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African sayings

 1. The rain does not fear the authority of a king. 2.Because of waiting too long the Gorilla lost its tail. 3.An obedient child will never starve 4.While you still have teeth, you can break bones. 5. You can’t buy bread on someone else’s relish 6.A boat of pity will never cross the water. 7.It’s the last born that eats a lot. 8.In every village, there is a white chicken. 9.Money that sees the sun, it will never produce. 10.To go ahead doesn’t mean you have arrived. 11.The eye always envies what is forbidden. 12.The python said there are no good men in the village. 13.All that glitters is not gold. 14. A piece of metal is good if it’s painted as a woman is good if she’s married. 15.The mouth of an elder may smell but it produces words of wisdom. 16.A good leader does not eat a ‘one-eared’ pork. (A good leader when judging will listen to both sides of the argument) 17. The debt of sleep needs to be paid. (You can’t pile up problems because in the end they can kill) 18.Do not be asha...

Ruto's dilema

 Deputy President William Ruto hinted, for the first time, that he may consider vying for the presidency on a different political outfit after admitting that Jubilee was fast slipping through his fingers. Outfoxed in both the government and the party, and frustrated by the turn of events in the Jubilee dream but determined to go for it, Ruto (pictured centre) will likely hang on for now but bolt out at the opportune moment. But before that, he may oppose the constitutional changes that his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and ODM leader Raila Odinga are championing.