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Friday, July 30, 2010

Real reasons why some people are voting NO

If you feel offended by some of these reasons then you know the truth usually hurts, especially when you look in the mirror

We stand on threshold of history and I am very grateful that it pleased God that I should be where I am at this historic moment able to write in a blog like Kumekucha that has such wide reach and have the opportunity to submit my last arguments before we all go to the referendum to decide whether it will be business as usual or we will rise to the occasion to change Kenya forever.

Some Kenyans think that this historic moment is a chance for them to shine.

I have talked to many many Kenyans on the ground and I have deliberately concentrated my efforts on those who were either undecided or intending to vote “NO”. I respect their right to their views and indeed their right to say NO. Albeit to the best thing that has ever happened to long suffering ordinary Kenyans. But allow me to tell the whole truth without fear.

Those voting No fall into 4 neat categories as follows.

1. Born again Christians too lazy to go on their knees and seek God (because He says in the good book that those who seek him will find him) and find out what His will is as concerns the new constitution. Instead they blindly follow what their church leaders are telling them and shut down their own thinking. Every generation has its’ fair share of Pharisees but the good book tells us that in these last days many will be fooled by people pretending to represent God. And the tell tale signs are there for all to see. For instance why are all major church leaders so rich? Why don’t we have any John the Baptist type of prophets any more?

Anyway this group will blindly vote NO whatever arguments anybody tries to put forward. My advice to them is that if they are truly who they say they are then they should take a day or two and deny themselves food and seek the face of God and ask him how to vote on Tuesday. THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT. In my view August 4th is going to be the day the will of the church leaders clashes with the will of God. We know the one that always wins, don’t we?

2. Kenyans who believe that since the majority seem to be in favour, they will look more intelligent and independent minded by arguing against the said new constitution. Many have made a total fool of themselves interpreting the draft constitution. Some are sure that the new constitution will abolish the current penal code. Even some well educated Kenyans (including lawyers) have fallen into this trap of interpreting the draft whilst ignoring the penal code. Or interpreting individual sections out of context. My message to these guys trying to show people that they are extremely intelligent and can grasp things is that this is NOT the time. We are talking about matters of life and death here. Too many Kenyans have reached the end of themselves and only a complete re-birth of the Kenyan nation through a new constitution can save them. Vote No and you will be killing people, literally. I kid you not. Admittedly I don’t expect most of my readers here (sitting in comfortable air-conditioned environments all over the world and burping from heavy 6 course lunches while lazily scrolling down this blog with their mouse—too lazy to even use the keyboard) to have an inkling of what the hell I am talking about.

3. Skeptical Kenyans whose experience has convinced them that the political class can NEVER support anything that is genuinely good for the ordinary folk. To be honest I too am amazed at the way things have worked out so that we are on the verge of getting what in my view is the best constitution in Africa—by far. I am totally puzzled that some people would campaign so vigorously for something that will finish them forever. The only way to explain it is to say that there has been divine intervention in this matter and that is why Christians in Kenya should pray very hard lest they vote against the will of God on Tuesday. My message to this group is; don’t trust the politicians but instead listen carefully to what experts like Yash Pal Ghai, Njoki Ndungu etc have to say. People who love their country and mostly feel the pain of ordinary folk. What are these people saying about the said document? I know for a fact that the original constitution-making body (CKRC) members who went round the country seeking views came back to Nairobi reborn. Who could not have been touched just seeing the numerous Kenyans stripped of all dignity by poverty and lack of opportunities brought about by impunity and years of very bad governance? And still these people wore their best suits (worn and torn from being washed at home with Omo) and came forward and talked about their dreams for a new Kenya. It brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. Yash Pal Ghai was in that group and the guy has a passion about ordinary folks that he never had before the trips.

Skeptical Kenyans listen to these guys and what they have to say and then vote wisely on the 4th of August, the happiness of your children and grand children (even those unborn) depends on it.

4. Those who see red and plug their ears when the word “Abortion” is mentioned. Or shut their eyes tight when they read it somewhere. My message to this group is simple. I will not be sucked into the silly argument of whether or not abortion is allowed in the draft constitution. Instead I will say that abortion is NOT something that should be in any constitution. Even the holy Land Israel does not have it in their constitution, so who do Kenyans think they are? And so don’t cheat yourself on Tuesday that you are voting NO because you hate abortion the way God does. If you do then you are suggesting that a constitution should do the work of the church or our religious institutions and help them in ridding society of sin. And so we should add clauses to the constitution stating that adultery is not permitted (unless some randy car jacker rapes you or asks you to have sex with other passengers—as they do sometimes). And while you are at it I will insist that the constitution addresses the make-quick-money-for-the-pastor churches and ministries that are springing up all over the place and offering irresistible cash for prayer deals to desperate Kenyans.

Get my drift? Let the church do its’ job and let the government do its’ duty and let’s not confuse the two.

Finally what I am about to say is what I have said to many of those Kenyans intending to vote against the draft constitution. As you face the ballot box alone just make sure you vote with a clear conscience. Make sure you gather all the facts now so that you will not later regret how you voted. And by the way Moi and Ruto are the wrong people to gather information from. Even Kibaki, Raila and other Yes proponents are the wrong people to rely on for your information (although they have spoken much more truth than their NO counterparts about the draft constitution).

Instead talk to lawyers. Ask questions in the comment area of this blog and let those who know answer in full view of the rest (NOT by private email) and then carefully observe the reactions of others to the answer you have received here.

My brothers and sisters, I beg you once again, this is NOT the time to show others how intelligent you really are arguing against the draft constitution like a real learned friend (lawyer). Please, please, there will be plenty of time for that after we have chased away the foxes from the hens. We can even have a contest to discover the most intelligent sharp minded Kenyans in the land and you will get all the publicity and attention you crave then.

Vote with your conscience, vote alone and be prepared to take full responsibility for how you vote. Chances are that this opportunity fate has given you will never again be given to any other Kenyan until the end of time. That is how bloody important this thing is. And that is why I don’t laugh when people make jokes about the draft constitution. I don’t want the joke to be on me 100 years from now when people sit down to analyze my writings in this blog and your vote on the day that coincidentally Barack Obama Junior was born.

Recent Chris post you may have missed: What is Kibaki smoking?

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Thursday, July 29, 2010

What is Kibaki smoking?

In my landmark book Dark Secrets of the Kenyan presidency I explore the fascinating transformation that took place in Jomo Kenyatta, a teetotaler who hated alcohol and promised church elders in the 1920s never to touch it again to the land-grabbing mafia don president who ordered hits of those who dared to criticize him or his government. Indeed many people who knew Jomo well lost their lives because they could not bring themselves to believe that he was capable of taking anybody’s life.

Daniel arap Moi too metamorphosed after the failed 1982 coup attempt. From a humble hard working president who had released all political detainees to a dictator who ruled with such a iron hand that some started looking at the bloody Kenyatta days with nostalgia.

Now in his sun set years as President Mwai Kibaki seems to be going through his transformation phase which seems mandatory for every Kenyan president. A politician who has spend his long political career avoiding confrontation at all costs is suddenly itching for political “mud fights.”

What really shocked me beyond any words was that after Moi defended himself against the Kibaki remarks that started this whole thing and fired his own salvo, the president issued a statement through the presidential press unit answering him right back. Aiii!!! That is certainly NOT Kibaki.

I have spent the last two days linking up with all my contacts and State house insiders trying to answer the mystery of who the man impersonating Mwai Kibaki really is. To date I have no answers. Indeed I have more questions that I had when I started.

What has caused this transformation that is so sudden?

One possible reason that is repeatedly being floated by some political analysts is the Kibaki legacy. For somebody who has studied the president for so long this is not so easy to accept. If Kibaki was so concerned about his legacy all along, then surely he would have acted differently during the worst political crisis the country has ever failed in December 2007/January 2008. There is plenty he would have done that he did not do.

Could it be that the preassures of the office have finally taken their toll on Mwai Kibaki just as they did to his predecessors? I have watched the president arrive for many public holidays and as he waves to the crowd many times Kenyans have simply stared back and some of them have had open hatred showing on their faces. A sharp contrast to Moi who even in the years when he was least popular always seemed to elicit some sort of positive response from any crowd of Kenyans. That could not have been any fun for Kibaki. It is human nature to want to be popular and maybe the president has seen the perfect opportunity to make a heroic exit from office when he hands over power in two short years.

To be honest folks, I am puzzled.

Incidentally retired president Moi could be smoking something even more potent than what Kibaki is taking. A man who terrorized and crashed all opposition to his rule (real and imagined) is now telling Kenyans in public and with a straight face that he did it all for the good of Kenyans. Can you believe that?

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What Kibaki said:

Some old men are moving around saying the constitution is bad It is a shame for such old men. He should stop panicking and join us so that we can pass the constitution

Moi’s long rejoinder:

“There are those who promised a new constitution within 100 days, but they are yet to deliver.”

The former president maintained that all he was interested in was a united Kenya, where all lived in peace. He said to make a good constitution it was important to ensure that the needs of every Kenyan were safeguarded, failure to which the country will be divided

"Some are saying Moi was a dictator, but for me I was interested in peace and love among Kenyans and I strived to ensure that the country was united," he said.

The former president said constitution making was not like everyday politics saying it needed thorough consultations to ensure no one was left out of the process.

Mr Moi said during his tenure as president he ensured that Kenya was united and in peace unlike today where people are divided along tribal lines.

Moi said he will not support a constitution that allows abortion, same sex marriages and disciplined forces to picket.

"How will the country respond to any security threat if the soldiers were picketing?" he posed.

He was referring to Article 26 (4) in the Proposed Constitution that empowers doctors to end a pregnancy only if it endangers the woman's life or she needs emergency treatment.

The document also provides that no Kenyan will be discriminated against on grounds of age, marital status, disability, sex, religion among others and does not refer to same sex marriages.

While the Proposed Constitution acknowledges that every Kenyan has the right to join association, protest, hold demonstrations and picket, it removes the right for the security agencies.

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Bloodied Face of Kenya After Next Week's Vote

Whatever the outcome of next week's referendum on the proposed constitution, the political landscape and chemistry will be radically altered forever. Whether Kibaki will reshuffle his cabinet is neither here nor there but the writing is boldly imprinted on the wall. The church too must brace itself for rebranding after next Wednesday.

First the trophy goes to Moi for standing up to Kibaki to remind him he has all the right to trash the proposed constitution. At least Moi unwittingly accepted that we needed a new constitution 100 days after Kibaki took power. But his beef that the promise was not kept leaves him exposed as very petty. Is it not better to have it in less than 3000 days (8 years) than not at all after close to 9000 days (24 years) of ruin?

Granted, neither Moi nor Kibaki should be criticising each other in public. It is just not right given their ages and our African culture. But Moi should walk his talk of speaking the truth instead of selective interpretation of the draft for political and personal expediency.

True, two wrongs never made a right but just imagine anybody swiftly standing up to Moi just some 9 years ago? The political hirelings would have left some parts of the victim's anatomy scattered in various parts of Kenya. That Moi has his right as a Kenyan to make political choices is given. But attempting to square it out with his predecessor is just not right.

Freedom! That word which is both used and abused in equal measure. Moi is brandishing it while he denied Kenyans even a trace of the same commodity. Well, speak of people living in glass houses having their hands full of stones and throwing them with abandon.

We live in interesting times, COME ON August 4th.

Monday, July 26, 2010

No camp in crisis

New Kumekucha survey shows 85% victory for YES

The press have in recent days referred to President Kibaki as “the unusually active President Kibaki” when pointing out the numerous meetings the president is holding countrywide to drum up support for the proposed constitution. With his "twin brother" Raila incapacitated and recovering from surgery it seems that Kibaki has taken full charge of the YES team with surprisingly devastating results.

The writing is clearly on the wall. The NO brigade is desperately retreating but can hardly find any cover even as the YES side moves in for the kill.
Martha Karua (Yes) and William Ruto (No): Kenyans will need to ask themselves a simple question. The current draft was mainly the result of a compromise between Karua and Ruto at the Naivasha retreat. Why then did Ruto suddenly turn round and oppose the very compromise document that has his thumbprints all over?

Interestingly the only tiny pockets of resistance standing in the way of an absolute YES whitewash on August 4th look like they can be swayed at the very last minute. Top on the list is Meru. NO crusaders have always been warmly received in the area and it looked like a NO stronghold. But now that the president is so actively campaigning and expected in the area soon, things look a lot different. For starters Meru has always consistently voted Kibaki even when it has not been in their best interests to do so. Meaning that a simple plea from the president could turn the tide completely in favour of the YES side.

The other area that has received frequent NO visits is Ukambani where local MPs have cleverly positioned the proposed constitution as a Kibaki document that must be defeated to frustrate the president further. That worked pretty well at the beginning until it dawned on the Kamba people that they cannot stick with a constitution under which thye have been regular beggars for food handouts despite the fact that they usually work so hard on their shambas. That coupled with door to door campaigns by the women leaders in the region including Charity Ngilu and Kathiani legislator Wavinya Ndeti has dramatically changed the situation in two short weeks.

Even William Ruto’s own Kalenjin backyard looks extremely shaky just now.

Actually what has happened is that it has dawned on Kenyans all over the country (thanks to some very positive press in favour of YES) that voting NO would be a victory for impunity. Whatever the so-called contentious issues are the new constitution is a lot better for Kenyans now than the current document. A document which former legislator Joseph Kamotho describes so aptly when he says; This is not a constitution, it is just a guideline.” Guideline for impunity if you ask me.

And so I take this opportunity to announce that my last survey on the proposed constitution across the entire country has forced me to adjust my prediction for the outcome of the referendum from a 75% victory for YES to an 85% landslide victory. In other words 85% of those who vote on August 4th will vote YES.

Those who own Kenya have already sensed defeat and are fully aware of the sweeping changes that will blow across the country with the passing of the new constitution. There is massive panic selling of land countrywide and prices are coming down dramatically. And as stated in my earlier post, the options for the evil NO brigade who organized the Uhuru Park bombings are extremely few (I dare say non-existent).

I look forward to the new Kenya. To all those dear Kenyans who died and suffered (including yours truly who suffered under Moi’s secret police); It was not all in vain after all.

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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Reading between the lines of Kibaki’s first ever press interview

Has the man who DOES NOT care much about anything mellowed with age and the pressures of office?
Asked about his improved relationship with the PM, the president said that tension was to be expected at the beginning after such a closely fought election in 2007 but revealed that his relationship with both the PM and Vice President was excellent.

President Kibaki has never as president of Kenya given a press interview. That was until yesterday (Saturday) morning.

It is worth noting that many times when in situations where journalists managed to sneak in an opportunity to ask him direct questions the president would either ignore them or just mutter an answer to himself under his breath. The most famous of these infamous mutterings was in the run up to the controversial 2007 elections when a BBC journalist asked the president what his options were in the event that he lost the general elections to Raila Odinga. President Kibaki answered under his breath in Kiswahili wondering about the journalists’ intelligence and declaring the impossibility of such an eventuality.

It seems that one of the effects of the president’s ill health has been an uncustomary impatience and foul mood that seemed to emerge at the least excuse. And so handlers must have feared the risk of such an outburst in the middle of a press interview especially if a sensitive question was fielded. It is instructive that even during yesterday’s press interview the president’s handlers were still visibly nervous about how it would all turn out.

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Interesting facts about the No campaign team
1. Has a much larger number of former MPs than the Yes brigade. What does that tell you?
Answer: Ex MPs are usually cash-strapped meaning that the No camp has much more money being dished out.
2. Is led by two individuals who hold the record for making their first 100 million in the shortest time ever recorded in history. Even Bill Gates and the Google guys didn't make their first 100 million this fast. Namely William Ruto and Cyrus Jirongo via a "cash machine" called YK92
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The Sunday Nation journalists who found themselves in this rather historic situation yesterday rose to the occasion magnificently and asked a wide range of questions (including some extremely sensitive ones). Indeed this blogger was amazed that glimpses of the old sharp witty pre-Machakos-junction-road-accident-in-2002-Kibaki seemed to show through. It would seem that the only reason the president’s handlers allowed the interview was because the President’s health seems to have improved dramatically in recent months and weeks. Still the president got impatient on the verge of being irritable on one or two occasions yesterday including the time when his handlers asked him to button up his jacket. He dismissed them and it seemed that he was getting angry but quickly recovered and said that the habit of buttoning up the jacket was a new fad that “watu wa zamani” had no time for.

Careful observers of the Kenyan president will remember the president’s contribution on the floor of the house during the debate to pass the bills that legalized the national accord and allowed for a coalition government with the two principals at the helm. Kibaki started embarrassingly repeating himself to the disbelief of those who have known his usually witty ways and remarkable speeches over the years.

Reading between the lines, it became very clear from the interview that President Kibaki is now sharply focusing on his legacy and wants to be on the “right side of history.” Amazingly the man who watched and did very little as the country sunk into the worst bloodshed in it’s history over an election that he had stolen has a chance for an amazing make-over that will be nothing short of miraculous. And it all hinges on the passing of the new constitution.

Admittedly the truth is that Kibaki has brought massive positive changes to Kenya. From the most ambitious infrastructural improvements in history as well as the introduction of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) which despite misappropriation has had a major impact across the face of the nation. Then of course there is the much wider political space that has resulted from his tenure in office. Many Kenyans have forgotten what the economy was like before 2002 when we saw negative growth for a few consecutive years. Clearly the president understands the Kenyan economy well. There has been better revenue collection and the KRA has completely been transformed into one of the most efficient institutions on these shores and as the president pointed out in yesterday’s interview the growing economy has helped the taxman collect much more revenue without the government having to increase the tax burden on individual Kenyans.

Sadly all these achievements will go down the drain and will hardly be considered or remembered by Kenyans all because of the president’s inability to play politics, because he is after all a politician, is he not? Kibaki has behaved more like an arrogant monarch who has no time to explain things that should be obvious to the ignorant uneducated commoners.

Still Kenyans are a forgiving lot and if they managed to forgive the barbaric Jomo Kenyatta regime when the old man passed on it now looks like they will do the same when Kibaki exits from power and leaves the country with a brand new constitution that is bound to be the envy of the entire continent and beyond. It became crystal clear during the unique press interview that the president wants to be at the forefront of the historic event that will start to shape a new Kenya after August 4th.

Read the exclusive Sunday Nation Mwai Kibaki interview


Previous post by Chris that you may have missed: Mostly fat rich burping men telling hungry Kenyans that the draft constitution is BAD

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

The Rupert Murdoch story

Opinion Polls, America Don't Vote, Kenyans Do



One week to go and the heat is on. Come on Kenyans do your part. Ignore both scaremongers and liars and VOTE your conscience.

See Chris' latest post on the Opinion polls released earlier today.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Opinion polls confirm that Kenyans have NOT been fooled...

...By mostly fat rich burping men telling hungry Kenyans that the draft constitution is BAD

I must admit that in the last two weeks or so it has really looked like the No camp has gained enormous ground over the Yes brigade. Indeed this is exactly what the No folks wanted Kenyans to think.

Fortunately opinion polls by Synorate and Infotrak released earlier today have brought the reality home. The research firms say that the Ayes have it by 58% and 65% respectively. Statisticians worry that the difference of 7% in the results of the two pollsters is too huge. I believe it has a lot to do with the percentage of rural versus urban respondents (which was different for the two companies). Still it is clear that Kenyans have made up their minds and we seem headed for a landslide victory for YES (as predicted here in Kumekucha months ago when I did my own survey which gave Yes a 75% victory.)

Somebody once said that it is impossible to stop an idea whose time has come. This is something retired President Moi may not realize even now in his deep frustration even as he continues with his very spirited attempt to halt the new document dead on its’ tracks.

But in retrospect the tell tale signs have been there all along that all was not well with the nay sayers. The NO team has clearly failed to penetrate the psyche of most Kenyan voters wary of a constitution that has helped bring so much suffering to ordinary Kenyans by among other things, promoting impunity. Even with the numerous pack of lies peddled by the men and women in red, including the one Ruto keeps repeating to the effect that Kenyans should vote No now and then the document will be quickly sent back to parliament and worked on again and another referendum will be held in November this year for it to be passed. Very funny Bwana Ruto when you tell the people this with a straight face. The truth is that if Kenyans reject the current draft, it will take a very long while for another one to be put together.

The latest from the hat of ”No” magicians is that under the proposed constitution, both houses will have over 400 elected members all earning the incredible salaries that MPs are currently earning. Clearly an attempt to play on the emotions of Kenyans after the recent salary increment MPs awarded themselves. But this one like many of the others has failed to work or to provoke any public emotions.

Still I feel uneasy and will not rest easy until the results of the August 4th Referendum have been announced. One of the reasons for my unease is the desperation with which those who own Kenya feel at the moment. Desperate people do desperate things. Make no mistake about it, these people will stop at nothing to halt the enactment of a new constitution.

Mercifully using bombs to kill innocent Kenyans is no longer an option. Not only did the move badly backfire but the government is very serious about gathering enough evidence to prosecute those behind it. The intelligence community of course has a pretty good idea of who the culprits are but then even our current bad constitution says that one can only be punished after being proven guilty in a court of law. Courts naturally require lots of evidence to return a guilty verdict and sadly it is extremely difficult to gather evidence to successfully prosecute these kinds of cowardly crimes involving the killing of numerous innocent Kenyans, including children. But it seems that threats are being used to great effect. As you read this some IDPs are trickling back to camps and urban areas in the Rift Valley after being threatened that violence will erupt again after the referendum.

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

William Ruto caught unawares

For somebody who sits behind a computer in Nairobi or somewhere on California reading Kumekucha and other political sites, the win by Chirau Mwakwere in Matuga was a shocker. To yours truly who is always in touch with Kenyans on the ground, the only thing that was surprising and called for further investigation was the huge margin of victory.

But I still do get shocked all the time by Kenyan politics and I will tell you what staggers me so much at the moment. It is the speed at which our politics is changing.

Let me illustrate this by focusing on one politician in particular.
William Ruto and with Prime Minister Raila Odinga: Sulking?

William Ruto, the Higher education minister. Make no mistake about it, Kenyan voters greatly admire survivors and politicians who emerge victorious against great odds. Older Kenyans will remember one Paul Ngei whow as said to have more lives than that of the proverbial cat. President Moi decided that he was gpoing to finish him politically and propped up former chief of general staf Jackson Mulinge to stand against him in the Kangundo constituency. In those greatly discredited queue voting elections, Muling got more than 70% in the first round and was supposed to be declared winner unopposed. Many Kenyan journalists had even started writing Ngei’s political orbituary. But against all odds the man (using threats and every dirty trick in the book) forced Moi to cancel those elections and when the two candidates went into the secret ballot, Ngei somehow won narrowly. Now after those elections ministers were sworn in at Uhuru Park and the huge crowd wildly cheered the political survivor when he came to take his oath of office as a cabinet minister.

William Ruto had a very similar image in the eyes of Kenyans barely a few weeks ago. The man was greatly admired for being a thorn in the flesh of such political heavyweights as ODM leader Raila Odinga and also for being a survivor when such powerful people wanted him out.

Now incase you are not aware, ordinary Kenyans at the grassroots level have taken the draft constitution very seriously indeed and a huge number of them have actually read right through the bulky document. Things are actually very different from what they were in 2005 when one Raila Odinga led opposition against the Bomas draft and used it to lift himself politically. Fast forward to 2010 and William Ruto is trying to use the same strategy to position himself for 2012. And so he has been using some of the tactics Raila Odinga used in 2005. Like telling the people blatant lies about the draft constitution. It worked well for Raila in 2005 because people swallowed everything hook line and sinker. A poor excuse of a Kenyan interviewed on TV then even admitted that as long as Raila had read the document and decided it was bad, he had no business reading it for himself.

But 2010 is a different ball game. Apart from it being a lot more difficult to cheat Kenyans, there are things like the Ukweli (truth) meter (in the committee of experts’ brilliant campaign to create awareness on the constitution). Then we also have Citizen TV moving from village to village across the country entertaining Kenyans as they educate them about the draft. Newspapers too have been occasionally telling Kenyans what politicians are saying and comparing it to what is in the draft constitution. The result is that Ruto has been challenged several times during his rallies by ordinary people in the crowd who have screamed back “uwongo” (lies).

What has actually happened in a few short weeks is that Ruto is now viewed by most Kenyans as a very devious character who will not hesitate to tell lies to achieve his agenda. This is exactly the character of the man since his days at the Hilton Hotel jobless corner as a job seeker to his meteoric overnight rise to the top as a very wealthy man. Naturally this is the kind of image that would make it very difficult for him to successfully seek a national political seat. In fact he may even ran into serious problems retaining his parliamentary seat at this rate.

On the other end of the scale the image of Mwai Kibaki has been tremendously transformed mainly because of his steadfast support of the new constitution and his countrywide campaigns. If the constitution passes chances are history will treat Mwai Kibaki much more kindly, he may even emerge as a hero of sorts. That my friends is the nature of politics and a man’s image. Very fickle stuff I assure you.

But the man whose image has reached the greatest heights of all is Prime Minister Raila Odinga. I dare add that his recent hospitalization has helped (sympathy really counts for a lot in politics). There is no doubt that if presidential elections were to be held today the son of Jaramogi would have no competition. Now don’t get me wrong!!! I am NOT making any predictions for 2012 because a week is a long time in politics and 6 months can be a century (the way things are going right now).

The lesson politicians must take from what has happened to Ruto is that in the coming days political reputations will be made and destroyed in a flash. Guys, the ball game has changed dramatically and yet most politicians have been caught napping and are still holding the ball and standing still when play has long moved on (with another ball).

Kumekucha watch
Property prices at the Coast have hit the roof and are still rising. But Kenyans are still not wasting time seeking property next to the proposed Port in Lamu (see property Number 6).

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Is the USA a Friend or a Deadly Foe?


By Mwarang'ethe

In the on - going referendum campaigns, the RED side has accused the USA ambassador, Mr Michael Ranneberger of taking sides with the GREEN side. In response to this accusation, the ambassador has responded that he is only engaging in civil education and such would be expected of a friend of Kenyans. For more details please see here and here:

Now, the question is this, is the USA a friend of Kenyans as “she” loudly claims or a deadly enemy? Many Kenyans and many around the world view the America government as pursuing friendly policies towards us. We beg to differ. We differ because America is not a friend, but, a vampire that has been consuming the third world and especially we, the African people. We shall present our case, not by appealing to emotions, but, by exposing some little known foreign policy objectives and behaviour of the American government since 1945.

It was in 1945 when the economic leadership of the world was passed from the British Empire to the fledging American Empire. We know that, in the heat of the 2 World War, the American leadership required Britain to free Africa. We also know that, there were some serious plans to industrialise Africa. However, that is as far as this “friend” of Africans went. As the USA embarked on Marshall Plan to revive Europe and Japan, some far sighted Americans senators and we may say, lovers of humanity asked the USA to extend Marshall Plan to the whole globe including Africa.

Instead of such a sensible and decent approach, the USA chose to waste FIVE times enough of industrial capital, resources and labour to have industrialized the whole world in the so called Cold War, whose sole objective was suppression of emerging 3rd world freedom. If the USA had made these resources available to the dispossessed, they would have produced their own social capital and improved their living standards. Instead of such a meaningful approach to the third world problems, the USA came up with the idea of aid. When we see that, 80% of that aid goes back to the USA via its exports, and the fact that, it requires imposition of friendly leaders by force if need be, we begin to see that, the sole objective of this aid is to subsidise the American industry and not to develop Africa. Is this how a friend behaves towards his friends?

In 1970’s, the USA commissioned a report on future “threats” to its economic hegemony. The result of this study was National Security Memorandum 200 (“NSM 200”) which was quietly declassified in 1990. Among other things, this report says that: "The U.S. economy will require large and increasing amounts of minerals from abroad, especially from less-developed countries. That fact gives the U.S. enhanced interests in the political, economic and social stability of the supplying countries. Wherever a lessening of population can increase the prospects for such stability, population policy becomes relevant to resources, supplies and to the "economic interests of the United States." Note that, the “economic interest of the United States” means the interest of the U.S. corporations and multinationals which must over ride our own interests.

Flowing from this report, we are now used to the idea that, Africa is poor because it is over populated. It is from these malicious intentions, we are asked to cut down our population. Filled such untold ignorance our mental slaves are telling us that, “We may not be economically sustainable if we continue with this trend (of high population growth),” warned Ms Cecilia Kimemia of the UN Population Fund. Echoing these ignorant outbursts, Ms Pamela Onduso of Pathfinder International tells u that: “We need to manage our population growth so that the economic growth can catch on.” It is with such “wisdom,” we are told that, Family planning is the “missing link” needed to take the country to the promised land of “a healthy workforce, enough jobs, educated workers, and a modern infrastructure”. In other words, cut the Kenyan population to 20 million, and we shall be in Nirvana. What rubbish! More so, many think that, controlling African population growth is only a matter of contraceptives and abortion. Well, the measures include wars, genocide, famines and diseases.

If you doubt what we have written above about use of diseases to control population, please read this and choose what to believe. On 29, July, 1969, the Department of Defence requested $ 10 million from Congress to fund the development of a synthetic biological agent. This money was approved. Dr MacArthur from Pentagon described the agent this way:
There are two things about the biological agent field I would like to mention. One is the possibility of technological surprise. Molecular biology is a field that is advancing very rapidly and eminent biologists believe that within a period of 5 to 10 years it would be possible to produce a synthetic biological agent, an agent that does not naturally exist and for which no natural immunity could have been acquired.

Is not wise before God and man to ask, why did the USA military want to produce a biological organism which has no natural immunity? Did they succeed? If so, who was the guinea pig? And if so, what were the results? Some will say conspiracy theory. No it is conspiracy fact. Read it from the horse’s mouth and while at it, see the red coloured sections:

Back to the population, the truth is this. Africa’s population density is around 15 per square kilometre, Europe is 89 per square kilometre, and Asia is 52 per square kilometre while America is 16 per square kilometre. From these statistics, the population problem is in Europe not in Africa. The question then is why is Europe with such a high population density not told to reduce its population? Simple. The intention to depopulate Africa as required by Global 200 Report is meant to destroy Africa’s economic base by reducing its potential consumer base.

So, why is Europe able to cope with its overpopulation? Simple. Because of its economic structure it is able to cope with such massive population. Thus, the real question is not our numbers, but, what kind of economic structure can support our population density of mere 15 per square per kilometre. So, why is our “friend” USA pushing population control as EUGENICS and not helping Africa to restructure its economy to support its meagre population?

When Nero, oh sorry, Obama entered the White House, many Africans were jubilant. We understand. However, what many have failed to understand is that, Obama is just a puppet. One of the main guys behind the curtain is a man called Zbigniew Brzezinski. This man is the key adviser to Obama on foreign policy, i.e. foreign interference. Why are we interested with this man? Because he is the author of one of the most racist USA policy to have ever come out.

He authored National Security Council Memorandum - 46 whose subject was: Black Africa and the U.S. Black Movement. Having noted the dependence of the U.S on African minerals, he called for suppression of any African leader who does not agree with the U.S. interests. Even more depressing, he called for measures to prevent ANY JOINT endeavours between Africans of the soil (Africans in Africa) and the Africans of the blood (Africa Americans). This policy although authored during apartheid times, remains in place today. If you think we are engaged in conspiracy theories, and assuming this document is not gathering dust like other “brilliant ideas” in our government shelves as some people tell us, please read the report here.

In defending the current viceroy against attacks by NO side, Timothy Kaberia reminds us of the service Smith Hempstone rendered to us in 1990’s at The fact that, Hempstone was seen to “help” us against our “enemy” Moi, is self evident to many Kenyans that US is our friend. Failure to appreciate Hegelian dialectics is very dangerous in these times. Hempstone was helping us install bogus multipartyism to detract us from fundamental issues.

If you doubt, sample this. Without going further down to assess the role of 18% interest imposed on our fragile economy in early 1980’s, we can trace Kenyan deterioration in the economic side from 1987 in the collapse of international coffee market. In 1987, the system of quotas established under the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) started to fall apart and world prices plummeted. A lethal blow to coffee exporters was delivered in June 1989 when the ICA reached a deadlock due to political pressures from Washington on behalf of US coffee traders. At the end of a historic meeting of producers held in Florida, coffee prices plunged in a matter of months by more than 50%. With the coffee quotas lifted in July, 1989, the Free On Board (FOB) price in Mombasa dropped from US$ 1.31 a pound in May 1989 to $ 0.60 in December.

As one would expect such a drop in coffee prices wrecked havoc with our economy. Kenyans, led by Hempstone and other propaganda machines heaped all blame on “corrupt” Moi. As American corporations made billions from our “cheap” coffee which was orchestrated by the US government, and which devastated our economy, the American ambassador in Nairobi was on our side. What a true friend in deed. With a devastated economy and debts incurred from 1960 and 70’s, the IMF and WB told us we must sell our jewels. When Moi hesitated to carry out this economic genocide, IMF/WB would cut loans. Seeing Moi as stupid and ignorant, we would join the IMF/WB and international community to push Moi. It was at this moment, in utter desperation, Moi made an eternal observation that, Mwafrika ni kitu chafu kama Ngozi yake.

After the 2007 disaster, we set up a busy body which calls for more tax called National Cohesion and Integration Commission. We are told that, this body will ensure we do not fight along tribal lines. But, what does our “friend” view these matters? In one its Psychological Warfare Manual for special forces, our friend teaches them how to convey selected information and indicators to foreign target audiences (TAs) to influence their EMOTIONS, MOTIVES, OBJECTIVE REASONING and ultimately, the behaviour of governments, organisations, groups and individuals. The purpose of our “friend’s’” psychological warfare is to create neutral, friendly or hostile foreign groups (DO NOT MISS WORDS CREATE ENEMIES) the emotions, attitudes or desired behaviour that SUPPORTS the achievement of U.S. national objectives and military mission.

This manual goes further to say that, in so doing, the psychological warfare should aim at influencing not only policy and decisions, but also the ability to govern. Having said so, this manual gives a number of psychological warfare techniques to be employed. Of interest to us, is this: “exploit ethnic, cultural, religious or economic differences.” Is it possible that our “friend” is conducting psychological warfare against us?

Friday, July 16, 2010

Matuga: Parties Stuck in Past, Behind Voters

By Matuga Insider

The Matuga by-election results deserve a deeper analysis to reveal the changing Kenyan political dynamics. I am not here to rain on anybody's parade but give an honest account of Coast's local politics.

First let us not kid ourselves that Makwere did something extraordinary. No as evident in the proportion of votes by the two leading contenders. Granted one had to win but let go through the whole episode with a tooth comb, shall we?

First of all, the youth brigades were equally represented on both sides of the camps' defence and offense. All the candidates were liked if not loved by their respective home crowds. The approval rating was clearly evident in their response, praise and acclamation.

As a matter of fact, both candidates received ten thousand plus votes.

No need for blinkers. Religion was never issue because all candidates were aware of the votes from both religious camps and ethnicities involved. Religion only becomes an issues on the main islands of Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu for obvious historical reasons known to many by now.

The main chip that earned Mwakwere a huge chunk of the Matuga vote was none other his high profile and the alleged presidential guarantee of the reserved ministerial post (bendera) for the native son of Matuga.

While the ODM candidate was viewed as a potential backbencher who not even survive the on coming 2012 onslaught. The death nail was ODM's upcountry cavalry. they were the most boring of any politicians ever seen or heard in the region during an election time. They were the ones who were boring and not the ODM candidate himself.

The upcountry ODMers could not speak a coherent sentence in fluent Swahili, instead they were full of themselves and thought that the Nairobi "sheng" would endear them to the people of Matuga. It didn't and it never does.

The biggest anatheema was ODM's mondus operandi, and the misplaced belief that they wow the Matuga crowds by using the Queen's vernacular to vouch for their "chosen one."

The 'Mombasa Billionaire Factor' was another factor that made the ODM candidate to be labeled as a "sell out" and "representative of outsiders".

Hence, one of the reasons ODM's Najib Balala ("Yule Fulani") was asked to stay away or keep a safe distance from the Matuga crossfires.

While PNU became good bed fellows with the locals from the get go as opposed to ODM who have preferred to operate according to every command and edict that comes from their general who was missing in action as well as on the front lines.

Let the truth tell itself. If not tell us your otherwise.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Matuga by-elections:The inside story

Plenty of lessons for 2012 from Matuga by-election

Most Kenyans who are not Matuga constituents are puzzled. How did Chrau Ali Mwakwere bounce back so emphatically and win by so many votes? Especially when it is very clear that most Kenyans don’t like the man?

Actually there are a number of fascinating things that came out of this dramatic by-election that give pointers to 2012 and what is already shaping up to be the most exciting political time for ordinary Kenyans.

Mwakwere is a strange guy. For a person who has been a diplomat he shouldn’t have the kind of image problems he has been having so that even some of his own constituents don’t really like him as a person. Very dangerous for a politician. Those who know him well say that he is a very difficult person to deal with. One of his constituents told my contact on the ground that the man’s rich upbringing where he attended private schools and never had any school fees problems makes it impossible for him to really understand the poverty problems the people are facing on the ground.

It is this aspect of his character that his opponents fully cashed in on in the just ended by-election. This culminated in the distribution of hundreds of photocopied letters being around the Likoni ferry area purported to be a leaked memo where Mwakwere directed the Kenya Ferry services to start charging passengers crossing and not just vehicles. It is unlikely that the said memo was authentic but like all good political propaganda it was based on facts in the public domain. As transport minister and at the height of the ferry crisis last year Mwakwere clearly irked by the demands from people mostly receiving a free service angrily suggested that passengers may have to pay for ferry services in the future to guarantee their improvement. Mwakwere himself must have known that this is not practical and that collecting a few shillings from millions of people every day can be a logistical nightmare considering the way the Likoni ferry services currently work.

But despite all this sound strategy by ODM things didn’t work on the ground and in many cases badly backfired.

For starters the Matuga legislator has his handlers to thank for the way things turned out in the end. Their strategy was based on countering the poor image Mwakwere has of handling people shoddily. So there was a lot of door to door campaigns and fewer public meetings for their candidate. The press in Matuga saw the show of strength in the huge ODM campaign rallies and thinking that Mwakwere was resting at home, gave Kenyans the wrong impression that Dzipapa was going down. They even missed the tribal and clan issue which on its own made Mwakwere very difficult to defeat.

Mwakwere’s handlers also highlighted their candidates’ development record so far. Apart from the health centres that have improved enormously under his watch, it is no secret that the Matuga legislator has helped very many of his constituents to get jobs at the port in Mombasa and elsewhere as well as financing the education of many. These individuals and their large extended families were the kind of voters who would not be moved even by an earthquake.

But Mwakwere’s landslide victory was not all his own doing. The truth is that the competition also blundered.

For instance the youth vote which was widely expected to vote ODM’s Hassan Mwanyoha shifted at the very last minute and all went with Mwakwere. Political analysts and handlers for 2012 will have to be wary of young voters and what happened at Matuga. This breed of new Kenyan voters mostly vote on merit completely ignoring party affiliations. My contact tells me that many of them felt that Mwanyoha was a boring candidate who had nothing to say. His speeches were even more boring. This was in sharp contract to Mwakwere’s entertaining speeches. And so while the hoge crowds at Mwanyoha’s meetings were nodding off to sleep there was laughter and entertainment at Mwakwere’s meetings. Can you blame Matuga constituents? Who likes to be bored especially in this age of DVDs and the Internet?

Indeed Mwanyoha even brought in Mwakwere’s religion and made it a major campaign issue. Most of the Digo people are Muslims but Mwakwere is seen as a Christian. At least that is what Mwanyoha told the people. This one backfired badly with the youth who could not see what somebody’s religion had to do with their performance in parliament.

But even more fascinating were the massive funds (never before seen in the history of Matuga) that were poured on the ground by deep pockets in support of ODM. Many Kenyans on this forum and elsewhere believe that most Kenyan voters are still swayed by money. The Matuga by-election is a good lesson to study for those who still have this 1970s mentality about Kenyan voters. Constituents enjoyed the money but voted with their conscience. My prediction is that we shall see exactly the same thing in 2012 across the country.

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Chirau Ali Mwakwere wins Matuga seat back

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The man Kenyans love to hate bounces back in style

Kenyans don’t like him. Indeed many who have worked closely with the man say that he is a difficult man. But Matuga voters thought otherwise yesterday and unanimously returned their man Mwakwere to parliament. The former transport Minister got 16,350 votes against his closest rival Hassan Mwanyoha of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) who had 10,887 votes
Despite his arrogance, investigations by Kumekucha show that Mwakwere has an excellent development record on the ground coupled with the simple fact that the Digo community had to protect one of their own more so when he seemed to be under such serious threat with all the Coast billionaires pouring money in the constituency to ensure that he lost.

Indeed the political campaign against Mwakwere got rather vicious at one point where somebody photocopied hundreds of thousand of letters purported to be a leaked Memo from the Keny Ferry service where Mwakwere allegedly directed that passengers start paying a small fee to cross the ferry. My man on the ground says that the move backfired badly because most of the ferry commuters reading the letter angrily declared that the letter was fake and that somebody was out to finish Mwakwere.

One Matuga constituent told my man on the ground that Mwakwere has brought more development to Matuga than all other previous MPs put together despite the fact that he has never been allowed to settle down properly in his parliamentary seat. It is not clear what the constituent meant by “settle down properly in his parliamentary seat” but it probably has something to do with the numerous controversies Mwakwere has found himself in including the infamous Koinage street prostitutes saga.

For now wild celebrations are currently going on in Matuga that are threatening to spill over a much larger part of Coast province.

I shall do another more detailed post later.

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It's Not a Political But an Intellectual Crisis

By Mwarang'ethe

Following the salary increment or the attempt by our law breakers, every voice - the president, the PM, Kenyatta, the press, the pulpit, the civil society and the masses are united in repugnance, horror, indignation and disgust. We are with them in all this, but, not in one thing, astonishment. The history of state being what it is, and its testimony being as invariable and eloquent as it is, one is obliged to say that the naive tone of surprise wherewith we complain of these matters strikes one as a pretty sad reflection on our collective intelligence.

In a famous You tube awareness test, we are asked to count the number of passes made by the white team. As one concentrates on counting the passes, it is very easy to miss the guerrilla which does Michael Jackson's moon dance. You can see it here. When it comes to the saga of the MP's salaries, we think Kenyans are missing the dancing guerrilla. In our earlier article, we wrote this:

“In conclusion, what we have sought to explain is this. Law makers are only known to invent new taxes and only conquer the pockets of their subjects. It is for this reason; they have diverted the need for reforms on right of property into creation of offices which will preserve their power (read 349 mps idle mps to be paid by those who labour).”

In our last piece, written just before Akiwumi released his report, we warned that:

"More so, the new constitution provides that, before the Dear Leader distributes the goats, beans and maize which he shall confiscate from the wealthy to the needy, he shall pay himself first a salary. This salary, the Dear Leader shall decide himself or appoint a well paid committee of experts made up of his minions to decide his take. The committee of expert on Dear Leader's salary shall ensure that, the net income is as high as it was in the old constitution. Thus, the gross salary will be high enough to leave good net income as the Dear Leader is used to have. In any case, all the Bondo citizens wanted was for their Dear Leader to pay tax. To meet such stupid demands, the gross salary will be set appropriately so as to leave the net income as it was when the salary was untaxed under the previous constitution. Voila!" U can read it here:

This brings us to the related issues of the 2010/11 Kenyatta’s budget deficit, the attempt to control prices, see price control debates here and more so, the welfare state we are constructing under the new constitution. The 2010-11 budget theme was Towards Inclusive and Sustainable Rapid Economic Development. Muna Wahome of DN summarised the verdict of the nation this way: Uhuru dishes goodies in improved stimulus package.

To finance these goodies, Kenyatta has a deficit of Sh 228.4 billion. Out of this, he will borrow locally Sh 102.7 billion. These deficits are the moon walking guerrilla which Kenyans do not see as they focus on what is in vogue. Without endorsing the gold standard in any way, we use writings of Mr Allan Greenspan, the immediate former chairman of the USA Fed to demonstrate that these deficits and the welfare state we are constructing are more destructive than the “small” issue of mps salaries which we are all talking about.

In 1966, Mr Greenspan wrote an article entitled: Gold and Economic Freedom. Whenever there is word gold, please insert sound/honest money for we do not think gold is necessary to have sound money. He started this way:

"An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense - perhaps more clearly and subtly than many consistent defenders of laissez-faire - that gold and economic freedom are inseparable, that the gold standard is an instrument of laissez-faire and that each implies and requires the other. In order to understand the source of their antagonism, it is necessary first to understand the specific role of gold in a free society.”

He then added that:

"A free banking system based on gold [honest money] is able to extend credit and thus to create bank notes (currency) and deposits, according to the production requirements of the economy. But the opposition to the gold standard in any form-from a growing number of welfare-state advocates-was prompted by a much subtler insight: the realization that the gold standard is incompatible with chronic deficit spending (the hallmark of the welfare state)."
He added that:

"Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. A substantial part of the confiscation is effected by taxation. But the welfare statists were quick to recognize that if they wished to retain political power, the amount of taxation had to be limited and they had to resort to programs of massive deficit spending, i.e., they had to borrow money, by issuing government bonds, to finance welfare expenditures on a large scale."

He further wrote that:

"Under a gold standard, the amount of credit that an economy can support is determined by the economy's tangible assets, since every credit instrument is ultimately a claim on some tangible asset. But government bonds are not backed by tangible wealth, only by the government's promise to pay out of future tax revenues, and cannot easily be absorbed by the financial markets. A large volume of new government bonds can be sold to the public only at progressively higher interest rates. Thus, government deficit spending under a gold standard is severely limited. The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit."
Further,

"They have created paper reserves in the form of government bonds which-through a complex series of steps-the banks accept in place of tangible assets and treat as if they were an actual deposit, i.e., as the equivalent of what was formerly a deposit of gold. The holder of a government bond or of a bank deposit created by paper reserves [BELIEVES] that he has a valid claim on a real asset. But the fact is that there are now more claims outstanding than real assets. The law of supply and demand is not to be conned. As the supply of money (of claims) increases relative to the supply of tangible assets in the economy, prices must eventually rise. Thus the earnings saved by the productive members of the society lose value in terms of goods. When the economy's books are finally balanced, one finds that this loss in value represents the goods purchased by the government for welfare or other purposes with the money proceeds of the government bonds financed by bank credit expansion."

At this stage we inquire, if Kenyan government can issue a shilling bond, why can't it issue a Kenyan shilling bill? Isn't true that what makes a bond issued by the Kenyan government good, would also make a note good? Isn't very absurd for educated people to believe that, a nation can issue Sh 123 billion in bonds, but, it cannot issue Sh. 123 billion in currency? Aren't both promises to pay? Yes, but, one fattens the usurer, while the other would only be pocketed by those who labour. In our earlier article: Why We Reject the Proposed New Constitution, we summarised the matter this way:

"When these two conspirators are not "loaning" Wanjiku their useless paper so as to rob her, the central banker issues another paper he calls a government bond. The conspirator calling himself Equity takes this bond and in return, he gives back the useless paper he originally got from the central banker. In this modern magic, these modern medicine men tell us, the mere mortars, that, this is open market operation. By this abracadabra, they create so called public domestic debt which must be paid with usury. So as to pay back the banker, Wanjiku’s little wealth that was spared by the first ngeta/robbery, must be robbed via taxation."


Our views were dismissed as utopian. Well, one member of the committee of experts has confirmed our view as we read that: "While giving an overview of the proposed law, Committee of Experts member Ms Njoki Ndungu, admitted that the draft was geared towards devolution, placing little emphasis on generation of resources." Ms Njoki tells us that: “The constitution is a tool for governance. It endeavours to ensure equity in distribution of national resources to people at all levels in the country.” In her world and those of other lawyers, governance means distribution, but, excludes wealth creation. What rubbish from people calling themselves learned. See the details here: "Business faults proposed constitution."

Ms Njoki and other ignorant learned lawyers might not be reading, but, inquiring minds are reading that: "The European Way May be Coming to End AS Debt Crisis Mounts". Among other matters, we are told that, "the threat of bankruptcy is forcing governments to implement reforms that economists argue are necessary to help Europe prosper in a globalized world – but were long viewed as being politically impossible because of entrenched social attitudes." Among other changes we are told are "making it easier for companies to fire workers or stare down unions were until recently dismissed as simply not being the "European way."

As we have noted before, the West was able to get away with welfare for sometime because of its economic structure advantage and the ability to appropriate wealth from third world. These two advantaged are disappearing and thereby, the necessity to dismantle the welfare state. The problem is that, in trying to dismantle the welfare state, they are ignoring the contradictions inherent in modern state which necessitated welfare as a cover up in the first place. Therefore, so as to avoid what must be done, they are now left with the option of attacking the most vulnerable, rejecting free trade and eventually going into wars.

Anyway, let us continue with Mr Greenspan. He further told us that:

"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value. If there were, the government would have to make its holding illegal, as was done in the case of gold. If everyone decided, for example, to convert all his bank deposits to silver or copper or any other good, and thereafter declined to accept checks as payment for goods, bank deposits would lose their purchasing power and government-created bank credit would be worthless as a claim on goods. The financial policy of the welfare state requires that there be no way for the owners of wealth to protect themselves." (please note this line carefully).

He concluded the article this way:

"This is the shabby secret of the welfare statists' tirades against gold. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the confiscation of wealth. Gold stands in the way of this insidious process. It stands as a protector of property rights. If one grasps this, one has no difficulty in understanding the statists' antagonism toward the gold standard."

Thus, as matters stand, the Kenyatta's deficits and the proposed state welfare in the new constitution, are nothing, but, a design for wealth confiscation. The best way to understand deficits is to appreciate that, deficits are nothing but, LEGALISED COUNTERFETTING which is worse than the “small issue” of mps salaries everyone is yapping about. This legalised counterfeiting is sanctioned by s. 211 of the “new constitution.” Many Kenyans in the spirit of voluntary servitude see nothing wrong with it. After all, having lived for a number of generations in slavery since 1885 what is the big deal?

The truth is that, counterfeiting whether done at Kirinyaga road or at the Kenyan Central Bank; the effects are the same which is destruction of the purchasing power of Kenyans. The worst hit are the poor and those on fixed wages. Ironically, we are told that, the welfare states are “designed” to help the poor. What a sick joke. However, there is one difference between the Kirinyaga road counterfeiter and central bank counterfeiter. The Kirinyaga road thug does not force you to take his note in exchange for your labour. On the contrary, the central bank priest who is an honourable citizen in the eyes of the slaves will force you to take his useless paper. If you doubt, read s. 231 of the so called new constitution although changed a bit following our submission.

If these are the undeniable facts, then, we must be forced to admit that, what we face today is not an economic/political crisis, but, perhaps the greatest intellectual failure in human history. But, it may be we are in good company. When the Egyptians were building pyramids which kissed the sky with slave labour, their priests taught them to worship frogs and crocodiles. In Nairobi, you can see a number of modern pyramids. Two of these are the Times Tower Complex owned by the central bank and the Central Bank Building both at Haile Selassie Avenue. The fact that the tallest pyramid in Nairobi is owned by the central bank and rented to a sister agency dedicated to wealth confiscation says a lot about the efficacy of modern priests.

Friday, July 09, 2010

Greedy MPs Rush Pay, Fear Katiba's Provision

By Philip

Update
The proposed constitution explicitly states that all public officers (INCLUDING MPs) will pay tax on their income. So are the MPs rushing to beat katiba at its own game by topping their pay in readiness to pay take and eventually retain their present pay? These scoundrels are clever by half.

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Oops, they are doing it again. They have have no shame these politicians. And you cannot fail to see the silent unity that has suddenly overtaken their NO-YES divide. Even after the Kenyan press tabled evidence that they are earning far more than US senators, they remain firm in their shameless pursuit to accumulate funds for 2012 campaigns

So why the painful contempt to Kenyans by their MPs? Your guess is as good as mine, WE HAVE NEVER HAD LEADERS. All of them are united in legal looting. And as they embark on their mass rape of Kenya it is funny that see bloggers here concentrating on those same leaders and not what we do to reclaim our country from these fraudsters.

Well, let me assume that we are all doing well and that's why we are here blogging, not to discuss important issues that will improve Kenya, but as a form of exciting pass time and adventure.

Just ponder this. When your famous neighbour is sick while a thief is trying to break into your house, will you leave the thief to go ahead to steal from you as you go watch your neighbour and start gossiping about him? I don't think so.

After Ghana was defeat by Uruguay last week what is annoying majority of Kenyans now, apart from maybe Kenyans blogging here, is the MPs plan to increase their pay.

Someone somewhere argued that the new constitution will have even more MPs (senators) e.t.c meaning more money will be needed, however nobody, including those in yes side, wants to mention about Chiefs, Sub-chiefs, D.Os, D.Cs, P.Cs e.t.c who are in our current set up but not mentioned in the proposed constitution. This is a hot and loaded topic that I will come back to later after more research.

I think as Kenyans one way to take control (just the same way MPs have taken control of the government from the President, and will take more control with the proposed constitution), is to realize first of all that our MPs are not us but our representative. That the reason our MPs are in Parliament to represent us is because we cannot all fit there and it will be expensive for us to be there. That we have the power to take over this representation. That the law is there to serve us and not us to serve the law. That it's possible as people of Kenya to sue our MPs for failing to represent us the way we want.

Let's think about this and see how we can step by step improve our country.

Monday, July 05, 2010

Shameless Kenyans Peeing on Graves

Readers of this blog have over the years seen/met commentators waxing lyrical and knowledgeable only to fall on their own sword. Not that we have do not admire them for exposing their post molars in self-importance pose.

The PM Raila's hospitalization last week was an apt assessment of how out-of-tough the so-called Diaspora (most comments) are with reality in terms of Kenyan national culture and politics. Most commentators here were so insensitive and sarcastic so much so that you would imagine Raila booked himself in Nairobi Hospital, opened his own skull for the press to broadcast.

Contrast that will the mature and sensitive manner all shades of politicians and his hitherto political opponents commiserated with the indisposed PM. Leading the queue was VP Kalonzo followed shortly by William Ruto. But twisting their long tongues in their won mouth we saw vitriol flow implying Raila was seeking cheap publicity and sympathy.

Any normal human being is prone to sickness and Raila is no exception. We only need to be mature and outgrow the village antics and bigotry. It is the height of obtuse irony and paradox so see readers here shout about intellectual debates while the same fingers type debased comments that are not only primitive but inhumanely insensitive too. Theirs must be classic cases of exported 'villagery'.

We have been admonishing our politicians for lagging behind the average voter but low and behold the bloggers is at the tail of the queue peddling cheap hatred spiced in exclusive insensitivity. And these few really know how to muddy the waters as will be evident in their mutating under several anonymous posting the garbage and hate they are genetically programmed to.

Please grow up and do Kenya proud even if only once by shunning bigotry and trivia. There is no need of demanding the bar be raised if you have made a silent vow with yourself to permanently stay underneath. Over to those with what it takes to stomach the unpleasant truth. No derivatives.