Majority of Kenyans are now waiting for one Kalonzo Musyoka to cause a split within the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM-Kenya) and the big question is not why but when he will leave.
In recent weeks the former foreign affairs minister has been behaving very strangely from leaving crucial meetings in the middle and crying foul over nothing, even before the long awaited nominations for the presidential candidate have been done.
It is common knowledge that there is no way Kalonzo can beat Raila Odinga for the party nomination and the former has already started weighing his options after his expected exit from ODM soon after the party primary's expected mid this year.
These recent developments have only acted to fuel some bizarre rumours that have been doing the rounds within ODM-Kenya for sometime now. Could Musyoka and his lawyer bossom-buddy, Mutula Kilonzo be moles in ODM reporting to former president Moi? And by extention President Kibaki? One fact that has caused this rumor to refuse to go away is the fact that Mutula Kilonzo is still representing the former president in some very sensitive legal matters steming from the past.
For starters, Kalonzo will have very limited options after walking out of ODM which will include standing for the presidency as an independent candidate (he already has his own registered party—also called Orange Democratic Movemenet but without the "Kenya" at the end. Or he could join forces with president Kibaki to ensure his re-election. The former is unlikely as he does not have the financial capability to go it alone.
And again, Moi will be very interested in Kalonzo to do the spade work for him and ensure that Raila does not make it to State House—a recenet pet obsession of the former president.
Moi has never forgiven Raila for leading the rebellion in Kanu after Moi declared Uhuru Kenyatta the party's presidential candidate in the 2002 elections. It ruined his well laid plans and is one of the reasons why he has been forced out of retirement, even as his health starts showing signs of deteriorating.
Along with Kalonzo is his lawyer Mutula Kilonzo who is still Moi's advocate yet he holds considerable clout in ODM and sometimes serves as the party's spokesman and reads out press statements on behalf of the movement.
Kalonzo has never fallen out with Moi and usually defends the former president at every opportunity he gets. When Moi was involved in an automobile accident last year, it was Kalonzo who came out first asking the government to increase chase cars for the ex- president and enhance his security while traveling by road.
Moi and Kalonzo have always been good friends even after Kanu's defeat in 2002 and the former largely blamed Raila for Kanu's defeat and had nothing against those who ditched Kanu for NARC ahead of those elections.
Mutula owes everything he has to Moi. After being introduced to the former president by the then powerful Machakos Kanu branch chairman, the late Mulu Mutisya, Mutula made a fortune by not only being Moi's lawyer but by also representing parastatals like the National Social Security fund.
It is on record that Mutula made Sh 900 million for two jobs he did for the NSSF and did not pay any taxes on these fees. It is said that he now has an arrangement with the Kenya Revenue Authority which takes almost all his salary and allowances from parliament as he clears his tax arrears which accumulated during the Moi era.
Without Moi, Mutula could not be the multi millionaire that he is today and it goes without saying that the lawyer still takes instructions from the former president and this may just include reporting back to him about crucial decisions being taken by ODM.
The bizarre rumour within ODM-Kenya that has been heightened by the recent behaviour of Kalonzo claims that Mutula Kilonzo and Kalonzo Musyoka are moles in the opposition working for the former president. So could this be true? If we are a little patient the truth will soon emerge, but there are definitely enough signs of smoke here.
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Bishop Margaret Wanjiru: Political Blunders One Sunday Morning
Popular TV evangelist Margaret Wanjiru of JIAM (Jesus Is Alive Ministries) is fairly used to the glare of lights and the attention of cameras because that is how she records her rather popular TV shows several times every week.
But last Sunday the numbers of cameras in her church were many more than usual and included cameras from local media houses. This is obviously something that she is not used to, because she made some serious political mistakes.
Ms Wanjiru may not have realized it, but the minute she declared her interest in the Starehe seat, she was in politics. And politics is a very different ball game from what she is used to in her church circles. In Kenya it can be a rather dirty and sordid thing.
This whole saga should be very bad news to Kenyans because Ms Wanjiru's declared interest in politics really excited me and should have done the same for many Kenyans because these are the sort of "different" characters we need if we are to make a difference in parliament and have a fighting chance of getting in the sort of legislators who can change the direction of Kenyan politics. Bishop Wanjiru's track record is admirable. She has demonstrated that she can be selfless and that she can make a difference despite her gender, which tends to be looked down on in Kenya. And most of all she has demonstrated on several occasions that she can swim with the sharks and survive. Church politics is no picnic sometimes, especially for a single mother. Then there is the time that the sellers wanted to con her out of the prime property on Haile Selassie Avenue that houses her church when she had already paid a substantial amount of money for it. These are just a few of the many battles the evangelist has fought and won so far.
The no-nonsense-evangelist makes no secret of her poverty-stricken past and would make the perfect role model in parliament for many Kenyans who badly need to be convinced that it can be done. That just like a person can turn around their lives, the life of one Kenya can also be turned around.
The political mistakes that Ms Wanjiru made that now threaten her bid for the August house was firstly to lose her temper in public. Obviously this man who has come out of the woodwork touched a raw nerve in the evangelist. The timing and execution is such that ruling out a political motive is extremely difficult at this juncture.
For all we know, this could simply be a case of mistaken identity or even dirty political games, but whatever it is, the damage has already been done. The anger of the public was clearly illustrated in the sms poll carried out by KTN last night asking viewers if they read politics in Ms Wanjiru's woes, which clearly showed that most respondents (over 80%) were so angered at her reaction to the man claiming to be her former husband that they did not read politics in the whole saga. A curious assumption for anybody to have under the circumstances. But then angry people hardly reason, less so angry voters.
My hope is that the Bishop wins this latest battle and bounces back like she has so many times before. It will do Kenya a lot of good to have her in parliament.
But last Sunday the numbers of cameras in her church were many more than usual and included cameras from local media houses. This is obviously something that she is not used to, because she made some serious political mistakes.
Ms Wanjiru may not have realized it, but the minute she declared her interest in the Starehe seat, she was in politics. And politics is a very different ball game from what she is used to in her church circles. In Kenya it can be a rather dirty and sordid thing.
This whole saga should be very bad news to Kenyans because Ms Wanjiru's declared interest in politics really excited me and should have done the same for many Kenyans because these are the sort of "different" characters we need if we are to make a difference in parliament and have a fighting chance of getting in the sort of legislators who can change the direction of Kenyan politics. Bishop Wanjiru's track record is admirable. She has demonstrated that she can be selfless and that she can make a difference despite her gender, which tends to be looked down on in Kenya. And most of all she has demonstrated on several occasions that she can swim with the sharks and survive. Church politics is no picnic sometimes, especially for a single mother. Then there is the time that the sellers wanted to con her out of the prime property on Haile Selassie Avenue that houses her church when she had already paid a substantial amount of money for it. These are just a few of the many battles the evangelist has fought and won so far.
The no-nonsense-evangelist makes no secret of her poverty-stricken past and would make the perfect role model in parliament for many Kenyans who badly need to be convinced that it can be done. That just like a person can turn around their lives, the life of one Kenya can also be turned around.
The political mistakes that Ms Wanjiru made that now threaten her bid for the August house was firstly to lose her temper in public. Obviously this man who has come out of the woodwork touched a raw nerve in the evangelist. The timing and execution is such that ruling out a political motive is extremely difficult at this juncture.
For all we know, this could simply be a case of mistaken identity or even dirty political games, but whatever it is, the damage has already been done. The anger of the public was clearly illustrated in the sms poll carried out by KTN last night asking viewers if they read politics in Ms Wanjiru's woes, which clearly showed that most respondents (over 80%) were so angered at her reaction to the man claiming to be her former husband that they did not read politics in the whole saga. A curious assumption for anybody to have under the circumstances. But then angry people hardly reason, less so angry voters.
My hope is that the Bishop wins this latest battle and bounces back like she has so many times before. It will do Kenya a lot of good to have her in parliament.
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