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Why Desperate Kibaki Appointed Electoral Commissioners And Ignored Parties

i) Kalonzo Musyoka On NTV As Julie Gichuru Dissapoints

ii) The Kalonzo Musyoka You Don't Know Part 4: Cash Problems

iii) The Kalonzo Musyoka You Don't Know Part 4: How He Grew Up With Witchcraft And Forces Of Darkness

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Kibaki Appoints New Electoral Commissioners: Is He Desperate To Win Elections At All Costs?

Starting this morning, we should be hearing lots of protests from members of parliament and politicians about the move last night by President Kibaki where he appointed several new commissioners to the Electoral commission of Kenya without making any consultations with the other political parties.

Although the president is empowered by the current constitution to do this, it is a clear case of a player appointing the referee in a game, which they hope to participate in themselves.

The general consensus amongst political parties across the board is that the current chairman and deputy chair of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, Mr Samuel Kivuitu and Mr Gabriel Mukele should have their terms extended, so that they can oversee the forthcoming elections. President Kibaki is unlikely to yield to this request although it makes plenty of sense. It is obvious that the coming elections will be the most complex and hotly contested in the history of Kenya and the vast experience of Kivuitu will come in very handy.

Read the latest news on this burning issue.

But either there is something personal that happened between chairman Kivuitu and President Kibaki in the past or he does not trust him for some other reason, but it is clear that the president is very nervous about having him at the helm of the electoral commission in the coming elections. Whether opposition parties are aware of this or not, it is one of the main reasons why the Kibaki camp is so reluctant to come to the negotiating table with other political parties. Knowing in advance that there is a key issue that they will not be able to compromise on, it is more likely that the President will go on to appoint a new chairperson of his choice to the commission and the list to watch is that of yesterday's appointees. Once again the influence of President Moi will be felt here and there is a very high likelihood that the next chairman will be a trusted Moi croonie. Could this have been what the two were discussing recently at State House?

Kalonzo Musyoka On NTV: More Questions Than Answers Remain On The Minds Of Kenyans

NTV's Julie Gichuru was a great disappointment last night when she hosted presidential hopeful Kalonzo Musyoka on her TV show, On The Spot. That coupled with the fact that Kalonzo supporters jammed the telephone lines, in what was most probably a well-orchestrated pre-planned strategy, resulted in the sort of show that made it difficult for anybody to remain awake.

All the right questions were either avoided altogether or asked in a very superficial way and the answers from Mr Musyoka left wananchi even more puzzled. For instance there was no mention of the scandal involving Kalonzo's law firm where a prime piece of land changed hands as a high court judge issued a warrant of arrest for Musyoka (we will cover that bizarre scandal in more detail later.) Nobody talked about Kalonzo's true background including the fact that his father is a known and feared witchdoctor. Or the fact that former PS in the office of the president, Philip Mbithi is on record for accusing Kalonzo of practicing witchcraft. Or the fact that Kalonzo's Mwingi constituency is one of the least developed in the republic. So how will Kalonzo succeed nationally and yet he has failed in his constituency?

Mercifully the ODM presidential campaign, let alone the final race, proper, will not be decided on a TV show. What all our presidential candidates fail to see is that this is not the time to play games. Kenya has reached a critical place where one wrong move could mean catastrophe.

Most important of all, Kalonzo did not come across on the show as being sincere and the sort of person we can trust with the presidency. Kalonzo tried to say that as a lawyer president, he would have certain advantages, however those who have dealt with lawyers are well aware what most of them are made of. But what is even more worrying about Kalonzo is that he does not seem to want a scrutiny of his past. What is he scared that Kenyans will find?