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Thursday, November 01, 2007

Shocker From 9 PM News Bulletin




According to polls carried out this evening on 2 local TV channels NTV and KTN where viewers were asked the question; “Do you think that the general elections will be rigged?” most Kenyans (over 50% on NTV) believe that the 2007 general elections will be rigged.

In fact the KTN poll had 78% of the respondents saying that they believed the polls will be rigged!!!

Let us not split hairs here. In this case the fact of the matter either way is irrelevant what matters is perception (what the public thinks). It seems that all the things the Kibaki administration has been doing like arrogantly appointing ECK commissioners without consulting the opposition have not gone unnoticed by the public.

In my view this is a national crisis, coming barely 7 weeks to the polls.

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PNU Propaganda Causes Christian Church In Kenya To Panic



The web is both good and dangerous. Good because we are all able to keep much closer tabs on what our greedy politicians are up to and dangerous because great damage can be done by people with an ill motive.

I have just received reports that a major church in the country with over 100 churches scattered all over the country has taken the email forward below by some clever PNU propagandist very seriously and chances are that the votes of faithfuls in that church that were headed in the direction of Raila Odinga will now be reversed.

The issue is that not everybody is Internet savy enough to question the source of the said email before passing judgement and it is apparent that this piece of PNU fiction has hit home and will have an impact of sorts.

If you have not seen this email, read for yourself and...

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