Why the educated are poor

 Most educated people in Kenya are poor. Not just poor, but very Poor. Why?

Because 80% of the educated people in Kenya earn less than Kshs. 50,000 for a salary before tax and other deductions. When the deductions are put into consideration, the net salary comes to around Kshs 35,000.
The net salary then suffers from loan deductions of up to 10,000 leaving the salary at around kshs 25,000. The landlord then demands for his 10,000 and monthly shopping takes away 5,000 leaving one with a 10,000. The bus will demand for 4,000 going to and from work and relatives get another 2,000. Remaining 5,000 can't even take care of one kid in a nice private school, whole salary is gone and borrowed money starts operating. The borrowed money includes short loans and salary advances whereby payment is up to 50% in interest.

The difference between poverty and prosperity is property. A prosperous person has property to his name while a poverty stricken person has no property to show. Using this understanding, therefore, most of the degree holders are poverty stricken, borrowing money to buy chicken and chips, pizza, buy expensive gadgets for show off and loaned cars to surprise their enemies.

The biggest excuse for getting paid such low amounts of money and having to sit and work for another person for 30 days in 30 years plus is THE DEGREE that one possesses and that’s all. This has made most of the degree holders very poor to poverty stricken and will die that way most likely. A degree holder does not know how to generate money unless that money is generated for the employer. A degree holder is so dependent on the salary that he can do anything to get a job but will not think of starting a business of his own to employ others. Employee is good but use it as a doorway into entrepreneurship. You are not good in business. Then build rental houses.

1.   A degree holder is not prepared to sell chips but is very happy to work in Kenchic, Java etc for hungry lion.

2.   A degree holder is not prepared to sell popcorn in the street but is very happy to work at Safaricom/Airtel/Suppermarket outlet daily standing from 8:00am to 6:00Pm going home with 10,000,20,000 or 25,000 per month.

3.   A degree holder is not prepared to sell second hand clothes but is very happy to be employed by an Asian  selling same clothes.

4.   A degree holder is not prepared to make Kshs100,000 monthly doing his own business but is very happy to work at the till in a bank getting paid 40,000-70,000 while 50% of same cash go for Tax and Vat.

5.   A degree holder is not prepared to start a company and grow it in two to three years but will spend three years searching for a job.

6.   A degree holder is not prepared to sell food to students but will be happy to be reporting to a boss with no qualifications as long as he is paid 30,000 for a salary.

7.   A degree holder is so eager to get out of this country and work in another country than spend time to develop his own country.

8.   A degree holder staying in a foreign land  is very keen to condemn Kenya but never contributing to the development of this country.

9.   A Kenya degree holder would rather sweep the streets of London or USA than start a business and make money in Kenya – others work in people’s homes doing some work you can't explain.

10. A degree holder in Kenya will watch porn on his laptop but never to write a book using the same laptop to sell and make money.

11. A degree holder will blame the government for lack of jobs even after he was on government bursary for him to have his degree.

12. A degree holder will spent entire day betting rather than looking for proper way to grow their income.

13. Kenya is blessed with people who have master’s degree and others are doctors in different technical fields such as IT and Engineering but all of them have failed to create a cartoon character and develop a movie from the same instead very happy to buy Tom and Jerry for their children thereby promoting America.

At the school I go to, there is a man that is of very humble background. He does not speak English but sells Coke, Fanta and Sprite at 35 each making a profit of around 10 on each drink. He also sells chips at 100 making a profit of 30 on each portion. Not less than 100 students buy chips and a drink every single day. This means he makes a profit of 40 for a drink and chips and a total profit of 4,000 per day…every single day. In ten days he makes a profit of 40,000, in twenty days 80,000 and in thirty days 120,000. Which means in a bad month he goes home with not less than 70,000.

The degree holder working in a bank at the till gets a salary of 50,000 every month.

Why are the degree holders poor?

Because they have decided to pride themselves in a degree and failed to think better than a man who does not have even a certificate to his name.

Degree holders spend their time liking articles on linkedIn and facebook but never have any care in the world to implement what they like. Poverty starts from the mind, a mind that just likes things but never to implement those things.

If you want to progress, throw away that degree and start thinking better than someone without a degree. Be prepared to get your hands dirty and work like an ox for your business. Your hard work will pay off.

Mind shift

©Opuk Jaki

Via Kelvin Benedict's facebook.

The Alternative Theory to Kenya political Murders

Good people it doesn't hurt to speculate now and then because speculation makes us think outside the box. I have this feeling that we have a hyena in a sheep's skin that has been devouring our flock unashamedly. This hyena has killed at least three innocent people in his pursuit for political glory. I want to speculate about these three deaths, and this is how I see it....

In 2005 during the clamour for a new constitution, the chairman of the Devolution Committee was one Dr. Odhiambo Mbai....a luo. The government of the day was opposed to devolution as was being advocated by the then opposition and some Bomas delegates. There was even a time when the then Justice Minister Kiraitu Murungi lead some delegates in a mass walkout from the talks. Then one day in his sitting room, Dr. Mbai was gunned down. Mr. Norman Nyagah  was by then a government hawk and fierce Kibaki defender. He was also Mr. Mbai's neighbor. When Dr. Mbai was shot, Nyagah rushed to the scene and upon seeing the mess on the floor, he naively opted to mop the floor in an attempt to protect his neighbour's children to see the mess firsthand. He would live to regret this action because after that (Nyagah) and the government were accused by the opposition for causing Mbai's death in a bid to block devolution. What happened next was that the delegates passed all the contentious issues without thinking after all the government had killed one of their own. But my question was then and still is, did the government need to kill Odhiambo Mbai to stop devolution? Was there no any other option? Who benefitted from Mbai's death? The answers to these questions will give you Mbai's killers.
1) After being passed at Bomas, the Constitution was to be given to the AG  (Wako) for fine tuning and drafting. This is the point where the government would remove the contentious issues. It did not need to kill Dr. Mbai to do this.
2) After his death, the delegates voted with emotions and passed the draft with all the contentious issues. In other words, the opposition massively benefitted from Mbai's death.

Let us now look at Jacob Juma. It is funny that is like this guy had a premonition of his death. My gut feeling tells me that Jacob Juma was killed by a guy he totally trusted....A guy who was his source of government Intel. JJ trusted his source stupidly and every time he was given some intel, he rushed to his twitter handle to share it. The source knew all this and decided to set up JJ for his death. JJ was told by his source that the Deputy President wanted him (JJ) dead and stupidly JJ rushed to his twitter handle to share the information.....That's how he predicted his death time and again. By killing JJ his killers achieved two things....1) portraying the government as a killer government and.... 2) Consolidating the Luhyas vote by passing the message that their son was targeted.

Now the death of Chris Msando. Just like Odhiambo Mbai he was a luo. This is what I think happened. After several approaches by his "relative" within the opposition, the guy maintained that he was not in a position to help them in their hacking endeavours. Then "the hackers" said that they could easily access and manipulate the system if only they had the super admin password. In their thinking Msando was the holder of the super admin password and maybe he could be coerced or even killed to get the password. Killing was even a better option because it would....
1) Enrage his IEBC colleagues prompting them to apply their emotions when conducting the elections.
2) Take a notch higher the narrative of a killer government with the hope that citizens will vote with emotions.
3) Advance a narrative of a government ready to do anything to retain power.

My friends by   now you all know who this hyena is and if not stopped it will devour more. KIKULACHO KINGUONI MWAKO NA UMDHANIAYE SIYE NDIYE.

Via Theresa Christian Ohuru's facebook.

There's got to be something More

There’s Got to Be More

Do you ever have the feeling that you are chasing something in life that won’t fully satisfy you? Pay attention to that feeling. It’s from God.

We’re not just talking about substance abuse issues, although drinking and pursuing other addictions are certainly ways of chasing something futile. But we’ve also known a lot of “good church people” who sit in a service every week—or who preach from a pulpit to those people—who feel themselves to be far from God. They’re “successful” or “put together” or “righteous” on the outside, but they’re missing God on the inside. They keep busy with religious practices and work, school, or family, but it just isn’t enough. They long for God to feel real to them.

That longing is the first spiritual awakening for all of us finding our way back to God: “There’s got to be more.”

When you long for a love that is deep and satisfying, when you want to give yourself to something that will truly make a difference, or when you seek answers to life’s most difficult questions, you are looking for God. You’ve really got two options: you can keep searching to fill these longings on your own, or you can look to the One who gave you those longings in the first place.

Our longing for real love goes all the way back to how the human race was made in the first place. God intended that we experience his love both directly from him and through others we relate to in a healthy way. What we long for, God doesn’t just have but actually God is. He is love and he pursues us with love.

We’ve heard it said that every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is really looking for God. If you are knocking on the door of some self-destructive behavior or relationship, you might actually have arrived at an important point in your journey back to God. Why? Because the disappointment you inevitably feel in cheap substitutes will make you wonder where you can find real love. Will you open yourself up to letting God fill your longing to love and be loved?

From Bible.com