KSDA SITE UPDATE 20th July

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KENYA SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (KSDA) http:\\www.kenyasocialist.org email: harakatips@hotmail.com ++++++++++++++++++++ KSDA SITE UPDATE: 20th July 2003 +++++++++++++++++++++ #Reply To Oluoch's Article By KSDA By KSDA 20th July #Of KCA Congress, Socialism, Capitalism and their implications to the "Kenya we want" By Valentine Oluoch - 17th July 2003 #Al Barakat: The Untold Story - By Onyango Oloo - 17th July ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #Response To Oluoch's Article By KSDA - 20th July 2003 The Kenya Socialist Democratic Alliance (KSDA) takes this opportunity to congratulate Mr. Jared Oluoch, a young Kenyan student of Information Technology and self declared "budding commentator" for his recent attempt to analyze Socialism and Capitalism and the implications of the two ideologies to “The Kenya we want”. Mr. Oluoch's piece was definitely well composed while it also posed good challenges in the field of public debate. From our view, the piece represented the growing interest of Kenyans (especially the youth) in open discussions about the most suitable political ideology that can solve the deep crisis that has been facing Kenya for the last four decades. Link: http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/oluochresponse.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #Of KCA Congress, Socialism, Capitalism and their implications to the Kenya we want By Jared Valentine Oluoch - 17th July 2003 Although this piece was supposed to give a critical analysis to the Kenya Community Abroad‘s annual conference, it deviates and throws some light on socialism Vis a vis capitalism, and their implications on the Kenya we want. The reason is that my request for the official text of the KCA Congress has gone unanswered, and the information posted to KCA website only gives a summary of speeches by invited guests to the same. In this analysis, i will attempt to respond to pertinent issues raised in KSDA‘S website by an exiled former Kenyan political prisoner, indirectly though. Link http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/oluochjared.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ #Al Barakat: The Untold Story - 17th July 2003 By Onyango Oloo Cab drivers can be mobile encyclopedias and most of the ones I have encountered are very mentally agile. This last Sunday I found out more about an African business empire while ensconced in the back seat of a taxi moving between the Runnymede/Bloor and the Queensway/Windmere in Toronto’s west end. The driver was a young Somali looking man. I say Somali looking because I have learned to my cost, never to jump to conclusions about where people were from based on how they looked. I almost got thrown out of a taxi several years ago when I gleefully fingered my hired chauffeur as an Ethiopian. I only found that I was talking to an irate, thoroughly insulted Eritrean when the vehicle screeched to a halt as the offended driver demanded, “What did you call me?!” Link: http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/albarakatoloo.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KSDA is a revolutionary Socialist Alliance which fights for Socialism in Kenya and the World. The Alliance believes that the fundamental social, economic and political crisis facing Kenya today requires a democratic Socialist revolution with Kenyan working class taking a leading role in the struggle. The Alliance advocates for the formation of a Workers' Party in Kenya and the abolition of capitalism in the country. Contacts: KSDA Box 74, 123 22 Farsta, Sweden. website: http://www.kenyasocialist.org. Tel: 00 46 736533068. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++