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            Jack Fernandes: His Final Curtain Call           Nairobi. Born 13th August 1933. Died: 29 April 2015. It is with humble acceptance of Gods Will that we announce the passing on, to his heavenly stage, of JACK FERNANDES loving husband of the late Olga Fernandes, beloved father of Ian and Elaine, father-in-law of Paloma and Vernon, adoring grandfather to Georgia, Kayleigh, Kayla and Aiden. Jack was a special man who will be missed by many. A great entertainer who will be remembered for his comical antics on the Konkani Stage, a prominent sports man on the athletics track and football field and his many years of service to the Goan Institute. The funeral service will take place at 10 am on Saturday 2nd May, 2015 at the Consolata Shrine, Westlands. Viewing will commence from 9.30 am. This will be followed by a cremation at the Kariokor Crematorium. No flo...

Kenya’s history of good intentions The road to Kenya’s independence from the earliest of days to 1963 was always paved with the best of intentions, some of which are spelt out in the Jomo Kenya speech below. Looking back, it is easy to dismiss the whole episode as exploitation by the few in power but what would have been the alternative. For 50 years successive governments have faced this the most difficult of issues and have come up almost empty. The Kenya African National Union manifesto which is jammed packed with the highest ideals any society would wish to achieve is also the basis for the Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 which legitimised the capitalist course, especially in relation to ownership of land and industry. Jomo Kenyatta’s speech at the Kenya African Union (KAU) meeting (June, 1952) I want you to know the purpose of K.A.U. It is the biggest purpose the African has. It involves every African in Kenya and it is their mouthpiece which asks for freedom. K...

This document (edited) reveals the inside story on how an American, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, came write one of the most hated policy papers in Kenya’s political history: the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965. 2015 is also the 50 th anniversary of the paper’s adoption by the Kenya parliament. The paper virtually turned Kenya into a capitalist society and paved the way for those in power to plunder the fruits of Uhuru for themselves rather than sharing it with the general wananchi. It is arguable that Kenya could have been anything other capitalist. There is a strong belief that capitalism was a conspiracy between western powers and the then Kenya government.            As the East African countries approached independence their second major concern, after that of finding the means to take effective control of government, was the development of their societies. World Bank missions to each of the three major East African ter...

THE RAILWAY INSTITUTE 20 th December 1969 CHILDREN’S DAY At   3.30 pm Fancy Dress parade, followed by the arrival of Father Christmas who will hand out toys to children of seven years and under. This will be followed by a Tea Party and entertainment for the children. Those who are seven years and under can take part in the Fancy Dress Parade. A prize will be awarded for the most original dress. Those between between the ages of seven and 12 have not been forgotten and they are allowed to join other children for the Tea Party. 24 th December (night) (sic) DAWN DANCE From 2 am onwards you can dance to “Cooty and the Supersonics”. Entrance fee for this dance is 10 shillings per couple. Ladies free. Do come and wish your friends a “Happy Christmas” 25 th December CHRISTMAS DANCE Dance to “The Amigos”. Come all and make 1969 Christmas a memorable one. 31 st December NEW YEAR’S DANCE Dance to the “Les Typhoons”. There will be lots for you to d...

The picture below features among others my late brother Hippol, Alex Fernandes who was arguably the greatest East African Goan soccer star and the mighty Jack Carvalho, who, if you played in goal, was like two tanks coming at you. He was indeed a very powerful player. Nairobi Heroes was forever the most successful Goan team but hot on their heels were teams like Crusaders, Young Goans, Spurs, Roving Rovers, Seychellois United and a few others. Most of the guys below came from Eastleigh and the surrounding areas of Nairobi. Alex is a special kind of person and he was just that as a player. I think Johan Cruyff was fashioned in Alex's mould. Alex was supreme in defence. He was the one-man clean-up crew. Though small in stature, he soared like an eagle above everyone else. He was equally brilliant diving horizontally and heading the ball a foot or two off the ground. But it was in the mid-field that he was truly the supremo. Just brilliant. He was a soccer dancer with the skills of...

A reader of the blog left this priceless evidence of the appreciation of the Goan community in Kenya: A million thanks whoever you are: Editorial in CATHOLIC MIRROR (Nairobi, Kenya), March, 1968 .Page Four. GOAN CATHOLICS The spotlight in recent weeks, has been turned full on the exodus of many Asians from Kenya. Among those who have departed are a number of Goan families from Nairobi and other centres in the country. Their departure must necessarily remind us of the extraordinary contributions the Goans of Kenya have made to the Catholic Church and Catholic life in this country. They came here bringing with them a tradition of Catholic worship and family life, which stretched back more than four centuries to the great apostle of their homeland, St Francis Xavier. In their own country – an area surrounded by non-Christian communities – they had developed that Christian tradition. It centred on a great devotion to the central act of worship of the Church, the Sacrifice of the Ma...