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Vijay

Vijay — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Duncan,you are doing such things at ground level and making the World aware of the situation and trying to help them.Great..great Duncan.We are proud of you.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

thank you my brother

Johnstone

Johnstone — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

yes Duncan this is very good work,when you go in the field and bring us this kind of information is very good,i must say i am proud of you too my brother

Abigael Nyaboke

Abigael Nyaboke — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is very good Duncan

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you johny.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you johny.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you Abigael

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We have to speak for these voiceless people in society,what hurts most is that their very parents don’t care about their welfare.

Johnstone

Johnstone — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

and we are with you,we will help you make the world get your news by supporting you,keep it up DUNCAN.

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

You are doing a great Job Duncan

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thomas,thank you.

Johnstone

Johnstone — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

it is very bad Duncan,very bad that these parents are neglecting their kids when other people are dreaming that one day God might give them kids

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Yes johnstone,there are many people out there who have prayed and prayed to get a child,these parents in Bukhuma don’t know that God can punish them harshly for what they are doing to there kids.

Johnstone

Johnstone — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Actually those hands resemble those of an old man

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

very old man

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

their oldness mocks the society

John

John — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

This is abuse of children’s rights... pole sana watoto wetu!

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

asante sana John

Johnstone

Johnstone — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

you have tried to say it well john.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

asante sana sebo

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you Thomas and Johny

Vijay

Vijay — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

John,Govt should help them,and yes you are right this is abuse of children’s rights... pole sana watoto wetu!

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

asante sana(Thank you)Vijay

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

thank you Vijay

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

this is very bad,the government should do something here.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

yes it should,and very fast

Abigael Nyaboke

Abigael Nyaboke — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

i pray and hope the right people will get this message and take proper action to save these kids.

Thomas Kanana

Thomas Kanana — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

yes

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

that is the prayer of everyone in here i believe.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

God help the children of Kenya.

Harun Lumiti

Harun Lumiti — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Duncan,

Just how are we executing our ”collective responsibility” here? Are these children going to be better off with us exchanging tons of empathy here and patting each other on the back for the sad graphics?

This is child abuse/neglect for which you are a witness but are not stating whether you have brought it to the attention of local law enforcement/administrative offices. Do you intend to do that or are you content to await the convenience of the UNICEF official?

How about setting up a fund for the kids? Or at least initiating an online petition, although this too would only be symbolic?

Will you initiate some useful action on behalf of the kids or wait and hope for someone else to it? One could accuse you of exploiting the distress of these children just to glow with the feel-good effect of ”well done” commendations.

Remember the episode of the photojournalist and the starving Ethiopian kid? These are not awards winning matters anymore.

Johnstone

Johnstone — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Harun,What about you,why can’t you think of a way of making a difference instead of attacking Duncan?

I just wished some people were not cynical in everything they do

Harun Lumiti

Harun Lumiti — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Johnstone, either you did not read my comments above or did not quite understand them. If, even for a moment, you could overcome your fear of criticism, you might just see my comments in a different light.

Praising Duncan (or anyone else) is a good thing, though I fail to see how that alone amounts to ”making a difference”.

...And I wonder how you are able to gauge ”everything they do”. Omni-prescience perhaps?

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Am sorry not to have responded to this earlier,i have been down with sickness but now i can reclaim my position here.

Sincerely Harun,your words leave alot to be desired,when i wrote that post i concluded with this line,”please make them aware of this, it might help at the end of the day because we need to have collective responsibility. ”

i was asking the rest to help me reach out,this doesn’t mean i had not done anything to that! before we left that village we went to the area chief and asked him if he was aware of it and we informed him what the situation was like and we asked him to try and find the parents of these kids and question why they were neglecting their kids.

We also reported this to the local media with an intention of getting an audience with the media of course and the general public,iam sure it was later put on the nation newspaper,and this would make other stakeholders aware and it would boost the effort since there are other levels where we can’t reach but someone else would do that only if he had information which i choose to give.

Something else is that before we left that place we talked with neighbours and asked them to help the children while they would and also check the activities of their parents as they inform the administration from time to time.

I personally think this was unfair from you my good friend”Just how are we executing our ”collective responsibility” here? Are these children going to be better off with us exchanging tons of empathy here and patting each other on the back for the sad graphics?”

Harun Lumiti

Harun Lumiti — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hi Duncan and welcome back. Sorry for the illness.

Now, as for my ”words leave a lot to be desired”, I can fill it in for you if you could be more specific. However, I hope you realize that if the info you just put out was in the original article, my comments wouldn’t even have arisen. It would also have made redundant your question of ”Who is going to fight for these children who are facing death right before the eyes of their parents with a neighborhood that doesn’t care?”

My position is that the miserable plight of (especially) children should not be the subject of publicity stunts by mainstream media and the blogosphere. Especially not if we are in a position to alleviate their distress even without fanfare.

I note quite happily that you took some pro-active steps to help the kids and hope you’ll be making a follow-up/update.

Consider also getting in touch with Ahadi Kenya Trust (fronted by former Miss Kenya Cecilia Mwangi) who are leading a reportedly successful anti-jigger campaign in several other regions.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

thanks for that Harun,iam trying to reach out to Ahadi Kenya Trust.i hope and pray that in a way our interaction here will bear fruit to our society

Johnstone

Johnstone — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

MY dear friends in here,who knows where Duncan went to?i have not seen any of his comments lately and i haven’t seen an article from him too,i wonder where he went to,i just pray and hope all is good with him.

Oscar

Oscar — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

what about Duncan...He has a new post out..He couldn’t have gone far..Maybe he was just taking a breather.

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Hi guys,

He is Back from the sick bay

Duncan Mikae

Duncan Mikae — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks for the concern Johny