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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

AG Muigai and Tobiko Shedding Plastic Tears

The Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai cannot entertain the contempt directed at him and his office any more. And so he has spoken of his frustrations in the face of the Government ignoring his counsel.

The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko is up in arms too about inadequate numbers of prosecutors which in turn undermines fair and speedy judicial dispensation.

While Muigai is mad at Ministers ignoring his wise counsel, Tobiko sees sabotage directed at his office. Cumulatively these two offices are central to the rule of law in augmenting the smooth running of the judiciary. The water gets muddier given that AG Muigai has a leg in both judiciary and executive.

But Prof Muigai need not burden himself with integrity given that he was the only surviving soul among the ill-fated trinity (CJ-AG-DPP) originally proposed by Kibaki. He was picked to serve a specific role and being independent and embarrassing the Office of the President was not one of them.

As for Tobiko he can whine some more for that is a small price to pay for his pecks. You see the two gentlemen are no fools and they know what Kenyans think of them. They are simply making noise to create and impression of tactless motion without any intention of movement.

Only fools would expect them to do the right thing. This is Kenya whose owners will not allow you to author an independent script. You either resign for a one-day headline and disappear from the national radar or better still do a Miguna Miguna.

By complaining about their frustrations, both Muigai and Tobiko are inadvertently admitting that they are not earning their pay. If only they would match their acts of whining with real and honourable action. But that is not only a big ask but a wild suggestion within our Kenyan borders.

It is another electoral season and laws don't mint campaign money. We won't be surprised to learn in a year's time of another mega scandal to succeed Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing.

Game one, MTA DO?

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Mrs Fix-it in Kibaki’s Administration?

There have been a lot of similarities between the Kenyatta and Kibaki administrations. This in itself will be a very fascinating area of study for historians for many years to come bearing in mind the fact that those close to Kenyatta were so opposed to the presidency ever crossing the Chania river that they took several oaths to ensure that it would never happen.

The said river is what divides the Kiambu Kikuyu from the Nyeri Kikuyu. For those who do not know the 3rd president of Kenya is a Nyeri Kikuyu whilst the first was a Kiambu Kikuyu. And despite all the blood oaths the presidency did in fact cross the Chania River in 2003.

The crux of the problem between the two Kikuyu factions is that Nyeri Kikuyus have always felt that they did the most to fight for independence (Dedan Kimathi and company hailed from Nyeri) while the Kiambu Kikuyus were mostly collaborators with the colonial government and even helped them smoke out and arrest freedom fighters (From Nyeri). And yet when independence finally came, the presidency and all other big positions went to those from Kiambu. The position of Kiambu Kikuyus is that they are smarter, better educated and better entrepreneurs and deserve every good thing that has happened to them in comparison to the lazy dreamers from Nyeri.

The last time this rivalry was played out in presidential politics was in 1992 when Kiambu fielded Kenneth Njino Matiba and Nyeri presented Mwai Kibaki. In those memorial first-in-a-long-time multiparty elections Matiba (Kibaki’s junior officer in government for many years) gave his former boss a through whipping at the polls and ended up as a close runner up to eventual winner Daniel arap Moi. However there are those (including this blogger) who firmly believe that it was Matiba who was the genuine winner of those polls.

The politics between the Nyeri, Kiambu and Muranga Kikuyus has always been explosive and should be the subject of a post here in Kumekucha in the near future. But for today we need to focus on the presence in both administrations of a Mr Fix-it. That was the nick name given to the most feared member of Kenyatta’s inner circle one Dr Njoroge Mungai. Mungai built a reputation as the man in the president’s court to look to when there was a crisis or “an obstacle that had to be removed.” Mungai has been linked to the assassinations of many perceived opponents and threats to the Kenyatta administration.

It is now emerging that the Kibaki administration also has its’ very own Mr Fix it in the inner circle. A person who deals with complex political problems ruthlessly. And in the case of the Kibaki administration it is the last person you would expect. In fact it is a woman. Her name is Mary Wambui (pictured below). That is one name that sends shivers down the spines of many men in Kenya who are in the know. And for good reason.
 
Early in the Kibaki administration she acquired the nickname Wambui wa Munene but has a much more chilling nickname amongst the intelligence community these days.

Interestingly political analysts have never been able to identify the politics played out between the two wives of the president. There have actually been two extremely powerful camps close to the president. The Lucy Kibaki camp and the Mary Wambui one. The latter has always operated much more quietly and less dramatically but has always been the more powerful faction. It is the faction that is credited to have done the most in getting the president a second term in 2007 despite the odds.

What has probably clouded a lot of the significant events linked to the factions are the petty battles. For instance people have very effectively gotten rid of those they do not like by simply linking them to the Mary Wambui camp. That has always resulted in immediate sacking and sometimes physical ejection by the first lady herself. These turf wars between two women married to the same man have drawn attention away from some other more serious and significant events and operations most of them extremely shocking and revealed in great detail in my subscription-only raw notes. You can get a free sample of these particular raw notes by sending an email now to rawnotes4@listwire.com

One thing is for sure. One day very soon analysts of Kibaki’s presidency will sit up and notice just how significant a role this woman who never saw the inside of a high school has played in this presidency. 

Earlier articles on Mary Wambui in Kumekucha;
Mary Wambui and her strikingly beautiful daughter hit the campaign trail
Will Mary Wambui seek political office?
Circus of two warring wives of the president
New marriage law targets Kibaki?

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Unmasking Raila’s Questionable Reform Credentials

PM Raila with Footballers Anelka and Drogba in China
By Guest writer
As the campaign to succeed President Kibaki after March 2013 General Elections heats up, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has been projecting himself as the champion for political and constitutional reforms in Kenya hoping to get a head-start in the State House race.  

There is no doubt Raila played a key role in fight for the democratic gains we enjoy today. However, he cunningly projects himself as the sole fighter for the Second Republic while this is not correct. Raila was just one among gallant heroes and heroines who stood against the autocratic rule of former President Moi.

Other Kenyans who played a key role in the struggle include the late Jaramogi Odinga, Martin Shikuku, late George Anyona, Kenneth Matiba, Charles Rubia, late Bishop Alexander Muge, Prof Wangari Maathai, late Kijana Wamalwa, Charity Ngilu, Paul Muite, lawyer Japheth Shamala, journalist Pius Nyamora, Gitobu Imanyara, Rev Timothy Njoya, Ahmed Bamahariz, George Nthenge, Masinde Muliro and Phillip Gachoka. And there are many unsung heroes and heroines who died, were maimed or unrecognised in the fight for a more democratic Kenya.

When Raila got a chance to prove his reform credentials and demonstrate to Kenyans he stood for real change and departure from ills that KANU stood for in 2008, he squandered it. One is judged by his actions and the company he keeps. After the 2007 disputed presidential polls, Raila and Mr Kibaki formed a coalition Government in April 2008 and each had a free-hand to pick half of the Cabinet.

While Mr Kibaki has never been known to be a reformer and he has never championed himself as one, there’s no doubt that he and Raila went to bed with KANU orphans who stinks of Kenya’s dark past. While Kibaki has nothing to loose in 2013, Raila threw out of the window the principles he fought for and held dearly in his heart and the devils as long as they brought him votes.

Now that Raila has introduced the reform card as the benchmark to judge all 2013 presidential candidates, he must also agree to be judged by the same parameters.

The following is the who’s who in ODM of the Cabinet Raila unveiled in the coalition Government: 

1: Mr Raila Amollo Odinga {Prime Minister}
Ø  Implicated in aborted 1992 military coup that led to loss of life and destruction of life and property of innocent Kenyans.

Ø  He was allocated Kisumu Molasses Plant and the land it sits on by former President Moi as a reward for ditching the Opposition, dissolving his NDP party and rejoining KANU in 2001. 

Ø  After disputing 2007 presidential poll results, he ordered his ODM troops into mass action that gave birth to post election violence. More than 1,500 innocent Kenyans were killed, thousands displaced from their homes and property destroyed. Mass action is legal as long as protestors remain peaceful. Raila never denounced the violence that erupted after his mass action call and hailed the hooligans who burnt Kenya as “freedom fighters”. 

Ø  His tenure as PM has been dogged by maize, NSSF, NHIF and Kazi Kwa Vijana scandals.

Ø  Accused of engaging in nepotism and tribalism in pushing for appointment of close relatives and tribesmen into key diplomatic, ODM party and Government positions. His defence that those appointed are qualified for the jobs is a fallacy because President Kibaki used same excuse to fill key posts in his Government with cronies from Mt Kenya. Why were Raila and his ODM lieutenants so vocal against Mt Kenya appointments if they see nothing wrong with sleaze in their backyard?

2: Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi {Deputy Prime Minister, former Ministry of Local Government and former ODM Party Leader}
Ø  He stopped Goldenberg scandal payments when Moi appointed him Finance Minister but he didn’t volunteer to help the Bosire Commission unmask the big boys behind the looting of public coffers.

Ø  During his tenure at Local Government ministry, his ministry was rocked by an embarrassing cemetery scandal.

3: Mr William Ole Ntimama {Minister for State for National Heritage and Culture}
Ø  A heartless Moi and KANU orphan who jumped to Raila’s side to survive politically and cover up his dark past. 

Ø  The Akiwumi Commission implicated him in ethnic cleansing when he incited his Maasai community against Kikuyus, Kalenjins and Kisiis during the clamour for multipartism and in desperate bid to keep KANU and himself in power. 

Ø  This warlord has been in the frontline articulating Raila’s reform credentials.

4: Mr Dalmas Anyango Otieno {Minster for State for Public Service}
Ø  Moi and KANU orphan who supported the autocratic regime even after it was dislodged from power in 2002. He jumped into ODM in 2005 to ride on the ethnic wave in Luo Nyanza.

5: Mr Fredrick Omulo Gumo {Minister for Regional Development Authorities and now acting Minister for Local Government}
Ø  Moi and KANU orphan who jumped to ODM side after KANU lost power. 

Ø  He led the infamous Jeshi la Mzee militia which unleashed terror on those who opposed KANU and Moi during the clamour for political and constitutional reforms. 

Ø  When he was the Chairman of Nairobi City Council (NCC), he unleashed bulldozers on Muoroto slum dwellers in the dead of the night, flattening their shanties as they slept leaving dozens crushed to death.

Ø  As chairman of NCC, he engaged in massive grabbing of public land, source of his current wealth.

Ø  He admitted selling a grabbed plot to Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for Sh300 million.

6: Mr William Samoei Ruto {Former Minister for Agriculture and ODM Party Leader}
Ø  As a founder for Youth for Kanu 92 (YK92), he and Cyrus Jirongo used funds looted from CBK and printed money to bribe voters to popularise the ruthless KANU and Moi and defeat advocates of multipartism. They contributed to Kenya’s current economic and inflation woes.

Ø  He and Jirongo owe their riches to their dark days at YK92.

Ø  Waki Commission and Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) implicated Ruto in PEV and he has been charged with crimes against humanity at ICC.
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7: Late Mr Kipkalya Kones {former Minister for Roads}
Ø  Like Ntimama, he was a warlord during KANU dark days.

Ø  Waki and KNCHR implicated in 2007/08 PEV.

8: Mr Henry Kiprono Kosgey {Suspended Minister for Industrialization}
Ø  Moi and KANU orphan 

Ø  As Minister for Culture and Social Services in 1988, Kenya lost million of shillings in an advertising deal for the All Africa Games, which he was tasked to organise.

Ø  Between 1990 and 1992, he served as Chairman, Kenya National Assurance Company. In 1996, KNAC collapsed due to a huge amount of debt. Critics accused Kosgey of having mismanaged the company. 

Ø  As ODM’s Minister for Industrialization, he was forced to step aside in January 2011 to face charges of abuse of office relating to the importation of vehicles older than 8 years. However, the High Court controversially cleared Kosgey of any wrong doing.

Ø  Implicated in PEV and charged at ICC but cleared of the charges because the prosecution hinged his case on one witness.
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9:  Prof Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o {Minister for Medical Services}
Ø  Although he fought for reforms like Raila, his tenure as minister for health proves his reform credentials are mere theoretical because the health sector is still badly mismanaged and ailing.

Ø  He’s at the centre of the unresolved NHIF medical scheme scandal where millions of civil servants cash was allocated to unregistered and non-existent clinics.

10: Mr Aggrey James Orengo {Minister for Lands}
Ø  Like Raila, he fought for reforms during Moi era but he has been unable to initiate any meaningful land reforms in his ministry, which is still a den of corrupt cartels.

11: Mr Gerald Otieno Kajwang {Minister for State for Immigration and Registration of Persons}
Ø  He was struck off LSK rolls of advocates after being accused of stealing client’s money.

12: Mrs Charity Kaluki Ngilu {Minister for Water and Irrigation}
Ø  Like Raila, she has been implicated in scandals and nepotism at her ministry.

13: Mr Joseph Nyagah {Minister for Cooperatives Development}
Ø  A Moi and KANU orphan who has no known reform credentials.

14: Mr Chris Obure (ODM) {Minister for Public Works}
Ø  A Moi and KANU orphan who has no known reform credentials.

15: Franklin Bett (replaced Mr Kones as Minister of Roads}
Ø  Served as Mr Moi’s State House Comptroller during 1992 and 1997 state-sponsored tribal clashes in Rift Valley to drive out non-Kalenjins perceived to be Opposition sympathisers.

16: Dr Mohammed Isahakia {Permanent Secretary, Office of Prime Minister}
Ø  Has been implicated in corrupt deals during the Moi regime and at Raila’s office.

Ø  In 2004, he was charged by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission with corruption at the National Museums of Kenya. He repaid the stolen money in exchange for prosecution immunity.

Ø  He was at the centre of the maize scandal at the PM’s office.

After the 1997 General Elections, Raila surprised many when his NDP party started co-operating with Moi and his KANU, leading to Raila rejoining KANU and being appointed Secretary General. Raila only led a revolt in KANU and decamped after Moi overlooked him for political novice Uhuru Kenyatta and his “Kibaki Tosha” was not driven by his love for Kibaki but to front a Kikuyu against another Kikuyu and block the Moi Project from State House. Raila was recently trying to woo Moi to back his 2013 presidential bid. If Moi and KANU stood for evil, why would Raila wish to get the endorsement of the retired president?

While Raila boasts of being a true reformer, which I doubt he is, no one forced him to appoint and work with the above tainted Nyayo orphans. This is a clear demonstration that given a chance to be Kenya’s 4th president, he’ll appoint equally or worse rotten public officers. If Raila appointed clean ministers in 2008 and matched his words and deeds at the PM’s office, I have doubt he would have made Kenya’s best president. But in 2013, he’ll have a rough time proving to Kenyans how different he is from the rest.  

Raila is no better than his sworn political rivals Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (a Nyayo orphan who has nothing to show for his many years in Cabinet), Uhuru Kenyatta (a KANU and Moi orphan and another ICC suspect), William Ruto, Moses Wetengula (he of the infamous Tokyo embassy scandal), Cyrus Jirongo and Musalia Mudavadi. If Kenyans want a clean break from Kenya’s dark and evil past, they must look for the Joshua to take them to the Promised Land in Cannan beyond the above fake reformers and pretenders to the throne. 

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Getting Intimate With The Dead Is More Common Than You Think



Just when you think that your troublesome neighbor cannot possibly shock you more than they already have, they will tend to spring up a shocker that will leave you numb. By extension the human race is so full of surprises that the best policy for those with weak hearts is to decide that nothing will shock them anymore (not an easy thing to do).
In my rather eventful life I have seen and heard plenty but this latest bizarre piece of news just floored me.
Apparently the brand new Egyptian parliament has drafted and is preparing to pass a law known as the farewell intercourse law where husbands will be allowed to have sexual intercourse with their dead wives one last time up to 6 hours after their death. This is part of the reforms that are top on the list and also includes another bill lowering the minimum age for marriage for girls to 14. Yes 14, that is NOT a typo. Luckily there is a group of women in that country who are fighting the controversial laws. See details here.

However analysts are confident that the farewell sex law will sail through the Egyptian parliament with ease.

Surprisingly sex with corpses is way too common even in Kenya. My man on the ground in Eastern says that about a decade ago male attendants at the Machakos District hospital morgue having sex with female corpses was so common that some people had reached the point of accepting it as normal.

A handful of tribes in Kenya including a big one that has a famous presidential candidate for 2013 are known to have a custom where people sleep with deceased women as part of the “cleansing” ceremony before burial.

But the shocker of them all was the case of one Felicity Marmaduke who straddled a dead man in the morgue where she was working and claims that the man actually ejaculated and she ended up pregnantfrom the encounter. The incident allegedly took place earlier this year the US.

Having sex with dead women has been going on for centuries but the question is, is it possible to have sex with a dead man? Apparently it is depending on the way the man died. Death by hanging or a bullet in the brain is said to quite often leave the deceased with an erection. Or if they are in an upright position and remain like that after death. If a man can have an erection when they are dead then ejaculation is also possible. See here and also this detailed article.

Many of my dear readers will find the information in this post shocking and a tad sickening but to warriors of old it is stale news because it was common practice to display the corpse of a dead enemy complete with his organ fully erect, especially after raping their wives and daughters.

It really is a much sicker world than you thought is it not?

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Mutula Kilonzo Mini Skirts Saga

The Mutula Kilonzo mini skirts in school saga has kicked off quite a bit of controversy. So much so that it has even relegated Miguna Miguna to the periphery, at least for now.

Many things have been written and suggested about Mutula's controversial remarks but what Kumekuchans need to know is that this man will seek a significant office in the upcoming general elections and he is smart enough to know how powerful the vote from young Kenyans is going to be this time round. And so the man spoke with votes uppermost on his mind. Although he has now clarified that he meant short skirts and not mini skirts (my question is what is the difference? How short is a short skirt and how mini is a mini skirt?)

Mutula himself has quite an interesting and colourful past with lasses in his office. Read that sensationally amazing earlier Kumekucha story.


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Hell Hath no Fury Like the Fugitive Miguna's Ego

BREAKING NEWS: Miguna Miguna has just left Amsterdam for Toronto in a KLM flight.
He came, raffled feathers, grand stood, dared, stirred hornet nest, sought martyrdom and became a fugitive. Miguna Miguna's taunting 'come baby come' has just mutated to 'gone baby gone'.

Miguna's departure from JKIA last night now puts the police and DPP Tobiko on the spot. His departure from the country smells the usual sinister motive and/or incompetence. Or may be armed with critical PEV evidence, MM escaped to offer himself as ICC witness.

The damage is already done. The cat brought a skunk home, left the house full of putrid stench and escaped into the greener forest. Let the government pursue the cat and bring it back home for skinning. 

 
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“I can take every leader to The Hague, they should actually kiss my feet... They actually begged me to go back to office when they knew that I could spill the beans,”....Miguna Miguna

Miguna Miguna better arms himself with solid evidence now that bravado got into his head and is threatening to consume his kingsize ego as DPP Tobiko orders him to make a statement with police to elaborate on his knowledge about PEV gloating above.

The adage that god makes mad those he intends to destroy could as well be applicable to Miguna Miguna. Granted, he has all the constitutional right to author his memoirs. But writing a book is a painstaking exercise in research which is more than just binding unsubstantiated newspaper allegations.

His allegations may be true. But in publishing both substance and style matter. Miguna Miguna's style of marketing his book has seen him come out distinguished in all the unique vices that define his persona. The intellectual who rubbished Mutula Kilonzo's first class degree as a product of cramming is now facing his Waterloo.

In his customary bravado and oozing exotic confidence, Miguna Miguna dared all the devils mentioned in his book to challenge him in court. Well, the victims have promptly picked the gauntlet and dutifully called his bluff by suing him for defamation and character assassination.

Loud, large, pushy, bloaded ego

Raila's Chief of Staff Caroli Omondi who appear to have been the main thesis and butt in Miguna Miguna's memoir has instructed his lawyer George Oraro to file a case against Miguna. Among other things, Mr Omondi has instructed Orarao to specifically:

1) Conduct an official search of the records of the Registrar of Titles and Registrar of Companies to determine the ownership of the land and the hotel business on the premises known as Heron Court Hotel situated along Nairobi’s Milimani Road in Nairobi. He wants Oraro to write directly to the directors of the hotel requesting for their written confirmation about the identity of all individual beneficial owners of the said hotel.

2)Write to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) requesting for a certified copy of their report on investigations of subsidized maize importation together with a copy of the Kenya Gazette Notice published by the commission in respect to the investigations.

3)Seek for a certified copy of a letter from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Director General confirming that the consignment of the disputed maize cargo imported by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in 2008 from South Africa and loaded at Maputo Port was kept by KRA in their bonded warehouse. According to Omondi, such a letter will also confirm that the maize was never released for public consumption but was instead re-exported out of the country.

4)Write to Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) with a request for their written opinion on the total weight and dimensions of Sh54million in cash in Sh1000 notes.

5)Write to Bavaria Motors with a request for a technical report on the boot size and maximum weight possible for loading therein with respect to BMW 318i Series.

......"He is a man who exhibits mental and emotional fits in his defence of issues and principles which adhere to him. At the time when he was in good books with the Prime Minister, he came across as the son and heart of the PM.” ....Judge Mohammed Warsame

Raila himself is not without blemish in inviting this unto himself. When you take accommodation amongst pigs you must brace yourself to host some flea. You are defined by the company you keep. So Raila invited Miguna into his inner sanctum he must bear the consequences of entrusting a loose cannon with your closely guarded life.

The stage is set for a legal battle royale. Miguna Miguna has been arrogantly boasting of his superlative legal mind. Now the gods have called his bluff and he is destined to meet his match. Let the game begin in earnest.

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Saturday, July 14, 2012

The political impact of Miguna Miguna’s book on Raila



Kenya Suffers Big Blow at AU on ICC

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South African has been elected the new boss of African Union. A veteran of the fight against apartheid, the ex-wife of President Jacob Zuma beat the incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon. Her election spells a diplomatic Waterloo for Kenya which was fronting for Mr Ping with his hostility against ICC (pan Africanism my foot!) the main driving force.

And the paediatrician Nkosazana Dlamini has refused to be associated with the meaningless Anglophone tag. "I am not Anglophone, I'm Zulu," she said.

The tenure of tough cookie who became the polygamist Zuma's third wife in 1982 only to divorce him 1998 promises some interesting times ahead that will rub many African leaders the wrong way.


“Eeeeh...eehhhh..eiiii...Please save me from Kibaki! Eeeeeh..eiiiii...Please don’t let me go back to that man...I don’t want to go back to Kibaki! Eeeeh...eiii...Please save me from Kibaki!” Raila broke down and cried, torrents of tears flowing freely down his cheeks. He was shaking uncontrollably.It was about 3:30pm on April 6, 2008. Everyone in the room was stunned. They had never seen Raila cry before.

Former close aide to PM Raila Odinga the always controversial Miguna Miguna launched his explosive book this morning as the many enemies of Raila circled their prey anticipating the kill. The truth is that they are in for a big disappointment because in my view the book in fact boosts Raila’s image rather than doing any real damage to the man who many believe won the 2007 presidential polls.

While it is true that there are a lot of negative things said about the ODM presidential candidate in the book, the bottom line is that as a political weapon to discredit the man and paint him as a corrupt politician this narration attempts to take off but before gaining any height crashes and burns.

What does the reader feel after reading the last sentence and putting the book down? Most will feel that it was a good read and I dare add that what will poignantly remain on their minds will NOT be Raila’s corrupt ways but instead the kind of man one Mwai Kibaki really is. Many will not help but empathize with Raila because after having his sweet victory stolen away from him, Kibaki went on to rub salt on the sore wounds of the Langata legislator by making it a nightmare for Raila to operate in a  government where he was in fact supposed to be an equal partner. Indeed to the credit of Raila he must have a really big heart to have gone through what he has suffered ever since he had the presidency stolen from him in broad daylight in early 2008.

Our brothers from the Luo community are reputed to be very petty and more concerned about prestige and their personal image and yet reading through the book it is the member for Othaya and the PNU side that come across as being petty going for the bigger and better rooms, using seating arrangements to put Raila down at every opportunity etc.

The excerpt at the top of this post speaks volumes and is probably one of the most unforgettable passages from Miguna’s book. A real shock when we were all sure it would be the inside details about Raila Odinga’s corrupt ways. Instead we get to see the human side of Raila. Who would imagine the tough guy who went through Moi's detention camps for political opponents, unscathed would be capable of breaking down and sobbing like a small child? This is bound to endear people more to him.

Interestingly the PM’s wife Ida Odinga does not fare so well. A single incident in the book where she ordered a ferry that was already half way to it’s destination back and then proceeded to eject several cars (including that of a cabinet minister) from it so that her entire entourage would be accommodated makes for some very interesting reading and paints the joint first lady in very poor light. Indeed she makes Lucy Kibaki look like some meek nun in a seminary.

P.S. Politicians boycotted the Miguna book launch today with only new Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan showing up. What message does that send forth? In my view the political class do not like exposes one bit and are very nervously observing this development.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Is money worship at the root of Kenya’s problems?

The issues that severely ail our country have been deeply analysed, debated and documented since Independence in 1963. Tribalism, corruption, unemployment, institutional weaknesses, political mediocrity and a myriad of other leadership failures have been adequately explored by many competent minds. For instance, Michela Wrong’s recent book “It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower”, offers a particularly riveting look into the architecture of corruption in Kenya since Independence. I’ll therefore not bother to rehash what is already in the public domain.

Kenyans who genuinely want the best for their country have been yearning for answers as to why the nationalistic hopes of 1963, and again in 2002 failed to become a reality. My take is that the answers so far have not gone far enough in drilling down to the core problem. As we race towards another uncertain general election, perhaps its time to explore further afield beyond the conventional, as to why we never seem to get our act together.

After years of reading and listening to various descriptions regarding our national problems, it finally hit me what has been going on in our country over the last five decades. The intriguing answer has been undeniably staring at us for quite a long time. I would like to suggest boldly that our core problem as Kenyans is really quite simple – it’s the worship of money!

Am talking about the unabashed, brazen veneration and aspiration for everything that money represents, and particularly the open admiration shown to those who have lots of it irrespective of how they acquired it. This is the shameful reality despite the oft-repeated claim that 80% of Kenya’s citizens are regular churchgoers, and who’s creed would never countenance worshiping anything other than God.

I assert that this kind of idolatry is at the heart of our social-economic problems and the mismanagement of this country’s human and natural resources by our ravenous leadership. This is the reason our kleptomaniac ruling class finds solid and enthusiastic support from the poverty stricken masses unable or unwilling to connect the dots between their pitiful existence and their leaders’ lavish lifestyles (which the poor folks envy, admire and will do anything to have). Indeed, all our major problems since 1963 can be traced back to this single vile phenomenon.

What are our values as a nation?

I would like to submit that the tragic narrative of our nation can be adequately traced back to the way we founded our Kenyan state at Independence. What core values were put forth to guide the young nation by our founding fathers? The beautiful words of our national anthem certainly contain strong and noble values that if instilled could have seen the transformation of our nascent nation into an economic giant at par with the so-called Asian tigers such as Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

Unfortunately, our founding fathers woefully failed to lead by personal integrity and selfless sacrifice. Instead, they laid the foundation for the shameless accumulation of wealth mentality that today permeates our leadership and society. No nation on earth can pull itself out of poverty under that kind of leadership.

Interestingly, Kenyan professionals have over the years remained highly sought across the globe due to their good qualifications, hard work and the ability to learn or adapt fast. Sometime back, a World Bank labour productivity report on East Africa described Kenyans as having aggressive go-getter attitudes which make them very suitable for jobs such as marketing, salesmanship and business intermediation. Our world-renowned athletes also display these noble virtues through their resilience and hard work.

Strangely, these values have hardly been reflected in our country’s top leadership. Over the last decade, the late Hon John Michuki is probably the only government Minister who can be remembered by ordinary citizens for achieving transformational impact under the Ministries he led. Indeed among his cabinet peers, Michuki stood out as a rare gem in a sea of avarice and astonishing incompetence.

Liberation from the worship of money

Land grabbing, mismanagement of public resources, drug deals, pyramid schemes – these are just the manifestations of the underlying get-rich quick mentality in our society. Which probably explains the ease by which perpetrators of these scams have found favour with voters and remarkably, even churches. Kenyan weekend dailies often carry photos of elated church leaders hosting and endorsing wealthy politicians mentioned in various financial scandals.

This moral tragedy can only be understood if one accepts that perhaps a great number of our people don’t really see anything wrong with those crimes. Truth be told, many love to hobnob with these thugs masquerading as leaders hoping they could share part of their loot. More shameful, many admire these politicians as their role models and heroes. It’s therefore not surprising that they listen and take to heart every bit of their dangerous tribal drivel. No wonder most of our voters lack interest in issue-based campaigns.

Now, that is what the Bible describes as the “love of money which leads to all kinds of evil.” Kenyans are today living this reality with the embrace of all kinds of immoralities including recently, the overt agitation for so-called homosexual “rights” in the country. Astute biblical scholars will tell you that when nations start manifesting the deviant lifestyles detailed under Romans chapter 1, it’s the ultimate proof of their rejection of God and consequently their own destruction.

Is it any wonder then that we find ourselves grappling with the same basic issues 50 years after independence? Should we be amazed that voters enthusiastically support politicians whose track records would consign them to very long jail terms in other nations that observe the rule of law? When a certain Prophet David Owuor came on the scene a few years ago proclaiming that Kenyans needed to repent and turn back to God, a number of church leaders dismissed and scoffed at his dooms day predictions. Without validating Owuor’s predictions or his work here, I would like to say that the church leaders seemed to have missed the critical warning stated by Jesus in Luke 13:1-5 regarding the importance of personal repentance.

At a personal level, I’ve come to the inescapable conclusion that unless as a people we sincerely repent of our idolatry to our God and creator, our country will continue sliding deeper into the murk as we watch. Lets not be deluded that the new constitution can change our hearts or morals. Only a healthy fear of God can liberate our people from the worship of money and those who wield it and appear hell-bent on destroying our nation through their empty politics. Otherwise, there’s little Kenyans of goodwill can do to stop the national conflagration that is sure to follow.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Enterprising Kenyans Always Hit The Jackpot

Powered by: Web Africa Dot Net - Creativity No Boundaries !  www.africa-web.netOnly the strong survive in this harsh economic climate. Get rich or die trying is more than a motto it is a mantra, but it is hypocritical to question how you make your money in modern day Kenya that is nobody's ethical business.Through simple mathematics any monthly salaries for example meager prime minister chief of staff can be stretched to achieve the possibility of buying wholesale hotels from such small livelihood. However such humble investment require non-ethical and educated thinking brains working behind hard earned cash. Few understand this principle very well and examples of poverty include complaining in the name of integrity and commenting  all day on every website. Become a forward looking Kenyan; soon you will be smiling with the rest of us smart investors Be forewarned though it is your own fault if you are prone to stereotypical violence or poor in this country NA BADO

Monday, July 09, 2012

Why Is The Kenyan Government Protecting Felicien Kabuga?



BREAKING NEWS
The ICC has set April 10 and 11, 2013 for hearing of the Kenya cases against William Ruto, Joshua Sang and Uhuru Kenyatta, Francis Muthaura respectively.

This development spells an interesting scenario whether Uhuru or Ruto makes or does not make it for presidency during the first polls round scheduled for March 4, 2013.

A run-off including or without either of the two is a must-watch Riverwood movie. The way out is to have the duo win outright first round directly or through a surrogate who will refuse to cooperate with ICC.

The heat is on, let the real game begin.

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The latest explosive revelations by a local TV station NTV that long time Rwandan genocide fugitive Félicien Kabuga is still in the country raises key questions that the people need answers to pronto.

The question is what does this man have that is so precious to the government of Kenya?

The truth is that there have been rumours for a very long time that the man wanted by the ICC has been hiding in the country as the guest of the government of Kenya ever since the days of the Moi presidency. These claims have always been met by stren denials. The NTV investigative story proves beyond any doubt that those rumours have been in fact very true all along.

Interestingly Kabuga was busy financing and overseeing the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of hapless Rwandese Tsutsis and only stopped to flee the country when Paul Kagame’s RPF forces invaded the country. The first country he fled to was Switzerland where he was promptly asked to leave. Quick enquiries convinced him that there was no country in the Western world willing to accept him and he therefore left for war torn DRC where he still had good contacts from his business empire. It was shortly after his arrival in Kinshasa that reports of his being in Kenya first emerged.

The really worrying thing about the NTV expose is the fact that it proves the involvement of the country’s top security organs in protecting and hiding Kabuga in Kenya. This includes both the NSIS (National Security Intelligence Services) and the Military.

Most analysts of the Kabuga saga have always confidently stated that the motive for the government to protect Kabuga is simply cash. According to their theory, the man has simply used his millions to buy off the entire government of Kenya starting with former president Daniel arap Moi.

While top brass in government have always been known to be extremely corrupt and it is a fact that it is easy for anybody “to buy” virtually anything they want in the banana republic known as Kenya as long as the price is right, this theory does not exactly hold water in this case. It still leaves too many loose ends and unanswered questions.

The determination and great lengths that both the Moi and Kibaki administrations have gone into to keep this man whom no other nation on earth wants to touch with a 20 feet pole is puzzling. For instance as recently as August 28th 2006 the then Senator Barrack Obama while visiting Kenya accused the government of allowing Kabuga to hide in the country. Kibaki’s government promptly responded by not only denying the senator’s claim but calling it an insult to the people of Kenya.

The involvement of the NSIS and the military in the protection of Kabuga in Kenya points to the fact that his very arrest or capture is a threat to the security of the state. Now how can that be? What golden key does this murderer surely hold that allows him to hold our government by their balls? And not just one government but two different administrations.

To add insult to injury this mass murderer has not been holed up only in Nairobi but has been moving around the country freely albeit sometimes disguised as a woman. For example credible reports reveal that while in Mombasa his favourite disguise is usually a buibui (commonly worn by women at the Coast, this is a collection of black garments that covers the entire body and face leaving only the eyes).

The burning questions about this Kabuga guy persist. What secret is this that Moi passed on to Kibaki about Kabuga that gives this murderer state protection that is better than what even the VP or members of the cabinet get? What is this important thing that has caused the government to take such a huge risk in secretly harboring the fugitive? These are the intriguing questions that this blogger is furiously pursuing.

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Thursday, July 05, 2012

Thin Divide Between Hate Speech and Ethnic Art

So National Cohesion and Integration Commission has made good its threat by charging three Kikuyu musicians (Kamande Wa Kioi, Muigai Wa Njoroge and John DeMathew) with hate speech.

It appears the hitherto thin line between creative art and hate speech has been erased. Those who understand Kikuyu metaphors and mythology may beg to differ with the alleged charge of inciting hatred between the Kikuyu and Luo communities.

Kenya is bigger than these two tribes who have been always generated more political heat between them with devatating/fatal consequences.

Listening to the songs one may get nothing more than the common stereotypes albeit ordered into lyrics. I know people will be quick to remind us of Rwanda's Radio Miles and the subsequent genocide.

To drive fear into Kenyans we will be reminded of the not-yet-healed PEV wounds and many raves. But art is better appreciated for its creativity and entertainment value.

The Hague Bound song may be the most emotive with its lyrics posing questions about what to do if, for example, someone takes you to The Hague or takes your wife or property. The chorus reply "kill him" is so natural it may pass as tasteless.

All these years Luos have lived with the kihii tag. So it is therefore no heinous crime singing about finishing the uncircumcised.

The courts are better left to deal with more weighty litigation rather than engaging in criminal interpretation to artistic works.

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

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