It has now happened very many times, as regular readers of this site will confirm, but every time it happens I can't help being surprised. Many times when I am on the trail of a certain story, it will suddenly blow up big time shortly after we have covered it here in Kumekucha. Or as in the case of the story we carried in yesterday's edition about increased CIA activity in East Africa—at more or less the same time. The CIA story we carried yesterday is one that I have been researching for a long time but only managed to publish yesterday just as the Nation were publishing their expose. I am not one for bragging but it demonstrates that at least we are pretty close to the pulse of the nation and that is not a bad beginning.
But admittedly details contained in the expose carried in the Sunday Nation yesterday revealed a number of things that we did not unearth in our research. For instance it is now clear that the Americans are carrying out an anti-terrorism operation on an unprecedented scale in East Africa and it is mainly concentrated in Kenya. So massive is this operation that numerous innocent persons of Islamic or Arab origin, including princes have been caught in the web and have ended up going through several days and in some cases weeks of sheer terror.
Several eyewitnesses have clearly said that although it is mainly Kenyan security personnel who have arrested and interrogated them, they have been taking direct orders from Americans who are always fairly close by. If you read our detailed article of yesterday about increased CIA activity and leaked emails confirming the same, you will begin to get the entire picture of the situation here.
Amazingly it is now clear that the frontline of the war on terror has shifted from the Middle East to East Africa and is now firmly focused on Somalia and Kenya. Intelligence reports must have clearly shown the Americans that this is where Al Qaeda are now operating from.
Even a fool will tell you that Kenya cannot be bang in the middle of an operation of this magnitude and still remain untouched and unaffected. More so as we head to a general election. It also raises new questions about the current fuel shortage being felt in most parts of the country. Reading the Sunday Nation report carefully one realizes that this is the sort of operation that is massive enough to trigger a fuel shortage.
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Monday, April 16, 2007
Churches Hit Back At Karua Threat
Martha Karua, the most visible minister of the Kibaki cabinet will just not leave the spotlight. At least not just yet.
Now an off the cuff remark she made two days ago has raised a furor amongst many Kenyan churches. The minister said something to the effect that since the government was now seeking to legislate political parties, it also had a duty to protect its' citizens from certain churches and the government was considering doing this through a new act.
The tough Minister of constitutional affairs with many admirers, including this blogger needs to tread carefully on this one. This is an election year and there are certain toes that one does not tread on. Namely churches and teachers. You just don’t want to do that if you plan to win elections in this country. This issue of trying to introduce legislation on churches and church activities is a political hot potato, madam.
It seems that the Narc-Kenya high command has been deeply incensed by the declaration in recent times by popular evangelical personalities like Pastor Pius Muiru and Bishop Margaret Wanjiru that they were seeking political office. Both personalities are prosperous TV evangelists who raise millions of shillings from the public for their ministry. The feeling amongst certain quarters is that it is not ethical to have these funds diverted into politics. But if truth be told, the real reason is that any smart politician knows that entry of popular church people into Kenyan politics spells doom for them because it will automatically change the ground rules and established politicians may not be able to thrive in the new environment. In others words, their entry is a serious threat to many.
What will make this business of legislating churches even uglier just now is that the views of older more established churches like the Catholic church on the new evangelical churches who they have lost people to in large numbers, are well known. The so-called big churches have always said that government action against these upstarts in their eyes is already long overdue. Because of this, questions will not fail to be asked as to whether Justice Minister Hon Karua is getting advice on the matter from what some of our readers are now referring to as her midnight ice cream friend—Father Wamugunda.
Read what churches had to say about Karua’s proposed legislative move.
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Now an off the cuff remark she made two days ago has raised a furor amongst many Kenyan churches. The minister said something to the effect that since the government was now seeking to legislate political parties, it also had a duty to protect its' citizens from certain churches and the government was considering doing this through a new act.
The tough Minister of constitutional affairs with many admirers, including this blogger needs to tread carefully on this one. This is an election year and there are certain toes that one does not tread on. Namely churches and teachers. You just don’t want to do that if you plan to win elections in this country. This issue of trying to introduce legislation on churches and church activities is a political hot potato, madam.
It seems that the Narc-Kenya high command has been deeply incensed by the declaration in recent times by popular evangelical personalities like Pastor Pius Muiru and Bishop Margaret Wanjiru that they were seeking political office. Both personalities are prosperous TV evangelists who raise millions of shillings from the public for their ministry. The feeling amongst certain quarters is that it is not ethical to have these funds diverted into politics. But if truth be told, the real reason is that any smart politician knows that entry of popular church people into Kenyan politics spells doom for them because it will automatically change the ground rules and established politicians may not be able to thrive in the new environment. In others words, their entry is a serious threat to many.
What will make this business of legislating churches even uglier just now is that the views of older more established churches like the Catholic church on the new evangelical churches who they have lost people to in large numbers, are well known. The so-called big churches have always said that government action against these upstarts in their eyes is already long overdue. Because of this, questions will not fail to be asked as to whether Justice Minister Hon Karua is getting advice on the matter from what some of our readers are now referring to as her midnight ice cream friend—Father Wamugunda.
Read what churches had to say about Karua’s proposed legislative move.
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