In Kenya politics is much more important than "petty"
human rights or violence against women. Also there are two sets of laws,
those for everybody else and those for the political class and the
rich. That is what all the hullabaloo over the ICC cases is really all
about. You will notice that in all the acres of content about the ICC
nobody is talking about the PEV victims because it is clearly
irrelevant. Amazingly so!!!
This harsh reality is again being demonstrated in the Evans Kidero slap saga. Impeccable sources have just informed me that A VERY POWERFUL MAN IN KENYA has gotten involved (see details in my latest raw notes). His concern is that the incident has heightened Kikuyu versus Luo tensions in the country. The long and short of it is that the Nairobi governor is unlikely to face the consequences for his actions.
Incidentally it is amazing what a spin doctor and crisis PR man can do to distort the truth and direct attention elsewhere. Kidero must have a pretty good one under his payroll. The talk all over Kenya now is about Kidero being attacked (below the abdomen) by Shebesh. Any intelligent person will not buy such a cock and bull story but it has been widely sold to the gullible Kenyan public.
What should have been a clear open and shut case of assault is now something else and getting more and more confusing by the day. CORD activists have even kicked in and are now saying that this is a plan to ensure that the coalition loses the Nairobi governorship.
This blogger has been informed that this is not the first time the Nairobi governor has hit a woman (details in my latest raw notes).
Kidero has also worked closely with the police to find charges to press against Shebesh as his bargaining chip to stay out of jail. One charge that will probably be pinned on Shebesh is incitement and possibly contempt of court since the governor had gotten a court order barring demonstrations in Nairobi county. The idea is to ensure that any assault charges will be at the very worst reduced to misdemenour under extreme provocation. That is Kenya for you.
However retaining his seat as Nairobi governor is another story. In fact campaigns have already began in earnest for Kidero's seat, which means most people amongst the usually well informed political class do not believe that Kidero will remain governor for long.
This harsh reality is again being demonstrated in the Evans Kidero slap saga. Impeccable sources have just informed me that A VERY POWERFUL MAN IN KENYA has gotten involved (see details in my latest raw notes). His concern is that the incident has heightened Kikuyu versus Luo tensions in the country. The long and short of it is that the Nairobi governor is unlikely to face the consequences for his actions.
Incidentally it is amazing what a spin doctor and crisis PR man can do to distort the truth and direct attention elsewhere. Kidero must have a pretty good one under his payroll. The talk all over Kenya now is about Kidero being attacked (below the abdomen) by Shebesh. Any intelligent person will not buy such a cock and bull story but it has been widely sold to the gullible Kenyan public.
What should have been a clear open and shut case of assault is now something else and getting more and more confusing by the day. CORD activists have even kicked in and are now saying that this is a plan to ensure that the coalition loses the Nairobi governorship.
This blogger has been informed that this is not the first time the Nairobi governor has hit a woman (details in my latest raw notes).
Kidero has also worked closely with the police to find charges to press against Shebesh as his bargaining chip to stay out of jail. One charge that will probably be pinned on Shebesh is incitement and possibly contempt of court since the governor had gotten a court order barring demonstrations in Nairobi county. The idea is to ensure that any assault charges will be at the very worst reduced to misdemenour under extreme provocation. That is Kenya for you.
However retaining his seat as Nairobi governor is another story. In fact campaigns have already began in earnest for Kidero's seat, which means most people amongst the usually well informed political class do not believe that Kidero will remain governor for long.
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