamid Ansari, termed APJ Abdul Kalam as 'A MAN OF MANY HEARTS'
Creative leadership is what he talked more about and that's the new 21st century leadership.
The former president of India, who inspired many and whose words live in lips and in books passes away with his dream of inspiring young minds lit. He lights India in life and well as in his death. Noble citizens creates hope and the government creates education system.
His words of wisdom transcends boarders, 'you have to dream before your dreams come true'
The tool of love and affection to fight corruption is what he saw, he dreamt of corruption removal from youth movement.
Lets live by what he saw, a dream of each one of us, a vision for all. Long live your wordsof inspiration and Rest In Peace. Indian patriot, and a chariot of fire. Rest in Peace, Dr. Abdul Kalam. A teacher , a professor , a scientist ,a president and  a statesman.
Joshua Boitt

Turning off Airtel SIM application Popup

We are constantly bombarded by all sorts of technological hitch-ups, hiccups, when we need them not but it depends on our perceived response and needs, we choose to stop or accept,  Here is a solution in turning off the Airtel SIM application popup.
Go to Settings - mobile+ SIM- SIM settings- SIM applications - airtel now! - Start/Stop- Stop- airtel now! has been Stopped - OK
You wil receive a message popup AZ-CTANOW..... Airtel Now Flash service has been stopped on your airtel mobile.Thank you for using the service..
Hope it will be helpful but if " symptoms of the notifications persists call airtel customer care..." this is just what I did , its my opinion, I am not an expert, just a village boy trying to get to companies service need not by me ...
              

Fifa fallout ; beyond shame

Football for thought, is FIFA beyond redemption?

 Who can save the sinking ship, the captain is adrift from reality and ‘owns’ the ‘MV FIFA’ The death of football is imminent but a hope for a new soccer day will rise when football will be free from some corrupt officials. Can someone remind FIFA officials that FIFA is not football kingship, A Red card for fifa, yellow cards for all the ‘blatters?’

What’s the difference between FIFA and failure?

Taming the tide, I am not timid but team blatter need ‘hawk eye’ to see the blander. The challenge is slowing down and the perception is clear as boom mic behind the goal, recycling same blatter ballot, bullets the ball and FIFA players rule has the twelfth player, its official 11 players plus Blatter, the referee has no whislte and the benchmark is change survival, corrupt officials who are after money, pride and not the cheering.

The voting was a mock , more of a gamble, as a football fan who has been on FIFA screen from 1994 world cup this was betrayal, I dream of FIFA democracy; only two terms for the post of presidency and  below 60 years candidate for FIFA presidency. There should be a FIFA’S spring that will bring revolution in the name of football democracy.

He wasn’t apologetic or ashamed of what happened when he is at the helm… ‘arrested for what ?’ Sepp Blatter… arrested for ruining soccer’s beauty and putting money ahead of the game by some of your officials, bad play. A degree of arrogance and bitterness, anger flashed.

Money the primary focus for the outcome of the boast, hope the world and FBI will flash out those behind FIFA ruins, all in power looks for their interest , revenue ballooned and billions stuck not for football development but officials own greed for power and thus they reign as patronage patriarchs of soccer , they represent their own interest.

Hope sponsors will use their power passion and persistence to sanitize FIFA and bring back the flaming torch and the love of the game. FIFA need readjustment, rebalancing and the ability to adapt to changing times. What happened in FIFA ballot day was like a streaker in the field as fans wait for authorizes to make arrest? The voices of discontent are heard, the  red card  has been flashed out to Blatter and he clings to power in the backdrop of backlash.

FIFA needs restructuring. joboit2009@gmail.com

Social sites talk, men make mistakes

A girl’s heart is tender, soft and delicate. They are jewels, pearls and affectionate. They are also arrogant, rude and rough when you step on their toes. Just like a flowers they need care, the sun and water to make them happy and grow in love. Show them the way-they will walk majestically, a route to the skies where stars shineth – they will fly. Do not walk in front of her-she will walk away, do not walk behind her she will mislead you, walk by her side- she will hold your arms. That’s an island of affection.

Boys you over speed, like an F1 car, slow down for if you overtake her on chat you will crash her heart. Men you overspend, she will gallop the gifts and go for the simple care and flowers delivered to her window every morning, so be humble and simple, they love it- be yourself. She adds you on face book, be yourself and natural, she adds you on skype, don’t fly with machismo and muscles to show your nudity, be tender , modest and courteous and she discerns what she desires, so stride charily.

Gentle ladies will add you on interpals for language exchange, you men shoot to flirting, do what she is fond of not what you covet, she wants pen pals not boyfriend. Keep arms akimbo with her pace you will reach your destiny on time. On social networking sites she make out you will be friends so walk the talk and keep the tempo, as you mind your language so you will walk into her heart.

Line app (SNS) she adds you this minute the next minute you cry for love, look at yourself. Who is stranger? keep a low profile talk to her kindheartedly like a doves coo, soothingly like seaside breeze and she will close her eyes and come like a penguin, Kakao talk (SNS) she asks you to join, remember the outings and coffee conversations, she can make coffee at home and she came to you so that you can have the coffee talk like Kakao talk so be temperate, gentle like a dolphin, swim alongside not beneath or over, neither in frontage nor at the rear.

The movie actors are no heroes, they act fiction and walks a directors road, talks a scripts dialogue, you are a hero, act natural and the gardens and parks and the wonderful nature outings fill the fiction with reality. Did I say money can’t buy love or friends, yeah, you humility can lead you places be gentle and humble I will sing always and pen when I dream like today.

You over speed and the communication is cut short , the respite is you to blame, the vehicle of affection is stuck in the mud of your talk, so gauge what you share and try to know what she wishes, do not ask for rain when sunshine is high and do not say dusk when its dawn of communication.

Don’t ask for whatsapp in the first day of communication? What is your intention? Even a novice in communication will know! for you will be kicked out soon the same way you came the best way is to make out which way the dove flies to and not which way the cat jumps.

However, girls don’t be rude when they over speed, you will are piling anger, slow them down, you are gentle , teach them to walk , teach them to communicate, if they are arrogant or unconcerned leave them alone and walk your way, you are a river of life ‘tributaries’ will join you and make you a princess, don’t hate for no reason for you will be hated in return, don’t love at momentum for you will thrown at lightning rapidity. Measure your words and don’t use words that sound rude, like… ‘but why you called?’ ‘what’ what do you want? , ‘who are you?’ ‘I am not interested’ and more words maketh communication like clothes maketh man and woman.

This thoughts came to my mind midnight and I penned it at that time, its just my opinion, any comments or additions…subtraction are my take…drop them joboit2009@gmail.com

Friendship

Friendship, deduced from friends, friend +ship - a friend out in the sea tows your burden, in the wake and ensures you cross over the sea without a bridge to the shores of joy. Camaraderie the closeness we have in our social circles. Friends are like stars, they shine but always not around many afar while few are close by, we should strive to build friendship which last for ages (reality) and not for online virtuality. The new media smothers friendship and gives rise to virtual friendship which is like mist.

Virtual friendship has limits, just a flirting feeling, synthetic smile. Remember a friend is real when you are existent, keep at heart and mind too, be selfless, be truthful, and furnish your companionship freely. A true friend denies self comfort. If having a friend means death then resurrection would be getting a genuine friend. That's friendship. True friendship has no limits,is timeless and  priceless. True friendship is denying yourself calm to provide a 'kidney' to a needy friend, being liberal like the sun , shinning to all good and wicked, forgiving those who wrong you, and walking to your enemy to forgive. 

Friends are like stars shining forth for the starry skies, and twinkling for the crickets and fireflies, friendship is a garden and friends are the flowers who make the garden a home for bees and butterflies providing nectar and home and work place for insects.

Connect and communicate online and make sure you make friends and not enemies.

The world would be at peace if we value friends who create friendship.

Kenya at Crossroads

The challenging of living state of affairs, a reminiscent of Kenya trying to be Switzerland, a mock to the abject poverty that citizens lives in. The flag bearing governors motorcade with constitutional crisis looming. Fat cows earn millions, cash cows pay tax, when will they reap a reward? The turntables tumble, no good music, lawmakers, senate and the governors at all out war. The only solution- tame them at the ballot and new constitution reduce the number of the three arms to be 250 in total.

The heavy burden of the constitution crunch into a huge chunk, positions created for vote-banks, policies that favor cronies and cronyism rules. The Governors cry foul, with no sense of direction, but smart ideas of global trips that rip taxpayers pockets they are fighting not for the people but for new SUVs, the luxury culture risen, even the blind bat can see.

Moreover, an aimless struggle for the common man and hopes the constitution can be changed , amended or even overhauled, its bulky and not fit for a 50 year old nation but let’s look where we erred,...created positions and no money. Being critical on the way things are run but remember the image is clear, and the cynics see the object in the mirror.

It is distressing and disturbing that our policies pointless, they enhance the problems rather than solving. Corruption, cronyism, tribalism are ripe in our institutions’, education system is partly to blame and the roster (media) doesn’t crow- a part of the predicament as seen in propaganda they disseminate and listen to the self-made elites and prank debates, shows and programmes. No plans, no agenda but a show-case of self-made tacticians of theory in the name of public meetings, a mere sham and the civil service invited in public meetings while the common men and women who toil hard are left out.

Vision 2030 a hoax and now camouflaged in a dream that yields no fruits but thorns, the short sighted policy makers live not in the present but in the past. They are theoretical policy makers who name storm universities and education backgrounds pick up degrees and bring up systems that stall economic growth.

May the burdens be loose, Kenyans live in peace and harmony, may their sweat be wiped away and their struggle be rewarded by good governance and policies that will embolden efforts help them discover and live in their dreams. In the words of Albert Einstein, ‘...no one... cannot solve a problem from the same consciousness that created it... you must learn to see the world anew.’ Long Live Kenya!

 

 

Kenya walks a tight rope, constitutional crisis.

A politician is like a lady bird that hatches eggs he has not laid...

Kenyan dreams dashed, hopes hacked,tribalism trumpeted.The road is rocky... 50+1 Years since independence our flag lifted high and flew at the summit of Mount Kenya and the apex of our dreams, we were free and now are we? the fangs of devolution spit venom, we are told what to do, not only when to travel but also what to put on our vehicles and what cost and we are 'forced' and the tears of joy wiped away.Fifty years with people still eating rats and dogs in the Northern parts of Kenya-(Turkana, Baringo and West Pokot) among other places,as the the Transport cabinet secretary avalanches a new 'digital number plate' and one customised which will cost Ksh 1 million, and the machine for making the number plates at a cost of 15 million shillings, this is a mock to the people who die of hunger. Digital a devil in the making, no humility, every ministry wants to show  a mile of development for which is 'insanity' if it doesn't address the needs of common women and men,it becomes a digital devil,a word used by the old guards thinking its is worth the taxpayers and makes a fuzz instead.Remember, a frog croaks in a pond and thinks it's an ocean of time,the rest joins chorus not knowing that the sea is far beyond its shores.You can fool Kenyans sometimes but not all the time.Kenyans are quiet but time to take that long journey to Canaan comes soon,and a referendum will soon be a discussion on the element of frustrating times in the face of the Nation. 

Every cabinet secretary in Kenya wants to be remembered for what they do, unfortunately, most of them have misplaced priorities, and are guided by greed.

The Daily Nation dated Tuesday, February 25, 2014 carries the story in the front page, no criticism in any Kenyan newspaper , are we asleep , is the ethical genre of journalism eroded by skewed ownership gatekeepers guns blaze, for such stories would not have seen the light of day.

The governors flaunt flags and call themselves EGH...Excellency in their twitter account, by having Kenya's national  flags in their vehicles governors have not only desecrated the flag but also counties casting contempt to national flag for which we are supposed to respect and only the President of the republic should use it. Devolution has disparaged national flag.Parlaiment has a scheme afoot to return the glory of Kenya's flag.

Senators and governors all out war and the parliament and the judiciary , so who's who in the devolution and is there a clear byline among the warring parties, a governor is impeached and then reinstated, who will explain to Kenyans the devolved road?They usher a divided path. Public resources misused,counties hatch cronyism, tribalism devours our counties,lack of expertise to use the funds for development,lack of systems in place for sustainable devolution,we are poised to development damnation. Kenya is on the bring of constitution crisis! Basic principles of operation cannot be solved, defense of the common man cannot be guaranteed.The bottom rock has been breached and the foundations of our founding fathers shaken, its time the president, deputy president and parliament, with the senate walks in and solve this dwindling devolution lest we wake up one morning back to Rome and the rule of the roost reigns.

"We are on the precipice of a crisis, a constitutional crisis.The checks and balances,which have been at the core of this republic,are about to be evaporated... the checks and balances that say if you get 51% of the vote, you don't get your way 100% of the time.Its amazing , its almost a temper tantrum"- Charles Schumer.

Long Live the Republic of Kenya and the people of Kenya.

Lectureship Positions

"Education is a seed that yield fruits of labour and hard-work in its appointed season" - Joshua Boitt.
The following lectureship positions/vacancies are available, Law Lecturers, Medical Officers, Librarians, Clinical Officers, Pharmaceutical Technologist, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Nursing Officer,Assistant Farm  Manager (Livestock)...
University of Kabarak website , Kenya official website for the advertised positions ... for 7th March 2014 Deadline.1          
http://www.kabarak.ac.ke/
Visit the University of Botswana website for lectureship positions with different  March 2014 deadlines.
Lecturer in  Physical Chemistry, Recreations and Leisure Management, Sports Psychology and Physical Education, Counseling and Human Services, Librarian and Information Studies, Tourism , Hospitality Management, Statistics...2
http://www.ub.bw


References/ webliography 
1. Notices and Events, http://www.kabarak.ac.ke/downloads/advert_february_2014.pdf
2. Job Opportunities, http://www.ub.bw/jobs/

Tamper Proof Number Plates , Untimely move.

A tussle between tradition and new technology, the rise of new gadgets sometimes is a stumbling block to cognitive progress and becomes and load to common.
The machine for manufacturing number plates procured at a cost of 15 million Kenyan Shillings from Germany that's absurd as the people of Turkana and Baringo sleep hungry and dine on rats, dogs and what they can get at their disposal.
It emerges that old 'analog' folks are travelling abroad and just picking on any technological trend they come across and include friends they make and come and impose rules and regulations to Kenyans who struggle to live ...heavily taxed, and no proper amenities supplied. Every new technology that Kenya adopts is a money making machine for the few tycoons who rip the unsuspecting Kenyans.
The 'specific' digital speed governors is untimely move too in the name of curbing road carnage , rather the progress of nation cannot be measured by acquiring new gadget at the expense of taxpayers money unless parliament passes them, its only a waste of money, when we cannot manufacture even mere machines, How on earth do live on theory rather than practicality of life.
The micro-chip on the number plates is another 'seat belt saga' seat on a seat and eat on a heat, unsuspecting media houses or journalist if not the skewed ownership patterns allow themselves to be used as a platform to announce the 'new trends' ...so called digitization and they don't ask tough questions.Whether a barcode reader or a QR reader apps for police to use to track vehicles. There are other cheaper alternatives for this phenomena.
Instead of developing simple technology for instance cheap ways of having a smart card chip which will cost less that 1000 Kenyan shilling Its like a debit card, below is a sample Certificate of Registration...

Joshua Boitt..Copyright

which will have the number plate, the chassis number, color and year of manufacture and so forth.
One day they will be accountable to Kenyans when a new generation will rise up to challenge the onslaught from the Kenya Cabinet Secretaries who think they own the country just like the governors who think they own the counties and cronyism that devastate KENYA .Oh! God may the day come that the poor man will be free from them, and Kenya reaches its vision.
The fact that technology is here to stay is not a passport of cabinet secretaries to impose it when we have not reached the watershed of that river of hope. If they have to introduce it then let it be as the Asians do think the viability and availability and monetary wise, let your tech students in Kenyan universities learn it and develop it. Cabinet secretaries should instead invest the money at their disposal for the good of Kenyans in research and development. Any new digital device or tech transfer intended for the people of Kenya should be affordable at least to 50% of the population.
Let wisdom plus knowledge prevail.