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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Eric,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Thanks very much for a very realistic
observation of the African situation and I trust our fellow Africans got
your message right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Good weekend to all as the world celebrates
the Obama's impact globally.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Akich Kwach</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=emko@internetresearch.com.gh
href="mailto:emko@internetresearch.com.gh">Eric M.K Osiakwan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, January 23, 2009 10:33
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech
puzzle: read,memorised or simply no script?</DIV>
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<DIV>Akich,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Eric here</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>
<DIV>
<DIV>On 23 Jan 2009, at 10:01, Akich Kwach wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Hi Guys,</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">In my view, the content of Obama's message was
great, it matters less whether</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">he read it from the telepromoters or memorised from
his mind,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>he looked</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">natuaral and at peace with both his soul and
conscience. We should remember Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr
gave</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">memorable speeches many years back when such
technologies did not exist. Thousands of miles</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">away from the Land of Opportunity (US), Mahatma
Gandhi did the same in India</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">while sometimes barefooted after losing his home
made shoes after a train</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">journey. Mandela did the same just a decade ago in
South Africa, while those who</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">were keen listeners received the soft words spoken
by Mother Teresa.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">These are men and women besides other great world
leaders whom have been</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">gifted to be used by God. I humbly believe God is
using Obama to reshape</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">America (how interesting) and the rest of the
world. When you have the most</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">powerful man on earth declaring you do not need
mighty army to win war</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">against the enemy, it means he knows where the
power is coming from.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Let us trust one day, God shall present us (NOT
GIVEN) with a leader in</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Kenya who will inspire Kenyans to have a common
purpose and move forward as</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">one people.</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Akich Kwach</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">----- Original Message ----- From: <<A
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 3:54 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Subject: Re: [kictanet] Obama Speech puzzle:
read,memorised or simply no</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">script?</DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; MARGIN: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Thea were two thin, blue, telepromoters on the two
sides he kept looking at.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">And they would be seen everytime the cameras went
into long shot mode!</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Ict imesonga mbele, bro.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">And thea was no pt showing the cutlery wen all eyes
were on the food.</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">D</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Sent from my BlackBerry� wireless device</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">From: Maina Samson <<A
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:42:34</DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">To: <<A
href="mailto:dmakali@yahoo.com">dmakali@yahoo.com</A>></DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Cc: <<A
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</A>></DIV>
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read,</DIV>
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>script?</DIV>
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