Dear Burt and YES WE KEN TEAM;
So much elated still with THE ONGOING PROGRESS we are seeing here in Kenya, and with increasing blessings for surely what will be a wonderful historical event YES WE KEN: The Benefit Of The Other” which we have finally secured through Peter, who successfully has donated the VENUE at Kitengela for YWK events, for October and December 2009.
YES, we too here are dumbfounded after he took us to a trip of OL PERON CAMP in Kitengela, we were so much happy to learn of his great support for YES WE KEN, and his amazing contribution of this public leased land which he IMMEDIATELY was happy to get for YWK FREE, when we told him that we need to have both events for YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other at OL PERON CAMP.
In TOTAL agreement of your email update, in response to Peter’s “offer drinks to the gatherings”, Yes we shall make it a point to Peter, to have water and healthy beverages ONLY for both events, and with no alcohol or either tobacco, which myself I don’t take, even in Kenya smoking in public was banned and it is a crime to find you smoking in public, they have designated a place for people who want to smoke but not in public.
Yes again, your point is EXCELLENT and it will be taken SERIOUSLY and we shall further decorate the message “no alcohol here, water and healthy beverages only please” as A TRUE GLOBAL TOAST.
Further we shall during the media appearances expected within this week starting, put the point clear as you have mentioned with the edits in our breaking news, so that we can upfront have the public in Kenya and Africa aware of what “YES WE KEN: The Benefit Of The Other” is all about healthier lives and empowering local communities and governments/nations in Africa, to build better communities for all to live in a free toxic environment.
We shall also make a selection of the drinks to be accepted for the venue as noted in your series of email, that is, HEALTHY JUICES, WATER, ANY BEVERAGES not ridden with harmful or artificial ingredients, Organic coffee, Healthy snacks [which can be prepared by the local communities]—this is a brilliant suggestion which will not only protect people but will ensure MAXIMUM BEHAVIOUR of the participants including the musicians who will attend the historic event.
Another great way to reinforce your point, is for you to get down and do write a brochure for “YES WE KEN: The Benefit Of The Other” to include this IMPORTANT messages about the dangers of alcohol, Smoking and drinking of sodas and why the event needs to have only HEALTHY DRINKS.
This will be very important for us to disseminate to the public here in Kenya and during our trip to Ghana and South Africa, and we believe your message comes at the right time, and the government of Kenya will greatly support and participate at YWK and that measure alone will greatly decrease misbehavior that can distract the mission of YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other, this measure will also be explained to the security protocol to make sure that it is followed.
Peter has no problem at all with this measure to be effected as he too wants to see a successful global event, and you know what, this ALONE will make the event very unique and make all the delegates participate fullest with healthy consciousness and focused humanitarian creative and infrastructural basic economic ideas, which need sober minds that will share a common noble goal of how we can make Africa and the world a better place for all.
Rest assured that YOUR POINT on this matter have been taken seriously and will be followed fullest to ensure a breakthrough YES WE KEN: The Benefit Of The Other”. We expect to have Oxysilver for December YWK Part 2 and hopefully U-Water. Let us see what God can provide as we move forward with preparation of YWK.
YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other offers a chance to finally make the right humanitarian and infrastructural basic economic ideas move and for Africa and global community to receive the fruits of labor, in October and December 2009, the only challenge is to know how many ABC4ALL Mentors are ready to come down for the participation but are lacking financial capacity to make it to Kenya, for the fabulous historic event in the making which is the passport for Kenya and African nation-communities success.
We have in plans before we go to Ghana and South Africa to meet Mama Sarah Obama in Kisumu, we shall be able to go with Peter and meet her in person, to ascertain whether she was told about the event, if not we shall make our point once again to her to get to join us, and communicate to her about the latest progress of YWK, she will definitely accept including the family members, and again we want to reach out to Nobel Peace Laurent Professor Wangari Mathaai who is the head of Green Belt Movement, which she championed for protecting the environment, she will be honored to participate in any capacity even guest of Honor if possible including government ministers, schools, and other section communities in Kenya.
And this will be followed by East African section communities whom too we will reach out to using our media public appearances in Kenya, and with written letters to them to seek their attention to attend the first YWK Part 1 in Kenya October 2009.
At this moment we have a challenge to decorate the venue and at the same time we HAVE not heard from any of ABC4ALL Mentors in KENYA apart from Peter, we need them to get on board, so that when we are away for Ghana and South Africa, they can help Peter to coordinate the remaining portion that they will need to accomplish.
It would be best to have them see the Venue donated by ABC4ALL Mentor [Kenya] Peter Ongera, and they can participate in decorating the place, so that before we leave YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other” message well understood, and they can be in position to give out the proposed brochures to the Kenyan public, for the reason that our brief stay has shown great impact of YWK and if all Kenyan ABC4ALL Mentors can come here at Kitengela to work with us, this will be MAST, as they will build the true success of “YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other”, which happens to start with Kenya.
For our contacts they can reach us using +256782249730 [Chairman’s telephone number], and we can direct them to come here at Kitengela and take them to the venue and have them work out possible decoration ideas together with us and Peter before we leave Kenya, THISIS VERY IMPORTANT, hope you will get this message specifically to them.
I have copied this message to them, so that any that is receptive can immediately call and get in contact with us, for this crucial matter and not just wait for everything to be done without their participation.
About Senegalese great musician Youssou N’dour, I managed to call his foundation and it seems both phones gave me a ringtone for a fax and could not get any response, this has been the only challenge why we have not got him on board, I tried his phones repeatedly while in Uganda, and could not find out a way to communicate to him personally.
Right now I have been searching for an email contact through http://www.ibringwhatilove.
Dahim is there a way I can meet him personally, a suggestion for Dahim—get to the Senegalese embassy in Ghana, get Youssou N’dour personal contacts and communicate the purpose why, so that we can contact him, and or we will try the same in Kenya, if we have there embassy here – so that we can track him down, I can write a letter for Dahim to share with Youssou N’dour. That way we shall have responded to the call of Clarita to have him on board and do believe we will finally get him to participate on YES WE KEN: The Benefit of The Other” in model concert in Kenya.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR APPRECIATIONS WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO ACCOMPLISH THIS WONDERFUL YWK TO BE A SUCCESS HERE IN KENYA.
MAST, MAST, MAST’
Ssemakula Peter Luyima
African Author and Chairman WASART African Youth Movement