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Monday, July 02, 2007

Tribal Clashes/Politically Instigated Violence: Is It A Coincidence?

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Just a few questions I would like to ask about the political violence that has broken out in parts of the country and appears to be spreading. I am not accusing anybody. I am just asking a few questions that I believe are relevant.

- Is it a mere coincidence that tribal clashes/politically instigated violence started for the first time when multiparty politics was reintroduced into the country with the repealing of the infamous section 2 a?

- Is it a mere coincidence that we were warned by a very senior government official then that we would see "fire" now that multipartyism had been restored?

- Is it a mere coincidence that the tribal/political clashes are always concentrated mainly in the same province where the highest authority in the land usually hails from? Most Rift Valley in 1991/2, 1996/7 and 2001/2? Central province in 2006/7?

- Is it a mere coincidence that tribal clashes/politically instigated violence usually break out on the eve of general elections, like clockwork and without fail? 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006?

- If tribal clashes/politically instigated violence are as a result of competitive politics causing politicians to incite the people, does it mean that before 1991 we did not have competitive politics in the country?

- Is it a mere coincidence that tribal clashes/politically instigated violence has reached new unprecedented levels with what is now clearly seen as the re-emergence of Kanu as a political party?

- Is it a mere coincidence that most senior government officials and even opposition politicians shoot from hip when it comes to commenting on other national issues but when it comes to Mungiki violence and even most political violence, the silence is deafening?

- If it is true that tribal clashes/politically instigated violence is the handiwork of various individual politicians with loose mouths (and not the work of high powered politically organized crime), why were there no tribal clashes/politically instigated violence in the run up to the referendum on a new constitution in 2005? And yet tensions were so high?

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How Does A Court Enforce Conjugal Rights?

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There is a case still in court where the man who claims to be a former husband of Jesus Is Alive Ministries Televangelist Margaret Wanjiru is among other things asking the court to restore his conjugal rights with the woman he says is his legally married wife.

I am totally ignorant in these things and I am not a lawyer (except that I am well versed in areas of the law that may affect a journalist/publisher-naturally). So I would like somebody to educate me on this matter.

Let's say a court grants a Mr X his conjugal rights and orders Mrs Y to do the needful, what mechanisms does a court have to enforce such an order? Will a court clerk be sent to the said marital bed to obtain video footage evidence at night confirming that the express wishes of the court have been met? Does the said court go into details in the order? The reason I ask this is if I was a woman and I don't love the man and the court has ordered me I may want to stay out of jail for contempt of court by reporting to the said marital bed "dressed in my favorite anti-marital-rape-clothing", turning the other side and then daring the man to return to court to claim that he did not receive the "goods." All manner of other similar mischief can be played.

On a more serious note what I would do if I were Mrs Y would be to demand that we both undergo an Aids test ahead of the court order being enforced. This will take a minimum of 3 months to ascertain for sure that somebody is free of the virus, during which a lot can happen, like Mrs Y filing for a divorce.

On an even more serious note Mr Kamangu has put on considerable weight and looks very prosperous now, despite the hefty legal fees he is footing. In fact I am told they are being paid by some sympathizer. Would that sympathizer be the same person who is also paying for his expensive clothes and the briefcase (I wonder what he carried inside? His Aids-free test certificate handy incase the court suddenly grants him his conjugal rights?). On a serious note who is the sympathizer who pays the bills? Could that sympathizer have any interest in the Starehe political seat?

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