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Experts Say That It Is A Sign That The Political Ruling Class Should Not Ignore

Right across Kenya, some very fierce and emotional debate is currently going on, all triggered off by a recent chain of events that has thrust Bishop Margaret Wanjiru and Pastor Pius Muiru into the limelight and indeed under public scrutiny for many things but mostly for the vast wealth that the pair are said to own as a result of their work for the Lord.

Listening to Kenyans, the ruling emotion in most people is one of anger. Anger at the vast wealth accumulated in what most believe is at the expense of ordinary Kenyans' struggling to survive under harsh and difficult times. It is very weird indeed how rapidly public opinion can change and there is no denying that the work of the two well known Kenyan television evangelists depends very heavily indeed on the right public sentiments and image.

Admittedly, of the two preachers most of the debate is centered on Bishop Margaret Wanjiru (the story that will just not go away) and how she angrily dismissed a man who claims to be her former husband and the father of her two boys. Yet the bigger story should be that of Pastor Pius Muiru who wants to be the next president of Kenya.

Why more interest in Bishop Wanjiru? It is partly because the rag-to-riches story of Bishop Margaret Wanjiru has captured the imagination of many Kenyans across the nation. Throw in the public utterances that have effectively cornered the Bishop, plus an incident where journalists were roughed up, and you have the aura of mystery that creates endless debates and intense public interest.

But there is an untold side of the story that in all the current madness augurs well for the nation. And this is really something only the spiritual can understand.

For a long time now, experts and analysts in spiritual matters have pointed to certain weaknesses in some of the major church organizations that have sprung up in recent years. Their main argument has been that the structures of these new churches are such that the leader of the ministry has no covering or higher authority both for their own protection and that of the souls they oversee. These authorities, apart from overseeing the way in which the organization is run (including the thorny issue of finances) are the "court of appeal" in church matters involving members and the leaders of the particular ministries. Mainstream churches have very rigid structures that do just this and even some new church organizations, albeit many of which have not grown as rapidly as the ones now under spotlight also have them.

Those who believe strongly in covering have said again and again that having no cover or higher authority is like building a house and leaving it without a proper roof. All may seem okay for a while, at least until that day that it will rain. Well, the day of rain has arrived and the results are there for all to scrutinize and debate openly.

The good news, these same analysts and observers of church matters say, is that for a long time it has been predicted that the day for judgment for the Kenyan political class was coming. Many in the church looked forward to it gleefully without understanding one fundamental principal of the Almighty. Just as they say charity begins in the home, God's judgments always begins in HIS own house.

This means that if this theory is correct, then on a date not very far from today, we shall see what the political class have dreaded with all their hearts for a long time and yet what many ordinary citizens have shed tears and even blood in wishing for. The judgment of those who have stolen and raped the nation of Kenya and murdered the innocent and yet still seek to spread lies and propaganda in a desperate effort to put off the inevitable.

Indeed there is one thing that is very difficult to deny. And that is the fact that the speed at which things have moved over the last 7 days or so strongly suggests some divine hand or intervention in that seemingly petty small issues have suddenly blown and escalated into serious national concerns that look like they will have very grave repercussions on quite a number of people.

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Does ODM-Kenya Have Big Plans For John Githongo?

The former permanent secretary for governance and ethics, John Githongo has yet again taken a swipe at the Kibaki administration raising more questions than answers as to why he fired the salvo at the beginning of an election year.

Most interesting is that the former anti-corruption czar does not release any new information in his latest statement to the two leading newspapers in the country, the Daily Nation and the East African Standard (and only vows to do so in the near future).

It therefore came as no surprise when the burly Githongo was asked about the rumours at ODM-Kenya to the effect that the party has lined him up for the post of head of the public service and secretary to the cabinet should they ascend to power.

Githongo vehemently denied the 'talk' and said he had not reached any deal with the ODM-Kenya leaders and answered with a question: who in ODM would want to work with him after his tenure with Kibaki which saw him being uncompromising when it came to corruption.

Another school of thought says that Githongo who is considered a hero by majority of Kenyans is the perfect person to be used in an anti-Kibaki campaign (the emphasis is on the word "used"). Not only is he seen as being a man of probity, but he also has the ammunition to politically bury his former boss.

The sly ODM-Kenya brigade know this only too well and they are bound to try their best to get to use him to 'finish' Kibaki. However it is clear that many of the corrupt characters within ODM will not be as naïve as to want him anywhere near such an influential and powerful position if they form the next government.

Githongo has already indicated that he is homesick and would be glad to return home not to mention that the English weather has a bad effect on those who come from the tropics as the cold there is known to be almost unbearable sometimes.

Word is out that the last has not been heard from Githongo who is said to be preparing another detailed dossier on how senior government officials fleeced billions of shillings from public coffers through dubious procurement contracts. Githongo would want us to believe that he has left the most damning and juiciest for the end.

In the much talked about Anglo Leasing scandal which Githongo exposed, the government committed almost Sh 50 billion to 18 clearly dubious contracts with non-existent companies for the supply of goods which were never delivered yet some payments had already been effected.

Most of these deals included defense contracts including acquiring a boat for the Kenyan navy and telecommunication gear for the police along with the construction of a military command post in the Karen area known as project 'NEXUS'.

Vice president Moody Awori, Minister Kiraitu Murungi, his former cabinet colleagues Chris Murungaru and David Mwiraria along with Attorney General Amos Wako were implicated in the multi million scandals but nothing much has been done to date.

Murungi was sacked but recently reinstated by Kibaki while Murungaru and Mwiraria are still in the cold with Murungaru facing a court case arisising from the deals.

The Anglo Leasing scandal is probably the worst thing that ever happened to Kibaki's presidency and will obviously dent the legacy which the London-School-of-Economis- trained economist wanted to leave behind.

This will be the excess baggage that he will have to carry as he prepares for his re-election later this year in a polls that he may lose mainly due to the scandal which implicated his bosom friends who also happened to be senior government officials at the time.

Githongo resigned his position and fled the country as a result of the scandal. He claimed he received death threats and warnings to stop pursuing the matter by senior cabinet ministers including Murungi who was recently reinstated and given back his old ministry of energy to the chagrin of majority of Kenyans.

Having been elected on an anti corruption platform, the Kibaki administration could easily lose the forthcoming elections on account of the Anglo Leasing scandal and who better to remind Kenyans of that multi million dubious deal than John Githongo himself.

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