A rather sad story According to credible sources which the News On Foot's (NOF) Minja Qodax has interviewed, that last night in Eastgleigh, one Somali was killed while three others were seriously wounded by an armed gang that has terrorized the whole of Eastleigh till 7 oclock this morning. The incident comes few days after a similar gang has been reported to have robbed a Somali owned lodging in which monies and approximately 40 mobile phones have been robbed. Last night's incident has affected 7 Somali owned lodging which the gang has robbed simultaneously. So far, local media and press houses have not picked up on the story hence the News On Foot's dedicated covering . On other stories, the police are still cracking down on the so-called 'Mungiki Sect' resulting in the killings of men and women with an alleged connection to the sect. The media reports that the government has uncovered the remnants of uniforms worn by police officers who have been killed in Mungiki's retaliatory acts. -- Our news is credible. Credible because it is carried on foot. We are certain that what we say is true because its our stories are right out of the bag and delivered to you when you need it and how you need it . Thats The News On Foot for you.

Lol. I still haven't dropped the bomb.

Well, I was good at chemistry at school. I could read the chain-reactions of that something of something .

Oh that something? I know. Is it on Sept? You should tell me more young lady since I am already in the know (alittle).

^^No, I am not being defensive. Anyway, what vested interests do you have there?

^^Lol. Only if you knew Ngonge. Trust me, he's no Budh-carrying Burcawi. He is as gentle as a monk (minues the tai chi). And why would you be stopping by, huh? Shall I remind you that you have no business stopping by?

Xanthus not yet. I am in sunny Kenya, which is far from being boring like some places I know you visited. Won't name names incase Northerner reads it . I am not on the road tonight so I have decided to pay a visit to the local net shop. Don't listen to those who say using the net while on holiday signifies boredom. No it doesn't. Aaliyah, I think it was the 'Love Magazine' or could be the local newspaper. Can't remember the source but I can remember the woman. Women stick to the memory like a spagetti sticks to a wall . -- Back to the topic...as you were, explain what love is please.

^^Haa. Adigu garan meysidee iska daa illeen reer Gedo asli ma ahid . Raula, lol. Check your PM.

^^^A woman once wrote: when women say 'I love you' all men hear is 'hey caveman, yo caveman, want to make a baby!?'. I say that is close enough to love, isn't it? Its all down to definition. If you are a romantic it means something else to you as compared to the lay man who considers it a conspiracy to trap him.

^^ Jamaadeey, Jamaadeey Wax jacayl la moodaa Intuu jilibka ii dhigay I jibaaxay aniguye Jini qabe Shabeel iyo Aar jimicsanayaa Jeenyaha ii saraa....

^^Lol. Northerner, sxb I can't help it. 3 months. Thats all I had planned for but judging from how it looks I might stay longer. Layman ayaan isku xirxirayaa, which might require my physical travel to Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and hopefully back to the motherland. It does feel good to be back to mother Africa and especially 'little Mogadishu' . Raula, yes I am heading there, Insha-Allah. But not Mandera. My abtiyaal and habaryarro live from Mandheera to Beled-Xaawo, Luuq, suufka illaa baardheere. N/AA might actually know my relatives over there: Ilma Issaq Macallin. Odeyga awowgeey is well-known in Beled-Xaawo. He was an early settler there. Though I must visit them sometime Insha-Allah but not this time. Ma gaari karo hadeer waayo waxaan u socdaa dhankaa iyo Libooye. Masaajiddo la dhisey iyo kuwa qabyo ah ayaan insha-Allah soo assess gareyn rabaa. Insha-Allah I will carry with me enough water, inkastoo Libooye biyaheeda ay yihiin kuwa saafi ah just like mineral water. Raula, about the buildings, have you noticed the change of style in properties. I was impressed equally by the new designs Somalis are picking up. At the rate Somalis are going, we'll have to brace ourselves for things that are unimaginable in Africa. In addition, when I get time, I'd like to take photographs of the land-scape. The land-scape of our lands fascinates me walee. Hadda waxaan aamin sanahay illaa aan carra Soomaaliyeed cagta saaro safarkeyga safar ma aha. My mother whenever she gets ill use to say 'Somalia hala i geeyo, hawadeeda ayaan ku caafimaadaaye'. I guess it is heriditary .

^^Lol..arrested for injuring a CID officer is a big offence over here . Even more to be called 'member' of Al-Qaeda and the Mungiki sect! hmm...there it is for you... your share of Kenyan police brutality. QL, I am sure they pulled out the card that you are behind the nairobi bombing lol these cops are absolute opportunists. Everyone here seems to be a kind of an opportunitist. But hey, look at the brighter side of things . Getting out of Nairobi would be a good idea - especially if you don't have good connections. You see, I do . Even then, I don't like 'Nairoberry'. Eastleigh is that part of the town that has more sellers than there are buyers, and more CID officers than all other civil servants put together. In a nutshell, these plain cloth cops are a manace to the Somali community whose only protection is bribery. will be back..

Amiin, Allahu naxariisto oo janadii fardowso ka waraabsho. Samir iyo iimaanna Allah ka siiyo ehelada iyo ubadkuu ka tagey. Amin.

Explosion rocks downtown Nairobi POSTED: 4:51 a.m. EDT, June 11, 2007 NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An explosion has shaken downtown Nairobi, killing one person and injuring at least 31 others, officials say. The cause of the blast was not clear, but police Commissioner Mohamed Hussein Ali said "it was something that somebody was carrying." Police at the scene said that initial investigations indicate that a man got off a minivan taxi and a guard tried to stop him from entering a small restaurant because he was wearing something that looked suspicious. It was after this confrontation that the explosion occurred, said the policemen who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. They said it was not clear whether the man had anything to do with the bombing. They had no other details. A man who said he witnessed the explosion said the blast struck two men in their 30s who were walking together. "One of the men, who was carrying a rucksack was lifted off the ground and when he came down, he did not move ... The other man was injured on both legs but when we tried to assist, he refused our help," Joshua Kinyazui said. "The explosion caused papers to scatter all over and police then came and took the injured man away." An AP reporter saw a body lying outside a shop where the windows were blown out, with shards of glass strewn on the pavement. The shop was on the ground floor of one of Nairobi's oldest hotels, the Ambassadeur Hotel, which has a largely Kenyan clientele. Part of the hotel's parking area also serves as a terminus for buses and minivan taxies. The hotel itself was not affected by the blast. Police were trying to clear the area as hundreds of people gathered around. "Whatever it was exploded; it was something that somebody was carrying," Ali said. He urged the public to be "extremely careful" about speculating on the nature of explosion. Kariuki Chege, spokesman for Kenyatta National Hospital, told independent television station, NTV, the hospital had received 31 people injured in the blast. Chege told the station that six of them were seriously wounded. The last known bombing in Nairobi was in 1998, when the U.S. embassies in downtown Nairobi and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were simultaneously hit, killing 225 people. An East Africa al-Qaida network was blamed for that bombing. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed Source.

^^Amiin aamiin aamiin.

^^Thanks bro. I know. Some of the camels are from there but the ones I saw are from the Boran who are also Somali speakers. An Indian man from North Eastern Kenya came up to me and commented, 'they are not our original camels' . Great, I thought. An Indian geeljire. What could be more better- a geeljire villian in a geeljire hindi movie . Ah, the possibilies.. 'aree aree!...' Originally posted by -Lily-: What is Mungiki? And why is it bad? They are dangerous, but don't worry they are very romantic when it comes to ladies. Kind of Guns and Roses .

^^Lol. Shib ka dheh. Wiil is waalaba waabiyaa hela, ma maqli jirtey? Zafir, adeer congrats. I see you with that Chemistry book so I say, there could be another means through which you could mess up with bloods. Become the first Somali Lab-Warlord . I know I can be cold but I should be forgiven. The sun is hot over here. Anyway...don't stop at anything Zafirow, the world is your Awr. Raro.

^^This is the whole reason he started the topic, to fish . And you are in the net already, good luck new fish .

^^Insha-Allah, will post more pics for you GM. Where is your friend building the house? Outside Mombasa? If you can tell me more maybe I can get a photo for him while passing by. GM, by all means, do come back. And it is my job to make you guys home-sick .

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Originally posted by sheherazade: ^if it's a choice between the two, he can be my slave any oollldd day. And the terms are?

How about Mr. Geelii meeh?

^^Thanks Hodman. Trying my best to duck the occassional flying Bakooraat or bullet . La*y*la...how is my little sister doing? Good, I hope and I hope she is missing Maamada iyo the slow computers of Eastleigh . Lol@Mambuuyi. Your friend in Mombasa (and you know who) tells me you love Mambuuyi so much.... whats the attraction? They say Mombasa's Mambuuyi is heavenly. But I won't know how it tastes 'cos bahasha ma cuno. Waxaan maqli jirey Odeyaasha oo yiraahda dhiiggeey soo celisaa. Is it true anigana aan cunee . PS: X soo ismaydan arag? He's carrying something for you . Take a good care macaanto. Faarax- Insha-Allah, dhalada coke-ta ayaad igu ogtahay. Haa saaxiib meesha sidii bay u dad badantahay. As ninkii reer Af-gaab who visited Muqdishu said 'Dadka dhamaantood meelo un bay u kala caraabayeen, in dad magaalada loogu tegi ilama aha aabooy' . People are rushing and running to different directions but I have the suspicion that they are upto nothing much.

^^Lol. Aar waan is af naqaan balse nin faash sito garna ma gasho garna kama baxdo sxb . I am in Eastleigh actually. Around New Garissa Logde. And it is not that late, its around 20 past 7 African Time . Adiga goormaad u soo socotaa dhulkii mise waa mareekanowdey? I can tell that from the name lol. PS: Ok, now is late. I have to disappear towards where I live. I have developed the tendency to loiter Nairobi during the night. Very bad of me, I know.

^^Xiin. Aleylehe waa runtaa. Balse anigu ninyow waa ka deyriyey meesha. Waan iska calool xumaadaa markaan arko dumar indho-shareeran, ilmana xambaarsan oo baryeysanaya. Xalool cumo wallee. Faarax, Lol@fuley. Hadaan aniga isku nixin yaa ii nixi eeboow. No the second picture is 'Mtito Andei' while the first picture is mariekani . Adeer dhulkii baan u socdaa. That is where I am looking forward to. Would go as far as Liboi insha-Allah. Markaasaan sawiro qiimo leh soo qaadi doonaa. Waa waxaan u imiba Kenya .