...And It Does Not Care For The Common Man Nor Understand Him
The reason why Kenya is in a mess became abundantly clear last week when several things happened at the same time.
The government had already increased taxes on the plastic paper bags that have become a nuisance to our environment during Kimunya's latest budget speech in June. The new excise duty is however supposed to become applicable in October thus jacking up the prices of virtually every consumer product that you can think of (but that is a story for another day). But before consumers and manufacturers of the nuisance products that employ and support hundreds of thousands of Kenyan across the nation could recover, the Nairobi City Council banned the plastic bags in the city and its' environs.
But before Kenyans could say "what?" smoking too was suddenly banned in the CBD and limited smoker’s zones designated within the city. There has even been pressure on the Mombasa City Council to implement the same sudden draconian directives dubbed bylaws.
While it is important for us to preserve our environment and it cannot be denied that both moves are good in the long term, the only problem is that nobody has sat down to calculate the impact of the two directives.
At least tens of thousands of Kenyans eke out a living from plastic paper bags. What are they doing for food currently? At least one major factory employing hundreds of Kenyan directly and tens of thousands indirectly has been shut down this week. Apart from the huge numbers joining the jobless, there is the issue of investors. Which investor will think of investing in a country where decisions that can put them out of business are made so suddenly and with little or no consultation?
We also know that many other petty traders rely heavily on cigarette sales for survival. The smoking ban has definitely impacted cigarette sales in a very big way. Has anybody though about what they may no be going through?
Alas, this is the “thorax way” in which the country is run and an MP earning Kshs 850,000 a month and other well-paid decision makers, cannot picture what may be happening to ordinary Kenyans as a result of the sudden decision. Would it not have been good to give everybody a grace period of say one month at the very least, so that they look for alternatives?
In these matters timing is everything and there would not have been a worse time to implement the bans and why at the same time? Is the government trying to put out the maximum number of people out of a job suddenly?
Then what angers me even more is the fact that those darling preferred presidential candidates whose praises are sung here at the least excuse have not said anything. Instead they are talking about minimum reforms and the issue of more constituencies. Not a single one of them has said anything about the impact of what has been done. Why should they care, in a few days time they will be collecting their hefty cheques for doing nothing for the people. This is why I want to start a campaign to vote the whole lot out. And I mean each and every one of them
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Friday, July 20, 2007
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Men, it is said are really babies who never grow up. I am a man but unfortunately there is too much evidence to support that allegation.
The excuses wives come up with to avoid submitting to their husbands' conjugal rights are centered on the nagging headache that magically and conveniently appears the moment the man of the house wants to get "heavily romantic."
All hell breaks loose in many Kenyan homes mainly because trouble starts with the way the man asks for it. When he was dating the girl that is now mama watoto, the asking was an elaborate well thought out affair. It would usually start with a nyama choma session at he favorite joint, conveniently close to where all the action would take place later. "Just one drink" would follow but actually it would end up being many drinks. You know the drill.
But now that the chic has become mama watoto and supposedly his property, the drill changes dramatically. After he has complained about everything from the moment he got home the brute orders Mama watoto to turn over in a gruff voice the minute they are in bed. Others even give silent instructions military style with only signs of the hand.
But the subject of this article is based on the fact that the women of Kenya have come a long way and these days many put their foot down and refuse to be treated like some overused doormat. Now how some men react when they have failed to receive the "goods" the night before. Ladies read the following different case studies below and see where your man fits in;
a) Wakes up the following morning in a very bad mood, leaves the house without leaving any food money because clearly he looks like he will explode the moment anybody makes any attempt to ask for any money from him.
b) The moment he is told "Not tonight sweetie." In a very nice way, he sulks and moves to the sitting room sofa where he spends the night. Inevitably he wakes up with a stiff painful neck in the morning and of course its' all the fault of the wife.
c) Calls his mother and converses in his vernacular for a long time until Michael Joseph disconnects the call until more air time can be purchased.
d) Some silly men actually get violent. Former Ugandan VP and the first woman to be appointed Vice President in Africa used to do this and left the VP's security detail in great difficulties over what to do. The beating was such that the VP's life was often in danger and they were forced to intervene.
e) Goes to sit in front of the TV flipping channels looking for steamy sex scenes.
f) Calls the new Maendeo ya Wanaume secretariat to file a complaint.
g) Sulks in the house for a week, all the time maintaining a face that closely resembles those huge mandazis cooked in kiosks in rural areas that have excessive baking powder and this "swell" to abnormal proportions.
h) Despite the protests rapes his wife (actually most Kenyans—including unmarried women swear that rape is not possible on the marital bed) Her bitter tears are not a deterrent. When he is finished, he then taunts her to report it to the cops, the chief or anybody else she would like to.
Any other unique reactions out there that you, my dear readers would like to share?
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The excuses wives come up with to avoid submitting to their husbands' conjugal rights are centered on the nagging headache that magically and conveniently appears the moment the man of the house wants to get "heavily romantic."
All hell breaks loose in many Kenyan homes mainly because trouble starts with the way the man asks for it. When he was dating the girl that is now mama watoto, the asking was an elaborate well thought out affair. It would usually start with a nyama choma session at he favorite joint, conveniently close to where all the action would take place later. "Just one drink" would follow but actually it would end up being many drinks. You know the drill.
But now that the chic has become mama watoto and supposedly his property, the drill changes dramatically. After he has complained about everything from the moment he got home the brute orders Mama watoto to turn over in a gruff voice the minute they are in bed. Others even give silent instructions military style with only signs of the hand.
But the subject of this article is based on the fact that the women of Kenya have come a long way and these days many put their foot down and refuse to be treated like some overused doormat. Now how some men react when they have failed to receive the "goods" the night before. Ladies read the following different case studies below and see where your man fits in;
a) Wakes up the following morning in a very bad mood, leaves the house without leaving any food money because clearly he looks like he will explode the moment anybody makes any attempt to ask for any money from him.
b) The moment he is told "Not tonight sweetie." In a very nice way, he sulks and moves to the sitting room sofa where he spends the night. Inevitably he wakes up with a stiff painful neck in the morning and of course its' all the fault of the wife.
c) Calls his mother and converses in his vernacular for a long time until Michael Joseph disconnects the call until more air time can be purchased.
d) Some silly men actually get violent. Former Ugandan VP and the first woman to be appointed Vice President in Africa used to do this and left the VP's security detail in great difficulties over what to do. The beating was such that the VP's life was often in danger and they were forced to intervene.
e) Goes to sit in front of the TV flipping channels looking for steamy sex scenes.
f) Calls the new Maendeo ya Wanaume secretariat to file a complaint.
g) Sulks in the house for a week, all the time maintaining a face that closely resembles those huge mandazis cooked in kiosks in rural areas that have excessive baking powder and this "swell" to abnormal proportions.
h) Despite the protests rapes his wife (actually most Kenyans—including unmarried women swear that rape is not possible on the marital bed) Her bitter tears are not a deterrent. When he is finished, he then taunts her to report it to the cops, the chief or anybody else she would like to.
Any other unique reactions out there that you, my dear readers would like to share?
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Kibnaki's Second Term?
President Kibaki's declaration that he will now seek a second term in office is yet another betrayal of the NARC ideology in which he had assured his NAK partners that he, as DP Chairman, would be strictly a one term president. Michael Kijana Wamalwa must be turning in his grave!
This is not to mean that Kibaki does not have a constitutional right to go for the second term. But we must ask ourselves, what is it that has motivated Kibaki to reiterate his desire for a 2nd term? Does he have any new policies to introduce to the nation? Or does he want to continue the legacy of his first term? Either way, it is still not a foregone conclusion that he will be re-elected, although he does enter the race as a front runner with a clear head start.
But first Kibaki has to contend with identifying a political party and then form a pre-election coalition to carry his candidature. His once moribund DP party - in which he is still the registered National Chairman - has suddenly resurrected and is attracting high profile defectors, although Kibaki himself has expressly rejected the party's presidential nomination ticket. Interestingly, despite of this public rejection, DP appears to be reaping benefits in Mt. Kenya Region at the expense of NARC-K, and not ODM-K as some people would like us to believe. Kibaki has to be careful not to upset his present tribal coalition partners (FORD-P, FORD-K, NPK, SHIRIKISHO). He has to take even more caution not to sideline his close associates who have ganged up in NARC-K. And if his attempts to land one or two of the leading lights in KANU and ODM succeed, Kibaki will require all his political skills to accommodate all the regional kingpins in his government without rocking the boat.
This confirms that Kibaki's cabinet after the elections will be made even larger than it already is, so to make space for his supporters, since there will be numbers required on the floor of the house for parliamentary business to keep the regime going. Uhuru, Ngilu, Kombo, Mwakwere and Nyachae who are tribal party leaders in every sense, have openly declared that they have to be active members of the next government. In other words, if Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga or Kalonzo Musyoka wants votes from their tribes; then they have to be ready to include them and their cronies in government (read cabinet). It is open and shameless blackmail, and it essentially means tribalism and inequality will continue to be entrenched and the scarce state resources will continue be misdirected to maintain a humongous cabinet.
ODM-K remains the most popular party on the ground. It also offers the best chance to block Kibaki's ambitions. But what options do they offer.
Each of the luminaries, going by their visions, have some radical and positive ideas for the country. However, each of them has a history behind them too. They also carry excess baggage from previous regimes. They also have to contend with Moi's persistent interference and the fact that a third force that has been waiting in the wings, will eat into ODM-K support base first, before touching on Kibaki's.
Comparing the alternatives open to Kenyans today, I still think ODM-K has an edge over Kibaki's coalition. ODM-K may just be the party / coalition required to give Kenyans the change they want. It should be recalled that the Kibaki regime was elected on euphoria and resistance to Moi's impositions. After making a mess of the constitutional review process, the Kibaki regime has achieved a little economic recovery which has unfortunately been trashed by inflationary spiral. Primary education is allegedly free, but parents continue to pay approved levies and other hidden costs, while the students themselves, majority of whom are from poor rural families absorb very little education because of hunger and over crowded class rooms.
Official corruption is now worse than during KANUs rule and the government appears to have sanctioned underhand dealings among its officers. It is extremely embarrassing to the country that a good number of Kibaki's allies and sitting cabinet members are now multi-billionaires and have been denied visas to most donor countries. We now hear a favourite line of chest thumping; Kenya can (or will soon) do without donor support. Kibaki himself seems hell bent on undermining multi-party democracy by killing opposition parties and using his official powers to promote tribalism. The press has not had an easy time either, and if Kibaki has his way, the proposed Media Bill will seriously compromise press freedom and curtail freedom of information and expression in Kenya . I don't believe these are what Kenyans want for another five years.
On the other hand, all the ODM-K needs to do is to control their egos, stay united, nominate a strong candidate, maintain grass root campaigns akin to those of pre-referendum, get elected to government and most importantly give Kenyans the changes they require. One on one, I doubt whether the Kibaki team has the capacity to match a united ODM-K. Kibaki must be defeated with a gap of votes that will comfortably absorb any possible double voter registration in his stronghold areas - just as in the referendum, a million votes or more.
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This is not to mean that Kibaki does not have a constitutional right to go for the second term. But we must ask ourselves, what is it that has motivated Kibaki to reiterate his desire for a 2nd term? Does he have any new policies to introduce to the nation? Or does he want to continue the legacy of his first term? Either way, it is still not a foregone conclusion that he will be re-elected, although he does enter the race as a front runner with a clear head start.
But first Kibaki has to contend with identifying a political party and then form a pre-election coalition to carry his candidature. His once moribund DP party - in which he is still the registered National Chairman - has suddenly resurrected and is attracting high profile defectors, although Kibaki himself has expressly rejected the party's presidential nomination ticket. Interestingly, despite of this public rejection, DP appears to be reaping benefits in Mt. Kenya Region at the expense of NARC-K, and not ODM-K as some people would like us to believe. Kibaki has to be careful not to upset his present tribal coalition partners (FORD-P, FORD-K, NPK, SHIRIKISHO). He has to take even more caution not to sideline his close associates who have ganged up in NARC-K. And if his attempts to land one or two of the leading lights in KANU and ODM succeed, Kibaki will require all his political skills to accommodate all the regional kingpins in his government without rocking the boat.
This confirms that Kibaki's cabinet after the elections will be made even larger than it already is, so to make space for his supporters, since there will be numbers required on the floor of the house for parliamentary business to keep the regime going. Uhuru, Ngilu, Kombo, Mwakwere and Nyachae who are tribal party leaders in every sense, have openly declared that they have to be active members of the next government. In other words, if Mwai Kibaki, Raila Odinga or Kalonzo Musyoka wants votes from their tribes; then they have to be ready to include them and their cronies in government (read cabinet). It is open and shameless blackmail, and it essentially means tribalism and inequality will continue to be entrenched and the scarce state resources will continue be misdirected to maintain a humongous cabinet.
ODM-K remains the most popular party on the ground. It also offers the best chance to block Kibaki's ambitions. But what options do they offer.
Each of the luminaries, going by their visions, have some radical and positive ideas for the country. However, each of them has a history behind them too. They also carry excess baggage from previous regimes. They also have to contend with Moi's persistent interference and the fact that a third force that has been waiting in the wings, will eat into ODM-K support base first, before touching on Kibaki's.
Comparing the alternatives open to Kenyans today, I still think ODM-K has an edge over Kibaki's coalition. ODM-K may just be the party / coalition required to give Kenyans the change they want. It should be recalled that the Kibaki regime was elected on euphoria and resistance to Moi's impositions. After making a mess of the constitutional review process, the Kibaki regime has achieved a little economic recovery which has unfortunately been trashed by inflationary spiral. Primary education is allegedly free, but parents continue to pay approved levies and other hidden costs, while the students themselves, majority of whom are from poor rural families absorb very little education because of hunger and over crowded class rooms.
Official corruption is now worse than during KANUs rule and the government appears to have sanctioned underhand dealings among its officers. It is extremely embarrassing to the country that a good number of Kibaki's allies and sitting cabinet members are now multi-billionaires and have been denied visas to most donor countries. We now hear a favourite line of chest thumping; Kenya can (or will soon) do without donor support. Kibaki himself seems hell bent on undermining multi-party democracy by killing opposition parties and using his official powers to promote tribalism. The press has not had an easy time either, and if Kibaki has his way, the proposed Media Bill will seriously compromise press freedom and curtail freedom of information and expression in Kenya . I don't believe these are what Kenyans want for another five years.
On the other hand, all the ODM-K needs to do is to control their egos, stay united, nominate a strong candidate, maintain grass root campaigns akin to those of pre-referendum, get elected to government and most importantly give Kenyans the changes they require. One on one, I doubt whether the Kibaki team has the capacity to match a united ODM-K. Kibaki must be defeated with a gap of votes that will comfortably absorb any possible double voter registration in his stronghold areas - just as in the referendum, a million votes or more.
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Yvonne Khamati And Big Names Dominating Kenyan Politics
Reading an article in today’s Daily Nation weekend magazine on Yvonne Khamati. Her career, the rumors (about her affairs with some prominent politician) and politics. I admired how she’s risen in social life and career at a very young age of 26 years only.
At only 21 years she contested on SDP Party ticket for Makadara constituency seat, after she lost the Narc nomination to Reuben Ndolo. She was nominated for EALA assembly, was appointed ambassador to African Union in May but was recently recalled. She is now the CEO of Musikari Kombo foundation and also working in the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The other notable thing about her is that she schooled in the UK. Her grandfather was a senator John Lawrence Khamati. Has worked with UN though this could be because she represented the youth in various UN conferences around the world from age 16.
This is a familiar story with most of our politicians, some are former Presidents sons, former Vice Presidents sons, former MPs sons, former chiefs sons/daughter etc.. and the list continues.
Due to their social standing in the society; they and their relatives got good jobs, big posts in government, their children went to good schools locally and abroad, hence this trend has continued generation after generation.
This trend in Kenya, and Africa as a whole, is the root cause of the continued increase in poverty because of inequality. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because those with connections in high places hold more than one job, yet so many qualified people are jobless or take any other job they can find.
It is sad that one can only rise in politics being a descendant of a former politician or a relative. If not one must have a political godfather to push for a nomination to be elected.
Being an election year, we hope to see some change from this trend. We should elect leaders for their performance or what they stand for but not because they are a son/daughter of so and so. Leaders should not be forced on us because they are related to anyone. I also hope to see more women in parliament and civic seats no matter what party they stand on.
Enough is enough!
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At only 21 years she contested on SDP Party ticket for Makadara constituency seat, after she lost the Narc nomination to Reuben Ndolo. She was nominated for EALA assembly, was appointed ambassador to African Union in May but was recently recalled. She is now the CEO of Musikari Kombo foundation and also working in the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The other notable thing about her is that she schooled in the UK. Her grandfather was a senator John Lawrence Khamati. Has worked with UN though this could be because she represented the youth in various UN conferences around the world from age 16.
This is a familiar story with most of our politicians, some are former Presidents sons, former Vice Presidents sons, former MPs sons, former chiefs sons/daughter etc.. and the list continues.
Due to their social standing in the society; they and their relatives got good jobs, big posts in government, their children went to good schools locally and abroad, hence this trend has continued generation after generation.
This trend in Kenya, and Africa as a whole, is the root cause of the continued increase in poverty because of inequality. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer because those with connections in high places hold more than one job, yet so many qualified people are jobless or take any other job they can find.
It is sad that one can only rise in politics being a descendant of a former politician or a relative. If not one must have a political godfather to push for a nomination to be elected.
Being an election year, we hope to see some change from this trend. We should elect leaders for their performance or what they stand for but not because they are a son/daughter of so and so. Leaders should not be forced on us because they are related to anyone. I also hope to see more women in parliament and civic seats no matter what party they stand on.
Enough is enough!
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
The Political Party To Beat In Elections 2007
Here's a quick quiz for you.
Which is the party to beat in 2007?
My good friend Phil will say that the answer is obvious. It is ODM-Kenya.
Wrong!
There are those who see Narc-Kenya as the party to beat. What with all the resources of the provincial administration that reaches every little tiny village in the republic fully behind it. Surely this is the political party that will easily grab the vast majority of seats in parliament.
Wrong!
Both political parties are missing a vital ingredient for winning at anything and not just elections. Unity and in this case, party unity.
The party to beat in 2007, it is now clearly emerging, will be Kanu.
Yesterday party chairman and his bitter enemy since 2002, Nicholas Biwott held lengthy discussions (that were of course closed to the press) at a Nairobi hotel. For over 5 years the two politicians have hardly had a word to say to each other. The climax of this rivalry was the bitterly contested Kanu chairmanship at Kasarani where the older man left in a huff before the results were even announced.
Alas, all that is now water under the bridge. Script written and directed by Baba Gidi. All these guys already knew exactly what they were going to do (when Uhuru was practicing his passionate speech in secrecy in London, nay lecture on the difference between a coalition and a merger), it was clearly just a matter of time. I was amused about 2 weeks ago when Mr Biwott said that his condition for reuniting the splintered Kanu was that the party completely removes itself from ODM Kenya. The whole situation of ODM and Kanu is not very different from that of a woman who already knows that she is going to give in to you know what, but is just going through the motions of last minute resistance and pretences of doubts so that nobody says she is an easy lay.
I told you here that Kanu were out of ODM-Kenya, weeks ago. I also told you that Kalonzo Musyoka would be the presidential candidate that Kanu will back. It is still not clear whether he will stand for the presidency in a partner party or within Kanu. The reason why I say this is that the professor of politics puts a high premium on party unity and it is unlikely that Kanu will form a coalition (opps I meant Alliance. Lecturer Uhuru reminded us all that coalitions are formed ONLY AFTER elections) with any other major political party. In fact what other major political party is left to form an alliance with? Although you cannot rule out KANU swallowing a number of smaller political parties in some sort of unity pact.
I will also repeat what I have said here often. The fact that the void that separates ODM and Narc is too wide, meaning that a leap from one of the two parties to the other, though possible, will always be highly unlikely. Meaning that any smart political party that positions itself in the middle of the wide void will receive lots of strong disgruntled candidates from both sides of the divide. Kanu under the careful direction of Baba Gidi has done just that. And don't forget that the older Moi hardly has anything else to do these days but to play political chess.
There is one other huge advantage that Kanu has. The party has the three richest Kenyans most capable of financing a fully-fledged political campaign without breaking into a sweat. Namely Daniel Moi, Gideon Moi and Nick Biwott. Most Kenyans re not really interested in how these fortunes were amassed. They prefer to just gawk in admiration.
The saddest thing of all is that Kanu represents all that is wrong and has gone wrong in this country since independence and returning this evil party to power is a strong statement in support of retaining the status quo. What Kenyans will be saying is that basically nothing has changed in Kenya and nothing will ever change.
Putting ODM Kenya into power is hardly any better because that party is more Kanu than Kanu itself. The top political minds in the party that many argue is the most popular political party in Kenya today (although winning political contests is not just about being the crowd puller) are all from the old school and as was clearly displayed in their vision launches, none of that crowd is capable of thinking outside the box. They can hardly think of anything more than free secondary school education and generous tax reductions. And the saddest thing of all is that nobody wants to tax their minds to find a way to pay for it all. Guess what the result is; the over-burdened ordinary Kenyan is left holding the bills in one way or the other. Ordinary Kenyans have paid more dearly for free primary education than they will probably ever realize.
The stage is set for the new initiative, which Kumekucha supports passionately to step in and get our country back. I have been told that Bwana John Githongo is listening. Watch this space.
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Which is the party to beat in 2007?
My good friend Phil will say that the answer is obvious. It is ODM-Kenya.
Wrong!
There are those who see Narc-Kenya as the party to beat. What with all the resources of the provincial administration that reaches every little tiny village in the republic fully behind it. Surely this is the political party that will easily grab the vast majority of seats in parliament.
Wrong!
Both political parties are missing a vital ingredient for winning at anything and not just elections. Unity and in this case, party unity.
The party to beat in 2007, it is now clearly emerging, will be Kanu.
Yesterday party chairman and his bitter enemy since 2002, Nicholas Biwott held lengthy discussions (that were of course closed to the press) at a Nairobi hotel. For over 5 years the two politicians have hardly had a word to say to each other. The climax of this rivalry was the bitterly contested Kanu chairmanship at Kasarani where the older man left in a huff before the results were even announced.
Alas, all that is now water under the bridge. Script written and directed by Baba Gidi. All these guys already knew exactly what they were going to do (when Uhuru was practicing his passionate speech in secrecy in London, nay lecture on the difference between a coalition and a merger), it was clearly just a matter of time. I was amused about 2 weeks ago when Mr Biwott said that his condition for reuniting the splintered Kanu was that the party completely removes itself from ODM Kenya. The whole situation of ODM and Kanu is not very different from that of a woman who already knows that she is going to give in to you know what, but is just going through the motions of last minute resistance and pretences of doubts so that nobody says she is an easy lay.
I told you here that Kanu were out of ODM-Kenya, weeks ago. I also told you that Kalonzo Musyoka would be the presidential candidate that Kanu will back. It is still not clear whether he will stand for the presidency in a partner party or within Kanu. The reason why I say this is that the professor of politics puts a high premium on party unity and it is unlikely that Kanu will form a coalition (opps I meant Alliance. Lecturer Uhuru reminded us all that coalitions are formed ONLY AFTER elections) with any other major political party. In fact what other major political party is left to form an alliance with? Although you cannot rule out KANU swallowing a number of smaller political parties in some sort of unity pact.
I will also repeat what I have said here often. The fact that the void that separates ODM and Narc is too wide, meaning that a leap from one of the two parties to the other, though possible, will always be highly unlikely. Meaning that any smart political party that positions itself in the middle of the wide void will receive lots of strong disgruntled candidates from both sides of the divide. Kanu under the careful direction of Baba Gidi has done just that. And don't forget that the older Moi hardly has anything else to do these days but to play political chess.
There is one other huge advantage that Kanu has. The party has the three richest Kenyans most capable of financing a fully-fledged political campaign without breaking into a sweat. Namely Daniel Moi, Gideon Moi and Nick Biwott. Most Kenyans re not really interested in how these fortunes were amassed. They prefer to just gawk in admiration.
The saddest thing of all is that Kanu represents all that is wrong and has gone wrong in this country since independence and returning this evil party to power is a strong statement in support of retaining the status quo. What Kenyans will be saying is that basically nothing has changed in Kenya and nothing will ever change.
Putting ODM Kenya into power is hardly any better because that party is more Kanu than Kanu itself. The top political minds in the party that many argue is the most popular political party in Kenya today (although winning political contests is not just about being the crowd puller) are all from the old school and as was clearly displayed in their vision launches, none of that crowd is capable of thinking outside the box. They can hardly think of anything more than free secondary school education and generous tax reductions. And the saddest thing of all is that nobody wants to tax their minds to find a way to pay for it all. Guess what the result is; the over-burdened ordinary Kenyan is left holding the bills in one way or the other. Ordinary Kenyans have paid more dearly for free primary education than they will probably ever realize.
The stage is set for the new initiative, which Kumekucha supports passionately to step in and get our country back. I have been told that Bwana John Githongo is listening. Watch this space.
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The Kalonzo Musyoka Comedy Of Errors in ODM
"…I am probably your most serious challenger for the presidency."
In welcoming President Kibaki to his Mwingi North constituency this week, area MP Kalonzo Musyoka said those words in his brief speech delivered in his usual style of speaking in Swahili polluted with big English words which one wonders whether the majority of the simple village people that make a huge percentage of his constituents ever understand. In fact the quoted part was fully delivered in English.
Now let us reverse roles a little and put Raila Odinga in Kalonzo's shoes. What do you think would have happened in a similar situation of Raila Odinga hosting the president in his Langata constituency? Bwana Nyundo would have probably delivered the whole sentence in Kiswahili jerking his forehead forward for emphasis as he usually does. No doubt a brief soccer commentary where he scores the goal with President Kibaki as the hapless goalkeeper would have followed.
But what would have followed?
You guessed it, CHAOS.
Kalonzo would have cried foul and would have immediately called a press conference to say that some candidates wanted to give the public the impression that the ODM presidential candidate has already been decided in their favor. And he would have whined and complained and protested—as he usually does. And no doubt the ODM high command would have scrambled to make amends (as they usually do).
But I guess it is okay when Kalonzo says things that give the impression that he is the leading ODM presidential contender.
NTV Swahili news bulletin have a fascinating new series where they give ordinary folks a platform to talk politics. A clip yesterday featured various views on the controversial Steadmann poll. One man summarized the whole Kalonzo fiasco in ODM perfectly. He said that Kalonzo had been a Raila project all along (and that is why he scored highly in the Steadmann polls) because many people believed that Raila would leave the presidency for him this time round. Actually Raila is on record as clearly telling wananchi "Kalonzo tosha" in Ukambani in the run up to the referendum where he emphasized in several meetings that if the Kamba voted against the then proposed constitution, he (Raila) would ensure that Kalonzo would be the opposition's presidential candidate. Alas that may have been just one of the many lies told for the sake of defeating the government in the referendum. They were so many other blatant lies that were told to wananchi that to this day Justice Minister Martha Karua cannot stand the site of Raila.
But what goes round comes around. Kenyans, the majority of whom see the only hope for the country in ODM, are about to be deeply disappointed. ODM has already lost most of Kanu and contrary to common belief the party never really had Kalonzo Musyoka, and they are about to realize why.
Yesterday party secretary general Prof. Anyang Nyong'o put a strong face when journalists asked him about Kanu's now clear intentions to officially withdraw from ODM. Nyong'o said that the ODM high command were like the Chinese, they genuinely do not interfere with the internal affairs of others (in this case constituent parties of ODM). Still the truth is that an ODM without Kalonzo Musyoka and most of Kanu is bound to be a much weaker ODM.
Kumekucha has learnt the hard way that there are some people within the ODM high command that are masters of planting propaganda, half truths and blatant lies within the press all disguised as exclusives. I have since established through a spokesperson for John Githongo that the issue of him being a contender in the party HAS NEVER been discussed with him.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Why are cheating spouse private investigator services on the rise?
In welcoming President Kibaki to his Mwingi North constituency this week, area MP Kalonzo Musyoka said those words in his brief speech delivered in his usual style of speaking in Swahili polluted with big English words which one wonders whether the majority of the simple village people that make a huge percentage of his constituents ever understand. In fact the quoted part was fully delivered in English.
Now let us reverse roles a little and put Raila Odinga in Kalonzo's shoes. What do you think would have happened in a similar situation of Raila Odinga hosting the president in his Langata constituency? Bwana Nyundo would have probably delivered the whole sentence in Kiswahili jerking his forehead forward for emphasis as he usually does. No doubt a brief soccer commentary where he scores the goal with President Kibaki as the hapless goalkeeper would have followed.
But what would have followed?
You guessed it, CHAOS.
Kalonzo would have cried foul and would have immediately called a press conference to say that some candidates wanted to give the public the impression that the ODM presidential candidate has already been decided in their favor. And he would have whined and complained and protested—as he usually does. And no doubt the ODM high command would have scrambled to make amends (as they usually do).
But I guess it is okay when Kalonzo says things that give the impression that he is the leading ODM presidential contender.
NTV Swahili news bulletin have a fascinating new series where they give ordinary folks a platform to talk politics. A clip yesterday featured various views on the controversial Steadmann poll. One man summarized the whole Kalonzo fiasco in ODM perfectly. He said that Kalonzo had been a Raila project all along (and that is why he scored highly in the Steadmann polls) because many people believed that Raila would leave the presidency for him this time round. Actually Raila is on record as clearly telling wananchi "Kalonzo tosha" in Ukambani in the run up to the referendum where he emphasized in several meetings that if the Kamba voted against the then proposed constitution, he (Raila) would ensure that Kalonzo would be the opposition's presidential candidate. Alas that may have been just one of the many lies told for the sake of defeating the government in the referendum. They were so many other blatant lies that were told to wananchi that to this day Justice Minister Martha Karua cannot stand the site of Raila.
But what goes round comes around. Kenyans, the majority of whom see the only hope for the country in ODM, are about to be deeply disappointed. ODM has already lost most of Kanu and contrary to common belief the party never really had Kalonzo Musyoka, and they are about to realize why.
Yesterday party secretary general Prof. Anyang Nyong'o put a strong face when journalists asked him about Kanu's now clear intentions to officially withdraw from ODM. Nyong'o said that the ODM high command were like the Chinese, they genuinely do not interfere with the internal affairs of others (in this case constituent parties of ODM). Still the truth is that an ODM without Kalonzo Musyoka and most of Kanu is bound to be a much weaker ODM.
Kumekucha has learnt the hard way that there are some people within the ODM high command that are masters of planting propaganda, half truths and blatant lies within the press all disguised as exclusives. I have since established through a spokesperson for John Githongo that the issue of him being a contender in the party HAS NEVER been discussed with him.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Why are cheating spouse private investigator services on the rise?
Teachers and the Cane: Reminisce
Guest post By Ritchie
Of late, there have been cases of teachers accused of inflicting untold suffering and injuries on students and pupils. Instrument of torture? The good old cane.
One is left wondering what the intention of the teacher was prior to the 'accident'. Did the teacher intend to correct a misdoing (by use of corporal punishment-which is now illegal in many places) or to maim the student to show that he/she is in control of the class. These thoughts are doing their rounds in my head.
I remember when I was in school in the eighties, the cane was the trademark of any 'proper' school. In other words, cane and school were twin brothers. When I was in Standard Four, for instance, my Mathematics teacher used to 'burst' into class, a nyahunyo (Maasai whip made from car tyres) dangling under his arm and he would menacingly blurt, "Stand up...Tables!" By this he meant that we were to start reciting the Mathematical multiplication tables. Anyone showing signs of not knowing what was going on would be descended upon by his whip.
I was a victim of the swish of his whip almost every day: numbers and mathematical signs were Greek to me. We got used to such treatment and never at one time thought that our rights (what were children's rights at that time – they were gathering dust in the United Nations books – or were they?) were being infringed.
When I was in Standard Eight, my English teacher decided that using the cane was a thing of the past and instead resorted to using his fists and legs. He would get into the classroom (the sight of him would send chills of terror down our spines) and we would stand in unison. Our greeting to him would reverberate throughout the block: "Good Morning Mr. Mbugua." He would look at us as if we had insulted him and, with the ferocity of a bull, he would come towards us.
For no reason at all, he would rain blow after blow on our small forms (especially around our stomachs) and no one would dare cry out for fear of stoking his latent fury. All that was in the name of corporal punishment. In retrospect, that was terrorism!
Sometimes I doubt whether some of that was punishment to rectify behaviour or an avenue for someone to vent his/her pent up heartaches on young, innocent and undeserving pupils.
Fast forward to the present...
Most of those dubious forms of corporal punishment have died down, thanks to Human Rights activism. 'Exploded' cases of a teacher punching and kicking a student are few and far between. But, of course, there are exceptions to every rule.
Carrying of canes, let alone using them, in schools is not allowed. This is a trend that is catching on in Africa. But sometimes you find some teachers carrying 'small canes' (literally folding them to fit in their coat pockets) for emergency, as some are heard to say. Circumstances for such 'emergencies' are as ambiguous as the word "emergency" itself.
Although this is the status quo that teachers in Africa are trying to come to terms with, we still hear of some isolated cases of teachers 'beating to the point of death', 'injuring', or even 'killing' students. The 'crimes' that warranted such outbursts range from not respecting the teacher (rudeness), failure to attempt assignment, an untoward brush with the teacher and so forth.
The Nyeri (a district in Kenya's Central Province where President Kibaki hails from) incident last week where a pupil collapsed after being punished, speaks volumes of such a state of affairs. I don't think that those were just 'some' inconsequential strokes on the bums. There must have been some brutality somewhere somehow.
I know of a case where a teacher was so irked by a student that, in a stroke of 'genius', he reached for his leather belt and let out his steam on the student. Unfortunately, the metallic buckle hit the student on the head with such a force that the next thing the teacher knew was the student reeling and falling to the ground, head first. He was rushed to hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.
Although banning corporal punishment is not a cure-all, it sure will save our children from emotional trauma and fear. (I found out that a bigger percentage of the fear I had, emanated from the crude forms of punishment I received when I was in school!).
This ban will also help mould students and pupils who can think on their feet (by this I mean that there is no coercion used to initiate decisions).
A better Africa is what we need and this is the way forward.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Why are cheating spouse private investigator services on the rise?
Of late, there have been cases of teachers accused of inflicting untold suffering and injuries on students and pupils. Instrument of torture? The good old cane.
One is left wondering what the intention of the teacher was prior to the 'accident'. Did the teacher intend to correct a misdoing (by use of corporal punishment-which is now illegal in many places) or to maim the student to show that he/she is in control of the class. These thoughts are doing their rounds in my head.
I remember when I was in school in the eighties, the cane was the trademark of any 'proper' school. In other words, cane and school were twin brothers. When I was in Standard Four, for instance, my Mathematics teacher used to 'burst' into class, a nyahunyo (Maasai whip made from car tyres) dangling under his arm and he would menacingly blurt, "Stand up...Tables!" By this he meant that we were to start reciting the Mathematical multiplication tables. Anyone showing signs of not knowing what was going on would be descended upon by his whip.
I was a victim of the swish of his whip almost every day: numbers and mathematical signs were Greek to me. We got used to such treatment and never at one time thought that our rights (what were children's rights at that time – they were gathering dust in the United Nations books – or were they?) were being infringed.
When I was in Standard Eight, my English teacher decided that using the cane was a thing of the past and instead resorted to using his fists and legs. He would get into the classroom (the sight of him would send chills of terror down our spines) and we would stand in unison. Our greeting to him would reverberate throughout the block: "Good Morning Mr. Mbugua." He would look at us as if we had insulted him and, with the ferocity of a bull, he would come towards us.
For no reason at all, he would rain blow after blow on our small forms (especially around our stomachs) and no one would dare cry out for fear of stoking his latent fury. All that was in the name of corporal punishment. In retrospect, that was terrorism!
Sometimes I doubt whether some of that was punishment to rectify behaviour or an avenue for someone to vent his/her pent up heartaches on young, innocent and undeserving pupils.
Fast forward to the present...
Most of those dubious forms of corporal punishment have died down, thanks to Human Rights activism. 'Exploded' cases of a teacher punching and kicking a student are few and far between. But, of course, there are exceptions to every rule.
Carrying of canes, let alone using them, in schools is not allowed. This is a trend that is catching on in Africa. But sometimes you find some teachers carrying 'small canes' (literally folding them to fit in their coat pockets) for emergency, as some are heard to say. Circumstances for such 'emergencies' are as ambiguous as the word "emergency" itself.
Although this is the status quo that teachers in Africa are trying to come to terms with, we still hear of some isolated cases of teachers 'beating to the point of death', 'injuring', or even 'killing' students. The 'crimes' that warranted such outbursts range from not respecting the teacher (rudeness), failure to attempt assignment, an untoward brush with the teacher and so forth.
The Nyeri (a district in Kenya's Central Province where President Kibaki hails from) incident last week where a pupil collapsed after being punished, speaks volumes of such a state of affairs. I don't think that those were just 'some' inconsequential strokes on the bums. There must have been some brutality somewhere somehow.
I know of a case where a teacher was so irked by a student that, in a stroke of 'genius', he reached for his leather belt and let out his steam on the student. Unfortunately, the metallic buckle hit the student on the head with such a force that the next thing the teacher knew was the student reeling and falling to the ground, head first. He was rushed to hospital and was pronounced dead on arrival.
Although banning corporal punishment is not a cure-all, it sure will save our children from emotional trauma and fear. (I found out that a bigger percentage of the fear I had, emanated from the crude forms of punishment I received when I was in school!).
This ban will also help mould students and pupils who can think on their feet (by this I mean that there is no coercion used to initiate decisions).
A better Africa is what we need and this is the way forward.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Why are cheating spouse private investigator services on the rise?
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Another Tremor And SMS Messages Cause Panic In Nairobi
The Nairobi earth tremors recorded their first damage to the Kenyan economy today when the entire city of Nairobi virtually came to a stand still this morning with hundreds of thousands of man hours lost because Nairobians were too scared to go up to their offices in high rise buildings to work.
It all happened shortly after yet another tremor ocurred in the early hours of this morning followed by a flurry of SMS messages which caused such panic in the Nairobi Central Business District today that it was impossible for any work to be done.
Nairobians milled in the streets unaware of the fact that there was more danger on the streets in the event of a major quake from falling debris and glass.
The government moved quickly to allay fears by emphasizing that it was impossible for anybody to predict if and when there would be a major quake following the dozen or so tremors that have been felt over the last 3 days or so. Still the Local government Minister Musikari Kombo ordered the City Council to inspect all buildings in the city center to establish how safe they would in the event of an earthquake.
Experts from the Nairobi University brought in by the government warned that buildings were extremely vulnerable to an earthquake because regulations requiring geological reports have been ignored for years and "some buildings are actually built on fault lines."
Still the government accused unnamed people for spreading rumors of an impending earthquake and emphasized that the only credible source of information about any impending natural disaster was the government.
What was lost on everybody was the fact that the high alert will save many lives if the said earthquake actually happens.
Read the First Nairobi earthquake story in this blog almost 4 months ago...
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
It all happened shortly after yet another tremor ocurred in the early hours of this morning followed by a flurry of SMS messages which caused such panic in the Nairobi Central Business District today that it was impossible for any work to be done.
Nairobians milled in the streets unaware of the fact that there was more danger on the streets in the event of a major quake from falling debris and glass.
The government moved quickly to allay fears by emphasizing that it was impossible for anybody to predict if and when there would be a major quake following the dozen or so tremors that have been felt over the last 3 days or so. Still the Local government Minister Musikari Kombo ordered the City Council to inspect all buildings in the city center to establish how safe they would in the event of an earthquake.
Experts from the Nairobi University brought in by the government warned that buildings were extremely vulnerable to an earthquake because regulations requiring geological reports have been ignored for years and "some buildings are actually built on fault lines."
Still the government accused unnamed people for spreading rumors of an impending earthquake and emphasized that the only credible source of information about any impending natural disaster was the government.
What was lost on everybody was the fact that the high alert will save many lives if the said earthquake actually happens.
Read the First Nairobi earthquake story in this blog almost 4 months ago...
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Trial Of Man Who Shot Mboya Should Have Been Declared a Mis-trial, New Evidence Now Reveals
Evidence unearthed by one of Kumekucha's researchers has revealed glaring and gaping holes in the trial of one Nahashon Njenga (the man convicted of firing the fatal shots that killed Mboya). Loopholes that may have been enough to declare a mistrial.
The then powerful attorney general, Charles Mugane Njonjo, led the prosecution in the trial, and he deliberately refused to follow up on the "big man" allegation that Njenga made. Njenga's bizarre defense was that he should not be asked about the assassination as he was just following orders and the person to be asked should be the "big man." He did not elaborate who the "big man" was and neither did he reveal his identity.
Actually had Njonjo investigated the allegation further he would have actually been investigating himself and other members of the kitchen cabinet then (some of whom are still alive today.) Is it not ironical that this old man, (Njonjo) is now going around the country criticizing the current government and giving everybody advice? Why does he not start by first telling us who killed Tom Mboya?
An even more glaring injustice was the fact that the Mboya family lawyer a Mr Fritz De Souza was not allowed to cross examine the accused.
Other Related Mboya stories in this blog
Political assassinations in Kenya
The man called Uncle Ben and political hits in Kenya
If you don't become president in those days... you'd be dead
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Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
The then powerful attorney general, Charles Mugane Njonjo, led the prosecution in the trial, and he deliberately refused to follow up on the "big man" allegation that Njenga made. Njenga's bizarre defense was that he should not be asked about the assassination as he was just following orders and the person to be asked should be the "big man." He did not elaborate who the "big man" was and neither did he reveal his identity.
Actually had Njonjo investigated the allegation further he would have actually been investigating himself and other members of the kitchen cabinet then (some of whom are still alive today.) Is it not ironical that this old man, (Njonjo) is now going around the country criticizing the current government and giving everybody advice? Why does he not start by first telling us who killed Tom Mboya?
An even more glaring injustice was the fact that the Mboya family lawyer a Mr Fritz De Souza was not allowed to cross examine the accused.
Other Related Mboya stories in this blog
Political assassinations in Kenya
The man called Uncle Ben and political hits in Kenya
If you don't become president in those days... you'd be dead
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Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Why Kenyan Politicians Can't See Beyond Their Noses
It delights me that more and more Kenyans are thinking more deeply about the plight of the vast majority of our contrymen who go through great difficulties to put food on the table regularly. This and the so-called cartels who control prices in Kenya have to be at the top of the elecetion campaign agenda.
I carry some comments by Gachinga Warima that made a lot of sense to me...
Guest Post By Gachinga Warima
You know, I learned something a few years ago in an economics class that if implemented, would completely solve all our problems in Kenya. This philosophy completely changed my thinking.
African governments have all missed it....and that's why even if you were rich in Kenya, the quality of your life would not compare to an equally rich citizen of the U.S. or U.K...
The secret to a great nation with a great quality of life for its citizens is, "COMMITMENT TO UPLIFT ITS MIDDLECLASS". Kenyan politicians are mostly interested in filling their pocket...and not in improving the lifestyles of the middleclass or poor in Kibera, Mathare etc. That's why our President earns 2,000,000 bob a month, and the M.P.'s 875,000 bob a month...while Kenyans in Kibera die of hunger.
Our Politicians are stupid. They think that if they have a billion shillings, they will live happily ever after. How Delusional!! How daft are these people?!? You will NEVER be happy if your neighbors are suffering. Why? Coz if suppose you have saved all your money and bought yourself a nice mansion in Lavington or Kile...if a poor person in neighboring Kawangware needs food for his children, guess whose house they'll break into? Guess whose car they'll carjack? This is one reason why we have such levels of crime in Kenya. People don't grow up wanting to be pick-pockets. People don't grow up dreaming to be car-jackers. Mostly, they're pushed to the corner, left with no options to survive. No options to provide for their children. Our middleclass and poor are so desperate! Desperate for food, desperate for health-aid, desperate for shelter, desperate for a government that cares.
40 years after Independence, and the common mwananchi is worse off today than back in 1963. Like you said, demolishing the slums and building low-cost housing for the poor is one solution. A start to the right direction...but more must be done.
Jobs must be created for the middleclass and the poor. Job creation is the thing to do. Common household products, food...etc, must be comfortably affordable to the lowest paid citizens. A new city of international status must be created in Kenya. We can't have everyone moving to Nairobi. Eldoret, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri...the options are limitless...but we have to re-create Nairobi elsewhere. The new city must be complete with international companies, government services, a transportation system, academic institutions, factories etc. Incentives must be given to redirect the population to this new mega-city.
Great things can be done in Kenya to improve our quality of life. The opportunities are just endless to eradicate poverty. Kenya can be a great country to live in.
God bless the Motherland Kenya 4 ever!!
~ Gachinga Warima
Kennesaw, Georgia.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
I carry some comments by Gachinga Warima that made a lot of sense to me...
Guest Post By Gachinga Warima
You know, I learned something a few years ago in an economics class that if implemented, would completely solve all our problems in Kenya. This philosophy completely changed my thinking.
African governments have all missed it....and that's why even if you were rich in Kenya, the quality of your life would not compare to an equally rich citizen of the U.S. or U.K...
The secret to a great nation with a great quality of life for its citizens is, "COMMITMENT TO UPLIFT ITS MIDDLECLASS". Kenyan politicians are mostly interested in filling their pocket...and not in improving the lifestyles of the middleclass or poor in Kibera, Mathare etc. That's why our President earns 2,000,000 bob a month, and the M.P.'s 875,000 bob a month...while Kenyans in Kibera die of hunger.
Our Politicians are stupid. They think that if they have a billion shillings, they will live happily ever after. How Delusional!! How daft are these people?!? You will NEVER be happy if your neighbors are suffering. Why? Coz if suppose you have saved all your money and bought yourself a nice mansion in Lavington or Kile...if a poor person in neighboring Kawangware needs food for his children, guess whose house they'll break into? Guess whose car they'll carjack? This is one reason why we have such levels of crime in Kenya. People don't grow up wanting to be pick-pockets. People don't grow up dreaming to be car-jackers. Mostly, they're pushed to the corner, left with no options to survive. No options to provide for their children. Our middleclass and poor are so desperate! Desperate for food, desperate for health-aid, desperate for shelter, desperate for a government that cares.
40 years after Independence, and the common mwananchi is worse off today than back in 1963. Like you said, demolishing the slums and building low-cost housing for the poor is one solution. A start to the right direction...but more must be done.
Jobs must be created for the middleclass and the poor. Job creation is the thing to do. Common household products, food...etc, must be comfortably affordable to the lowest paid citizens. A new city of international status must be created in Kenya. We can't have everyone moving to Nairobi. Eldoret, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri...the options are limitless...but we have to re-create Nairobi elsewhere. The new city must be complete with international companies, government services, a transportation system, academic institutions, factories etc. Incentives must be given to redirect the population to this new mega-city.
Great things can be done in Kenya to improve our quality of life. The opportunities are just endless to eradicate poverty. Kenya can be a great country to live in.
God bless the Motherland Kenya 4 ever!!
~ Gachinga Warima
Kennesaw, Georgia.
Nasty men habit that women hate with a passion
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Red Alert: Kumekucha Under Attack!!
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This is an important notice to all our readers.
When former ethics PS John Githongo posted the famous David Mwiraria Anglo Leasing tapes online, his blog was attacked by some nut who posted masses of government documents in the comments area. The idea was to stop any genuine comments by Kenyans getting through and they succeeded.
Kumekucha is under a similar attack which started the minute I posted a story about some grabbed land right in the middle of the Masai Mara. Some of you may have seen a lengthy pornographic post intended to divert attention away from this issue of national importance which for legal reasons I cannot say very much about. For some strange reason I am having difficulties technical difficulties deleteing it (but I am working on it). I have also been informed by my sources that there is already great fear within the administration insiders over this scandal (which involves various big names in the Kibaki administration) being revealed.
I have therefore moved quickly and taken a number of precautions. If the attack persists, I will have no option but to moderate comments before they appear. I know that we have all enjoyed the chats here a lot, and I sincerely hope that it will not come to this. Obviously they are very determined that the truth does not come out.
I am closely monitoring the situation.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
This is an important notice to all our readers.
When former ethics PS John Githongo posted the famous David Mwiraria Anglo Leasing tapes online, his blog was attacked by some nut who posted masses of government documents in the comments area. The idea was to stop any genuine comments by Kenyans getting through and they succeeded.
Kumekucha is under a similar attack which started the minute I posted a story about some grabbed land right in the middle of the Masai Mara. Some of you may have seen a lengthy pornographic post intended to divert attention away from this issue of national importance which for legal reasons I cannot say very much about. For some strange reason I am having difficulties technical difficulties deleteing it (but I am working on it). I have also been informed by my sources that there is already great fear within the administration insiders over this scandal (which involves various big names in the Kibaki administration) being revealed.
I have therefore moved quickly and taken a number of precautions. If the attack persists, I will have no option but to moderate comments before they appear. I know that we have all enjoyed the chats here a lot, and I sincerely hope that it will not come to this. Obviously they are very determined that the truth does not come out.
I am closely monitoring the situation.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Major Earthquake in Nairobi Imminent?
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Over the last 36 hours or so, residents of Nairobi and it’s environs have reported experiencing earth tremors and violent shocks. Indeed it has been reported by geological experts that most of the seismic activity is originating from around the lake Natron area. Lake Natron is in neighboring Tanzania and within the Rift Valley that also sweeps across Kenya and is fairly close to Nairobi.
Now those who have heard the prophecy of a bearded professor of molecular biology turned prophet, Dr David Awuor must be getting the jitters. Well over 6 months ago, this guy predicted that a major earthquake would hit Nairobi destroying buildings.
What is even more chilling is the fact that experts are saying that sometimes small earth tremors like the ones that have been felt in Nairobi and its’ environs usually precede a major quake.
Dr Awour first came to national limelight when journalists and everybody ignored him when he predicted the tsunami that rocked a large part of the planet and started somewhere in South East Asia. After it happened, Kenyans started taking him a lot more seriously.
However not everybody agrees with him, there are many religious leaders who label him a prophet of doom and warn their flock to ignore his predictions.
Kumekucha appeals to our readers in Nairobi to take precautions and I have published in the next post some basic earthquake precautions. It is better to be safe than sorry.
More information on Dr Awuor and his prophecies...
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Over the last 36 hours or so, residents of Nairobi and it’s environs have reported experiencing earth tremors and violent shocks. Indeed it has been reported by geological experts that most of the seismic activity is originating from around the lake Natron area. Lake Natron is in neighboring Tanzania and within the Rift Valley that also sweeps across Kenya and is fairly close to Nairobi.
Now those who have heard the prophecy of a bearded professor of molecular biology turned prophet, Dr David Awuor must be getting the jitters. Well over 6 months ago, this guy predicted that a major earthquake would hit Nairobi destroying buildings.
What is even more chilling is the fact that experts are saying that sometimes small earth tremors like the ones that have been felt in Nairobi and its’ environs usually precede a major quake.
Dr Awour first came to national limelight when journalists and everybody ignored him when he predicted the tsunami that rocked a large part of the planet and started somewhere in South East Asia. After it happened, Kenyans started taking him a lot more seriously.
However not everybody agrees with him, there are many religious leaders who label him a prophet of doom and warn their flock to ignore his predictions.
Kumekucha appeals to our readers in Nairobi to take precautions and I have published in the next post some basic earthquake precautions. It is better to be safe than sorry.
More information on Dr Awuor and his prophecies...
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Safety Precautions Incase Of An Earthquake
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During an earthquake it is very important to remain calm:
- Inside a building, stand in a doorway, or crouch under a desk or table, well away from windows or glass dividers.
- If you are outside, stand away from buildings, trees, telephones and electrical lines.
- While on the road, drive away from underpasses and overpasses; stop in safe area; stay in vehicle.
After an earthquake...
- Check for injuries-provide first aid.
- Check for safety-check for water, sewage breaks
- check for downed power lines and shorts; turn off appropriate utilities.
- Check for building damage and potential problems during aftershocks
- Lines will usually be jammed so use telephone for emergencies, only. That way you will save lives.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
During an earthquake it is very important to remain calm:
- Inside a building, stand in a doorway, or crouch under a desk or table, well away from windows or glass dividers.
- If you are outside, stand away from buildings, trees, telephones and electrical lines.
- While on the road, drive away from underpasses and overpasses; stop in safe area; stay in vehicle.
After an earthquake...
- Check for injuries-provide first aid.
- Check for safety-check for water, sewage breaks
- check for downed power lines and shorts; turn off appropriate utilities.
- Check for building damage and potential problems during aftershocks
- Lines will usually be jammed so use telephone for emergencies, only. That way you will save lives.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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Monday, July 16, 2007
President Kibaki's Secret Election—Winning Strategy
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Today's posts are all dedicated to the closest friend I ever had, the late Ger Nyanjom, whose life was brutally cut short before he could achieve his dreams. The man who shot him at point blank range in a Nairobi office and stole nothing in 2005 has never been arrested to this day. Circumstances point to the fact that my friend "G" as he was fondly known to those who were close to him, lost his life because he was a Luo (sorry, I can't give details).
Thank you "G" for being there for me when I was down and out. I will not rest until all the Luo propaganda, that has caused so much anguish to this community and which was partly to blame for your death, is reversed and all Kenyans reach a place where they understand and appreciate the Luo community as precious Kenyans whose contribution to our beloved motherland has always been downplayed and undermined. I dream that one day soon, a popular Luo president will be elected in Kenya and the electorate will not even notice that he is a Luo…
I hope all you good folks know who Mutahi Ngunyi is. It is very important that you know because he is at the center of an election campaign winning strategy that has been carefully implemented even before the chaotic referendum of 2005 that is designed to see the ailing, sickly President Kibaki back in power for another 5 year term.
Mutahi Ngunyi is that guy in specs who used to make cutting edge analysis in the run up to the 2002 general elections, mostly on KTN TV. He has admitted himself that during those elections he also did some consultancy work for the Kibaki team (which he says in one column that was published in the Daily Nation, candidate Kibaki at that time did not appreciate and arrogantly wondered whether he (Ngunyi) knew what he was talking about.)
In the early years of the Kibaki administration Mutahi Ngunyi's column in the Sunday Nation had become a must-read, especially because of his biting, but well-researched criticism of the Kibaki administration. But suddenly one day, without any proper explanation, the column disappeared. It was later learnt that Mr Ngunyi's highly critical columns had served their intended purpose and the political scientist had joined the president's team of political advisors.
It seems that this information is yet to reach the Standard media group because they still carry the man's views as independent views on both KTN and the Standard newspaper.
I would like to draw your attention to a newspaper article heavily quoting Ngunyi that was published in the Sunday Standard, yesterday. In the article Ngunyi emphasizes that the coming elections will be a two-horse race affair between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. He ignores the current activity within Kanu and Moi's clear hand in a move that will yield no doubt yield a third major presidential candidate and a political force carefully positioned to cash in on the massive expected fall out in both ODM and Narc-Kenya when the parliamentary candidates nomination exercises are completed. All this is information Ngunyi is definitely aware of.
Read The Standard article for yourself;
So why would Ngunyi be doing this? The answer is rather obvious. Such a scenario would play right into the hands of the President's advisors and would ensure a Kibaki victory.
The terrible truth, which hurts me deeply even as I write it (see my other post to discover why) is that a Raila candidacy as the ODM candidate would greatly favor President Kibaki. It does not matter how united ODM would be. And that is the reason why this otherwise excellent political analyst made his strange statement to the newspapers.
Insiders have revealed to this blogger (and I have published almost all the information I have obtained here. Almost all. Some of it is too hot even for this blog—maybe later) that there is one possible ODM candidate who causes the president's advisors to urinate in their trousers. That man's name is Musalia Mudavadi. A united ODM that remains intact with Mudavadi as the candidate would deliver a landslide victory to ODM. Sadly if such a thing were to occur, Kenyans would be placing a Goldenberg suspect (yet to be cleared, like Saitoti) as President of Kenya. The man is also not only a close confidante of retired President Moi, but the two are related.
So why would a Raila candidature favor President Kibaki? Regular readers of this blog will know the answer to that question. Years of Jomo Kenyatta propaganda after the assassination of Tom Mboya is deeply ingrained in the psyche of even younger Kenyans that it has been passed onto. Make no mistake about it, propaganda is very powerful indeed.
While many of the so-called Gema communities voted against the government and for the Orange during the referendum, majority of them will not vote for a Raila presidency. What will happen is that ODM will bag the majority of seats in parliament and lose the presidency.
Let me be a little more blunt (and you will forgive me because I am here to tell the truth as I see it. When I favor a candidate I will say so openly and I have said several times here that out of the current candidates, Raila Odinga is the most suitable. He is the one I would favor over Mwai Kibaki any day. But suitability and political reality are often two very different things. Even the political dreams that Kumekucha has are easier to achieve than a Raila Presidency. The horrible truth is that while many Kenyans seated in the comfort of their city offices will say that they can vote for Raila, when they go back to their villages to do the actual voting, the tribal demons that will arise in them will not allow them to vote for a Luo.
If you don’t believe me, just talk quietly to the following villagers; Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Kuria, Masai, Meru, Giriama, Digo (I think you all know that the majority of votes are scattered out there in remote villages many of which you have not been to—luckily Kumekucha has traveled widely in Kenya) and ask them if they would vote for a Raila presidency? When they say "No" don't bother to ask them why because very few people will tell you the truth. And even fewer know the truth behind how this "feeling" was deliberately planted in the hearts and minds of so many Kenyan communities during the Kenyatta presidency and what the objective of doing this was.
Now you understand why it would be in Narc Kenya's best interests to create chaos within ODM and ensure that the ODM candidate is not anybody else but Raila Odinga, because he will be very easy to deal with come the day of reckoning when Kenyans have to vote in their next president.
Other articles in this blog from the past on Mutahi Ngunyi…
As Nation columnist, his predictions mostly came true
How the man looks like plus article announcing that he is in fact one of the main advisors
John Githongo Versus Mutahi Ngunyi: The Court battle
Today's posts are all dedicated to the closest friend I ever had, the late Ger Nyanjom, whose life was brutally cut short before he could achieve his dreams. The man who shot him at point blank range in a Nairobi office and stole nothing in 2005 has never been arrested to this day. Circumstances point to the fact that my friend "G" as he was fondly known to those who were close to him, lost his life because he was a Luo (sorry, I can't give details).
Thank you "G" for being there for me when I was down and out. I will not rest until all the Luo propaganda, that has caused so much anguish to this community and which was partly to blame for your death, is reversed and all Kenyans reach a place where they understand and appreciate the Luo community as precious Kenyans whose contribution to our beloved motherland has always been downplayed and undermined. I dream that one day soon, a popular Luo president will be elected in Kenya and the electorate will not even notice that he is a Luo…
I hope all you good folks know who Mutahi Ngunyi is. It is very important that you know because he is at the center of an election campaign winning strategy that has been carefully implemented even before the chaotic referendum of 2005 that is designed to see the ailing, sickly President Kibaki back in power for another 5 year term.
Mutahi Ngunyi is that guy in specs who used to make cutting edge analysis in the run up to the 2002 general elections, mostly on KTN TV. He has admitted himself that during those elections he also did some consultancy work for the Kibaki team (which he says in one column that was published in the Daily Nation, candidate Kibaki at that time did not appreciate and arrogantly wondered whether he (Ngunyi) knew what he was talking about.)
In the early years of the Kibaki administration Mutahi Ngunyi's column in the Sunday Nation had become a must-read, especially because of his biting, but well-researched criticism of the Kibaki administration. But suddenly one day, without any proper explanation, the column disappeared. It was later learnt that Mr Ngunyi's highly critical columns had served their intended purpose and the political scientist had joined the president's team of political advisors.
It seems that this information is yet to reach the Standard media group because they still carry the man's views as independent views on both KTN and the Standard newspaper.
I would like to draw your attention to a newspaper article heavily quoting Ngunyi that was published in the Sunday Standard, yesterday. In the article Ngunyi emphasizes that the coming elections will be a two-horse race affair between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga. He ignores the current activity within Kanu and Moi's clear hand in a move that will yield no doubt yield a third major presidential candidate and a political force carefully positioned to cash in on the massive expected fall out in both ODM and Narc-Kenya when the parliamentary candidates nomination exercises are completed. All this is information Ngunyi is definitely aware of.
Read The Standard article for yourself;
So why would Ngunyi be doing this? The answer is rather obvious. Such a scenario would play right into the hands of the President's advisors and would ensure a Kibaki victory.
The terrible truth, which hurts me deeply even as I write it (see my other post to discover why) is that a Raila candidacy as the ODM candidate would greatly favor President Kibaki. It does not matter how united ODM would be. And that is the reason why this otherwise excellent political analyst made his strange statement to the newspapers.
Insiders have revealed to this blogger (and I have published almost all the information I have obtained here. Almost all. Some of it is too hot even for this blog—maybe later) that there is one possible ODM candidate who causes the president's advisors to urinate in their trousers. That man's name is Musalia Mudavadi. A united ODM that remains intact with Mudavadi as the candidate would deliver a landslide victory to ODM. Sadly if such a thing were to occur, Kenyans would be placing a Goldenberg suspect (yet to be cleared, like Saitoti) as President of Kenya. The man is also not only a close confidante of retired President Moi, but the two are related.
So why would a Raila candidature favor President Kibaki? Regular readers of this blog will know the answer to that question. Years of Jomo Kenyatta propaganda after the assassination of Tom Mboya is deeply ingrained in the psyche of even younger Kenyans that it has been passed onto. Make no mistake about it, propaganda is very powerful indeed.
While many of the so-called Gema communities voted against the government and for the Orange during the referendum, majority of them will not vote for a Raila presidency. What will happen is that ODM will bag the majority of seats in parliament and lose the presidency.
Let me be a little more blunt (and you will forgive me because I am here to tell the truth as I see it. When I favor a candidate I will say so openly and I have said several times here that out of the current candidates, Raila Odinga is the most suitable. He is the one I would favor over Mwai Kibaki any day. But suitability and political reality are often two very different things. Even the political dreams that Kumekucha has are easier to achieve than a Raila Presidency. The horrible truth is that while many Kenyans seated in the comfort of their city offices will say that they can vote for Raila, when they go back to their villages to do the actual voting, the tribal demons that will arise in them will not allow them to vote for a Luo.
If you don’t believe me, just talk quietly to the following villagers; Kikuyu, Kamba, Kisii, Kuria, Masai, Meru, Giriama, Digo (I think you all know that the majority of votes are scattered out there in remote villages many of which you have not been to—luckily Kumekucha has traveled widely in Kenya) and ask them if they would vote for a Raila presidency? When they say "No" don't bother to ask them why because very few people will tell you the truth. And even fewer know the truth behind how this "feeling" was deliberately planted in the hearts and minds of so many Kenyan communities during the Kenyatta presidency and what the objective of doing this was.
Now you understand why it would be in Narc Kenya's best interests to create chaos within ODM and ensure that the ODM candidate is not anybody else but Raila Odinga, because he will be very easy to deal with come the day of reckoning when Kenyans have to vote in their next president.
Other articles in this blog from the past on Mutahi Ngunyi…
As Nation columnist, his predictions mostly came true
How the man looks like plus article announcing that he is in fact one of the main advisors
John Githongo Versus Mutahi Ngunyi: The Court battle
Why This Luo Thing Hurts Me So…
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I was born in Kisumu and yet strangely enough my parents were not residents of this beautiful Luo Nyanza lakeside city. They were in fact traveling and Kumekucha just couldn't wait to get into this world—if only I knew the nature of this planet then, I would not have been in such a hurry.
I met the Kikuyu beauty who is now the mother of my children and the woman I still love so much, in Kisumu. I was on transit to Kakamega, she was visiting the city.
There is no denying that Kisumu is a place of destiny for me.
To this day I make friends more easily with Kenyans who happen to hail from this part of the country and it is never deliberate, it just happens.
This is probably the reason why over the years I have come to understand the historical scenario surrounding this wonderful community.
Many people say that Luos are violent and impatient. Yet the truth is that few tribes in Kenya are as patient and forgiving as these wonderful guys. Very few other communities would have voted so enthusiastically for President Kibaki in 2002 after the massacre that happened in Kisumu in 1969 where the presidential guard opened fire on the crowd, indiscriminately killing many innocent women and children who were by no means a direct threat to the safety of the President. The number of people killed to this day is still a state secret.
What hurts me most is that after all this suffering some very well educated Kenyans can proudly proclaim that a Luo cannot lead Kenya without realizing what they are saying.
P.S. For those who do not know, I am tribless. My father hails from Ukambani, my mother Bukusu, I am married to a Kikuyu was born in Kisumu, grew up in Nairobi, Garissa, Isiolo, Mombasa, Kakamega, Machakos. Language of communication in my house and when visiting the folks; English and Kiswahili.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
I was born in Kisumu and yet strangely enough my parents were not residents of this beautiful Luo Nyanza lakeside city. They were in fact traveling and Kumekucha just couldn't wait to get into this world—if only I knew the nature of this planet then, I would not have been in such a hurry.
I met the Kikuyu beauty who is now the mother of my children and the woman I still love so much, in Kisumu. I was on transit to Kakamega, she was visiting the city.
There is no denying that Kisumu is a place of destiny for me.
To this day I make friends more easily with Kenyans who happen to hail from this part of the country and it is never deliberate, it just happens.
This is probably the reason why over the years I have come to understand the historical scenario surrounding this wonderful community.
Many people say that Luos are violent and impatient. Yet the truth is that few tribes in Kenya are as patient and forgiving as these wonderful guys. Very few other communities would have voted so enthusiastically for President Kibaki in 2002 after the massacre that happened in Kisumu in 1969 where the presidential guard opened fire on the crowd, indiscriminately killing many innocent women and children who were by no means a direct threat to the safety of the President. The number of people killed to this day is still a state secret.
What hurts me most is that after all this suffering some very well educated Kenyans can proudly proclaim that a Luo cannot lead Kenya without realizing what they are saying.
P.S. For those who do not know, I am tribless. My father hails from Ukambani, my mother Bukusu, I am married to a Kikuyu was born in Kisumu, grew up in Nairobi, Garissa, Isiolo, Mombasa, Kakamega, Machakos. Language of communication in my house and when visiting the folks; English and Kiswahili.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
How Jaramogi Odinga Denied Kenya A Leadership Free Of Tribalism
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Today's posts are all dedicated to the closest friend I ever had, the late Ger Nyanjom, whose life was brutally cut short before he could achieve his dreams. The man who shot him at point blank range in a Nairobi office and stole nothing in 2005 has never been arrested to this day. Circumstances point to the fact that my friend "G" as he was fondly known to those who were close to him, lost his life because he was a Luo (sorry, I can't give details).
Thank you "G" for being there for me when I was down and out. I will not rest until all the Luo propaganda, that has caused so much anguish to this community and which was partly to blame for your death, is reversed and all Kenyans reach a place where they understand and appreciate the Luo community as precious Kenyans whose contribution to our beloved motherland has always been downplayed and undermined. I dream that one day soon, a popular Luo president will be elected in Kenya and the electorate will not even notice that he is a Luo…
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in a moment of jealous rage denied Kenya the perfect non-tribal beginning she deserved and at the same time took away the presidency from his own Luo community and handed it over to another Kenyan community.
The spiritual implications of this action make it difficult for the community to win back the presidency that was there's in the first place but was given away and more so the man's son Raila, (who is as different from his father as light is to day). Something you give away to frustrate your own is not easy to get back.
This is what happened…
After some brilliant maneuverings by Tom Mboya that saw the number of Africa representatives in the Legco (Legislative Council—the parliament of the time) increased gradually, the young politician started his strange call; "Uhuru Sasa." Meaning independence now.
Most people though he was crazy, just like folks today think that Kumekucha is crazy with his idea of a new generation of younger leaders grabbing power in this year's general elections.
After a while it was clear that Independence was on the way and Tom Mboya was on course to be Kenya's first president. The older Odinga clearly saw this and was not happy. He knew that a vast majority of the voters in Mboya's Nairobi constituency belonged to the Kikuyu community and so one day Jaramogi Oginga Odinga stood up in parliament and made a very strange statement. He said that Kenyatta (jailed at Kapenguria and mostly forgotten) was "like a god to Kenyans" and before any discussions would be held about Kenya's independence, Kenyatta would have to be released. Mboya was in a fix. If he failed to support the release of Odinga, he would easily have eroded his entire political base overnight. So he was forced to be at the forefront of a new "release-Kenyatta now campaign" that brought the elderly anthropologist back to the political limelight.
The Jaramogi statement set in motion a chain of events that saw Kenyatta (who had been out of touch with the world which had changed so much since he was jailed in 1952) released in 1960 and he ended up as the first president of Kenya. Jaramogi not only denied his own tribes-mate the presidency (although there are those who say the Suba Luos of Rusinga Island—where Mboya hailed from are not proper Luos and are in fact Bantus rather than Nilotes) but he denied the country what many historians agree would have a brilliant presidency. The character and nature of Mboya would have created a totally different and non-tribal foundation for the young Kenyan nation, alas it was not to be.
But even sadder, the Luo community continues to suffer from a decision made by one of their own in a moment of jealous rage and envy.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Today's posts are all dedicated to the closest friend I ever had, the late Ger Nyanjom, whose life was brutally cut short before he could achieve his dreams. The man who shot him at point blank range in a Nairobi office and stole nothing in 2005 has never been arrested to this day. Circumstances point to the fact that my friend "G" as he was fondly known to those who were close to him, lost his life because he was a Luo (sorry, I can't give details).
Thank you "G" for being there for me when I was down and out. I will not rest until all the Luo propaganda, that has caused so much anguish to this community and which was partly to blame for your death, is reversed and all Kenyans reach a place where they understand and appreciate the Luo community as precious Kenyans whose contribution to our beloved motherland has always been downplayed and undermined. I dream that one day soon, a popular Luo president will be elected in Kenya and the electorate will not even notice that he is a Luo…
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in a moment of jealous rage denied Kenya the perfect non-tribal beginning she deserved and at the same time took away the presidency from his own Luo community and handed it over to another Kenyan community.
The spiritual implications of this action make it difficult for the community to win back the presidency that was there's in the first place but was given away and more so the man's son Raila, (who is as different from his father as light is to day). Something you give away to frustrate your own is not easy to get back.
This is what happened…
After some brilliant maneuverings by Tom Mboya that saw the number of Africa representatives in the Legco (Legislative Council—the parliament of the time) increased gradually, the young politician started his strange call; "Uhuru Sasa." Meaning independence now.
Most people though he was crazy, just like folks today think that Kumekucha is crazy with his idea of a new generation of younger leaders grabbing power in this year's general elections.
After a while it was clear that Independence was on the way and Tom Mboya was on course to be Kenya's first president. The older Odinga clearly saw this and was not happy. He knew that a vast majority of the voters in Mboya's Nairobi constituency belonged to the Kikuyu community and so one day Jaramogi Oginga Odinga stood up in parliament and made a very strange statement. He said that Kenyatta (jailed at Kapenguria and mostly forgotten) was "like a god to Kenyans" and before any discussions would be held about Kenya's independence, Kenyatta would have to be released. Mboya was in a fix. If he failed to support the release of Odinga, he would easily have eroded his entire political base overnight. So he was forced to be at the forefront of a new "release-Kenyatta now campaign" that brought the elderly anthropologist back to the political limelight.
The Jaramogi statement set in motion a chain of events that saw Kenyatta (who had been out of touch with the world which had changed so much since he was jailed in 1952) released in 1960 and he ended up as the first president of Kenya. Jaramogi not only denied his own tribes-mate the presidency (although there are those who say the Suba Luos of Rusinga Island—where Mboya hailed from are not proper Luos and are in fact Bantus rather than Nilotes) but he denied the country what many historians agree would have a brilliant presidency. The character and nature of Mboya would have created a totally different and non-tribal foundation for the young Kenyan nation, alas it was not to be.
But even sadder, the Luo community continues to suffer from a decision made by one of their own in a moment of jealous rage and envy.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Kibaki Clings To Solicited UN Award
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By Phil
I watched in amusement early this month when an excited President Kibaki refused to hand over the UNPSA award to his Aide de Camp prior to addressing members of his cabinet at State House. It was a sight to behold because this was a special ceremony that required the attendance of all ministers, their assistant ministers, permanent secretaries and other senior government officials.
The United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) is one of the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UN Public Service Awards promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of public service.
The award was as a result of GoKs introduction of performance contracts to all members of the public service. The awarded itself is solicited by way of submitting nominations online to the UNPSA.
In the excitement of receiving its first (and so far only) international award, the GoK could be excused for turning this into an official public ceremony. While chauffeur-driven members of cabinet and permanent secretaries were busy uncorking expensive champagne bottles at the State House ball room on tax-payers account, low cadre civil / public servants who earned this award continue to survive on sacco loans, pyramid schemes (sic), merciless shylocks and merry-go-round initiatives.
Never mind that this was a solicited award....
Never mind that the actual recipients of this award are those clerks you see at Nyayo/Harambee House and other government / public service institutions nationwide.
Against the backdrop of receiving this award, the Kibaki regime conveniently forgot that the Kenya Cabinet itself remains a blatant display of tribalism and cronyism. It is a classic example of how political survival overrides critical considerations like, for instance, to ensuring that appointments to the cabinet give due respect cultural and ethnic diversity of the country Kenya. The President has unfortunately taken full advantage of constitutional failings to appoint ministers based on his own personal whims.
Even as Assistant Ministers raise serious questions about their individual roles in cabinet, the cabinet itself remains the largest since independence with a record 34 full ministers and 50 assistant ministers thus creating a large bloated Cabinet of 84 members. This number could be more only that some slots are not filled as they serve a perfect carrot and stick in parliamentary business!.
Never mind that Kibaki's own pre-election pledge was to create a cabinet of not more than 20 persons!!
Never mind that a significant members of this cabinet were elected on a KANU ticket, supposedly the official opposition party in parliament!
Never mind that an even larger number of members of this cabinet were elected on a FORD-P ticket, which was effectively a competitor of NARC in 2002 general elections!
Never mind that the terminology 'Government of National Unity' is completely alien to our constitution!
More importantly however is that the country is yet to come to terms with the cost implications of appointing (idle) assistant ministers, their permanent secretaries, personal assistants, office support staff, security staff at all their residences, pool of motor vehicles, renting of office space, etc, etc. I wonder if those fellows at UNPSA ever bothered to check out these excesses. On top of their Sh887,500 pay as MPs, assistant ministers earn Sh100,000 responsibility allowance while Cabinet ministers pocket Sh200,000 each. They also enjoy other perks making the Government spent more than Sh600 million on their allowances each financial year - I was told enough to build 300 fully-equipped classrooms at a cost of Sh200,000 each. You do the math and tell us the sum of what idle assistant ministers ALONE are costing the Kenya economy annually. We shall add the cost implications of PS's PA's, support staff, motor vehicle pool of at least 6 cars and personal & residential security when we get over the massive shock of how much it will cost in total when Kibaki completes his 5 year term. It is surely horrific!
Never mind that nearly 4 million Kenyan citizens in Eastern, North Eastern and parts of Rift Valley provinces are 100% dependent on WFP food aid.
Never mind that fishermen along banks of Lake Victoria are being fleeced by middlemen for ignorance and lack of cold-storage facilities.
Never mind that thousands of Kenya citizens (young and old) do not have a place their call home and many of them are referred to as 'chokoras'. They are homeless, highly vulnarable and they spend most times scavenging for their daily bread from the garbage. And they ARE Kenya citizens, who are served by more than 80 members of cabinet!
Although we cannot fault the present day Kalembes, Nyachaes, Karumes, Michukis, I certainly miss the diplomatic, political and business acumen of the latter-day Mboyas, Oukos and Godanas.
We can only say congratulations for winning the UNPSA award. But we also ask; IS THIS THE LEGACY KIBAKI WANTS TO LEAVE IN KENYA?
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
archive
By Phil
I watched in amusement early this month when an excited President Kibaki refused to hand over the UNPSA award to his Aide de Camp prior to addressing members of his cabinet at State House. It was a sight to behold because this was a special ceremony that required the attendance of all ministers, their assistant ministers, permanent secretaries and other senior government officials.
The United Nations Public Service Awards (UNPSA) is one of the most prestigious international recognition of excellence in public service. It rewards the creative achievements and contributions of public service institutions to a more effective and responsive public administration in countries worldwide. Through an annual competition, the UN Public Service Awards promotes the role, professionalism and visibility of public service.
The award was as a result of GoKs introduction of performance contracts to all members of the public service. The awarded itself is solicited by way of submitting nominations online to the UNPSA.
In the excitement of receiving its first (and so far only) international award, the GoK could be excused for turning this into an official public ceremony. While chauffeur-driven members of cabinet and permanent secretaries were busy uncorking expensive champagne bottles at the State House ball room on tax-payers account, low cadre civil / public servants who earned this award continue to survive on sacco loans, pyramid schemes (sic), merciless shylocks and merry-go-round initiatives.
Never mind that this was a solicited award....
Never mind that the actual recipients of this award are those clerks you see at Nyayo/Harambee House and other government / public service institutions nationwide.
Against the backdrop of receiving this award, the Kibaki regime conveniently forgot that the Kenya Cabinet itself remains a blatant display of tribalism and cronyism. It is a classic example of how political survival overrides critical considerations like, for instance, to ensuring that appointments to the cabinet give due respect cultural and ethnic diversity of the country Kenya. The President has unfortunately taken full advantage of constitutional failings to appoint ministers based on his own personal whims.
Even as Assistant Ministers raise serious questions about their individual roles in cabinet, the cabinet itself remains the largest since independence with a record 34 full ministers and 50 assistant ministers thus creating a large bloated Cabinet of 84 members. This number could be more only that some slots are not filled as they serve a perfect carrot and stick in parliamentary business!.
Never mind that Kibaki's own pre-election pledge was to create a cabinet of not more than 20 persons!!
Never mind that a significant members of this cabinet were elected on a KANU ticket, supposedly the official opposition party in parliament!
Never mind that an even larger number of members of this cabinet were elected on a FORD-P ticket, which was effectively a competitor of NARC in 2002 general elections!
Never mind that the terminology 'Government of National Unity' is completely alien to our constitution!
More importantly however is that the country is yet to come to terms with the cost implications of appointing (idle) assistant ministers, their permanent secretaries, personal assistants, office support staff, security staff at all their residences, pool of motor vehicles, renting of office space, etc, etc. I wonder if those fellows at UNPSA ever bothered to check out these excesses. On top of their Sh887,500 pay as MPs, assistant ministers earn Sh100,000 responsibility allowance while Cabinet ministers pocket Sh200,000 each. They also enjoy other perks making the Government spent more than Sh600 million on their allowances each financial year - I was told enough to build 300 fully-equipped classrooms at a cost of Sh200,000 each. You do the math and tell us the sum of what idle assistant ministers ALONE are costing the Kenya economy annually. We shall add the cost implications of PS's PA's, support staff, motor vehicle pool of at least 6 cars and personal & residential security when we get over the massive shock of how much it will cost in total when Kibaki completes his 5 year term. It is surely horrific!
Never mind that nearly 4 million Kenyan citizens in Eastern, North Eastern and parts of Rift Valley provinces are 100% dependent on WFP food aid.
Never mind that fishermen along banks of Lake Victoria are being fleeced by middlemen for ignorance and lack of cold-storage facilities.
Never mind that thousands of Kenya citizens (young and old) do not have a place their call home and many of them are referred to as 'chokoras'. They are homeless, highly vulnarable and they spend most times scavenging for their daily bread from the garbage. And they ARE Kenya citizens, who are served by more than 80 members of cabinet!
Although we cannot fault the present day Kalembes, Nyachaes, Karumes, Michukis, I certainly miss the diplomatic, political and business acumen of the latter-day Mboyas, Oukos and Godanas.
We can only say congratulations for winning the UNPSA award. But we also ask; IS THIS THE LEGACY KIBAKI WANTS TO LEAVE IN KENYA?
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
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Sunday, July 15, 2007
Dangerous Presidents: What Candidates Are Missing That Will Have Deadly Consequences
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It is amazing how very few Kenyans are able to see the ticking time bomb that is in the country today. Even now when it is before our very eyes in increased violence and unexplainable crime wave levels.
One of the things that the Moi administration did was to dramatically increase the number of university graduates the country churns out every year. This is both a good thing and also a very bad thing. A good thing in that Kenya is now reaping dividends in massive foreign exchange inflows from professionals working abroad. In fact repatriated cash from Kenyans working in virtually every country of the world you can think of is the highest foreign exchange earner currently.
It is a bad thing in that a lot of these highly educated young people are jobless and frustrated. The most dangerous thing for Kenya is the fact that we have too many people who are frustrated and have nothing to lose. That is one of the reasons why the Mungiki terror gang continues to recruit in large numbers.
There is nothing more dangerous than having millions of people who go around mostly hungry and have no idea where their next meal is going to come from. These are extremely dangerous masses to have because they really have nothing to lose.
This is why the next government must pay very close attention to this problem and come up with creative solutions as a matter of urgency. As it is now, none of the presidential candidates has come up with any viable ideas of dealing with this problem.
One of the laughable things about the whole lot of them is that they believe that by attracting big industry foreign investors, Kenya will be able to deal with its' unemployment crisis. This is typical 70s thinking and it worked then. But trying to apply the same solution today is a big joke.
In those heady days of the 70s factories were pretty labor intensive and PCs and automated assembly lines had not really arrived on the scene. But times have changed. It is actually very difficult and extremely rare today to get a factory anywhere today that will use a labor force that numbers as many as 500 persons (just do your research). However for argument sakes let us assume that we can attract foreign investors in large numbers to Kenya who can set up industries that will create 1,000 jobs each. Let us go overboard in optimism and assume that we can attract 100 of these every year (virtually impossible when we are competing with countries with better infrastructure and other advantages over us). That would create 100,000 new jobs every year. Is that the kind of number that would even make a dent on the unemployment problem in Kenya?
Of course not!
Let us wake up to how huge this problem is. It can be solved by thinking outside the box and having a government that recognizes the fact that having unemployment as the top priority is not an option but the only way to go. Obviously I have my own ideas which I believe can work well and get a large percentage of the frustrated voiceless masses of Kenya working and many in the political class are reading this and hoping to "steal" some of the better ideas for their campaigns and so called visions. So this is not the time for me to talk about them.
However one thing I would like to say is that re-electing the current government would be a disaster because its' policies leans heavily on attracting foreign investors to create jobs. Just one question I want to ask. Why should any genuine foreign investor find Kenya attractive when the local investors do not and are mostly struggling?
The Safaricoms are the exceptions because Kenyans are desperately making calls around looking for answers. The Kenya Breweries are also hugely successful because there are many who would not otherwise be able to remain sane with the kind of unprecedented challenges that they face.
Let me leave you with a clue as to where the answers to this nagging problem lies. Small businesses today—including micro businesses are recognized as the number one creator of jobs in the world. Clue number two: another answer lies in a resource which we have plenty of—the vast tracts of idle and mostly fertile land that we have in the country today.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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It is amazing how very few Kenyans are able to see the ticking time bomb that is in the country today. Even now when it is before our very eyes in increased violence and unexplainable crime wave levels.
One of the things that the Moi administration did was to dramatically increase the number of university graduates the country churns out every year. This is both a good thing and also a very bad thing. A good thing in that Kenya is now reaping dividends in massive foreign exchange inflows from professionals working abroad. In fact repatriated cash from Kenyans working in virtually every country of the world you can think of is the highest foreign exchange earner currently.
It is a bad thing in that a lot of these highly educated young people are jobless and frustrated. The most dangerous thing for Kenya is the fact that we have too many people who are frustrated and have nothing to lose. That is one of the reasons why the Mungiki terror gang continues to recruit in large numbers.
There is nothing more dangerous than having millions of people who go around mostly hungry and have no idea where their next meal is going to come from. These are extremely dangerous masses to have because they really have nothing to lose.
This is why the next government must pay very close attention to this problem and come up with creative solutions as a matter of urgency. As it is now, none of the presidential candidates has come up with any viable ideas of dealing with this problem.
One of the laughable things about the whole lot of them is that they believe that by attracting big industry foreign investors, Kenya will be able to deal with its' unemployment crisis. This is typical 70s thinking and it worked then. But trying to apply the same solution today is a big joke.
In those heady days of the 70s factories were pretty labor intensive and PCs and automated assembly lines had not really arrived on the scene. But times have changed. It is actually very difficult and extremely rare today to get a factory anywhere today that will use a labor force that numbers as many as 500 persons (just do your research). However for argument sakes let us assume that we can attract foreign investors in large numbers to Kenya who can set up industries that will create 1,000 jobs each. Let us go overboard in optimism and assume that we can attract 100 of these every year (virtually impossible when we are competing with countries with better infrastructure and other advantages over us). That would create 100,000 new jobs every year. Is that the kind of number that would even make a dent on the unemployment problem in Kenya?
Of course not!
Let us wake up to how huge this problem is. It can be solved by thinking outside the box and having a government that recognizes the fact that having unemployment as the top priority is not an option but the only way to go. Obviously I have my own ideas which I believe can work well and get a large percentage of the frustrated voiceless masses of Kenya working and many in the political class are reading this and hoping to "steal" some of the better ideas for their campaigns and so called visions. So this is not the time for me to talk about them.
However one thing I would like to say is that re-electing the current government would be a disaster because its' policies leans heavily on attracting foreign investors to create jobs. Just one question I want to ask. Why should any genuine foreign investor find Kenya attractive when the local investors do not and are mostly struggling?
The Safaricoms are the exceptions because Kenyans are desperately making calls around looking for answers. The Kenya Breweries are also hugely successful because there are many who would not otherwise be able to remain sane with the kind of unprecedented challenges that they face.
Let me leave you with a clue as to where the answers to this nagging problem lies. Small businesses today—including micro businesses are recognized as the number one creator of jobs in the world. Clue number two: another answer lies in a resource which we have plenty of—the vast tracts of idle and mostly fertile land that we have in the country today.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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The Amazing Kenyan Economy: Shilling Strengthens But Prices Rise Steeply
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One does not need to be an economist to grasp a simple truth.
When the currency of a country strengthens against major foreign currencies, it means that imported inputs become cheaper and costs of production and distribution of products and services should fall (and this impacts everybody because goods also need to be transported and a stronger shilling means that we need less shillings to buy petrol for example). In other words it is rather obvious that prices should fall.
But look at the situation in Kenya today. As the shilling continues to strengthen, the prices continue to go up.
So what's wrong? What's causing prices to stubbornly continue going up? What is the point of having a strong shilling that hurts our exporters and everybody who sells stuff to the outside world in foreign currency (and has already caused the loss of thousands of jobs) and yet the whole thing does not benefit the rest of the country?
Amazingly even oil prices, which are supposed to be adjusted downwards with the falling dollar have stayed put and on a number of occasions have even snaked upwards.
What's going on?
I will answer that question in two sentences. The first sentence will be a short one word one and the second one will be fairly long.
Greed.
So-called government-friendly businessmen (who are obviously corrupt because you can't get more corrupt that when you corrupt the authorities) who want to make maximum windfall profits in the short time left before the elections because one can never be sure which government will come in next. E.g. well-known sugar barons.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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One does not need to be an economist to grasp a simple truth.
When the currency of a country strengthens against major foreign currencies, it means that imported inputs become cheaper and costs of production and distribution of products and services should fall (and this impacts everybody because goods also need to be transported and a stronger shilling means that we need less shillings to buy petrol for example). In other words it is rather obvious that prices should fall.
But look at the situation in Kenya today. As the shilling continues to strengthen, the prices continue to go up.
So what's wrong? What's causing prices to stubbornly continue going up? What is the point of having a strong shilling that hurts our exporters and everybody who sells stuff to the outside world in foreign currency (and has already caused the loss of thousands of jobs) and yet the whole thing does not benefit the rest of the country?
Amazingly even oil prices, which are supposed to be adjusted downwards with the falling dollar have stayed put and on a number of occasions have even snaked upwards.
What's going on?
I will answer that question in two sentences. The first sentence will be a short one word one and the second one will be fairly long.
Greed.
So-called government-friendly businessmen (who are obviously corrupt because you can't get more corrupt that when you corrupt the authorities) who want to make maximum windfall profits in the short time left before the elections because one can never be sure which government will come in next. E.g. well-known sugar barons.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Kalonzo Musyoka’s Worst Nightmare
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From the latest Steadmann Polls, we now know why Kalonzo Musyoka wanted the ODM presidential candidate decided early. What his handlers feared would happen has come to pass, at least according to the latest poll where he has continued to slip further behind as Raila surges ahead.
We also know that amongst the “lies peddled by current prominent ODM luminaries was that Kalonzo would be the opposition’s presidential candidate. That would explain the sudden popularity of the Mwingi North MP and his high score even in Luo Nyanza for the presidency. But now that the rift within ODM has become common knowledge, it seems that the popularity of the candidate is melting fast before our very eyes.
I have always said that I do not consider the Steadmann polls accurate and I have not changed my position. The polls reflect mostly the feelings of Kenyans who have their heads above the water. The millions of voiceless fellow countrymen whom it is claimed live on a dollar a day (actually many of them don’t see that amount of cash in a year) are yet to have their say.
I could take the Steadmann pollsters to parts of Mathare, Kibera and Dagoretti where if they will refuse to believe that they are in Kenya.
But what is even more disturbing about the ODM nomination is that my reseach shows that there is a significant number of voters who will cross to Narc-Kenya if Kalonzo fails to be named the ODM-presidential candidate. Probably not enough to mean defeat for a Raila led ODM, but still significant enough to be anxious about. Sadly this also includes ordinary folk on the ground.
President Kibaki 45%
Raila Odinga 25%
Kalonzo Musyoka 11%
Musalia Mudavadi 3%
Uhuru Kenyatta 2%
William Ruto 2%
Undecided 7%
Will not vote 1%
No preferred candidate 1%
Poll conducted June 27th to July 4th 2007
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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From the latest Steadmann Polls, we now know why Kalonzo Musyoka wanted the ODM presidential candidate decided early. What his handlers feared would happen has come to pass, at least according to the latest poll where he has continued to slip further behind as Raila surges ahead.
We also know that amongst the “lies peddled by current prominent ODM luminaries was that Kalonzo would be the opposition’s presidential candidate. That would explain the sudden popularity of the Mwingi North MP and his high score even in Luo Nyanza for the presidency. But now that the rift within ODM has become common knowledge, it seems that the popularity of the candidate is melting fast before our very eyes.
I have always said that I do not consider the Steadmann polls accurate and I have not changed my position. The polls reflect mostly the feelings of Kenyans who have their heads above the water. The millions of voiceless fellow countrymen whom it is claimed live on a dollar a day (actually many of them don’t see that amount of cash in a year) are yet to have their say.
I could take the Steadmann pollsters to parts of Mathare, Kibera and Dagoretti where if they will refuse to believe that they are in Kenya.
But what is even more disturbing about the ODM nomination is that my reseach shows that there is a significant number of voters who will cross to Narc-Kenya if Kalonzo fails to be named the ODM-presidential candidate. Probably not enough to mean defeat for a Raila led ODM, but still significant enough to be anxious about. Sadly this also includes ordinary folk on the ground.
President Kibaki 45%
Raila Odinga 25%
Kalonzo Musyoka 11%
Musalia Mudavadi 3%
Uhuru Kenyatta 2%
William Ruto 2%
Undecided 7%
Will not vote 1%
No preferred candidate 1%
Poll conducted June 27th to July 4th 2007
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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Friday, July 13, 2007
Kalonzo Musyoka And The Top Kenyan Who Failed Badly In A Recent Job Interview
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Kenyans are renowned for their job interview skills.
In fact I have personally witnessed situations where Kenyans are so good at the job interview that they end up being disappointing at the actual job because they showed more promise than they actually possessed at the job interview. In the job market we refer to such candidates as "job interview professionals". So good at landing jobs, but hopeless when it comes to doing the actual work they landed a position to do.
The Mwingi North MP has sent an implication to a prospective employer for the position of CEO and recently in one of the interviews with his prospective employer he did what you never, EVER do at a job interview. He lost his temper. I once went to a job interview where the Italian executive did everything possible, and came very close to succeeding, in making me lose my temper. He made fun of my qualifications, mimicked something of the things I said in a comical jeering manner. Said things about my upbringing etc. I somehow kept my cool—and two days later when I was sure I was out of contention for the very competitive race for that marketing post, I received a telephone call that gave me the nod for the job and I was asked to report the next day.
I do not want to hurt any Kalonzo Musyoka die-hards here, but kindly allow me to show you something, because for better or for worse, you who is reading this is in the panel of decision makers who will finally seal the fate of the North Mwingi MP and decide whether he will land the job or not. You are much more powerful and have a bigger say in this matter than any ODM so-called panel of so-called elders.
So candidate Musyoka was standing in front his prospective employers and he lost his temper. Somebody pointed out to me quite rightly that if Mr Musyoka was already the president, a large section of that crowd would now be in police custody and maybe some of them would be dead. In retrospect, what would he have done faced with such a hostile mob?
There are several options. Firstly he would have called their bluff and used two words to instantly change the mood. The two words; "Raila Tosha." Or alternatively, "Nyundo Tosha." That would have instantly changed the mood of the rowdy mob and they would have instantly started listening to him. He would then have carefully steered the crowd in his direction. And the funny thing is that any well-read person of Mr Musyoka's caliber would tell you that politicians have been faced with this kind of challenge for centuries and I can give numerous examples.
Mt Musyoka has obviously not read William Shakespeare's political classic, Julius Caesar. In the play, Mark Anthony a close friend of the assassinated Julius Caesar is given a chance to speak at his funeral to a crowd that is already charged against the dead Caesar and his perceived dictatorial tendencies. He starts off by telling the crowd that he did not come to praise Caesar but to bury him. This is a refrain that he repeats often as he does the very opposite of it and works the crowd into such a frenzy of emotion and sympathy for the dead Caesar that the plotters have to flee leaving the mantle to Mark Anthony.
William Ruto on the other hand, whom most consider to be much more inferior to Kalonzo in terms of seniority spoke after Kalonzo had already handed over the microphone in frustration and did a much better job. He used the strategy that I have just talked about but went on to tell the crowd that incase they made the decision for a younger person, then the man to pick should be William "YK92" Ruto.
Make no mistake about it, the next CEO of the enterprise called "Kenya" will need to be somebody who thinks quickly on their feet and this is a key attribute and quality that is required. On that score the Mwingi North MP failed miserably.
Interestingly, the decision to hold the meeting in Mombasa was made because of Mr Musyoka who rejected the first choice—Uhuru park in Nairobi (probably fearing that he would meet the fate of one Simoen Nyachae) who could not believe his ears when Raila said those magical words; "Kibaki tosha," effectively deciding the third presidency. He also rejected the second suggestion—Nakuru but probably calculated that Mombasa has a huge enough population of his Akamba tribesmen to ensure that all would go well. But apparently his worst nightmare came true.
Many Kenyans don't realize it, but the more the squabbles continue within ODM, the more the party is being weakened. And it seems that every time they come close to an agreement on anything there is one dissenter and hundreds of decisions have to be made to concede to the wishes of that one person.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Kenyans are renowned for their job interview skills.
In fact I have personally witnessed situations where Kenyans are so good at the job interview that they end up being disappointing at the actual job because they showed more promise than they actually possessed at the job interview. In the job market we refer to such candidates as "job interview professionals". So good at landing jobs, but hopeless when it comes to doing the actual work they landed a position to do.
The Mwingi North MP has sent an implication to a prospective employer for the position of CEO and recently in one of the interviews with his prospective employer he did what you never, EVER do at a job interview. He lost his temper. I once went to a job interview where the Italian executive did everything possible, and came very close to succeeding, in making me lose my temper. He made fun of my qualifications, mimicked something of the things I said in a comical jeering manner. Said things about my upbringing etc. I somehow kept my cool—and two days later when I was sure I was out of contention for the very competitive race for that marketing post, I received a telephone call that gave me the nod for the job and I was asked to report the next day.
I do not want to hurt any Kalonzo Musyoka die-hards here, but kindly allow me to show you something, because for better or for worse, you who is reading this is in the panel of decision makers who will finally seal the fate of the North Mwingi MP and decide whether he will land the job or not. You are much more powerful and have a bigger say in this matter than any ODM so-called panel of so-called elders.
So candidate Musyoka was standing in front his prospective employers and he lost his temper. Somebody pointed out to me quite rightly that if Mr Musyoka was already the president, a large section of that crowd would now be in police custody and maybe some of them would be dead. In retrospect, what would he have done faced with such a hostile mob?
There are several options. Firstly he would have called their bluff and used two words to instantly change the mood. The two words; "Raila Tosha." Or alternatively, "Nyundo Tosha." That would have instantly changed the mood of the rowdy mob and they would have instantly started listening to him. He would then have carefully steered the crowd in his direction. And the funny thing is that any well-read person of Mr Musyoka's caliber would tell you that politicians have been faced with this kind of challenge for centuries and I can give numerous examples.
Mt Musyoka has obviously not read William Shakespeare's political classic, Julius Caesar. In the play, Mark Anthony a close friend of the assassinated Julius Caesar is given a chance to speak at his funeral to a crowd that is already charged against the dead Caesar and his perceived dictatorial tendencies. He starts off by telling the crowd that he did not come to praise Caesar but to bury him. This is a refrain that he repeats often as he does the very opposite of it and works the crowd into such a frenzy of emotion and sympathy for the dead Caesar that the plotters have to flee leaving the mantle to Mark Anthony.
William Ruto on the other hand, whom most consider to be much more inferior to Kalonzo in terms of seniority spoke after Kalonzo had already handed over the microphone in frustration and did a much better job. He used the strategy that I have just talked about but went on to tell the crowd that incase they made the decision for a younger person, then the man to pick should be William "YK92" Ruto.
Make no mistake about it, the next CEO of the enterprise called "Kenya" will need to be somebody who thinks quickly on their feet and this is a key attribute and quality that is required. On that score the Mwingi North MP failed miserably.
Interestingly, the decision to hold the meeting in Mombasa was made because of Mr Musyoka who rejected the first choice—Uhuru park in Nairobi (probably fearing that he would meet the fate of one Simoen Nyachae) who could not believe his ears when Raila said those magical words; "Kibaki tosha," effectively deciding the third presidency. He also rejected the second suggestion—Nakuru but probably calculated that Mombasa has a huge enough population of his Akamba tribesmen to ensure that all would go well. But apparently his worst nightmare came true.
Many Kenyans don't realize it, but the more the squabbles continue within ODM, the more the party is being weakened. And it seems that every time they come close to an agreement on anything there is one dissenter and hundreds of decisions have to be made to concede to the wishes of that one person.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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A Time And A Chance For Change In Kenya
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Bill Gates, until recently the richest man in the world and founder of Microsoft, once said that the reason why he did the sort of thing that if he were a Kenyan would have resulted in a curse from the clan (that is dropping out of Harvard) was because he saw a window of opportunity. And he took it.
Obviously windows of opportunity do not remain open indefinitely and had Mr Gates waited, Microsoft and his fortunes would never have been.
This is the reason why I have made an impassioned plea to our brothers who would rather wait for 2012 to get involved in any initiative to bring about change in Kenya. We have a unique window of opportunity now that has been created by the hopelessness amongst the ordinary Kenyans on the ground who are ripe to do anything, including putting down their tribal hats, to bring about peaceful change in our beloved country.
I hereby reproduce my arguments below;
My dear brothers,
I urge you to resist this talk of 2012. Here is a balance sheet of reasons why;
What we have to lose
- The worst that can happen is that we will make a total fool of ourselves. That is what young Kenyans fear the most. But what does a person lose in the process of losing face? Really think about it. Abraham Lincoln lost face numerous times be4 he became president. Kibaki lost face twice b4 he became president. My friends, this is the biggest obstacle young Kenyans have and nobody ever succeeded on a clean slate, it doesn’t happen even in the movies.
- It is risky, yes. Waking up every morning and leaving your front door is risky. So why not stick indoors and sleep the whole day?
What we have to gain
a) In the process of losing the presidency we could win many parliamentary seats
b) We could plant the seeds of victory in 2012. If we postpone to 2012, we postpone planting the seeds and hopefully we will make it in 2017… if there is a country left.
c) There is a good chance of winning. Why? Because Kenyans are already fed up and are just looking for the person to rally behind.
d) There are many ways to skin a cat. Going round the whole country introducing a presidential candidate is one way. There are dozens of others. To give you one example, there are those who believe that the legitimate winner of the 2002 elections was Kenneth Matiba. Do some research and see if the sick man held any rallies anywhere in the country. By the way he defeated Kibaki who used the strategy you suggest. WAKE UP FOLKS. Please, your country depends on it. Please think out of the box.
e) In case you don’t know we are in a very desperate situation in Kenya today. There are certain things that if they are not addressed will mean that our country will not be able to hold together much longer. We can’t just sit and start “dreaming” about 2012. We need to do something and we need to do it NOW.
f) I am not at liberty to tell-all because our enemies are also reading this. But we have a choice of candidates who are already known to Kenyans and using media skills and sound strategy can be on the lips of all Kenyans tomorrow morning. Don’t forget that Kenyans are looking for a Moses and when they recognize him, everything else will fall into place faster than you can say "2012."
g) For the umpteenth time, nobody climbed the ladder of victory with cold feet based on the possibility of losing face just because they lost. So what!!
h) Finally I will tell you all what I told Senator Barrack Obama last year when he was still saying that his standing for president was "out of question." I simply quoted from the good book.
I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
P.S. There is no problem if the neighbor’s dog wants to stand for president. So what! Does it take any Ugali from my plate? Please read yesterday’s article. KENYA IS NOT A KINGDOM. ANYBODY CAN BE PREZO or stand for president. Anybody!!! Who was Kenyatta before he was president? A nobody, he didn’t even know who his parents were (you know what such people are called in society?).And before he was prezo he lost face. He was photographed in newspapers around the world in handcuffs, a common criminal. Some of you guys probably think Kenyatta was jailed for being a freedom fighter—there is no such offence.
For the love of the motherland,
-Kumekucha-
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Bill Gates, until recently the richest man in the world and founder of Microsoft, once said that the reason why he did the sort of thing that if he were a Kenyan would have resulted in a curse from the clan (that is dropping out of Harvard) was because he saw a window of opportunity. And he took it.
Obviously windows of opportunity do not remain open indefinitely and had Mr Gates waited, Microsoft and his fortunes would never have been.
This is the reason why I have made an impassioned plea to our brothers who would rather wait for 2012 to get involved in any initiative to bring about change in Kenya. We have a unique window of opportunity now that has been created by the hopelessness amongst the ordinary Kenyans on the ground who are ripe to do anything, including putting down their tribal hats, to bring about peaceful change in our beloved country.
I hereby reproduce my arguments below;
My dear brothers,
I urge you to resist this talk of 2012. Here is a balance sheet of reasons why;
What we have to lose
- The worst that can happen is that we will make a total fool of ourselves. That is what young Kenyans fear the most. But what does a person lose in the process of losing face? Really think about it. Abraham Lincoln lost face numerous times be4 he became president. Kibaki lost face twice b4 he became president. My friends, this is the biggest obstacle young Kenyans have and nobody ever succeeded on a clean slate, it doesn’t happen even in the movies.
- It is risky, yes. Waking up every morning and leaving your front door is risky. So why not stick indoors and sleep the whole day?
What we have to gain
a) In the process of losing the presidency we could win many parliamentary seats
b) We could plant the seeds of victory in 2012. If we postpone to 2012, we postpone planting the seeds and hopefully we will make it in 2017… if there is a country left.
c) There is a good chance of winning. Why? Because Kenyans are already fed up and are just looking for the person to rally behind.
d) There are many ways to skin a cat. Going round the whole country introducing a presidential candidate is one way. There are dozens of others. To give you one example, there are those who believe that the legitimate winner of the 2002 elections was Kenneth Matiba. Do some research and see if the sick man held any rallies anywhere in the country. By the way he defeated Kibaki who used the strategy you suggest. WAKE UP FOLKS. Please, your country depends on it. Please think out of the box.
e) In case you don’t know we are in a very desperate situation in Kenya today. There are certain things that if they are not addressed will mean that our country will not be able to hold together much longer. We can’t just sit and start “dreaming” about 2012. We need to do something and we need to do it NOW.
f) I am not at liberty to tell-all because our enemies are also reading this. But we have a choice of candidates who are already known to Kenyans and using media skills and sound strategy can be on the lips of all Kenyans tomorrow morning. Don’t forget that Kenyans are looking for a Moses and when they recognize him, everything else will fall into place faster than you can say "2012."
g) For the umpteenth time, nobody climbed the ladder of victory with cold feet based on the possibility of losing face just because they lost. So what!!
h) Finally I will tell you all what I told Senator Barrack Obama last year when he was still saying that his standing for president was "out of question." I simply quoted from the good book.
I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,
nor does food come to the wise
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance happen to them all.
Ecclesiastes 9:11
P.S. There is no problem if the neighbor’s dog wants to stand for president. So what! Does it take any Ugali from my plate? Please read yesterday’s article. KENYA IS NOT A KINGDOM. ANYBODY CAN BE PREZO or stand for president. Anybody!!! Who was Kenyatta before he was president? A nobody, he didn’t even know who his parents were (you know what such people are called in society?).And before he was prezo he lost face. He was photographed in newspapers around the world in handcuffs, a common criminal. Some of you guys probably think Kenyatta was jailed for being a freedom fighter—there is no such offence.
For the love of the motherland,
-Kumekucha-
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Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
The 4th President Project Update No 1
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It is amazing what happens when two or three minds get together. You can imagine what will happen when our numbers reach 2 or 3 million, which will be very soon. As I write this I already have very workable detailed strategic action plans of how to meet our objective here that have arrived via email.
I take this opportunity to thank all those who have already volunteered to "get their hands dirty" towards meeting our 4th President project whose objective is to put a president of our choice into State house. I really like what Jeff said in a comment elsewhere in this blog. I have reproduced his comments below. The most striking thing is that things have already started happeneing and if anything comes out of this we can never claim to be the ones who started it. Kenyans everywhere are already fed up and have decided to do something.
Let us debate this issue further for a week or so, anybody with a workable strategy can send it in via email. On my part I will be giving you guys a regular update here and will be titling all my posts on this subject The 4th President Project Update No X. After a week I will tell you what our next plan of action will be. meanwhile please read my main post of today because this a mindset many of you will find blocking you when you discuss some of our radical ideas here with others elsewhere.
God bless Kenya, our beloved motherland and the Kenyans holding on to the dream.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "The 4th President Of Kenya":
I totally agree with gachinga above that if we are to actualise this project "we have to fold our sleeves and get down to actual, dirty, tiring & frustrating work. Talk is good, talk is inspiring, but talk without actions is nothing".
We (all Kenyans with our country's interest first, then us second) need to talk/write AND act. NOW!. Otherwise come Jan 2008 and we realise we have been shafted we will only have ourselves to blame.
Success may not be assured. You do not get into projects only when you are assured of success! Indeed success = several failures! My point is whether we succeed or not we will have created such an impact so as to ensure success at a later date (if we fail) or continued success for our country (if we succeed).
This is what we have done at our ward level. This guy has been councillor for the last 34 years with nothing to show for all this time. In Kenyan politics this is not a guy you can run against and defeat easily. So mid last year a group of us came together and decided enough is enough. We have caused enough heat at the grassroots this guy spends sleepless nights. Whether our chosen candidate wins or not we are sure politics at our ward will never be the same again.
We are going a step further to influence who gets the MP position. We are only waiting for the drama in the political parties to shape up. (You see, our MP is an influential member in one of the main political parties). Forgive me if am shallow on details.
This kind of activity is taking place in several other constituencies/wards that i know of. These are people already participating in bringing change in their environments.
All is required is for us (as defined above) to come together (physically/cyberspace), come up with potential candidates, sell the idea to them, select the best from those who agree, then get ouselves dirty (sell the candidate). Like any launch of a new product (as Patrick of Nairobi Star would tell you), this requires alot of hard work. And commitment. Any volunteers? Obviously, am in! JEFF
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
It is amazing what happens when two or three minds get together. You can imagine what will happen when our numbers reach 2 or 3 million, which will be very soon. As I write this I already have very workable detailed strategic action plans of how to meet our objective here that have arrived via email.
I take this opportunity to thank all those who have already volunteered to "get their hands dirty" towards meeting our 4th President project whose objective is to put a president of our choice into State house. I really like what Jeff said in a comment elsewhere in this blog. I have reproduced his comments below. The most striking thing is that things have already started happeneing and if anything comes out of this we can never claim to be the ones who started it. Kenyans everywhere are already fed up and have decided to do something.
Let us debate this issue further for a week or so, anybody with a workable strategy can send it in via email. On my part I will be giving you guys a regular update here and will be titling all my posts on this subject The 4th President Project Update No X. After a week I will tell you what our next plan of action will be. meanwhile please read my main post of today because this a mindset many of you will find blocking you when you discuss some of our radical ideas here with others elsewhere.
God bless Kenya, our beloved motherland and the Kenyans holding on to the dream.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "The 4th President Of Kenya":
I totally agree with gachinga above that if we are to actualise this project "we have to fold our sleeves and get down to actual, dirty, tiring & frustrating work. Talk is good, talk is inspiring, but talk without actions is nothing".
We (all Kenyans with our country's interest first, then us second) need to talk/write AND act. NOW!. Otherwise come Jan 2008 and we realise we have been shafted we will only have ourselves to blame.
Success may not be assured. You do not get into projects only when you are assured of success! Indeed success = several failures! My point is whether we succeed or not we will have created such an impact so as to ensure success at a later date (if we fail) or continued success for our country (if we succeed).
This is what we have done at our ward level. This guy has been councillor for the last 34 years with nothing to show for all this time. In Kenyan politics this is not a guy you can run against and defeat easily. So mid last year a group of us came together and decided enough is enough. We have caused enough heat at the grassroots this guy spends sleepless nights. Whether our chosen candidate wins or not we are sure politics at our ward will never be the same again.
We are going a step further to influence who gets the MP position. We are only waiting for the drama in the political parties to shape up. (You see, our MP is an influential member in one of the main political parties). Forgive me if am shallow on details.
This kind of activity is taking place in several other constituencies/wards that i know of. These are people already participating in bringing change in their environments.
All is required is for us (as defined above) to come together (physically/cyberspace), come up with potential candidates, sell the idea to them, select the best from those who agree, then get ouselves dirty (sell the candidate). Like any launch of a new product (as Patrick of Nairobi Star would tell you), this requires alot of hard work. And commitment. Any volunteers? Obviously, am in! JEFF
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
Myth On The Presidency That Has Fooled Even Intelligent Kenyans
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How two unqualified chaps fooled a nation, the third simply appended his signature
The last time I checked, Kenya is not a kingdom. And yet that is precisely how even highly educated Kenyans some of whom read this blog treat the office of the president.
For those who are unaware, a King owns all their subjects and everything that they have. You breathe and live at the pleasure of your King. (An interesting aside here is that in our country all civil servants still serve at the pleasure of the president and that is why President Moi was within his constitutional rights one day when he instructed at a public meeting; Nikifika Nakuru sitaki nione hio nyangau English translation; When I reach Nakuru, I do not want to see that animal in office.") The Kings's word is not just final, it is the law and he can do as he pleases and those who question him quickly lose the weight on their shoulders. The same applies to a Queen when she inherits the throne as the sovereign as is the case in Britain at the moment. Although I must add that the United Kingdom is a very watered down version of a real Kingdom and the Prime Minister there has immense powers.
In the old days the way to greet a King was to literally worship him by lying prostrate on the ground on your stomach with your hands stretched forward (Kneeling was not good enough). Another interesting parallel here, was the time that Kuria Kanyingi told a public meeting in Moi's presence that if only the Almighty would allow it, he would without hesitation take a large chunk of his own life and given it to Moi so that he lives much longer for the benefit of Kenya—I often wish that there would have been a way for his maker to call his bluff. The results would have been hilarious. Another sober Kenyan announced at yet another public meeting that because he had greeted Moi, he was not going to wash his hands for a week. In response, the wananchi dutifully clapped enthusiastically finding this utterance rather intelligent).
It is because of the way Kenyans treat the office of the presidency that the vast majority of Kenyans do not believe anybody can be president. Uhuru Kenyatta, yes. An ordinary Kenyan called Ouma Njoroge, NO. Kumekucha, NO. There is a term that is used in thi blog commonly in comments that underlines this fact. I is "pretender." So Ouma Njoroge would be called a "pretender to the throne" and so would Kumekucha if he were to dare declare interest in the said office.
Naturally the current state of affairs did not emerge by accident, it was carefully cultivated over many years of threats, intimidations, assassinations and dismemebered private parts.
Johnstone Kamau who rose to be Kenya's first president (the world knows him by his nickname which stuck—Jomo Kenyatta) had no prior experience of leading anything or anybody other than being briefly the headmaster of some school. In fact there are those who say that Mr Kamau once upset quite a lot of people because when cash was raised for him to go abroad to represent the wishes of the freedom fighters who sent him, he later abandoned the cause to do his own things. Like study for a degree in anthropology and marry the mzungu maid at the house where he was a shamba boy (gardener). But I leave that to Historians to set the record straight because there was no way they could have done so when the man was alive and kept their genitals intact.
Was Johnstone Kamau the sort of man to unite the country that had been sharply divided by the colonialists among tribal lines in a deliberate and ruthless divide and rule policy? Hardly. This is the name man who wrote a book promoting Kikuyu chauvinism called Facing Mount Kenya. Little wonder that 80 per cent of his cabinet consisted of people from one tribe. And their actions clearly revealed their intention and thinking. They treated the Kenyan presidency like a Kingdom. King Kamau was on the throne and would hand over the monarchy to one of their own. Why else did they administer an oath to ensure that the presidency (monarchy) would not cross the Chania River? There are numerous other examples to prove this point.
To ensure that no enthusiastic Kenyans would get any bright ideas, those around the president deliberately created a perception of the office that still lingers today. Kenyans were not even allowed to discuss his possible death. That was treason according to long-serving Attorney General Charles Njonjo. Even discussing anything that touched anything that was close to him was punishable by death or detention without trial (if you were lucky). A man called Jean Marey Seroney will forever linger in the annals of Kenyan history because he was detained for uttering TWO lousy words and within the precincts of parliament at that. Martin Shikuku said; "Kanu is dead." Mr Seroney simply quipped; "That's obvious."
Those who could have challenged the King were dealt with. Tom Mboya, JM Kariuki, Kungu Karuma etc. So that by the time the King passed on in his sleep in August 1978, there was really nobody left. There was no national politician who could inspire the masses. The few remaining were languishing in detention. So the "monarchy" could easily have passed on to a member of the Kamau family and influential foreign publications like Time magazine said so in writing, putting forward the names of the President's closest confidante Mbiyu Koinange (Jeff Koinange's grandfather) and the president's nephew, Njoroge Mungai as the two most likely to ascend to the throne. But the Almighty had plans of his own. There were a few nishaps in some small tiny details.
The first thing that went wrong for the King's men was that Johnstone Kamau passed on in Mombasa, a few hours after Mbiyu Koinange had left for Nairobi. It was the only few hours in years that Mbiyu Koinange had been far from the President's side and that's the time he died. Amazing, is it not? So more importantly, Koinange was not around to activate the carefully laid-out plan of action. The second thing that went wrong was that the person who had been the real administrative rule of Kenya all along—Charles Njonjo decided that he was not going to hand over power just like that. Duncan Ndegwa's recently released biography has confirmed what we suspected all along—that the old man drifted in and out of regular comas most of the time during his last years in office, so the de-facto president during the last years was one Charles Mugane Njonjo. Njonjo hatched a plan (people say) to get the hapless-looking Vice President (a former P3 teacher) to be president for a little while and warm the seat for him.
One man called Paul Ngei wisely warned them all that if they allowed Daniel Moi to seat on the throne for even one day, they would never get the seat back. They ignored him, after all they were intelligent and they had gone to school much longer than the said Moi. The rest, as they say, is history.
Now here is the fascinating bit. The former teacher whom they all underestimated and had never seen the inside of a University ended up outsmarting all of them and immediately began on the road to demystifying the presidency. Those around him saw this as a weakness and bidded their time. After the failed August 1982 coup, Moi decided to go back to the Kenyatta system and way of doing things and ended up ruling with an iron hand for 24 years and despite all manner of attempts to remove him from power, the crafty Moi ended up voluntarily leaving office in 2002.
One thing was the undoing of the mighty Western powers in their many failed efforts to remove Moi. These guys have always assumed that anybody who cannot speak English fluently and without accent is NOT intelligent. They therefore greatly underestimated Moi whose only qualification was street-smartness and understudying President Kenyatta for 11 years. In the same way they have assumed that anybody who can speak the language flawlessly is intelligent. I shall not mention names.
But my point today is this. Most Kenyans believe deep inside that the presidency is reserved for royalty. You need special, well-known politicians (who have already stolen enough public funds to finance their bid for the presidency) to be president. Being president in Kenya is actually being King. You Must have "blue blood" running through your veins. That is why anybody who thinks otherwise, like Kumekucha is a dreamer.
John Githongo for president.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
How two unqualified chaps fooled a nation, the third simply appended his signature
The last time I checked, Kenya is not a kingdom. And yet that is precisely how even highly educated Kenyans some of whom read this blog treat the office of the president.
For those who are unaware, a King owns all their subjects and everything that they have. You breathe and live at the pleasure of your King. (An interesting aside here is that in our country all civil servants still serve at the pleasure of the president and that is why President Moi was within his constitutional rights one day when he instructed at a public meeting; Nikifika Nakuru sitaki nione hio nyangau English translation; When I reach Nakuru, I do not want to see that animal in office.") The Kings's word is not just final, it is the law and he can do as he pleases and those who question him quickly lose the weight on their shoulders. The same applies to a Queen when she inherits the throne as the sovereign as is the case in Britain at the moment. Although I must add that the United Kingdom is a very watered down version of a real Kingdom and the Prime Minister there has immense powers.
In the old days the way to greet a King was to literally worship him by lying prostrate on the ground on your stomach with your hands stretched forward (Kneeling was not good enough). Another interesting parallel here, was the time that Kuria Kanyingi told a public meeting in Moi's presence that if only the Almighty would allow it, he would without hesitation take a large chunk of his own life and given it to Moi so that he lives much longer for the benefit of Kenya—I often wish that there would have been a way for his maker to call his bluff. The results would have been hilarious. Another sober Kenyan announced at yet another public meeting that because he had greeted Moi, he was not going to wash his hands for a week. In response, the wananchi dutifully clapped enthusiastically finding this utterance rather intelligent).
It is because of the way Kenyans treat the office of the presidency that the vast majority of Kenyans do not believe anybody can be president. Uhuru Kenyatta, yes. An ordinary Kenyan called Ouma Njoroge, NO. Kumekucha, NO. There is a term that is used in thi blog commonly in comments that underlines this fact. I is "pretender." So Ouma Njoroge would be called a "pretender to the throne" and so would Kumekucha if he were to dare declare interest in the said office.
Naturally the current state of affairs did not emerge by accident, it was carefully cultivated over many years of threats, intimidations, assassinations and dismemebered private parts.
Johnstone Kamau who rose to be Kenya's first president (the world knows him by his nickname which stuck—Jomo Kenyatta) had no prior experience of leading anything or anybody other than being briefly the headmaster of some school. In fact there are those who say that Mr Kamau once upset quite a lot of people because when cash was raised for him to go abroad to represent the wishes of the freedom fighters who sent him, he later abandoned the cause to do his own things. Like study for a degree in anthropology and marry the mzungu maid at the house where he was a shamba boy (gardener). But I leave that to Historians to set the record straight because there was no way they could have done so when the man was alive and kept their genitals intact.
Was Johnstone Kamau the sort of man to unite the country that had been sharply divided by the colonialists among tribal lines in a deliberate and ruthless divide and rule policy? Hardly. This is the name man who wrote a book promoting Kikuyu chauvinism called Facing Mount Kenya. Little wonder that 80 per cent of his cabinet consisted of people from one tribe. And their actions clearly revealed their intention and thinking. They treated the Kenyan presidency like a Kingdom. King Kamau was on the throne and would hand over the monarchy to one of their own. Why else did they administer an oath to ensure that the presidency (monarchy) would not cross the Chania River? There are numerous other examples to prove this point.
To ensure that no enthusiastic Kenyans would get any bright ideas, those around the president deliberately created a perception of the office that still lingers today. Kenyans were not even allowed to discuss his possible death. That was treason according to long-serving Attorney General Charles Njonjo. Even discussing anything that touched anything that was close to him was punishable by death or detention without trial (if you were lucky). A man called Jean Marey Seroney will forever linger in the annals of Kenyan history because he was detained for uttering TWO lousy words and within the precincts of parliament at that. Martin Shikuku said; "Kanu is dead." Mr Seroney simply quipped; "That's obvious."
Those who could have challenged the King were dealt with. Tom Mboya, JM Kariuki, Kungu Karuma etc. So that by the time the King passed on in his sleep in August 1978, there was really nobody left. There was no national politician who could inspire the masses. The few remaining were languishing in detention. So the "monarchy" could easily have passed on to a member of the Kamau family and influential foreign publications like Time magazine said so in writing, putting forward the names of the President's closest confidante Mbiyu Koinange (Jeff Koinange's grandfather) and the president's nephew, Njoroge Mungai as the two most likely to ascend to the throne. But the Almighty had plans of his own. There were a few nishaps in some small tiny details.
The first thing that went wrong for the King's men was that Johnstone Kamau passed on in Mombasa, a few hours after Mbiyu Koinange had left for Nairobi. It was the only few hours in years that Mbiyu Koinange had been far from the President's side and that's the time he died. Amazing, is it not? So more importantly, Koinange was not around to activate the carefully laid-out plan of action. The second thing that went wrong was that the person who had been the real administrative rule of Kenya all along—Charles Njonjo decided that he was not going to hand over power just like that. Duncan Ndegwa's recently released biography has confirmed what we suspected all along—that the old man drifted in and out of regular comas most of the time during his last years in office, so the de-facto president during the last years was one Charles Mugane Njonjo. Njonjo hatched a plan (people say) to get the hapless-looking Vice President (a former P3 teacher) to be president for a little while and warm the seat for him.
One man called Paul Ngei wisely warned them all that if they allowed Daniel Moi to seat on the throne for even one day, they would never get the seat back. They ignored him, after all they were intelligent and they had gone to school much longer than the said Moi. The rest, as they say, is history.
Now here is the fascinating bit. The former teacher whom they all underestimated and had never seen the inside of a University ended up outsmarting all of them and immediately began on the road to demystifying the presidency. Those around him saw this as a weakness and bidded their time. After the failed August 1982 coup, Moi decided to go back to the Kenyatta system and way of doing things and ended up ruling with an iron hand for 24 years and despite all manner of attempts to remove him from power, the crafty Moi ended up voluntarily leaving office in 2002.
One thing was the undoing of the mighty Western powers in their many failed efforts to remove Moi. These guys have always assumed that anybody who cannot speak English fluently and without accent is NOT intelligent. They therefore greatly underestimated Moi whose only qualification was street-smartness and understudying President Kenyatta for 11 years. In the same way they have assumed that anybody who can speak the language flawlessly is intelligent. I shall not mention names.
But my point today is this. Most Kenyans believe deep inside that the presidency is reserved for royalty. You need special, well-known politicians (who have already stolen enough public funds to finance their bid for the presidency) to be president. Being president in Kenya is actually being King. You Must have "blue blood" running through your veins. That is why anybody who thinks otherwise, like Kumekucha is a dreamer.
John Githongo for president.
Why Is Hon Michuki bullying his youthful challenger?
The photographs Kumekucha feared to publish.
Horror of Kenyan with female sex organ sharing cell with men at Kamiti Prison
Are you a Kenyan? Do You love your country? Join in this noble campaign to change things. Do something instead of just complaining.
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