SGR Revised Travel Schedule Jan 9th, 2021

SGR Revised Travel Schedule 

Jan 9th, 2021

 As of today, Saturday the 9th January 2021, travellers will be able to book a night travel ticket on the Nairobi-Mombasa SGR train.

This comes after the revised train schedule press release by Kenya Railways Authority, earlier this week. Which highlights the introduction of a night inter-county train service, said to accomodate the rising demand of affordable and convinient travel, by teachers and students returning to schools. 

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The management body indicated that it had obtained an exemption from the new dusk-to-dawn curfew extended to March 12 by President Uhuru Kenyatta thus allowed to operate during the curfew hours.
It further expounded this by explaining that, as of today, two of the Madaraka Express trains will operate in the afternoon and night, while a third will be meant for inter-county travel.
Kenya Railways said in the release,

​“We have introduced a night train as from 9th January 2021. This will be an Express service departing Nairobi and Mombasa at 10.00 pm to arrive at their destination at 3.35 am."

Passengers will thus be allowed to abode from the respective stations during curfew hours to other destinations.

The will see to it that the firm cash in on nighttime travel, which is after the curfew disrupted bus transport.

The two afternoon express trains will operate between the two cities, Nairobi and Mombasa, commencing the journeying at 3pm and ending at 8pm.

They further said that the inter-county train service will operate during the day, leaving both the Nairobi and Mombasa termini at 8am stopping at all the stations along the route to arrive at 2pm. Offering the usual commuter services with stoppages at Athi River, Emali, Kibwezi, Mtito Andei, Voi, Miasenyi and Mariakani.

This is a change from their normal operations where the SGR trains commuted between the two cities, commencing their journeys at 8am and 3pm.

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Krazy Joke: Kevo Gets Caught Hiding in The Closet

Joke of the day: Ignorance is bliss, LoL!!

A husband returned earlier than expected from a business trip trying to probably surprise his wife. Now the wife was, of course, in the bed with the neighbor, Kevo, 'si unajua fom ya ma fisi'. So when she heard tha 'mzae',husband arriving home she told Kevo to quickly hide kwa wardrobe. 

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Then she lied down on the floor, clutching her chest, and pretended she had a heart attack or something. The huzzy ku-pop hivi and saw his wify motionless on the floor. He freaked out! But just before deciding what course of action to chukua... His kiddo came in saying, “Daddy, daddy! Kevin is hiding in the wardrobe!” 

The jamaa goes direct towards the closet shouting, 

“WTF!!KKevo!! Wife Anakufia Hapa And Instead Of Help Me...?? Unacheza Brikicho (Hide-and-seek) Na Mkidy Hapa!!”

And just like that, Kevo lived to fisi another day bila worries.

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Kikuyu Kalenjin Leadership Saga

Is It Possible to Break The Cycle of The Kikuyu-Kalenjin Recurring leadership?

 What the Issue really is:

Kenya is a multi-ethnic country, home to over 40 ethnic groups, probably the reason for rampant occurances many overlapping conflicts. You just overlook the Republic's high levels of sexual and G.B.V. cases, intercommunal violence, increasing numbers of terrorist attacks and the cycles of election-related violence. It is alarming that according to recorded research reports, the incidence and intensity of violence have all increased in recent years. 

And in light of the beaconing of the coming 2022 elections, things are getting even hotter. 

On social online communal forums such Twitter, the rising temperatures are evident, with the Kalenjins and Kikuyus ethnics groups put in the controversial lime light.

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By the look of things, the apparent damnation of the Jubilee pact could most likely spark renewed fighting between the Kikuyu and the Kalenjin. 

It is unforgetable that Rift Valley, is the region with a history of nasty land disputes between these two groups. The Kenyan territory, once known to be the biggest of the 8 Provinces before devolution, was the fateful site of the unnerving worst ethnic fighting memorable today. This was between the Kalenjin and the Kikuyu. Yet more than a decade later the animosity still seems to linger as justice has never been clearly served as it ought to have. It is apparent that many of Kenyan IDP's, still seem to face difficulties resettling. The rift may have been calmed, but sure enough not healed, by the coalition between Kenyatta and Ruto.

 The situation is dire and victims describing the prevailing scenario as “negative peace.” But with the loaming end of the fragile alliance, a return to the hostilities of 2007 are speculated and even more so if Ruto should lose the 2022 election. A research report by International Crisis Group blames this to,

​“Failure by the Kikuyu side of the Jubilee coalition to endorse Ruto in 2022 almost inevitably would trigger major instability in the Rift Valley.”

Without overlooking the weight of this issue, another possibly worse problem seems to project amoung Kenyan patriots. Opinions shared on social media voice that Kenyans are even less impressed with the cycle of having the Kikuyus and Kalenjins being the only ethinc groups ending up running the country. It is retrospectively said that the Kenyan president is percived to enjoy a great deal of executive power, which seems to make the elections a 'zero-sum' game where an ethnic group must win. While Kenya’s 2010 constitutional reforms attempted to address this, they seem to have only been partially successful, with the current president being accussed to be just another “imperialist”. But in as much as additional reforms, forged by the BBI—initiated by Uhuru's regime, proposing yet another constitutional reforms plot--could probably allow creation of a more inclusive projected government as well as downplay the powerful executive docket and, possibly thus, significantly lower the stakes of national elections; Ruto has often critized most of the cited proposal, claiming his Jubilee allies may derail the efforts of the reform task. In addition to these political stalemate, considering the, socio-economic and political, fatal blow served the COVID19 pandemic; it seems it could be difficult to hold a referendum prior to the 2022 election. 

Which begs the question,..

"What happens to the BBI promises of aiding in reducing, if not somehow completely doing away with inter-ethnic animosity over the election outcome?"

Dear reader what do you think will happen, what should we do? Please leave your comments below.