In the recently released opinion polls which rated Kalonzo Musyoka a poor third position in the presidential race, his supporters swiftly dismissed it as a skewed poll but some political analysts (not this blogger) agreed with it in totality. Kalonzo too told the press exactly what his supporters had said.
In other words what Kalonzo is telling us is that when the Steadmann poll has him ahead of Raila, it is accurate but when he is third, it is inaccurate. Can you believe that?
For starters, nothing much was known about Musyoka until towards the end of last year when the media and the public put the soft speaking Mwingi North MP under a microscope and found out he had enough skeletons in his closet just like any other politician.
Kalonzo Musyoka's popularity got a heavy beating when one of the daily papers revealed the story of how he and his lawyer partner got involved in a land deal where they committed fraud. He was the deputy speaker when he got involved in the deal in question and missed jail by a whisker.
Things got worse when it was revealed that Musyoka is a big pretender who gives Kenyans the impression that he is a deeply religious person yet he is heavily involved in witchcraft activities and is almost always accompanied by a witchdoctor known as Wa Maiyo who is also a nominated councilor in Mwingi.
As if these facts were not bad enough for his image, Musyoka shot himself on the foot over the past two month's as it emerged he was the stumbling block in ODM's quest on finalizing the modalities to be used in electing its presidential candidate. It was Musyoka and his team, which boycotted sessions of meetings over trivial differences forcing the meetings to be postponed several times.
It also has to be appreciated that Musyoka has done little if not nothing in fighting for democracy in this country and on the contrary, he was an avid supporter of the tyrannical Moi era that was notorious for the abuse of human rights including denying wananchi freedom of speech.
Musyoka however has something going for him, his age and youthful looks. Being in his early 50's, he is relatively young and could still appeal to the millions of youth voters and even if he doesn't make it this time, he can always look forward to 2012 when the next elections will be held after the much awaited one later this year.
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
The Quiet Rise Of Islamic Fundamentalism In Mombasa?
Mombasa and the coast region as a whole has always been a quiet, peaceful sleepy place where crime and especially violent crime is still very low in comparison to the rest of the country. This is one of the reasons why many wealthy Kenyans, especially those who have attained retirement age have chosen to settle at the coast and many have bought or built homes in the up-market Nyali area.
But in recent times, it seems that things are rapidly changing. Could there be a link between the illegal settlement in large numbers of Somalis in the coastal region and what appears to be the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Please read the other story today on illegal settlements by foreigners in Kenya.
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Also published today
While Kenyans slept, the country was sold to foreigners
Quick comparison with neighboring Tanzania
Quip for today:
What many Kenyans have said to me; "Corruption will never ever end in Kenya."
What they meant is that it will never be brought under control. Yet because of it we have suffered so much and our children are set to suffer even more. Is there really any hope for Kenya?
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There are a number of examples that are clear signs that a lot has changed for the worst in Mombasa.
Mainly because of the heat and also because of the huge foreign influence on fashion trends in the country, Mombasa like Nairobi has always boasted of its’ fair share of what a friend calls “half dressed ladies.” Some have been disgusted at this, while others have been fairly appreciative and have even been making unnecessary trips into town without anything serious to do except to “view.” Apart from the city centre, the other popular place for these “free shows” has been the Nyali area (the “Muthaiga” of the Mombasa).
But yesterday a disturbing incident took place. A young lady was stripped naked by muslim youths in full view of Television cameras. They accused her of dressing indecently and 'revealing too much.'
The poor lady was dressed in a top which revealed almost her entire back and a micro mini skirt to match as she went about her business in the sweltering heat and almost unbearable humidity that has been experienced in the city over the past few weeks.
Little did she know that she would meet 'barbarians' who have no respect for the rule of law and worse still the respect of others rights as they mercilessly roughed her up tearing her clothes to shreds while tossing her to and fro amongst themselves.
In shocking footage aired by KTN last night, it was obvious that the majority of her attackers were Muslim youths who seemed to get their 'kicks' from stripping the innocent lady who will probably be traumatized for life and will most probably need counseling to get her to walk the streets again.
What is ironical is that the Muslim extremists condemn all forms of scanty dressing and revealing one's body yet many of the commercial sex workers in Mombasa are Muslim women who leave home wearing the 'bui bui' garb which covers the whole body but on reaching their business “premises,” discard the religious garb only to reveal nothing but their “birthday suits” underneath.
What these Muslim brothers fail to understand is that Kenya is not an Islamic state but a secular one and they had no right to strip naked the young lady let alone criticize her dressing as this was none of their business just as when their sisters go about selling their bodies to westerners, nobody asks them why they allow this to go on yet that particular stunt (unlike the controversial dress code) is a crime under Kenyan laws.
It is absurd that the police did not swing into action and arrest the youths and subsequently haul them into court so as to serve as an example to others who may have similar intentions when they see the so called scantily dressed women.
Then another much worse incident took place a few weeks ago at Bokole in the Magongo area, North coast. Some rowdy youths stormed an overnight prayer meeting at a church and raped the women at the altar. The bizarre incident has been kept very quiet by all parties concerned for obvious reasons. However it is clear that the rapists were no ordinary thugs. One does not expect to steal much at a Kesha of Christians and indeed nothing appears to have been stolen. The whole purpose of the attack seems to have been the rape and specifically at the altar of worship.
There have been plenty of other tell-tale signs that things are not really the same in Mombasa.
Another very disturbing development was a few weeks back when the normally peaceful and non-controversial Muslims at the Coast threatened to disrupt the recently held world cross country championships. Mercifully they withdrew the threat at the eleventh hour after intensive negotiations with top government officials.
The government has to read the signs of the times early and ensure extremism and Islamic fundamentalism is never allowed to set root in this country as we have enough problems of our own and don’t need the likes of suicide bombers and Al Quaeda operatives to complicate our lives further.
And even more urgent is the need for the government to monitor and curb some of the activities of foreigners in the country who may have influenced the recent violent-like developments at the Coast.
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But in recent times, it seems that things are rapidly changing. Could there be a link between the illegal settlement in large numbers of Somalis in the coastal region and what appears to be the rise of Islamic fundamentalism? Please read the other story today on illegal settlements by foreigners in Kenya.
========================================
Also published today
While Kenyans slept, the country was sold to foreigners
Quick comparison with neighboring Tanzania
Quip for today:
What many Kenyans have said to me; "Corruption will never ever end in Kenya."
What they meant is that it will never be brought under control. Yet because of it we have suffered so much and our children are set to suffer even more. Is there really any hope for Kenya?
========================================
There are a number of examples that are clear signs that a lot has changed for the worst in Mombasa.
Mainly because of the heat and also because of the huge foreign influence on fashion trends in the country, Mombasa like Nairobi has always boasted of its’ fair share of what a friend calls “half dressed ladies.” Some have been disgusted at this, while others have been fairly appreciative and have even been making unnecessary trips into town without anything serious to do except to “view.” Apart from the city centre, the other popular place for these “free shows” has been the Nyali area (the “Muthaiga” of the Mombasa).
But yesterday a disturbing incident took place. A young lady was stripped naked by muslim youths in full view of Television cameras. They accused her of dressing indecently and 'revealing too much.'
The poor lady was dressed in a top which revealed almost her entire back and a micro mini skirt to match as she went about her business in the sweltering heat and almost unbearable humidity that has been experienced in the city over the past few weeks.
Little did she know that she would meet 'barbarians' who have no respect for the rule of law and worse still the respect of others rights as they mercilessly roughed her up tearing her clothes to shreds while tossing her to and fro amongst themselves.
In shocking footage aired by KTN last night, it was obvious that the majority of her attackers were Muslim youths who seemed to get their 'kicks' from stripping the innocent lady who will probably be traumatized for life and will most probably need counseling to get her to walk the streets again.
What is ironical is that the Muslim extremists condemn all forms of scanty dressing and revealing one's body yet many of the commercial sex workers in Mombasa are Muslim women who leave home wearing the 'bui bui' garb which covers the whole body but on reaching their business “premises,” discard the religious garb only to reveal nothing but their “birthday suits” underneath.
What these Muslim brothers fail to understand is that Kenya is not an Islamic state but a secular one and they had no right to strip naked the young lady let alone criticize her dressing as this was none of their business just as when their sisters go about selling their bodies to westerners, nobody asks them why they allow this to go on yet that particular stunt (unlike the controversial dress code) is a crime under Kenyan laws.
It is absurd that the police did not swing into action and arrest the youths and subsequently haul them into court so as to serve as an example to others who may have similar intentions when they see the so called scantily dressed women.
Then another much worse incident took place a few weeks ago at Bokole in the Magongo area, North coast. Some rowdy youths stormed an overnight prayer meeting at a church and raped the women at the altar. The bizarre incident has been kept very quiet by all parties concerned for obvious reasons. However it is clear that the rapists were no ordinary thugs. One does not expect to steal much at a Kesha of Christians and indeed nothing appears to have been stolen. The whole purpose of the attack seems to have been the rape and specifically at the altar of worship.
There have been plenty of other tell-tale signs that things are not really the same in Mombasa.
Another very disturbing development was a few weeks back when the normally peaceful and non-controversial Muslims at the Coast threatened to disrupt the recently held world cross country championships. Mercifully they withdrew the threat at the eleventh hour after intensive negotiations with top government officials.
The government has to read the signs of the times early and ensure extremism and Islamic fundamentalism is never allowed to set root in this country as we have enough problems of our own and don’t need the likes of suicide bombers and Al Quaeda operatives to complicate our lives further.
And even more urgent is the need for the government to monitor and curb some of the activities of foreigners in the country who may have influenced the recent violent-like developments at the Coast.
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Buru buru wife teaches barmaid-addicted husband a lesson he will never forget
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Young Kenyans entertain grandmothers in immoral trade at the Coast
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