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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Raila and Nyanza MPs very worried about Kidero cash

What is Evans Kidero (pictured) really up to dishing out large sums of money in Nyanza? It has merged that a meeting on Monday attended by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga and other top Luo leaders was called to discuss this precise issue.

It seems that Kidero's "partner in crime" in this issue is one Dalmas Otieno. The two are working together and very closely with the JUBILEE government because in many of these fund raisers they turn up with the President and Deputy president's contributions.

Those who know Kidero well say that he is an extremely ambitious man who refuses to see obstacles and always goes for the seemingly impossible. This is precisely how he has become such a wealthy man. Hence it is no surprise that one of the busiest governors in the country faced with a mountain of challenges in the almost ungovernable Nairobi can find the time to criss cross Nyanza dishing out huge sums of money and seemingly chasing another agenda when his plate is already full.

Admittedly no matter how many meetings CORD and ODM hold thye can do very little to touch Kidero at the moment or to derail his political career. In any case the fact that Luo leaders are feeling nervous about his activities is a clear indication that Kidero is no push over and needs to be taken very seriously.

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Can President Uhuru tell the difference between tribal and political?

Former Vice President Riek Machar: Crafty. Seeks violent short-cut to power

President Uhuru Kenyatta recently made a very strange statement about the ongoing conflict in S.Sudan. He said that the conflict was a political problem rather than a tribal one.

In fact strange may be the wrong word to describe this remark and bizarre may just fit in much better. Here’s why. Kenya’s interest in S.Sudan is deep and there is no doubt that the Kenyan intelligence service has been on the ground giving Nairobi regular briefings since the birth of that nation. This means that the Kenyan president has to be one of the most knowledgeable people around on what is going on in the world’s newest country.

The problem is South Sudan is tribal and that should be pretty obvious. Some bitter Kenyans may be quick to add that the president’s understanding of tribal and political may be a wee bit faulty. After all social media is rampant with complaints about how recent appointments from State house have favoured one tribe considerably over the others. Perhaps the way the president sees the issue is that the appointments have not really been tribal but political.

Anyway, sadly for everybody it looks like the problem in that country is going to get much worse before it gets better.

Of interest to this blogger is the craftiness of this former Vice President Riek Machar guy. The government in South Sudan has blamed him for starting the trouble by plotting a coup attempt on Dec. 15. Machar denies that charge and claims that violence began when presidential guards from President Salva Kiir's majority Dinka tribe tried to disarm guards from Machar's Nuer ethnic group. From Juba the military clashes then spiraled across the country.

Well, well. Troops loyal to him are clearly very well prepared and are heavily armed. As you read this 25,000 of his soldiers are marching towards Bor in an attempt to retake the strategic town. Did they get all their supplies and organize their readiness on the spur of the moment? Go tell that to the birds. The man has obviously been carefully planning all this for a very long time. And he is very well financed too. Still he seems keen to ensure that his image and PR are top notch as well as his propaganda (a vital tool in any war since the beginning of time) as he seeks a violent short-cut path to power.