Sports minister Maina Kamanda is also sick and tired of his party of choice. So disgusted is he that he that the usually fiercely loyal minister surprised all and sundry yesterday when he said that he was considering stopping his monthly subscription payments to the party if it does not release its election calendar immediately.
He at the same time came out in support of his trade colleague, Mukhisa Kituyi who was recently unceremoniously dropped as party chairman and replaced by an unknown Baringo East MP Asman Kamama.
According to Kamanda, Kituyi was shown the door because of his stand of agitating for elections as soon as possible and before the general elections expected in December this year.
The caustic Starehe legislator also alleges that Narc Kenya is being controlled by five members of parliament and if the past events are anything to go by, its easy to guess who are among those five mps. Are ministers Njenga Karume and John Michuki listening to Kamanda?
It seems just like ODM-Kenya, Narc Kenya's woes are far from over. The main problem seems to be rotating on the issue of elections which has become so thorny that it has been postponed twice as the modalities of how to go about them is perhaps the party's biggest headache.
Narc Kenya could have an outright presidential candidate in Mwai Kibaki but the biggest contention will be the position of his deputy as many do not have confidence in his present assistant Moody Awori and there are those eyeing the slot like Kituyi and agriculture minister Kipruto arap Kirwa who are the strongest agitators for polls while a visibly shaken Awori is on the opposing side
There are those who are saying that the whole problem of elections in Narc-Kenya has been brought about by the vice president’s slot where all the over ambitious politicians in the party see the best way of becoming president in 2012 is by being vice president now and praying that Kibaki wins this years general elections.
That is why you have people like professor George Saitoti screaming from roof tops that he is going for the party's chairmanship post so as to position himself for the vice presidency position, a post he held for several years in president Moi's administration but was dropped at the crucial eleventh hour in the dramatic professor-kimya incidenty at Kasarani. Uhuru Kenyatta was then hurriedly anointed as Moi’s successor.
Awori is also responsible for the jostling among politicians for his seat as he had earlier indicated that he would retire from politics this year and initiate his son into the murky world by supporting him for the Funyula parliamentary seat which the VP holds. Awori later abruptly changed his mind.
My information on the ground is that Awori could easily lose his parliamentary seat which has attracted a strong field of contestants including a one time area mp and now presidential aspirant, Dr Julia Ojiambo. Dr Ojimabo’s star is on the rise in Funyula and she currently looks unstoppable.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007
What Are All These Killings At Mt Elgon About?
Six people have been killed at the volatile Mount Elgon area by a group of gunmen dressed in police uniforms. However, what was even more shocking is that the killings were carried out less than a kilometer from a police station.
This carnage is happening in a security zone where the presence of security forces including that of the dreaded para-military force, the general service unit (GSU) and patrols have been intensified over the past few months.
Those carrying out the murders are a gang of well organized thugs who are not only armed with modern weapons but are protected by their masters who seem to guarantee them freedom from prosecution. How else can you explain carrying out a raid a stones throw from a police station?
Religious leaders in the area are saying that this carnage is as a result of land and politics and has everything to do with the forthcoming general elections later this year as politicians position themselves for re-election while others anticipate dislodging the incumbents.
The problem in Mount Elgon can only be solved by ministry of lands officials and the local politicians and truck loads of heavily armed para-military troops will only increase the suffering of wananchi in the area. In fact the GSU officers have been accused of raping minors and torching houses in the volatile area that is now classified a security zone.
Read more details on the clashes that Kenyans have ignored.
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This carnage is happening in a security zone where the presence of security forces including that of the dreaded para-military force, the general service unit (GSU) and patrols have been intensified over the past few months.
Those carrying out the murders are a gang of well organized thugs who are not only armed with modern weapons but are protected by their masters who seem to guarantee them freedom from prosecution. How else can you explain carrying out a raid a stones throw from a police station?
Religious leaders in the area are saying that this carnage is as a result of land and politics and has everything to do with the forthcoming general elections later this year as politicians position themselves for re-election while others anticipate dislodging the incumbents.
The problem in Mount Elgon can only be solved by ministry of lands officials and the local politicians and truck loads of heavily armed para-military troops will only increase the suffering of wananchi in the area. In fact the GSU officers have been accused of raping minors and torching houses in the volatile area that is now classified a security zone.
Read more details on the clashes that Kenyans have ignored.
How Creativity Made Kenyan Man $1000 Daily
Buru buru wife teaches barmaid-addicted husband a lesson he will never forget
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