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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Steadmann Presidential Poll Figures Change Suddenly After Kumekucha Analysis

After I pointed out in a recent post why the Steadmann figures on Presidential popularity cannot be accurate, the latest figures quietly released and drowned in the news by so many other things, show a major adjustment.

One of the things that has happened is that Raila Odinga has suddenly overtaken Kalonzo Musyoka in popularity (LOL – wonders never cease.) You will remember that I pointed out in my post that the numbers on the ground contradicted the findings of the polls. By doing some simple tribal arithmetic, you will quickly realize that there is no way Kalonzo can beat Raila in any national poll. (read post for yourself).

My question is, what has happened recently (which we all misses in the news) that has suddenly caused Raila to overtake Kalonzo? What did Kalonzo do that caused his popularity to plummet so dramatically?

My worst fears seem to have been confirmed. If it is indeed true that somebody was cooking these figures, then they would have been much better off just leaving them as they were. By changing them so dramatically, they have told us a lot that we were not sure about.

By the way, somebody also left the following anonymous comment on my Steadmann analysis… at about the same time the new poll figures were made public. Do you believe in coincidences?

The latest poll:
Kibaki 43%
Raila 17%
Kalonzo 17%
Uhuru 9%
Musalia 4%
Ruto 1%
Balala 1%

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Colgate Shuts Down Kenyan Factory 50 Kenyans Are Now Jobless

Last week in the booming Kenyan economy, things were so good that multinational, Colgate Palmolive could not take it any more, the multinational shut down it's factory in Kenya, which has been in operation since the 1960s.

50 more people (not counting hundreds of casuals) without a job is not a big number but these small numbers tend to add up rather quickly.
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Want To Succeed In Kenya Today? Take Up Golf

My sincere apologies to some of my most faithful readers who love the game of golf with all their hearts. But whispers reaching his blogger indicate that the Nation CEO landed his new plum job on the golf course.

Yes, the guy plays golf like every ruling class-VIP-upward mobile-serious executive-people who matter in Kenya today-person. Nothing wrong with Golf and nothing wrong with golf course appointments. It happens everywhere in the world.

The only problem is that if you are a politician supposed to empathize with the plight of the ordinary Kenyan then the golf course is definitely not one of the places to develop empathy. It is OK for CEO Linus Gitahi thought, he is not in politics.

I am very grateful for one thing though. The fact that Moi does not play and has never played Golf in his life. Can you imagine what would have happened to Kenya during his long 24 year rule? If the horrors we saw were from a non-golf player, then you get my drift.

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