Mama Lucy for President

President Kibaki can kill several birds without a single stone. He can achieve this feat by simply propping his wife Lucy to contest the presidency besides inheriting his Othaya seat. The first Lady has all it take; the energy, the language and gender going for her.

Forget about the small storm in the coffee mug where some market (not fish) women heckled her excellency in Emuhaya in Western Province. With a president Lucy, Emilio shall have created a dynasty without breaking a sweat.

What is more, Kenya shall have made history gain after Narc history in having a wife succeed her sweetheart as the country's CEO. And why not if the Argentines have done it with Madam President-elect Cristina?

To all those who champion affirmative action this is the time to walk the talk. Can somebody pass Emilio this gem and he will surely beat the opposition hands down.

Kivuitu smells a rate
Even Kivuitu who appears to know something we don't by claiming that some presidential aspirants who have smelt defeat are mudslinging him will be caught napping.

Fresh and aggressive leader now. Forget the hands-off, people’s choice or Miracle aka servant leader. Give us Lucy. Mama Jimmy for president.

Why Tom Mboya Would Have Supported Devolution

For those who know anything about the original Majimbo debate of the 1960s in the run up to independence, this headline would strike them immediately as being a rather curious one.

This is because Tom Mboya was a strong advocate against Majimboism as spelt out in the Lancaster House independence constitution and did everything in his power to frustrate it.


Another rare photograph of Jomo Kenyatta, Njoroge Mungai (right) and Tom Mbuya behind Kenyatta. There is no doubt on my mind (based on my knowledge of the man) that TJ would have supported Devolution as per the Bomas draft

Still I urge you to stay with me and I will prove to you why Tom would have strongly supported devolution as per the Bomas draft was he alive today.

For starters had he survived the assassination attempt he would have known that the very reason why his life was on the line was because centralizing all the power in one powerful executive office had produced some very predictable results. Thos with the power had abused it and wanted to retain the status quo. Tom dies because he stood in the way.

One of the things that devolution (Kusambaza kwa mamlaka) as per the Bomas draft, will do is to dramatically reduce some of the powers of the presidency (a point most debators on both sides are yet to realize). This dramatically reduces the chances of a kitchen cabinet milling around the centre of power and even if they still do, the impact of such an inner cabinet will be greatly dimished. This is because resources will already be in the districts and ther will be no need for people to attempt to get close to the president to get their share, like he was doing them a favor.

If you read the words in the national anthem (which Tom played a very key role in creating) you will understand what...

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