In a shocking new development yesterday (Saturday) the Sierra Leone vice-president has been quarantined over Ebola fears. Mr. Sam-Sumana says that he had chosen to be quarantined to "lead by example" after the Ebola death of his bodyguard, John Koroma, a few days ago.
This is the highest ranking official to ever be quarantined over the deadly viral disease that seems to spread like wild fire.
Samuel Sam-Sumana said he would stay out of contact with others for 21 days as a precaution.
Experts had believed that Ebola was on the decrease in diamond-rich Sierra Leone and that new infections were on the decline but a recent sudden upsurge seems to contradict this belief.
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Friday, February 27, 2015
The Meshack Yebei Puzzle: 8 Solid Facts
This has to be one of the most puzzling whose-body-is-it mazes ever recorded in Kenya. Here are 8 Facts on the Meshack Yebei murder and body identification puzzle, can you solve the mystery and come up with a plausible theory?
1. A body found in the man eaters area of Tsavo National Park and taken to a Voi morgue on December 30th 2014 was yesterday (Fri 27th Feb) positively identified by his widow Lilian Yebei and his brother Rev Moses Kisorio as that of ICC witness Meshack Yebei (pictured above). DNA test pending.
2. This is the second time that the family are positively identifying a body as that of Meshack Yebei. The first time was in December 28th shortly after a body was fished out of River Yala in Nandi county 100KM from Yebei's home in Eldoret.
3. The ICC has said Yebei was not a prosecution witness in Ruto’s trial, but the court offered him safe residency abroad anyway. Yebei accepted this for a time but recently opted to go back to his home town in the Rift Valley, it said.
4. Yebei had been contacted during the course of investigations for the Ruto-Sang trial but he was ultimately not included in the witness list, the office of the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said.
5. Yebei was linked to the trial of Deputy President William Ruto and was implicated in efforts to corrupt witnesses, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. Prosecutors reiterated they had not been planning to call the man, Meshack Yebei, as a witness because of this.
6. The ICC described the witnesses as being "under siege" from "a network of individuals" using bribes or threats to dissuade him from testifying.
7. After his disappearance, Yebei’s mother received a text message purporting to be from her son saying that he was safe in Uganda with ICC officials. The court said its officials had not been in contact with Yebei at the time of his abduction.
8. Yebei was on opposite political sides with deputy President Ruto in 2007. Ruto was in ODM and Yebei was a PNU pointman in Rift Valley.
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1. A body found in the man eaters area of Tsavo National Park and taken to a Voi morgue on December 30th 2014 was yesterday (Fri 27th Feb) positively identified by his widow Lilian Yebei and his brother Rev Moses Kisorio as that of ICC witness Meshack Yebei (pictured above). DNA test pending.
2. This is the second time that the family are positively identifying a body as that of Meshack Yebei. The first time was in December 28th shortly after a body was fished out of River Yala in Nandi county 100KM from Yebei's home in Eldoret.
3. The ICC has said Yebei was not a prosecution witness in Ruto’s trial, but the court offered him safe residency abroad anyway. Yebei accepted this for a time but recently opted to go back to his home town in the Rift Valley, it said.
4. Yebei had been contacted during the course of investigations for the Ruto-Sang trial but he was ultimately not included in the witness list, the office of the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said.
5. Yebei was linked to the trial of Deputy President William Ruto and was implicated in efforts to corrupt witnesses, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. Prosecutors reiterated they had not been planning to call the man, Meshack Yebei, as a witness because of this.
6. The ICC described the witnesses as being "under siege" from "a network of individuals" using bribes or threats to dissuade him from testifying.
7. After his disappearance, Yebei’s mother received a text message purporting to be from her son saying that he was safe in Uganda with ICC officials. The court said its officials had not been in contact with Yebei at the time of his abduction.
8. Yebei was on opposite political sides with deputy President Ruto in 2007. Ruto was in ODM and Yebei was a PNU pointman in Rift Valley.
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Matiba, General Of Second Liberation Fighting For His Life
The man widely believed to have won the 1992 presidential elections but was rigged out by Moi is fighting for his life at Karen Hospital where he was admitted. Kenneth Stanley Njindo Matiba was admitted at the Karen Hospital ICU yesterday in critical condition complaining of breathing problems.
Matiba was a very active mountaineer before his detention in 1991 and stroke in 1992 shortly before his release and his health has never been the same again.
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"Starved" Star Times Installer Rapes Maid After He Finishes The Job
Be very careful the next time you invite a man into your house to install anything. A man who was supposed to install a Star Times Decorder this week violently raped a 15 year old maid. The girl is said to have managed to escape before the ordeal was over and locked the rapist inside the house prompting his arrest.
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Married Lilian Muli Responds To Valentines Day Photos With Shabana Boss
Sizzling hot Citizen TV anchor Lilian Muli is as controversial as they come but recent photos of her with Shabana FC boss Jared Nevaton on Valentines day (of all days) have caused quite a stir over the last few days or so.
More so because this was hardly the first time the two had been seen in public together.
When asked about it Lilian who is married with one child had a very interesting answer. She says the man is a good friend and business partner. Thus sitting next to him on Valentines' day should not have been a big deal.
Hardly the kind of answer that would stop the tongues wagging.. don't you think?
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More so because this was hardly the first time the two had been seen in public together.
When asked about it Lilian who is married with one child had a very interesting answer. She says the man is a good friend and business partner. Thus sitting next to him on Valentines' day should not have been a big deal.
Hardly the kind of answer that would stop the tongues wagging.. don't you think?
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Muchai Murder Suspect Says Police Injured His Private Parts In Torture Sessions
It would seem that police methods in Kenya have not changed. Simon Wambugu (sketched above) a suspect in the gruesome assassination of former Kabete MP George Muchai told the court this morning (Friday) that he had been tortured by police for a confession so much so that he has sustained serious injuries in his private parts. he requested that the court order that he be treated at his own expense by a private doctor. This request was denied and the court ordered that he be taken to Kenyatta National Hospital and a report on his condition be presented before the court.
In my view we really need that forensic lab pronto because police are currently caught between a rock and a hard place. There is pressure to fight crime even as we need to avoid human rights abuses. One would cringe just to imagine what the said suspect must be feeling if he is innocent?
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Thursday, February 26, 2015
KDF To Stay Longer In Somalia
KDF soldiers in Somalia will now stay longer after the UN security council extended their stay by 12 months. Some security experts believe that their controversial stay in the war torn country has helped to greatly weaken the Al Shabaab terror group. This news comes when the militants have issued a new video with threats of more attacks on Kenya.
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Two Thugs Gunned Down In Mombasa
Mombasa has been quiet for a while but this morning (Thursday 26th Feb 2015) at about 12:30pm the normally busy Moi Avenue in the island and CBD exploded into action including a high speed car chase that led to the gunning down of two armed robbers trying to escape on a motorbike. The robbers had just robbed a car dealer on the same street and were trying to escape. Plain clothes policemen on patrol opened fire and killed the two instantly.
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Chief Murdered As 12 Year Son Watches
A 12 year old boy in Embu Kenya watched helplessly as his father, an assistant chief was murdered right in front of his eyes in the most gruesome manner.
The boy recounted; "They immediately starting hacking him using machetes and axes. I tried to rescue him but they hit my hand and fractured it. They stole Sh2,000 from him."
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The largest bank by assets in East and Central Africa Kenya Commercial Bank announced earlier today (Thursday) that its pretax profit for 2014 rose 18 percent to 23.79 billion shillings ($260.43 million), helped mostly by a substantial rise in interest income.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Is It Possible To Secure Your Retirement Income From An Online Business?
Where did all the years go? When you get to a certain age this is the repeated question that keeps ringing on your mind. Mostly retirement knocks on doors before most folks are ready for it. That means a lot of money worries for those who are retired or close to retiring. It is only natural that you would want to make the most of the time you still have remaining but how practical is that when you have not put away anything near what would be enough to give you a decent living?
Let’s be candid and realistic here. If you are saving $50 a month what are the odds that your retirement savings will be anywhere near enough to cover the fulfilling retirement you crave? The cost of just about everything continues to rise all the time and we are not even talking about cheap vacations somewhere and the quality of life that you truly deserve.
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Let’s be candid and realistic here. If you are saving $50 a month what are the odds that your retirement savings will be anywhere near enough to cover the fulfilling retirement you crave? The cost of just about everything continues to rise all the time and we are not even talking about cheap vacations somewhere and the quality of life that you truly deserve.
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Raila Torn Shoe: No Apologies, It Was Great
Mama, Ida, you don't owe anyone any apology. This was a chance to reconnect Raila with the common mwananchi, he is no angel and whatever happened can happen to anyone.
We the public have set different standards for different people, standards that are both unrealistic, retrogressive and archaic to say the least. Raila is human, just like you and me, he is subject to err and that does not make him any less of a leader. We expect politicians to be rich, so they rob us to meet our expectations, we expect them to be immortal, so they lie about their health, are we our own worst enemies?
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Where else in the world would traffic policemen be so daft? How do you handcuff a lorry driver to the steering wheel and then order them to drive to a police station? What were the cops thinking? The handcuffed driver in Meru, Kenya then caused an accident where a precious life was lost. The lorry actually lost control and overturned.
From traffic offence to murder, now who should be charged in court and which of those crimes committed deserves the harsher penalty?
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Monday, February 23, 2015
5 Reasons You Need A Website That You've Never Heard About
It is true that there are quite a number of businesses out there that are doing quite well without a website. Others may have a website but it is hardly visited with only a handful of hits every day. You wouldn’t therefore blame them for believing that a website is of little use to them.
So you may be thinking to yourself that your business does not really need a professionally designed website. Actually here are 5 solid reasons why you are wrong.
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Alred Mutua Forms Political Party
Machakos governor Alfred Mutua and other MPs from Ukambani have formed what they call a political movement but those familiar with Kenyan politics will know is a new political party in its' formative stages.
One of the legislators backing Mutua let this slip during a public meeting over the weekend where Mutua backers asked former VP Kalonzo Musyoka to retire from politics and leave Mutua alone...
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From Zero Sales To Cash Register Ringing Non-stop... Thanks To Video Marketing On Youtube
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Video marketing is working magic for many brands and businesses. You create a short interesting video that has something to do with your business and within hours it goes viral... and your cash register starts ringing non-stop with sales flooding in.
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Friday, February 20, 2015
Are You Working Too Hard But Still Not Clearing Your In-Tray?
Many people were brought up to believe that hard work would always get them ahead every time without fail. However the truth is that if you do not manage your workflow there is a likelihood that your hard work will end up killing you and I mean that literally as well.
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Monday, February 24, 2014
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Adieu Kumekucha
Feel free to forward this post to your political friends
It is with a heavy heart that I write this my very last post.
Next May we would have all celebrated 10 great years of Kumekucha. But fate it seems had different ideas. The Kumekucha blog and all other Kumekucha brands have now been shut down for good. This decision has been taken after a lot of deep thought and wide consultation. It is irreversible. You will never again see a Kumekucha post, email or even book EVER AGAIN. In a few hours the Kumekucha blog will vanish off the face of the World Wide Web. I have called it quits, folks. It is just as well that I never got round to finalizing any deal to sell the Kumekucha blog because that would have complicated everything considerably.
Goodbye folks.
Why?
Because my children need their father more than ever before. Because I want very much to be there to receive my unborn child into this world. Because I firmly believe that my assassination would never add any value to the fight for a better Kenya. Because I am persuaded that there are other emerging Kenyans and bloggers ready to take up the fight where I have left off. Some of them are better and more resourceful than I have been. Because I feel I have done my bit and my circumstances and the circumstances in the country at the moment are such that I cannot continue with what I have been doing. It is time to listen to my long suffering family and loved ones some of home have always been very worried about my well being, knowing what they do about Kenyan politics and the threats I have received over the years.
This is serious business because I am writing this post over a post that I had prepared a few weeks ago and left instructions that should anything happen to me it should be posted immediately to at the very least discount any suicide theories or road accident claims. I have even left my earlier post title and the first paragraph intact.
Kumekucha has been a labour of love for my country. Contrary to what some people think I have never made a single cent in profits from it. Instead over the years I have taken money from my other scarce resources to finance it and keep it going. Even the fact that I recently aggressively started selling books has NOT changed the situation. How much have I put in over the years? A lot of money, a small fortune but I do not have an iota of regret. It is like investing a fortune in time and resources in a relationship where you end up being forced apart for reasons other than your love for each other. I still love my country to bits and that will never change.
My sincere apologies to all those whom I have disappointed by what will appear to many to be a cowardly act. But as I have said here before there is a very thin line between being brave and being stupid. Let time and history judge where I fall. Let historians also judge if I made any contribution to a better Kenya.
As I ride out to the sunset you can be sure that my thoughts will constantly be with you and my beloved banana republic. I will worry as always about the direction the country is heading but hopefully I will be less worried about my own personal safety.
Adieu my friends. It has been a great and eventful time being with you and I take this opportunity to wish you all the best in future.
The anonymous blogger only known as Chris Kumekucha.
Feel
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Monday, February 17, 2014
Real Reason Bonface Mwangi Quit Politics
Why as Kenyans make fun of a true Kenyan hero of our time, Kumekucha is NOT laughing
Boniface Mwangi on twitter this morning;Boniface Mwangi; @bonifacemwangi : I'm no longer willing to die for my country, l will live for it because my kids need a father. 1 hour ago
@bonifacemwangi : "I can do a better job outside the grave" in a response to his exile - Ngugi wa Thiongo 1 hour ago @bonifacemwangi : Two of the most outspoken politicians in Kenya's history Tom Mboya & J.M Kariuki were killed by the state. Kenyans moved on. 1 hour ago
As you read this I am still struggling to write one of the most important articles I have ever written. And I am not struggling because I do not have the information or too little to say. Indeed I have too much to say but have no clue where to start.
What article is this you are trying to write? I hear you ask.
It is an article about 30 year old activist Boniface Mwangi who announced a few hours ago that he has "retired" from political activism.
This is the man who was mentioned in the controversial USAid letter as one of the people "being financed by the Americans to cause trouble" and was one of the leaders of the Feb 13th Uhuru Park demonstration.
Mwangi is also the same man whose life was changed so dramatically by the still unresolved 2008 Post election violence. It caused him to leave his job as a photojournalist in an effort to recover from the sheer trauma of taking the photographs.
This news is really discouraging to me because Mwangi was one of the few people on the forefront of Kenyan politics who carried enough clout to DE-tribalize our politics. We have sunk so low in Kenya today that you cannot talk about corruption (e.g. the railway project) without people asking you what tribe you are. If you are a Kikuyu you will be called confused which is better than being called a sour election loser if you are any other tribe but the Kalenjin. The compartments are SO NEAT!!
In case I never get round to writing this article let me at least share with you the false starts I have had so far. All too angry and too emotional I guess.
1st attempt
It is famously said that gallant Tom Mboya was once told off by his illiterate dad who was a sisal picker in Kilimambogo (where Tom was born in a grass thatched house). His dad was angry at his efforts to fight the colonialists;
"Do you think you can compete with the white man who make aircrafts that fly in the air and win...?"
Actually Tom ended up winning that particular battle and emphatically at that. But if Mboya's father was able to see the future this should have been his warning;
"Do you think you can compete with the African (and NOT mzungu) government of Kenya with all its' power and state machinery?
This was the battle that brilliant Mboya was not able to win and many other "reckless" Kenyans as well.
And so I feel Bonface Mwangi, he is not a coward but a smart and practical Kenyan... And the history of our banana republic fully backs him.
...ends
My second attempt was even more disastrous...
Kenya is filled with many highly educated souls. Albeit many of them naive, gullible PhDs. Some of them have no qualms about slapping women violently in on public television and others are so tribal that they deserve a lecture from my 5 year old son... where do they get these PhDs anyway? some factory somewhere???
Boniface Mwangi on twitter this morning;Boniface Mwangi; @bonifacemwangi : I'm no longer willing to die for my country, l will live for it because my kids need a father. 1 hour ago
@bonifacemwangi : "I can do a better job outside the grave" in a response to his exile - Ngugi wa Thiongo 1 hour ago @bonifacemwangi : Two of the most outspoken politicians in Kenya's history Tom Mboya & J.M Kariuki were killed by the state. Kenyans moved on. 1 hour ago
As you read this I am still struggling to write one of the most important articles I have ever written. And I am not struggling because I do not have the information or too little to say. Indeed I have too much to say but have no clue where to start.
What article is this you are trying to write? I hear you ask.
It is an article about 30 year old activist Boniface Mwangi who announced a few hours ago that he has "retired" from political activism.
This is the man who was mentioned in the controversial USAid letter as one of the people "being financed by the Americans to cause trouble" and was one of the leaders of the Feb 13th Uhuru Park demonstration.
Mwangi is also the same man whose life was changed so dramatically by the still unresolved 2008 Post election violence. It caused him to leave his job as a photojournalist in an effort to recover from the sheer trauma of taking the photographs.
This news is really discouraging to me because Mwangi was one of the few people on the forefront of Kenyan politics who carried enough clout to DE-tribalize our politics. We have sunk so low in Kenya today that you cannot talk about corruption (e.g. the railway project) without people asking you what tribe you are. If you are a Kikuyu you will be called confused which is better than being called a sour election loser if you are any other tribe but the Kalenjin. The compartments are SO NEAT!!
In case I never get round to writing this article let me at least share with you the false starts I have had so far. All too angry and too emotional I guess.
1st attempt
It is famously said that gallant Tom Mboya was once told off by his illiterate dad who was a sisal picker in Kilimambogo (where Tom was born in a grass thatched house). His dad was angry at his efforts to fight the colonialists;
"Do you think you can compete with the white man who make aircrafts that fly in the air and win...?"
Actually Tom ended up winning that particular battle and emphatically at that. But if Mboya's father was able to see the future this should have been his warning;
"Do you think you can compete with the African (and NOT mzungu) government of Kenya with all its' power and state machinery?
This was the battle that brilliant Mboya was not able to win and many other "reckless" Kenyans as well.
And so I feel Bonface Mwangi, he is not a coward but a smart and practical Kenyan... And the history of our banana republic fully backs him.
...ends
My second attempt was even more disastrous...
Kenya is filled with many highly educated souls. Albeit many of them naive, gullible PhDs. Some of them have no qualms about slapping women violently in on public television and others are so tribal that they deserve a lecture from my 5 year old son... where do they get these PhDs anyway? some factory somewhere???
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Friday, February 14, 2014
The Day The Kenyan Media Ignored The Biggest Story
What really happened on 13th Feb 2014 at Uhuru Park, Nairobi?
The media gave the biggest story of the day, an anti-government protest, a complete black out. Later a few articles in the press mentioned it almost in passing. It never really happened, they wanted Kenyans to believe. Those who wanted to know were forced to turn to the International media.
But even more fascinating was this piece in the Daily Nation by KWAMCHETSI MAKOKHA.
Judging by the way people were huffing and puffing in the wrong direction on Facebook most missed the whole satirical message.
In my days we greatly appreciated satire and were quick to spot it. I find it very strange that these days everybody misses it. I have experienced it in this blog several times where my satirical pieces have always gotten people hot under the collar in the wrong direction. What went wrong? Shallow education system? Very sad what people are missing.
In such an environment how would somebody ever get to really appreciate William Shakespeare's classic Julius Caesar for instance which my dad used to great effect to teach me politics? More so the speech by Mark Antony and the immortal words "I come not to praise Caesar but to bury him..."
Anyway to quit boring most of you, it will be of much more interest to you guys to know that as the country moves in the direction of a gagged press and policemen on Facebook satire will be the only way to go folks. And having privileged information on what is going on in the media and the pressure they were feeling over reporting the said demonstrations (the low key media coverage over what should have been the biggest story of Feb 13th was no accident) I strongly suspect that the style of writing used in this Nation piece was arrived at out of necessity rather than by voluntary whim. It may even have been edited at the last minute, I want to speculate.
Apart from the security goons skimming through and nodding their heads in approval, satire is difficult to prosecute for defamation.
Kumekucha's Recent News Analysis
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The media gave the biggest story of the day, an anti-government protest, a complete black out. Later a few articles in the press mentioned it almost in passing. It never really happened, they wanted Kenyans to believe. Those who wanted to know were forced to turn to the International media.
But even more fascinating was this piece in the Daily Nation by KWAMCHETSI MAKOKHA.
Judging by the way people were huffing and puffing in the wrong direction on Facebook most missed the whole satirical message.
In my days we greatly appreciated satire and were quick to spot it. I find it very strange that these days everybody misses it. I have experienced it in this blog several times where my satirical pieces have always gotten people hot under the collar in the wrong direction. What went wrong? Shallow education system? Very sad what people are missing.
In such an environment how would somebody ever get to really appreciate William Shakespeare's classic Julius Caesar for instance which my dad used to great effect to teach me politics? More so the speech by Mark Antony and the immortal words "I come not to praise Caesar but to bury him..."
Anyway to quit boring most of you, it will be of much more interest to you guys to know that as the country moves in the direction of a gagged press and policemen on Facebook satire will be the only way to go folks. And having privileged information on what is going on in the media and the pressure they were feeling over reporting the said demonstrations (the low key media coverage over what should have been the biggest story of Feb 13th was no accident) I strongly suspect that the style of writing used in this Nation piece was arrived at out of necessity rather than by voluntary whim. It may even have been edited at the last minute, I want to speculate.
Apart from the security goons skimming through and nodding their heads in approval, satire is difficult to prosecute for defamation.
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Question to Kumekucha on Facebook;
This is a very honest observation. Please do not read mischief. Why have high profile demonstrations or political protests become solely Kikuyu activism? Why are other communities boycotting or showing complete apathy? Every other lead spokesperson at the Freedom Corner protest yesterday were our brothers and sisters from Mount Kenya region.Njoya,Mwangi,Maina etc etc. This is unilateral solidarity for which I really can't put a finger on.What is happening...??
My answer;
This is a group of Kenyans who have been consistent in their fight for a better Kenya. I have never looked at them as Kikuyus and it would be unfair for anybody to look at them as such. They are Kenyans. PERIOD. They have refused to be boxed into the categories carefully prepared by our so-called leaders for their own selfish political objectives. Secondly those in civil society championing the peaceful demonstrations are wise enough to realize that if they were to allow one of their Luo brothers for instance, on the forefront the whole noble cause would be reduced to the-elections-are-over-move-on rhetoric. Or these-stupid-Luos-rhetoric. Or Raila-has-organized-this-because-he-lost-the-elections-and-wants-to-be-president-at-all-costs etc.
I have had the pleasure of knowing some of these tribeless Kenyans who are largely ignored by the tribal voters of Kenya. I always assure them that even if people see them as confused now, history will classify them as visionaries. And remember that being on the forefront is not a joke. Some like Oscar Kingara lost his life while others like John Githongo have had to live in exile from their own country. And there are many other who continue to suffer. I really get angry when I see some silly tribal comment and remember what people are risking while the rest of us have fun on Facebook and Twitter.
Oscar Kingara: Brutally gunned down in his car (along with his assistant Oulu) by a man on a motorbike a few hours after the government had accused his Oscar Foundation of being a front for Mungiki. There are those who will see Kingara as a "confused Kikuyu" but may he be remembered as a gallant Kenyan. Perhaps long dead and forgotten, but I have written a book available only to raw notes readers that talks about his assassination and those who organized it. Hopefully one day that book will be widely available. Meanwhile you can read an old Kumekucha post HERE. Pay special attention to the first readers' comment because I believe it was written by somebody sympathetic to the killers. Rest in peace Oscar, and may your brutal death not have been in vain.
All my children and others I have influence on have been carefully brought up by me in the knowledge that all those who propagate tribalism are the worst kind of criminals. I have highlighted the strengths of major Kenyan tribes to them and what they should seek to copy from them. The Luo brilliance for those who want to pursue the medical profession and other highly technical fields, not to mention their swag. The Kikuyu entrepreneurial spirit that is unmatched in most of Africa and beyond etc. BUT recently one of them put me in a tight corner when he asked me how come some of the worst tribalists we have are PhD holders. My reply; Son, degrees do not mean automatic intelligence and that is why Kenya is full of very educated but very foolish people. I want you to be both intelligent and highly educated so that when you take over from these idiots you can bring about real and lasting change in our country.
History bores most Kenyans and that is why there is absolutely no chance that most will ever discover that this tribalism monster was birthed and fed in State house after the assassination of Tom Mboya (a Luo man who won all his elections with Kikuyu votes against Kikuyu candidates) in July 1969. Jomo and his team did an excellent job because if you go to the estates even today you will hear kids barely out of their diapers saying "Luos are stupid." The current government has effortlessly used it (guided by some of the people who were around when this evil was first mooted). Admittedly it wins elections. But I have consistently said in my blog since 2005 that the country needs a real truth and reconciliation campaign where people will be made to understand what happened and we should start by apologizing to our Luo brothers for the grave sin we have committed against them. If not this is something serious enough to be tried at the ICC.
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This is a very honest observation. Please do not read mischief. Why have high profile demonstrations or political protests become solely Kikuyu activism? Why are other communities boycotting or showing complete apathy? Every other lead spokesperson at the Freedom Corner protest yesterday were our brothers and sisters from Mount Kenya region.Njoya,Mwangi,Maina etc etc. This is unilateral solidarity for which I really can't put a finger on.What is happening...??
My answer;
This is a group of Kenyans who have been consistent in their fight for a better Kenya. I have never looked at them as Kikuyus and it would be unfair for anybody to look at them as such. They are Kenyans. PERIOD. They have refused to be boxed into the categories carefully prepared by our so-called leaders for their own selfish political objectives. Secondly those in civil society championing the peaceful demonstrations are wise enough to realize that if they were to allow one of their Luo brothers for instance, on the forefront the whole noble cause would be reduced to the-elections-are-over-move-on rhetoric. Or these-stupid-Luos-rhetoric. Or Raila-has-organized-this-because-he-lost-the-elections-and-wants-to-be-president-at-all-costs etc.
I have had the pleasure of knowing some of these tribeless Kenyans who are largely ignored by the tribal voters of Kenya. I always assure them that even if people see them as confused now, history will classify them as visionaries. And remember that being on the forefront is not a joke. Some like Oscar Kingara lost his life while others like John Githongo have had to live in exile from their own country. And there are many other who continue to suffer. I really get angry when I see some silly tribal comment and remember what people are risking while the rest of us have fun on Facebook and Twitter.
Oscar Kingara: Brutally gunned down in his car (along with his assistant Oulu) by a man on a motorbike a few hours after the government had accused his Oscar Foundation of being a front for Mungiki. There are those who will see Kingara as a "confused Kikuyu" but may he be remembered as a gallant Kenyan. Perhaps long dead and forgotten, but I have written a book available only to raw notes readers that talks about his assassination and those who organized it. Hopefully one day that book will be widely available. Meanwhile you can read an old Kumekucha post HERE. Pay special attention to the first readers' comment because I believe it was written by somebody sympathetic to the killers. Rest in peace Oscar, and may your brutal death not have been in vain.
All my children and others I have influence on have been carefully brought up by me in the knowledge that all those who propagate tribalism are the worst kind of criminals. I have highlighted the strengths of major Kenyan tribes to them and what they should seek to copy from them. The Luo brilliance for those who want to pursue the medical profession and other highly technical fields, not to mention their swag. The Kikuyu entrepreneurial spirit that is unmatched in most of Africa and beyond etc. BUT recently one of them put me in a tight corner when he asked me how come some of the worst tribalists we have are PhD holders. My reply; Son, degrees do not mean automatic intelligence and that is why Kenya is full of very educated but very foolish people. I want you to be both intelligent and highly educated so that when you take over from these idiots you can bring about real and lasting change in our country.
History bores most Kenyans and that is why there is absolutely no chance that most will ever discover that this tribalism monster was birthed and fed in State house after the assassination of Tom Mboya (a Luo man who won all his elections with Kikuyu votes against Kikuyu candidates) in July 1969. Jomo and his team did an excellent job because if you go to the estates even today you will hear kids barely out of their diapers saying "Luos are stupid." The current government has effortlessly used it (guided by some of the people who were around when this evil was first mooted). Admittedly it wins elections. But I have consistently said in my blog since 2005 that the country needs a real truth and reconciliation campaign where people will be made to understand what happened and we should start by apologizing to our Luo brothers for the grave sin we have committed against them. If not this is something serious enough to be tried at the ICC.
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What Future JUBILEE Government After 3 Explosive Developments Yesterday?
If there was nothing terribly wrong with our media in Kenya then the top TV news items last night should have come in the following order;
1. Letter from National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) chairman Francis Kimemia to the Foreign Affairs ministry asking them to IMMEDIATELY summon United States Agency for International Development (USAID) over "credible intelligence" that the US government (through USAID) is trying to destabilize the Kenyan govt by financing demonstrators.
2. Peaceful demonstrations at Uhuru Park led by activist Boniface Mwangi Reverend Timothy Njoya and musician Eric Wainaina broken up by riot police (picture above shows traffic policeman kicking away enlarged doll used in the demonstrations yesterday).
3. The Public Investments Committee finally names the Kenyan directors of companies at the centre of the standard gauge railway saga. Shockingly they are a Mr Peter Maingi Gatere and Leonard Mwangi Ndungu who are the registered directors of China Road and Bridge Corporation-Kenya.
All 3 items were missing from most of the top TV news stations.
Instead the most watched 9pm Prime TV news had as one of its' lead stories the saga of a woman who delivered a 7Kg baby which is fine, except that the country is burning and people are talking about overweight babies.
Any top political analyst who is neutral will tell you that so explosive are those 3 news items that they are enough to trigger the downfall of the JUBILEEE government (I discuss the solid reasons in my latest raw notes). The superstitious (like one Facebook friend who survived the Moi era) will tell you that it is a very bad omen to have Rev Njoya in a demonstration against your government. It means that the said government is doomed (I also discuss that in my raw notes).
In a nutshell we are now firmly back in the Moi days and the writing is so clearly on the wall that even the blind can "see" it.
But even more interesting is the fact that we did not get here suddenly and without ample warning. The path to the very dangerous place where the banana republic is today was clearly documented here and in the books with highly sensitive information that I have been churning out (see full list at the bottom of this email.
So what is the way forward from here? Expect the following to unfold in the coming weeks and months;
- More anti-government demonstrations.
- Postponement or halting of international aid as they wait to get a clearer picture of what is unfolding in Kenya.
- Desperate measures by a government faced with empty coffers including going ahead with the long postponed laying off of 100,000 civil servants to cut down on the government wage bill and more taxes on already over-taxed Kenyans.
- Unprecedented tough economic times as a result of the consequences above and reduced direct foreign exchange injections into the economy. Foreign exchange controls quite likely if the situation persists.
- Boiling point for ordinary Kenyans as economic implications bite harder
- Unpredictable chaos. Widespread riots and demonstrations etc.
Will the last person leaving Kenya remember to switch off the lights.
Get more sensitive details of this post (not publishable online in Kenya at this time) in my latest raw notes. Read it for free by getting a FREE trial 30 day subscription NOW.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014
The day DPP Tobiko issued an arrest warrant for CBK governor Professor Njuguna Ndungu: CBK Governor Case Linked To 2 Untouchables
It was Baba Jimmy who made
the phrase Bure kabisa popular in Kenya-speak. During his speeches even today
he usually predictably utters the words and the audience is always guaranteed
to burst out in laughter.
Ironically there were a
lot of bure kabisa moments during his own administration and although many
Kenyans (including this blogger) had hoped for a fresh start with Uhuruto the
current government seems to be even more efficient in delivering Bure Kabisa
moments in quick succession. And some of them are highly entertaining.
Take the CBK governor
(pictured above) Professor Njuguna Ndungu’s saga for instance.
Parliament discussed him
eons ago and expressed grave concern over some of the things that had gone down
at the bank under his watch. But nothing happened until the banana republic’s
chief prosecutor Keraiko Tobiko went looking for front page headlines (and got
them) by revealing that he had issued an arrest warrant for the CBK governor.
Now there is this true
story about Kenyans in distress some years back who called the cops only to be
told that they had no petrol and so could the good Kenyans (surrounded by
thugs) bring petrol so that the cops come to their rescue? Mpesa did NOT exist
in those days.
Now assuming that the cops
did not have petrol to fuel a car to arrest CBK governor Ndungu, Vigilance
house is right next to CBK. So a short 2 minutes walk would have gotten cops
into the CBK. The CBK is also within very short walking distance from Tobiko’s
office at Sheria house. Forget the excuse that Ndungu was out of the country
bcause if they were serious they would have waited for his return and arrested
him. Period.
Instead Kenyans have been
treated to this bure kabisa charade in a desperate bid to convince Kenyans and
the international community that the government is serious about fighting
graft. Go tell that to the birds. Indeed the script is now very clear and is as
follows;
1) Issue arrest warrant
for Ndungu through the press (headline to prove JUBILEE are fighting corruption
delivered).
2. Ndungu goes to court to
block arrest (has already happened)
3. Court battle to drag on
until nobody is paying attention.
4. Hio maneno itaishia
hapo. End of story!
5. Plan B: If those alert
idiots on Facebook and Kumekucha follow up too much charge Ndungu in court and follow
the Kamlesh Pattni script.
GAME SHOT, another ingenious move by this genius
government. Muta-do???
The truth is that to successfully prosecute Ndungu he would have to go down with 2 other untouchable Kenyans. Highly sensitive details on who they are and what they did that can't be published online.
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