[kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read, memorised or simply no script?

[Eric M.K Osiakwan]

Akich,

While i uphold the participation of the Almighty in the affairs of  
men on earth, i think in Africa we make God work "overtime", to quote  
a friend mine.

If only we could work as much as we pray and lay emphasis on God,  
Africa would have changed big time. Americans have applied themselves  
to create a system that allows Obama to emerge as a prepared leader  
by God. We need to apply ourselves to the development and growth of  
institutions that establish and uphold the state in Africa so that  
the already God given leaders in Africa would emerge and not be kept  
in obscurity by our own undoings. The amount of time Africans spend  
praying and sitting in church auditoriums without much action  
afterwards is unbelievable, for me, the more closer you are to God,  
the more productive you should be.

Finally, i think we need to vacate this mentality of one day,  
suddenly a saviour would emerge and everything would change. Change  
is a process and we need to work towards it. Obama did not suddenly  
show up, read the 200 plus years of effort and commitment to a cause  
that we see today. Lets work at building our institutions and allow  
the rule of law to work.

Eric here


On 23 Jan 2009, at 10:01, Akich Kwach wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> In my view, the content of Obama's message was great, it matters  
> less whether
> he read it from the telepromoters or memorised from his mind,  he  
> looked
> natuaral and at peace with both his soul and conscience. We should  
> remember Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr gave
> memorable speeches many years back when such technologies did not  
> exist. Thousands of miles
> away from the Land of Opportunity (US), Mahatma Gandhi did the same  
> in India
> while sometimes barefooted after losing his home made shoes after a  
> train
> journey. Mandela did the same just a decade ago in South Africa,  
> while those who
> were keen listeners received the soft words spoken by Mother Teresa.
>
> These are men and women besides other great world leaders whom have  
> been
> gifted to be used by God. I humbly believe God is using Obama to  
> reshape
> America (how interesting) and the rest of the world. When you have  
> the most
> powerful man on earth declaring you do not need mighty army to win war
> against the enemy, it means he knows where the power is coming from.
>
> Let us trust one day, God shall present us (NOT GIVEN) with a  
> leader in
> Kenya who will inspire Kenyans to have a common purpose and move  
> forward as
> one people.
>
> Akich Kwach
>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,memorised or  
> simply no
> script?
>
>
> Thea were two thin, blue, telepromoters on the two sides he kept  
> looking at.
> And they would be seen everytime the cameras went into long shot mode!
> Ict imesonga mbele, bro.
> And thea was no pt showing the cutlery wen all eyes were on the food.
> D
>
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>
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> memorised or simply no  script?
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