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(The truth about NA(P)K and its formation)
Ever since the re-emergence of multi-party politics in Kenya in 1991/2, there had been several efforts to forge a united opposition front. Some of the most notable of such efforts were the FORD initiative, UNDA, NCEC, Middle-Ground Group, Friends of Democracy (FOD), and so on. Then came later efforts like the Ufungamano Initiative, Mageuzi, Ukenya, "Breakfast Meetings", Progressive People's Forum (PPF), Central Kenya PG, KPSF/NCCK/Catholics (Coalition), FORD-Family, Kenya People's Coalition, National Dawn Conference, etc.
While each of these efforts served some purpose with some results, no single one of them galvanized opposition political leaders, and with the seriousness that was to be witnessed with the NAC.
In August 2001 or thereabouts a group of young people led by the former Rangwe MP Dr Shem Ochuodho assembled fortnightly at Trisan Hotel, Lenana road.
The group calling itself Progressive Elements Forum consisted of a cross section of MP’s including Moses Muhia, Kipruto Kirwa, Noah Wekesa, Waithaka Mwangi, late Kapten, Ochuodho, Kituyi, late Ndilinge, late Enock Magara, etc.) and even Kipkalya Kones of Ford People as well as members of civil society.
Key in this group were one Alfelt Gunda, Lucas Mboya (son of nationalist Tom Mboya), Catherine Odera, Cecily Mbarire, Titus Magara, Hon James Magara and a number of University students among many others.
The group continued to meet through to the end of the year changing their location to Professional Centre as they got bigger.
Meanwhile the members of Parliament from the group met separately at the same venue where they discussed the same issues the civil society group were discussing, namely opposition unity. Occasionally MPs graced the civil society meeting and vice versa.
The Civil groups agenda centered on how to get accountable leadership in Parliament and how to bring Civil Society into the mainstream of decision making (policy) in the country.
Meanwhile breakfast meetings had started between the ‘big three’ Kijana Wamalwa, Mwai Kibaki and Charity Ngilu.
The Civil group decided after many months of debate that they would like to raise funds to sponsor responsible leaders for civic and parliamentary seats (this never came to pass) and that the opposition must form an alliance of sorts if ever they can defeat Kanu.
The groups continued to meet well into November, December 2001. The Civil Society group decided to change their name to Progressive People Forum (PPF):
Opposition Unity talks.
Trisan Hotel.
15/11/2001.
Present:
Odour On’gwen
Hon Shem Ochuodo
Hon Henry Obwocha
Hon Kipruto arap Kirwa
Hon Kipkalya Kones
Hon Noah Wekesa
Hon Katuku
Hon Matu Wamae
Hon Farah Maalim
Mwendawiro Mganga
Lucas Mboya
Absent with apologies:
Hon Kiraitu Murungi.
Shem Ochuodho opened meeting.
Purpose of the meeting was to analyze the recent by election in Kilome
The opposition went for all but one civic seat. Hon Katuku thanked all the opposition parties and members for their support. He said they had jointly raised KSh 499,450 for the election. He said that they had done their best and expected to carry the day. He observed that Pick and Kanu had spent phenomenal amounts of money. The press too was partly to blame for the loss as they published a misleading story to the effect that the NPK candidate had withdrawn. Both Kiss FM and Nation carried the story yet it could not be ascertained as to the source of the story was.
Members urged Katuku to pursue the matter with the electoral commission. NPK though won a civic seat in Kitui.
It was noted that Pick were using ‘unofficial’ bribery that is by building roads and quickly finishing stalled projects in the area. It was not clear what the role of Pick was in the election. Whether they were really in the race or acting in concert with Kanu to split the votes and give Kanu the lead.
Kipkalya Kones gave an example of a by election in Sotik in which women were being ferried to the polling station in groups of up to 40 all in GK registered vehicles. The women would they say they cannot read and someone needs to mark their ballots for them. This of course ensured that they voted for Kanu. Apparently they had been paid some money to vote at a paying point set up by the resident DC, and do in the same ward. After voting they returned to the payoff point and received the ‘balance’.
They then went to another polling station to vote again having been told that in multiparty elections they can vote twice.
Noah Wekesa noted that wananchi needed to be informed about the tactics used by the Kanu/NDP axis during elections or they would continually be hoodwinked. Basically civic education was of paramount importance.
He observed that money played such a role in elections that it was not possible to upstage Kanu without ensuring that proper civic education was carried out. He also advocated having a mole in the Kanu/NDP camps just as they had their people in the opposition. A serious campaign must be mounted to get the electoral commission to take its role more seriously. He asked members to come up with ideas on how the joint nominations could be improved and if possible criteria that could be adopted to standardize the process. He said that Ford would present a document describing how to move forward in the next two weeks as a result of the five meetings so far comprising the Ford initiative.
Matu Wamae said that some mistakes were made in announcements during the Kilome by election. For example some ballot papers were printed without the candidates names. He noted that there was poor organization on the ground and that at one rally, there was not even a p. a. system and Kanu activists were addressing the crowd while they waited for the rally to begin.
He also suggested that there be proportional representation in the next general election that is nominations could be based on the number of votes that party received in the last election.
Farah Maalim noted that Naivasha was a tricky area as a lot of the constituents were not from the area. Many of them came in from other places to work in the factories and plantations around Naivasha. He pointed out that there had been many meetings about opposition unity but they had so far not concretized anything.
Shem Ochuodho also noted the weak organization. He said that money and organization were important but that alone would not win an election. Ultimately grassroots support was the most crucial part and this required the party’s involved to have an all-inclusive approach to elections.
He suggested that they support whichever party looks the best on the ground and that goodwill between all prospective candidates needed to be cultivated or the opposition would continually lose to Kanu.
He added that a list of candidates could be drawn up for each constituency in order of popularity and where the most popular candidate was not from the strongest party they candidate could agree to stand on another party ticket.
Lucas Mboya suggested having a separate strategy for approaching the by elections as opposed to the general elections. He also asked what strategy was there in place to popularize a party if the Kanu candidate was genuinely the most popular.
Kipruto Kirwa pointed out that the press was a major stumbling block to the opposition when it came to election. There was often negative coverage or no coverage at all.
This he said must be tackled. He also suggested that there needs to be a mechanism under which the joint nominee could raise more money. Possibly a pledge of monetary assistance from all the parties concerned.
He suggested that two scenarios need to be developed with regard to the joint oppositions approach to the general elections. One with no or minimal amendments made to the current constitution and the other with major amendments so that the opposition would not be caught flat-footed.
The meeting ended with a resolution that Shem Ochuodho draw up a proposal for a joint nomination process that would work for both by elections and the coming general elections.
This proposal would be debated at a meeting in the near future where all the opposition parties would be represented. The meeting stressed the need for the party leaders to attend so that there would be no further delay in agreeing on the process to be adopted.
Opposition Unity Meeting at Trisan Hotel.
Thursday 15 November 2001.
Comments
From this meeting the following factors can be gleaned:
Hon Shem Ochuodho was mandated to draw up a proposal that would be placed before the five or six opposition blocks including, Democratic Party, National party of Kenya, Social Democratic party, Ford Kenya, Ford People and Ford Asili. This does not exclude any other parties that wish to see a united opposition front.
Hon Farah Maalim in particular was quite frustrated at the relative lack of progress in this direction. He also questioned the role of ‘Safina’ in the process.
It was also noted that the electoral commission cannot be relied on the organize a ‘free and fair’, election. In the case of Kilome, the commission has made no effort to uncover how a report that the NPK candidate had been withdrawn was published in the ‘Nation’ and of course its’ effect on the outcome coming only a couple of days before.
Additionally the mandate of the commission is to ensure that there are a ‘roughly equal number of people in each constituency’. The last two general elections have seen numerous cases in which a constituency of 100,000 people gets 1 parliamentary seat (opposition) and another of 7,000 people (Kanu) also gets one seat. The result of course is that the combined opposition with two thirds of the vote get one third of the seats in the house.
It is clear that the people of Kenya wish for a change of government regardless of the haphazard mathematics of the electoral commission. The commission of course relies on the statistics from the census report. This same report indicated that in the last census, North Eastern province a largely Kanu zone was reported to have had the greatest increase in population to the surprise of most Kenyans. The same area has had in the last 10 years unprecedented drought, is a hideout for bandits and cattle rustlers and is currently being supplied with relief food from several Ngo’s.
The meeting noted that only when unified could the opposition make progress against the Kanu/NDP.
The proposal should show how the blocs could work together to
1.Keep their current seats in parliament (those who are defending them).
2.Make inroads into constituencies held by the Kanu/NDP axis.
3.Present a strong and credible challenge for the presidency.
This of course would be subject to developing criteria that would enable the parties to approach by elections and the next general elections with a pre arranged understanding of how to select a single candidate for both eventualities.
It was noted that ‘Pick’ could be spoiler for all opposition plans as they proved to be in Kilome. It is imperative that their role both by elections and the general elections be reviewed. Will they work with Kanu/NDP simply to split votes or will they work as an entity of their own? Keep in mind that finances for Pick will not be a problem.
Probably an electoral college can be created that will have members of civil society on it panel as well as a limited number of representatives from each party. This panel would be given the mandate by the blocs to select the best candidate based on the criteria developed in the proposal.
Selection of candidates for by elections.
Assuming six blocs:
The most popular party in the region will naturally be the one to field a candidate.
Where this is in dispute the most popular candidates in the opposition bloc should be allowed to go it alone on a party of his choice. The candidates would be presented to the panel and they would have the authority to pick the most suitable one.
Selection of candidates for the general election (parliamentary)
This could be done using the same format that was proposed for the by elections. This would not prevent parties from having their own party nominations. The selection would only be done from those who have already been cleared to stand by their parties.
It is important to keep in mind here that refusal by any party to adhere to the laid down procedure if adopted could lead to the withdrawal of that party from the pact. In such a case the public would be left to pass judgment. Such a move could fracture the united opposition and lead to numerous candidates being fielded in the same constituency as Kanu again take the spoils.
Alternatively the parliamentary aspirants could be ‘allocated’ constituencies based on the performance of their party at the last general election. Such a party depending on the percentage of votes they got would be given a corresponding number of constituencies to field their candidates.
This though might prove unpopular because it does not take into consideration the new parties or parties that feel they may do better that they did the last time. It would have to be a compromise position based on the formation of a government of national unity after the election, which would then see a number of those new or small parties who conceded to the pact, be rewarded with nominations to parliament of their members.
Selection of a presidential candidate
This could be done according to the by election method. But more likely a pre arranged agreement would be necessary.
Possibly DP as the ‘official opposition’ could field the presidential candidate but on condition that they give a number of their constituencies to the other parties so that they would have less than half the total opposition seats. There would also be an arrangement to give cabinet posts accordingly. The Vice presidency could be given to second largest party in return for a few of their constituencies and so on.
This of course could be modified to take into account possible changes in the constitution and structure of government.
By December 2001 it had become clear that without linking the ‘big three’ it would not be possible to get a commitment from an opposition bloc to have a joint approach to the polls.
After many aborted meetings the group finally got Kibaki, Ngilu and Wamalwa into the same room with representatives of most opposition parties. At this meeting the name National Alliance for Change was coined (NAC). Credit to Dr Ochuodho:
National Alliance for Change Meeting held on Tuesday January 29 2002. Trisan Hotel
Present:
1. Matere Keriri DP
2. Matu Wamae DP
3. C Murungaru DP
4. Shem Ochuodho PPF
5. Noah Wekesa (chairman) FK
6. Mohammed Kussoma SSA
7. Ngengi Muigai SSA
8. J Okwisa A LPK
9. M Kituyi PPF
10. Clement Gachanja SDP
11. Kiraitu Murungi DP
12. Jimmy Kagia SSA
13. Beth Mugo SDP
14. Kijana Wamalwa FK
15. Mwai Kibaki DP
16. G Ogango SDP
17. Patroba Mboya LDP
18. Mike Tanyassis SSA
19. Chris Gibagiri SSA
20. Joseph Kioko NPK
21. George Nyamweya DP
22. Kepta Ombati NCEC
23. Kivutha Kibwana NCEC
24. Kipruto arap Kirwa Kanu
25. John Katuku NPK
26. Charity Ngilu NPK
27. Johnson Muthama NPK
28. T K Mbathi NPK
29. Musikari Kombo FK
30. C Munyao DP
31. Hon Mwalulu DP
32. P Karuri SDP
33. Wanguhu Ng’ang’a SSA
34. A Galgalo FK
35. Jamal FK
36. Joe Donde FK
37. Alfelt Gunda PPF
38. Lucas Mboya PPF
The first half hour of the meeting is spent debating how many delegates should represent each party and how they will be selected.
It is resolved that the party chairman/lady will select four delegates who can represent the party at future meetings.
Additionally the Ngo’s present are put to task to explain their role in the NAC.
-Kepta Ombati. The Ncec is committed to progressive leadership regardless of whether it comes from kanu or the opposition. The Ncec has played a legitimate role in democratization of Kenya.
-Ngo’s are also useful in the monitoring of elections as well as civic education
-Shem Ochuodho. Suggests small parties and Ngo’s should be treated on a case by case basis. Respective members of Ngo’s can be invited as individuals rather than as organizations.
-Mwalulu. Supports inclusion of Ncec. Notes that not all progressive groups can be enjoined to the council. Suggests that the council concentrate on its’ strengths rather than weaknesses. Private sector and Ngo’s have solutions to offer political parties.
-Mutunga. Rules: the initiative will include DP, Ford Asili, NPK, whichever section of SDP wants to be included, Safina, Saba Saba Asili, NCEC, PPF. Ford People have been invited severally but not attended thought they had agreed at the highest level to do so.
The Council agreed to change the name from National Alliance to national Alliance for Change, NAC.
-Mutunga. Suggests the convening of a strategic committee.
-Beth Mugo. Suggests that the delegates should be close to the principal to ensure a reliable decision making process. Asks whether the NAC can soon hold a public rally in Nairobi.
The council decides to hold of on a public rally until the modalities of the NAC have been worked out and the NAC formally launched.
-Shem. suggests that id chits should be used for registration of voters. Cites the example that in last election the Electoral commission allowed voters in Keiyo to register with chits if they had not yet received their id’s. Use Feb to mobilize Kenyans to collect id’s and register for voters cards. Try to push EC to continue with voter registration through March 2002. Suggests that a petition be given to EC.
-Kibaki. Asks how far has the drafting of a memo for the Ghai team come.
-Kiraitu. Says constitutional committee is processing all parties’ papers on constitutional change with the intention of creating a single document that encompasses all their views. This will be presented to the committee. It should be ready in two weeks together with a separate document on electoral reforms.
-Wamalwa. Suggests that the final documents should be adopted by the council then distributed all over the country and publicized through the media so that wananchi can have its contents in mind when speaking to the Ghai team. Possibly have it serialized by the dailies. Urges the council to consider itself a government in waiting, a viable alternative to Kanu. Reminds the council that this is the first time in independent Kenya’s history that the economy has registered – growth.
-Kibaki. Asks whether the council is actually convinced that the NAC can win the election and take over government. Says there is no point going ahead with all the plans if we are not sure.
-Munyao. Supports the earlier suggestion that all constitutional amendment proposals should be morphed into one document.
-Mutunga. Asks whether the council wants elections with minimum or maximum reforms.
-Kibaki. The issue of interim changes should not arise. The Ghai teams mandate is to be ready by September 2002 and they have publicly said that they will meet that deadline. Says the council must be decisive and complete the constitutional changes document in one week and have it in to the commission.
-Kombo. Asks the council to adopt Kibaki’s proposal and do this in 1 week
-Wamalwa. Also agreed with the suggestion that document be prepared in a week. Says what the public want to know is will the opposition be united or not?
-Ngilu. Agrees with the proposal. Cautions the council. Moi has weapons. As of now the Ghai commission is still not entrenched in the constitution. Says we must come up with own plans that are independent of what Moi/Kanu will or will not do.
The council adopts the proposal to have the document ready in 1 week.
-Kibwana. Suggests the formation of a committee of the principals including the leaders of the various Ngo’s in the NAC. Says that the public must see that this time there is a different mood.
-Mugo. Asks whether the issue of a single presidential candidate can be resolved now. Says all the principals are here.
-Murungaru. Opposition must unite. The issue of economic reforms is a derivative of the opposition unity.
-Muigai. The principals should be formally approached and asked to decide on who will be the single candidate. This though should not be made public as it could give Kanu an edge. The public want to know that there will be a single candidate. Questions why Nyachae is not present yet he was invited and confirmed that he would be here.
The council prepares a press statement saying the following:
The NAC we are working on a formula to approach the constitutional changes and general elections as a unified pact.
This will be presented to the country shortly and a final decision given to the public about the deliberations on the single candidate and joint nominations for parliamentary seats.
The NAC appeals for a one month postponement of voter registration to give people more time to get id’s
Appeal to Kenyans to register as voters.
-Wekesa. Asked the council how to respond to the press when they question the absence of Nyachae. He said that he had personally met Nyachae and he (Nyachae) promised to be there.
-Shem. Said Nyachaes' letter was undelivered, though Kones knew but did not attend either.
-Donde. Told the council that there was a Ford people delegation at the hotel as early as 7.30 am for another function and they knew about this meeting but clearly chose not to attend.
-Kibaki. Suggested that the council avoid any discussion about Ford P
-Mugo. Asked all parties to ask their members to attend so that they would feel that they were included in the process.
-T Mbathi. Asked all council members to be punctual and ensure that information about the meetings got out in time.
The next meeting was scheduled for Wednesday February 6 2002 at Trisan hotel.
Meanwhile behind the scenes the PPF was lobbying with Fredrick Eibert Foundation, the Gender Center and other Ngo’s and embassies to support the effort. Some did others did not. PPF also met with members of the Kenya Private Sector Foundation to press for support for their own agenda but were not successful.
The group then seek a bigger and more up market meeting place and begin to develop some cohesiveness under NAC. They start meeting every fortnight at the Silver Springs Hotel where each Opposition party is represented by 4 members. In due course a memorandum of understanding is signed to formalize NAC.
These meetings were facilitated by PPF and sponsored by the Gender Centre. At a later stage other members of the council approached the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, who sponsored a number of retreats.
At this stage committees were set up to look into various aspects of the joint opposition strategy.
Key among the committees is the Strategic planning Committee convened by Hon Musikari Kombo and Hon Katuku.
COMMITTEES AND THEIR TERMS OF REFERENCE
Co-ordinating Committee:-
i. Develop a framework for consummating the Alliance
ii. Develop a common front for constitutional & electoral reforms, and in particular, a common position on the process led by the Ghai Commission
iii. Evolve a common economic blue-print for the Alliance
iv. Identify a suitable Secretariat for purposes of harmonizing and co-ordinating activities of the Alliance.
The Co-ordinating Committee was assisted in its work by several sub-committees:-
Constitutional & Electoral Reforms:-
i. Political direction of constitutional reforms
ii. Advise on legal processes and necessary roadmaps
iii. Common position on comprehensive constitutional reforms
iv. Common position on electoral reforms
v. Comprehensive Draft constitution.
Economic Reforms:-
i. Package for economic revival and sustainable growth (long & short term)
ii. Specific sectoral interventions (eg. Agriculture, Infrastructure, etc)
iii. Poverty reduction & wealth creation strategies
iv. Economic blue-print for a prosperous New Kenya (ultimate goal).
Strategic Planning:-
Whereas NACC co-ordinated activities of all the sub-committees and gave a political face to NAC, as well as overseeing its public relations, the Strategic Planning Sub-Committee was to produce a political action plan, and serve as the official think-tank for NAC.
Resource Mobilization:-
Raise and manage funds for logistics, secretariat, political action and general elections.
Two sub-committees, Communications Strategy (to gather and carefully disseminate intelligence, and handle media relations), and NAC Constitution Drafting, were also formed.
This committee met at the PPF offices on milimani road (ironically beside CID headquarters)
Their agenda was basically to see how best to integrate the opposition parties and to how to present themselves to the electorate. A crucial issue. They also kept tabs on Kanu and Ford People:
Strategic Planning Committee (NAC)
Meeting of 21 March 2002 at PPF office.
Attendance:
Michael Tanyasia absent
Kipruto Kirwa present
Noah Wekesa present
Ngengi Muigai present
Lucas Mboya present
Mwiraria absent
Musikari Kombo absent(with apologies, Convenor)
Kepta Ombati absent
Hon Katuku present
The meeting began at 12.00pm
This meeting was convened by Hon Kirwa and Hon Wekesa to speed up the activities of the strategic planning committee who were yet to hold a meeting.
The meeting was chaired by Hon Wekesa.
The meeting made the following observations.
The NAC should keep the youth in mind as they proceed with their different agendas. It was observed that in the past the youth had been sidelined from policy making yet they represented the largest block in Kenyan society and were the future of the nation. Their role is yet to be clearly defined in NAC.
The issue of a single presidential candidate is of utmost importance. The meeting observed that Kenyans were waiting to see whether NAC could agree on this and the result would determine the commitment of NAC supporters. Additionally it was not lost on the meeting that the press have all but ruled out the possibility of a single presidential candidate.
The meeting deliberated on how to go about having joint rallies and where and when they would begin. It was decided that for the time being the most important factor would be arriving at a working formula for the general election then selling the same to the electorate.
The meeting also focused on the issue of a secretariat. It was noted that NAC urgently needed a secretariat at this stage and that the setting up on one need not be an expensive or tedious affair. The basic requirements would be premises, minimal office equipment and a phone. The office would be manned by volunteers.
It was proposed that each member of NAC (individual) give KShs 5,000 to this cause. It was resolved that this would be handed over to the resource mobilization committee.
The meeting also decided that it would be in NAC’s own interest to ignore the on goings in Kanu in as far as they did not directly relate to NAC affairs. It was observed that more progress would be made by focusing on NAC’s own agenda and timetable and being active rather than reactive.
The meeting also observed that the last 15 years or so of misrule has had a negative psychological effect on Kenyans. As a result it would be necessary to formulate a strategy to rebuild Kenya lost sense of pride and patriotism. Equally Kenyans needed to be reassured that the organs of state are there to serve not harass them. The organs of state and all government officials are servants of the people not the other way round, therefore a redefinition of government offices and officers as well as their roles including that of the executive is in order.
The meeting agreed to come up with a draft structure for a government of national unity to present to the council. It was agreed that the draft would be ready the first week of April 2002.
The meeting observed that the activities of the NAC were not filtering down to the Mps’
who were not part of the regular NAC council or coordinating committee meetings. It was recommended that the strategic planning committee or the coordinating committee compile a report that could be presented at a joint meeting with the nec’s of all NAC affiliated parties to bring the members up to speed.
It was observed that both the economic proposal and the constitutional amendments proposal were well executed and presented.
Finally the meeting observed that NAC had worked very well so far and as such become the main axis of the opposition. With this in mind it was further noted that the NAC was in effect functioning as one party.
The committee strongly recommended the formation of a single party comprising of all NAC affiliated political parties. This the committee believe will solve the ‘grey areas’, problem in agreeing on which parties will field candidates in which areas and simplify the nomination problem.
It was observed that a radical problem needs a radical solution.
The benefits of forming a single party were noted as:
1. Likely to reduce tribal tensions all over the country.
2. The party will be very well received by wananchi all over Kenya. It will prove that the opposition is ‘serious’ and ‘mature’.
3. The party will receive a lot of support from foreign governments and organizations.
4. The move would completely and utterly disorganize new Kanu.
5. The move would be more radical than the Kanu NDP merger.
6. Since the NAC are already working together it should not be as difficult as it looks to execute.
7. The single party would be more representative of Kenyans from all communities than any other party in Kenya including Kanu.
The meeting agreed to continue agenda at the next meeting scheduled for 27 March 2002.
Strategic Planning Committee (NAC)
Meeting of 27 March 2002 at PPF office.
Attendance:
Michael Tanyasia present
Ngengi Muigai present
Lucas Mboya present
Mwiraria absent
Musikari Kombo absent(with apologies, Convenor)
Kepta Ombati absent
Hon Katuku present
The meeting began at 11.00pm
The meeting received a draft proposal for a government of national unity from Hon Katuku.
It was agreed that all members would go over the document and present their views on it as well as recommendations for any changes at the next meeting.
The committee then continued to debate the proposal of forming a single party.
Among the proposals made were:
1. Adopt the NPK as the party all NAC members would join. The reason being the national alliance of Nginyo Kariuki may prove problematic to acquire. Secondly the National Party of Kenya already had the name National in it (NAC). The NPK has fewer members than the other two larger parties and would seem more neutral. The NPK has not run in a general election before.
It was observed that the NAC principals may not want to join the same party. It was recommended that should the principals refuse to join they could run on their own party tickets independently of the ‘new party’ if they could not agree on a single candidate.
It was further agreed that the committee has recommended a principle to be followed and that a proposal to form a single party would be drawn up and presented to the full council as soon as possible.
A further meeting was scheduled for April 3 2001.
The committee continued their deliberations while other committees were meeting in various places in the city, including the membership committee, recruitment committee and the coordinating committee that comprised the principals of all parties. This group gave guidance to the committees and reported to the NAC Council that was the decision making body.
By May 2001 great progress had been made and it was evident that Kanu were in trouble with NDP and their merger. A bonus for NAC. The issue now became whether the parties would go under the banner of an alliance or as a single party. Of course the other issue was who would be a presidential candidate and how to avoid stepping on each other's toes.
These issues were given to the strategic committee to deliberate and report to the Coordinating
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Tuesday, April 24, 2007
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Monday, April 23, 2007
Jeff Koinange Date Rape: Marianne Brinner Complains To Kumekucha
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Date rape victim Marianne Brinner released a statement to this blogger last night saying she was upset at being called a liar in the numerous discussion forums she has come across recently, where people still claim that the London date rape incident never happened.
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Also published today
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Quip for the day;
The country is at a crossroads and on the brink of a very violent election, but all Kenyans want to do is talk about their favorite candidate and their tribe. It matters little that that candidate they can't stop talking about is a thief (and the whole lot of these guys are selfish thieves and little else). So who will save Kenya when we the ordinary folk refuse to see beyond our swollen noses?
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The incident in question involved the most famous Kenyan journalist in the world, Jeff Koinange, raping her at a London hotel.
Ms Brinner wants her critics to know that Jeff Koinange has already refunded all the expenses she incurred in traveling from Spain to London where the date rape occurred. This also includes hotel expenses. The CNN journalist transferred a sum of $2,000 to Ms Brinner's account recently.
As part of the settlement for the unfortunate incident, Mr Koinange has also accepted to take over the cost and upkeep of three children (girls, on the insistence of Ms Brinner) at an Orphan's home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brinner too has kept her end of the deal, which includes never publishing the intimate details and private correspondent between the two leading to the date rape. Ms Brinner insists that she may be many things but she is not a liar and does not like to be called one.
This blogger would be crazy to publish such a damaging expose on an old friend (yes, Jeff and I have been friends for many years) without having hard evidence about it’s truth and authenticity. I can also vouch that Marianne Brinner is the most truthful (many times to her own disadvantage) person I know today.
Ms Brinner ends her statement with the following words;
Jeff has acknowledged to have made a mistake and has apologized to me. Therefore for me this matter is finished. He is an excellent journalist and only this should be of importance in the future.
This Jeff Koinange/Marianne Brinner date rape saga was exclusively reported here in Kumekucha and below you will find links to all our stories on it first published many weeks ago.
Links to all earlier rape posts.
How the rape happened
Date rape's journalists link with Nicholas Biwott
Marianne Brinner's big decision about the rape
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Date rape victim Marianne Brinner released a statement to this blogger last night saying she was upset at being called a liar in the numerous discussion forums she has come across recently, where people still claim that the London date rape incident never happened.
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Also published today
Jeff Koinange missing at CNN
What is Daniel Arap Moi's net worth?
Quip for the day;
The country is at a crossroads and on the brink of a very violent election, but all Kenyans want to do is talk about their favorite candidate and their tribe. It matters little that that candidate they can't stop talking about is a thief (and the whole lot of these guys are selfish thieves and little else). So who will save Kenya when we the ordinary folk refuse to see beyond our swollen noses?
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The incident in question involved the most famous Kenyan journalist in the world, Jeff Koinange, raping her at a London hotel.
Ms Brinner wants her critics to know that Jeff Koinange has already refunded all the expenses she incurred in traveling from Spain to London where the date rape occurred. This also includes hotel expenses. The CNN journalist transferred a sum of $2,000 to Ms Brinner's account recently.
As part of the settlement for the unfortunate incident, Mr Koinange has also accepted to take over the cost and upkeep of three children (girls, on the insistence of Ms Brinner) at an Orphan's home in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brinner too has kept her end of the deal, which includes never publishing the intimate details and private correspondent between the two leading to the date rape. Ms Brinner insists that she may be many things but she is not a liar and does not like to be called one.
This blogger would be crazy to publish such a damaging expose on an old friend (yes, Jeff and I have been friends for many years) without having hard evidence about it’s truth and authenticity. I can also vouch that Marianne Brinner is the most truthful (many times to her own disadvantage) person I know today.
Ms Brinner ends her statement with the following words;
Jeff has acknowledged to have made a mistake and has apologized to me. Therefore for me this matter is finished. He is an excellent journalist and only this should be of importance in the future.
This Jeff Koinange/Marianne Brinner date rape saga was exclusively reported here in Kumekucha and below you will find links to all our stories on it first published many weeks ago.
Links to all earlier rape posts.
How the rape happened
Date rape's journalists link with Nicholas Biwott
Marianne Brinner's big decision about the rape
------------------------
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Jeff Koinange Missing At CNN
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Keen observers of the CNN channel will have noticed that Jeff Koinange has taken a break from the popular world news channel where he was in charge of CNN reporting in Africa.
Efforts to find out the real reason have proved fruitless since even Brinner will not discuss it. However sources close to the TV journalist indicate that he is under considerable pressure professionally and from his family, following our exclusive report here on the date rape in London.
Many high traffic sites in the UK have also recently linked to our exclusive coverage of the incident and the result is that the journalist is getting a lot of calls and emails over the incident.
Indications are that Jeff will return to what he likes doing best and what he is obviously very good at, when things cool down.
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Keen observers of the CNN channel will have noticed that Jeff Koinange has taken a break from the popular world news channel where he was in charge of CNN reporting in Africa.
Efforts to find out the real reason have proved fruitless since even Brinner will not discuss it. However sources close to the TV journalist indicate that he is under considerable pressure professionally and from his family, following our exclusive report here on the date rape in London.
Many high traffic sites in the UK have also recently linked to our exclusive coverage of the incident and the result is that the journalist is getting a lot of calls and emails over the incident.
Indications are that Jeff will return to what he likes doing best and what he is obviously very good at, when things cool down.
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
What Is Daniel Arap Moi's Net Worth?
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Who is the richest man in Kenya?
As any seasoned political observer in Kenya will tell you, money is going to be a major factor in the forthcoming elections. More so because the stakes are pretty high for some of the riches individuals in the land who must protect their ill-gotten wealth at all costs.
This leads us to the question; who is the wealthiest individual in Kenya currently?
My information indicates that the richest man in the land and the runner up are father and son. Namely retired president Daniel arap Moi who is estimated to be worth between 2 and 3 billion US dollars. NOT Kenyan shillings. This information is from a very reliable source who adds that Moi's son Gideon (who is at number two by these estimates) is worth about half that.
Notable absentee from this top 2 is former powerful cabinet minister and Moi confidante, Nicholas Biwott. Contrary to common belief, even with all his wealth and assets, especially in the oil industry, The Keiyo South MP is still trying to play catch up with the "big boys".
This is further evidence that recent reports and rumours to the effect that Moi and President Kibaki have fallen out are certainly NOT true. In fact President Kibaki is sure to get campaign funding from both the senior Moi and his son. The Moi's will be especially keen to ensure that a Raila presidency never happens.
In the eloquent words of my expert informant;
"…Most importantly one Daniel Arap Moi will simply not allow Raila to be president. He blames him for spoiling his 'project' and feels that his reward of the 'molasses' plant to Raila was sufficient. Danny boy will not hesitate to lay down tens of billions of shillings to ensure Raila loses."
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
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How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Who is the richest man in Kenya?
As any seasoned political observer in Kenya will tell you, money is going to be a major factor in the forthcoming elections. More so because the stakes are pretty high for some of the riches individuals in the land who must protect their ill-gotten wealth at all costs.
This leads us to the question; who is the wealthiest individual in Kenya currently?
My information indicates that the richest man in the land and the runner up are father and son. Namely retired president Daniel arap Moi who is estimated to be worth between 2 and 3 billion US dollars. NOT Kenyan shillings. This information is from a very reliable source who adds that Moi's son Gideon (who is at number two by these estimates) is worth about half that.
Notable absentee from this top 2 is former powerful cabinet minister and Moi confidante, Nicholas Biwott. Contrary to common belief, even with all his wealth and assets, especially in the oil industry, The Keiyo South MP is still trying to play catch up with the "big boys".
This is further evidence that recent reports and rumours to the effect that Moi and President Kibaki have fallen out are certainly NOT true. In fact President Kibaki is sure to get campaign funding from both the senior Moi and his son. The Moi's will be especially keen to ensure that a Raila presidency never happens.
In the eloquent words of my expert informant;
"…Most importantly one Daniel Arap Moi will simply not allow Raila to be president. He blames him for spoiling his 'project' and feels that his reward of the 'molasses' plant to Raila was sufficient. Danny boy will not hesitate to lay down tens of billions of shillings to ensure Raila loses."
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Investment avenues for Africa
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Kenyans and Africans in general are just now beginning to wake up to the possibilities in stock markets, commodities, and many other investment avenues where one can get their money to work very hard for them.
An important truth to realize is that investment experts have said for many years that it is wise to have at least 20 percent of your investment portfolio in tangible assets like precious metals. Popular precious metals to invest in include gold and silver. The story of gold is well known but people hardly realize how prudent an investment silver can be. Supply has failed to meet demand over the last 15 years and stockpiles are dwindling even as you read this. This guarantees you that the silver price will always keep your investment way ahead of inflation.
The Monex Deposit company is the one you should check out in the event that you are interested in diversifying your investment portfolio just now.
How Violent Will Elections 2007 Really Be?
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Unfortunately most folks who read this blog and then leave comments here are currently based outside the country. (My own quick survey recently, showed that a significant percentage of locally based readers never leave comments, some because they do not know how to, but most because the culture of blogs and comments is yet to fully catch on within the country.) So being able to properly gauge the mood in the country at the moment becomes fairly difficult.
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Also published today
Why this presidential elections may open up old wounds that never healed
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Little wonder that most of our commentators are still preoccupied with their favorite candidates and tribal and selfish interests when all signs are that the country is rapidly sliding into anarchy.
If the Mungiki versus Matatu touts and divers skirmishes in Kiambu appear to be of no consequence to you (although the death toll is now approaching double digit figures). And if the land clashes in distance Mount Elgon are somewhat boring and the information you have on them is scanty. Then the most recent eruption of violence in Bura, Coast Province and the election related violence in Magarini constituency as the country prepares to go into a by-election only a couple of months before the general election, should make you sit up and pay attention.
Then we must remember that in the very recent past, we have had politically-and-tribal-related violence in the Mathare slums that left scores of innocent and poverty stricken Kenyans dead. There have also been serious chaos in Kibera, the largest slum in East and Central Africa that have left at least half a dozen persons dead.
All this is taking place long before the election campaigns proper starts. So what will happen when the 9th parliament is sent o it's final recess and constituency parliamentary seats are officially declared vacant by the electoral commission?
There is this joke newspaper writers are fond of making in their first articles after the general elections where they usually welcome back into the country those who took refuge outside the country during the polls. This time it may not be that funny because all the signs point to Kenyans having the most violent elections ever. Chances are that Nigerian elections will be made to look like a picnic at Uhuru ark in comparison.
There is one particular aspect I have been warning about for almost two years now. Reglar readers of this blog must have grown tired of me saying that the country is not yet ready for a Luo versus Kikuyu presidential candidate contest. Two years ago I predicted that that is the direction we are headed. And if comments in this blog are representative and if we can half-believe the numerous opinion polls that have been published in recent times then it is clear that we are headed for a Raila versus Kibaki battle as the two main presidential candidates. Kalonzo Musyoka supporters reading this will complain that I am biased against their man. But opinion polls (which this blogger does not believe) have consistently shown Musyoka's support slipping. My opinion is that that support has never been there in terms of enough numbers to start with.
However another truth we must all face soberly is that outside ODM-Kenya, Kalonzo Musyoka is a non-starter for the presidency. However if he were to be chosen the ODM-Kenya candidate, he stands a better chance of dethroning Kibaki with the support of Raila and all the other ODM-Kenya heavyweights. What I mean is a better chance than Raila would stand.
Sadly a Kalonzo candidature would also mean a more peaceful election because the issue of Luo versus Kikuyu for the highest office in the land would be avoided. Alas, my view is that Kalonzo would make the worst president Kenya has ever had, worse even than Kibaki. The country is bound to sink down to the level of the constituency he has represented for a long time now.
Personally I would vote for peace every time, and would thus be forced to hope for a Kalonzo candidature in ODM-Kenya and I would then vote for Kibaki. Sadly this is the thinking amongst a growing number of Kenyans. It is the saddest thing I have ever had to write because as I have said here many times, nobody deserves the presidency more than Raila.
What I see happening however is that Kalonzo will lose his bid to be the ODM candidate, will cry foul and leave the party, probably with one or two heavyweights (because he and Moi have done their homework thoroughly). That will leave Raila Odinga as the main opposition candidate and the result will be violence and death on an unprecedented scale right across the country.
Kumekucha has come across some confidential documents involving a well known presidential candidate. Read them here in this blog tomorrow. Don't miss Kumekucha on Monday.
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Unfortunately most folks who read this blog and then leave comments here are currently based outside the country. (My own quick survey recently, showed that a significant percentage of locally based readers never leave comments, some because they do not know how to, but most because the culture of blogs and comments is yet to fully catch on within the country.) So being able to properly gauge the mood in the country at the moment becomes fairly difficult.
===============================
Also published today
Why this presidential elections may open up old wounds that never healed
===============================
Little wonder that most of our commentators are still preoccupied with their favorite candidates and tribal and selfish interests when all signs are that the country is rapidly sliding into anarchy.
If the Mungiki versus Matatu touts and divers skirmishes in Kiambu appear to be of no consequence to you (although the death toll is now approaching double digit figures). And if the land clashes in distance Mount Elgon are somewhat boring and the information you have on them is scanty. Then the most recent eruption of violence in Bura, Coast Province and the election related violence in Magarini constituency as the country prepares to go into a by-election only a couple of months before the general election, should make you sit up and pay attention.
Then we must remember that in the very recent past, we have had politically-and-tribal-related violence in the Mathare slums that left scores of innocent and poverty stricken Kenyans dead. There have also been serious chaos in Kibera, the largest slum in East and Central Africa that have left at least half a dozen persons dead.
All this is taking place long before the election campaigns proper starts. So what will happen when the 9th parliament is sent o it's final recess and constituency parliamentary seats are officially declared vacant by the electoral commission?
There is this joke newspaper writers are fond of making in their first articles after the general elections where they usually welcome back into the country those who took refuge outside the country during the polls. This time it may not be that funny because all the signs point to Kenyans having the most violent elections ever. Chances are that Nigerian elections will be made to look like a picnic at Uhuru ark in comparison.
There is one particular aspect I have been warning about for almost two years now. Reglar readers of this blog must have grown tired of me saying that the country is not yet ready for a Luo versus Kikuyu presidential candidate contest. Two years ago I predicted that that is the direction we are headed. And if comments in this blog are representative and if we can half-believe the numerous opinion polls that have been published in recent times then it is clear that we are headed for a Raila versus Kibaki battle as the two main presidential candidates. Kalonzo Musyoka supporters reading this will complain that I am biased against their man. But opinion polls (which this blogger does not believe) have consistently shown Musyoka's support slipping. My opinion is that that support has never been there in terms of enough numbers to start with.
However another truth we must all face soberly is that outside ODM-Kenya, Kalonzo Musyoka is a non-starter for the presidency. However if he were to be chosen the ODM-Kenya candidate, he stands a better chance of dethroning Kibaki with the support of Raila and all the other ODM-Kenya heavyweights. What I mean is a better chance than Raila would stand.
Sadly a Kalonzo candidature would also mean a more peaceful election because the issue of Luo versus Kikuyu for the highest office in the land would be avoided. Alas, my view is that Kalonzo would make the worst president Kenya has ever had, worse even than Kibaki. The country is bound to sink down to the level of the constituency he has represented for a long time now.
Personally I would vote for peace every time, and would thus be forced to hope for a Kalonzo candidature in ODM-Kenya and I would then vote for Kibaki. Sadly this is the thinking amongst a growing number of Kenyans. It is the saddest thing I have ever had to write because as I have said here many times, nobody deserves the presidency more than Raila.
What I see happening however is that Kalonzo will lose his bid to be the ODM candidate, will cry foul and leave the party, probably with one or two heavyweights (because he and Moi have done their homework thoroughly). That will leave Raila Odinga as the main opposition candidate and the result will be violence and death on an unprecedented scale right across the country.
Kumekucha has come across some confidential documents involving a well known presidential candidate. Read them here in this blog tomorrow. Don't miss Kumekucha on Monday.
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The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
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Why A Kikuyu Versus Luo Contest For The Presidency Will Open Up Old Wounds
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A recent analytical piece in the Standard newspaper has told Kenyans what is already clearly written on the wall. And that is the fact that we are headed for a Raila versus Kibaki showdown. (Read the Standard story for yourself).
This is exactly what Kenyan politics has been all about since the referendum. Everything else has been a side-show.
It is interesting that in while two Luo candidates would feature prominently in elections in an area with large numbers of Kikuyu voters in 1958, a similar contest in a Nairobi constituency in that pits two major candidates, namely a Kikuyu and a Luo against each other would end up causing chaos. I have in mind a contest between former Mungiki leader, Ndura Waruinge and Raila Odinga in Langata constituency.
The whole problem started in 1969 when a Luo threw a chair at a prominent Kikuyu in Kisumu. The resulting death toll (of mainly Luos) is still a government secret to this day. The luo who threw that chair will forever remain unknown, but the person he threw it at was President Kenyatta. The chair did not reach it's mark because one of president Kenyatta's bodyguards intercepted it in mid air and caught it just in time. What followed was that the president's security detail drew their guns and opened fire on the rowdy crowd.
But what had caused tensions to be so high? The answer is the assassination of a man who had never been elected to parliament by Luos. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya who gained immense popularity that he never had and was never interested in from the Luo only in death.
The consequences of the Kisumu massacre is that the Kenyatta administration launched a propaganda war against a section of its' own citizens who were perceived as the only threats to the Kenyatta presidency. So powerful and effective was this propaganda that even today, talk around President Kibaki about the Luo is very similar to the talk during the Kenyatta administration. And it is also clear that ODM-Kenya will lose a substantial amount of votes to Kibaki if it's candidate is Raila Odinga. Sad, a terrible tragedy, but true.
Kumekucha has come across some confidential documents involving a well known presidential candidate. Read them here in this blog tomorrow. Don't miss Kumekucha on Monday.
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The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
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How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
A recent analytical piece in the Standard newspaper has told Kenyans what is already clearly written on the wall. And that is the fact that we are headed for a Raila versus Kibaki showdown. (Read the Standard story for yourself).
This is exactly what Kenyan politics has been all about since the referendum. Everything else has been a side-show.
It is interesting that in while two Luo candidates would feature prominently in elections in an area with large numbers of Kikuyu voters in 1958, a similar contest in a Nairobi constituency in that pits two major candidates, namely a Kikuyu and a Luo against each other would end up causing chaos. I have in mind a contest between former Mungiki leader, Ndura Waruinge and Raila Odinga in Langata constituency.
The whole problem started in 1969 when a Luo threw a chair at a prominent Kikuyu in Kisumu. The resulting death toll (of mainly Luos) is still a government secret to this day. The luo who threw that chair will forever remain unknown, but the person he threw it at was President Kenyatta. The chair did not reach it's mark because one of president Kenyatta's bodyguards intercepted it in mid air and caught it just in time. What followed was that the president's security detail drew their guns and opened fire on the rowdy crowd.
But what had caused tensions to be so high? The answer is the assassination of a man who had never been elected to parliament by Luos. Thomas Joseph Odhiambo Mboya who gained immense popularity that he never had and was never interested in from the Luo only in death.
The consequences of the Kisumu massacre is that the Kenyatta administration launched a propaganda war against a section of its' own citizens who were perceived as the only threats to the Kenyatta presidency. So powerful and effective was this propaganda that even today, talk around President Kibaki about the Luo is very similar to the talk during the Kenyatta administration. And it is also clear that ODM-Kenya will lose a substantial amount of votes to Kibaki if it's candidate is Raila Odinga. Sad, a terrible tragedy, but true.
Kumekucha has come across some confidential documents involving a well known presidential candidate. Read them here in this blog tomorrow. Don't miss Kumekucha on Monday.
Wife cuts off husband's penis flashes it down the toilet.
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Saturday, April 21, 2007
Moneybags Livondo Hits Kisumu With New Hummer: What's Going On?
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Whats going on with these Hummer's? Remember the guy caught on camera distributing cash somewhere in Western province? The self-styled Narc-Kenya activist? Yes, Mr Moneybags Livondo himself was spotted of all places in Kisumu city with a brand new Hummer.
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Also published today
Young Kenyan girls flood prostitution trade in London
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Interestingly the minute the Hummer arrived in town, word quickly spread that Agwambo was in town with his Hummer. The more observant wondered why he had changed the colour of his car from the striking red to the common white. There was visible disappointment when it was discovered that this was not actually Agwambo but “an imposter.”
Many readers are disgusted with this Hummer business, but one wonders what is going on here. Is it just a coincidence that self-styled Narc activist Moneybags himself is seen in Kisumu city with a Hummer and even before Raila Odinga’s Hummer makes its’ grand entrance into the ODM politician’s home city?
Is somebody trying to turn the ridiculous Hummer into a campaign tool to attract attention as some readers have commented here?
As the Hummer snaked slowly through the streets of the city, seemingly to attract as much attention as possible. Preidctably several idlers pounced on the huge vehicle and rode dangerously on the side (are there no traffic policemen in Kisumu?)
Woman reveals nasty men habits nobody wants to talk about
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Whats going on with these Hummer's? Remember the guy caught on camera distributing cash somewhere in Western province? The self-styled Narc-Kenya activist? Yes, Mr Moneybags Livondo himself was spotted of all places in Kisumu city with a brand new Hummer.
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Also published today
Young Kenyan girls flood prostitution trade in London
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Interestingly the minute the Hummer arrived in town, word quickly spread that Agwambo was in town with his Hummer. The more observant wondered why he had changed the colour of his car from the striking red to the common white. There was visible disappointment when it was discovered that this was not actually Agwambo but “an imposter.”
Many readers are disgusted with this Hummer business, but one wonders what is going on here. Is it just a coincidence that self-styled Narc activist Moneybags himself is seen in Kisumu city with a Hummer and even before Raila Odinga’s Hummer makes its’ grand entrance into the ODM politician’s home city?
Is somebody trying to turn the ridiculous Hummer into a campaign tool to attract attention as some readers have commented here?
As the Hummer snaked slowly through the streets of the city, seemingly to attract as much attention as possible. Preidctably several idlers pounced on the huge vehicle and rode dangerously on the side (are there no traffic policemen in Kisumu?)
Woman reveals nasty men habits nobody wants to talk about
The surprising real reason why more and more Kenyans are having steamy extra-marital affairs
Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
How Kenyans can now easily start a lucrative Internet business from any remote part of Kenya for only Kshs 100/-
Kenyan Prostitutes Flood London
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The young Kenyan woman looked extremely respectable and with the sort of looks that trurns heads in the streets. She was using yahoo chat in the crowded cyber. I ignored her and quickly checked my email. It was one of those days and I was already running late for my next appointment. That’s the reason why I was a little annoyed when she tapped me gently on the shoulder requesting for my assistance.
As I helped her I couldn’t help noticing the last few lines of the online conversation she had been having with a person who could have been anywhere in the world. I could not believe my eyes and she giggled a little when she sensed my shock. The guy on the other side was saying that he was really looked forward to putting a certain part of his anatomy you know where. The “nice” lady said that she looked forward to seeing what it looked like and if the size was really what the man said it was. It was complete with all the four letter words.
I hurriedly looked away fairly embarrassed. You see I come from the old generation where even indulgers would usually hypocritically frown on exhibitionism where these matters are concerned.
I asked a friend of mine who owns a Cyber In Mombasa and what he told me shocked me. The biggest business for the cybers down there and I am told in Nairobi as well is from young women and men looking for companions abroad as their ticket out of the poverty and hopelessness that is the Kenya of today. My friend tells me that this amazing phenomenon has been fuelled by a number of success stories.
For a young man the idea here is to get some lonely old woman in the Western romantically interested. She arranges for him to fly there and he instantly gets residence status after marrying her. His options then increase dramatically after that.
For a young Kenyan lady like the one I met, the ides is to hook up with some nerd or old man lonely and looking for an energetic athletic young African to put back the spark into their twilight years. In return they provide residence status and a good life to their African bride.
But sadly what happens on the other end is more often than not very different. Many young Kenyans for instance end up joining prostitute rings without knowing it. As Kenyans living in London will tell you, there has been a marked increase of African prostitutes in many big European cities, more so London, and an alarming percentage of these girls are Kenyans.
Usually when you meet a Kenyan out there, the feeling is usually ecstatic, it kind of soothes your homesickness. However the site of a young Kenyan girl lost and destroyed forever in this trade is not something that would give me a good feeling, ever.
Many readers of this blog with comfortable lives usually feel that I am too negative and pessimistic about life in Kenya. But I only reflect the true state of affairs in our so called growing economy. The next government must very urgently address this hopelessness in our people.
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The young Kenyan woman looked extremely respectable and with the sort of looks that trurns heads in the streets. She was using yahoo chat in the crowded cyber. I ignored her and quickly checked my email. It was one of those days and I was already running late for my next appointment. That’s the reason why I was a little annoyed when she tapped me gently on the shoulder requesting for my assistance.
As I helped her I couldn’t help noticing the last few lines of the online conversation she had been having with a person who could have been anywhere in the world. I could not believe my eyes and she giggled a little when she sensed my shock. The guy on the other side was saying that he was really looked forward to putting a certain part of his anatomy you know where. The “nice” lady said that she looked forward to seeing what it looked like and if the size was really what the man said it was. It was complete with all the four letter words.
I hurriedly looked away fairly embarrassed. You see I come from the old generation where even indulgers would usually hypocritically frown on exhibitionism where these matters are concerned.
I asked a friend of mine who owns a Cyber In Mombasa and what he told me shocked me. The biggest business for the cybers down there and I am told in Nairobi as well is from young women and men looking for companions abroad as their ticket out of the poverty and hopelessness that is the Kenya of today. My friend tells me that this amazing phenomenon has been fuelled by a number of success stories.
For a young man the idea here is to get some lonely old woman in the Western romantically interested. She arranges for him to fly there and he instantly gets residence status after marrying her. His options then increase dramatically after that.
For a young Kenyan lady like the one I met, the ides is to hook up with some nerd or old man lonely and looking for an energetic athletic young African to put back the spark into their twilight years. In return they provide residence status and a good life to their African bride.
But sadly what happens on the other end is more often than not very different. Many young Kenyans for instance end up joining prostitute rings without knowing it. As Kenyans living in London will tell you, there has been a marked increase of African prostitutes in many big European cities, more so London, and an alarming percentage of these girls are Kenyans.
Usually when you meet a Kenyan out there, the feeling is usually ecstatic, it kind of soothes your homesickness. However the site of a young Kenyan girl lost and destroyed forever in this trade is not something that would give me a good feeling, ever.
Many readers of this blog with comfortable lives usually feel that I am too negative and pessimistic about life in Kenya. But I only reflect the true state of affairs in our so called growing economy. The next government must very urgently address this hopelessness in our people.
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Friday, April 20, 2007
Famous Political Cons And A Few That Have Already Been Put Into Motion
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What is the difference between Narc and Narc-Kenya? Would an ordinary Kenyan deep in the rural areas who has hardly seen the inside of a classroom understand that difference? Why is it that ODM-Kenya leading lights have insisted so much on the party symbol being an orange, going even to the extent of demonstrating outside the Electoral Commission of Kenya offices when it looked like they would be denied? Is this with a view of continuing with the same lies of the November 2005 Referendum?
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Also published today;
Bura skirmishes prove that clashes are government sponsored
VP Awori's strange letters to a magistrate.
Michuki finally visits Mt Elgon, but only after first Lady Lucy Kibaki
Quick quip:
We do not want a Kenya where there are 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars.
JM Kariuki. He did not live to see this happen although he lost his life because of this quote. This describes Kenya pretty well today although you'll have to replace the word 'millionaire' with the word 'bilionaire'.
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But even before taking a look at this most recent examples of political cons designed to take advantage of the masses of Kenyans deep in rural areas and with limited education and exposure, let us look at some of the famous tricks used in the past.
Did you know that there was a time when former President Moi supporters got thousands of people to vote Moi by telling illiterate voters who were being assisted to vote that by putting the "X" next to his name meant that you were casting a vote to reject that candidate. Believe it or not many voters already embarrassed and feeling rather exposed, quickly followed the advice without thinking too much about it and ended up casting a vote in favor of Moi.
You can be sure that voters in the mounting number of clash-hit areas in the region will be told many interesting lies to force their vote in a certain desired direction.
Concerning ODM-Kenya here are a few lies that the village folk may hear;
Vote orange like in the referendum otherwise the same flawed constitution which we told you would take many things from you including your land will be passed. By Voting the other side you will be bringing it back and passing it. Voting orange is the only safe thing to do. (During the November 1995, rural folk were told a lot of lies about the proposed new constitution by Orange campaigners. The chief culprit here was one Raila Odinga. This is one of the reasons why Martha Karua lost her head and called Raila uncircumcised.)
In favor of Narc Kenya;
This is the same party that removed Moi from power. If you vote for that Luo who defected from our Narc party, Kenya will be returned to tyranny. (The truth is that the current Narc-Kenya bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original National Rainbow Coalition that swept President Kibaki into power).
If you vote for ODM, the way you have seen so many free oranges today, the same will continue countrywide after the elections (very few Kenyans are privileged enough to enjoy the luxury of an orange as was proved during the referendum when many hungry Kenyans couldn't bear just looking at the oranges and bananas being used as symbols for the referendum and many scrambled and caused stampedes for the fruits in many parts of the country.)
Quick business tip: Orange traders should start preparing their stock of oranges because I predict a huge demand for them towards the end of the year and serious shortages countrywide.
If you vote ODM free primary school education will end because Narc will leave with it. (This may be used to counter one of the most visible Kibaki government achievements of free primary school education, at least in most rural areas countrywide).
Mercifully (because I do not want to end this post on a negative note) there are many cons that no longer work. One notorious one in the Moi days was the interference with ballot boxes between the polling stations and the constituency counting halls. Either identical ballot boxes prepared in advance were used or boxes that were known to come from an opponents stronghold disappeared altogether never to be seen again. The practice of counting votes at each polling station is the best thing that ever happened to the election process in Kenya (although ballot boxes still disappear, I have no idea how.)
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What is the difference between Narc and Narc-Kenya? Would an ordinary Kenyan deep in the rural areas who has hardly seen the inside of a classroom understand that difference? Why is it that ODM-Kenya leading lights have insisted so much on the party symbol being an orange, going even to the extent of demonstrating outside the Electoral Commission of Kenya offices when it looked like they would be denied? Is this with a view of continuing with the same lies of the November 2005 Referendum?
============================
Also published today;
Bura skirmishes prove that clashes are government sponsored
VP Awori's strange letters to a magistrate.
Michuki finally visits Mt Elgon, but only after first Lady Lucy Kibaki
Quick quip:
We do not want a Kenya where there are 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars.
JM Kariuki. He did not live to see this happen although he lost his life because of this quote. This describes Kenya pretty well today although you'll have to replace the word 'millionaire' with the word 'bilionaire'.
============================
But even before taking a look at this most recent examples of political cons designed to take advantage of the masses of Kenyans deep in rural areas and with limited education and exposure, let us look at some of the famous tricks used in the past.
Did you know that there was a time when former President Moi supporters got thousands of people to vote Moi by telling illiterate voters who were being assisted to vote that by putting the "X" next to his name meant that you were casting a vote to reject that candidate. Believe it or not many voters already embarrassed and feeling rather exposed, quickly followed the advice without thinking too much about it and ended up casting a vote in favor of Moi.
You can be sure that voters in the mounting number of clash-hit areas in the region will be told many interesting lies to force their vote in a certain desired direction.
Concerning ODM-Kenya here are a few lies that the village folk may hear;
Vote orange like in the referendum otherwise the same flawed constitution which we told you would take many things from you including your land will be passed. By Voting the other side you will be bringing it back and passing it. Voting orange is the only safe thing to do. (During the November 1995, rural folk were told a lot of lies about the proposed new constitution by Orange campaigners. The chief culprit here was one Raila Odinga. This is one of the reasons why Martha Karua lost her head and called Raila uncircumcised.)
In favor of Narc Kenya;
This is the same party that removed Moi from power. If you vote for that Luo who defected from our Narc party, Kenya will be returned to tyranny. (The truth is that the current Narc-Kenya bears no resemblance whatsoever to the original National Rainbow Coalition that swept President Kibaki into power).
If you vote for ODM, the way you have seen so many free oranges today, the same will continue countrywide after the elections (very few Kenyans are privileged enough to enjoy the luxury of an orange as was proved during the referendum when many hungry Kenyans couldn't bear just looking at the oranges and bananas being used as symbols for the referendum and many scrambled and caused stampedes for the fruits in many parts of the country.)
Quick business tip: Orange traders should start preparing their stock of oranges because I predict a huge demand for them towards the end of the year and serious shortages countrywide.
If you vote ODM free primary school education will end because Narc will leave with it. (This may be used to counter one of the most visible Kibaki government achievements of free primary school education, at least in most rural areas countrywide).
Mercifully (because I do not want to end this post on a negative note) there are many cons that no longer work. One notorious one in the Moi days was the interference with ballot boxes between the polling stations and the constituency counting halls. Either identical ballot boxes prepared in advance were used or boxes that were known to come from an opponents stronghold disappeared altogether never to be seen again. The practice of counting votes at each polling station is the best thing that ever happened to the election process in Kenya (although ballot boxes still disappear, I have no idea how.)
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Bura Skirmishes Prove That Clashes Are Sponsored By The Government
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Those on the ground in Bura, location of the latest land clashes to break out in Kenya in the run up to the general elections, say that certain "sponsors" to the violence promised to cross the border to Somalia to obtain the arms to permanently eject another community from the area.
Incase you did not know, even a mouse would have tremendous difficulties crossing the border into Somalia anywhere along the coastal strip, let alone smuggling arms back into the country. There is a very heavy presence of security personnel in the area, which includes American troops currently on an intensive mop up operation to arrest suspected terrorists crossing the border into Kenya.
This monitoring includes the latest state of the art "satellite spying" which will detect and even zoom in for verification on any movement anywhere along that border. So what sort of person would be able to obtain arms close to that border. Figure out that one for yourself.
Even as analysts, self appointed and otherwise try to puzzle out why it is that that there are so many violent skirmishes countrywide, the fact that all this is happening in the run up to the general elections should be clear evidence that perpetrators have some sort of government protection and assistance. This is Darfur in Kenya all over again except that unlike Sudan that only has one Darfur, we in Kenya now have 3 Darfurs and counting.
Shortly after the Moi era ended, a former powerful minister of State in the office of the president Burudi Nabwera gave the nation the first piece of evidence that the so-called land clashes that started shortly after the repel of the notorious section 2(a) amendment to the constitution were sponsored by government in more ways than Kenyans would imagine. Nabwera in reply to accusations from retired President Moi about arrows imported into the country from South Korea told a shocked nation that Moi himself and his closest and most trusted lieutenants supervised the importation of those arrows, used to kill and maim thousands of Kenyans mainly in the Rift Valley region.
An interesting aside here is that the section 2a amendment (that was a contradiction to most of the rest of the constitution) was ironically sponsored by Mwai Kibaki, who was then Vice president and leader of government business. The small clause made Kenya a de jure one-party state and outlawed competitive politics by officially making it illegal for any other political party to be formed other than the mama na baba Kanu of the time.
Those in president Moi's political think tank then, quickly recommended other methods of retaining power in a situation where there is competitive politics and the governments continuity is threatened. It is sad that the very same tactics used then are still in use today, going to 5 years since Moi left power.
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Those on the ground in Bura, location of the latest land clashes to break out in Kenya in the run up to the general elections, say that certain "sponsors" to the violence promised to cross the border to Somalia to obtain the arms to permanently eject another community from the area.
Incase you did not know, even a mouse would have tremendous difficulties crossing the border into Somalia anywhere along the coastal strip, let alone smuggling arms back into the country. There is a very heavy presence of security personnel in the area, which includes American troops currently on an intensive mop up operation to arrest suspected terrorists crossing the border into Kenya.
This monitoring includes the latest state of the art "satellite spying" which will detect and even zoom in for verification on any movement anywhere along that border. So what sort of person would be able to obtain arms close to that border. Figure out that one for yourself.
Even as analysts, self appointed and otherwise try to puzzle out why it is that that there are so many violent skirmishes countrywide, the fact that all this is happening in the run up to the general elections should be clear evidence that perpetrators have some sort of government protection and assistance. This is Darfur in Kenya all over again except that unlike Sudan that only has one Darfur, we in Kenya now have 3 Darfurs and counting.
Shortly after the Moi era ended, a former powerful minister of State in the office of the president Burudi Nabwera gave the nation the first piece of evidence that the so-called land clashes that started shortly after the repel of the notorious section 2(a) amendment to the constitution were sponsored by government in more ways than Kenyans would imagine. Nabwera in reply to accusations from retired President Moi about arrows imported into the country from South Korea told a shocked nation that Moi himself and his closest and most trusted lieutenants supervised the importation of those arrows, used to kill and maim thousands of Kenyans mainly in the Rift Valley region.
An interesting aside here is that the section 2a amendment (that was a contradiction to most of the rest of the constitution) was ironically sponsored by Mwai Kibaki, who was then Vice president and leader of government business. The small clause made Kenya a de jure one-party state and outlawed competitive politics by officially making it illegal for any other political party to be formed other than the mama na baba Kanu of the time.
Those in president Moi's political think tank then, quickly recommended other methods of retaining power in a situation where there is competitive politics and the governments continuity is threatened. It is sad that the very same tactics used then are still in use today, going to 5 years since Moi left power.
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VP Awori's Strange Letters To A Magistrate
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As I have said many times in this blog, this is the year of exposes. There is the sordid Nation media group sex for promotion scandal and then now it seems that this is the year when Kenyans will also get to the bottom of the Artur brothers saga. Those are just two examples amongst many but I can assure you, mambo bado.
Now it has emerged that Vice President Moody Awori seemed to have tried to influence the outcome of a murder trial involving three of his constituents. A copy of a letter he sent to a magistrate asking for an update on the trial has been unearthed and tabled in parliament.
On the surface a letter asking for an update on a case may seem innocent enough, except that when you think about it a little deeper, you will quickly realize that there is plenty of mischief in that word "update". How do you ask a magistrate who is still trying to determine a case, for an update? There are a lot of other places where one can get this kind of information on ongoing court cases, if all the VP was interested in were the details.
The magistrate in question, Busia Principal Magistrate, Walter Nyarima seems to agree with this assessment and wrote back to the VP protesting. A copy of the same letter was sent to the chief justice.
To make matters worse, Mr Nyamira was transferred shortly after his letter of protest and before concluding the case in question. He was transferred from Busia to Kericho. The whole issue has now become very explosive and has already attracted the attention of many civil groups. What is even more alarming is that Nyamira says in his letter that the VPs intervention in court cases in the area has been “frequent.”
If there is one thing the Vice President will be remembered for then it is his work amongst jailed convicts and prisoners in the country. He has almost single-handedly overhauled the entire Kenyan prison service, which has seen the most far-reaching changes and improvements in the history of the country.
Now with this latest development, Kenyans are bound to ask if there is a link between his pet project and what appears to be an attempt to influence the due process of law. Not to mention the fact that it was just last year when the Vice President weathered a major storm and resisted intense pressure to have him resign after being mentioned adversely in connection to the still unresolved Anglo Leasing scandal.
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As I have said many times in this blog, this is the year of exposes. There is the sordid Nation media group sex for promotion scandal and then now it seems that this is the year when Kenyans will also get to the bottom of the Artur brothers saga. Those are just two examples amongst many but I can assure you, mambo bado.
Now it has emerged that Vice President Moody Awori seemed to have tried to influence the outcome of a murder trial involving three of his constituents. A copy of a letter he sent to a magistrate asking for an update on the trial has been unearthed and tabled in parliament.
On the surface a letter asking for an update on a case may seem innocent enough, except that when you think about it a little deeper, you will quickly realize that there is plenty of mischief in that word "update". How do you ask a magistrate who is still trying to determine a case, for an update? There are a lot of other places where one can get this kind of information on ongoing court cases, if all the VP was interested in were the details.
The magistrate in question, Busia Principal Magistrate, Walter Nyarima seems to agree with this assessment and wrote back to the VP protesting. A copy of the same letter was sent to the chief justice.
To make matters worse, Mr Nyamira was transferred shortly after his letter of protest and before concluding the case in question. He was transferred from Busia to Kericho. The whole issue has now become very explosive and has already attracted the attention of many civil groups. What is even more alarming is that Nyamira says in his letter that the VPs intervention in court cases in the area has been “frequent.”
If there is one thing the Vice President will be remembered for then it is his work amongst jailed convicts and prisoners in the country. He has almost single-handedly overhauled the entire Kenyan prison service, which has seen the most far-reaching changes and improvements in the history of the country.
Now with this latest development, Kenyans are bound to ask if there is a link between his pet project and what appears to be an attempt to influence the due process of law. Not to mention the fact that it was just last year when the Vice President weathered a major storm and resisted intense pressure to have him resign after being mentioned adversely in connection to the still unresolved Anglo Leasing scandal.
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Michuki Finally Visits Mount Elgon, But Only After Lucy Kibaki Has Been There
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First lady Lucy Kibaki visited the clash-torn area to console victims about a week before Internal security minister John Michuki finally made it to the place.
Presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi tried to make a joke out of it by asking what it is that Michuki feared in Mount Elgon so much that he could only gather courage to visit after the first Lady had visited the area.
But the clashes are no joking matter. Tens of thousands of Kenyans have been displaced and are effectively refugees in their own country, while scores have lost their lives.
It would appear that the President's handlers are planning to use the first lady as a key campaigner for the president's re-election and since the president himself cannot visit ordinary Kenyans to console them, it must have been felt that the next best thing would be to send First Lady Lucy herself to Mount Elgon. A colleague tells me that the reason why the president has never been seen in any slum area or with any ordinary down and out Kenyans is because he would have nothing to say to them. They don't play golf and they did not go to Makerere and telling them that the economy grew by 5.8 per cent last year may endanger the president's security in such areas where Kenyans are so desperate. I find that comment funny, but the worrying thing is that it sounds too close to the truth.
Kenyan voters are at the moment being urged to vote back the same government for another 5 year term. That decision is up to the people, but let them bear in mind that if they vote back this government that has caused rapid economic growth in the backdrop of rising poverty, desperation and insecurity, then they should prepare themselves for more of these land clashes nonsense sometime in 2011 in the run up to the 2012 general elections. I am no war monger just acrefully examine the history of land clashes since 1991 when the section 2a amendment was repelled. You will find that they ocurr right on schedule like clockwork. 1991/2, 1996/7, 2001/2 and now 2006/7. Twice may have been a coincidence and maybe even three times to really stretch it. But four times in a row!!!
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First lady Lucy Kibaki visited the clash-torn area to console victims about a week before Internal security minister John Michuki finally made it to the place.
Presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi tried to make a joke out of it by asking what it is that Michuki feared in Mount Elgon so much that he could only gather courage to visit after the first Lady had visited the area.
But the clashes are no joking matter. Tens of thousands of Kenyans have been displaced and are effectively refugees in their own country, while scores have lost their lives.
It would appear that the President's handlers are planning to use the first lady as a key campaigner for the president's re-election and since the president himself cannot visit ordinary Kenyans to console them, it must have been felt that the next best thing would be to send First Lady Lucy herself to Mount Elgon. A colleague tells me that the reason why the president has never been seen in any slum area or with any ordinary down and out Kenyans is because he would have nothing to say to them. They don't play golf and they did not go to Makerere and telling them that the economy grew by 5.8 per cent last year may endanger the president's security in such areas where Kenyans are so desperate. I find that comment funny, but the worrying thing is that it sounds too close to the truth.
Kenyan voters are at the moment being urged to vote back the same government for another 5 year term. That decision is up to the people, but let them bear in mind that if they vote back this government that has caused rapid economic growth in the backdrop of rising poverty, desperation and insecurity, then they should prepare themselves for more of these land clashes nonsense sometime in 2011 in the run up to the 2012 general elections. I am no war monger just acrefully examine the history of land clashes since 1991 when the section 2a amendment was repelled. You will find that they ocurr right on schedule like clockwork. 1991/2, 1996/7, 2001/2 and now 2006/7. Twice may have been a coincidence and maybe even three times to really stretch it. But four times in a row!!!
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Thursday, April 19, 2007
If President Kibaki Loses Polls, Will Othaya Lose An MP?
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I sincerely do not see President Kibaki sitting in the opposition benches come January 2008 should he lose his re-election bid later this year. So the question arises, what will happen? And even if he resigns his parliamentary seat and a by-election takes place shortly thereafter, who will be official leader of the opposition? Will the situation allow for a peaceful change of leadership in the opposition benches? (Remember the troubles Narc-Kenya have had filling the chairman's post—who automatically becomes the party and country Vice President?)
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Also published today
Parliament set to discuss notorious Artur's today.
KTN cameras seal fate of Robin Hood doctor
Quip for the day:
Some of our readers have started calling the founders of this blog dreamers. Wow!! What a compliment. They said the same about Nelson Mandela in the 60s and even late 80s. They said the same about Wilbur and Orville Wright (the guys who invented mechanised flight)
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And just how fair will this whole scenario be to the people of Othaya, asking them to go back to the polls so soon after what is widely expected to be the most bruising battle in the history of elections in these shores? Naturally nobody seems to be giving much thought to these very real possibilities. Those who should be thinking about these things obviously consider them to be peripheral and of no consequence since the whole concentration is on the winner-takes-all battle for the presidency. What the opposition and government are busy and keen on are power games and the introduction of clauses to tame each other in the forthcoming mother of all political battles in Kenya.
And the worries and concerns do not end with President Kibaki. We have seen just how powerful and effective a former president can be, even after leaving office. Do we want future former presidents actively involved in politics? This is going to be a pertinent issue because even if future former presidents will not be as wealthy as Moi is, the constitution now allows such a generous package and retirement benefits that they will have plenty of cash and staff paid for by the taxpayer, to cause lots of mischief.
In fact in the case of Kenya, if President Kibaki loses this election, we will have a situation where two former presidents with vast resources can let lose their political ambitions and settle old scores if they so wish. Just the sort of scenario that can cause great instability in our young democracy that is yet to build strong enough institutions to allow for smooth transitions, irrespective of the characters and morality of the holders of the key relevant offices.
It really does not matter which angle you view things from, a Moi/Kibaki axis is capable of doing a lot of damage and tripping up the newly elected government in 2008. Let's take the simple example of corruption issues. Both former presidents will obviously be targets if any serious purge or fight against corruption is attempted. What kind of chaos will such a move cause in the current environment where the constitution is conveniently quiet on the political parameters for retired presidents? In other words, these two gentlemen are well able to hold the entire nation at ransom and oppose the will of the majority of Kenyans for their own personal and selfish ends as well as for self-preservation.
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I sincerely do not see President Kibaki sitting in the opposition benches come January 2008 should he lose his re-election bid later this year. So the question arises, what will happen? And even if he resigns his parliamentary seat and a by-election takes place shortly thereafter, who will be official leader of the opposition? Will the situation allow for a peaceful change of leadership in the opposition benches? (Remember the troubles Narc-Kenya have had filling the chairman's post—who automatically becomes the party and country Vice President?)
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Also published today
Parliament set to discuss notorious Artur's today.
KTN cameras seal fate of Robin Hood doctor
Quip for the day:
Some of our readers have started calling the founders of this blog dreamers. Wow!! What a compliment. They said the same about Nelson Mandela in the 60s and even late 80s. They said the same about Wilbur and Orville Wright (the guys who invented mechanised flight)
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And just how fair will this whole scenario be to the people of Othaya, asking them to go back to the polls so soon after what is widely expected to be the most bruising battle in the history of elections in these shores? Naturally nobody seems to be giving much thought to these very real possibilities. Those who should be thinking about these things obviously consider them to be peripheral and of no consequence since the whole concentration is on the winner-takes-all battle for the presidency. What the opposition and government are busy and keen on are power games and the introduction of clauses to tame each other in the forthcoming mother of all political battles in Kenya.
And the worries and concerns do not end with President Kibaki. We have seen just how powerful and effective a former president can be, even after leaving office. Do we want future former presidents actively involved in politics? This is going to be a pertinent issue because even if future former presidents will not be as wealthy as Moi is, the constitution now allows such a generous package and retirement benefits that they will have plenty of cash and staff paid for by the taxpayer, to cause lots of mischief.
In fact in the case of Kenya, if President Kibaki loses this election, we will have a situation where two former presidents with vast resources can let lose their political ambitions and settle old scores if they so wish. Just the sort of scenario that can cause great instability in our young democracy that is yet to build strong enough institutions to allow for smooth transitions, irrespective of the characters and morality of the holders of the key relevant offices.
It really does not matter which angle you view things from, a Moi/Kibaki axis is capable of doing a lot of damage and tripping up the newly elected government in 2008. Let's take the simple example of corruption issues. Both former presidents will obviously be targets if any serious purge or fight against corruption is attempted. What kind of chaos will such a move cause in the current environment where the constitution is conveniently quiet on the political parameters for retired presidents? In other words, these two gentlemen are well able to hold the entire nation at ransom and oppose the will of the majority of Kenyans for their own personal and selfish ends as well as for self-preservation.
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Parliament Set To Discuss Artur's Today
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Today parliament will discuss the issue that has disgusted many, shamed many others but generally refuses to go away. That is the issue of the infamous Artur brothers.
After all the circus, including drawn guns and serious allegations of assassination attempts, Kenyans still do not know who exactly the Artur brothers are. But what is known is that they are still a very sensitive issue still to the Kibaki administration and the 10-hour detention and interrogation of senior managers of the Standard newspapers is proof of that.
Although it is clearly apparent that most MPs know as little as the public about his issue (which is very strange and just goes to show how the hole thing is still shrouded in so much mystery) it will still be interesting to see how the debate will go.
It is hoped that no session of the debate on this sensitive national issue will go into camera because that will be extremely infuriating. Still chances are high that this is exactly what will happen because we have already been told that theirs is an issue that touches at the core of national security.
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Today parliament will discuss the issue that has disgusted many, shamed many others but generally refuses to go away. That is the issue of the infamous Artur brothers.
After all the circus, including drawn guns and serious allegations of assassination attempts, Kenyans still do not know who exactly the Artur brothers are. But what is known is that they are still a very sensitive issue still to the Kibaki administration and the 10-hour detention and interrogation of senior managers of the Standard newspapers is proof of that.
Although it is clearly apparent that most MPs know as little as the public about his issue (which is very strange and just goes to show how the hole thing is still shrouded in so much mystery) it will still be interesting to see how the debate will go.
It is hoped that no session of the debate on this sensitive national issue will go into camera because that will be extremely infuriating. Still chances are high that this is exactly what will happen because we have already been told that theirs is an issue that touches at the core of national security.
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KTN Cameras Seal Fate Of Robin Hood Doctor Jones
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KTN carried a fascinating exclusive profile on a gentleman called Dr Ken Jones. Apparently he was the only doctor still around in the clash-torn Mount Elgon region after all other doctors have fled amid threats from one of warring factions.
The next day he was in police custody. It seems that after the positive TV coverage of this Dr Ken Jones (if that is his real name) those he owes money swung quickly into action and with the help of the KTN crew that covered the story, traced the doctor treating the long line of patients somewhere in the Mount Elgon area and got his arrested. The charge? He is suspected of being in the country illegally. His nationality is still not known although there are those that say he may be British.
Here some very fast thinking must have taken place because owing people money is a civil case and although everybody calls him a conman (an increasingly lose term in Kenya these days), proving a charge of obtaining money under false pretence will be fairly difficult in this case because the man was not running commercial ventures at the time he incurred the debts. He was running mercy missions that were benefiting many down-trodden and under-privileged Kenyans.
Actually Dr Ken Jones first came to national prominence about a year ago when he assisted in getting foreign treatment for two boys who had gotten their private parts mutilated in a domestic incident.
Interestingly apart from having incurred debts from several prominent organizations in Nairobi, Dr Jones seems to have only done good in Kenya. And even those debts were fo charitable causes. This has led to some Kenyans branding the doctor, a modern day Robin Hood. The debts incurred were from prominent organizations and so many see this as "stealing" from the rich to give to the poor. There are even those who see his arrest as insensitive because the suffering Kenyans in Mount Elgon now have absolutely no doctor to take care of them even as diseases cause havoc.
The situation in the area is really pitiful now and yesterday TV cameras showed footage of area residents getting hurt and bleeding badly as they fought for the supplies and donations of blankets and other basics that aid workers were "taking too long" to distribute to them. Apart from Darfur, this writer does not know of any other area where citizens of a country are refugees in their own nation, which is in fact not at war because those in other parts of the same country are comfortably going about their daily business without caring too much about the killings and goings on. At least the well-fed business executives who appeared on KTN telling Kenyans proudly about their investigations into this "International conman's organization" hardly thought twice about the fate of the doctor's desperate patients and are only keen on getting Jones Incarcerated or deported since it is highly unlikely that they will be able to recover their millions. They even had no qualms about spending more to get him safely behind bars.
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KTN carried a fascinating exclusive profile on a gentleman called Dr Ken Jones. Apparently he was the only doctor still around in the clash-torn Mount Elgon region after all other doctors have fled amid threats from one of warring factions.
The next day he was in police custody. It seems that after the positive TV coverage of this Dr Ken Jones (if that is his real name) those he owes money swung quickly into action and with the help of the KTN crew that covered the story, traced the doctor treating the long line of patients somewhere in the Mount Elgon area and got his arrested. The charge? He is suspected of being in the country illegally. His nationality is still not known although there are those that say he may be British.
Here some very fast thinking must have taken place because owing people money is a civil case and although everybody calls him a conman (an increasingly lose term in Kenya these days), proving a charge of obtaining money under false pretence will be fairly difficult in this case because the man was not running commercial ventures at the time he incurred the debts. He was running mercy missions that were benefiting many down-trodden and under-privileged Kenyans.
Actually Dr Ken Jones first came to national prominence about a year ago when he assisted in getting foreign treatment for two boys who had gotten their private parts mutilated in a domestic incident.
Interestingly apart from having incurred debts from several prominent organizations in Nairobi, Dr Jones seems to have only done good in Kenya. And even those debts were fo charitable causes. This has led to some Kenyans branding the doctor, a modern day Robin Hood. The debts incurred were from prominent organizations and so many see this as "stealing" from the rich to give to the poor. There are even those who see his arrest as insensitive because the suffering Kenyans in Mount Elgon now have absolutely no doctor to take care of them even as diseases cause havoc.
The situation in the area is really pitiful now and yesterday TV cameras showed footage of area residents getting hurt and bleeding badly as they fought for the supplies and donations of blankets and other basics that aid workers were "taking too long" to distribute to them. Apart from Darfur, this writer does not know of any other area where citizens of a country are refugees in their own nation, which is in fact not at war because those in other parts of the same country are comfortably going about their daily business without caring too much about the killings and goings on. At least the well-fed business executives who appeared on KTN telling Kenyans proudly about their investigations into this "International conman's organization" hardly thought twice about the fate of the doctor's desperate patients and are only keen on getting Jones Incarcerated or deported since it is highly unlikely that they will be able to recover their millions. They even had no qualms about spending more to get him safely behind bars.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Can Ordinary Kenyans Understand The Fact That Polls And Spin Doctors Have Invaded Elections 2007 To Cloud Our Judgment?
Already it is quite clear that if there is a particular aspect that the 2007 general elections will be remembered for then it will have to be opinion polls. Kenyans have already had so many polls stuffed down their necks that serious indigestion must already have set in. And it seems that we "ain't seen anything yet."
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Also published in Kumekucha Daily today
This is how ridiculous opinion polls ca get
What is PR? What does a spin doctor do?
Mutahi Kagwe's PR outfit and the real Ukweli wa mambo
Quip for the day:
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko in a speech in Cape Town, 1971
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Did you know that to do a simple opinion poll usually costs millions of shillings? So who's financing all these polls popping out faster than popcorn from a hot popcorn-making machine? To some Kenyans, anybody who asks such a question is a Raila supporter.
But why do we seem to have so many opinion polls this time round? It is important that as many ordinary Kenyans as possible understand the answer to that pertinent question.
It will be remembered that last year it was announced that the government had contracted the service of a prestigious International PR outfit. The massive amounts of polls that have now polluted the country are a direct result of that. The truth is that opinion polls are a key PR tool in the hands of political spin-doctors.
The most evil man who ever lived, one Adolf Hitler understood very well the power of PR and propaganda. Throughout his campaign to be elected the leader of the German people, he was careful to be photographed only in military uniform and the idea was to portray toughness and patriotism to a public that were hungering for it. Shortly before the polls, which Herr Hitler easily won, an arsonist was caught red-handed setting fire to parliament. Predictably it was discovered that he was a communist and inevitably those Germans that had yet to be convinced of Hitler Tosha, now out of fear of the communists taking over power gravitated to Hitler's side. Little did they know that they had just moved from a non-existent frying pan into the fire itself. The German electorate in the 1930s lived to regret their choice—albeit at least many of them because millions others ended up dead and the world was never the same again.
Interestingly the main reason why George W. Bush is still in the White House today is because his handlers managed to spread fear amongst the American electorate that if Kerry were to be elected, repeats of 9/11 would be frequent in the US. They also managed to convince the public that George W. Bush was the only Dawa ya Osama. And right on cue, Osama Bin Laden himself even released another of those threatening tapes of his just before Americans went to the polls and that is what clinched re-election for Bush Junior.
Fascinatingly the Kibaki campaign team is heading in a similar direction. Already we are being told that electing anybody other than Kibaki will be to plunge the country into chaos. At this rate one wonders how we ever managed without him as president. Exactly the same strategy is being used quite effectively in the Nigerian general elections.
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Also published in Kumekucha Daily today
This is how ridiculous opinion polls ca get
What is PR? What does a spin doctor do?
Mutahi Kagwe's PR outfit and the real Ukweli wa mambo
Quip for the day:
"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko in a speech in Cape Town, 1971
========================================
Did you know that to do a simple opinion poll usually costs millions of shillings? So who's financing all these polls popping out faster than popcorn from a hot popcorn-making machine? To some Kenyans, anybody who asks such a question is a Raila supporter.
But why do we seem to have so many opinion polls this time round? It is important that as many ordinary Kenyans as possible understand the answer to that pertinent question.
It will be remembered that last year it was announced that the government had contracted the service of a prestigious International PR outfit. The massive amounts of polls that have now polluted the country are a direct result of that. The truth is that opinion polls are a key PR tool in the hands of political spin-doctors.
The most evil man who ever lived, one Adolf Hitler understood very well the power of PR and propaganda. Throughout his campaign to be elected the leader of the German people, he was careful to be photographed only in military uniform and the idea was to portray toughness and patriotism to a public that were hungering for it. Shortly before the polls, which Herr Hitler easily won, an arsonist was caught red-handed setting fire to parliament. Predictably it was discovered that he was a communist and inevitably those Germans that had yet to be convinced of Hitler Tosha, now out of fear of the communists taking over power gravitated to Hitler's side. Little did they know that they had just moved from a non-existent frying pan into the fire itself. The German electorate in the 1930s lived to regret their choice—albeit at least many of them because millions others ended up dead and the world was never the same again.
Interestingly the main reason why George W. Bush is still in the White House today is because his handlers managed to spread fear amongst the American electorate that if Kerry were to be elected, repeats of 9/11 would be frequent in the US. They also managed to convince the public that George W. Bush was the only Dawa ya Osama. And right on cue, Osama Bin Laden himself even released another of those threatening tapes of his just before Americans went to the polls and that is what clinched re-election for Bush Junior.
Fascinatingly the Kibaki campaign team is heading in a similar direction. Already we are being told that electing anybody other than Kibaki will be to plunge the country into chaos. At this rate one wonders how we ever managed without him as president. Exactly the same strategy is being used quite effectively in the Nigerian general elections.
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This Is How Ridiculous Opinion Polls Can Get
The latest opinion polls released yesterday are clearly designed to prove that most Kenyans approve of Mwai Kibaki's presidency and administration (just forget those wananchi at Mama Grace Wahu's funeral last week who ignored the president and wildly cheered former president Moi, most probably those guys were not Kenyans—at least not the RIGHT Kenyans). BUT still there is one set of statistics that do not make sense at all.
According to the opinion poll allegedly carried out in March this year, 54.8 per cent of those polled said that they approve of the performance of the current parliament. Then the very same guys when asked if they would vote back their current member of parliament gave a contradictory answer. 63.6 percent answered "No." Meaning that most Kenyans think that the current parliament is just great, but most will vote their current MPs out. What a laugh!!
What is happening here is that we have too much "noise" and people trying to shout things at us when we are in the process of thinking so as to make a very crucial decision that will impact our children and our children's children for many generations to come. Most humans (except journalists covering political campaign rallies) think better where there is no noise. Clearly there are some people who do not want us to think.
Can the pollsters just shut up and leave Kenyans alone? Media houses should now just ignore them and boycott all those silly press conferences called to give some guys cheap undeserved publicity. Why not let them buy advertising space and give the newspapers some revenue for a change?
Keen readers of this site will have noted that we at Kumekucha no longer bother to analyze these so-called opinion polls.
If newspapers refuse to ignore them, then I appeal to Kenyans to ignore them. Let us concentrate on the real issues before us here. Let the pollsters and spin doctors spin themselves into their own intricate webs.
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According to the opinion poll allegedly carried out in March this year, 54.8 per cent of those polled said that they approve of the performance of the current parliament. Then the very same guys when asked if they would vote back their current member of parliament gave a contradictory answer. 63.6 percent answered "No." Meaning that most Kenyans think that the current parliament is just great, but most will vote their current MPs out. What a laugh!!
What is happening here is that we have too much "noise" and people trying to shout things at us when we are in the process of thinking so as to make a very crucial decision that will impact our children and our children's children for many generations to come. Most humans (except journalists covering political campaign rallies) think better where there is no noise. Clearly there are some people who do not want us to think.
Can the pollsters just shut up and leave Kenyans alone? Media houses should now just ignore them and boycott all those silly press conferences called to give some guys cheap undeserved publicity. Why not let them buy advertising space and give the newspapers some revenue for a change?
Keen readers of this site will have noted that we at Kumekucha no longer bother to analyze these so-called opinion polls.
If newspapers refuse to ignore them, then I appeal to Kenyans to ignore them. Let us concentrate on the real issues before us here. Let the pollsters and spin doctors spin themselves into their own intricate webs.
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What is PR? What Does A Spin Doctor Do?
PR practitioners have been referred to as spin doctors because they force public opinion in a certain direction. In other words they spin and re-package reality so that the public can see things in a different light. The raw direct word to describe what they do has to be propaganda.
PR has gained a lot of respectability in recent decades and a leading world renowned thinker in marketing, Al Ries, has even written a book proclaiming the end of advertising and the emergence of PR. His thesis is simple. He says we are flooded with so many advertising messages that they have ceased to have any effect. In essence we in fact hate advertising and avoid it as much as possible. This is why people will tend to turn down the sound during a commercial break so as to do something else as they wait for their show to resume. And his is one of the reasons why ad spots during prime time news are so sort after these days. The public are so anxious not to miss any news that they are usually forced to sit through the numerous ads as they wait for the next news segment. Have you noticed that the KTN prime time news has so many ad slots that it is almost unbelievable and that others are rapidly following in the same direction?
What is PR? PR is more than just issuing press releases or calling press conferences to make some announcements. One guy called Colonel Parker who was the manager of legendary performer Elvis Presley understood this only to well. He understood that PR is anything you do to create a certain desired image that will help you meet your objective (which in this case was to put a lot of money in Elvis Presley's pockets). The result was that he made a huge fortune for Presley. Did you know that Elvis Presley never wrote a single song for himself. It was done by freelancers who were paid off as Elvis ended up retaining all rights. These days when sales at the music shop show signs of slowing managers get their artiste to remove their clothes or turn up at a function with very little clothing on. It works most of the time. You know what rap artistes do—they go out and shoot somebody.
I have been a PR professional in the past, handling International accounts and companies of great repute. My definition of a spin doctor on the wrong payroll is somebody who spins the truth into a believable lie.
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PR has gained a lot of respectability in recent decades and a leading world renowned thinker in marketing, Al Ries, has even written a book proclaiming the end of advertising and the emergence of PR. His thesis is simple. He says we are flooded with so many advertising messages that they have ceased to have any effect. In essence we in fact hate advertising and avoid it as much as possible. This is why people will tend to turn down the sound during a commercial break so as to do something else as they wait for their show to resume. And his is one of the reasons why ad spots during prime time news are so sort after these days. The public are so anxious not to miss any news that they are usually forced to sit through the numerous ads as they wait for the next news segment. Have you noticed that the KTN prime time news has so many ad slots that it is almost unbelievable and that others are rapidly following in the same direction?
What is PR? PR is more than just issuing press releases or calling press conferences to make some announcements. One guy called Colonel Parker who was the manager of legendary performer Elvis Presley understood this only to well. He understood that PR is anything you do to create a certain desired image that will help you meet your objective (which in this case was to put a lot of money in Elvis Presley's pockets). The result was that he made a huge fortune for Presley. Did you know that Elvis Presley never wrote a single song for himself. It was done by freelancers who were paid off as Elvis ended up retaining all rights. These days when sales at the music shop show signs of slowing managers get their artiste to remove their clothes or turn up at a function with very little clothing on. It works most of the time. You know what rap artistes do—they go out and shoot somebody.
I have been a PR professional in the past, handling International accounts and companies of great repute. My definition of a spin doctor on the wrong payroll is somebody who spins the truth into a believable lie.
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Mutahi Kagwe's PR Outfit And The Real Ukweli Wa Mambo
It is reasonable to assume that this PR and poll madness invaded government through Communications minister Mutahi Kagwe who owns a local PR consultancy called Tell Em PR. This PR outfit was his bread and butter business for many years after the collapse of his media house in the late 90s.
Today things are so bad that politicians now channel their lies through a government spokesman. Alfred Mutua is also a PR practitioner and in fact lectured on that very subject at a university in Dubai before the government headhunted him for the job. At least Moi told his own fibs and at roadsides to boot.
The result is that even as the country is literally on fire with clashes all over the place and even as the price of basic foods have risen so much that ordinary folks cannot handle life anymore, our post office boxes are getting polluted with pamphlets claiming to tell us what we do not know. Ukweli wa mambo, we are told. We see the same Ukweli wa Mambo on TV and in our newspapers.
The real Ukweli wa mambo is that Kenyans need change badly and we need a total change of direction from the current government of grandpas taking us absolutely nowhere. President Kibaki is now close to 80, the VP is going to 81, by the time they finish their next term, if we elect them again, they will be 85 and 86 respectively. There is no way you can spin that to 58 and 56. Or can you?
But wait, here is a great idea. Why don't we get another poll to ask Kenyans whether they think the president and his deputy look old. I'll even save you the time. 65 percent say the VP looks younger than the president although in actual factor he is one year older than President Kibaki (maybe because of his preferred hair style these days) and 90 per cent say that the president is young and energetic enough to lead for another 5 years.
I can already hear the protests. What road accident? What stroke are you talking about? In what poll was that covered? Are you the president's doctor to know that he is ailing? What do you mean that an 80 year old who has had several strokes can't be fit for office? You must be a Raila supporter. What do you mean that Moi is in better health, are you saying that the Moi error should happen again?
That my friends, is Kenyan politics for you but I trust that you know which paragraphs and sentences in this story carry the real Ukweli wa Mambo.
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Today things are so bad that politicians now channel their lies through a government spokesman. Alfred Mutua is also a PR practitioner and in fact lectured on that very subject at a university in Dubai before the government headhunted him for the job. At least Moi told his own fibs and at roadsides to boot.
The result is that even as the country is literally on fire with clashes all over the place and even as the price of basic foods have risen so much that ordinary folks cannot handle life anymore, our post office boxes are getting polluted with pamphlets claiming to tell us what we do not know. Ukweli wa mambo, we are told. We see the same Ukweli wa Mambo on TV and in our newspapers.
The real Ukweli wa mambo is that Kenyans need change badly and we need a total change of direction from the current government of grandpas taking us absolutely nowhere. President Kibaki is now close to 80, the VP is going to 81, by the time they finish their next term, if we elect them again, they will be 85 and 86 respectively. There is no way you can spin that to 58 and 56. Or can you?
But wait, here is a great idea. Why don't we get another poll to ask Kenyans whether they think the president and his deputy look old. I'll even save you the time. 65 percent say the VP looks younger than the president although in actual factor he is one year older than President Kibaki (maybe because of his preferred hair style these days) and 90 per cent say that the president is young and energetic enough to lead for another 5 years.
I can already hear the protests. What road accident? What stroke are you talking about? In what poll was that covered? Are you the president's doctor to know that he is ailing? What do you mean that an 80 year old who has had several strokes can't be fit for office? You must be a Raila supporter. What do you mean that Moi is in better health, are you saying that the Moi error should happen again?
That my friends, is Kenyan politics for you but I trust that you know which paragraphs and sentences in this story carry the real Ukweli wa Mambo.
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Michuki Standard Raid Happens All Over Again As Artur Brothers Mystery Deepens
After yesterday's story in the Standard newspaper which we linked to in our edition here yesterday, senior editors at the newspaper were picked up by the CID and were in police custody late into the night yesterday. They were released after 10 long hours of police interrogation and only after pressure from the likes of former legislator Martin Shikuku and Raila Odinga keeping vigil outside the CID headquarters, Nairobi where the interrogation was taking place.
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Also published in Kumekucha daily today
Who would want Gideon Moi dead and why?
Who is the hidden hand exposing all this about the Artur's?
Goodbye Tanzania
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Actually this police harassment and detention of senior editors was the Standard being raided all over again.
Interestingly Internal security Minister John Michuki uncharacteristicingly read out a lengthy statement (he usually prefers to make his comments off the cuff with his long stares at the press in silence as he pauses for effect) castigating the report in the Standard and labeling it absurd.
What caused trouble for the editors at the oldest newspaper in the region was the publishing of allegations that were already in the public domain, to the effect that the Artur brothers were hired to kidnap and assassinate certain leading opposition politicians. But there was an earth-shattering new twist added to this information in the Standard story yesterday. And that was the fact that right at the top of the hit list was one Gideon Moi.
This is one of those revelations that common sense tells you is to bizarre to be fiction and it is the reason why John "rattle a snake will be bitten" Michuki couldn't take it any more. But the minister does not see one thing, arresting and harassing journalists is the wrong move to make. Very wrong move, as will become clear shortly. He is actually playing right into the hands of those behind the Standard story. (more on that later).
But what really had political analysts scrambling for an explanation last night and this morning were the rumours on the ground that these developments were linked to the forthcoming general elections.
That fact seems to have been confirmed by something that this blogger found very illuminating. Gideon Moi himself backed the Standard story and admitted that people within the country's security forces had warned him at the time, when the so-called brothers were still in the country, that the Arturs were assassins and that they were targeting him. Personally I am not aware of any MP with the kind of security that Gideon Moi has (maybe apart from Nicholas Biwott).
The fact that this bombshell came only a day after the same newspaper reported that Margayan had said that he would put details of the Standard raid in the book he claims he is working on is very telling. And the day before that, the same newspaper had published photographs of Wangui Mwai with her hands all over Margayan at a holiday destination the paper said was Sri Lanka. You got it right; it all looks like a carefully orchestrated plan. But what is the objective?
Today Kumekucha brings you an in-depth analysis into this puzzling Kenyan mystery with an International flavor to it.
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Also published in Kumekucha daily today
Who would want Gideon Moi dead and why?
Who is the hidden hand exposing all this about the Artur's?
Goodbye Tanzania
=================================
Actually this police harassment and detention of senior editors was the Standard being raided all over again.
Interestingly Internal security Minister John Michuki uncharacteristicingly read out a lengthy statement (he usually prefers to make his comments off the cuff with his long stares at the press in silence as he pauses for effect) castigating the report in the Standard and labeling it absurd.
What caused trouble for the editors at the oldest newspaper in the region was the publishing of allegations that were already in the public domain, to the effect that the Artur brothers were hired to kidnap and assassinate certain leading opposition politicians. But there was an earth-shattering new twist added to this information in the Standard story yesterday. And that was the fact that right at the top of the hit list was one Gideon Moi.
This is one of those revelations that common sense tells you is to bizarre to be fiction and it is the reason why John "rattle a snake will be bitten" Michuki couldn't take it any more. But the minister does not see one thing, arresting and harassing journalists is the wrong move to make. Very wrong move, as will become clear shortly. He is actually playing right into the hands of those behind the Standard story. (more on that later).
But what really had political analysts scrambling for an explanation last night and this morning were the rumours on the ground that these developments were linked to the forthcoming general elections.
That fact seems to have been confirmed by something that this blogger found very illuminating. Gideon Moi himself backed the Standard story and admitted that people within the country's security forces had warned him at the time, when the so-called brothers were still in the country, that the Arturs were assassins and that they were targeting him. Personally I am not aware of any MP with the kind of security that Gideon Moi has (maybe apart from Nicholas Biwott).
The fact that this bombshell came only a day after the same newspaper reported that Margayan had said that he would put details of the Standard raid in the book he claims he is working on is very telling. And the day before that, the same newspaper had published photographs of Wangui Mwai with her hands all over Margayan at a holiday destination the paper said was Sri Lanka. You got it right; it all looks like a carefully orchestrated plan. But what is the objective?
Today Kumekucha brings you an in-depth analysis into this puzzling Kenyan mystery with an International flavor to it.
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Who Would Want Gideon Moi Dead And Why?
Assuming that the Standard story is true, which this blogger is convinced it is, the first question we would need to ask is who would want Gideon Moi dead and why?
One possible scenario would be to finish politically, certain individuals in the opposition. Let me explain.
Back in the late seventies or early 80s during a fight for a certain political seat somewhere in Western Kenya a certain politician had one of his main campaign managers murdered by his own people. Do you think that the public would be convinced that it is not his political rival who murdered the person? Who would believe that the guys killed their own? Needless to say that politician who murdered his own campaign manager won those elections by a landslide.
The same would be the case with a Gideon Moi assassination. Just think carefully, where would all the fingers point? The ODM high command of course. Interestingly keen observers will have noted that soon after this Artur brothers business started, Gideon Moi appears to have joined ODM-Kenya and has even addressed some rallies. Yet everybody knows that Gideon would never defy the wishes of his father in 100 years. That's precisely why he is so loved. Does it not make sense to assume that he was simply protecting himself. By being linked closely to ODM, it dramatically changes the positions of the pieces on the chess board and makes the assassination unviable.
If this was true then it would explain Gideon Moi's strange membership to ODM-Kenya which his dad seems to support. Yet we know that the senior Moi is rabidly anti-ODM.
This would mean that the so-called senior minister in the Kibaki government would be trying to play CIA-like games for political gain. Hiring foreign assassins makes perfect sense in this case because they would simply have flown out of the country and that would have been it, the mystery would never have been solved and certain prominent politicians in ODM would have remained accused and condemned. Actually such a strategy would be based on trying to learn from the mistakes of previous political hits, like that of Robert Ouko and even JM Kariuki. It seems that when involving locals, the truth will always end up leaking out one day.
However this perfect plan ran into trouble when one Wangui Mwai, a pawn in the whole saga, it would seem, came into the picture. She deeply complicates everything because she is linked to the highest office in the land. If it were somebody else, then ruthlessly getting rid of her would have solved the problem. Of course who ever hired the assassins did not bargain with the fact that they would end up being so clever in gaining some "insurance" for themselves incase something went wrong (as it often does in these kind of sordid business.)
Another piece of evidence that would seem to support this thesis is the fact that Moi started reaching out to Kibaki in earnest after the Standard raid and exposure of the Artur brothers and their real mission in Kenya.
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One possible scenario would be to finish politically, certain individuals in the opposition. Let me explain.
Back in the late seventies or early 80s during a fight for a certain political seat somewhere in Western Kenya a certain politician had one of his main campaign managers murdered by his own people. Do you think that the public would be convinced that it is not his political rival who murdered the person? Who would believe that the guys killed their own? Needless to say that politician who murdered his own campaign manager won those elections by a landslide.
The same would be the case with a Gideon Moi assassination. Just think carefully, where would all the fingers point? The ODM high command of course. Interestingly keen observers will have noted that soon after this Artur brothers business started, Gideon Moi appears to have joined ODM-Kenya and has even addressed some rallies. Yet everybody knows that Gideon would never defy the wishes of his father in 100 years. That's precisely why he is so loved. Does it not make sense to assume that he was simply protecting himself. By being linked closely to ODM, it dramatically changes the positions of the pieces on the chess board and makes the assassination unviable.
If this was true then it would explain Gideon Moi's strange membership to ODM-Kenya which his dad seems to support. Yet we know that the senior Moi is rabidly anti-ODM.
This would mean that the so-called senior minister in the Kibaki government would be trying to play CIA-like games for political gain. Hiring foreign assassins makes perfect sense in this case because they would simply have flown out of the country and that would have been it, the mystery would never have been solved and certain prominent politicians in ODM would have remained accused and condemned. Actually such a strategy would be based on trying to learn from the mistakes of previous political hits, like that of Robert Ouko and even JM Kariuki. It seems that when involving locals, the truth will always end up leaking out one day.
However this perfect plan ran into trouble when one Wangui Mwai, a pawn in the whole saga, it would seem, came into the picture. She deeply complicates everything because she is linked to the highest office in the land. If it were somebody else, then ruthlessly getting rid of her would have solved the problem. Of course who ever hired the assassins did not bargain with the fact that they would end up being so clever in gaining some "insurance" for themselves incase something went wrong (as it often does in these kind of sordid business.)
Another piece of evidence that would seem to support this thesis is the fact that Moi started reaching out to Kibaki in earnest after the Standard raid and exposure of the Artur brothers and their real mission in Kenya.
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Who Is The Hidden Hand Exposing All This About The Artur's?
In my earlier post I explained how the whole Standard Artur revelations were so well choreographed and in what appears to be a carefully orchestrated expose with a clear political motive. The question that comes to mind is who is behind the exposure of the Artur's and what is their objective?
One thing we can be sure of is that the objective is political. The next clue as to the identity of the hidden hand is in asking a simple question. Who owns the Standard? The shortest answer to that question is one name… Daniel Moi.
What is so fascinating about this Artur saga, is the fact that we still do not know why the Kibaki government raided the Standard newspapers. All we have been told is that it was a matter touching on the security of the State. Which leads us to another question. These revelations the Standard is now coming out with, is it what caused the raid in the first place? Was a certain Minister in the Kibaki government afraid that the newspaper would go public with the facts the way they now have? I assure you that it is only a matter of time before the truth come out, and let me warn you in advance, it is the kind of information that you can't handle, let alone digest.
But let us come back to the political front.
Until now it has been assumed that Moi and Kibaki are fighting from the same corner and will remain the "inseparable twins" in the forthcoming polls. That fact contradicts everything that has happened at the Standard over the last few days. Indeed there have been rumours circulating In Nairobi and even put in print to the effect that Moi has fallen out with Kibaki. A gutter press publication The Weekly Citizen (no relation to the Citizen TV and media house), this week told it's readers that Moi has abandoned Kibaki and is busy working on a third force to challenge him after isolating Raila Odinga.
My investigation has unearthed evidence that this is what we call in this game "a planted story." Designed to create a certain impression in the public. We all know that Moi distancing himself from Kibaki will make him and his projects extremely popular overnight to the Mwananchi. If you doubted this for a moment then the scene at Mama Wahu Kenyatta's funeral last week is a clear illustration of it. While Kibaki quietly walked to his car and was ignored by the public (in a Kikuyu constituency) Moi was wildly cheered by the crowd that had gathered who enthusiastically waved the one finger Kanu salute. It is clear that the old man is missed. Sadly the ordinary Kenyan is not bale to figure out the fact that Moi is the worst thing that ever happened to Kenya. All they know is that the price foodstuffs has gone up crazily during the watch of this president who simply "locked himself" in State house and is not capable of giving any speech that makes sense to them. Moi in contrast speaks their language and his days now look like the good old days to them.
The plan appears to be for Moi to distance himself from Kibaki, and campaign vigorously for a Kanu candidate nationally (that candidate will most likely be William Ruto, or alternatively Uhuru Kenyatta with Gideon Moi as the running mate. Some of my informants say it could be Kalonzo Musyoka). Then at the 11th hour, Moi will throw in his lot with Kibaki. President Kibaki and his handlers trust Moi completely when it comes to playing these political games and everything that is happening currently smells very much of the old Moi who outmaneuvered the opposition, including a super power for most of his 24 years at the helm.
Now here is the clincher. The fact that a certain cabinet minister in the Kibaki government is going ballistic over the reports in the Standard could be that it has been decided to sacrifice that particular minister. Kenyans should not assume that the Presient is fully backing his every move, including that of having all senior editors at the Standard arrested and harassed.
We can be sure that all this has to do with elections 2007. And to think that the first time I said that Moi would be a major player in these polls, many readers wrote me off as a dreamer and some even declared that they would never read me again.
Take a tip from seasoned political analyst Kumekucha. You are going to hear a lot of ridiculous-sounding bizarre things over the next couple of months and most if it will be true. Never write off something at face value—that is extremely dangerous. I am tempted to tell the story of how a guard lost his life because he let looks deceive him and judged things at face value.
In the days when there was a Baroda Bank on Tom Mboya street opposite the Tom Mboya Street Post office and not far from the Fire station, a guard gave a shabbily dressed man who turned up in the morning a very hard time. He was new to the post and did not realize that guy who looked like something that the cat dragged in was a major account holder at the bank. He sold Mboga on wholesale basis at Marikiti market hence his shabby look, but the guy was actually a millionaire many times over.
A few minutes later some very smart-looking impeccably dressed gentlemen approached the bank entrance and the guard immediately swung the doors open for them, assuming that they must be having some major business to transact with the bank. And in a way he was right, because the gentlemen were actually bank robbers. In the ensuing robbery that ended in the thugs escaping after a shootout with the police, that guard lost his life.
Look carefully and think hard before shooting your mouth or mind in judgment. Let me assure you that things are not always what they seem.
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One thing we can be sure of is that the objective is political. The next clue as to the identity of the hidden hand is in asking a simple question. Who owns the Standard? The shortest answer to that question is one name… Daniel Moi.
What is so fascinating about this Artur saga, is the fact that we still do not know why the Kibaki government raided the Standard newspapers. All we have been told is that it was a matter touching on the security of the State. Which leads us to another question. These revelations the Standard is now coming out with, is it what caused the raid in the first place? Was a certain Minister in the Kibaki government afraid that the newspaper would go public with the facts the way they now have? I assure you that it is only a matter of time before the truth come out, and let me warn you in advance, it is the kind of information that you can't handle, let alone digest.
But let us come back to the political front.
Until now it has been assumed that Moi and Kibaki are fighting from the same corner and will remain the "inseparable twins" in the forthcoming polls. That fact contradicts everything that has happened at the Standard over the last few days. Indeed there have been rumours circulating In Nairobi and even put in print to the effect that Moi has fallen out with Kibaki. A gutter press publication The Weekly Citizen (no relation to the Citizen TV and media house), this week told it's readers that Moi has abandoned Kibaki and is busy working on a third force to challenge him after isolating Raila Odinga.
My investigation has unearthed evidence that this is what we call in this game "a planted story." Designed to create a certain impression in the public. We all know that Moi distancing himself from Kibaki will make him and his projects extremely popular overnight to the Mwananchi. If you doubted this for a moment then the scene at Mama Wahu Kenyatta's funeral last week is a clear illustration of it. While Kibaki quietly walked to his car and was ignored by the public (in a Kikuyu constituency) Moi was wildly cheered by the crowd that had gathered who enthusiastically waved the one finger Kanu salute. It is clear that the old man is missed. Sadly the ordinary Kenyan is not bale to figure out the fact that Moi is the worst thing that ever happened to Kenya. All they know is that the price foodstuffs has gone up crazily during the watch of this president who simply "locked himself" in State house and is not capable of giving any speech that makes sense to them. Moi in contrast speaks their language and his days now look like the good old days to them.
The plan appears to be for Moi to distance himself from Kibaki, and campaign vigorously for a Kanu candidate nationally (that candidate will most likely be William Ruto, or alternatively Uhuru Kenyatta with Gideon Moi as the running mate. Some of my informants say it could be Kalonzo Musyoka). Then at the 11th hour, Moi will throw in his lot with Kibaki. President Kibaki and his handlers trust Moi completely when it comes to playing these political games and everything that is happening currently smells very much of the old Moi who outmaneuvered the opposition, including a super power for most of his 24 years at the helm.
Now here is the clincher. The fact that a certain cabinet minister in the Kibaki government is going ballistic over the reports in the Standard could be that it has been decided to sacrifice that particular minister. Kenyans should not assume that the Presient is fully backing his every move, including that of having all senior editors at the Standard arrested and harassed.
We can be sure that all this has to do with elections 2007. And to think that the first time I said that Moi would be a major player in these polls, many readers wrote me off as a dreamer and some even declared that they would never read me again.
Take a tip from seasoned political analyst Kumekucha. You are going to hear a lot of ridiculous-sounding bizarre things over the next couple of months and most if it will be true. Never write off something at face value—that is extremely dangerous. I am tempted to tell the story of how a guard lost his life because he let looks deceive him and judged things at face value.
In the days when there was a Baroda Bank on Tom Mboya street opposite the Tom Mboya Street Post office and not far from the Fire station, a guard gave a shabbily dressed man who turned up in the morning a very hard time. He was new to the post and did not realize that guy who looked like something that the cat dragged in was a major account holder at the bank. He sold Mboga on wholesale basis at Marikiti market hence his shabby look, but the guy was actually a millionaire many times over.
A few minutes later some very smart-looking impeccably dressed gentlemen approached the bank entrance and the guard immediately swung the doors open for them, assuming that they must be having some major business to transact with the bank. And in a way he was right, because the gentlemen were actually bank robbers. In the ensuing robbery that ended in the thugs escaping after a shootout with the police, that guard lost his life.
Look carefully and think hard before shooting your mouth or mind in judgment. Let me assure you that things are not always what they seem.
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Goodbye Tanzania
Combative COTO boss Francis Atwoli told Tanzanians last week that they should not be afraid of Kenya in allowing free movement of labor in East Africa. He added that Tanzanians stood a lot to gain form the East African Common market.
Wherever Atwoli got his information, he was bang on target. Tanzanians are doing everything to delay for as long as possible the free movement of labour without which we cannot claim to have a genuine common market. In fact most Tanzanians believe that Kenyans are desperate for the free movement of labour so that they flood into the country to take all the jobs.
This backward thinking in Tanzanians is the reason why the richest country in terms of resources in East And Central Africa, is also the poorest. Tanzania has a 800 mile coast where the tourist attraction of beaches can be combined with wild life viewing. This coast remains virgin, untouched and unexploited. Tanzania is the second largest producer of Diamonds in Africa after South Africa, yet they have nothing to show for any of their mineral wealth including Tanzanite, which as the name suggests is a precious metal found in only one country in the world—Tanzania.
Yet Tanzanians have been opposed to Rwanda and Burundi being incorporated into the East African Customs Union. They have the flimsy excuse that those countries are yet to be stable enough. The real reason is that they fear things will move too fast for them with the two new inclusions. The truth is that Tanzania is just wasting everybody's time and resources.
Having lived and worked in Tanzania for many years, I understand them very well and I can confidently tell you that they will never change. You can maybe give them another 3 or 4 generations at the very minimum.
Meanwhile the Kenyan and Ugandan government are wasting taxpayers money in the customs union arrangement that mostly favors Tanzania at the moment. In fact Kenya is losing heavily on extra revenue it would have earned from the exports into Tanzania that are taxed when those from Tanzania enter the Kenyan market free. The first thing the next government will need to do is to take another long hard look at the East African Common Market with a view of withdrawing from it. In it’s place bilateral agreements can be made with those nations that are interested and progressive in mind like Uganda and Rwanda.
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Wherever Atwoli got his information, he was bang on target. Tanzanians are doing everything to delay for as long as possible the free movement of labour without which we cannot claim to have a genuine common market. In fact most Tanzanians believe that Kenyans are desperate for the free movement of labour so that they flood into the country to take all the jobs.
This backward thinking in Tanzanians is the reason why the richest country in terms of resources in East And Central Africa, is also the poorest. Tanzania has a 800 mile coast where the tourist attraction of beaches can be combined with wild life viewing. This coast remains virgin, untouched and unexploited. Tanzania is the second largest producer of Diamonds in Africa after South Africa, yet they have nothing to show for any of their mineral wealth including Tanzanite, which as the name suggests is a precious metal found in only one country in the world—Tanzania.
Yet Tanzanians have been opposed to Rwanda and Burundi being incorporated into the East African Customs Union. They have the flimsy excuse that those countries are yet to be stable enough. The real reason is that they fear things will move too fast for them with the two new inclusions. The truth is that Tanzania is just wasting everybody's time and resources.
Having lived and worked in Tanzania for many years, I understand them very well and I can confidently tell you that they will never change. You can maybe give them another 3 or 4 generations at the very minimum.
Meanwhile the Kenyan and Ugandan government are wasting taxpayers money in the customs union arrangement that mostly favors Tanzania at the moment. In fact Kenya is losing heavily on extra revenue it would have earned from the exports into Tanzania that are taxed when those from Tanzania enter the Kenyan market free. The first thing the next government will need to do is to take another long hard look at the East African Common Market with a view of withdrawing from it. In it’s place bilateral agreements can be made with those nations that are interested and progressive in mind like Uganda and Rwanda.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Artur Brother Gives Hint For The First Time That He Was Involved In Standard Raid And Opposition Assassination Plan...
...Talks of plan to assassinate Gideon Moi
The dreaded Mafia operatives have always had a rather descriptive way of putting things and if they were asked to describe the current situation with the Artur brothers they would simply say that the guy is singing like a bird.
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Quip for the day;
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson Mandela shortly before he was sentenced to life
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In fact it seems that he has purposed to be giving weekly updates on the book he claims is in the works that will expose a certain un-named senior minister in the Kibaki government who hired him in the first place to carry out kidnap and assassinations of leading opposition politicians.
Today’s East African Standard goes further and names one of those opposition MPs earmarked for kidnap and assassination as one Gideon Moi, son of the immediate former head of State Daniel Arap Moi.
But not only is Artur Margayan singing, but he is also wedding soon and the man has the cheek to announce that it will be a private ceremony but his future father-in-law and mother-in-law are invited. What a mess!
A regular reader and commentator in this blog has claimed that Winnie Wangui Mwai is in fact not the biological daughter of Mwai Kibaki and that she was born before the president married his second wife. So far all the information this blogger has obtained contradicts this claim including the fact that Wambui wa Munene (as she is called by many) has been with the president longer that Wangui has been on this earth.
The cocky Arture brother insists in his latest message that the wedding will go ahead as planned.
But the big bombshell from the latest telephone conversation with Standard reporters is that his upcoming book will reveal all about the infamous Standard newspaper raid.
This is the first time that the any of the Artur’s is giving any hint that they were involved in the Standard raid and even more shocking, that fact that they were linked to the kidnap plot which many have Kenyans had written off as sheer nonsense when it was first suggested by Langata MP Raila Odinga.
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The dreaded Mafia operatives have always had a rather descriptive way of putting things and if they were asked to describe the current situation with the Artur brothers they would simply say that the guy is singing like a bird.
=============================
Also published in Kumekucha Daily Today
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Quip for the day;
During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people, I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if it needs be it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.
Nelson Mandela shortly before he was sentenced to life
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In fact it seems that he has purposed to be giving weekly updates on the book he claims is in the works that will expose a certain un-named senior minister in the Kibaki government who hired him in the first place to carry out kidnap and assassinations of leading opposition politicians.
Today’s East African Standard goes further and names one of those opposition MPs earmarked for kidnap and assassination as one Gideon Moi, son of the immediate former head of State Daniel Arap Moi.
But not only is Artur Margayan singing, but he is also wedding soon and the man has the cheek to announce that it will be a private ceremony but his future father-in-law and mother-in-law are invited. What a mess!
A regular reader and commentator in this blog has claimed that Winnie Wangui Mwai is in fact not the biological daughter of Mwai Kibaki and that she was born before the president married his second wife. So far all the information this blogger has obtained contradicts this claim including the fact that Wambui wa Munene (as she is called by many) has been with the president longer that Wangui has been on this earth.
The cocky Arture brother insists in his latest message that the wedding will go ahead as planned.
But the big bombshell from the latest telephone conversation with Standard reporters is that his upcoming book will reveal all about the infamous Standard newspaper raid.
This is the first time that the any of the Artur’s is giving any hint that they were involved in the Standard raid and even more shocking, that fact that they were linked to the kidnap plot which many have Kenyans had written off as sheer nonsense when it was first suggested by Langata MP Raila Odinga.
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Massive American Security Operation In Kenya Confirmed By The Sunday Nation
It has now happened very many times, as regular readers of this site will confirm, but every time it happens I can't help being surprised. Many times when I am on the trail of a certain story, it will suddenly blow up big time shortly after we have covered it here in Kumekucha. Or as in the case of the story we carried in yesterday's edition about increased CIA activity in East Africa—at more or less the same time. The CIA story we carried yesterday is one that I have been researching for a long time but only managed to publish yesterday just as the Nation were publishing their expose. I am not one for bragging but it demonstrates that at least we are pretty close to the pulse of the nation and that is not a bad beginning.
But admittedly details contained in the expose carried in the Sunday Nation yesterday revealed a number of things that we did not unearth in our research. For instance it is now clear that the Americans are carrying out an anti-terrorism operation on an unprecedented scale in East Africa and it is mainly concentrated in Kenya. So massive is this operation that numerous innocent persons of Islamic or Arab origin, including princes have been caught in the web and have ended up going through several days and in some cases weeks of sheer terror.
Several eyewitnesses have clearly said that although it is mainly Kenyan security personnel who have arrested and interrogated them, they have been taking direct orders from Americans who are always fairly close by. If you read our detailed article of yesterday about increased CIA activity and leaked emails confirming the same, you will begin to get the entire picture of the situation here.
Amazingly it is now clear that the frontline of the war on terror has shifted from the Middle East to East Africa and is now firmly focused on Somalia and Kenya. Intelligence reports must have clearly shown the Americans that this is where Al Qaeda are now operating from.
Even a fool will tell you that Kenya cannot be bang in the middle of an operation of this magnitude and still remain untouched and unaffected. More so as we head to a general election. It also raises new questions about the current fuel shortage being felt in most parts of the country. Reading the Sunday Nation report carefully one realizes that this is the sort of operation that is massive enough to trigger a fuel shortage.
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But admittedly details contained in the expose carried in the Sunday Nation yesterday revealed a number of things that we did not unearth in our research. For instance it is now clear that the Americans are carrying out an anti-terrorism operation on an unprecedented scale in East Africa and it is mainly concentrated in Kenya. So massive is this operation that numerous innocent persons of Islamic or Arab origin, including princes have been caught in the web and have ended up going through several days and in some cases weeks of sheer terror.
Several eyewitnesses have clearly said that although it is mainly Kenyan security personnel who have arrested and interrogated them, they have been taking direct orders from Americans who are always fairly close by. If you read our detailed article of yesterday about increased CIA activity and leaked emails confirming the same, you will begin to get the entire picture of the situation here.
Amazingly it is now clear that the frontline of the war on terror has shifted from the Middle East to East Africa and is now firmly focused on Somalia and Kenya. Intelligence reports must have clearly shown the Americans that this is where Al Qaeda are now operating from.
Even a fool will tell you that Kenya cannot be bang in the middle of an operation of this magnitude and still remain untouched and unaffected. More so as we head to a general election. It also raises new questions about the current fuel shortage being felt in most parts of the country. Reading the Sunday Nation report carefully one realizes that this is the sort of operation that is massive enough to trigger a fuel shortage.
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Churches Hit Back At Karua Threat
Martha Karua, the most visible minister of the Kibaki cabinet will just not leave the spotlight. At least not just yet.
Now an off the cuff remark she made two days ago has raised a furor amongst many Kenyan churches. The minister said something to the effect that since the government was now seeking to legislate political parties, it also had a duty to protect its' citizens from certain churches and the government was considering doing this through a new act.
The tough Minister of constitutional affairs with many admirers, including this blogger needs to tread carefully on this one. This is an election year and there are certain toes that one does not tread on. Namely churches and teachers. You just don’t want to do that if you plan to win elections in this country. This issue of trying to introduce legislation on churches and church activities is a political hot potato, madam.
It seems that the Narc-Kenya high command has been deeply incensed by the declaration in recent times by popular evangelical personalities like Pastor Pius Muiru and Bishop Margaret Wanjiru that they were seeking political office. Both personalities are prosperous TV evangelists who raise millions of shillings from the public for their ministry. The feeling amongst certain quarters is that it is not ethical to have these funds diverted into politics. But if truth be told, the real reason is that any smart politician knows that entry of popular church people into Kenyan politics spells doom for them because it will automatically change the ground rules and established politicians may not be able to thrive in the new environment. In others words, their entry is a serious threat to many.
What will make this business of legislating churches even uglier just now is that the views of older more established churches like the Catholic church on the new evangelical churches who they have lost people to in large numbers, are well known. The so-called big churches have always said that government action against these upstarts in their eyes is already long overdue. Because of this, questions will not fail to be asked as to whether Justice Minister Hon Karua is getting advice on the matter from what some of our readers are now referring to as her midnight ice cream friend—Father Wamugunda.
Read what churches had to say about Karua’s proposed legislative move.
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Now an off the cuff remark she made two days ago has raised a furor amongst many Kenyan churches. The minister said something to the effect that since the government was now seeking to legislate political parties, it also had a duty to protect its' citizens from certain churches and the government was considering doing this through a new act.
The tough Minister of constitutional affairs with many admirers, including this blogger needs to tread carefully on this one. This is an election year and there are certain toes that one does not tread on. Namely churches and teachers. You just don’t want to do that if you plan to win elections in this country. This issue of trying to introduce legislation on churches and church activities is a political hot potato, madam.
It seems that the Narc-Kenya high command has been deeply incensed by the declaration in recent times by popular evangelical personalities like Pastor Pius Muiru and Bishop Margaret Wanjiru that they were seeking political office. Both personalities are prosperous TV evangelists who raise millions of shillings from the public for their ministry. The feeling amongst certain quarters is that it is not ethical to have these funds diverted into politics. But if truth be told, the real reason is that any smart politician knows that entry of popular church people into Kenyan politics spells doom for them because it will automatically change the ground rules and established politicians may not be able to thrive in the new environment. In others words, their entry is a serious threat to many.
What will make this business of legislating churches even uglier just now is that the views of older more established churches like the Catholic church on the new evangelical churches who they have lost people to in large numbers, are well known. The so-called big churches have always said that government action against these upstarts in their eyes is already long overdue. Because of this, questions will not fail to be asked as to whether Justice Minister Hon Karua is getting advice on the matter from what some of our readers are now referring to as her midnight ice cream friend—Father Wamugunda.
Read what churches had to say about Karua’s proposed legislative move.
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Why Tuberclosis TB Could Be The Next Health Disaster In Kenya
On receiving a rather alarming report from Kenyan doctors on the state of TB (Tuberclosis)in Kenya, I quietly sat down and counted off the number of people I knew personally who had died in the last 3 years from being sick in hospital and I was shocked. I suggest that you do the same and you will most probably come up with the same shocking figures I came up with.
A staggering 90 per cent died for TB related complications. 90 per cent!!!
Doctors are now shouting themselves hoarse in trying to warn the government of this killer and the fact that more urgent and drastic measures need to be taken top contain it. Actually the statistics already tell us that TB is such a serious problem already that when compared to the recent Rift Valley Fever that wrecked havoc countrywide.
One reason for this is that Aids sufferers tend to be extremely vulnerable to TB and as many of them travel in crowded public transport, transmitting the TB is very easy. It ios widely believed that this has been one of the major ways that this disease which had virtually been eradicated in these shores, has come back with such vengeance affecting such large numbers.
Sadly, as usual, the government seems to be too slow in reacting to this disaster that is just waiting to happen.
Read more about the TB
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A staggering 90 per cent died for TB related complications. 90 per cent!!!
Doctors are now shouting themselves hoarse in trying to warn the government of this killer and the fact that more urgent and drastic measures need to be taken top contain it. Actually the statistics already tell us that TB is such a serious problem already that when compared to the recent Rift Valley Fever that wrecked havoc countrywide.
One reason for this is that Aids sufferers tend to be extremely vulnerable to TB and as many of them travel in crowded public transport, transmitting the TB is very easy. It ios widely believed that this has been one of the major ways that this disease which had virtually been eradicated in these shores, has come back with such vengeance affecting such large numbers.
Sadly, as usual, the government seems to be too slow in reacting to this disaster that is just waiting to happen.
Read more about the TB
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Woman Murders Her Best Friend To Steal Her Husband As Science Proves That It Is Deadly For Women To Have Casual Sex
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