Cabinet minister Kipruto arap Kirwa and assistant minister Danson Mungatana have threatened to defect from Narc Kenya if the party does not hold its elections within the month.
The two claim that a clique of politicians from one region, read mount Kenya have impressed upon the president to stop the party going to the polls maybe until after the general elections expected in December.
It is easy to understand why mount Kenya politicians do not want the party polls soon and would prefer if they were done after the general elections or never done at all.
Common sense says that every parliamentary aspirant from mount Kenya region will fight for the party nomination since it’s the most popular outfit in the region. It is this potentially very stiff competition that incumbent MPs greatly fear in that they could lose in the nomination stages and in effect end their political careers.
A taste of things to come was witnessed in Kipipiri a few weeks when the incumbent Amos Kimunya who is also finance minister was booed , heckled and almost thrown out of a party consultation meeting and was quick to accuse his rival, Mwangi Githiomi of engineering the entire episode.
Just like any other region in the country, majority of the Mount Kenya legislators will not be re-elected to parliament, even those in the current cabinet, and the only way to survive politically is to have them given direct party nominations ahead of the general elections. This is possible but if the electorate wants nothing to do with you, you will lose to your rival irrespective of his or her party affiliation.
With more than he can handle as far as problems are concerned, President Mwai Kibaki will probably never call for the party elections in a bid to avert a split, which could cost him his re-election.
Chances are that Narc Kenya may never hold elections as long as Kibaki is in charge and chances are there will be a major split in the party as a result of his refusal to hold the those polls.
In fact, the failure of Narc Kenya to hold internal elections may result in its defeat in the general elections but president Kibaki's arrogant and selfish advisers don’t seem to see that or maybe, they are too drunk with power to see beyond their noses.
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Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Nominations For Best Comment And Most Consistent Commentator
I hardly ever agree with this reader but I would like to nominate him for best comment. Apart from the comment being very well written, he criticizes (he said some very nasty things about me in an earlier comment. But don't worry, I didn't take it personally) while giving solid facts. Makes a professional writer like me feel (VERY) threatened.
Reading it you get to understand the race for the Gacoka seat this time round, very well.
I would also like to nominate Taabu for the award of most consistent commentator. If you carefully read some of the comments, many folks regularly contradict themselves. But NOT Taabu. Like him or hate him, Taabu is so consistent that you almost know what he is going to say.
Some folks think he's my side kick but I'm sure they're just sore, isn't any reader allowed to agree with me without being branded... you know what. By the way Taabu does NOT always agree with my views.
I will announce the winners next Sunday and not this Sunday, so that there is enough time for me and you guys to pick out all the examples we can find in this blog of good comments.
I welcome comments on these two first nominations.
(This post has been corrected so that Vikii is a guy)
vikii has left a new comment on your post "Will Mutava Musyimi Contest The Presidency?":
I think people have a right to become what they want. We have other reverends in parliament and nobody raises a finger.
About Musyimi and Gachoka politics, in my opinion his chances are pegged to who becomes odm presidential candidate. First I will correct the belief held by Chris and company that Nyaga enjoys bedrock support in Gachoka. A quick look at the election results for both elections won by Nyaga shows the opposite. In '97 he was beaten hands down by Musakwa in the KANU primaries. His father contacted Moi and the results were reversed. musakwa defected to the Green African Party and he put up a comendable show. The difference between the two was less than1000 votes. Then come the Tosha elections. Nyaga defected to Narc at the last minute and was controversially handed the Narc ticket. The difference was 500 votes. this shows how shaky Nyaga is back home.
How will the odm nominations have a bearing on musyimi's chances? We should first remember the bad blood between Hon Kalonzo and Nyaga. During the Kasarani fiasco of 2001, Nyaga put up for the vicechairmans post to block kalonzo. He said that kalonzo had all along been undermining him in Gachoka and that it was payback time. He vowed on TV that he will make sure Kalonzo's antics will come to null. Then come this years old nominations,he is at it again. The thinking in kalonzo's camp is that he was planted by Raila to cut a good chunk of would be Uhuru's or kalonzo's votes to the advantage of raila odinga. In swhort there is a lot of mistrust between nyaga and kalonzo. in my opinion if kalonzo clinches the ODM ticket he will use all in his power to make sure Musakwa gets the odm ticket in gachoka in which case he will go all the way to win the seat. If kalonzo looses the nominations then it means that nyagah will win the ODM ticket in gachoka constituency. This is where Musyimi will get a lifeline. kalonzo will feel beaten and will try some revenge on the weak guys who campaigned against him. He will secretly join forces with the Kibaki forces in gachoka to campaign for musyimi if only to ensure nyaga is jobless. All in all the next mp will be Musyimi or musakwa. Joe has a zero chance.
About this talk of fresh leadership, i am afraid it doesnt always add up. I am tired of reading in this blog and hearing in Vijana tugutuke rallies that the youth have the monopoly of good leadership. We forget that those guys in parliament were once fresh,what did they do? can anyone out there tell me how the 34 year old mungatana is a better mp than the 75 year old nyachae? How is Ahmed khalif better than Joseph Munyao? This is a load of crap. We should start sourcing for trustworthy leaders with integrity and u know what? these are not preserves of the young.
Reading it you get to understand the race for the Gacoka seat this time round, very well.
I would also like to nominate Taabu for the award of most consistent commentator. If you carefully read some of the comments, many folks regularly contradict themselves. But NOT Taabu. Like him or hate him, Taabu is so consistent that you almost know what he is going to say.
Some folks think he's my side kick but I'm sure they're just sore, isn't any reader allowed to agree with me without being branded... you know what. By the way Taabu does NOT always agree with my views.
I will announce the winners next Sunday and not this Sunday, so that there is enough time for me and you guys to pick out all the examples we can find in this blog of good comments.
I welcome comments on these two first nominations.
(This post has been corrected so that Vikii is a guy)
vikii has left a new comment on your post "Will Mutava Musyimi Contest The Presidency?":
I think people have a right to become what they want. We have other reverends in parliament and nobody raises a finger.
About Musyimi and Gachoka politics, in my opinion his chances are pegged to who becomes odm presidential candidate. First I will correct the belief held by Chris and company that Nyaga enjoys bedrock support in Gachoka. A quick look at the election results for both elections won by Nyaga shows the opposite. In '97 he was beaten hands down by Musakwa in the KANU primaries. His father contacted Moi and the results were reversed. musakwa defected to the Green African Party and he put up a comendable show. The difference between the two was less than1000 votes. Then come the Tosha elections. Nyaga defected to Narc at the last minute and was controversially handed the Narc ticket. The difference was 500 votes. this shows how shaky Nyaga is back home.
How will the odm nominations have a bearing on musyimi's chances? We should first remember the bad blood between Hon Kalonzo and Nyaga. During the Kasarani fiasco of 2001, Nyaga put up for the vicechairmans post to block kalonzo. He said that kalonzo had all along been undermining him in Gachoka and that it was payback time. He vowed on TV that he will make sure Kalonzo's antics will come to null. Then come this years old nominations,he is at it again. The thinking in kalonzo's camp is that he was planted by Raila to cut a good chunk of would be Uhuru's or kalonzo's votes to the advantage of raila odinga. In swhort there is a lot of mistrust between nyaga and kalonzo. in my opinion if kalonzo clinches the ODM ticket he will use all in his power to make sure Musakwa gets the odm ticket in gachoka in which case he will go all the way to win the seat. If kalonzo looses the nominations then it means that nyagah will win the ODM ticket in gachoka constituency. This is where Musyimi will get a lifeline. kalonzo will feel beaten and will try some revenge on the weak guys who campaigned against him. He will secretly join forces with the Kibaki forces in gachoka to campaign for musyimi if only to ensure nyaga is jobless. All in all the next mp will be Musyimi or musakwa. Joe has a zero chance.
About this talk of fresh leadership, i am afraid it doesnt always add up. I am tired of reading in this blog and hearing in Vijana tugutuke rallies that the youth have the monopoly of good leadership. We forget that those guys in parliament were once fresh,what did they do? can anyone out there tell me how the 34 year old mungatana is a better mp than the 75 year old nyachae? How is Ahmed khalif better than Joseph Munyao? This is a load of crap. We should start sourcing for trustworthy leaders with integrity and u know what? these are not preserves of the young.
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