The Margaret Wanjiru controversy plot thickened this morning when journalists in attendance were locked up in a room and some of them assaulted.
All seemed to be well when the press briefing started with the popular television evangelist apologizing to Kenyans over her utterances. What followed was her eldest son reading out a written statement to the effect that Margaret Wanjiru was both a mother and father to them and that they had no desire to look for or be found by any other fathers. The youth distinctly said 'fathers' rather than father.
Up to that point, the packed press conference appeared to be headed for the sort of conclusion that would at least yield some answers to this deepening mystery. All the major media house TV crews were there including senior reporters from the local dailies. But what followed was a puzzling drama.
The son had just finished reading his statement and KTN TV anchor Catherine Wambua reached forward to ask the first question when suddenly somebody switched off the electricity supply. The Bishop was quickly whisked away and some very heavily built bodyguards blocked access to her. Journalists tried to take pictures of her leaving while others tried to field questions. That was when the bodyguards got violent. The door through which the Bishop had exited was shut and locked. One well-built man then lifted a journalist high in the air and then threw him down some stairs that the journalists were climbing while following the Bishop to field questions. Then what looked like the same heavily built man started slapping a journalist. All the time, the cameras were rolling. Somebody seems to have been sure that no footage would be obtained in the darkness. But that person has little understanding about the latest digital camcorders, favored by many media houses these days. Later it emerged that the assaulted journalist was in fact a Standard newspapers photographer.
The journalists made statements to the police and one of the bodyguards was being questioned by police shortly after the incident this morning.
Phew!
I have described the incident in great detail because I do not have any answers and neither do I have any guesses to venture. This is just totally extraordinary!
Politically, this would appear to be the end of the road for the Bishop and her political ambitions. Although Narobians in Westlands have been known to be especially fond of electing a very violent MP by the name of Fred Gumo, it is however unlikely that Starehe constituents will follow suit after the shameful and bizarre happenings of this morning.
So many questions now emerge. Was the electricity switched off on purpose so that the Bishop would avoid answering pressing questions? What is it the question about the father of the children that has caused all this chaos? Is he the real father? Why call a press conference and fail to answer pressing questions? Why did she not just send a press release with her questions to the press. Does the prominent Bishop have any advisors? Why did she feel it necessary to hire bodyguards or whoever the heavily built men at the press conference were?
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Election fever 2007 has hit Kenyans in a big way, more so after the pronouncements of outgoing electoral commissioner Samuel Kivuitu.
But even as the country braces itself for the possibility of having its' elections outside the traditional dates in December just after Christmas for the first time since the re-introduction of multi-party politics, there are a number of concerns that must be acknowledged. The main one is that any date outside the traditional dates will mean a much lower voter turn out. And if a lower voter turn out favors the incumbent (and there is plenty to suggest that it does) then this can be seen as way of rigging the elections.
In this article I will give just one most compelling reason why calling elections on any date outside the usual December date will favor President Kibaki. There is no doubt that the President's stronghold is Central province. As the word "central" suggests, Kenya's largest community is centrally located meaning that it will be easy for them to get to their polling stations to vote even if you call the elections for some strange date like tomorrow.
Some Kenyan communities have to travel for a full day to get to their upcountry constituencies where most have registered as voters since 1992. Traditionally this has not been a major problem because election dates have fallen at that time of the year when most Kenyans have to travel home for the Christmas holidays, anyway. Any date outside the usual one means getting time off from employers and then raising the funds to make the trip. Many Kenyans will just not be able to manage this. And neither will the huge army of small traders be able to make the time to be away from their businesses.
The result will be very low voter turn out, which will also mean that it will be easier for the incumbent to achieve the required 25 per cent of the total votes cast in at least 5 provinces.
There are some analysts who believe that elections may be called during one of the school holidays this year, most probably in August (April is to early to put everything into place). Others are even suggesting that it could be called outside school holidays meaning that the country could go to the polls as early as June.
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But even as the country braces itself for the possibility of having its' elections outside the traditional dates in December just after Christmas for the first time since the re-introduction of multi-party politics, there are a number of concerns that must be acknowledged. The main one is that any date outside the traditional dates will mean a much lower voter turn out. And if a lower voter turn out favors the incumbent (and there is plenty to suggest that it does) then this can be seen as way of rigging the elections.
In this article I will give just one most compelling reason why calling elections on any date outside the usual December date will favor President Kibaki. There is no doubt that the President's stronghold is Central province. As the word "central" suggests, Kenya's largest community is centrally located meaning that it will be easy for them to get to their polling stations to vote even if you call the elections for some strange date like tomorrow.
Some Kenyan communities have to travel for a full day to get to their upcountry constituencies where most have registered as voters since 1992. Traditionally this has not been a major problem because election dates have fallen at that time of the year when most Kenyans have to travel home for the Christmas holidays, anyway. Any date outside the usual one means getting time off from employers and then raising the funds to make the trip. Many Kenyans will just not be able to manage this. And neither will the huge army of small traders be able to make the time to be away from their businesses.
The result will be very low voter turn out, which will also mean that it will be easier for the incumbent to achieve the required 25 per cent of the total votes cast in at least 5 provinces.
There are some analysts who believe that elections may be called during one of the school holidays this year, most probably in August (April is to early to put everything into place). Others are even suggesting that it could be called outside school holidays meaning that the country could go to the polls as early as June.
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