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Dear Developed world, Africa is on twitter.

When I first watched the Kony 2012 video, I remember tweeting about it saying ; “I once thought I could save the world too". And I did. There's countless blogs I've done before about a better Africa, and what I can do about making it better. Here and Here are some of those that display what I sometimes think is a passionate naivety. But I believe in that. And after this week, I know that I am not alone. Regular African's care a lot about Africa; passionately. Kony 2012 is a great attempt at making the world stop and listen. Such is the stuff award winning campaigns carry. Much like the Obama campaign which made the world respond as if we were electing a Global president. Kenyans and several African countries displayed "Obama, yes we can" merchandise in very bold spaces, on their cars, homes, and they wore T-shirts that supported Mr Obama's candidature. We, Kenyans, also got a public holiday the day after he was decaled the president of the United

KONY 2012

Way to Go Mariga, yours is a move all players should emulate.

I know nothing about football. That's not entirely true: Ok,I know two things: That he likes Manchester United, and so I was informed i'm on that side too, and that I like to guess scores of matches based on absolutely nothing. But, I've got a rant, that's got everything to do with football, and also nothing to do with football, depending on how you want to look at it. I'll make it short. Last week, Kenya played Togo, we won. 2-1. One of our international players, Macdonald Mariga (Midfielder, Parma, Italy) refused to play in the match because the Football Kenya Federation owed him 1.5 million shillings in airfare dues. But Kenyans have now gone all out, cursing at Mariga for his "lack of patriotism". Patriotism? Here's my rant. I'm with Mariga all the way. How do we expect Kenyan football to ever mature into international standards if we keep playing footsie with the management. We've mastered the art of Double standards! FKF