tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post6524154244330531635..comments2024-03-28T17:52:49.942-07:00Comments on You Missed This: Did Visa Ban Force Kibaki to Skip London Trip?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-53413859383080278192008-07-25T02:15:00.000-07:002008-07-25T02:15:00.000-07:00Anon 9.18It takes a village idiot to notice anothe...Anon 9.18<BR/><BR/>It takes a village idiot to notice another. Calling me an idiot would never worry me a bit. I come from a village and am proud of it, that's why I use my village name. <BR/>I am very comfortable of whom I am and if not worshipping Raila makes me an Idiot, so let be.Kwalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16243385762623172961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-11403848183199955512008-07-24T21:30:00.000-07:002008-07-24T21:30:00.000-07:00anon @ 9.18. If telling the truth about the nakedn...anon @ 9.18. If telling the truth about the nakedness of your emperor, the Grand Sibuor of Bondo and conqueror of all the "fises" and all the crocodiles of Lake Victoria is village idiocy, then so be it. I am very proud to be an alert village idiot who has his antennae permanently tuned to the right frequency, the one that can smell the overwhelming pong of dictators and megalomaniacs like the Sibuor from 500kms away.<BR/>Secondly, i live in Kenya and have no desire whatsoever to live abroad, what for? I am very comfortable in Kenya thankyou, now that i am certain that your Sibuor will never enter the State House.<BR/>Finally, what is western culture to you? Is it the fact that you can speak English and call people village idiots, as you do? I assume you wear underpants, don't you? Is that not Western cultural influence? Why don't you convincingly demonstrate your resistance to Western cultural influence by setting the example and discarding the underpants and trousers and wearing a loin cloth that allows air circulation and free movement for your "goods"?Kimi Raikkonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746369867832618011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-15135851822665713892008-07-24T13:02:00.000-07:002008-07-24T13:02:00.000-07:009.18, I will be an idiot for as long as I live. If...9.18, I will be an idiot for as long as I live. If refusing to be fooled is idiocy, then I want to be the biggest idiot in town.<BR/><BR/>I do not have a wife and so in your very noble desire to get to the bottom of my idiocy, leave out ladies. I do not have a wife and I am not getting one any time soon.<BR/><BR/>About the tribal hatred that "we spew here", you should start getting pused to living with it. If I have ever 'spewed' tribal hate here or even judged anybody based on their ethnicity, I want to do that for the rest of my life. I am not changing a bit.<BR/><BR/>About our exposure to Western cultures, who told you they teach people to be worshippers of men in those Western countries you keep talking about? Did you expect us to become little Raila Odinga cheerleaders which is the true measure of smartness in your small head?<BR/><BR/>Look here young fellow, your little rants about people being idiots is nothing new. You are not going to change anyone. We were told here last year that we argue the way we do because we went to Ndethia high school before getting those Tom Mboya, sorry Otieno, sorry Raila Odinga scholarships to 'Ohio state Uni'. That did not change us, your description of us as idiots wont either.<BR/><BR/>Finally, I live in Kitui and Kitui isn't West of anything.Vikiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856714528491258384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-14001600029879559832008-07-24T09:18:00.000-07:002008-07-24T09:18:00.000-07:00We have village IDIOTS on this blog that are regul...We have village IDIOTS on this blog that are regulars;<BR/><BR/>KIMI<BR/>KWALE<BR/>VIKII<BR/><BR/>Mad men to the extreme. WASHENZI SANA, I think their wives do not get them enough that is why their faculties are so polluted with the tribal hatred and non-sense that they spew here.<BR/><BR/>Imagine, these are IDIOTS that live overseas and have been exposed to the western cultures and ways of life and yet reason like they never left their village dens.......IDIOTS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-4029083291968857462008-07-24T01:47:00.000-07:002008-07-24T01:47:00.000-07:00anon 1:21 PMIs it for fear or what that whenever a...anon 1:21 PM<BR/>Is it for fear or what that whenever a Luo speaks or acts the Okuyus dismisses them contemptuously. What is that the Luos have done to Okuyus that make them appear so cheap, backward, poor etc? If we kenyans are to reconcile I think Kiuks need first to reconcile their mindsets.<BR/>It is for the same reason when engaged in a talk with okuyu men and women and boys and girls included Mugabe, Gaddafi and Obama's opponent are the best pets<BR/>So why all the bitterness, can you leave Luos with their flossing and you mind your business?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-49263511065510728372008-07-24T01:35:00.000-07:002008-07-24T01:35:00.000-07:00"Irate residents of Manyatta bayed for the blood o..."Irate residents of Manyatta bayed for the blood of the seasoned butcher who was only rescued by police.<BR/><BR/>"How could he wrap a quarter kilo of meat with bones using a newspaper with a colour picture of a national leader like Raila? It’s unheard of," says Oloo Otieno, a resident of Kondele.<BR/><BR/>Ouma’s harrowing experience has made butchers cautious when serving clients after he closed shop."<BR/><BR/>This is the kind of idiotic fanaticism that spawned the personality cult of Hitler, Ceausescu, Obiang Nguema in EQ Guinea, Ferdinand Marcos in the Phillipines, Kim Il Sung in North Korea and other malevolent and destructive dictators in world history. EVEN BEFORE Raila is President with real authority, the personality cult is WELL AND TRULY under way!! <BR/>The Standard does Raila NO FAVORS WHATSOEVER in publishing the story. Instead, it merely reminds and then reinforces the view amongst sober and freedom loving Kenyans about just HOW CLOSE we were to becoming sheep, unquestioning and docile, OR ELSE. It is sort of like watching a Dracula movie for the first time as a child. The sense of horror is pulpable, but fortunately, you know it is not real and that you are safe. It feels the same way knowing how close Raila came to be President. We would now be required to wear Raila T-Shirts in public. The days when you looked over your shoulder before speaking ANYTHING political would have been back with a vengeance. <BR/>This throbbing fanaticism is also the decisive factor that informs the majority of Kenyans to NEVER ALLOW people like Raila and his screaming hordes of fanatics such as those who almost lynched the butcher, to ever rule Kenya. WE WILL NEVER ACCEPT FOR OUR FREEDOM TO BE MORTGAGED TO TRIBALIST FUNDAMENTALISTS. EVER.Kimi Raikkonenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15746369867832618011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-76518505524240983682008-07-24T01:21:00.000-07:002008-07-24T01:21:00.000-07:00That’s what Luos and Raila need and they will shut...That’s what Luos and Raila need and they will shut up! The security bodyguard motorcade, visits abroad and overzealous reporters following his every move. Luos are showmen people; they like to show off because they have nothing and so when they see something that will give them publicity they just cannot contain themselves. Thanks Kibaki for giving them that!<BR/><BR/>Kibaki is not a showman, he does not like publicity and that’s why he did not go to UK. How many times have you seen Kibaki going on public for the last 6 years? He likes to keep it cool. Let they excited cat go running!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-30771739350870843292008-07-23T23:01:00.000-07:002008-07-23T23:01:00.000-07:00Phil,You are a typical luo. Do you really believe ...Phil,<BR/><BR/>You are a typical luo. Do you really believe there is any odiero in uk who knows who rao is?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-51191806412187000222008-07-23T20:44:00.000-07:002008-07-23T20:44:00.000-07:00Shame of Kenya’s politicsPublished on 21/07/2008 I...Shame of Kenya’s politics<BR/>Published on 21/07/2008 <BR/><BR/>In Kenya, whatever politicians say is taken as gospel truth, while experts’ views are dismissed. <BR/><BR/>Politicians long ago discovered that the louder they shout, the longer they remain relevant.<BR/><BR/>Their survival is largely dependent on how well they are seen to fight for the rights of ‘their people’.<BR/><BR/>Thus, the din from the 10 Rift Valley MPs over the intended eviction of their people from Mau Forest puts them in good books with the community — with the 2012 General Election in mind.<BR/><BR/>At a Press conference last week, they made the issue of the forest murkier, with their misplaced call to their people to stay put. <BR/><BR/>They demanded a negotiated solution before the eviction is undertaken.<BR/><BR/>Kipkelion MP Magerer Langat claimed that the forum chaired by Prime Minister Raila Odinga comprised of "busybodies and activists."<BR/><BR/>But when one of their comrades, Bureti MP Franklin Bett left the Press conference, they got impatient and jittery.<BR/><BR/>One MP asked, "Ano Franklin? Kakobei" (Where is Franklin?) Someone answered that he had disappeared.<BR/><BR/>One MP claimed colleagues were afraid of commenting on the issue, as they would be labelled ‘politically incorrect’.<BR/><BR/>The lawmakers read mischief in the notice requiring people living in the forest to move by the end of October.<BR/><BR/>According to the MPs, the resolutions passed under the watch of the PM were part of a grand plan to punish the Kalenjin community.<BR/><BR/>Quite naturally the issue of post-election violence cropped up, and they sang in unison that their community was being oppressed.<BR/><BR/>The leaders believe alternative land should be identified, with an abundance of social amenities — perhaps state-of-the-art schools, health facilities, golf courses and clubs, where the residents can jig and unwind after a hard day’s work.<BR/><BR/>However, the MPs’ penchant to confuse the noble issue of preserving the Mau resource with unrelated and farfetched intrigues spells disaster for the country.<BR/><BR/>How, pray, is the ecosystem related to the question of the youth arrested over post-election violence? Why can’t the politicians just play politics with the arrest of the youth without involving environmental issues? <BR/><BR/>UNEP, among other environmental organisations, has warned that the destruction of the forest poses a threat to the well-being of million of Kenyans, since the Mau is a catchment area for about 12 rivers.<BR/><BR/>After a layman’s explanation, the MPs feign ignorance of the adverse impact of the Mau deforestation on the Sondu Miriu power project in Nyando District.<BR/><BR/>It was sad to hear a national leader like National Heritage minister William Ntimama say, "Tulimaliza watu mia sita hapa." (We finished 600 people here.)<BR/><BR/>Many will recall the shock on the faces of Raila and Agriculture Minister William Ruto as these words were uttered. <BR/><BR/>The fear of many helpless Kenyans resident in Narok and other parts Maasailand but who are considered ‘foreigners’ is understandable.<BR/><BR/>The 400,000-hectare forest is in jeopardy now as it was 15 years ago, because of playing politics with the fragile ecosystem.<BR/><BR/>By settling the so-called minority communities such as the Ogiek and other landless communities some years back, the government set the stage for a confrontation.<BR/><BR/>Reports of senior government officials and well-connected politicians having grabbed chunks of the forest lands, rubs salt into the wound — which the Rift Valley MPs are gleefully capitalising on.<BR/><BR/>The media has also cashed in on the frenzy, with little or no space given to land and environmental experts. Unfortunately this is the sad tale of Kenyan politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-79287736764853715112008-07-23T20:43:00.000-07:002008-07-23T20:43:00.000-07:00Kisumu experiences renewed RailamaniaPublished in ...Kisumu experiences renewed Railamania<BR/>Published in Standard Magazine<BR/><BR/>BY Harold Ayodo<BR/><BR/>A butcher who wrapped a quarter kilogramme of meat in a newspaper with the picture of Prime Minister Raila Odinga narrowly escaped death by lynching in Kisumu recently.<BR/><BR/>Irate residents of Manyatta bayed for the blood of the seasoned butcher who was only rescued by police.<BR/><BR/>"How could he wrap a quarter kilo of meat with bones using a newspaper with a colour picture of a national leader like Raila? It’s unheard of," says Oloo Otieno, a resident of Kondele.<BR/><BR/>Ouma’s harrowing experience has made butchers cautious when serving clients after he closed shop.<BR/><BR/>"Now we usually confirm that the old newspapers we use do not have pictures that may offend our customers," says a butcher.<BR/><BR/>Vendors of groundnuts at the Central Business District (CBD) also say they vet newspaper pages before using them to wrap the delicacy.<BR/><BR/> <BR/>Matatus in Kisumu have pictures of Prime Minister in order to attract passengers . PHOTO BY James Keyie<BR/> <BR/>Small-scale businessmen and women say the same applies to pictures of Illinois Senator and Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama.<BR/><BR/>It is for reasons such as this that the late Vice President Kijana Wamalwa coined the term Raila mania. <BR/><BR/>Residents say elevation of Raila to the second Premier of the country is no mean achievement considering the hardships he underwent fighting for expanded democratic space.<BR/><BR/>Bar patrons who have mastered the politics of Premiership usually get free rounds of beer from the people who listen to the tales.<BR/><BR/>Dwellers of the lakeside town even dismiss mainstream newspapers that do not bear his picture or story on the cover.<BR/><BR/>Vendors concur that selling a newspaper without either a front-page coloured picture of or a story about Raila in the region is similar to marketing pork in Saudi Arabia.<BR/><BR/>"Kuuza gazeti hapa bila maneno ya mzee ni ngumu," a vendor says. (Selling newspapers here that is not about the old man is difficult.)<BR/><BR/>Newspaper vendors reveal that they sold the highest number of copies ever when Raila and Obama toured Kisumu together on August 26, 2006.<BR/><BR/>A vendor says the front-page picture of Raila and Obama in the Sunday Standard waving to crowds in Kisumu sold out before 8am on August 27.<BR/><BR/>Some residents keep copies of newspapers that carried banner headlines when Raila made ‘landmark’ political statements like warning of a ‘political tsunami’ four years ago.<BR/><BR/>Mama Milka Akoth has newspapers with stories of Raila since he was arrested over the 1982 coup, upon his release, his election as Lang’ata MP in 1992 to elevation as Premier. <BR/><BR/>Weighty speeches<BR/><BR/>Akoth says she has kept the papers because there are times Raila speaks in parables and it requires time to unravel his speeches.<BR/><BR/>"Many did not understand what Raila meant when he warned of a political tsunami four years ago until the Government side lost the referendum," recalls Akoth.<BR/><BR/>The philosophical grandmother of six says the tsunami was not spent until it swept several Cabinet ministers and Vice President Moody Awori from office last year.<BR/><BR/>"Agwambo ndio mchuzi ya magazeti. Kama hayuko kumekauka," says Akoth. (Raila is the spice of newspapers and without his stories the papers are dry.)<BR/><BR/>Akoth is among many Kisumu residents who still have on the walls of their sitting rooms the posters Raila used to campaign for President in the last polls.<BR/><BR/>Many matatus have posted huge photos of Raila inset on a US dollar bill on the back windows of their vehicles to attract passengers.<BR/><BR/>Matatus and boats on Lake Victoria have pictures of Raila, Obama and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.<BR/><BR/>Witty cab operators have miniature flags of the United States to attract the many foreign journalists who troop to the ancestral home of the Illinois Senator in Siaya.<BR/><BR/>Mothers have named their babies after the Premier in the belief that they would follow in his footsteps.<BR/><BR/>It is the same reason why the Executive Prime Minister Hotel attracts several clients at the lakeside town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-16752804433135597932008-07-23T20:31:00.000-07:002008-07-23T20:31:00.000-07:00why is there so much hatred in Kumekucha???other K...why is there so much hatred in Kumekucha???<BR/>other Kenyan blogs have moved on...<BR/><BR/>i welcome you all to www.kenyanlist.com where we have funny stories, healthy discussion from Kenyans of all walks.<BR/><BR/>lets Komesha the hatred that is in KUMEKUCHA<BR/><BR/>by john msaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-66282860868857760012008-07-23T18:20:00.000-07:002008-07-23T18:20:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8-TBtiacAI&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8-TBtiacAI&feature=related<BR/><BR/>The commissioner of police and all those goons in the police force that killed many innocent kenyans should watch this narrative music on what happened in kenya if indeed they have forgotten -seeing the way they are answering questions directed to them in the waki commission(all bull-shit answers) <BR/><BR/>they slaughtered, killed and murdered kenyans in cold blood!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-28406486847128875102008-07-23T17:40:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:40:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x58FoweKIGE&fea...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x58FoweKIGE&feature=related<BR/><BR/>watch -this is for those who still spread propaganda and tribal hate on here- kenyans have moved on suckers- wake up!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-53040783011680926142008-07-23T17:30:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:30:00.000-07:00Where was gadafi when we were almost burning the c...Where was gadafi when we were almost burning the country to ashes , did he offer us even a spoon of water , im sure he was ready to supply kibs with alot of ammunation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-5290969179303688022008-07-23T17:26:00.000-07:002008-07-23T17:26:00.000-07:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epypj5tUHsY&eur...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Epypj5tUHsY&eurl=http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page16015.asp<BR/><BR/>PM Raila Odinga - I applaud your speech- you are a breath of fresh air for kenya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-2375846979385597742008-07-23T16:52:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:52:00.000-07:00anon4:22 PMyou said it yourself:) facts i'm glad y...anon4:22 PM<BR/>you said it yourself:) facts i'm glad you have them straight and in order- you need a medal for stating facts- <BR/><BR/>why don't all kikuyu's states facts like you- good points yes the kikuyu's did all that and more:):) <BR/>1.Kenyatta stole from his own people (Mau Mua) those are the IDP's you see around landless beginning other tribes to let them stay on their land which was acquired by funds given to them by the British to buy back farms from the white settlers who wanted to sell.<BR/><BR/>Go read the J.M story and why he was assassinated and killed like dog by his own tribesman Kenyatta.<BR/><BR/>2. aids?? kikuyu's are known to be the largest number that do prostitution kenya- when they do tribe is not an issue but anyone with the shillingi is welcome.<BR/><BR/><BR/>3.looting yes from kenyatta, to Kibaki who has always if you look at the kibaki history in government he has always been a looter, a thug and a thieve so what is new??(his bus boy kimunya was just caught red handed)<BR/>you are the one who needs to remove your head from the sand- jinga kabisa wewe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-10495599130194280602008-07-23T16:42:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:42:00.000-07:00Anon3:54 PMeducate yourself first before you post ...Anon3:54 PM<BR/><BR/>educate yourself first before you post embarrassing post here-<BR/>take not of what business or you might call them hand out the USA gives and invests in kenya versis your kibaki darling Gaddaffi-<BR/>even your brown teethed central people are using some of the funding from the USA and recently your coffee farmers in nyeri got deals from starbucks coffee houses to grow them coffee a very good deal(American people going to drink loads of coffee grown by nyeri farmers<BR/><BR/>I guess lacking in education and facts is a sad thing- no wonder kenya is in the dog house - seeing the tribe which has been in place since 2002.<BR/><BR/>I suggest you go live in Libya- and lick gaddaffi's tosh!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-61235184524077264682008-07-23T16:35:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:35:00.000-07:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7515998.stmWATCHhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7515998.stm<BR/><BR/>WATCHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-42869396842588264942008-07-23T16:22:00.000-07:002008-07-23T16:22:00.000-07:00anon 1:16 pm. Payuka-payuka, whining, getting exci...anon 1:16 pm. Payuka-payuka, whining, getting excited by small things. And the world passes you by. Then you fall back on the same old excuse--the Kikuyus stole your cow from 1963-2007, stole yur schools, brought you AIDs etc. Bure kabisa!<BR/>Go lie down and die.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-41958534628849511592008-07-23T15:54:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:54:00.000-07:00I'd rather deal with Gaddafi than with the UK and ...I'd rather deal with Gaddafi than with the UK and USA. At least the former is in Africa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-54757370288527422412008-07-23T15:22:00.000-07:002008-07-23T15:22:00.000-07:00THIS IS WHY THE VISA'S TO THE POLITICIANS THAT BOU...THIS IS WHY THE VISA'S TO THE POLITICIANS THAT BOUGHT ARMS TO KILL INNOCENT KENYANS.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Poll Violence: Who took illegally imported guns?<BR/><BR/>Published on 19/07/2008<BR/><BR/>By Saturday Standard Team<BR/><BR/>Security chiefs are tight-lipped over where two containers of firearms smuggled into the country at the height of post-election violence could be.<BR/><BR/>Not even before the Justice Philip Waki judicial commission on post-election violence is any of them willing to spill the beans. They would also not talk about why there has been no mop-up of the weapons by the security forces given the deadly nature of the cargo.<BR/><BR/>When contacted about the matter by The Standard On Saturday, Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe said the police took the investigation seriously and formed a team to investigate. He, however, ruled out the possibility of investigation being made public.<BR/><BR/>Army officers clear a barricaded road during the post-election violence. It was at this time that guns are said to have been illegally imported into the country. PHOTO: file<BR/>But what is, however, not secret is the militia group behind the smuggling of the arms from war-ravaged and lawless Somalia.<BR/><BR/>Not very secret, too, are the possible targets of the arms as the country spiralled into an orgy of bloodletting before the Kofi Annan talks bore fruit.<BR/><BR/>And a report by a United Nations agency on the movement of arms at the time confirms the frightening reports.<BR/><BR/>Beneath the veneer of the sad tale lies the story of Kenya headed to the dogs as thousands were killed, displaced and dispossessed. It points at how close the country was to civil war, even as the security forces were divided, with orders coming from a select class of politicians and top civil servants.<BR/><BR/>Top police officers familiar with the consignment concede — on the promise of confidential cover — that their efforts to track down the bearers of the illegal cache of arms have been slowed by powerful personalities in government.<BR/><BR/>The big question is not how the group managed to order the container-loads of firearms from Somalia, but why the security chiefs — who have taken the witness box before the Waki team — have not spoken of what could undermine national security.<BR/><BR/>Those who have appeared before the team include the Chief of General Staff, Gen Jeremiah Kianga, Police Commissioner Maj-Gen Hussein Ali, and the Director General of the National Security Intelligence Service Michael Gichangi, Administration Police Commandant Kinuthia Mbugua, and Internal Security Permanent Secretary Francis Kimemia.<BR/><BR/>The two packed containers were ferried through Isiolo to Nairobi. Police spokesman Kiraithe confirmed investigations were still on, but did not explain why six months later, those who imported the arms have not been arrested, the arms seized, and the veracity of the claims that powerful personalities had frustrated the tracking down of the illegal cache.<BR/><BR/>Secrecy<BR/><BR/>Kiraithe would only say the police chief took the investigation seriously and formed a team to investigate.<BR/><BR/>"The claims were taken very seriously by the force. This is a big thing and investigation is ongoing," he said.<BR/><BR/>A member of the investigating team revealed to The Standard on Saturday the hurdles on the path of investigation.<BR/><BR/>"People who were behind this thing do not want it to be exposed. They are not willing to meet us or to make it public in any manner."<BR/><BR/>The official said preliminary investigations had established that there was a shipment of such cargo during post-election period, but they were yet to know the current whereabouts.<BR/><BR/>The UN Monitoring Group, in a report submitted recently to the Security Council, said it detected a strange movement of firearms from Somalia into Kenya in the middle of the election violence early this year.<BR/><BR/>The UN reported as systematic the buying of arms from Somalia with some measure of impunity. The period the UN report refers to appear to coincide with the time the US Embassy in Nairobi revoked the visas of 10 MPs, among other prominent people.<BR/><BR/>The Embassy accused those it blacklisted in early February this year as either having been behind the violence — in which over 1,200 were killed and about 350,000 displaced — or standing in the way of a peace agreement at the time.<BR/><BR/>US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger said his country "decided to apply our travel restrictions on individuals who we believed to have participated in the instigation of violence, violation of human rights and breaking of democratic practices."<BR/><BR/>According to the UN group that monitors activities in Somalia, a consignment of guns was imported between February and mid-March, as the country stood on the brink of war.<BR/><BR/>A buyer the UN group identifies specifically as "a militia group in Kenya" was among the several underworld groups that ordered firearms into the country in the middle of the violence.<BR/><BR/>The militia group brought 12 AK-47s and six boxes of ammunition, eight pistols, four boxes of ammunition and six magazines.<BR/><BR/>The clients also needed four Belgium FAL guns, six boxes of ammunition and eight magazines.<BR/><BR/>But no explanation has come forward even from security chiefs who have taken the witness box at the Justice Waki Commission.<BR/><BR/>The UN report aside, interviews with illegal gun traders in the north of the country also confirmed a flurry of arms buying at the height of the violence, with most orders coming from Nairobi.<BR/><BR/>One dealer said ordinarily, he would have orders for "ordinary crimes" with criminals asking for one or two guns. Things changed in the middle of violence, with orders from Nairobi outstripping usual demand. A dealer who admitted getting orders, however, said his were cancelled after the violence stopped with the signing of the peace deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-2588817321362466772008-07-23T14:35:00.000-07:002008-07-23T14:35:00.000-07:00here is Gaddafi's guards fighting Museveni gua...here is Gaddafi's guards fighting Museveni guards. Not in Tripoli. But in Kampala (Musevenis' home ground). Wait for that day in Nyayo Stadium at a national event when Gaddafi will wake up and in a fit look at Kibaki in the eye and call him Pumbavu publicly in his face. And Kibaki will say "YES". Coz he cant do anything about it. He is on Gaddafi's payroll until death will learn the hard way what it means to be owned by a Muarabu. <BR/><BR/><BR/>http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/Gadaffi_Museveni_s_endless_guard_fights.shtml<BR/><BR/><BR/>News | March 21, 2008 <BR/><BR/>Gadaffi, Museveni's endless guard fights<BR/><BR/>RODNEY MUHUMUZA & GRACE MATSIKO<BR/><BR/>KAMPALA<BR/><BR/>THE Presidential Guard Brigade and Col. Muammar Gadaffi’s security detail were involved in a string of supremacy clashes during every public event that the Libyan leader attended, it can now be revealed. <BR/><BR/>During the clashes, security officials on both sides just fell short of pulling guns on each other, but both presidents seemed to be aware of the goings-on between their security outfits. <BR/><BR/>Matters came to a head when, during the opening of the Gadaffi National Mosque on Wednesday, President Museveni was pinned against the wall as his men fought with the Libyans to control an entrance to the mosque. <BR/><BR/>For about two minutes, a shocked Mr Museveni looked on as the security officers exchanged blows and threw each other to the ground. <BR/><BR/>The ensuing melee caught some reporters and diplomats, and for a moment it was difficult to tell who was in charge. <BR/>Mr Museveni managed to enter, but it was minutes after Col. Gadaffi had made his entry.<BR/><BR/>Earlier, at Nakivubo War Memorial Stadium, where Col. Gadaffi was a chief celebrant at a function to commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, his security detail and the PGB fought to determine who got close to the presidents. <BR/><BR/>The Ugandans and the Libyans disagreed on risk-assessment and type of guns to be carried, according to a PGB officer who was involved in the scuffles. The officer, who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of his job, said the Libyans were control freaks. <BR/><BR/>At the stadium, as at the mosque, the Ugandans appeared to get the better of the Libyans, who spoke in Arabic and often used sign language to communicate. <BR/><BR/>Security and protocol officers, speaking on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to talk to journalists, said Col. Gadaffi came with close to 200 security guards, most of them armed. From Sunday afternoon, when Col. Gadaffi arrived, there were early signs of the scuffles to come when PGB officers stopped some travelling Libyans from entering State House, causing a stampede at the entrance. <BR/>That stampede was to be replicated in at least three other places, often in full view of photographers desperate to take snap shots of the presidents. <BR/><BR/>PGB spokesman Edison Kwesiga said there was no fallout from the clashes, but failed to explain why Col. Gadaffi failed to attend the proposed unveiling of a war monument in Katonga, a ceremony that President Museveni had hoped his Libyan counterpart would honour. <BR/><BR/>Col. Gadaffi left on Thursday morning, around the time he had been expected to be at the Katonga event, prematurely ending a visit that most Ugandans will remember for the traffic disruption and the resultant jams.<BR/><BR/>News of Col. Gadaffi’s departure was broken to ministers and senior army officers who had already converged in Mpigi to attend the event, district officials said. <BR/><BR/>Col. Gadaffi, who in the past travelled with an all-female security guards called the Amazonian Guard, was in Uganda to close the Afro-Arab Youth Festival and open the Gadaffi National Mosque, his gift to the Muslims of Uganda. <BR/><BR/>But his men, who always surrounded him as human shields whenever he was in public view, were apparently untrusting of the PGB, and the attendant uneasiness often gave way to clashes. <BR/><BR/>Officials on both sides disagreed on who was supposed to stand at the podiums where the heads of state were speaking, or who should stand behind which president.<BR/><BR/> “The Libyans are sensitive about their president’s security, and it has been like that since Sunday [March 16] when they arrived,” said one protocol officer. <BR/><BR/>In some cases, as the Libyan officers struggled to take control of security during events, blows were almost exchanged as PGB officers shouted on top of their voices that the Libyans should back off. <BR/><BR/>The Libyans, though they spoke some English, preferred to reply in Arabic, deliberately confusing the Ugandans. To avoid a confrontation, it was agreed that the Ugandans and the Libyans deploy their security in equal numbers around their presidents. But that was before the mosque melee. <BR/><BR/>And there was more drama to come when, after opening the mosque, Col. Gadaffi travelled in one of the heavy duty Land Cruisers instead of his green limousine. <BR/><BR/>Six of his guards, acting as human shields, jumped on the Land Cruiser’s windows to block hundreds of people from having a clear view of the Libyan leader as his convoy left the complex. <BR/><BR/>Most countries, according to a knowledgeable source, offer not more than 10 guards for a visiting head of state. But Capt. Kwesiga said: “A country can forward a request that it is bringing in a certain number of security personnel. Once the number is agreed upon, they [can] come, so it cannot be that there must be a certain number.”<BR/><BR/>A 30-seater Libyan jet arrived at Entebbe International Airport on March 6 carrying an advance team comprising security officers and secretaries. <BR/><BR/>Some Libyan guards were flown in on an Antonov aircraft on Saturday and more touched down at 2.30pm on Sunday, the day of Col. Gadaffi’s arrival. Sources said that Col. Gadaffi came with a fleet of 30 vehicles, airlifted by Libyan military aircraft. <BR/><BR/>They included three green armour-plated presidential limousines, two high-tech vans fitted with electronic jamming devices, two mobile communication stations, a repeater station based at the airport, a mobile mini-hospital with five doctors, three Outside Broadcasting vans belonging to Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation, a state-run media agency, and heavy duty Land Cruisers for guards and aides. <BR/><BR/>On Monday the guards, equipped with Uganda maps and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, took a test-drive through the city towards the Gayaza Road round-about and made a U-turn through the potholed Mulago Road before retreating to State House, Nakasero. <BR/><BR/>Similar drills were conducted in Entebbe and Munyonyo. Other sources claimed that Col. Gadaffi came with a double that confused the PGB and protocol personnel on arrival at Entebbe and the Commonwealth Resort in Munyonyo. <BR/><BR/>Although Daily Monitor could not independently verify the claims of Col. Gadaffi’s look-alike on the entourage, it is well known that high profile individuals adopt doubles to enhance their security. <BR/><BR/>Capt. Kwesiga insisted that the PGB and the Libyan counterparts worked well together. The PGB, he said, never showed signs of an inferiority complex. <BR/><BR/>“That is a personal observation. We worked together. Remember this is not the first time we are working together--we have worked together before,” he said. <BR/><BR/>“For one to say [that] President Gadaffi’s guards wanted to take over the airport and State House, do you know how many soldiers [that would take]?”<BR/><BR/>Col. Gadaffi’s foreign visits have mostly been controversial. During a visit to Nigeria in 2006, he threatened to return home after the Nigerian authorities refused to allow all his 200 guards from entering the country with arms. <BR/><BR/>“Rarely can a host have been so happy to see the back of a guest as President Sarkozy will be today when Muammar Gaddafi and his caravan of 400 followers finally leave Paris,” reported the UK’s The Times in an article published after the Libyan leader’s visit to France last year. <BR/><BR/>“For the French President and many Parisians, the five-day official visit by the Libyan leader has seemed endless.” The article, published on December 15, 2007, was titled “Adieu, Col Muammar Gadaffi, a tricky guest.” <BR/><BR/>Mr Isaac Magoola, a Kampala political scientist, claimed that Col. Gadaffi’s conduct is driven by huge resources, long stay in power and his philosophy. <BR/><BR/>“The huge resources at his disposal give him leverage over other African presidents…he who pays the piper calls the tune,” Mr Magoola said. <BR/><BR/>“His long stay in power has made him insensitive to other people…He is more successful in Africa because we are poor. Fidel Castro of Cuba would have been like Gadaffi but his country is poor.”<BR/><BR/>ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY JOSEPH MITIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-63412735820414270882008-07-23T13:29:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:29:00.000-07:00Colonel Gaddafi :IS THIS THE GUY KIBAKI WANTS TO T...Colonel Gaddafi :<BR/><BR/>IS THIS THE GUY KIBAKI WANTS TO TAKE OVER KENYANS HERITAGE? GRAND REGENCY AND OUR OIL???<BR/><BR/>LOOK HOW HE BEHAVES- HE IS A MAD MAN<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Colonel Gaddafi has launched a bizarre diplomatic assault on Switzerland — including closing Swiss businesses, arresting Swiss nationals and throwing diplomats out of Libya — after his son, Hannibal, was arrested for assaulting a member of staff at a Geneva hotel.<BR/><BR/>The European country's Foreign Ministry claims that Mr Gaddafi has launched a single-minded campaign against Swiss interests in general ever since Hannibal, 32, was detained on July 15.<BR/><BR/>It says that the Libyan Government was guilty of initiating "retaliatory measures" in place against Switzerland from two days after the arrest. Libya’s envoy in Switzerland has been recalled and Libyan authorities have suspended the issuing of visas to Swiss citizens.<BR/><BR/>Air links between Switzerland and Libya have been reduced, two Swiss nationals have been placed in police custody since Saturday, Swiss businesses in Libya have received closure orders, and Libya has threatened to cut its oil supplies.<BR/>Related Links<BR/><BR/> * Gaddafi visit to France is ‘kiss of death’ <BR/><BR/> * Gaddafi seeks to pitch tent in Paris <BR/><BR/> * Libya claims missiles deal with Britain <BR/><BR/>As well as carrying out diplomatic reprisals, Mr Gaddafi appeared today to have organised vocal protests outside the Swiss embassy in Tripoli over what demonstrators, identified as his supporters, claimed was "mistreatment" of his son, a claim Switzerland has denied. Hannibal Gaddafi was released on police bail last week.<BR/><BR/>In a statement handed to the Swiss ambassador, the protesters described the arrest as an "odious crime" and demanded an apology.<BR/><BR/>The Swiss Foreign Ministry, however, said that Libya's diplomatic moves were a completely unsuitable response to a standard criminal investigation, and announced that a delegation had been sent to Tripoli today to convey the message.<BR/><BR/>"A diplomatic delegation left Bern for Tripoli on Wednesday to give explanations to the Libyan authorities," a statement said.<BR/><BR/>Micheline Calmy-Rey, Switzerland's Foreign Minister, spoke to her Libyan counterpart, Abderrahman Shalgan, by telephone yesterday and made a "firm protest", while stressing that she wished to avoid the issue from worsening, the ministry added.<BR/><BR/>It is not the first time that Hannibal Gaddafi has had a run-in with police in continental Europe. In 2005 he was investigated in Paris for assault after incidents at two hotels in the city.<BR/><BR/>He also gained notoriety for driving down the Champs Élysées at 87mph before being stopped by police.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-88237121598882818722008-07-23T13:22:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:22:00.000-07:00anon 12:57International Herald Tribune(this is the...anon 12:57<BR/>International Herald Tribune(this is the Global edition of the Times )<BR/><BR/>http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/07/23/africa/OUKWD-UK-KENYA-BRITAIN-BROWN.php<BR/><BR/>Like i Mention PM Raila Odinga only appears in Newspapers that matter globally- give up your bitterness you will choke on your own spit:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12839785.post-54189617159156152102008-07-23T13:16:00.000-07:002008-07-23T13:16:00.000-07:00anon1:07 PMrepeat again?? you mean the same Mungik...anon1:07 PM<BR/>repeat again?? you mean the same Mungiki kikuyu's kibaki send to commit genocide in nakuru and naivasha??<BR/>and the same kikuyu police who were end to slaughter innocent kenyans in Kisumu??<BR/>exactly which kikuyu's are you referring to?? and who are you telling to be careful?? are you threatening us on here??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com