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# Karen Nyamu

Karen Njeri Nyamu is a Kenyan politician from the UDA. She is a nominated member of the Senate of Kenya.

## Quotes

* Well, I mean ni kweli. There is something like that, but unajua saa zile kuna feelings, saa zile kuna watu wanapendana, clash hapa na pale, na ku overreact, na nini hazijosangi.
** Karen Nyamu said, (The Standard Media)
* A friend needs to have something similar. We go through similar things and people who know me from way back and understand me. A person I can be vulnerable to. They should be hardworking.
* My dad, my step-mum, my friend who doesn’t live in Kenya, and my man are my friends. I have never found a genuine friend who has my character traits. Someone true to themselves like me. People are different and they have different interests. A lot of women want to talk to me just to benefit. I am very introverted.
* A genuine friend should share common experiences and have a deep understanding of my background.This connection allows for vulnerability and meaningful conversations.
* I value hardworking individuals as potential friends.
* My inner circle consists of my family, a trusted friend residing outside Kenya, Bakhita, and my partner, Samidoh.
* My difficulty in forming close friendships stems from my desire for authenticity and shared character traits, true friendship should be built on honesty and authenticity, which I find lacking in many interactions.
# Tina Gifty Mensah

Tina Gifty Naa Ayele Mensah (born 23rd January 1964) is a Ghanaian politician and the member of parliament for Weija-Gbawe constituency. She is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was appointed into office as deputy Health Minister by Nana Addo on 15 March 2017.

## Quotes

* The aged in society remain susceptible to the new wave of COVID-19 infections.
** The government had done its part to control the spread of the pandemic in the country, it behoved the citizenry to continue wearing their nose masks in public places, wash their hands with soap under running water and avoid handshake.
* The pandemic was re-surfacing in the country, and urged particularly the aged to strictly adhere to health safety guidelines to protect themselves and people around them from contracting the deadly virus.
* Although young people had good immune systems to fight the disease, they could easily pass it on to their parents without showing any symptoms.
* I observed the use of hand sanitizers and social distancing among the populace had reduced for some time now, a situation that could trigger the spread of the pandemic and had devastating consequences on the nation.

## External links

* https://www.parliament.gh/mps?mp=43
# Rachael Kaki Nyamai

Rachael Kaki Nyamai (born in 1976) is a Kenyan politician. She is a member of parliament for Kitui south constituency in Kitui County under Jubilee Party.

## Quotes

* I have served you well since you first sent me to Parliament in 2013. I am still strong and ready to continue serving you, if you give me another opportunity .
** https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/big-read/2022-02-21-kitui-mp-nyamai-to-seek-third-term-on-jubilee-ticket/, (The star, February 20, 2023)
* I have just shared the video with CPA Mbadi, the girl told me that she was not in the street concerning the bill, she was doing TikTok. And she was swinging very nicely. She told me that she wanted to get views for TikTok.
* I asked the girl why she had gone for the protests despite the taxes being dropped and she told her she was creating content in order to get TikTok views.
* I watched one of the girls I pay school fees for and she was in the streets. She had written a message to me the previous day, and I asked her, you told me that it was about taxation on motor vehicles and bread, why are you in the street?
# Irene Mrembo Njoki

Irene Mrembo Njoki (born December 1975), commonly referred to as Irene Njoki, is a Kenyan politician who was elected member of parliament of Kenya on 9 August 2022, representing Bahati Constituency, Nakuru County, in the 2022–2027 election cycle. She ran as a member of the Jubilee Party. Before joining elective Kenya politics, she was the personal assistant to James Macharia, then cabinet secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works, Shipping and Maritime, in the Cabinet of Kenya (2017–2022).

## quotes

* As I humbly accept the role given unto to me by the residents of Bahati Sub-County, I promise to work with my competitors for the betterment of the area .
** https://www.mwakilishi.com/article/kenya-news/2022-08-11/udas-kimani-ngunjiri-loses-bahati-mp-seat-to-newcomer-irene-njoki, (Mwakilishi, November 8, 2022)
* My office has been training groups to access various government funds beyond the Constituency Uwezo funds.
* According to the first time serving MP in Parliament, this has been made possible through collaboration.
* In collaboration with MSMEs PS Susan Mang’eni, they launched a record Ksh 3 ,400,000 for 27 groups in the constituency.
* Beneficiaries are urged to ensure they use the opportunity to empower themselves and be self reliant through various businesses.
* Self-help group investments are key to wealth creation.
* I am committed to continue expanding access to government funds for more groups, as self-help group investments are key to wealth creation.
* My agenda is to see a transformed Bahati Constituency.
# Sharon Letlape
## Biography

Molebogeng Sharon Letlape is a South African politician from the Economic Freedom Fighters. Since November 2023 she has been a member of the National Assembly of South Africa.

## Quotes

* I told him that I was there as an individual with the responsibility and mandate to do oversight in entities of government, and he still refused
* He was so arrogant that he pointed me with fingers and said he is the station commander, and I am going to do what he says; he got his ways of doing things, and I am going to listen to him
* You look at the crime history of these stations, and we try to go in and zoom in to what could be the challenges that make the services of SAPS so imperfect that even the communities lose trust in SAPS. And this is what you get
* As I am getting a briefing, she gets a call to say you must stop that briefing and you must not allow her in the premises; that’s an instruction from the province
** Sharon Letlape on being chased out of police station during oversight visit
* Women have always been at the centre of the revolution. Let us honour them, and place them in the place they deserve in history
* South Africa is no different. Standing head and shoulders as a fearless force for liberation, Mama Winnie Mandela remains an inspiring tale of a woman who, during the most conservative of eras, confronted male Afrikaner soldiers and inspired military men and youth to fight for freedom
* The role of women has always been far more than the reproductive labour that all seem to think is simply what women should do in times of struggle
** Sharon Letlape writes on the role of women in revolution
# Charity Ngilu

Charity Kaluki Ngilu (born 28 January 1952) is a Kenyan politician and the second governor elected for Kitui County. She unsuccessfully vied to be President of the Republic of Kenya in 1997. She served as Minister for Health from 2003 until 2007 and Minister of Water and Irrigation from April 2008 to 2013. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development from 2013 until 2015.

## Quotes

* Leadership has to make peoples' lives better.
** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5OzTZhxBi0 2020 July 19th
** "stuffing ourselves with the poisons and irritants in tobacco is not cool", as "tobacco kills half of those who use it". This can certainly not be "cool".
** "From to-day smoking in all public places is prohibited. Smoking will not be allowed in public vehicles, cinema halls, schools, work places, restaurants and anywhere else where members of the public are enjoying fresh air."
* The Roots Party Presidential candidate George Wajackoyah popularity is gaining on Deputy President William Ruto.
* The Roots Party presidential candidate has raided Ruto's demographic with his promotion of the anti-venom trade and marijuana farming.
* The problem posed by oral health in Africa is compounded by the fact that budgetary allocation to oral health programmes has been minimal.
* Gone are the days when the prime function of the Kenyan woman was to be treated as a man’s possession.
* You cannot touch or take anybody to court over corruption when you yourself are corrupt.
* People on the ground feel that I left the Ministry of Water late so by the time I started my campaigns it was already too late.
* I appreciate that in 2013 I lost and the reasons are clear. I am ready to put that behind me and focus on the Kitui governorship seat.
* The people of Kitui felt that I had betrayed them by severing links with Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka thus resolving to punish me through the ballot.
# Dorothy Nditi

Dorothy Nditi Muchungu (born 1973) is a Kenyan politician. She is the immediate former Deputy Governor in Embu County Kenya.

## Quotes

* Any hopefuls who were to participate in the polls were locked out.
* They met secretly and handpicked interim party officials without involving other leaders.
** "Nditi ditches Wambora, joins Kivuti camp in run for woman rep", The Star (Jan 28, 2017)
* Yes! The death of my husband. I was only 27 and just two years in my marriage and when my son was still very young. It really brought me down. Then came the death of my dad weeks after my swearing-in as deputy governor. It was not easy losing all the people I love in my life so soon.
* Having misplaced priorities is an issue that is crippling the core essence of devolution.
* With proper priorities, counties can save cash spent on luxusries –k moneys that could be channeled to other areas which are beneficial to the electorate.
* Leaders should focus on public service, not just getting more money for themselves.
* County officials should focus on the welfare of Kenyans and channel money meant for counties to development projects.
* The electorate is yet to taste the fruits of devolution as their leaders prize personal gains over county development.
* Senior County officers are riding 4 by 4 vehicles to escape the muddy roads that they have neglected.
# Wallace Irwin

Wallace Irwin (March 15, 1875 – February 14, 1959) was an American writer. Over the course of his long career, Irwin wrote humorous sketches, light verse, screenplays, short stories, novels, nautical lays, aphorisms, journalism, political satire, lyrics for Broadway musicals, and the libretto for an opera. His novel The Julius Caesar Murder Case (1935) represents a subgenre within detective fiction, the mystery novel set in antiquity.

## Quotes

* Far, oh, far is the Mango island, Far, oh, far is the tropical sea — Palms a-slant and the hills a-smile, and A cannibal maiden a-waiting for me. I’ve been deceived by a damsel Spanish And Indian maidens both red and brown, A black-eyed Turk and a blue-eyed Danish And a Puritan lassie of Salem town. ... But there’s truth in the heart of the maid of Mango, Though her cheeks is black like the kiln-baked cork, As she sets in the shade o’ the whingo-whango A-waitin’ for me — with a knife and fork.
** "The Constant Cannibal Maid", sts. 1, 2, 6
** Nautical Lays of a Landsman (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1904), p. 63
# Millie Odhiambo

Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona (born 1 November 1966) is a Kenyan politician. She originally trained as a lawyer, and has been a member of parliament since 2008. She was first nominated and later elected as a Member of Mbita Constituency, (now Suba North Constituency).

## Quotes

* This amendment seeks to move that fine from Sh200 to Sh 200,000 and a fine of Sh500 to Sh500,000….Which Hustler are you going to fine for removing a notice off a car for half a million Kenya Shillings are you living in Utopia are you living on Mars”?
** Millie Odhiambo said, (NTV Kenya, December 8, 2023)
** "If they are good girls they will never get the corner office. Be a bad girl like Millie Odhiambo and you will be the mother of this house. I am a bad girl and as a bad girl I am serving my fourth term."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufrvdxa8AwA
* The Chief Justice is a woman and so is the deputy. The Attorney General of Kenya is a woman, and the President of the Law Society of Kenya is a woman too. This is historic and although I am happy with the progress we have made, in 2024 we should not be talking about the first women.
* We need very intensive civic education with the society, because we are socialized to accept discrimination against women even when you notice it. We have a good legislative framework for women, when I first got into Parliament, we were about 16 women in Parliament…now we are over 100.
* Just this week my nephew told me his former classmate took his own life because he had not managed to secure employment for three years. We have a lot of our people who have gone into crime, addiction and depression and that why the government must put its act together and find a way.
* Good girls don't get the corner office!
# Christa Eka

Christa Eka Assam is a Cameroonian film actress and director. Her work in Cameroonian cinema has been critically acclaimed.

## Quotes

* Humility and hard work are a sure path to long-lasting success. And remember, anything you do which does not lead you TOWARDS your goal, leads you AWAY from it!
** NexDim meets Cameroonian actress and model: EKA CHRISTA. (2009).
* It was a little bit of a challenge because Nalo’s character is so different from the person I am in real life. I had to do things I wouldn’t do but then, that’s what acting is all about.
** NexDim meets Cameroonian actress and model: EKA CHRISTA. (2009).
* Definitely! There’s nothing I else I can see myself doing. This is my passion, this is my profession, this is my life!
** NexDim meets Cameroonian actress and model: EKA CHRISTA. (2009).
* My fans are very important to me because they are a source of inspiration and encouragement. I hold each one of them very dear and I always strive to do my best to make them proud
** NexDim meets Cameroonian actress and model: EKA CHRISTA. (2009).
* (..) before you set out to achieve anything, believe in God, believe in yourself and believe in what you want to achieve because when you find yourself in a tight spot, it’s that belief which keeps you going.
** NexDim meets Cameroonian actress and model: EKA CHRISTA. (2009).
* …I wanted more from the genre. I felt that film was a tool we could use to address some of the issues we are facing in our country
** Eka Christa and the New School of Cameroonian Cinema
# Ruth Odinga

Ruth Busia Adhiambo Odinga is a Kenyan politician and the women's representative for Kisumu County in the National Assembly. She is a member of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). She is the daughter to Jaramogi Odinga, the first vice president of Kenya, and the sister of both former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Oburu Odinga, the serving Senator for Siaya County.

## Quotes

* No one can be president from this region apart from Raila. I have looked around to check whether anyone meets his qualities but I have found none.
** https://www.citizen.digital/news/no-one-from-nyanza-can-be-president-apart-from-raila-says-ruth-odinga-n327465, (The Citizen, September 15, 2023)
* Auma was not justified to insinuate that Kenyans or Luos are known for handouts.
* For me, I have put aside all my ambitions to mobilize people to register as voters. If this endorsement and lineup narratives to not stop then we will have to call out these politicians in public, those jostling to take pictures with Raila should do it in good faith, and not for coning the public.
* Being a public figure and a leader in this country, Raila attracts crowds of people who want to pose for photos with him, but these are innocent pictures which should not be misused by a few mischievous politicians to lie to the people that they mean endorsements.
* The focus now is to mobilize people to register as voters, and not forming non-existent lineups with claims of Raila endorsement.
* Some of these people are even hiring choppers to follow Raila whenever he goes, just to create a perception aimed at substantiating the endorsement claims.
* A number of politicians have been jostling to take pictures with Raila, and go ahead to use the pictures to hoodwink voters that they are endorsements ahead of August 2022 general election.
# Joyce Ashuntantang

Joyce Ashuntantang is a Cameroonian poet and creative writer. She has contributed to nine international anthologies of poetry and currently a tenured Professor of English at the University of Hartford, West Hartford, Connecticut.

## Quotes

* What is impossible with man is possible with God.
* Hard work pays eventually.
* Time sometimes is the only solution. You just have to be patient for time to do the job.
* Belief in a God is essential for a productive life. It is the best gift parents can give their children. I remain grateful that my parents showed me the way to the Christian God.
* Doing good and being helpful to people is a healthy tonic- good for the soul and necessary for mankind.
* Small class sizes put every Hillyer student in a "front row" seat and as a result I get to know each student as an individual with his/her own needs and talents.

## External links

Joyce Ashuntantang at Wikiquote's sister projects: :
* Article at Wikipedia
* Definitions and translations from Wiktionary
* Media from Commons
* Learning resources from Wikiversity
* News stories from Wikinews
* Source texts from Wikisource
* Textbooks from Wikibooks
# Greek language

Greek (Modern Greek: Ελληνικά, Elliniká; Ancient Greek: Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet which arose from the Phoenician script and was in turn the basis of the Latin, Cyrillic, Coptic, Gothic, and many other writing systems.
The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts in science and philosophy were originally composed. The New Testament of the Christian Bible was also originally written in Greek. Together with the Latin texts and traditions of the Roman world, the Greek texts and Greek societies of antiquity constitute the objects of study of the discipline of Classics.

## Quotes

* To speakers of modern Greek the Homeric poems of the 7th century BC are not written in a foreign language. The Greek language has enjoyed a continuous tradition from earliest times until now. [...] The only other language which enjoys comparable continuity of tradition is Chinese.
** Robert Browning, Medieval and Modern Greek (Cambridge University Press, 1983)
* She knew the Latin—that is, ‘the Lord's prayer,’ And Greek—the alphabet—I’m nearly sure.
** Lord Byron, Don Juan, canto I, stanza 13
* A university teaches. What does it teach? It must obviously teach all the languages in which the great literatures which have been preserved were written — Hebrew, Arabic, Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, French, Italian, German, Scandinavian, and English.
** Charles William Eliot, as quoted by Z. Elmarsafy; A. Bernard; D. Attwell, Debating Orientalism (Springer, 2013), p. 82
* He was still in a world of Greek gods and sacrifices, of Greek plays and Greek language, though the natives might speak Greek with a northern accent which hardened 'ch' into 'g','th' into 'd' and pronounced King Philip as Bilip.
** Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great (1973), p. 30
* Small Latin and less Greek.
** Ben Jonson, from the famous preliminary poem to Shakespeare's First Folio (1623)
* Cassius: Did Cicero say anything? Casca: Ay, he spoke Greek. Cassius: To what effect? Casca: Nay, and I tell you that, I’ll ne’er look you i’ the face again. But those that understood him smil’d at one another and shook their heads; but for mine own part, it was Greek to me.
** Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2
** Cp. the Latin Graecum est, non legitur and the Medieval Latin proverb Graecum est; non potest legi (i.e., "It is Greek; it cannot be read").
* The Greeks Had a Word for It
** Zoe Akins, Title of play (1930)

## External links

* Greek language edition of Wikiquote
* Greek phrasebook at Wikivoyage
# Elizabeth Ongoro

Elizabeth Ongoro is a Kenyan politician. She belongs to Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Kasarani Constituency in the 10th Parliamentof the National Assembly of Kenya from the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election to the 2013 Kenyan parliamentary election.

## Quotes

* I came to UDA with all my heart, with all my mental faculties functional and with my conviction that I have made the right decision.
* We believe that the UDA party and its leadership means well for this county
** Elizabeth Ongoro said (People Daily, July 24, 2023)
* I have taken the decision to avoid a possible conflict of interest since Amollo is my younger brother.
# Ram Narayan

Ram Narayan (25 December 1927- 9 November 2024 ) is an Indian classical musician who became the first internationally successful sarangi player.

## Sourced

* The greatest blessing that one can get from music is that it makes an artist immensely satisfied with life irrespective of the financial condition in which they may be.
** An Interview with Pandit Ram Narayan. Official website.
* By and large the present day Indian film music lacks soulful melody, sublime spirit and compelling charm of its lyrical intensity and has nothing Hindustani in it.
** Sharma, S. D. (28 February 2008). "Sarangi maestro calls present music soulless drudgery". The Tribune.
* My mission was to obliterate the blemish which the sarangi carried due to its social origins. I hope I have succeeded in this.
** Dhaneshwar, Amarendra (18 February 2002). "Saviour of the sarangi, Pandit Ram Narayan". The Indian Express.
* At one time, sarangi exponents used to be called gurus and ustads because they were so learned that they could teach vocalists a thing or two. It wasn't surprising that many of them turned into vocalists and made a name for themselves independently.
** Patil, Vrinda (9 December 2000). "Dying strains of sarangi". The Tribune.
* I am a musician's musician and am passionate about my sarangi. I shall continue my battle for the cause of the sarangi. I will be reborn to continue my sadhana until the battle is won.
** S. Sahaya Ranjit (25 April 2005). Solo success. India Today.

## External links

* Pandit Ram Narayan. Official website.
# Augusto Vargas Alzamora

Augusto Vargas Alzamora (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lima.

## Quotes

* We must therefore fulfill the obligation of being aware of a world which continues to ignore with a guilty conscience the Law of God, and which is based on human laws imposed by those who hold the power of economic strength. It is up to the latter to give up these interests.
** H. Em. Card. Augusto VARGAS ALZAMORA , S.J., Archbishop of Lima (21 November 1997) Press Office of the Holy See