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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
AG Muigai and Tobiko Shedding Plastic Tears
The Attorney General Prof Githu Muigai cannot entertain the contempt directed at him and his office any more. And so he has spoken of his frustrations in the face of the Government ignoring his counsel.
The Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko is up in arms too about inadequate numbers of prosecutors which in turn undermines fair and speedy judicial dispensation.
While Muigai is mad at Ministers ignoring his wise counsel, Tobiko sees sabotage directed at his office. Cumulatively these two offices are central to the rule of law in augmenting the smooth running of the judiciary. The water gets muddier given that AG Muigai has a leg in both judiciary and executive.
But Prof Muigai need not burden himself with integrity given that he was the only surviving soul among the ill-fated trinity (CJ-AG-DPP) originally proposed by Kibaki. He was picked to serve a specific role and being independent and embarrassing the Office of the President was not one of them.
As for Tobiko he can whine some more for that is a small price to pay for his pecks. You see the two gentlemen are no fools and they know what Kenyans think of them. They are simply making noise to create and impression of tactless motion without any intention of movement.
Only fools would expect them to do the right thing. This is Kenya whose owners will not allow you to author an independent script. You either resign for a one-day headline and disappear from the national radar or better still do a Miguna Miguna.
By complaining about their frustrations, both Muigai and Tobiko are inadvertently admitting that they are not earning their pay. If only they would match their acts of whining with real and honourable action. But that is not only a big ask but a wild suggestion within our Kenyan borders.
It is another electoral season and laws don't mint campaign money. We won't be surprised to learn in a year's time of another mega scandal to succeed Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing.
Game one, MTA DO?
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Mrs Fix-it in Kibaki’s Administration?
There have been a lot of similarities between the Kenyatta
and Kibaki administrations. This in itself will be a very fascinating area of
study for historians for many years to come bearing in mind the fact that those
close to Kenyatta were so opposed to the presidency ever crossing the Chania
river that they took several oaths to ensure that it would never happen.
The said river is what divides the Kiambu Kikuyu
from the Nyeri Kikuyu. For those who do not know the 3rd president
of Kenya is a Nyeri Kikuyu whilst the first was a Kiambu Kikuyu. And despite all
the blood oaths the presidency did in fact cross the Chania River in 2003.
The crux of the problem between the two Kikuyu
factions is that Nyeri Kikuyus have always felt that they did the most to fight
for independence (Dedan Kimathi and company hailed from Nyeri) while the Kiambu
Kikuyus were mostly collaborators with the colonial government and even helped
them smoke out and arrest freedom fighters (From Nyeri). And yet when independence
finally came, the presidency and all other big positions went to those from
Kiambu. The position of Kiambu Kikuyus is that they are smarter, better
educated and better entrepreneurs and deserve every good thing that has
happened to them in comparison to the lazy dreamers from Nyeri.
The last time this rivalry was played out in
presidential politics was in 1992 when Kiambu fielded Kenneth Njino Matiba and
Nyeri presented Mwai Kibaki. In those memorial first-in-a-long-time multiparty
elections Matiba (Kibaki’s junior officer in government for many years) gave
his former boss a through whipping at the polls and ended up as a close runner
up to eventual winner Daniel arap Moi. However there are those (including this
blogger) who firmly believe that it was Matiba who was the genuine winner of
those polls.
The politics between the Nyeri, Kiambu and Muranga
Kikuyus has always been explosive and should be the subject of a post here in
Kumekucha in the near future. But for today we need to focus on the presence in
both administrations of a Mr Fix-it. That was the nick name given to the most feared
member of Kenyatta’s inner circle one Dr Njoroge Mungai. Mungai built a reputation
as the man in the president’s court to look to when there was a crisis or “an
obstacle that had to be removed.” Mungai has been linked to the assassinations
of many perceived opponents and threats to the Kenyatta administration.
It is now emerging that the Kibaki administration
also has its’ very own Mr Fix it in the inner circle. A person who deals with
complex political problems ruthlessly. And in the case of the Kibaki administration
it is the last person you would expect. In fact it is a woman. Her name is Mary
Wambui (pictured below). That is one name that sends shivers down the spines of many men in
Kenya who are in the know. And for good reason.
Early in the Kibaki administration she acquired the
nickname Wambui wa Munene but has a much more chilling nickname amongst the
intelligence community these days.
Interestingly political analysts have never been
able to identify the politics played out between the two wives of the
president. There have actually been two extremely powerful camps close to the
president. The Lucy Kibaki camp and the Mary Wambui one. The latter has always
operated much more quietly and less dramatically but has always been the more
powerful faction. It is the faction that is credited to have done the most in
getting the president a second term in 2007 despite the odds.
What has probably clouded a lot of the significant
events linked to the factions are the petty battles. For instance people have
very effectively gotten rid of those they do not like by simply linking them to
the Mary Wambui camp. That has always resulted in immediate sacking and
sometimes physical ejection by the first lady herself. These turf wars between
two women married to the same man have drawn attention away from some other
more serious and significant events and operations most of them extremely
shocking and revealed in great detail in my subscription-only raw notes. You
can get a free sample of these particular raw notes by sending an email now to rawnotes4@listwire.com
One thing is for sure. One day very soon analysts
of Kibaki’s presidency will sit up and notice just how significant a role this
woman who never saw the inside of a high school has played in this presidency.
Earlier articles on Mary Wambui in Kumekucha;
Mary Wambui and her strikingly beautiful daughter hit the campaign trail
Will Mary Wambui seek political office?
Circus of two warring wives of the president
New marriage law targets Kibaki?
Earlier articles on Mary Wambui in Kumekucha;
Mary Wambui and her strikingly beautiful daughter hit the campaign trail
Will Mary Wambui seek political office?
Circus of two warring wives of the president
New marriage law targets Kibaki?
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