Anyone ever heard this...

In early 1900s the British profiled Kenyan tribes according to their mental capacities.

This was to legitimise their brutal rule over Kenya and to justify their relationships with the indigenous.

This was done at Mathare Hospital and His Majesty’s Prison Nairobi which served as laboratories.

A case of this inhumane profiling was demonstrated in 1939 at Mathare Mental Hospital when two British doctors were asked to examine the mental capacity of Chemweno an Elgeyo who was serving a prison sentence at HMP Nairobi Prison.

The two doctors were Dr J.Carothers Medical officer Mathare Mental Hospital and Dr J Carman Medical Officer Nairobi Prisons.

Both Doctors had no experience in psychiatry and were just working temporarily awaiting the arrival of Dr James Cobb who was a trained psychiatrist.

After examining Chemweno ,Dr Carothers claimed that Chemweno was an Idiot.

Dr Carman also examined Chemweno and concluded that although Chemweno was an idiot he was less idiotic compared to the people of his tribe the Elgeyo. Therefore Chemweno was an “average intelligent” Idiot among idiots.

Chemweno’s case was discussed further ,with Dr Carman stating that if Chemweno had been a Kikuyu or a Maasai he would have diagnosed him as an extreme Idiot because these tribes had a higher level of intelligence than the Elgeyo.

Carman continued stating that despite being mentally deficient Chemweno was normal because it was normal for the Elgeyo to have mental deficiency.

After thorough deliberation ,the two doctors agreed that whatever the case Chemweno was still an Idiot and recommended that he should be released from prison.

Interesting!.

Those were the days when the Nordic race was viewed as the most intelligent race, something that played a major role in the 3rd reich.
All member of the elite Germany forces were Nordic, but Surprisingly, Hitler was not.
The Belgians, fermented the Hutus and the Tutsi rivalry years back, when they declared one group to be superior to the other, something that culminated in the Rwandan Genocide.

James Cobb isnt the guy from Inception?

kikuyu…

Hehehe Chemng’weno. The intelligent idiot…

And how did they classify Luhyas wa KIMILILI?, Super Idiots!!

Murkomen hajaambiwa poa

That is a sub county in the larger Bungoma County and by the way, Kimilili has the most educated people on the continent.

Not surprising. All collaborators were deemed intelligent.

Really? What abt the Luos and kikuyus?

Very true

Relax Boss, I know your posho mill is in Webuye.

Wapi watu wa Siaya wajitetee? Shiny eyes stand back. Lakini khocha mimi Kimilili najua tu Mukhisa and his cuzo Evans the go-to guy on matters climate change.

Educated !!! Bachelor’s, Masters or a PhD, acquiring one means that you are able to go through school, what matters is your contribution to society, after u are granted the power to read.
Been Educated is not wearing sharp Suits, hopping from one TV and Radio to another, speaking fluent English while flaunting your Titles around, and drinking everyday, while switching women as of the world is coming to an end.
Been Educated is a matter of impacting society. So, if I may ask, how many patents are emanating from Kimilili on annual basis?

And actually Hitler was both a gift and a curse…A gift to the colonised peoples, a curse to the colonisers. Imagine if Hitler hadnt so weakened the colonial powers of that time, they would still have got a strangle hold on Africa.

Kikuyu>>>Masai>>>>>Elgeyo>>>>>Idiot

Kabisa. By witnessing the vulnerability of the British and the fact that his dominance can be challenged fueled the independence movement. Dean Kimani and others served in Burma and for the first time saw a Breton sitting in his pants at the sound of the German blitzkrieg and they new one so coomba to Ngai (the white man is not God), and the close encounter with guns made them learn how to make their own. And also conversations with other colonised people.

:D:D:D

They morbidly fascinate you, obsession is a mental illness.