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More read from http://www.te-cs.com]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:22:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/386181 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/386197
More news.....? Read from http://www.te-cs.com]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:22:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/386197 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/380021 Katibu mkuu wa Umoja wa mataifa Ban Ki-Moon, ameipongeza Nchi ya Uchina kwa uongozi wake mwema kutokana na mtetemeko wa ardhi wa hivi karibuni katika jimbo la Sichuan.
Alikuwa akiongea katika mji wa Yingxiu ambao umeadhirika sana na mtetemeko huu wa ardhi. Vile vile, waziri mkuu wa Uchina Wen Jiabao amesema ya kuwa, kufikia sasa vifo vya watu vimepita elfu sitini na vyaweza kufikia elfu themanini.
Bwana Ban amesema kuwa umoja wa mataifa uko tayari kutoa misaada zaidi.
Hapo mbeleni, afisa wa kichina alisema kuwa mitambo hamsini ya kinuklia ilikuwa imezikwa. Taarifa kutoka kwa waziri mdgo wa mazingira Wu Xiaoqing inasema kuwa, thelathini na tano kati ya mitambo hii imezikwa katyika mawe na majumba mabovu. Ingawa Bwana Wu amedhibitisha kuwa hakuna mitambo yoyote ya kinuklia iliyofuja, wanayansi wanasema ya kuwa huenda ikawa madini ya kinulkia yalitoka katika hospitali viwanda ama vituo vya kufanyia uchunguzi lakini si vifaa ama vyombo vya kivita
Bwana Ban ambaye amezuru Burma anatafuta misaada zaidi kwa wahasiriwa wa kibunga Nargis. Jumamosi iliyopita alikifungua rasmi kituo cha misaada cha kibunga huko Thailand.
Karibu na Sichuan, kulikotokea mtetemeko wa ardhi, aliwapongeza wenyeji wa Yingxiu, kwa jitihada waliozoweka kuwashughulikia wahasiriwa.
“Serikali ya Uchina iemjaribu iwezavyo na imeonyesha uongozi na jitihada katika mkasa huu,” Alisema Bwana Ban. Aliendelea kusema kuwa watu wote duniani wanaiunga na wataisaidia Uchina katika mkasa huu.
“Tukiungana, tutashida,” Alinakiliwa na ripotikutoka kwa APNA [Associated Press News Agency] “ Dunia nzima iko nyuma yenu na inawaunga.”
Zaidi ya watu milioni tano wameachwa bila makao kwasababu ya makasa huu.
Ijumaa, katika jimbo liliadhirika zaidi la Li Chengyuu, gavana msaidizi aliitisha misaada zaidi ya mahema na kufumbua rasmi mpango wa miaka mitatu wa kujenga jimbo hilo.
Viongozi wa kichina pia wamebuni kikapu cha fedha cha kuwezesha ujenzi kitakachogharimu dola bilioni kumi.
Serikali pia imetoa ombi kwa benki humo nchini kufutilia mbali madeni ya wahasiriwa ili kuiimarisha tena uchumi wa Sichuan.
]]> Fri, 30 May 2008 07:10:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/380021 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/378333
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You know, it is not my mistake that I was born in a family that is capable of raising me well, giving me a good education, letting me get even better degrees outside my native land and able to fly all over the world and finally even decide want to work in say South Africa is it? It is not my mistake that I am brilliant enough to secure a scholarship and finally a great job is say South Africa? It is not my problem if my brother sleeps hungry and I have enough food and money to go drinking maybe two or three beers drive my BMX and cruise on the best roads that do not have traffic so I don’t get headaches on my way to my posh and lavish home ? I s it my problem that I got a job that is well paying and you did not? I s it a mistake that I can think more that you can and be innovative with the little knowledge I have and make myself a billionaire? It is not my mistake when I need something and all I can do is pick up the phone or drop a mail and to the right person who can help I and you can’t? Is it all about is it my mistake that…….?
I have tried to understand where the black South Africans are coming from and truly I have tried and maybe I can try to just a little bit understand where are really coming from!
How would you feel when you can put a decent meal on the table for your family when all you do is struggle the whole day and perhaps all you get is a dollar in return? How would you feel if when you get up each morning the people you are going to beg employment from are not even your fellow countrymen? How would you feel if these not fellow countrymen are the ones who determine the type of salary or wage you get? How would you feel if at all they earn way above what you do, which of course is the case? And worse still what if you have no education to challenge then? What would you do? With these and maybe many more questions that they may pause I totally understand and feel what they are going through! As a person and a young person for that matter, I know how it feels like to try and make ends meets! I can try to fit my feet into those big shoes but in whichever directions I may never actually feel what exactly they are feeling! But all in all I can try to relate with them!
Now comes the hard part is it justified what they are doing to their fellow Africans? That is a question I would like you to think about.
]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 05:11:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/375461 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/367359 When a GIRL is not arguing ... she is thinking deeply. When a GIRL looks
at u with eyes full of questions ... she is wondering how long you will
be around. When a GIRL answers "I'm fine "after a few seconds ... she is
not at all fine. When a GIRL stares at you ... she is wondering why you
are lying. When a GIRL lays on your chest ... she is wishing for you to
be hers forever. When a GIRL wants to see you everyday... she wants to
be pampered. When a GIRL says " I love you " ... she means it. When a
GIRL says "I miss you " ... no one in this world can miss you more than
that.

Life only comes around once make sure u spend it with the right
person.... Find a guy ... who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who
calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stay awake just to
watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who ... kisses your forehead. Who
wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats. Who
holds your hand in front of his friends. Who is constantly reminding you
of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. Who
turns to his friends and says, "That's her!! "
]]> Wed, 07 May 2008 06:33:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/367359 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/363423 You have 2 cows and you give one to your neighbor.

2. COMMUNISM:
You have 2 cows, the Government takes both and gives you some milk.

3. FASCISM:
You have 2 cows, the Government takes both and sells you some milk.

4. NAZISM:
You have 2 cows. The Government takes both and shoots you.

5. BUREAUCRATISM:
You have 2 cows; the Government takes both, shoots one, milks the other and throws the milk away...

6. TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM:
You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income.

7. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow dropped dead.

8. A FRENCH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You go on strike because you want three cows.

9. A JAPANESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called Cowkimon and market them World-Wide.

10. A GERMAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You reengineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.

11. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You break for lunch.

12. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka.

13. A SWISS CORPORATION:
You have 5000 cows, none of which belong to you. You charge others for storing them.

14. A CHINESE CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim full employment, high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the numbers.

15. AN INDIAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You worship them.

16. A BRITISH CORPORATION:
You have two cows. Both are mad.

17. A KENYAN CORPORATION:
You have two cows. You eat both.]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:01:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/363423 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/363421
"Once upon a time, in a village a man appeared who announced to the
villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing that
there were many monkeys went out in the forest and started catching
them.

The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish and
villagers started to stop their effort he announced that now he would
buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started

Catching monkeys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and
people started going back to their farms.

The offer rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so
scarce that it was an effort to even see a monkey let alone catch it.

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since
he had to go to the city on some business his assistant would now buy
on behalf of the man.

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. "Look at
all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will
sell them to you at $35 and when the man comes back, you can sell it
to him for $50."

The villager squeezed up with all their savings to buy the monkeys.

Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!!!!"
]]> Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:57:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/363421 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/354873 For those who are still be blessed with your Mom,
this is beautiful. For those of us who aren't, this is
even more beautiful. For those who are moms, you'll love this.

There is Great Potential in Your Example as a Mother.

The young mother set her foot on the path of life. 'Is
this the long way?' she asked. And the guide said: 'Yes, and the way is
hard
And you will be old before you reach the end of it.. But
the end will be better than the beginning.'

But the young mother was happy, and she would not
believe that anything could be better than these years. So she
played with her children, and gathered flowers for
them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and
the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried,
'Nothing will ever be lovelier than this.'

Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was
dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother
drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children
said,
'Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can
come.'

And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and
the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary.
But at all times she said to the children,' A little patience and we
are there.'
So the children climbed, and when they reached the top
they said, 'Mother, we would not have done it without you.'

And the mother, when she lay down at night, looked up
at the stars and said, 'This is a better day than the last, for
my
children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness.

Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I've given them strength.'

And the next day came strange clouds which darkened
the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children
groped
and stumbled, and the mother said: 'Look up. Lift your eyes to the
light.
And the children looked and saw above the clouds of
an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the
darkness. And that night the Mother said,
'This is the best day of all, for
I have shown my children God.'

And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and
the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent.
But her children were tall and strong, and walked with
courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her,
for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a
hill,
and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung
wide. And
mother said, 'I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know
the end
is better than the beginning, for my children can
walk alone, and their children after them.'

And the children said, 'You will always walk with us,
Mother,

even when you have gone through the gates.'
And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the
gates
closed after her. And they said: 'We cannot see her
but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a
memory.

She is a living presence.......'

Your Mother is always with you.... She's the whisper
of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of
bleach
in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand
on your brow when you're not well. Your Mother lives
inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every tear
drop.
She's the place you came from, your first home; and
she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first
love
and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate
you.

Not time, not space... not even death!]]> Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:06:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/354873 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/354555 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:55:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/354555 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/352055 Tulipofika kanisani misa ilikuwa ishaanza na kwa hivyo hatukuwa na budi kujitetea kwa kwenda kujaribu kumshawishi mwalimu wa dini kutupa benchi moja ili tuweze kuitumia humo kanisani. Pengine bahati yetu kwasababu tuliweza kuwapata Vijana wavulana wawili waliotusaidia kubeba benchi ile. Mara tulipofika kanisani, kundi kubwa la watu lilivamia benchi hiyo na kukaa ikabidi mmoja wa Vijana hao kukosa hata nafasi ya kuweza kujisitiri! Lahaula, waliosema usistaajabu ya musa ya firauni hujayaona kweli alinena. Nilibaki mdomo wazi kwa vile sikuweza kufikiri ya kuwa jambo kama hilo lingeliweza kutendeka katika hadhara na kwa kusitiza hii iliyo na wakristo wanaomcha Mungu! Nilifunzwa tangu utotoni kumpa mtu yeyote haki yake na moja ya haki hizi kulingana name ni kumpa nafasi mtu aliyebeba benchi hiyo nafasi ya kwanza na ilkiwa itakuwa ipo bado basi wengine nao wafuate kuanzia wakubwazo!

Nilishangaa na kwa kuwa sikutaka kuonekana kuwa alipigwa na butwaa, mawazo mengi sana yalinijia na nikaweza kulinganisha yaliyotendeka na vile wahasiriwa waliopoteza makao yao yalivyonijia!

Jamani wenzangu twaweza kuishi maisha yasiokuwa na kuwanyang’anya wenzetu yaliyo yao ya haki??
]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:06:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/352055 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/351977 appetite, complete digestion, feeling fine all time; high energy levels,
de-stressed day and good precious deep sleep every night.
Health - Important Tips

Answer the phone by
LEFT ear


Do not drink coffee TWICE a day


Do not take pills with COOL water


Do not have HUGE meals after 5pm


Reduce the amount of TEA you consume

Reduce the amount of OILY food you consume


Drink more WATER in the morning, less at night


Keep your distance from hand phone CHARGERS


Do not use headphones/earphone for LONG period of time


Best sleeping time is from 10pm at night to 6am in the morning


Do not lie down immediately after taking medicine before sleeping


When battery is down to the LAST grid/bar, do not answer the phone as
the radiation is 1000 times
]]> Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:48:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/351977 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/346117 Twaona kwamba pia wanasiasa wameweza kuyaweka masilahi ya wakenya kwanza na kwa moyo wote kuunga mkono miswaada hii. Katika bunge, twaona ya kuwa Rais Kibaki alihudumu kikao hiki cha tatu kama Mbunge wa Othaya na wala si kama rais. Hii ni dhairi shairi kwamba pia yeye ameunga mikakati inayo endelea ya kuwezesha amani nchini Kenya. Chama cha ODM ambacho kilionekana kuweza kuanza kuwa na migogoro hivi karibuni , kupitia kwa msimamo ambao Kigogo wa Pentagon bwana Ruto aliokuwa ameuchukuwa, kimefikia maelewano ambayo yameleta utulivu. Bwana Ruto ametangaza hadharani kuwa anaunga mkono kuteuliwa kwa Bwana Musalia Mudavadi kama Naibu wa waziri mkuu. Bwana Ruto alitangaza haya akiwa katika eneo lake la bunge la allipohodhuria sherehe ya kuwatuza wanafunzi bora katika shule ya wanafunzi ya wasichna ya Eldoret.Musalia Mudavadi anayejulikana kwa umaarfufu kama ‘Double M’ , ni mbunge wa Sabatia katika mkoa wa Magharibi.

Twaomba kama wakenya na hasa wana TIG ya kuwa miswaada iliyoutiwa sahihi, itafuata kwa makini na kila anayehusika atatia for a na kufanya jukumu lake la kuhakikisha ya kuwa mambo yaliyojadiliwa yatatimizwa.
]]> Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:03:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/346117 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/339365 Published: February 28, 2008
New York Times
RUGAO, China — With reports of more than 400 patients in the United States suffering serious complications after receiving the blood-thinner heparin, American investigators are trying to determine whether the raw material for the drug, made from pig intestines, became contaminated on the journey that begins in the slaughterhouses of China.
The investigators are examining the records of a factory an hour from here that supplies much of the active ingredient in heparin for Baxter International, which earlier this month halted sales of multidose vials of heparin after reports of injuries and four deaths.
The owner of the factory, which is known as Changzhou SPL, says its supply chain is safe. It buys raw material from only two reputable wholesalers, it says, and audits their 10 to 12 suppliers.
“We have a collection chain in place, and we stick with that,” said David Strunce, the president of Scientific Protein Laboratories, an American company that owns a majority of Changzhou SPL. He declined repeated requests from The New York Times to identify those smaller suppliers, saying it was proprietary information.
But interviews with dozens of heparin producers and traders in several Chinese provinces, as well as a visit to a village near here dominated by tiny family workshops that process crude heparin from pig intestines, show the difficulties confronting investigators as they seek to trace the supply chain. The picture that emerges is of a chain more complex, and less orderly, than the one Mr. Strunce laid out.
The Chinese heparin market has become increasingly unsettled over the last year, as pig disease has swept through the country, depleting stocks, leading some farmers to sell sick pigs into the market and forcing heparin producers to scramble for new sources of raw material. Traders and industry experts say even big companies have been turning more often to the small village workshops, which are unregulated and often unsanitary.
One of the wholesalers named by Scientific Protein Laboratories, Ruihua Biochemical in Hangzhou, said it provided a mix of crude heparin that it manufactured and some that it bought “from small factories nearby in several villages.” The owner, Hua Ruihua, said he never inspected the small factories. “We are not the government,” he said in a telephone interview. “We have no right to inspect their pigs or intestines or facilities.”
The owner of one of those workshops, Fan Yinan, said, “I sold to Ruihua several times before, but since last September I have had no intestines.” He confirmed that “no one from Ruihua inspected my pigs or intestines.”
Asked about Ruihua Biochemical, the S.P.L. chief, Mr. Strunce, said, “We have no information to suggest that your information is true.”
This week, a spokeswoman for Baxter said the number of reports of adverse reactions to heparin had surpassed 400. A spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration in the United States said the agency was reviewing the new reports and did not yet have a revised count.
The authorities have not determined that problems with the heparin supply chain led to the deaths and adverse reactions, first reported last month in Missouri. Nor have investigators determined that heparin from China was the culprit. Baxter also gets some of its ingredients from a plant in Wisconsin. Neither S.P.L. nor Baxter has been accused of doing anything wrong.
Even so, the problems involving heparin have again focused attention on the quality of products from China and the gaps in regulation by both the Chinese and United States governments. S.P.L.’s plant in Changzhou was certified by American officials to export to the United States even though neither government had inspected it. The plant has been exporting heparin to Baxter since 2004.
Like many chemical companies in China that make pharmaceutical ingredients for export, S.P.L. fell into a regulatory void. A spokesman for China’s State Food and Drug Administration, Shen Chen, said his agency had not inspected the S.P.L. factory because “as far as we know, it is not a drug manufacturer; it is a producer of chemical ingredients.” Mr. Shen said his agency was helping American investigators as part of a recent agreement with American regulators.



]]> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:25:00 EST http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/339365 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/338495 the door on which was written:
"Yesterday the person who has been hindering your growth in this company
passed away. We invite you to join the funeral in the room that has been
prepared in the gym".
**
In the beginning, they all got sad for the death of one of their colleagues,
but after a while they started getting curious to know who it was who
hindered the growth of his colleagues and the company itself.

The excitement in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to
control the crowd within the room.
The more people reached the coffin, the more the excitement heated up.
Everyone thought: "Who is this guy who was hindering my progress? Well, at
least he's now dead!".

One by one, the thrilled employees got closer to the coffin, and when they
looked inside it they suddenly became speechless. They stood near the
coffin, shocked and in silence, as if someone had touched the deepest part
of their soul.

There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked inside it and saw
him/herself.
There was also a sign next to the mirror that said:
"There is only one person who is capable of setting limits to your growth:
it is YOU. You are the only person who can revolutionize your life. You are
the only person who can influence your happiness, your realization and your
success. You are the only person who can help yourself. Your life does not
change when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents
change, when your partner changes, when your company changes. Your life
changes when YOU change, when you go beyond your limiting beliefs, when you
realize that YOU are the only one responsible for your life.

"The most important relationship you can have, is the one you have with
yourself"

Examine yourself, watch yourself. Don't be afraid of difficulties,
impossibilities and losses: be a winner, build yourself and your reality.

The world is like a mirror: it gives back to anyone the reflection of the
thoughts in which one has strongly believed.
The world and your reality are like mirrors laying in a coffin, which show
to any individual the death of his divine capability to imagine and create
his happiness and his success.

It's the way you face Life that makes the difference.

IF AT ALL WE NEED SOME CHANGE WE GOT TO START FORM WITHIN OURSELVES!!!

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:22:00 EST http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/338495 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/336551
Society for Democratic Initiatives, Sierra Leone (SDI-SL) states its total opposition to the recent criminal action taken against Mr Jonathan Leigh, Editor of the Independent Observer, by Transport and Aviation Minister, Kemoh Sesay. Mr Leigh was arrested following an article stating that the Minister had built two large mansions in the immediate period after being elected into office.

SDI-SL has repeatedly raised its concern regarding the ongoing application of the Criminal and Seditious Libel provisions of the 1965 Public Order Act. These provisions are archaic and essentially used, by government, as a tool to silence journalists and create fear within the media. It was an instrument widely used by the previous administration in notable cases such as that of Paul Kamara, Editor of For di People Newspaper. President Koroma had, in his first month, given assurance that this new government would respect and protect freedom of the press – a fact called into question by this recent development. Democracy itself is dependent on an open society, a society marked by freedom of speech. The media have a decisive role to play in such a society, as a watchdog of government. Any attempts to muzzle them must be viewed as an attack on democracy itself. Criminal defamation laws, false publication laws seditious libel laws (‘insult laws’) have been used to suppress criticism of official wrongdoing and corruption, and to stave off public scrutiny.
Such laws undermine the right to freedom of expression which is protected by the Constitution of Sierra Leone and under international law.

Ideally, the legitimate aim of defamation law should be to protect the reputation of an individual or identifiable entity, which has a right to sue and be sued, against injury such as publication which tends to lower his/her esteem or exposes him/her to public ridicule or hatred. Mr Leigh had indeed already printed a retraction on the article concerned. Sufficient options for redress exist within civil law and therefore SDI-SL finds the minister’s resort to the criminal law as unacceptable in a democratic society.

In addition, because the act is criminal under the Public Order Act, such actions are brought on behalf of government officials by the public prosecution’s office. The protection of one’s reputation is essentially a private matter. The State, including the police and public prosecutors ought not to take part in the initiation or prosecution of criminal defamation cases, regardless of the status of the person affected. Using State resources to protect the reputations of public officials amounts to an abuse of public resources, resources which would be better allocated to other aspects of the justice system in Sierra Leone.

A further concern is in regards to the refusal to grant bail, at the first instance, by the Justice of the Peace presiding over the matter. Whilst Mr Leigh was able to secure bail by application to the High Court it was set at an excessively high amount of Le 200 million. The court does indeed hold discretion to grant bail or not. However with such discretion comes responsibility, a responsibility to exercise that discretion on reasonable and logical grounds. SDI-SL is concerned that the decision made in the Jonathan Leigh case was neither logical nor reasonable and disproportionate to the aim of redress the defamations are suppose to pursue.

SDI-SL would like to draw attention to the constitutional protection given to freedom of expression under Article 25, Chapter III of the 1991 Constitution. Such a constitutional protection clearly calls into question the validity of provisions of the 1965 Act. This freedom is also protected in a plethora of international treaties, treaties to which Sierra Leone is a signatory: the Universal Declaration on Human Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; Africa Charter on Human Right and Peoples Rights and Johannesburg Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Information.

SDI strongly opposes the usage of defamation laws when they seek to prevent legitimate criticism of public officials or the exposure of official wrongdoing or corruption. Defamation laws should reflect the importance of open debate about matters of public concern and the principle that public figures are required to accept a greater degree of criticism than private citizens; in particular, laws which provide special protection for public figures, such as desacato laws, should be repealed

Therefore SDI would like to call on all civil society and media institutions to join with us in advocating for the repeal of this archaic and restrictive Act.]]> Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:38:00 EST http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/336551 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/328683
I am Terri form Kenya and with the current situation that is going on in Kenya,

I believe that we as the youths have a big role to play in these!

If we decided to say NO and stood our grounds and decided NOT to participate or take any action as we have seen in the media and the mails we are getting, WONT WE BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE SOME CALM AND PEACE which in turn will be an ample environment for everything including the dialogue process to take in.

Come on people, can we just keep peace, even for now, one minute, one hour....................................one day and then do the same for the next minute.........hour.....................day and......................????]]> Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:48:00 EST http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/328683 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/273745
What africa missed out was the cottage and industry part which has really dragged us behind. Looking at countries like Malasyia, China,South Korea,Egypt these embrassed the wole process and look at where they are now!

Most of these countries started out at the same time as Kenya and other African countries not ot forget the Southern American countries!

Look at where they are now!

Is it possible to reverse the whole scenario or can we do without it and move on??

Just a thought!]]> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:59:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/273745 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/263211
http://www.myspace.com/terriwafullahn

Post your comments too and pliz lets take Kenyan gospel to greater heights!]]> Sat, 06 Oct 2007 10:13:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/263211 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/224617 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 02:11:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/224617 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/218709
I would wish to recommend to anyone with a high sense of humor oh!]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:26:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/218709 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333 http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/215719 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:35:00 EDT http://Nekesa.tigblog.org/post/215719 -1.85 36.7833333-1.8536.7833333