Barely a fortnight after tearing into President Kibaki, health minister Charity Ngilu was at it yesterday again and dismissed the Narc-Kenya party which Kibaki intends to use as a vehicle for his re-election bid later this year.
Ngilu who is chairperson of the original Narc says she's out to strengthen the original Narc and probably enable her to forge a coalition with other parties in a bid to have a formidable force to take on Narc-K and ODM-Kenya.
Flanked by Ford-Kenya chairman and minister for local government Musikari Kombo, Ngilu is now emerging as the leader who will pioneer the so called 'third force' and perhaps shore up many dwindling political fortunes ahead of the forthcoming general elections which are to be held on or before December 29.
Kombo is finding himself between a rock and a hard place as he is not a darling of the government of national unity (of which he is a prominent member of) and neither is he comfortable with ODM hence joining Ngilu and fronting a third force could be the only option available to him at this juncture.
Both Kombo and Ngilu have a lot in common not to mention that they head political party's which are mere shells and don’t have much clout. Both are also currently facing stiff resistance from within their own party ranks.
Kombo and Ngilu also have presidential ambitions but these seem to have been dimmed over the past few months following the political developments in the country, which does not favor them.
All the favorites for the presidency besides Kibaki are in ODM and it is only after they elect or select their presidential candidate that Kombo and Ngilu will have a chance to evaluate their position.
Chances are that neither Ngilu nor Kombo will ever rule Kenya but they can still have the opportunity of serving successive governments as ministers or even vice president's but this will all depend on how they play their cards from now until the much awaited December polls.
A Kenyan safari of a lifetime at a price you will not believe.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Three Die Of Cholera At Kamiti Prison
Three prisoners contracted cholera at the Kamiti maximum prison and subsequently died at Kenyatta national hospital shortly after admission. About forty others were admitted in serious condition.
Unfortunately, the man in charge of the prison has been denying the deaths and admissions even after the hospital had confirmed the fatalities and instead arrogantly told journalists that he was not a doctor.
This incident goes a long way to show that the governments efforts to make the civil service more friendly to the public is not getting to all places or they are still many thick skinned or thick headed public officials who will never understand what good public relations is.
What the prison boss does not know is that journalists are the worst people to display arrogance to and he will surely live to regret the big lie he told yesterday.
Warden Njuguna, is more of a liability than an asset to the prison department but according to him he must have thought he was doing the right thing by trying to conceal the deaths so as not to paint the prison in bad light.
This was the way of thinking during the Moi era where sycophancy, lies and deceit were the hallmarks of the civil service and promotions were actually based on how good you were in perpetuating the three in defense of the government.
It has been established that the disease outbreak was probably caused by a burst sewer line which was spewing waste near the kitchen and sleeping quarters of the prisoners. It could be possible that Mr Njuguna was aware of the problem but chose to 'bury his head in the sand' and not deal with it.
Unknowingly, it is characters like him who give the government a bad name as this are the types who will even attempt to convince you during the day that it is night if it suits their purposes.
The government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua who also doubles up as the states public relations man should address problems like this prison mess and talk to the press instead of living everything to the arrogant Njuguna. This is a much better and effective way of building the governments image than distributing stickers saying 'najivunia kuwa mkenya' which Kenyans have changed to 'navumilia kuwa Mkenya', partly because of people like Mr Njuguna of Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
A Kenyan safari of a lifetime at a price you will not believe.
Unfortunately, the man in charge of the prison has been denying the deaths and admissions even after the hospital had confirmed the fatalities and instead arrogantly told journalists that he was not a doctor.
This incident goes a long way to show that the governments efforts to make the civil service more friendly to the public is not getting to all places or they are still many thick skinned or thick headed public officials who will never understand what good public relations is.
What the prison boss does not know is that journalists are the worst people to display arrogance to and he will surely live to regret the big lie he told yesterday.
Warden Njuguna, is more of a liability than an asset to the prison department but according to him he must have thought he was doing the right thing by trying to conceal the deaths so as not to paint the prison in bad light.
This was the way of thinking during the Moi era where sycophancy, lies and deceit were the hallmarks of the civil service and promotions were actually based on how good you were in perpetuating the three in defense of the government.
It has been established that the disease outbreak was probably caused by a burst sewer line which was spewing waste near the kitchen and sleeping quarters of the prisoners. It could be possible that Mr Njuguna was aware of the problem but chose to 'bury his head in the sand' and not deal with it.
Unknowingly, it is characters like him who give the government a bad name as this are the types who will even attempt to convince you during the day that it is night if it suits their purposes.
The government spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua who also doubles up as the states public relations man should address problems like this prison mess and talk to the press instead of living everything to the arrogant Njuguna. This is a much better and effective way of building the governments image than distributing stickers saying 'najivunia kuwa mkenya' which Kenyans have changed to 'navumilia kuwa Mkenya', partly because of people like Mr Njuguna of Kamiti Maximum Security Prison.
A Kenyan safari of a lifetime at a price you will not believe.
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