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

[Brian Longwe]

Halellujah!

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 5:01 PM, S.Murigi Muraya <murigi.muraya at gmail.com>wrote:

>  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> 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 <emko at internetresearch.com.gh>
>> *To:* kwach at archway-productions.com
>>   *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <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>
>> To: <kwach at archway-productions.com>
>> Cc: "kictanet" <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(R) wireless device
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: Maina Samson <esmainah at yahoo.com>
>>
>>  Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:42:34
>> To: <dmakali at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle: read,
>> memorised or simply no  script?
>>
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