Sunday, May 29, 2011

A Letter to Mr. Kanisa from a Kenyan Lady

Dear Mr. Kanisa,

Hope that this letter finds you well and you actually get time to read it. I know that you have been very busy lately, between Willy’s stud and sorting out the likes of Father Kizito, and not to even mention the fasting, I totally understand.

It has been a while since we last communicated but Ken tells me that you are doing just fine, as charming and attractive as usual with a huge fan base. He also informed me that he recently had to move out from the house you that both rented in Nairobi and you are no longer at speaking terms because of the immoral and un-African practices of his.  I have to say that I found this rather puzzling because you are the one who always told me about all of us being made in the image of god and that only he is to judge us.  Anyway, I am not writing to talk about Ken, who by the way I still don’t understand why you insisted on calling him by that name instead of his preference, Kamau, has more of an African ring to it.

About us, thank you so much for being respectful about our differences and understanding that it could not work between us.  As you know, I am still working on my engagement with our fellow Kenyan, Mr. Masjid.  Speaking of whom, he finally got his ID card after some serious vetting.

We have been seeing your name pop up a lot lately about exaggerating the protection of family values and the right, and the fear of a constitution approving immorality and murder of babies and it reminded me of the panic attacks that you would have whenever we would go to Lamu.  When we would go to the beach and I would swim far out into the sea.  Remember what I would tell you, just because you could not swim it did not mean that I was going to drown.

As banging as I think you are I must be honest as a friend and say that you are slowly loosing that edge. I know that you believe that you are god’s gift to man but for the sake of peaceful co-existence, please realize that I, and many others around me, am as fine and as Kenyan as you are and you and Jesus have nothing to do with that, I thought we already talked about this.

I hope we can perhaps catch up over a cup of tea and focus on ideas that are less about you and more about promoting the diversity of our nation in a healthy manner.

Sincerely yours,

Umra Omar