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- Luderick Ludriga We have alot of evils that hapened those Moi error days which the press upto today has not unearthed.Dont compel us to give u propaganda
- Luderick Ludriga If you want me to do a story on why Moi didnt attend the funeral then trust me its possible but one fact is the story will be mere speculation and to that effect almost propaganda.This is what used to be in most weekly tabloids in 80s and 90s..in such ...See More
- Carol Nyege @Luderick Ludriga our understanding of what investigative journalism, propaganda and speculation are is totally different. When Those brave American journalists did the Watergate story that removed an American president, I am told people were saying exactly what you are saying here "mere speculation." The Jicho pevu guy told us Saitoti died of poisoning, again mere speculation (according to you). Somebody has brainwashed Kenyans into believing that if it is not an official statement from the government spokesman then it is speculation. We prefer pure lies spun as the truth to speculation that is closer to the truth. Poor Kenyans. This seems to be the thinking in the leading media houses as well. Is it any surprise that our newspapers are so boring that I usually flip through in 3 minutes flat? I have been wondering when somebody will write a piece like this one about how low the Kenyan media has sunk since it was run by illiterate speculation peddlers in the 80s. I agree with my friend Chris Kumekucha give me back the 80s any time. Give me back "speculation". Where would I be if Facebook had not come along. I laugh and I get better informed. Wacha wale hawataki speculation walale. Thanks for this "propaganda" piece Chris Kumekucha. Pls keep them coming.
- Carol Nyege I love The Star and it is the only newspaper I read these days. Nation I read the obit pages only. To be blunt the more educated people are the more stupid and less creative they get. I think that is what happened to the boring Daily newspapers. It is like reading a thesis. Plus the fact that the government gained control of Nation during the Kibaki days (speculation again but proven daily by the kind of stories they publish). Remember the one about Mary Wambui (Obako's second wife) being given space to tell Kenyans lies? Tena on a Sunday? Eti she is not Kibaki's wife. What were the GSU guys doing still guarding her? I guess that is not worse than speculation. Free press died in kenya a long time ago na hio ni obvious.
- Kumekucha Chris Why is our "free vibrant press" not covering the truth about what is happening in parliament right now like those people being beaten senseless by the police. I guess it is NOT official yet. Bado ni speculation. Poor Kenyans!!!
- Luderick Ludriga You guys dont read.Talking of parliament,what has not been covered?and if the Star have not covered it why say the media has not.Is the star not a daily.?How many people here read the Standard on Sunday and Nation on Saturday and Sunday?How many of you read other staff imd papers other than politics.Like the Standard and Nation on Wednesday and Thursdays you will get very detailed word on Technoloy and education.Do you people read agricultural articles in the papers?or all you want are investigations on who killed who and not investigations on how a street boy turns into a millionaire.?
- Kumekucha Chris Bwana Luderick you sound exactly like those journalists I meet at cocktail parties desperate to look intelligent and busy proving that they read widely. Every time I look in their direction, I see them nodding their heads all evening completely failing to ask the right questions and missing the real story. I don't read agriculture because it is always based on press releases and I would bet that the story about the street boy who became a millionaire was organized by a PR company or spin doctor preparing the millionaire for the next level. How about an investigative piece on the entrepreneur who has grown rich supplying the glue and drugs for the street boys to get high on?
- Kumekucha Chris Talking of reading widely, have you ever heard of a guy called Alfred Hamsworth (Lord Northclife) a newspaperman who read widely but always simplified, clarified and digested everything for the masses to easily take in? That is what true genius is. This discussion will be difficult when most people do not even understand what the role of the media in a developing country like Kenya really is. In my view if you cannot talk to even 30% of the population and you call yourself a leading daily then you are a joke. What people are referring to here is an elitist media. There is of course nothing wrong with being elitist except that it is a different discussion. The problem in Kenya apart from the clever control of the media by those who own Kenya (and it works because most of us are so gullible) is that the elitist media are trying to force their elitism down our throats and then blaming Kenyans for being poor readers. Hamsworth lived in the 19th century but he has very important lessons for the media in Kenya today.
- Luderick Ludriga That has been covered.As l said you people dont read.An article has been done on how the streetboys and disabled are being used by those entreprenuers you are saying.l personaly with other reporters from the dailies we have extensively covered farming out of our initiative.My latest piece is on ivory trade:How the big names in KWS conspire witg poachers..the thing is,you people are political adicts.By the way,l dont do cocktails.l buy my bottle.
- Luderick Ludriga Kenya today??man,its time you bring what you have done,l bring my work and we know who is who.By the way talking of Star,you wont miss my feature stories as a correspondent,my recent story,on rabbit farming,-read my brother.Read.
let me tell you somet...See More - Kumekucha Chris Thanx Luderick u r obviously a serious journalist. Now let's discuss the media in Kenya. Any problems with editors refusing to carry ur more controversial stories?
- Luderick Ludriga The editors choping board will always be there.Good stories will sometimes be killed whereas some shody work will be published.The late Mr.Kaloki a former editor with the Nation would have told us its a perenial challenge.Yes l have had my stories being killed for reasons you will be told "our editorial policy"..many investigative stories on Uhurus visit in the UK were killed..Wanjohi Githae must be telling us this.
- Kim Okumu Luderick what you say is interesting, so the problem is the readers - who dont read - not the journalist who write poor subjective ill informed stories
- Kumekucha Chris @ Luderick WOW!!! WOW!!! Now that is what this discussion should be about. Who came up with that editorial policy and why? FYI editors in Kenya are mostly gatekeepers. For who and for what objective?
- Kumekucha Chris Kim Okumu, u've hit the nail on the head. The problem will always be the ill informed readers who don't read. Just like the guy who can't sell his music because Kenyans have poor taste in music.
- Luderick Ludriga @kim lets go with facts for facts-you give me an example of an ill informed story in the dailies then we compare notes.@chris ,yes alot hapens.We have a lot of hardworking young reporters who toil for stories but our editors are sometimes bought to kill.lt hapens.As l said,its a perenial challenge.
- Kumekucha Chris That editorial policy that kills stories, who came up with it and why? Is it designed to sell newspapers or to protect certain interests? Should an editor of a national daily be a gatekeeper for certain powerful individuals? Is it acceptable? How have these editorial policies impacted journalism in Kenya? How have employment policies in the press impacted us as a country? Like the one of NOT employing journalists who are not graduates (no matter how talented they are)? Is writing a gift or something that anybody who has had the privilege of higher education can learn in a flash? What happens in other parts of the world? How come the most notable legendary journalists, on Fleet street for instance, have mostly NOT been university graduates? Is the Kenyan media an elitist tool or a crucial development tool that should be used to reach the masses and educate them for a better Kenya? If it is for the masses do these editorial policies reflect this? What do Kenyan journalists thrive on, doing that story that was discussed in diplomatic circles or the one that ends up being passed around in the Mathare slums for weeks?
- Kim Okumu the story of icc cases and the spin put on it - especially about witnesses withdrawing and cases collapsing sunday nation pg 26
- Kim Okumu headline ya pattni - sunday nation - is it a scandal? really? pattni is right by law isnt he? and nation is always on pattni's case - who are they writing for?
- Kim Okumu Luderick what you say about editors proves Kumekuchas article is correct - your personal diligence notwithstanding and it would be foolhardy to say anything contrary
- Luderick Ludriga No,Kim,,journalists not doing their work and the stories being killed is a different thing....my work is t go out and get the story,,not to make sure it runs....Good you brought up the Pattni story..yes its a scandal...the question is,was he one in a scandal?what is different not to make the current happenings a scandal ...bottom line we have allegations.What is this inserpt they put that is fiction.That is what l want you to tell me Okumu.All papers carried te Pattni story..Nation decided to go with it as the splash.which is easily understandable.
- Amaheno Jumbah Giving a closing remark here, Kenya is in damn shit because of the Sirikali thing in their mindset installed by the real colonialists and the neo ones. I hear you read widely, who has read 'Not Yet Uhuru'? Before you read that book you will never understand this nation. We are fakes! I loved the DAILY NATION till i realized its just a jumble of bought jounarlism. Editors too afraid of libel and the boards direction and cash flow projections for the next five years they dont wanna ruffle some feathers. I have had my articles published there too but the editing that occurs leaves the piece 'safe' not truthful! So i quit! We are at a Y junction. Hope i never digressed! That is the bottomline. The love of money is the beginning of all evil!!!
- Kim Okumu Luderick -
is an editor a journalist?
the story is ill informed to misinform and heavily one sided - a half truth is a half lie therefore it is a lie meant to sway public opinion against an individual
is Pattni robbing Kenya or are there 'some Kenyans' robbing him of his rights and exclusive contracts - in the name of the masses yet its a handful of organisations and people that are benefiting...
Pattni hana haki ama?
-"...easily understandable"? not if you're Pattni/Paul on Sunday? are these journalistic tactics to you? - Amaheno Jumbah You know what kim Kim Okumu, we have to have guys on the other side who suckle so we have to have action reaction! But its what makes the difference between truth n lies. You know we aint got grey areas!!!
- Kim Okumu Luderick - Amaheno Jumbah is not alone - his closing remark does it for me - I hope you keep on the straight and narrow but be warned that if you sleep with the sheep you will certainly get fleas - unless you're extremely exceptional - which it seems you are! - kudoz
- Kumekucha Chris You cannot spin lies and turn it into the truth and neither can you dress lies so well that it passes for the truth. The truth is that journalism in Kenya is in trouble. The best expose that is never published was never written pure and simple. How can you solve a problem that you do not see? To be honest it is disturbing when a practicing journalist defends a media industry where editors are killing their best stories and yet they find that acceptable. It disturbs me terribly. Admittedly my big "problem" is that I saw what was there before and I see what is there now. In those days editors feared to publish stories and that was understandable today editors try to outdo each other killing stories and that I cannot understand. That is the difference and we urgently need to answer the question why??? This is not a trivial matter because the future of our motherland depends on it.
- Luderick Ludriga Well lets agree to disagree.This was an opinion by Chris.Which l have objected.My objection is an opinion which you can also object.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
So, Is The Press In Kenya Really Dead? Or Is Kumekucha Just Cooking His Own Stories?
A Muthui Saiti posted my article yesterday about the independent free press in Kenya being dead, on Facebook. It elicited some very interesting comments which tell a story of their own. I hereby reproduce those comments;
Are You A Tribalist? Take this test and find out for sure
The Kenyan Tribal Test
Are You A Tribalist? Here is a quick test to help you find out for sure…
(a) At the sight of this article headline, you sigh and wonder why this blogger just keeps on bringing up this boring topic of tribalism and why he keeps on insisting that it is the major issue in Kenya today while you know every well it is not. You don't need a psychologist to tell you that every time you hit a raw nerve or you start getting touchy, iko kitu.
(b) What is the tribe of your spouse? Did you fall in love with somebody else first (of a different tribe) but chose to marry your current spouse because "it was the wise thing to do?"
(c) Even worse, are you married to a member of another tribe but view the marriage as temporary and look at your children as belonging to a different tribe from yourself? Do you frequently make comments of your children like; "you certainly did not pick up that habit from our people."
My first wife was a Kikuyu and in the first few years of our marriage her friends used to greet her with the remarks, "Are you still with that Man?"
(d) Do you get a warm comfortable feeling whenever you see on TV or read about a presidential candidate hailing from your tribe?
(e) Do you get abusive to this blogger over his comments on tribalism in Kenya?
(f) When you meet a person for the first time, do you subconsciously reserve your judgement until you find out what tribe they are? The way to tell this is when the first question you really want to ask every time, is what tribe they are, but instead you ask leading questions like, how do you spell your second name? Or "who do you think should be the next president?"
(g) Do you remain unmoved when Kenya wins yet another 3,000 metres steeplechase race, just because the winner reminds you of Moi's tenure as president? The facts are that no tribe has brought more positive international glory to Kenya than the runners who mostly hail from the Kalenjin tribe.
(h) Are you one of those people who made a certain tribal radio station an overnight success? Are you one of the people who saw red when it looked like President Moi was about to ban that particular radio station?
(i) Do you always look at the national soccer side selections in terms of which tribe has the majority of players?
(j) Do you feel irritated whenever you hear a certain tribal language being used in your presence or within ear shot?
(k) Do you believe that some tribes are more corrupt than others?
(l) Do you always love to talk your mother tongue at the least excuse?
(m) Do you use your mother tongue to gossip about people even when they are within hearing range?
(n) Do you get a warm fuzzy feeling every time somebody talks to you in your mother tongue?
(o) Do you insist on conversing in your mother tongue even when you know that there are several people in your company or around you who do not understand it? It matters little that you take the trouble to translate what you have said later.
(p) Look at your email in box now. Is most of the mail you receive from members of a particular tribe? Could that tribe happen to be the same tribe that your mother and father belong to?
(q) Do you always visit a certain web site that bears the name of your tribe?
(r) Or even worse, does your email address contain the name of your tribe somewhere?
If you have answered all these questions honestly, and have answered at least 50% of the questions (9 of them) with a "NO" then there is hope for you and I want to give you a free gift to encourage you to shed every element of tribalism in you and those close to you. To claim your FREE gift send an email now to; kumekucha@listwire.com
If you have answered all the questions "NO" then you are a true non-tribalist patriot and no reward can be good enough for you. You are amongst the very few in our banana republic that the country needs very, very badly just now. Kudos and please let's join hands to make a difference in our country.
Are You A Tribalist? Here is a quick test to help you find out for sure…
(a) At the sight of this article headline, you sigh and wonder why this blogger just keeps on bringing up this boring topic of tribalism and why he keeps on insisting that it is the major issue in Kenya today while you know every well it is not. You don't need a psychologist to tell you that every time you hit a raw nerve or you start getting touchy, iko kitu.
(b) What is the tribe of your spouse? Did you fall in love with somebody else first (of a different tribe) but chose to marry your current spouse because "it was the wise thing to do?"
(c) Even worse, are you married to a member of another tribe but view the marriage as temporary and look at your children as belonging to a different tribe from yourself? Do you frequently make comments of your children like; "you certainly did not pick up that habit from our people."
My first wife was a Kikuyu and in the first few years of our marriage her friends used to greet her with the remarks, "Are you still with that Man?"
(d) Do you get a warm comfortable feeling whenever you see on TV or read about a presidential candidate hailing from your tribe?
(e) Do you get abusive to this blogger over his comments on tribalism in Kenya?
(f) When you meet a person for the first time, do you subconsciously reserve your judgement until you find out what tribe they are? The way to tell this is when the first question you really want to ask every time, is what tribe they are, but instead you ask leading questions like, how do you spell your second name? Or "who do you think should be the next president?"
(g) Do you remain unmoved when Kenya wins yet another 3,000 metres steeplechase race, just because the winner reminds you of Moi's tenure as president? The facts are that no tribe has brought more positive international glory to Kenya than the runners who mostly hail from the Kalenjin tribe.
(h) Are you one of those people who made a certain tribal radio station an overnight success? Are you one of the people who saw red when it looked like President Moi was about to ban that particular radio station?
(i) Do you always look at the national soccer side selections in terms of which tribe has the majority of players?
(j) Do you feel irritated whenever you hear a certain tribal language being used in your presence or within ear shot?
(k) Do you believe that some tribes are more corrupt than others?
(l) Do you always love to talk your mother tongue at the least excuse?
(m) Do you use your mother tongue to gossip about people even when they are within hearing range?
(n) Do you get a warm fuzzy feeling every time somebody talks to you in your mother tongue?
(o) Do you insist on conversing in your mother tongue even when you know that there are several people in your company or around you who do not understand it? It matters little that you take the trouble to translate what you have said later.
(p) Look at your email in box now. Is most of the mail you receive from members of a particular tribe? Could that tribe happen to be the same tribe that your mother and father belong to?
(q) Do you always visit a certain web site that bears the name of your tribe?
(r) Or even worse, does your email address contain the name of your tribe somewhere?
If you have answered all these questions honestly, and have answered at least 50% of the questions (9 of them) with a "NO" then there is hope for you and I want to give you a free gift to encourage you to shed every element of tribalism in you and those close to you. To claim your FREE gift send an email now to; kumekucha@listwire.com
If you have answered all the questions "NO" then you are a true non-tribalist patriot and no reward can be good enough for you. You are amongst the very few in our banana republic that the country needs very, very badly just now. Kudos and please let's join hands to make a difference in our country.
Mourning marehemu free press in Kenya
The initial Nairobi Star that birthed the national The Star: Is this the only free independent newspaper remaining in Kenya?
I miss the old Moi days when the press in Kenya was free but restrained and threatened only by the authorities. For those who know what is really going on today and are able to compare and contrast there can only be one reaction when you see today’s “vibrant” press release media at work. You will need a bucket to throw up in.
For younger Kenyans who were still in their nappies (that was before disposable diapers) during the Moi days there is very little that is wrong with the Kenyan media. Or so they think.
What happened to investigative journalists in Kenya save for Mohamed Ali and John Allan Namu? I will give you a straight answer; they were fired and restrained by newspaper publishers keen on not upsetting the board and their powerful friends in corrupt evil government.
Once upon a time the Daily Nation sold close to 300,000 copies of the newspaper on a good day. In those days it was a thin usually 32 page newspaper all in black and white without a single colour photo save for very important days (like when Jomo Kenyatta was buried). I was truly fortunate to have caught the last days of that truly golden era of journalism in Kenya when copy was written by sub editors from notes taken by legendary journalists. Let me explain that. When I joined a daily newspaper as a freelance journalist straight out of school I came across copy (typed from those old Remington manual typewriters) written by a very senior well known journalist. Not only was it full of typos, it was the kind of writing you would expect from a struggling class three pupil. I was in shock until the sub editor explained that that was typical copy and it was the sub-editors in a Kenyan newspaper in those days who actually wrote the newspaper with their red ink subbing biro pens drowning the original typewritten copy all the way.
Still in those days the media in Kenya had not yet prostituted itself. Today many years later the full colour Daily Nation packed with numerous pages hardly sells 150,000 copies on a good day. Blame it on technology and Facebook if you must but the truth is that it has become a very boring newspaper packed with advertisements, company write-ups and carefully re-worded press releases, even from politicians. The truth is that when I am not throwing up I yawn a lot when trying to read a Kenyan newspaper these days. I much prefer Ugandan newspapers.
Chances are that you are a little like me and enjoy reading The Star, the daily newspaper that belongs to the Radio Africa group. This newspaper is probably the only truly free and independent newspaper remaining in Kenya. Little wonder that it does not bore to tears.
Anybody who was familiar with the Russian press and a newspaper called Pravda, during the cold war years will see many similarities in the Kenyan press today.
If you doubt this consider what you have been going through in recent months (if you still like to use that wonderful tool between your ears to analyze news as you read it).
Leading up to the elections it became increasingly impossible to find any unbiased independent analysis of politics in the banana republic. During the actual elections it was worse because there was a complete news blackout under the pretext of avoiding incitement of the electorate). The result is that many weeks after the general elections, most Kenyans still have no idea what really happened. Unless you've read Mystery Monday.
And as if that is not enough, currently it is impossible to really find any investigative journalism and analysis. This coming at a time when there is so much happening in the country and it is all very confusing.
It is odd that at a time when we have a much better educated hands in the media (the subs no longer write most of the copy) things should get so terribly boring with self-censorship and corporate interests taking over our newspapers. Why was it that when the media was populated with self-educated folks things were so different?
Take the late Anthony George Mbugguss as the perfect example here. This was a Kenyan pioneer journalist. We are told that intelligence is inborn. Knowledge is what you acquire with it. Education is the method by which you acquire knowledge. But education doesn't have to be formal. Self-education - especially on the job - can often be pretty effective.
With the scantiest formal education - a mere Standard Eight - George Mbugguss was among the most knowledgeable Kenyans in his profession, rising to become group managing editor of the largest media house in East and Central Africa, the Nation media group. And yet Mbuguss started out serving tea in the news room.
If what I have just said here is not true and our "vibrant" free press is indeed alert and awake why have they not helped us solve the following recent mysteries?
1. When a president who has been under so much pressure that it has taken it's toll on their health retires what would you expect them to do? Get away from it all naturally. But President Kibaki is still very busy doing something in Nairobi that has prevented him from leaving town? What is this thing that even with modern communication technology makes it difficult for him to leave town? The answer will surprise many. A retired president remains in the public limelight for the rest of their lives more so because taxpayers continue to pay millions of shillings every month for their upkeep. So this is something that you have a right to know and should have been covered in the daily press but it wasn't. Why???
2. Retired President Moi missed the late Mutula Kilonzo's memorial church service in Nairobi and the funeral in Mbooni. His official excuse is that he was busy with other matters. A retired president is too busy to attend a funeral and yet a sitting one is not? If you know half the story about the history of Mutula and Moi this is something that does not make sense and will not make sense in 100 years.
3. When a new president settles into office you would expect them to stay put for the first few months as they get their administration running and functioning properly. Yet president Uhuru Kenyatta has been operating like a foreign cabinet secretary. Hours after he landed back in the country from London last week to attend Mutula Kilonzo's funeral, he was off again to South Africa. Politicians at that level do not do things without a good reason and President Uhuru Kenyatta has a very good reason for behaving the way he is and it is definitely not anything you might be thinking about. The startling heart-stopping answers to these questions are all in my latest raw notes.
Believe it or not, all these three news items are linked.
For those few who still love to think let me leave you with a typical Kenyan story that is food for thought. A Mama Mboga struggles to educate her children right up to University level. You would think that with children who are much better educated than she ever was, they would figure out a better and more efficient way to sell the sukuma wiki that educated them through the years. But instead those kids sit at home and continue to be fed by the same sukuma wiki as they desperately look for “comfortable” jobs out there. Is this what happened to journalism in Kenya? That better educated journalists don’t have a clue or desperately want to belong with the crooks and thieves who have messed up our banana republic?
So you think you know EVIL Kenya?
If you think you have heard the very worst
possible with the story of university girls at the Coast having sex
with a dog as they are filmed for some porn movie, then think again.
Today's Kenya would easily make the ancient Sodom and Gomorrah look like
nice kindergartens for well behaved kids.
Chris
Kumekucha visited a place in Kenya where the beautiful young women
openly ask strangers for sex and do not demand any money for dishing out
their favours. Then there are the increasing number of young
professional women paying men to do what a bull on heat would do to a
herd of female cows. Not to mention the strip joint open to the public
where men do things to the strippers in public that you would be ashamed
to do in your own bedroom.
Finally do you really know what goes on in Nairobi red light district of Koinange street at night? I don't think so.
The
dog story is really nothing... The shocking report (not to be read by
people with heart conditions) is in my latest raw notes.
Monday, May 06, 2013
Mutula's Mysterious Last Visitor
What is the identity of the
mysterious visitor at Mutula's Maanzoni home? That is the question on
everybody's lips. More so because it is now emerging that the late senator may
have spent the last moments of his life with the mystery fifth witness.
Other sources are now suggesting
that this person may have in fact been the one who raised the alarm that the
senator was in distress and was probably still on the scene when he died.
Why has the identity of all the
other witnesses at the home been revealed by police and yet this particular one
has remained a closely guarded secret? What exactly is being kept away from the
public about this mystery visitor and why? Those questions including startling
details about them are discussed in great detail in the very latest raw notes
released earlier this morning (see details on how to get them at the bottom of
this email).
The good news is that a possible
cover up is becoming increasingly difficult to execute. More so because the
mainstream media have now decided to ignore the suspect orders (usually used
for cover ups in our banana republic) for Kenyans to quit speculating about
Mutula's death and wait for 8 to 10 weeks for the results of the autopsy to be
officially made public. The media has now even picked up the Polonium 210
story. It has been claimed that this is the radioactive poison that was used to
kill the late senator.
The fact that death from trauma
related to the heart has now been ruled out means that Kenyans can comfortably
throw the Viagra overdose theory into the trash heap where it belongs. It also
means that those who were so determined to dismiss my painstaking
investigations (which started minutes after the discovery of senators body was
made public) into this matter as just some conspiracy theory have now been left
with mud on their faces.
Indeed all the unfolding developments
solidly corroborate the contents of my explosive special report detailing why Mutula was murdered.
But there is an even more disturbing
question that concerned and less gullible Kenyans need to ask. Why is the CORD
high command so lukewarm and quiet about this murder? More so when senator
Johnstone Muthama has revealed that in a meeting with Mutula barely 48 hours
before his demise the late senator told him in the presence of former Prime
Minister Raila Odinga; "My life is in danger, and all our lives are in
great danger."? That means Mutula also revealed exactly who wanted to kill
him. CORD's silence on this matter is therefore deafening to say the least.
Exit poll proves that Uhuru did NOT
get 50+1
The truth cannot remain hidden
forever but even I am amazed at how quickly conclusive evidence has emerged
that President Uhuru Kenyatta did not get the 50+1 threshold required by the
constitution although he won the first round. JUBILEE supporters were livid
when I revealed that information here shortly after the elections. But CORD
supporters did not spare me either because they wanted me to say that Raila won
the first round convincingly and that the elections were stolen from him once
again. As I have consistently stated, the truth is a little more complex than
that. Now an exit poll conducted by an American professor from Harvard
University in the US has fully corroborated the details in my book Mystery Monday: Unlocking the 2013 presidential polls secrets which details exactly what happened in the March 4th
presidential elections and why it happened.
The exit poll whose findings are all
over the main stream media (read the Daily Nation report HERE OR read a more detailed report HERE ) show that Uhuru won narrowly but neither of the candidates
attained 50% let alone 50% plus one.
Saturday, May 04, 2013
Mutula Rumours
This Mutula issue is already getting tiresome and one of the main reasons are all the rumours circulating around about his death. They range from the ridiculous to the plausible.
Who is spreading and promoting these rumours obviously designed to promote confusion? Who is this so determined to divert attention and to ensure that this issue is forgotten by the Kenyan public as quickly as possible?
Those with long memories will remember that during the Moi administration a rumour emerged and quickly suffocated Nairobi that Moi had throat cancer and was actually dying. To fuel the rumours even more President Moi abruptly stopped making public appearances. Many Kenyans started speculating on who the next president could possibly be (which is what I suspect was the motive of those who launched the rumours in the first place). Tensions and anxiety in the country rose to fever pitch. And then suddenly Moi reappeared as healthy as ever and going about his business of roadside declarations and appointments as if nothing had happened.
There are the usual rumours idlers start on social media and then there are those detailed rumours that are launched and aggressively promoted with a clear objective and motive in mind. It would seem that the current rumours on Mutula's death are designed to muddle the waters, cause confusion and divert attention from the plausible motives and real killers of the late senator for Makueni. And it is working like a charm more so because the official news on the issue is boring and full of the usual cover up rhetoric. Rumours will always escalate when you keep information away from the public.
Meanwhile news that is official points to the fact that Mutula was poisoned. Now when you were very busy being tribal with the just concluded presidential elections the Rawal commission report on the Saitoti/Ojode helicopter crash was quietly released after gathering considerable dust in Kibaki's state house. Even if you paid attention to the release of the report and it's findings which concluded that the whole thing was pilot error, chances are that you had already forgotten what pathologists told that commission. They found traces of poisoning in the charred bodies of the six victims of that chopper crash. Even more shocking was the fact that they said they suspected that the victims died in the air from poisoning before the helicopter even came down. Wow!!
Now there seems to be an emerging link between the Saitoti assassination and the Mutula assassination. And that is apart from the obvious which is that both were poisoned, they knew each other and both were linked to crucial ICC evidence to prosecute a prominent Kenyan.
Meanwhile the rumours rage on. And "clever" people are saying that suggesting that Mutula did NOT die a natural death is just a conspiracy theory that has no basis. They add that it is too much for two prominent Kenyans to die one after the other and for both to have been murdered. Every Kenyan from a superstitious family never dies a natural death but is always killed even if they were 150 years old, they emphasize.
As the clever people debate the body count linked to the ICC cases continues to rise. But whose paying attention?
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