Wazimu ni nini? (what is madness) asks Jackie. In exasperation, mom says "Ni mungu anamfanya aongee hivyo (it's God who has made him speak that way). The question is: Is there a simpler explanation, in Kiswahili, to explain the insanity phenomenon to four-year-olds?

The matatu (commuter taxi) fellows may not know this or just choose to ignore it. The truth is that they have lost a lot of goodwill. G. Wanaina says shame on matatu drivers and touts for rioting and robbing innocent motorists and passengers. Wainaina says they should vent their anger on the police instead of punishing defenseless people. Of course, the matatu crews like other Kenyans like to go for the softer target.

Hawi Odingo wants to know if Knut secretary general Ambrose Adongo, the man who led the teachers' union's 15-day strike several months ago has abdicated his duties. Hawi says the teachers November salaries had not arrived by December 10. Who can help for heaven's sake, asks Hawi. The teachers, like other employees need their salaries at the end of the month so that they can pay their rent and meet other commitments.

Wednesday's power shortage to most of Nairobi may have been least felt in Buru Buru Phase V. Residents of this area have for the past nine months been experiencing daily power outages. Granted, from June to September, KPLC announced a daily four hour rationing (except weekends) as it repaired the Gitaru power plant. Since then, the "rationing" has continued, extending into at least one evening a week where lights dim for hours then blackout. No word of explanation from KPLC as businesses, residents and students sitting exams suffer. Is there any light at the end of this tunnel?

Jane Ouma on Pwani Jezozhum land selling company whose current address she cannot find is not alone. Wanja Githinji bought a plot from the same company at Kisauni, Mombasa, and even paid for the survey work through Prison's Magereza Co-operative Savings and Credit Society. She and others were shown the plots but now cannot build on them because the company seems to have ceased to exist. To make the matter worse, no title deeds were be issued to the buyers of the plots- only ownership certificates. To whom do we go next? or could Jezozhum please tell their clients were their new offices are. Surely, they deserve to know.

Can the KPTC repair the telephone exchange at North Horr which has not been fully operation for the past one month. I also request the KPTC to explain why it takes two months for a letter posted at Nakuru to reach North Horr which is 800 km away. This has totally cut of communication between North Horr and other parts of the country. Is this the kind of efficiency KPTC has seen bragging about asks Orto Sori of Nakuru.

Shame on the driver of a yellow Mercedes Benz KVF 730 for allowing his passengers to chuck out Coca Cola cans, a maize cob and plastic bags on James Gichuru Road on December 4 at 3.30 pm. N.H. Bhanji was disgusted because he feels that you should know where trash belongs.

Coca Cola would probably wish to know that the residents of Baba Dogo in Nairobi are not particularly happy about one of their distributors who is rude to customers. The distributor gets very angry when customers come over with notes of Sh200, Sh500 and Sh500. Shouldn't she be happy that these people are bringing over money which Jane knows the company needs or why would it be in business anyway.

This is for whoever runs Nazareth Hospital in Banana: Is it true your insisted on a deposit from bomb blast victims before admitting them? If that is so, then yours is the only hospital in this city that demanded money from the victims of the atrocity. From your name, one would bet that yours is a church hospital. What happened to Christian charity and mercy? You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves and you deserve every iota of public disgust that will surely result from your callous determination to benefit from a troubles of your fellow human beings.

Where else but in Kenya can this happen? We are told that that we have only two Kenyans who are members of the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators - the veritable John Harun Mwau aka The Boss and Mr Eliud Mbuthia both former Kenya Police officers. When the Nairobi bomb went off off, they were against all conventional wisdom not sought for assistance. We hear their opinions on day five and six of the rescue efforts and that they are knowledgeable there is no doubt.

Why train them if we cant use them? Or was it the shock?

Genesis 2 verse 21 - So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh; and the rib which the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. The man said: "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; and she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

What other proof does the world need that the first cloning of a human being was actually done by God!

Nakuru businessman Pradip Shah says there are 1,000 potholes along Moses Mudavadi road in the town. The road passes next to the District Commissioner's offices, the Rift Valley Provincial Police Headquarters and the Law Courts.

The judges, the DC and the provincial police boss must be having quite bumpy rides every day to and from work. Are you reading the Town Clerk Mr Ernest Muibu.

Following the August bomb blast, the Teachers' Service Commission appears to be still flat and out. No problem can be sorted out - reason? The bomb blast! Oh, For how long? Laments a frustrated teacher at Limuru Girls' School.

What is worth more: money or life? wonders Fr Anselm Kamuyu of Holy Family Basilica. His brother was hurt in a road crash near Molo and taken to the Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru. There, with a deep cut in his head (eventually needing 27 stitches) he could not be X-rayed for lack of Sh200.

Those who have all along found Nairobi Mayor Sammy Mbugua's performance wanting are either his enemies or they are ill-informed. He was among those recognised recently by President Moi for offering exemplary services to the nation.

Have an exemplary day, won't you!

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