Hell Hath no Fury Like the Fugitive Miguna's Ego

BREAKING NEWS: Miguna Miguna has just left Amsterdam for Toronto in a KLM flight.
He came, raffled feathers, grand stood, dared, stirred hornet nest, sought martyrdom and became a fugitive. Miguna Miguna's taunting 'come baby come' has just mutated to 'gone baby gone'.

Miguna's departure from JKIA last night now puts the police and DPP Tobiko on the spot. His departure from the country smells the usual sinister motive and/or incompetence. Or may be armed with critical PEV evidence, MM escaped to offer himself as ICC witness.

The damage is already done. The cat brought a skunk home, left the house full of putrid stench and escaped into the greener forest. Let the government pursue the cat and bring it back home for skinning. 
 
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“I can take every leader to The Hague, they should actually kiss my feet... They actually begged me to go back to office when they knew that I could spill the beans,”....Miguna Miguna

Miguna Miguna better arms himself with solid evidence now that bravado got into his head and is threatening to consume his kingsize ego as DPP Tobiko orders him to make a statement with police to elaborate on his knowledge about PEV gloating above.

The adage that god makes mad those he intends to destroy could as well be applicable to Miguna Miguna. Granted, he has all the constitutional right to author his memoirs. But writing a book is a painstaking exercise in research which is more than just binding unsubstantiated newspaper allegations.

His allegations may be true. But in publishing both substance and style matter. Miguna Miguna's style of marketing his book has seen him come out distinguished in all the unique vices that define his persona. The intellectual who rubbished Mutula Kilonzo's first class degree as a product of cramming is now facing his Waterloo.

In his customary bravado and oozing exotic confidence, Miguna Miguna dared all the devils mentioned in his book to challenge him in court. Well, the victims have promptly picked the gauntlet and dutifully called his bluff by suing him for defamation and character assassination.

Loud, large, pushy, bloaded ego

Raila's Chief of Staff Caroli Omondi who appear to have been the main thesis and butt in Miguna Miguna's memoir has instructed his lawyer George Oraro to file a case against Miguna. Among other things, Mr Omondi has instructed Orarao to specifically:

1) Conduct an official search of the records of the Registrar of Titles and Registrar of Companies to determine the ownership of the land and the hotel business on the premises known as Heron Court Hotel situated along Nairobi’s Milimani Road in Nairobi. He wants Oraro to write directly to the directors of the hotel requesting for their written confirmation about the identity of all individual beneficial owners of the said hotel.

2)Write to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) requesting for a certified copy of their report on investigations of subsidized maize importation together with a copy of the Kenya Gazette Notice published by the commission in respect to the investigations.

3)Seek for a certified copy of a letter from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Director General confirming that the consignment of the disputed maize cargo imported by the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in 2008 from South Africa and loaded at Maputo Port was kept by KRA in their bonded warehouse. According to Omondi, such a letter will also confirm that the maize was never released for public consumption but was instead re-exported out of the country.

4)Write to Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) with a request for their written opinion on the total weight and dimensions of Sh54million in cash in Sh1000 notes.

5)Write to Bavaria Motors with a request for a technical report on the boot size and maximum weight possible for loading therein with respect to BMW 318i Series.

......"He is a man who exhibits mental and emotional fits in his defence of issues and principles which adhere to him. At the time when he was in good books with the Prime Minister, he came across as the son and heart of the PM.” ....Judge Mohammed Warsame

Raila himself is not without blemish in inviting this unto himself. When you take accommodation amongst pigs you must brace yourself to host some flea. You are defined by the company you keep. So Raila invited Miguna into his inner sanctum he must bear the consequences of entrusting a loose cannon with your closely guarded life.

The stage is set for a legal battle royale. Miguna Miguna has been arrogantly boasting of his superlative legal mind. Now the gods have called his bluff and he is destined to meet his match. Let the game begin in earnest.

Kumekucha gives you hot tips and wise sayings; You will never be young forever and so it is NEVER boring nor too early to start thinking of an investment and pension scheme advisor even if you are in your early twenties.

The political impact of Miguna Miguna’s book on Raila

Kenya Suffers Big Blow at AU on ICC

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma of South African has been elected the new boss of African Union. A veteran of the fight against apartheid, the ex-wife of President Jacob Zuma beat the incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon. Her election spells a diplomatic Waterloo for Kenya which was fronting for Mr Ping with his hostility against ICC (pan Africanism my foot!) the main driving force.

And the paediatrician Nkosazana Dlamini has refused to be associated with the meaningless Anglophone tag. "I am not Anglophone, I'm Zulu," she said.

The tenure of tough cookie who became the polygamist Zuma's third wife in 1982 only to divorce him 1998 promises some interesting times ahead that will rub many African leaders the wrong way.

“Eeeeh...eehhhh..eiiii...Please save me from Kibaki! Eeeeeh..eiiiii...Please don’t let me go back to that man...I don’t want to go back to Kibaki! Eeeeh...eiii...Please save me from Kibaki!” Raila broke down and cried, torrents of tears flowing freely down his cheeks. He was shaking uncontrollably.It was about 3:30pm on April 6, 2008. Everyone in the room was stunned. They had never seen Raila cry before.

Former close aide to PM Raila Odinga the always controversial Miguna Miguna launched his explosive book this morning as the many enemies of Raila circled their prey anticipating the kill. The truth is that they are in for a big disappointment because in my view the book in fact boosts Raila’s image rather than doing any real damage to the man who many believe won the 2007 presidential polls.

While it is true that there are a lot of negative things said about the ODM presidential candidate in the book, the bottom line is that as a political weapon to discredit the man and paint him as a corrupt politician this narration attempts to take off but before gaining any height crashes and burns.

What does the reader feel after reading the last sentence and putting the book down? Most will feel that it was a good read and I dare add that what will poignantly remain on their minds will NOT be Raila’s corrupt ways but instead the kind of man one Mwai Kibaki really is. Many will not help but empathize with Raila because after having his sweet victory stolen away from him, Kibaki went on to rub salt on the sore wounds of the Langata legislator by making it a nightmare for Raila to operate in a  government where he was in fact supposed to be an equal partner. Indeed to the credit of Raila he must have a really big heart to have gone through what he has suffered ever since he had the presidency stolen from him in broad daylight in early 2008.

Our brothers from the Luo community are reputed to be very petty and more concerned about prestige and their personal image and yet reading through the book it is the member for Othaya and the PNU side that come across as being petty going for the bigger and better rooms, using seating arrangements to put Raila down at every opportunity etc.

The excerpt at the top of this post speaks volumes and is probably one of the most unforgettable passages from Miguna’s book. A real shock when we were all sure it would be the inside details about Raila Odinga’s corrupt ways. Instead we get to see the human side of Raila. Who would imagine the tough guy who went through Moi's detention camps for political opponents, unscathed would be capable of breaking down and sobbing like a small child? This is bound to endear people more to him.

Interestingly the PM’s wife Ida Odinga does not fare so well. A single incident in the book where she ordered a ferry that was already half way to it’s destination back and then proceeded to eject several cars (including that of a cabinet minister) from it so that her entire entourage would be accommodated makes for some very interesting reading and paints the joint first lady in very poor light. Indeed she makes Lucy Kibaki look like some meek nun in a seminary.

P.S. Politicians boycotted the Miguna book launch today with only new Kamukunji MP Yusuf Hassan showing up. What message does that send forth? In my view the political class do not like exposes one bit and are very nervously observing this development.