For once we agree on an issue 100%. All women are considered as a disadvantaged group. That is also why we have women reps in parliament to improve gender participation in parliament. In business all women owned enterprises (plus those of other marginalized groups such as youth and disabled) are deemed to be disadvantaged and are thus supposed to be given special consideration for affirmative action.

On the second issue of ohuru's relatives bidding for business, I agree with you. We do not expect all ourus relatives (maybe > 10,000 people - bros, sisters, aunties, cousins, nieces, inlaws etc) to be camping in his house seeking for handouts because they are banned from doing any business while he is president. That is unless we adopt a system like they have in Britain where the Royal family has a budget allocation from govt to help sustain them, and even then only a few very close relatives many be covered. This may never happen in our case. As they say, mtegemea cha nduguye hufa maskini. Pesa ya ndugu yako sio pesa yako. Kila mtu ajipange.

***As an aside, I can see we are also in agreement that Trump is winning. This must be the agreement week.

Ohuru is paid Sh 1,750,000 every month before tax. So how is he supposed to share this money will all his relatives so that they do not engage in business?

NB - in family gatherings I am normally introduced to many relatives some that I do not know and wouldn't recognise in the streets (cousins, nephews, nieces, inlaws etc). I can imagine for Ohuru it must be a nightmare Ohuru him being from an extended polygamous family.

@hardwood - we agree on many things just not your pet project - Trump
@Maka.... hii dunia ni ya kila mtu kujipanga... Earning hands should be looked at better than begging hands! People ask... why can't people get satisfied with X... why buy a maserati or ferrari or bugatti (sounds like a naija song right there) and this money can be used to "help the poor"! kwani are there not people building these things? these people have families... not buying a maserati and you have cash enough to spend then you spend it giving to the poor is a vote in the direction that says "begging hands are more important than earning hands". Even Bill Gates realized that giving out money RESPONSIBLY is more difficult than making it. He once thought he was alleviating hunger by giving wheat only to kill the few farms that were producing something and increasing dependency. so instead of giving the poor money - buy something you don't need with it.

This made me chuckle

Inaitwa mkono ya sirikali.

Look at paragraph 8

And the question

“If Business Daily, and by extension NMG, believes the payment made to Gazeti Limited, which was also listed in the report, was proper and done within the course of doing regular business, why would they accuse everyone else listed in the same report as having engaged in theft or fraud?”

Ata NMG ni majambazi tu

True. I know him at a personal level

My biggest issue is that we are mixing up everyone in the same mess... we have an array of companies that render their services to GOK and MOH. Instead of focusing on the real issue. Why certain companies like those of Kabura got paid... we focus on companies like Gazeti Ltd which is doing a proper job. Not everyone who provides services to GOK is "mwizi". Some people produce and sell things like pharmaceuticals, gloves, chairs (ama mnathani GOK builds furniture?). We have lots of innuendo... not based on facts but directed at certain individuals to paint a certain picture! for example the Sundales company issue.... We also have the tendency to mix up stuff and that is why we never go anywhere - focus on the real mess and fix that. Kama kuna loophole in the law fix that but I suspect we don't have the discipline to say NO! to people who want us to chase rabbit trails. For example... the story of the 5 billion "missing". Do we know the break down of this 5 Billion? which companies were supposed to deliver and were not paid. P.S. getting paid for delivery on time is not a crime... GAVA is supposed to pay on time. The more beneficial question to as is why the rest have not been paid as agreed?

Itumbi has FACTS!

You people have been paid by George Soros to destroy Jubilee! There was no money stolen! IFMIS is incorruptible!