Yes – You get a brownie point for identifying one of the root causes of this school violence.

JKUAT students striked (6th aug 2008)..yesterday…They burnt cars (matatus) and university property was extensively destroyed……

They had ONLY TWO GRIVANCES

MEALS & FEES

STRIKES: CASE CLOSED

However, I am with you all on the issue of exorbitant salaries paid to parliamanterians. The salaries need to be slashed and the money directed towards better facilities in schools. Perhaps this could calm down the hormonal teenagers.

Lord, why do you think we have not seen demonstrations against MP’s pay? I mean, it is ridiculuosly high. US$18000 per month!

And when poor Kimunya proposed to at least tax them, they hounded him out of office.

Sometimes I don’t feel sorry for Kenyans. They deserve the leaders that they get.

Its 30% inflation yes….and food is the worst affected….The kids need calories…the weather is bad Hovering around 6~10 degree Celcius in all central Rift,90% of Central Kenya,All of Nairobi…….many parts of the country
The Bloated gov does not help of course its worsening

AND JUST LIKE you predicted things (ECONOMIC RIOTS) will cross from students to everyone except of course MPS

Thats’ certainly an interesting theory, but Kenyan boarding schools have never been known to offer “haute cuisine” . So, I suppose what you are saying is that bad food, given in quantity is better than less food anytime.

If we are going to talk about economics, I think this over bloated government, where 80% of the countries GDP is going to pay their exorbitant salaries, is beginning to have an effect on the overall economy. The government has no money to spend on things that are important: things like public education, roads, etc, etc… and it’s going to get worse and worse as more money gets used up to support this bloated cabinet.

What’s the inflation rate in Kenya? 30%? that’s crazy.

I agree with Josh. The white people are the most warlike people on Earth
Thank God they love sports so much…they watch,participate on all sorts of sports..that sometimes they Forget their WAR GAMES…..

AFRICANS are indeed the most humane of all…They DO NOT LIKE SPORTS…In most african people sports is meant for children…

DO NOT FORGET WAR IS A SPORT hence ‘war games’

First any proposal/theory should should explain

1) The widespread nature of unrest (especialy in peri urban and urban schools)

2) Why they all occured in Mid July

3) The use of fire as a weapon

Mine is very simple. ITS ALL ECONOMICS…and its a world wide phenomena..

ITS nothing but FOOD riots manifested as school unrest

THEORY

Beacuse prices of food have trippled in the last 3 years House Hold budgets in all middle and peasant classes have but collapsed.

Famillies have had to cut budgets of other things (including the amount of pocket money raeching the KIDS)..other pocket monies kids get from realatives/boyfriends reduced too because of the same reosons

SCHOOL food budgets are done at the ending of a school TERM…THUS when schools assemble again budgests of food fail since they DID NOT factor food prices……What do the schools do since they cannot increase fees mid term….THey start cutting on amounts/quality ..eventualy cutting calories per child

JULY COMES…..
Its the coldest seoson/month of all throught Kenya…Kids (Fastest growing physicaly mentaly) get the COLD of july worsening the craving for food(calories)

Any small thing schools do… like switching off lights will triger a dissaster (Its just like an underfed army)..this explains the July theory..(… of course the silly proffesor Ongeri and Gov WILL see the CELPHONES/CANING only but NEVER see THE BUDGETS since they are above FOOD budgets….)

THE USE of FIRE as a weopon is of course its cheapness and deadliness and THEY SAW IT IN JANAURY

CONCLUSION

FEED THE CHILDREN ¬Stop the romantics

Ps..Why i like this THEORY…because it uses current facts (world food crisis..wich is real) affecting urban and peri urban the most ….

HINT..Price of a 90Kg bag of Beans in January in NRB was 2500/=..NOW its over 5000

EVEN girls would NOT take cutting of CALORIES (FOOD) lying low

I dont agree with your definition of primitive.

I think Europe and America are primitive. Just look at their extremely violent history. America is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon.

It is very well known that the only reason the Europeans and their American cousins are not engaging in their usual violence against each other is ONLY because of the nuclear deterrent.

Africans on the other hand have always very advanced conflict resolution mechanisms. This was only lost during colonialism when they foolishly adopted the violent western ways. And biy have they paid the price!

You cannot in any way convince me that Westerners are more civilised than Africans. It is absoutely the other way round. Westerners are sheer brutes.

Do not equate technology or money with civilisation. You can have all the technology and money but still be primitive. You can be technologically challenged and poor and be civilised.