A few days a go heated debate ensued in the comment section after a post on Togo<\/a> by Mshairi<\/a>. When I last checked, the main commenter<\/a> had apologised for behaving, in his words like a jackass.<\/p>\n

I had imagined that was the end of that, until I came across this blog entry<\/a> by the same person who had so recently apologised. I wouldn\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2t have given the post a second thought had it not been for the excerpts below,<\/p>\n

\nO.K., maybe beat up is a bit of an exaggeration but certainly it was a severe reprimanding or something by believe it or not, women from Kenya\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The author not content with expressing his suprise at the fact that our assertiveness did not meet his expectations of what constitutues Kenyan lady-like behaviour goes on. He says
\nsomething which though contained in one sentence I have split in two. I have done so because, for want of a better phrase, the punch line is a classic.<\/p>\n

The sentence starts of with<\/p>\n

\nAnd I thought they were so nice and friendly\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u00a6\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I am not sure if he is talking about Kenyan women as a whole or if he is talking about those of us involved in the debate. <\/p>\n

If it is in reference to those who disagreed with him,<\/p>\n

Firstly, I really would like to know on what basis a man who has never met me can conclude that I am\/was \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00cb\u0153nice and friendly?\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/p>\n

Secondly, if it is my assertiveness that has led him to believe that I am not\/no longer nice and friendly; I would really like to know when assertiveness and niceness became mutually exclusive qualities? <\/p>\n

If the author is talking about Kenyan women in general, he has certainly pre-empted my question as to his method of research and\/or basis of his conclusion. Apparently he thought, Kenyans were nice and friendly;<\/p>\n

\njust like on TV\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I can not begin to respond<\/strike> I shall be back to respond to the issues he raised and why the offended me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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