The month of October 1999 is two weeks away, a month in which there are two public holidays in Kenya, Moi day on October 10th, and Kenyatta day on October 20th. In real terms the two public holidays are a glorification of two individuals, and an attempt to ensure lasting legacies for the two presidents that Kenya has so far had. As we continue to reform as a nation, and as we review the constitution, an amendment must be made to scrap the two public holidays in favour of one alternative public holiday that the entire nation can relate to.

Kenyatta day is supposed to be a tribute to the Kenyan freedom movement and a time for Kenyans to reflect on our past history. There is therefore no need why the day had to be named after Kenya's founding president, Jomo Kenyatta. In the same token, Moi day is supposed to be a day when Kenyans reflect on the need to be "mindful of each other's welfare". There is therefore no need why the day had to be named after Kenya's second president, Daniel arap Moi. It is highly unlikely that Kenya's next president will have the opportunity to have a public holiday named in his honour, but we must nevertheless undo the ridiculous precedent set by Jomo Kenyatta, and Daniel arap Moi.

The process of scraping Kenyatta day and Moi day in favour of one alternative Kenyan national holiday is an exercise in which all Kenyans must participate. We cannot properly honour the Kenyan freedom movement before rectifying the glaring anomalies that still exist, with regard to the freedom movement. We cannot be truly mindful of each other's welfare with the glaring disparities that there are in our society today, with no real efforts being made to rectify them : 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars in the words of the late J.M. Kariuki.

In establishing a day that celebrates the heritage of our nation, real efforts must be made to incorporate the views and feelings of all Kenyans, including White-Kenyans and Asian-Kenyans. It is important that White-Kenyans and Asian-Kenyans be allowed to air their views on this crucial and important national matter , as much as Native-Kenyans. We all share a common heritage and an effort must be made to close the gaps. Granada television of the United Kingdom produced a television series in 1985 titled "End of Empire", which featured the last days of British colonial rule.

In the Kenya feature there is a white settler who states that the White community felt cheated because in his words, "Churchill promised them the land in perpetuity". In the same feature, efforts are made to both glorify and castigate the legendary Mau Mau movement. It is indeed time to set the record straight on such sensitive matters. The creation of a truly Kenyan nation is hinged on this. Asian-Kenyans also have their side of the story. Can we hear it , instead of all of us harbouring unnecessary prejudices, biases, and animosities? The interaction of Native-Kenyans and Asian-Kenyans has however been more pronounced with some Asian-Kenyans even adopting African names and getting married to Africans, a strong indication that they have accepted this as their home. Once in a while you will meet an Asian-Kenyan called Surinder Onyango, or Prakesh Matheka. One of the legendary Louis Leakey's children is also named Priscilla Muthoni. No one community is more to blame for our current predicament, but all of us will certainly have to play a part in solving our problems.

I recall in 1989 when animal poaching in Kenya reached alarming proportions, sparking a public outcry. One of the people to raise concern was the then U.S. ambassador to Kenya, Smith Hempstone. Hempstone's criticism of animal poaching was met with a barrage of counter-criticism from a cross section of Kenyans, with certain individuals stating that Kenyan wildlife was Kenyan property and that the Kenyan people could do with it what they pleased ! Hempstone's answer to this was equally stinging and has stuck with me all these years. Hempstone said that Kenyan wildlife did not belong to Kenyans, but belonged to humanity and was being held in trust for present and future generations of mankind, by the republic of Kenya ! Let us all therefore be able trustees of the Kenyan nation for present and future generations of mankind. Kenya belongs to Native-Kenyans, Asian-Kenyans, White-Kenyans, and at large, to all of mankind.

Once we have approached and resolved these crucial matters as a nation, and put important instruments of nationhood in place, then a national selection programme can be convened in which all will participate, and in which a suitable name for a national day which reflects our heritage, goals and aspirations, will be chosen. By an act of parliament, Kenyatta day and Moi day will then be scraped, and the new public holiday will come into being.

When the legendary Nelson Mandela visited Kenya in July 1990, he paid glowing tribute to our freedom movement, summed up in the famous words, "we loved you, we respected you". Nelson Mandela is a great son of Africa, and coming from him, this means something. It is now time for us to love and respect not only the South Africans, but the world at large. When a monument to honour the South African freedom movement was unveiled in South Africa, Mandela refused to have it named after him, because he was not the only player in the South African freedom movement. The Zimbabweans and Zambians also have a hero's corner which is a tribute to the freedom movements in Zimbabwe and Zambia respectively. Kenya's Uhuru gardens far from being a true symbol of our nation's freedom struggle and heritage, is an aesthetic display of architecture in which even the flag raising structure is an Unnecessary replica of the American conquest of the pacific island of Iwo Jima in the second world war ! It is indeed time for us to love and respect those around us and in so doing create a truly representative Kenyan nation.

COMPUTER CONCEPTS;    PC ("microcomputer") as mainframe operations are more machine-specific: however, many of the points made are relevant to mainframe use also. A computer system comprises a number of interacting parts, like a hi-fi system. The central component is the computer cabinet (which contains the CPU or Central Processing Unit) and connected to it are a number of peripherals used to get data into and out of the computer and to store data and programs.

The Operating System  , The heart of the computer is the CPU but its operation is automatic and you need have no concern for its workings. The heart of the computer's software is the Operating System which controls the operation of the programs: an example is Microsoft® DOS (Disk Operating System).

Memory, The computer's internal memory used for processing is divided into two different types, ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory). ROM remains unchanged when the machine is switched off (non-volatile memory) and cannot be changed by you: it is used by hardware manufacturers to incorporate programs and data that must be permanently available!

Memo

To: PROFESSOR

From: gakoe

                        SUBJECT; WHY I JOINED MASSBAY

• Simple and just to comply with the state to enable me to achieve a state permit to open personal business and stop working for other people.
• The reason I joined mass bay is just normal to everyone who want to have a career there after. So much to it that much of what I have learned from all the money I have used and timed wasted at the college, I could have just have had home classes which all I had to do is final exam.
• The time, which I spent in mass bay, was just like passing day or time, the reasons are simple and are clean.
• 90% of the concepts and computer systems I learned were what I did my self operation, applying them and also spending money buying material to build up my knowledge
• Examine the subject to Classes there is no teaching or any much help or there by help to any subject. Do not get me wrong and I am not apply to all classes but the much classes which I believe are very much to be changed. So much money spent in some classes, which didnt even contribute to what they are all about. It is just waste of time and most money which most us like me work hard to earn.  It is whole function to the school to see that some of this teachers to explain what particular articles should they explain everyday what they teach and test students on what they have learned and done, the rest, yesterday TV stories or what the play was all about.
• To continue to carefully examine the memos for good, objective observations and unnecessary value judgments. I will do this by writing comments on both types of statements, offering alternatives or commendations. Hopefully this will progressively help students not to be spending money on classes of empty teachings and to increase their ability to differentiate between the two types of perceptions.
• To actively listen to group presentations and learn the concepts they teach. I will complete this goal by taking notes on important subjects, completing the assignments and placing real-life situations in these different learning concepts to see how they affect outside world. By doing this I hope to learn why most groups as a whole functions in the way it does and how individual components contribute to the process.

What I Did:

• Over the weekend I worked on the subject of slides and other presentation. I re-read about slides in all section, in my text and in the web manual, then planned and articulated my project. I completed the web and well display, and gives the details of my origin, and I wrote out the definitions that will help other to learn about the other people this aspect of motivation of my origin.
• I accomplished the new task of retrieving the best of computer aspects; I was assigned to build up in the web page. Being somewhat computer illiterate and inexperienced I was pretty excited that I found the slides and web pages, printed out the comment page and had them all assessed and ranked after the time we were to close the semester.
• Along with retrieving and ranking my work, I paid extra attention to pointing out unnecessary value judgments and objective observations that I made when describing what I did and/or what I learned. If a value judgment will be made, I would not circle it and give my self a suggestion to alter it from a biased observation to an objective one. If a I made a good, objective observation and kept their emotions separates, I would circle it and commend them for following the correct way to record behavior.
• Although I only had a few day of presentations, I made a strong effort to actively listen to the learning objectives that I learned. I took notes and paid close attention to all examples. I also completed the assignments each we were given and tried to incorporate a real-life example in each one. By doing this its easier for me to remember the different concepts and associate them with how the organization functions.

What I Learned:

• This semester I learned that I really like the new semi-on-line memo system. I find it a lot easier than bringing in six hard copies. I'm still not very comfortable saving my memo as html and sending it through e-mail, but I'm still learning how to do it and I feel that it will be an invaluable lesson in the real-world business atmosphere. I also enjoyed retrieving the concepts I'm assigned to build up off the web page. Again, I'm not very comfortable using web pages for any functional needs (except for looking at pictures), and I feel it's really good experience for me to have to utilize this predominant resource because I'm sure I'll have to rely on it again in the near future.
• I learned that people are getting better and better at making objective observations in their concepts instead of value judgments. I know that due to the intense discussion in our two people meeting last Time in class on assignment it will be very hard for people to separate their emotions from what they observed of other world atmosphere, so I'm very interested to evaluate this next set of concepts to see how people did.
• The start of the Cycle 2 presentations taught me several concepts. From the Directing group I learned about the seven steps in shaping behavior. I think that the first step they described (identify the critical behavior that has the impact) is the most often missed step when observing someone else's behavior. I think when people (including myself) see someone having a negative or positive impact, we're quick to put that person down or show our disapproval. I don't think enough people take the time to evaluate the behavior that causes the impact so we can effectively address the problem at its source. If we did this as an organization I think we'd work together a lot more cohesively.
• Also in Cycle 2 I learned about self-Theory from the Informal group. They described the 3 ways groups can organize themselves- 1.) Dependency, 2.) Fight/Flight, and 3.) Pairing. I also learned that each of these organization methods have an effective and ineffective way of working. My group talked about where we fit in and we decided that we fall into the Dependency category. We shift back and forth from effective to ineffective, depending on what task we're working on and any special circumstances that might arise.
• After finishing the visual aids and definitions for part of my group's cycle 2 project I learned more details about self Hierarchy of Needs. In preparing for the examples we'll give in class I learned how to identify certain people's level of motivation in the hierarchy, how and why they're there, and what it might take to move them to the next level. (This will be more clear in our presentation)

Goals for outside world:

• My self-presentation is next week so my goal is to be completely prepared with my portion of the discussion and feel comfortable that I can adequately display the learning topics I am responsible for. To do this I will continue to study those topics from the text and the manual, make more visual aids to demonstrate my examples and practice with my self so I have a smooth speech without any major bumps. I will have completed this goal when I can tell that either during or after our speech the class has understood and enjoyed everyone presentation.
• I want to actively listen to other people presentations and learn the concepts they are conveying. I hope to take the topics they've taught and effectively apply them to the productivity of myself and contribute to the smoother operation of my outside world. I also hope to associate real-life examples on the assignments each group gives us, so I can feel comfortable with my knowledge and application of the concept.