Sincere Support for Mututho and His Law

First, may blessings from the Most High fill to the brim the home of Naivasha Mp, John Mututho, who heeded the Almighty’s call to rein in on the oft-randy drunkards in the country. May his farm, which I guess harbours no barley, produce and reproduce plentifully, may his children and children of his children give birth to many of his kind so that in 100 years to come this nation will be totally alcohol free.

Agreed. But before we go on tell that kid, who innocently told us on Churchill show yesterday that Mututho was an inanimate thing going by the good name, Law, that he’s animate, a human being; stubby, sturdy, studious and somehow priestly guy hailing from a not-so-far-place from Nairobi called Naivasha.Which county? Guess right because I don’t really know, sorry. But do I care? Nope, as long as there are no popeyed, dry-mouthed, smelly men and women on our roads in the morning and past 11pm.

Isn’t that great? I mean isn’t it so nice now teetotallers won’t stumble on semi-conscious bodies flattened by yeasty drinks onto our good roads. No miserable beings puking like dogs that have consumed tasty faeces and vomit several times to re-taste their sweetness. 

So what? You think. Who cares whether our highway lanes are laced with big men and women frothing from the mouths and any other visible and invisible body openings? Many do, including the brains behind this law and yours truly. Those others plus His Excellency-by the way Kibaki recently revealed his love for the bottle, of course one with brewed yeast and water plus whatever else which make men impotent and lose their heads, may care less by showing their stupidity when deeply sozzled but this Law will forever be our (teetotalers) fighter.

By the way, if someone is not considering giving Mr. Mututho an award, like Nobel Peace Prize or something alike, then this world is irretrievably inebriated. Getting knighted by the Queen is not a generous reward for this man, ‘Sir’ John Mututho-Please don’t sneer at this.

That’s that. Let’s now go on pampering this guy whose name deserve sainthood-just kidding- in like many years to come. Maybe when he put straight his constituency development funds, or stops childish behaviours like tearing pieces of paper in front of cameras/journalists. Fine, hope he hears this but now may his left hand becomes stronger like the right so he can draft more bills to bring to order the runaway, monstrous industry.

A word of caution: Anyone planning to engage in any other business which will rope in alcohol ideas, or sell anything tasting alcohol better gets ready to face the law. This is what Mututho says in Section 28 (5): “No person shall manufacture or sell objects including sweets, snacks and toys that resemble or imitate alcoholic drinks.” Those sweets and indeed those sodas-Alvaro, Novida-the foremost imitators of alcoholic drinks should be taken or sold between the times indicated by the law (5-11pm all days apart from Saturdays and Sundays(2-11pm).

Did you know this about South Sudan?

South Sudan will join a league of 33 new countries in the globe since 1990 if the January 2011 referendum qualifies them to go on their own.

The semi-autonomous region currently waiting with relaxed moods for full independence will make the 34^th country in the world over the last 20 years. It will join Kosovo, the latest nation to declare self-independence after managing to unilaterally declare autonomy marking a contested separation from Serbia in 2008.  Though the mother country did not acknowledge the separation then, Kosovo went ahead to build its territory and even at one point was toying with the idea of joining the European Union.

The bulk of the newest countries were as a result of the disintegration of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1991. Countries born as a result of this dissolution are Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

Yugoslavia broke into five states in the early 1990s : Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro. The two regions making the later went separate ways in 2006 adding to the tally of the new nations after a referendum similar to the South Sudan’s which Montenegro voted in favour of separation.

In Africa, Eritrea is the last country to gain independence. The 18-year old state voted in a plebiscite to separate itself from Ethiopia in 1993 but the border between the two countries has been in contestation since then. Before Eritrea seceded, Namibia was the youngest country in Africa after moving away from South Africa in 1990.

Other countries that have come up include East Timor (2002), Palau (1994), Czech Republic (1993), Slovakia (1993), Micronesia (1991),   The Marshall Islands (1991), Germany (East and West Germany merged in 1990), and Yemen (North and South Yemen merged too, 1990).   

South Sudan will mostly join-considering the reported separation enthusiasm in the region- these countries, most making the least, apart from Russia, Germany, and Yemen populated countries in the world. Most of the mentioned states have a population less than 10 million and South Sudan with an approximate nine million people would comfortably fit into this league. Its expected new status will guarantee it automatic chances to join the international community in various fronts including membership to organisations such as African Union, United Nations, East African Community and others.  

Though peaceful, referendums have been the least preferred way by seceding countries.  So far Montenegro succeeded to separate through a plebiscite in 2006 and if South Sudan succeeds it will be following its peaceful manner of independence. Others, making a huge per cent, fought for their independence. Yugoslavia, for example, experienced deadly wars which led to the death of thousands of people through civil wars and alleged genocide, before it finally fell apart.

South Sudan, if it agrees to secede, will muscle out of a group of dozens of regions across the world which have for long been fighting for autonomy. It will be a success story for the currently semi-autonomous region still heavily depending on the mother country-The Sudan-for an array of things including budgetary allocations, United Nations representation etc. The regions that have asked for separation but have not gotten are Western Sahara, still under Morocco, South Ossetia, although it has declared self independence it has not been recognised by its mother country, Georgia, and the international community. Tamil Region is another section in Sri Lanka which has unsuccessfully fought in the past for autonomy. Puntland and Somaliland, two semi-autonomous regions carved out of Somalia have not yet been recognised as independent states though they have been operating under pseudo-sovereignty for long.