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

S.Murigi Muraya murigi.muraya at gmail.com
Fri Jan 23 17:01:22 EAT 2009


Well said and forever settled in heaven!

Crystal Watley wrote:
> Faith without action is dead. Full stop.
>
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Akich Kwach 
> <kwach at archway-productions.com <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Eric,
>      
>      Thanks very much for a very realistic observation of the African
>     situation and I trust our fellow Africans got your message right.
>      
>     Good weekend to all as the world celebrates the Obama's impact
>     globally.
>      
>     Akich Kwach  
>
>         ----- Original Message -----
>         *From:* Eric M.K Osiakwan <mailto:emko at internetresearch.com.gh>
>         *To:* kwach at archway-productions.com
>         <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>
>         *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>         *Sent:* Friday, January 23, 2009 10:33 AM
>         *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,memorised
>         or simply no script?
>
>         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
>>
>>         ----- Original Message ----- From: <dmakali at yahoo.com
>>         <mailto:dmakali at yahoo.com>>
>>         To: <kwach at archway-productions.com
>>         <mailto:kwach at archway-productions.com>>
>>         Cc: "kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>>         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
>>
>>         Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>
>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         From: Maina Samson <esmainah at yahoo.com
>>         <mailto:esmainah at yahoo.com>>
>>
>>         Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:42:34
>>         To: <dmakali at yahoo.com <mailto:dmakali at yahoo.com>>
>>         Cc: <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>         <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
>>         Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,
>>         memorised or simply no  script?
>>
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