I am reliably informed that an ordinary Kenyan who has made a late decision to enter into politics and to participate in this year’s polls has found it impossible to register their political party. Using this information, I contacted a law firm in Kenya that I know well and told them that I wished to register a political party. Sure enough, a few telephone calls later word came back that the good people at the registrar of societies have been “instructed” NOT to register any more political parties.
There are currently 250 registered political parties in Kenya.
I find this government decision rather interesting. Will somebody explain to me what advantage or disadvantage it will give the Kibaki administration if there are 250 or 250,000 registered political parties. If anything this decision is denying government much-needed funds in registration fees.
Besides this administration itself has not set a very good example (if registering too many political parties is a crime) because old parties like DP are still operating and claiming that the President will use them to seek re-election. At the same time Narc-Kenya has been registered and then there is yet another Narc being registered by Noah Wekesa after Charity Ngilu refused to play ball with the original Narc. I suppose that Wekesa will have no problem registering his Narc Original and yet an ordinary Kenyan seeking to register a political party will be taken round in circles being constantly told “check later,” until the elections are here. For the uninformed that’s Kenya for you.
Incidentally according to today’s Sunday Nation, the Raila Odinga faction within ODM Kenya are having a meeting with the registrar on Tuesday and it is expected that they will demand for the registration of yet another Orange Democratic Movement party (bringing the ODM’s to 3).
Let us not get into the thorny discussion of which of the 3 political parties will be allowed to use the orange symbol but it also means that the registrar will not be in a position to give her answer on the spot where Raila and company are involved. She will have to consult with higher authorities in view of the directive that she has received.
Denying Kenyans the right to register a political party just goes to show you the thinking of the same government (and indeed entire parliament) that passed the Media bill last week.
All the more reason why this issue of registering political parties should rest with an independent Electoral commission.
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Saturday, August 04, 2007
It's Official: Free Press Ends In Kenya
Press freedom in Kenya has suffered a major blow with the passing of the controversial Media bill which the Kibaki administration fought tooth and nail soaking in all sort of pressure to ensure that it was passed.
A clause cleverly sneaked in at the 11th hour forces journalists to divulge their source of information in the event that their articles or stories become the subject of a court case. This "sledge hammer" clause combined with the official secrets act that is still in place well over 40 years after independence, means that Anglo Leasing secrets and corruption in high places is safe from ever being unearthed.
The legendary Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon's resignation got a tip off from somebody within government. It is highly unlikely that any such thing can ever happen in Kenya with the new media law in force.
It also means that no brave news source within the borders of the country is safe. They can always be exposed at any time. All somebody has to do is force the matter into court. Even criminals can now make use of this clause rather effectively to silence any would-be witnesses.
But I believe that Historians will also take note of one Mutahi Kagwe th main sponsor on behalf of the government of this retrogressive media bill. Kagwe is a former newspaper advertising manager and failed media entrepreneur (Mutahi's weekly newspaper launched with much fanfare using mostly his retirement benefits from the Standard, called the East African Chronicle folded after barely a year in existence leaving Kagwe up to his ears in debt. In fact at one point his home in Karen was advertised in the press by some auctioneer seeking to recover certain debts. It is widely believed that his father in-law, Internal security Minister John Michuki stepped in to save the situation.)
For a while after the Chronicle debacle Kagwe survived with his Public Relations outfit known as Tell Em PR which with his media contacts he used to get himself into the board of a leading Nairobi ad agency. Still it is instructive to note that Kagwe's fortunes were only fully revitalized by his new job—the amazing get rich-quick scheme in Kenya called, make-it-to-parliament-and-poverty-is-history.
What historians will note will not be so much this background of the Minister but the curious incident where he took time to consult with media stakeholders only to trash virtually everything that they had come up with and the Media bill that he finally emerged with was very strange. The big question is what caused this about-turn? Who was Kagwe taking orders from?
The answer is fairly obvious. It was from the president's men. Those inner cabinet dark shadows who make the actual decisions on how the country is run. Those greedy guys often portrayed in political cartoons in a leading daily as pigs with bulging stomachs and suitcases. The guys who are currently pushing a sickly, aging resident into a second term when they know very well the toll the presidency has already taken on his health to date. Their reasoning is that if Jomo Kenyatta ruled the country while being in and out of comas most of the time, then Kibaki is as fit as a fiddle in comparison. And therein lies the crux of the problem with the Kibaki administration—namely the fact that there are too many powerful people in it behaving as if we were still in the 70s.
The next question historians will ask themselves is why the inner cabinet should be so determined to pass the Media Bill, their way. The answer is simple. To protect a few people from scandals like Anglo Leasing and a few other major scams that the public do not know anything about—YET.
Nothing new in all this of course. Kenya has a long history of passing laws and amendments to laws targeted at a few people and sometimes at single individuals, rather than for posterity as should be the case with laws.
The most famous ones include the amendment made in the 60s pushing up the minimum age of a president to 35. It was targeted, with laser precision, at the charismatic Tom Mboya and Kenyatta's inner cabinet were buying time and wanted to at least sleep easy for a year or so before the guy hit 35 while they figured out how to deal with him.
Then there was the hurried amendment to give the president powers to pardon convicted persons, designed specifically to enable President Kenyatta to "forgive" Paul Ngei after he was found guilty of election offences.
I appeal to 10th parliament to make its' first order of business, deleting this ridiculous Media law that takes the country back to the 18th century.
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A clause cleverly sneaked in at the 11th hour forces journalists to divulge their source of information in the event that their articles or stories become the subject of a court case. This "sledge hammer" clause combined with the official secrets act that is still in place well over 40 years after independence, means that Anglo Leasing secrets and corruption in high places is safe from ever being unearthed.
The legendary Washington Post journalists who broke the Watergate scandal that forced President Richard Nixon's resignation got a tip off from somebody within government. It is highly unlikely that any such thing can ever happen in Kenya with the new media law in force.
It also means that no brave news source within the borders of the country is safe. They can always be exposed at any time. All somebody has to do is force the matter into court. Even criminals can now make use of this clause rather effectively to silence any would-be witnesses.
But I believe that Historians will also take note of one Mutahi Kagwe th main sponsor on behalf of the government of this retrogressive media bill. Kagwe is a former newspaper advertising manager and failed media entrepreneur (Mutahi's weekly newspaper launched with much fanfare using mostly his retirement benefits from the Standard, called the East African Chronicle folded after barely a year in existence leaving Kagwe up to his ears in debt. In fact at one point his home in Karen was advertised in the press by some auctioneer seeking to recover certain debts. It is widely believed that his father in-law, Internal security Minister John Michuki stepped in to save the situation.)
For a while after the Chronicle debacle Kagwe survived with his Public Relations outfit known as Tell Em PR which with his media contacts he used to get himself into the board of a leading Nairobi ad agency. Still it is instructive to note that Kagwe's fortunes were only fully revitalized by his new job—the amazing get rich-quick scheme in Kenya called, make-it-to-parliament-and-poverty-is-history.
What historians will note will not be so much this background of the Minister but the curious incident where he took time to consult with media stakeholders only to trash virtually everything that they had come up with and the Media bill that he finally emerged with was very strange. The big question is what caused this about-turn? Who was Kagwe taking orders from?
The answer is fairly obvious. It was from the president's men. Those inner cabinet dark shadows who make the actual decisions on how the country is run. Those greedy guys often portrayed in political cartoons in a leading daily as pigs with bulging stomachs and suitcases. The guys who are currently pushing a sickly, aging resident into a second term when they know very well the toll the presidency has already taken on his health to date. Their reasoning is that if Jomo Kenyatta ruled the country while being in and out of comas most of the time, then Kibaki is as fit as a fiddle in comparison. And therein lies the crux of the problem with the Kibaki administration—namely the fact that there are too many powerful people in it behaving as if we were still in the 70s.
The next question historians will ask themselves is why the inner cabinet should be so determined to pass the Media Bill, their way. The answer is simple. To protect a few people from scandals like Anglo Leasing and a few other major scams that the public do not know anything about—YET.
Nothing new in all this of course. Kenya has a long history of passing laws and amendments to laws targeted at a few people and sometimes at single individuals, rather than for posterity as should be the case with laws.
The most famous ones include the amendment made in the 60s pushing up the minimum age of a president to 35. It was targeted, with laser precision, at the charismatic Tom Mboya and Kenyatta's inner cabinet were buying time and wanted to at least sleep easy for a year or so before the guy hit 35 while they figured out how to deal with him.
Then there was the hurried amendment to give the president powers to pardon convicted persons, designed specifically to enable President Kenyatta to "forgive" Paul Ngei after he was found guilty of election offences.
I appeal to 10th parliament to make its' first order of business, deleting this ridiculous Media law that takes the country back to the 18th century.
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Men Missing In Action As Second Liberation Starts In Earnest
The expert driver who maneuvered out of the Central Police Station with tyres screeching was in fact not a man but a Woman. A man probably won't have done it without running over the policeman who tried to block the car.
Men are known to make jokes about women drivers but this is one instance where many drivers who have viewed the dramatic Jack-Bower-like clip can only admire the driving.
When you also consider that most of the people we are seeing on the forefront of fighing for the second liberation are women, one cannot help asking themselves where the men are. Even the small group that camped outside CID headquarters to show solidarity with Health Minister Charity Ngilu when she was being held were mostly women.
So where are the men? Or do they just mostly prefer to call each other names at blogs like this one?
It is my hope and prayer that we men will rise to the cassion and this critical time in the history of our nation when the motherland needs us badly. It is clear that a major campaign for the much-anticipated second liberation has already kicked off in earnest. The campaign is about replacing our current colonial masters—the corrupt-rich ruling class. Interestingly the old mzungu colonial masters had more compassion for the people and life in those days was much more bearable. If you doubt, just ask your grand parents.
However what has put a lot of joy in Kumekucha's heart is the fact that the people at the forefront of the struggle are the young people of Kenya, born after independence, exposed to the world and asking why can't Kenya be better than the West? Even where they do not ask the question is as many words, you will hear the comparisons daily all over the place.
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Men are known to make jokes about women drivers but this is one instance where many drivers who have viewed the dramatic Jack-Bower-like clip can only admire the driving.
When you also consider that most of the people we are seeing on the forefront of fighing for the second liberation are women, one cannot help asking themselves where the men are. Even the small group that camped outside CID headquarters to show solidarity with Health Minister Charity Ngilu when she was being held were mostly women.
So where are the men? Or do they just mostly prefer to call each other names at blogs like this one?
It is my hope and prayer that we men will rise to the cassion and this critical time in the history of our nation when the motherland needs us badly. It is clear that a major campaign for the much-anticipated second liberation has already kicked off in earnest. The campaign is about replacing our current colonial masters—the corrupt-rich ruling class. Interestingly the old mzungu colonial masters had more compassion for the people and life in those days was much more bearable. If you doubt, just ask your grand parents.
However what has put a lot of joy in Kumekucha's heart is the fact that the people at the forefront of the struggle are the young people of Kenya, born after independence, exposed to the world and asking why can't Kenya be better than the West? Even where they do not ask the question is as many words, you will hear the comparisons daily all over the place.
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Death Penalty: 9th Parliament Displays Lots Of Ignorance
The ignorance rampant in the 9th parliament and their total inability to think anywhere near outside the box was clearly illustrated when a bill seeking to outlaw the death penalty was thrown out without a second though and without much debate.
The legislators failed to note the fact that the death penalty in Kenya was in reality abolished 20 years ago, which was the last time the hangman alipata kibarua.. These days occupants of State house do not have the heart to sign the necessary papers to send offenders to the gallows. The result: they are congesting death row cells living in that terrible situation where you know you can walk to the gallows at any time but have no idea exactly when it will be.
The overpaid, mostly overweight MPs failed to note that the despite the death penalty, crime has not gone down in Kenya. In other words it has failed to be a deterrent and should therefore be removed from the books.
The only way the death penalty can have at least a little impact is to make the executions public and to have the guy living in State House signing the execution orders regularly. These two things are highly unlikely to happen and based on this, there is no point in having a law that does not work.
Then there is the fact that other countries with serious crime rate problems like South Africa abolished the death penalty a long time ago. Even neighboring Tanzania's death penalty does not extend to armed robbery, the main cause of concern for many Kenyans. Only Tanzanians who kill others face the death penalty.
What I personally find very strange and fascinating is how Kenyans who are comfortable DO NOT seem to understand their less privileged countrymen, nor the criminal mind. And neither are they interested, all they want to do is to protect their ill-gotten wealth and the way most of them see it is in showing no mercy to criminals. They are completely unable to see the big picture, which is the fact that without fundamental changes in government policy and direction, crime will continue to escalate in this country.
Well, you can't teach old dogs new tricks can you?
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The legislators failed to note the fact that the death penalty in Kenya was in reality abolished 20 years ago, which was the last time the hangman alipata kibarua.. These days occupants of State house do not have the heart to sign the necessary papers to send offenders to the gallows. The result: they are congesting death row cells living in that terrible situation where you know you can walk to the gallows at any time but have no idea exactly when it will be.
The overpaid, mostly overweight MPs failed to note that the despite the death penalty, crime has not gone down in Kenya. In other words it has failed to be a deterrent and should therefore be removed from the books.
The only way the death penalty can have at least a little impact is to make the executions public and to have the guy living in State House signing the execution orders regularly. These two things are highly unlikely to happen and based on this, there is no point in having a law that does not work.
Then there is the fact that other countries with serious crime rate problems like South Africa abolished the death penalty a long time ago. Even neighboring Tanzania's death penalty does not extend to armed robbery, the main cause of concern for many Kenyans. Only Tanzanians who kill others face the death penalty.
What I personally find very strange and fascinating is how Kenyans who are comfortable DO NOT seem to understand their less privileged countrymen, nor the criminal mind. And neither are they interested, all they want to do is to protect their ill-gotten wealth and the way most of them see it is in showing no mercy to criminals. They are completely unable to see the big picture, which is the fact that without fundamental changes in government policy and direction, crime will continue to escalate in this country.
Well, you can't teach old dogs new tricks can you?
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The Death Penalty In Kenya: Do you support it?
The death penalty has yet again been upheld by parliament. This is a sad day for Kenya with respect to human rights and also in the eyes of god. Most MPs are known to publicly abhor I am totally opposed to this legistlation Chris, do you support it? Kenya has this law in the statutes but it doesn't practice death penalty beyond conviction, which is worse than those who practice like the USA.
Because Kenya still retains the death penalty, there are thousands of convicts on deathrow awaiting their date with the hangman noose. Although no executions have been carried out since 1987, one has to think and imagine what it feels like to wake up in jail each morning not knowing what it means to stay alive. And this goes on for these condemned individuals for up to 20 years! Is it really just and humane to keep a deathrow convict in suspense for period of time?
The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, treason, robbery with violence or attempted robbery with violence and for administration of an unlawful oath to commit a capital offence. A lot of people assume rape is a capital offence. Unless there is robbery or murder involved rape does not constitute a capital offence. By law the death penalty may not be imposed on anyone under 18 years of age at the time of the offence, a pregnant woman or an insane person.
In 1987, 168 people were sentenced to death (most of them being 1982 abortive coup plotters). Many prisoners on death row in Kamiti, Shimo-la-Tewa, Naivasha GK Prison and Kodiaga in Kisumu have died as a result of a combination of factors including, stress, appalling prison conditions and old age. The Court of Appeal is sometimes known to overturn life sentences to the death penalty for capital offences!
The death penalty is unjust, barbaric and denies due process of law. Its imposition is arbitrary and irrevocable. It forever deprives an individual of benefits of new evidence or new law that might warrant the reversal of a conviction or the setting aside of a death sentence. Of course, the death penalty does not in any way UNDO or REVERSE whatever crime it was that led to the conviction.
My take on this is that President Kibaki, as a christian and an elder, is just too scared of signing death warrants for condemned prisoners. It is a topic he completely steered clear off when minister Kiraitu Murungi (himself a long time human rights activist) wanted to introduce in parliament during their first months in power. The constitution provides for the Prerogative of Mercy and the President has the right to pardon or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence. Infact, in the year he took power, (2003) President Kibaki commuted the death sentences of 223 inmates which was then very commendable.
Chris, suppose you were president, can you imagine yourself appending your signature as a finality on a convict's death warrant? The also imagine doing it for the thousands of condemned prisoners during your reign as president?
It is generally agreed that most of the violent crimes committed in Kenya today are by 'young people' (ie below 25 years old). And crime rates are going up rather than reducing despite these laws. Because of inexperience and in the process of committing violent crime, defenseless victims are killed even when they offer no resistance or immediate threat - only because young criminals don't leave any potential witnesses alive only because they fear these witnesses could testify and lead to their conviction on death penalty!
It is high time known reformist and human rights activitis like Kivutha Kibwana, Kiraitu Murungi, Koigi Wa Wamwere (himself a victim of this law) and Martha Karua - all of whom hold influential positions in government - do something worth their presence in government even if not political reasons. And that is they should lobby strongly for the death penalty to be abolished in Kenya whether through and act of parliament or through a referendum. It should be done away with!
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Because Kenya still retains the death penalty, there are thousands of convicts on deathrow awaiting their date with the hangman noose. Although no executions have been carried out since 1987, one has to think and imagine what it feels like to wake up in jail each morning not knowing what it means to stay alive. And this goes on for these condemned individuals for up to 20 years! Is it really just and humane to keep a deathrow convict in suspense for period of time?
The death penalty is a mandatory sentence for murder, treason, robbery with violence or attempted robbery with violence and for administration of an unlawful oath to commit a capital offence. A lot of people assume rape is a capital offence. Unless there is robbery or murder involved rape does not constitute a capital offence. By law the death penalty may not be imposed on anyone under 18 years of age at the time of the offence, a pregnant woman or an insane person.
In 1987, 168 people were sentenced to death (most of them being 1982 abortive coup plotters). Many prisoners on death row in Kamiti, Shimo-la-Tewa, Naivasha GK Prison and Kodiaga in Kisumu have died as a result of a combination of factors including, stress, appalling prison conditions and old age. The Court of Appeal is sometimes known to overturn life sentences to the death penalty for capital offences!
The death penalty is unjust, barbaric and denies due process of law. Its imposition is arbitrary and irrevocable. It forever deprives an individual of benefits of new evidence or new law that might warrant the reversal of a conviction or the setting aside of a death sentence. Of course, the death penalty does not in any way UNDO or REVERSE whatever crime it was that led to the conviction.
My take on this is that President Kibaki, as a christian and an elder, is just too scared of signing death warrants for condemned prisoners. It is a topic he completely steered clear off when minister Kiraitu Murungi (himself a long time human rights activist) wanted to introduce in parliament during their first months in power. The constitution provides for the Prerogative of Mercy and the President has the right to pardon or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence. Infact, in the year he took power, (2003) President Kibaki commuted the death sentences of 223 inmates which was then very commendable.
Chris, suppose you were president, can you imagine yourself appending your signature as a finality on a convict's death warrant? The also imagine doing it for the thousands of condemned prisoners during your reign as president?
It is generally agreed that most of the violent crimes committed in Kenya today are by 'young people' (ie below 25 years old). And crime rates are going up rather than reducing despite these laws. Because of inexperience and in the process of committing violent crime, defenseless victims are killed even when they offer no resistance or immediate threat - only because young criminals don't leave any potential witnesses alive only because they fear these witnesses could testify and lead to their conviction on death penalty!
It is high time known reformist and human rights activitis like Kivutha Kibwana, Kiraitu Murungi, Koigi Wa Wamwere (himself a victim of this law) and Martha Karua - all of whom hold influential positions in government - do something worth their presence in government even if not political reasons. And that is they should lobby strongly for the death penalty to be abolished in Kenya whether through and act of parliament or through a referendum. It should be done away with!
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Friday, August 03, 2007
Cops Fix Ngilu
Despite the fact that Health Minister Charity Ngilu has spent the better part of today in police custody at CID headquarters as well as yesterday afternoon, police commissioner Major General Ali had a clarification for the press today during a heated press conference session.
The Minister is not under arrest and neither is she being detained by the police, he said. She is simply assisting the police in investigations.
This is a new revelation by the police commissioner which means that next time the men in blue pick you up at the local kiosk with sukuma wiki bread and milk in your hands and ask you to accompany them to the police station (so that you can bribe them for your freedom) and you are as principled as Kumekucha is and spend the night in the cooler, don't tell people you were arrested by police. Tell them you were assisting the police with investigations.
So why has Ngilu been "assisting the police with investigations" for the whole long day? There are different stories the police are giving. One says that the police are waiting for orders "from above". The other is that police are still preparing "very serious charges" against the health minister. They must be so serious that they require endless analysis and debates in compiling them which will take a very long time as the minister misses her official duties that are important to the benefit of all Kenyans.
Maybe somebody wants to make it 500 counts or 1,000 counts so that it takes another whole day for somebody to read it out in court. You get the drift? The Health minister may have broken the law but charging her is not enough, she also has to be "fixed." I am reliably informed that when you make a fool of the police anywhere in the world, this is the "normal procedure." Ngilu's biggest crime it would seem was outsmarting a whole bunch of police officers including the burly "Funga Ngait" chap and sneaking Ann Njogu out of the dreaded Central Police station (see my other story to discover how Kumekucha was a visitor of the State and there once and why I have used the word "dreaded.").
The laws of a country are there to protect the people. But when those laws favor a certain clique and class of people, then the citizens have a right to defy those laws. The same justice system has to date not been able to prosecute the killers of Dr Robert Ouko despite the fact that there is enough evidence available to do so. Very selective this so-called justice system of ours. That is my view.
Ngilu's real crime was that she ventured into Kenya's "no go zone". Kenya's no go zone is where people sacrifice to fight for the rights of the ordinary, voiceless, frightened hungry citizen. Ann Njogu, a brave patriot that Kumekucha salutes started the whole saga by making the decision to go to parliament buildings to protest against the immoral and heinous thing our so-called MPs want to do of giving themselves a hefty bonus. When she took this action, she crossed the line and became a target of the government. Ngilu also crossed into this dangerous zone when she sided with Ms Njogu and released her from police custody where she was being mistreated and generally being handled badly. If it is true that her injuries were from the accident that the police car had while ferrying the arrested Civil society activists, then why was she not in hospital? What was she doing at Central police station?
If she was fine at the time Ngilu found her at Central police, then why did she have to be taken to hospital by the Health Minister immediately after the dramatic rescue? What did the police do to her to warrant this?
Thank you Ann Njogu and your colleagues. Kumekucha salutes you. Thank you Mrs "Jack Bower" Ngilu, Kumekucha salutes you. Ladies you are true patriots. Be encouraged. Your actions were not a cheap publicity stunt. Being brutalized and harassed by the police does not come cheap. Yours was a patriotic action that will be recognized as such one day. Take heart, Kenya shall be free soon.
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The Minister is not under arrest and neither is she being detained by the police, he said. She is simply assisting the police in investigations.
This is a new revelation by the police commissioner which means that next time the men in blue pick you up at the local kiosk with sukuma wiki bread and milk in your hands and ask you to accompany them to the police station (so that you can bribe them for your freedom) and you are as principled as Kumekucha is and spend the night in the cooler, don't tell people you were arrested by police. Tell them you were assisting the police with investigations.
So why has Ngilu been "assisting the police with investigations" for the whole long day? There are different stories the police are giving. One says that the police are waiting for orders "from above". The other is that police are still preparing "very serious charges" against the health minister. They must be so serious that they require endless analysis and debates in compiling them which will take a very long time as the minister misses her official duties that are important to the benefit of all Kenyans.
Maybe somebody wants to make it 500 counts or 1,000 counts so that it takes another whole day for somebody to read it out in court. You get the drift? The Health minister may have broken the law but charging her is not enough, she also has to be "fixed." I am reliably informed that when you make a fool of the police anywhere in the world, this is the "normal procedure." Ngilu's biggest crime it would seem was outsmarting a whole bunch of police officers including the burly "Funga Ngait" chap and sneaking Ann Njogu out of the dreaded Central Police station (see my other story to discover how Kumekucha was a visitor of the State and there once and why I have used the word "dreaded.").
The laws of a country are there to protect the people. But when those laws favor a certain clique and class of people, then the citizens have a right to defy those laws. The same justice system has to date not been able to prosecute the killers of Dr Robert Ouko despite the fact that there is enough evidence available to do so. Very selective this so-called justice system of ours. That is my view.
Ngilu's real crime was that she ventured into Kenya's "no go zone". Kenya's no go zone is where people sacrifice to fight for the rights of the ordinary, voiceless, frightened hungry citizen. Ann Njogu, a brave patriot that Kumekucha salutes started the whole saga by making the decision to go to parliament buildings to protest against the immoral and heinous thing our so-called MPs want to do of giving themselves a hefty bonus. When she took this action, she crossed the line and became a target of the government. Ngilu also crossed into this dangerous zone when she sided with Ms Njogu and released her from police custody where she was being mistreated and generally being handled badly. If it is true that her injuries were from the accident that the police car had while ferrying the arrested Civil society activists, then why was she not in hospital? What was she doing at Central police station?
If she was fine at the time Ngilu found her at Central police, then why did she have to be taken to hospital by the Health Minister immediately after the dramatic rescue? What did the police do to her to warrant this?
Thank you Ann Njogu and your colleagues. Kumekucha salutes you. Thank you Mrs "Jack Bower" Ngilu, Kumekucha salutes you. Ladies you are true patriots. Be encouraged. Your actions were not a cheap publicity stunt. Being brutalized and harassed by the police does not come cheap. Yours was a patriotic action that will be recognized as such one day. Take heart, Kenya shall be free soon.
I am reliably informed that the boss at Vigilance House regularly reads this blog. My advice to him (in case this is true) is that as much as he hates politics and believes that journalists are not very bright people (including Kumekucha), is that there is a change of government that is coming very soon.
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The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
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The Day Kumekucha "Assisted Police With Investigations" For A Whole Weekend and Two Days
In my informed view Kamukunji Police Station cells are a much more friendlier place than the usually badly stinking brutal Central Police station cells.
The Police cells and Kenyan prisons contrary to what many naïve Kenyans think, is not filled with rapists and murders and carjackers. NO. They are full of innocent Kenyans whose only crime is that they did not have the money to "buy their freedom." Many others are people merely "assisting the police with investigations" for a very long time.
In 1986 something happened to me in the hands of the police that changed my life forever and in fact almost killed me.
I was newly married and still in the "honeymoon mode" trying to work very hard to provide for my newly established family. I was a journalist but I carefully avoided controversial stories that could get me into trouble. I would not write a political story even if you paid me a million bob (and believe me a million bob was a lot of money in those heady days when a loaf bread cost less than Kshs 4/-).
I worked for a mzungu publication based in Westlands (that was the first of its' kind in Kenya) and had recently received a tip off about a story that involved a traffic policeman who had been deliberately ran over by a matatu driver. I was doing this reluctantly because even such a story was too controversial for me.
One afternoon I walked back into the office in Waumini House Annexe, Westlands to be told that there were some plain clothes policemen looking for me. I assumed that it was about the story I was chasing. I really wasn't frightened of policemen as I had grown up seeing them and interacting with them because my father was very senior police officer and still was at that time.
To cut a long story short I was arrested and driven all over Nairobi by police officers from the then dreaded Special branch. And at first, without knowing exactly what the whole issue was about, except that they asked me about another freelance journalist whom I was acquainted with, I was released and asked to report back the following day. This was at the dreaded Nyayo House building, twenty something floor.
I dutifully came back the next morning, which was a Friday and was locked up the whole weekend. They kept on shifting me from police station to police station. That is how I can authoritatively compare all police cells in the city, including little known ones like the one at the Railway station and the one at KICC (Kenyatta International Conference Centre). Central police has a long history of police brutuallity dating back to colonial times. It is just a few metres fro the place where in 1922 police opened fire on a whole group of detained Kikuyu natives—but that is a story for another day.
By this time I had discovered that I was supposed to be a Mwakenya suspect. Mwakenya for our younger readers was a group of brave Kenyans trying to resist the government of Moi in an underground clandestine way because opposition politics was then an outlawed thing punishable by detention without trial or by death.
I was very lucky because I was finally released on Monday evening and it had a lot to do with who my father was. The special branch did not have a shred of evidence linking me to Mwakenya and to this day I am not sure what it was all about whether it was a case of mistaken identity or just plain bad luck (I was too young to have made any enemies then) because many innocent Kenyans suffered terribly as so-called Mwakenya suspects.
That small incident had a major effect on my life and almost destroyed me. While in police custody I had received a message from my Dad that I was basically on my own. He was sure that I was innocent but there was nothing he could do about it because I was considered a "possible threat to the security of the state."
I was not tortured too badly except at one point during interrogation, I was asked to strip naked (which I did) and informed that the room where I was, many other suspects before me had been shot dead and their bodies taken to the mortuary because they did not co-operate. I broke easily (I was only a 22 year old then, recently out of school.) and begged the cold policemen for my life telling them that I would admit anything they wanted me to admit but that I was innocent and that my dead mother who had passed on when I was in primary school knew it and so did my current step mother.). My pleas must have touched them because they immediately stopped the interrogation and locked me up in a room at CID headquarters where all this was going on. This were the old wooden structures that burnt a few years later under some very mysterious circumstances.
An explanation here is in order so that nobody gets confused. I was initially arrested by special branch officers who asked me to return the next day. They then handed me over to the CID who were supposed to conduct further investigations. Hence my presence in that place where Health Minister Ngilu has spent most of the day today.
After my release, my character changed dramatically and I became fairly reckless. I started drinking very heavily and became a serious womanizer. The whole ordeal had shown me that staying on the right side of the law does not really help when you have a justice system like the one in Kenya. In the police cells I met many innocent people. You see when you are inside, people tell the truth and have no reason to lie. Criminals openly admitted what they had done and told stories of how they had outwitted the law for so long and how they were going to get out of the cells soon, when certain "negotiations" were complete.
I was treated with a lot of respect in the police cells because everybody knew that I was a "Mwakenya suspect." The police kept on bringing their friends to see me. "Mwanume wa wanaume" Men of men as they called me. A young man brave enough to defy the government of Kenya. I didn't waste my breath trying to explain that I was innocent.
The reason why I have given you this story is simply this. Our justice system which we are supposed to obey without question has created the vast majority of criminals that we see out there today and continues to do so. Many others who passed through the same ordeal and probably suffered more than me, must have automatically ended up in crime.
This I can assure you, there is no feeling that brings more bitterness in a human being than suffering for a crime that you did not commit.
That is the Kenyan justice system for you. As far as the police are concerned, you are guilty until proven innocent, or until you pay a bribe.
And these days it is worse. Last weekend a young Kenyan lady informed me of a case where this Kenyan who committed a grave crime against her and her family was jailed for 18 years. He did not even complete a year in prison. He was recently released under mysterious circumstances, or shall I say pretty normal circumstances as far as Kenya is concerned.
That is why I want to inform naïve Kenyans that the people still in prison are mostly the innocent, the ones that don't have the cash, and the "stupid". In Kenya the word "stupid" is often used on principled people who refuse to bribe. Admittedly a breed that is almost extinct in Kenya. When you understand the meaning of this word in Kenyaspeak, you can then say that Ngilu was "stupid" because she needn't have used so much energy and effort. All she would have done would have been to reach into her handbag and her purse… and presto, behold. Ann Njogu would have been free. No maneno no fuss.
By the way the young Kenyan lady who told the story of the man released from police custody says that she has now given her life to praying for justice in Kenya. Some pipedream, many of you would say, but I too dream of justice in Kenya… one day soon.
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The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
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Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
The Police cells and Kenyan prisons contrary to what many naïve Kenyans think, is not filled with rapists and murders and carjackers. NO. They are full of innocent Kenyans whose only crime is that they did not have the money to "buy their freedom." Many others are people merely "assisting the police with investigations" for a very long time.
In 1986 something happened to me in the hands of the police that changed my life forever and in fact almost killed me.
I was newly married and still in the "honeymoon mode" trying to work very hard to provide for my newly established family. I was a journalist but I carefully avoided controversial stories that could get me into trouble. I would not write a political story even if you paid me a million bob (and believe me a million bob was a lot of money in those heady days when a loaf bread cost less than Kshs 4/-).
I worked for a mzungu publication based in Westlands (that was the first of its' kind in Kenya) and had recently received a tip off about a story that involved a traffic policeman who had been deliberately ran over by a matatu driver. I was doing this reluctantly because even such a story was too controversial for me.
One afternoon I walked back into the office in Waumini House Annexe, Westlands to be told that there were some plain clothes policemen looking for me. I assumed that it was about the story I was chasing. I really wasn't frightened of policemen as I had grown up seeing them and interacting with them because my father was very senior police officer and still was at that time.
To cut a long story short I was arrested and driven all over Nairobi by police officers from the then dreaded Special branch. And at first, without knowing exactly what the whole issue was about, except that they asked me about another freelance journalist whom I was acquainted with, I was released and asked to report back the following day. This was at the dreaded Nyayo House building, twenty something floor.
I dutifully came back the next morning, which was a Friday and was locked up the whole weekend. They kept on shifting me from police station to police station. That is how I can authoritatively compare all police cells in the city, including little known ones like the one at the Railway station and the one at KICC (Kenyatta International Conference Centre). Central police has a long history of police brutuallity dating back to colonial times. It is just a few metres fro the place where in 1922 police opened fire on a whole group of detained Kikuyu natives—but that is a story for another day.
By this time I had discovered that I was supposed to be a Mwakenya suspect. Mwakenya for our younger readers was a group of brave Kenyans trying to resist the government of Moi in an underground clandestine way because opposition politics was then an outlawed thing punishable by detention without trial or by death.
I was very lucky because I was finally released on Monday evening and it had a lot to do with who my father was. The special branch did not have a shred of evidence linking me to Mwakenya and to this day I am not sure what it was all about whether it was a case of mistaken identity or just plain bad luck (I was too young to have made any enemies then) because many innocent Kenyans suffered terribly as so-called Mwakenya suspects.
That small incident had a major effect on my life and almost destroyed me. While in police custody I had received a message from my Dad that I was basically on my own. He was sure that I was innocent but there was nothing he could do about it because I was considered a "possible threat to the security of the state."
I was not tortured too badly except at one point during interrogation, I was asked to strip naked (which I did) and informed that the room where I was, many other suspects before me had been shot dead and their bodies taken to the mortuary because they did not co-operate. I broke easily (I was only a 22 year old then, recently out of school.) and begged the cold policemen for my life telling them that I would admit anything they wanted me to admit but that I was innocent and that my dead mother who had passed on when I was in primary school knew it and so did my current step mother.). My pleas must have touched them because they immediately stopped the interrogation and locked me up in a room at CID headquarters where all this was going on. This were the old wooden structures that burnt a few years later under some very mysterious circumstances.
An explanation here is in order so that nobody gets confused. I was initially arrested by special branch officers who asked me to return the next day. They then handed me over to the CID who were supposed to conduct further investigations. Hence my presence in that place where Health Minister Ngilu has spent most of the day today.
After my release, my character changed dramatically and I became fairly reckless. I started drinking very heavily and became a serious womanizer. The whole ordeal had shown me that staying on the right side of the law does not really help when you have a justice system like the one in Kenya. In the police cells I met many innocent people. You see when you are inside, people tell the truth and have no reason to lie. Criminals openly admitted what they had done and told stories of how they had outwitted the law for so long and how they were going to get out of the cells soon, when certain "negotiations" were complete.
I was treated with a lot of respect in the police cells because everybody knew that I was a "Mwakenya suspect." The police kept on bringing their friends to see me. "Mwanume wa wanaume" Men of men as they called me. A young man brave enough to defy the government of Kenya. I didn't waste my breath trying to explain that I was innocent.
The reason why I have given you this story is simply this. Our justice system which we are supposed to obey without question has created the vast majority of criminals that we see out there today and continues to do so. Many others who passed through the same ordeal and probably suffered more than me, must have automatically ended up in crime.
This I can assure you, there is no feeling that brings more bitterness in a human being than suffering for a crime that you did not commit.
That is the Kenyan justice system for you. As far as the police are concerned, you are guilty until proven innocent, or until you pay a bribe.
And these days it is worse. Last weekend a young Kenyan lady informed me of a case where this Kenyan who committed a grave crime against her and her family was jailed for 18 years. He did not even complete a year in prison. He was recently released under mysterious circumstances, or shall I say pretty normal circumstances as far as Kenya is concerned.
That is why I want to inform naïve Kenyans that the people still in prison are mostly the innocent, the ones that don't have the cash, and the "stupid". In Kenya the word "stupid" is often used on principled people who refuse to bribe. Admittedly a breed that is almost extinct in Kenya. When you understand the meaning of this word in Kenyaspeak, you can then say that Ngilu was "stupid" because she needn't have used so much energy and effort. All she would have done would have been to reach into her handbag and her purse… and presto, behold. Ann Njogu would have been free. No maneno no fuss.
By the way the young Kenyan lady who told the story of the man released from police custody says that she has now given her life to praying for justice in Kenya. Some pipedream, many of you would say, but I too dream of justice in Kenya… one day soon.
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Media Bill Sails Through Parliament
Yes, the media bill will soon be law. It has been passed in parliament and awaits the president's signature to become law. These are some of the laws that make the Kenyan justice system a joke. Laws passed, not for posterity but for the convenience of a few powerful people who have broken the law and want to use the same law to protect themselves.
You can debate this issue until the cows come home but the fact of the matter is that this new law has been designed to make it more difficult for journalists to expose corruption in high places. When combined with the notorious official secrets act, it makes the life of any investigative journalist in Kenya a serious nightmare and just impossible.
This government has been very keen on "establishing professionalism" amongst media practitioners while our rogue MPs go berserk awarding themselves hefty salaries and now a huge bonus.
The next parliament should immediately move to throw out this law and restore press freedom.
To me this is yet another "feather in the cap" of the 9th parliament.
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You can debate this issue until the cows come home but the fact of the matter is that this new law has been designed to make it more difficult for journalists to expose corruption in high places. When combined with the notorious official secrets act, it makes the life of any investigative journalist in Kenya a serious nightmare and just impossible.
This government has been very keen on "establishing professionalism" amongst media practitioners while our rogue MPs go berserk awarding themselves hefty salaries and now a huge bonus.
The next parliament should immediately move to throw out this law and restore press freedom.
To me this is yet another "feather in the cap" of the 9th parliament.
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The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
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Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Charity Ngilu Ordered To Report To CID By Police Commissioner
As I was posting this, I had not yet established the fate of Health Minister Charity Ngilu who was earlier today ordered to report to CID headquarters by the police commissioner in connection to the dramatic commando-like rescue she executed at the Central Police station to free civil society activist Ann Njogu from police custody.
The interesting thing about the police is that yesterday they announced that they were looking for Mrs Ngilu and knew very well where to look but no policemen arrived at her Afya House health ministry office.
Probably what rubbed salt on the fresh wounds of the police was her statement to the press earlier today that she had no regrets over what she had done and would gladly do it all over again. Ngilu went on to complain over the fact that Ann Njogu had been a victim of police brutality and she had seen the policemen "drag her along the floor."
The order by Maj Gen Ali is a clear move to intimidate the minister and show her who is in charge.
Good people let us not forget where this sorry saga started from. The rights activists were protesting the plan by MPs to give themselves an unprecedented golden hand shake at the end of their term this year at a time when most Kenyans are struggling to put food on the table.
One wonders why the police cannot spend their time doing something more productive like arresting carjackers instead of harassing innocent peaceful demonstrators. I cannot help but notice the loud silence from parliament about the arrests and police harassment. Even ODM guys are too busy (you know doing what).
By the time I was writing this, I had not heard of anybody issuing a statement condemning the uncalled-for police brutality.
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The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
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The interesting thing about the police is that yesterday they announced that they were looking for Mrs Ngilu and knew very well where to look but no policemen arrived at her Afya House health ministry office.
Probably what rubbed salt on the fresh wounds of the police was her statement to the press earlier today that she had no regrets over what she had done and would gladly do it all over again. Ngilu went on to complain over the fact that Ann Njogu had been a victim of police brutality and she had seen the policemen "drag her along the floor."
The order by Maj Gen Ali is a clear move to intimidate the minister and show her who is in charge.
Good people let us not forget where this sorry saga started from. The rights activists were protesting the plan by MPs to give themselves an unprecedented golden hand shake at the end of their term this year at a time when most Kenyans are struggling to put food on the table.
One wonders why the police cannot spend their time doing something more productive like arresting carjackers instead of harassing innocent peaceful demonstrators. I cannot help but notice the loud silence from parliament about the arrests and police harassment. Even ODM guys are too busy (you know doing what).
By the time I was writing this, I had not heard of anybody issuing a statement condemning the uncalled-for police brutality.
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The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
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Obscure Political Party Is Suddenly Famous For The Wrong Reasons
ODM presidential hopeful Julia Ojiambo is also the chairperson of LPK (Labor Party of Kenya) a constituent party of the opposition alliance (it is not a coalition kwani you guys did not attend the Uhuru Kenyatta lecture?).
Little was known about this obscure party until the defection of one Kalonzo Musyoka earlier in the week from Raila Odinga's LDP to Ms Ojiambo's LPK.
Raila Odinga says quite rightly that there was an ad in the Daily Nation by LPK asking interested presidential candidates to present themselves for election. On those grounds Raila says that Kalonzo's defection is a defection out of ODM because actions of LPK are contrary to the ODM constitution.
Today Prof Julia Ojiambo called a press conference, her first in recent memory to tell of Raila and advice him to keep the "presidential tensions" between him and Kalonzo Musyoka out of LPK. She then reiterated that her LPK is still very much a part of ODM. Interestingly the good lady said nothing about the ad in the Nation Raila referred to.
And so the circus and comedy of errors in ODM continues.
Not that Narc Kenya are doing any better. If Noah Wekesa is to be believed (and he is speaking with so much authority these days and all indications are that he has the president's ear) then President Kibaki will stand for president with a new party called Narc Original.
Oh sorry, the latest (Wekesa said earlier today) is that he has promised to come up with a name sounding much better than Narc. I suggest the following; Narc Dot Com, Narc Yenyewe, Narc Damu, Narc Sunguru Mjanja, Narc Con, Narc Tepeli ya wananchi etc…
Or for the sake of the rural folk who have problems pronouncing some of these things NAKA Yenyewe!
John Githongo rudi haraka.
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Little was known about this obscure party until the defection of one Kalonzo Musyoka earlier in the week from Raila Odinga's LDP to Ms Ojiambo's LPK.
Raila Odinga says quite rightly that there was an ad in the Daily Nation by LPK asking interested presidential candidates to present themselves for election. On those grounds Raila says that Kalonzo's defection is a defection out of ODM because actions of LPK are contrary to the ODM constitution.
Today Prof Julia Ojiambo called a press conference, her first in recent memory to tell of Raila and advice him to keep the "presidential tensions" between him and Kalonzo Musyoka out of LPK. She then reiterated that her LPK is still very much a part of ODM. Interestingly the good lady said nothing about the ad in the Nation Raila referred to.
And so the circus and comedy of errors in ODM continues.
Not that Narc Kenya are doing any better. If Noah Wekesa is to be believed (and he is speaking with so much authority these days and all indications are that he has the president's ear) then President Kibaki will stand for president with a new party called Narc Original.
Oh sorry, the latest (Wekesa said earlier today) is that he has promised to come up with a name sounding much better than Narc. I suggest the following; Narc Dot Com, Narc Yenyewe, Narc Damu, Narc Sunguru Mjanja, Narc Con, Narc Tepeli ya wananchi etc…
Or for the sake of the rural folk who have problems pronouncing some of these things NAKA Yenyewe!
John Githongo rudi haraka.
Any Kenyan can make money on the Internet with this information
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Kumekucha's Statement About Controversial Murungaru Post
Never has a post caused so much heat as that controversial re-appoint-Murungaru post that appeared here 2 days ago.
(Strange when it was clearly marked right at the top and in bold; Warning: This a tongue-in-the cheek post). Thanx Phil, you appear to be the only person who noticed it.
One thing that you my dear readers have to help me understand is what the differenece there is between Kiraitu Murungi being returned to the cabinet and indeed Daudi Mwiraria, and the return of Chris Murungaru. In my book the 3 gentlemen are the same. Kenyans seem to have accepted the re-appointments of the first two, so why not the third?
It is important to remember Hon Chris Murungaru's own words shortly after he was dropped from the cabinet. He said that there was no way anybody would authorize the signing of documents to release so much cash from the treasury without authority from the highest authority in the land. That my dear brothers and sisters is a fact that nobody can deny. And yet many Kenyans still see the Kibaki Abaki suggestion as the only viable one. Their excuse is simple. Who else, they ask?
My answer is that if you have a national soccer team full of veterans (like what we have in Kenya at the moment) and you are about to play Nigeria, the biggest mistake you can make is to stick with the old because you do not want to field inexperienced players for such a big match. The truth is that the wazee will not only lose against Nigeria but you will never have a chance to change the guard. And the only way to do it is by radical surgery. Remember that we tried to mix youth and experience in 2002, see what happened.
In other words we should go for a brand new set of leaders who have never been to parliament before, extreme times call for extreme solutions.
Anyway back to the main point in making this post. I apologize for any bitter taste in the mouth caused by my Murungaru post. It was not intended folks. But at the same time I urge you to read the top of every post carefully in future and look out for warnings like the one I placed at the top of the controversial one that caused so much distress here.
P.S. Some bloggers have challenged Kumekucha repeatedly as to what else he has done apart from blogging. Meaning that they do not consider this blog an achievement worth citing. I disagree.
With the help of numerous of you other Kenyans out there we have together built a very unique meeting place here. Where else in Kenya or outside will you get people of divergent political views and even government spies in one place discussing issues of the day soberly? It is with all humbleness of heart that I say the future of Kenya starts here.
By discussing here, we are not doing nothing. We are all doing a lot. For example although we have launched various programs in this blog, the challenge for us to be seen to be doing something must be taken seriously by all and I am sure our efforts will go a notch higher as a result.
Any Kenyan can make money on the Internet with this information
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
(Strange when it was clearly marked right at the top and in bold; Warning: This a tongue-in-the cheek post). Thanx Phil, you appear to be the only person who noticed it.
One thing that you my dear readers have to help me understand is what the differenece there is between Kiraitu Murungi being returned to the cabinet and indeed Daudi Mwiraria, and the return of Chris Murungaru. In my book the 3 gentlemen are the same. Kenyans seem to have accepted the re-appointments of the first two, so why not the third?
It is important to remember Hon Chris Murungaru's own words shortly after he was dropped from the cabinet. He said that there was no way anybody would authorize the signing of documents to release so much cash from the treasury without authority from the highest authority in the land. That my dear brothers and sisters is a fact that nobody can deny. And yet many Kenyans still see the Kibaki Abaki suggestion as the only viable one. Their excuse is simple. Who else, they ask?
My answer is that if you have a national soccer team full of veterans (like what we have in Kenya at the moment) and you are about to play Nigeria, the biggest mistake you can make is to stick with the old because you do not want to field inexperienced players for such a big match. The truth is that the wazee will not only lose against Nigeria but you will never have a chance to change the guard. And the only way to do it is by radical surgery. Remember that we tried to mix youth and experience in 2002, see what happened.
In other words we should go for a brand new set of leaders who have never been to parliament before, extreme times call for extreme solutions.
Anyway back to the main point in making this post. I apologize for any bitter taste in the mouth caused by my Murungaru post. It was not intended folks. But at the same time I urge you to read the top of every post carefully in future and look out for warnings like the one I placed at the top of the controversial one that caused so much distress here.
P.S. Some bloggers have challenged Kumekucha repeatedly as to what else he has done apart from blogging. Meaning that they do not consider this blog an achievement worth citing. I disagree.
With the help of numerous of you other Kenyans out there we have together built a very unique meeting place here. Where else in Kenya or outside will you get people of divergent political views and even government spies in one place discussing issues of the day soberly? It is with all humbleness of heart that I say the future of Kenya starts here.
By discussing here, we are not doing nothing. We are all doing a lot. For example although we have launched various programs in this blog, the challenge for us to be seen to be doing something must be taken seriously by all and I am sure our efforts will go a notch higher as a result.
Any Kenyan can make money on the Internet with this information
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Special Open Letter To Phil
My Dear Brother In The Struggle,
I have no words to say what I am about to say either in the English language or in our respective 3 vernacular dialects. However please accept these weak substitutes as they are the only widely understood words available for now (Taabu has not lent me his unique Dictionary which contains some words and common expressions that date back to the Stone Age. Joke!)
I thank you most sincerely for the mature, cool way in which you have taken my recent critical remarks on the candidate you believe is most suitable to be the next president of our beloved motherland. And also the way you took the inevitable aftermath and follow up remarks that were sure to follow and indeed did follow.
You have displayed a level of maturity and political give and take that is admirable and clear for all to see. It really touched me that if anything, you have increased your comments in this blog and gone out of your way to continue to do what you do best without any bitterness or venom in you. You have done your candidate, and indeed the entire long-vilified community of the Luo, very proud. In generations to come many will be able to point to this as one example to prove that this long suffering community does not deserve the shoddy treatment it has received and continues to receive in the hands of many insensitive Kenyans oblivious of the history of this country and where it all started and why.
Let nobody get me wrong. I am not taking back what I said about Raila Odinga. In fact I believe that there are many major issues concerning this candidate that need to be addressed urgently and discussed in the open. My prayer is that there is enough courage in those who are here in this blog to do it (without abusive language please). Indeed in the next few days I am expecting a long letter from an expert (and former insider) on this issue who will raise many of these questions. Incidentally this Raila critic believes (and will conclude so in their thesis) that Raila is the best hope Kenya has got at the moment. Which is acceptable although personally I DO NOT share their view. However this does not stop me from being their friend and from publishing their views here without changing a single comma.
Some Raila Odinga supporters have often complained why it is that he is the most discussed candidate? I believe the answer is to be found in the masses of Kenya and the support this candidate currently enjoys from them so that everywhere he goes, people will stop what they are doing to listen to him. I believe that this is because the disadvantaged Kenyans feel that he is the closest candidate there is to their aspirations and challenges. I have personally verified this (and many other neutral people leaving comments here also have) from many ordinary folks, most of whom do not hail from the Luo community.
But I digress. This post is dedicated to Phil. The man of the moment.
In my heart I feel that you are indispensable to this meeting place where we meet daily, and the day you get very busy with campaigns for your favored candidate (which may be very soon) and don't have the time to drop in, things will never be the same again. I especially treasure your insights into the life of the common down-trodden Kenyans living in places like Kibera where a first time visitor who takes a flushing toilet and a fridge for granted will not believe that they are still in Kenya. That place where every day is a bitter and desperate struggle for survival.
I asked a question here about how many people have visited places like Mathare and Kibera slums and you saw for yourself how loud the silence was. But you see the folks who read this blog are well-meaning and most of them are genuine about wanting to see change in our beloved motherland. It is therefore very important that you educate us all Phil, on how those poor brothers and sisters of ours really live. I sense that this is so very important for our country at this particular moment and time in our history when the monthly salary of just one MP is enough to make a huge difference within a huge area of either major slums.
I pray for you my brother that you will continue in your steadfast service to the motherland and that we will continue here and elsewhere together, oblivious of whether we agree with each other or not, for that is the cornerstone and most fundamental basic building block of this thing we call democracy.
For the love of the motherland,
- Kumekucha -
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I have no words to say what I am about to say either in the English language or in our respective 3 vernacular dialects. However please accept these weak substitutes as they are the only widely understood words available for now (Taabu has not lent me his unique Dictionary which contains some words and common expressions that date back to the Stone Age. Joke!)
I thank you most sincerely for the mature, cool way in which you have taken my recent critical remarks on the candidate you believe is most suitable to be the next president of our beloved motherland. And also the way you took the inevitable aftermath and follow up remarks that were sure to follow and indeed did follow.
You have displayed a level of maturity and political give and take that is admirable and clear for all to see. It really touched me that if anything, you have increased your comments in this blog and gone out of your way to continue to do what you do best without any bitterness or venom in you. You have done your candidate, and indeed the entire long-vilified community of the Luo, very proud. In generations to come many will be able to point to this as one example to prove that this long suffering community does not deserve the shoddy treatment it has received and continues to receive in the hands of many insensitive Kenyans oblivious of the history of this country and where it all started and why.
Let nobody get me wrong. I am not taking back what I said about Raila Odinga. In fact I believe that there are many major issues concerning this candidate that need to be addressed urgently and discussed in the open. My prayer is that there is enough courage in those who are here in this blog to do it (without abusive language please). Indeed in the next few days I am expecting a long letter from an expert (and former insider) on this issue who will raise many of these questions. Incidentally this Raila critic believes (and will conclude so in their thesis) that Raila is the best hope Kenya has got at the moment. Which is acceptable although personally I DO NOT share their view. However this does not stop me from being their friend and from publishing their views here without changing a single comma.
Some Raila Odinga supporters have often complained why it is that he is the most discussed candidate? I believe the answer is to be found in the masses of Kenya and the support this candidate currently enjoys from them so that everywhere he goes, people will stop what they are doing to listen to him. I believe that this is because the disadvantaged Kenyans feel that he is the closest candidate there is to their aspirations and challenges. I have personally verified this (and many other neutral people leaving comments here also have) from many ordinary folks, most of whom do not hail from the Luo community.
But I digress. This post is dedicated to Phil. The man of the moment.
In my heart I feel that you are indispensable to this meeting place where we meet daily, and the day you get very busy with campaigns for your favored candidate (which may be very soon) and don't have the time to drop in, things will never be the same again. I especially treasure your insights into the life of the common down-trodden Kenyans living in places like Kibera where a first time visitor who takes a flushing toilet and a fridge for granted will not believe that they are still in Kenya. That place where every day is a bitter and desperate struggle for survival.
I asked a question here about how many people have visited places like Mathare and Kibera slums and you saw for yourself how loud the silence was. But you see the folks who read this blog are well-meaning and most of them are genuine about wanting to see change in our beloved motherland. It is therefore very important that you educate us all Phil, on how those poor brothers and sisters of ours really live. I sense that this is so very important for our country at this particular moment and time in our history when the monthly salary of just one MP is enough to make a huge difference within a huge area of either major slums.
I pray for you my brother that you will continue in your steadfast service to the motherland and that we will continue here and elsewhere together, oblivious of whether we agree with each other or not, for that is the cornerstone and most fundamental basic building block of this thing we call democracy.
For the love of the motherland,
- Kumekucha -
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Mwalimu Mati And Others Arrested For Objecting To MP's Robbing The Treasury
Step Aside Jack Bower, Here Comes Agent Kaluki Ngilu
There was high drama in Nairobi last night that contained more than enough scenes to create several episodes of 24—the popular world famous TV drama.
In the whole Nairobi drama, health Minister Charity Ngilu was agent Jack Bower—the star of the 24 TV drama and the guy who often achieves the impossible.
The Health Minister who is a sharp contrast to her neighboring constituency parliamentarian colleague, Kalonzo Musyoka walked into the police station snatched activist Ann Njogu (who was being held by police) and walked her into her official Mercedes car. She cheekily told policemen in the hearing of the press; "I am not taking her anywhere."
Policemen, some of them armed to the teeth, desperately tried to stop agent Ngilu to no avail. As Ngilu's official Mercedes vehicle made for the gate of the Central police station at high speed, one of the overweight policemen repeatedly shouted loudly in an accented voice;
"Funga Ngait"
"Funga Hio Ngait" (Close the gate)
It was too late, with tyres screeching agent Ngilu made it to through the gate where a uniformed policeman stood bravely in front of the vehicle on Harry Thuku Road trying to stop it from proceeding any further. Ngilu revved the engine and somehow got through without running the policeman over. Several officers rushed ahead and stopped vehicles in an effort to create a traffic jam so as to trap the Health Minsiter's car in traffic. That didn't work either and agent Ngilu's car snaked through the traffic and disappeared into the cold Nairobi night.
The minister's driver who was receiving instructions from the minister herself was driving the car.
Now this is the place where the last few seconds tick off as the 24 logo fills the screen and you have to wait for a whole week to find out what happens next. Fortunately in our case we will not have to wait that long. In the next few hours there should be a development in this riveting saga.
As you read this, police have launched a massive manhunt opps, (or is it womanhunt) for Hon Mrs Charity Kaluki Ngilu and Ann Njogu. Incidentally this morning Ann Njogu's husband was charged in court with aiding in his wife's escape from police custody.
Oh, but wait, there is another high drama that had earlier taken place in parliament buildings a few hours earlier. Mwalimu "irrevocable promissory notes" Mati and other members of the civil society and concerned Kenyans had staged a peaceful demonstration (can you imagine Mwalimu Mati being violent? Impossible) outside parliament buildings. They were protesting against the huge bonus MPs are planning to pay themselves at the end of their term this year. Policemen arrested them on the flimsy grounds that their demonstration was not licensed. As the police car sped away it was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The arrested brave Kenyans had to be rushed to Aga Khan Hospital where some of them were hospitalized under heavy police guard, as I post this I have established that none of them was in danger and they were being treated for mostly bruises and knocks taken in the head-on collision.
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There was high drama in Nairobi last night that contained more than enough scenes to create several episodes of 24—the popular world famous TV drama.
In the whole Nairobi drama, health Minister Charity Ngilu was agent Jack Bower—the star of the 24 TV drama and the guy who often achieves the impossible.
The Health Minister who is a sharp contrast to her neighboring constituency parliamentarian colleague, Kalonzo Musyoka walked into the police station snatched activist Ann Njogu (who was being held by police) and walked her into her official Mercedes car. She cheekily told policemen in the hearing of the press; "I am not taking her anywhere."
Policemen, some of them armed to the teeth, desperately tried to stop agent Ngilu to no avail. As Ngilu's official Mercedes vehicle made for the gate of the Central police station at high speed, one of the overweight policemen repeatedly shouted loudly in an accented voice;
"Funga Ngait"
"Funga Hio Ngait" (Close the gate)
It was too late, with tyres screeching agent Ngilu made it to through the gate where a uniformed policeman stood bravely in front of the vehicle on Harry Thuku Road trying to stop it from proceeding any further. Ngilu revved the engine and somehow got through without running the policeman over. Several officers rushed ahead and stopped vehicles in an effort to create a traffic jam so as to trap the Health Minsiter's car in traffic. That didn't work either and agent Ngilu's car snaked through the traffic and disappeared into the cold Nairobi night.
The minister's driver who was receiving instructions from the minister herself was driving the car.
Now this is the place where the last few seconds tick off as the 24 logo fills the screen and you have to wait for a whole week to find out what happens next. Fortunately in our case we will not have to wait that long. In the next few hours there should be a development in this riveting saga.
As you read this, police have launched a massive manhunt opps, (or is it womanhunt) for Hon Mrs Charity Kaluki Ngilu and Ann Njogu. Incidentally this morning Ann Njogu's husband was charged in court with aiding in his wife's escape from police custody.
Oh, but wait, there is another high drama that had earlier taken place in parliament buildings a few hours earlier. Mwalimu "irrevocable promissory notes" Mati and other members of the civil society and concerned Kenyans had staged a peaceful demonstration (can you imagine Mwalimu Mati being violent? Impossible) outside parliament buildings. They were protesting against the huge bonus MPs are planning to pay themselves at the end of their term this year. Policemen arrested them on the flimsy grounds that their demonstration was not licensed. As the police car sped away it was involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. The arrested brave Kenyans had to be rushed to Aga Khan Hospital where some of them were hospitalized under heavy police guard, as I post this I have established that none of them was in danger and they were being treated for mostly bruises and knocks taken in the head-on collision.
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Who Has More Balls: Kalonzo Or Ngilu?
Today's posts are dedicated to "agent Jack Bower" Ngilu, Mwalimu "irrevocable promissory notes" Mati and to the ODM registration certificate.
No abusive language, no lectures please, and certainly no emotions, let us just state the facts as they are. This is not about ODM or its' comedy-of-errors-presidential-nomination circus. This post is all about answering one simple question.
The question is simply this;
Who has more balls, Hon Charity "Jack Bower" Ngilu or Hon Kalonzo "Hide in the toilet" Musyoka?
Just answer that simple question.
Please, please gentlemen. This is not about Kumekucha being a Raila blog (anybody who can barely read English can tell that that allegation is preposterous. If you must call this blog somebody's blog then call it a John Githongo blog). This is not even about politics. We just want to establish who is the braver personality without fear or favor.
Incidentally I don't think I need to remind you folks that this is not the first time Hon Ngilu has displayed bravery that shames most trouser-wearers in Kenya (most of whom are trying to disguise themselves as men but did nothing as the country went to the dogs during 24 years of Moi's misrule and the last 4 years of… By the way this includes the trouser wearer called Kumekucha).
Remember the dramatic photograph in the Daily Nation in the 90s where then MP Ngilu lifted her skirts (albeit a little too high) as she ran from police batons and tear gas at the University of Nairobi? All men could do was shamelessly gawk at the legs, swallowing lots of saliva and say "wow, good legs madam MP). No marks for guessing one of the reasons why that edition of the Daily nation was a sell-out
Neither do I need to remind you that Hon Ngilu was at the center of bringing the original partner political parties in the coalition together. Her efforts culminated in the formation of the Narc coalition that carried the December 2002 elections and swept Mwai Emilio Stanley "reneged on the MOU" Kibaki into power.
The only thing I have against this brave lady is the fact that the Health Ministry these days sounds like some marketplace in Ukambani, with heavy Kamaba accents all over the place. Still despite the blatant tribalism, the ministry is undoubtedly one of the star performers (if not the principal one) in the Kibaki administration.
I have done a lot of brave things in my lifetime. I am at least much braver than the Mwingi North MP.
But still…
I hereby humbly and meekly hand over my trousers to you Hon Ngilu, I don't deserve to be wearing them. I shall henceforth operate in skirts, lesos and Kangas etc until further notice. I shall not even come anywhere near a trouser suit.
Now about the man from Ukambani who wants to be president of Kenya…
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No abusive language, no lectures please, and certainly no emotions, let us just state the facts as they are. This is not about ODM or its' comedy-of-errors-presidential-nomination circus. This post is all about answering one simple question.
The question is simply this;
Who has more balls, Hon Charity "Jack Bower" Ngilu or Hon Kalonzo "Hide in the toilet" Musyoka?
Just answer that simple question.
Please, please gentlemen. This is not about Kumekucha being a Raila blog (anybody who can barely read English can tell that that allegation is preposterous. If you must call this blog somebody's blog then call it a John Githongo blog). This is not even about politics. We just want to establish who is the braver personality without fear or favor.
Incidentally I don't think I need to remind you folks that this is not the first time Hon Ngilu has displayed bravery that shames most trouser-wearers in Kenya (most of whom are trying to disguise themselves as men but did nothing as the country went to the dogs during 24 years of Moi's misrule and the last 4 years of… By the way this includes the trouser wearer called Kumekucha).
Remember the dramatic photograph in the Daily Nation in the 90s where then MP Ngilu lifted her skirts (albeit a little too high) as she ran from police batons and tear gas at the University of Nairobi? All men could do was shamelessly gawk at the legs, swallowing lots of saliva and say "wow, good legs madam MP). No marks for guessing one of the reasons why that edition of the Daily nation was a sell-out
Neither do I need to remind you that Hon Ngilu was at the center of bringing the original partner political parties in the coalition together. Her efforts culminated in the formation of the Narc coalition that carried the December 2002 elections and swept Mwai Emilio Stanley "reneged on the MOU" Kibaki into power.
The only thing I have against this brave lady is the fact that the Health Ministry these days sounds like some marketplace in Ukambani, with heavy Kamaba accents all over the place. Still despite the blatant tribalism, the ministry is undoubtedly one of the star performers (if not the principal one) in the Kibaki administration.
I have done a lot of brave things in my lifetime. I am at least much braver than the Mwingi North MP.
But still…
I hereby humbly and meekly hand over my trousers to you Hon Ngilu, I don't deserve to be wearing them. I shall henceforth operate in skirts, lesos and Kangas etc until further notice. I shall not even come anywhere near a trouser suit.
Now about the man from Ukambani who wants to be president of Kenya…
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As Nairobi Burnt… ODM Continued Their Squabble Over The Party's Presidential Nomination
As Agent Kaluki Ngilu was doing Kenyans proud, ODM presidential hopefuls were busy discussing (actually the right word here is squabbling) over which one of them should be president.
The latest in this circus for those who have not heard, is that Kalonzo Musyoka, David Musila and JJ Kamotho have defected from LDP to the Labour Party Of Kenya, which is headed by Julia Ojiambo. Some angry ODM supporters were heard to quip that Kalonzo has now hidden himself behind the skirts of Prof Ms Ojimabo. Incidentally news of the defection came through just hours before the high drama that ended in agent "Jack Bower" Ngilu rescuing Ann Njogu from the Central Police Station.
I find myself really repeating myself on the following point too much these days, but it is a fact—ODM so-called luminaries are very good at fighting for their own selfish rights but very meek when it comes to fighting for the rights of the ordinary mwananchi. If they demonstrated for a mere piece of paper (and yet there is no urgency or crisis, even now over 6 months later, for not having an ODM certificate of registration), why did they not demonstrate over the hiking of Sugar to over Kshs 100 per kilo for no good reason? Or for the dozens of other injustices that ordinary Kenyans have faced this year, including the Mathare massacre, the so-called tribal clashes, as well as their own plan to give themselves a golden handshake at the end of their term which has landed several brave Kenyans into police custody etc. Actually common sense dictates that you cannot demonstrate against yourself. The Bill that the MPs wanted to sneak through parliament has received wide support across all political parties including ODM. The game plan is for MPs to call press conferences distancing themselves from the "heinous bill" and then vigorously support it in the house. Remember how MPs were opposed to legislation paving way for live TV and radio coverage of debate in the house? Now you know why, if you didn't know already.
Incidentally the said registration certificate of ODM that was won at such great sacrifice (Hon Kalonzo attended his very first demonstration since he was born) is now the subject of controversy within ODM and some people are saying that they have received death threats after they rejected great huge cash enticements to release the said certificate.
I hereby dedicate today's posts to the following;
- "agent Jack Bower" Ngilu,
- Mwalimu "irrevocable promissory notes" Mati,
- The ODM registration certificate.
Let the last dedication be a kionjo (taste of things to come) to Kenyans as to what they should expect if they make the same mistakes of 2002 at this year's polls. We have to do something different this time, folks.
John Githongo, are you reading this?
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The latest in this circus for those who have not heard, is that Kalonzo Musyoka, David Musila and JJ Kamotho have defected from LDP to the Labour Party Of Kenya, which is headed by Julia Ojiambo. Some angry ODM supporters were heard to quip that Kalonzo has now hidden himself behind the skirts of Prof Ms Ojimabo. Incidentally news of the defection came through just hours before the high drama that ended in agent "Jack Bower" Ngilu rescuing Ann Njogu from the Central Police Station.
I find myself really repeating myself on the following point too much these days, but it is a fact—ODM so-called luminaries are very good at fighting for their own selfish rights but very meek when it comes to fighting for the rights of the ordinary mwananchi. If they demonstrated for a mere piece of paper (and yet there is no urgency or crisis, even now over 6 months later, for not having an ODM certificate of registration), why did they not demonstrate over the hiking of Sugar to over Kshs 100 per kilo for no good reason? Or for the dozens of other injustices that ordinary Kenyans have faced this year, including the Mathare massacre, the so-called tribal clashes, as well as their own plan to give themselves a golden handshake at the end of their term which has landed several brave Kenyans into police custody etc. Actually common sense dictates that you cannot demonstrate against yourself. The Bill that the MPs wanted to sneak through parliament has received wide support across all political parties including ODM. The game plan is for MPs to call press conferences distancing themselves from the "heinous bill" and then vigorously support it in the house. Remember how MPs were opposed to legislation paving way for live TV and radio coverage of debate in the house? Now you know why, if you didn't know already.
Incidentally the said registration certificate of ODM that was won at such great sacrifice (Hon Kalonzo attended his very first demonstration since he was born) is now the subject of controversy within ODM and some people are saying that they have received death threats after they rejected great huge cash enticements to release the said certificate.
I hereby dedicate today's posts to the following;
- "agent Jack Bower" Ngilu,
- Mwalimu "irrevocable promissory notes" Mati,
- The ODM registration certificate.
Let the last dedication be a kionjo (taste of things to come) to Kenyans as to what they should expect if they make the same mistakes of 2002 at this year's polls. We have to do something different this time, folks.
John Githongo, are you reading this?
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Why The Kibaki Administration Is Insisting On New Constituencies
At an unguarded moment recently Justice Minister Martha Karua let it slip that new constituencies "are a must". The clear implication was unlike the minimum reforms being pushed for by the opposition, the Kibaki administration is keen, nay desperate to have the number of MPs increased.
And true to her word, that bill has already been published and is now awaiting debate.
The big question is why is the Kibaki administration so keen on new constituencies just now and why is it so urgent?
If truth be told it would be impossible to fail to link the current campaign to part of the strategy for the re-election for Mwai Kibaki. The idea will obviously be to make the road to re-election that much easier for the incumbent and to also give him more clout in parliament in 2008. And 40 new seats are not few. That is going to be a substantial vote, even in the proposed greatly increased in size 10th parliament.
Although the opposition have vowed to oppose the bill, chances are high it will sail through without too much trouble. There are two reasons for this.
Firstly most MPS in the constituencies that have been earmarked for splitting will want to support the bill because it will decrease competition on the ground and make it easy for them to continue drawing a salary after 2007 of Kshs 850,000 plus benefits for doing very little and in some cases absolutely nothing because many members hardly attend sessions in parliament.
Secondly the government has cleverly sugar-coated the bill with the provision of 50 new seats for nominated women who will specifically be women. As I have often said here, the Kenyan parliament badly needs more representation by women. So the idea will be that anybody seen to be opposing the bill will be seen to opposing more women representation.
Having said that, it is important to note that this is the wrong time for a review of constituency boundaries. The best time would be when a new administration is just beginning its' new term to prevent the inevitable of this being used as a campaign weapon and strategy to the great disadvantage of the Kenyan people.
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And true to her word, that bill has already been published and is now awaiting debate.
The big question is why is the Kibaki administration so keen on new constituencies just now and why is it so urgent?
If truth be told it would be impossible to fail to link the current campaign to part of the strategy for the re-election for Mwai Kibaki. The idea will obviously be to make the road to re-election that much easier for the incumbent and to also give him more clout in parliament in 2008. And 40 new seats are not few. That is going to be a substantial vote, even in the proposed greatly increased in size 10th parliament.
Although the opposition have vowed to oppose the bill, chances are high it will sail through without too much trouble. There are two reasons for this.
Firstly most MPS in the constituencies that have been earmarked for splitting will want to support the bill because it will decrease competition on the ground and make it easy for them to continue drawing a salary after 2007 of Kshs 850,000 plus benefits for doing very little and in some cases absolutely nothing because many members hardly attend sessions in parliament.
Secondly the government has cleverly sugar-coated the bill with the provision of 50 new seats for nominated women who will specifically be women. As I have often said here, the Kenyan parliament badly needs more representation by women. So the idea will be that anybody seen to be opposing the bill will be seen to opposing more women representation.
Having said that, it is important to note that this is the wrong time for a review of constituency boundaries. The best time would be when a new administration is just beginning its' new term to prevent the inevitable of this being used as a campaign weapon and strategy to the great disadvantage of the Kenyan people.
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Why Chris Murungaru Should Be Re-Appointed To The Cabinet Immediately
WARNING: This is a tongue-in-the-cheek post
Dear Kumekucha,
Allow me some space in your blog which is losing readership, contrary to what your hit counter is showing, but where I am pleased to note that people like Luke have acknowledged that the economy is growing so much so that they are constantly admiring its' upward swing.
I suspect that you will not publish this post because yours is clearly Raila Odinga's 3rd campaign site. The first is www.raila.com, the second is www.jaluo.com and Kumekucha is the third.
However I am no idiot and I have my own strategy to ensure that you publish this important patriotic post. I am reliably informed that you never read posts contributed by others and only use the spell checker to find certain words and phrases to hurriedly post them. I hereby include those words to be found by your spell checker so that you duly publish this post. Here are the magic words; Raila, Raila Odinga, Tom Mboya, JM Kariuki, Robert Ouko.
Now let me get to my point and the whole reason for writing this. I have watched with interest and I must say lots of delight and overwhelming joy as certain cabinet ministers linked to the scandal that never was, called Anglo Leasing have been re-appointed to the cabinet. It started with the re-appointment of Kiraitu "Anglo Leasing is the scandal that never was because all the money was returned" Murungi. And then most recently followed by the re-appointment of Daudi "Anglo Leasing I will get to the bottom of it in my own way" Mwiraria.
In fact you can listen to the famous Mwiraria hit recording in connection to Anglo Leasing now. (Click here to listen NOW. Scroll down to the bottom to see link to tape and also to transcript).
This was pure fabrication by John Githongo because as we are aware, all the money was returned and even the promissory notes were all burnt to ashes and will therefore not be paid, I suspect that this Mwalimu Mati guy who keeps on insisting on those damn promissory notes must also be a British spy just like Githongo is. It just beats me why people like Githongo cannot realize that it is our turn to eat and just eat quietly without raising so much dust. Shauri yao we will see what will happen to them when it is the turn of others to eat. Everybody needs to eat to live, even you Kumekucha knows this, after all you must be eating somewhere to write the misleading articles and Raila propaganda you churn out in this blog every day without fail. You think somebody can do that without eating somewhere? Love for the motherland kitu gani!
But of all the re-appointments that have taken place so far one man has been left out whom I feel should have been the first to be re-appointed. After all there are no fabricated tapes or any shred of any evidence linking him to Anglo Leasing. What is wrong with somebody's wealth growing as the economy grows? What is wrong with people working hard to amass a lot of wealth quickly? This beats attending endless ODM rallies carrying plastic hammers, any day.
Anyway, because of the loyalty of this "njamba" amongst other qualities he should be immediately re-appointed to the cabinet. And with immediate effect. Let the people who are making meaningless noise including Kumekucha keep on making their noise and writing meaningless articles and attending endless ODM rallies.
My recommendation is that he should be appointed Minister of Finance that way he will not need to convince anybody to sign certain critical documents like had to be done with Anglo Leasing and the economy will grow even faster. He will just sign off everything himself and that way even the nosy press and civil society will be less likely to interfere with nation-building activity at the Treasury. I guarantee that the economy will grow by 18% (or even more) if this Njamba is put at the Ministry of Finance.
But in case it is absolutely not possible to have Chris Murungaru as our Minister for Finance (although I don't see why not). Then my second recommended choice is the Ministry of foreign affairs. As you know the mheshimiwa is currently barred from setting foot in The United Kingdom and the United States. How unfair! His appointment as minister of foreign affairs would be a very patriotic move because we will have a Goldenberg opportunity (oops sorry, I meant a golden opportunity) to flex our muscles as a country and show those Londoners and the proud Yankees that we are a sovereign state. This will simply be done by henceforth insisting that all important negotiations on behalf of British and American interests in Kenya have to be done by him personally as a Minister and ONLY in London, followed by the signing which must be done Only in America, preferably Washington DC. This will be a good reward to the mwehishimiwa for his loyalty and excellent fundraising skills. I am sure this will work as a charm, because sooner or later these hypocritical super powers will need a favor, whether it is something to do with the war on terrorism or giving British companies some lucrative contracts in Kenya.
Allow me some space to pass on greetings to your dictionary-overusing-side-kick Taabu who always agrees with you, even when you call him names. And your other accomplices who are always pretending not to agree with you but are also "eating" from the sponsors of this blog (why else would people waste their time writing articles here) like Phil of Kibera slums, Vikii wa Kalonzo, Kalamari the womanizer, Derek whinner and the pornographic fake Derek as well, not to forget your chief foreign and propaganda master Marianne Brinner herself. Oh and most recently that young girl who has no idea what she is talking about, Sue or something like that. My advice to all Kenyans is to work hard and get something better and more useful to do than to write fiction (that you try and pass off for political analysis) on the Internet every day for other idlers to read. Or attend endless ODM meetings with plastic hammers.
I reserve my praise for Proud Kikuyu Woman (PKW) and Luke. PKW always tells Kumekucha off and exposes him for who and what he really is. Didn't you notice that she did such a good job last weekend that Kumekucha deleted her comments. We all know that Kumekucha never knew where the delete button was before last weekend. Then ATI the guy claims that she is in fact a man. The guy must be losing it. Maybe even Kumekucha is a 19 year old girl.
And the reason why I praise Luke as well is because as you will notice he does not write many meaningless comments here. He is always too busy admiring the unprecedented economic growth the country has experienced since 2003. On the few occasions when he writes he always reminds us of the good economic growth Kenya is experiencing. What a Kenyan! Anajivunia kweli kua Mkenya, this guy. Why don't you fellas join him? If Luke was to take over as the main Kumekucha blogger, this blog and our country would go very far and I see Kenya being amongst the Tiger economies by the time President Kibaki finishes his second term in 2012 and being a super power in Africa.
Again I ask, why don't you useless fellas join him. Or you can join me in this noble campaign to have Chris Murungaru re-appointed to the cabinet with immediate effect.
Na Kibaki abaki.
NJAMBA!!!
P.S. In case Hon Chris Murungaru is re-appointed to the cabinet remember that you first read the recommendation in Kumekucha.
Any Kenyan can make money on the Internet woith this information
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Dear Kumekucha,
Allow me some space in your blog which is losing readership, contrary to what your hit counter is showing, but where I am pleased to note that people like Luke have acknowledged that the economy is growing so much so that they are constantly admiring its' upward swing.
I suspect that you will not publish this post because yours is clearly Raila Odinga's 3rd campaign site. The first is www.raila.com, the second is www.jaluo.com and Kumekucha is the third.
However I am no idiot and I have my own strategy to ensure that you publish this important patriotic post. I am reliably informed that you never read posts contributed by others and only use the spell checker to find certain words and phrases to hurriedly post them. I hereby include those words to be found by your spell checker so that you duly publish this post. Here are the magic words; Raila, Raila Odinga, Tom Mboya, JM Kariuki, Robert Ouko.
Now let me get to my point and the whole reason for writing this. I have watched with interest and I must say lots of delight and overwhelming joy as certain cabinet ministers linked to the scandal that never was, called Anglo Leasing have been re-appointed to the cabinet. It started with the re-appointment of Kiraitu "Anglo Leasing is the scandal that never was because all the money was returned" Murungi. And then most recently followed by the re-appointment of Daudi "Anglo Leasing I will get to the bottom of it in my own way" Mwiraria.
In fact you can listen to the famous Mwiraria hit recording in connection to Anglo Leasing now. (Click here to listen NOW. Scroll down to the bottom to see link to tape and also to transcript).
This was pure fabrication by John Githongo because as we are aware, all the money was returned and even the promissory notes were all burnt to ashes and will therefore not be paid, I suspect that this Mwalimu Mati guy who keeps on insisting on those damn promissory notes must also be a British spy just like Githongo is. It just beats me why people like Githongo cannot realize that it is our turn to eat and just eat quietly without raising so much dust. Shauri yao we will see what will happen to them when it is the turn of others to eat. Everybody needs to eat to live, even you Kumekucha knows this, after all you must be eating somewhere to write the misleading articles and Raila propaganda you churn out in this blog every day without fail. You think somebody can do that without eating somewhere? Love for the motherland kitu gani!
But of all the re-appointments that have taken place so far one man has been left out whom I feel should have been the first to be re-appointed. After all there are no fabricated tapes or any shred of any evidence linking him to Anglo Leasing. What is wrong with somebody's wealth growing as the economy grows? What is wrong with people working hard to amass a lot of wealth quickly? This beats attending endless ODM rallies carrying plastic hammers, any day.
Anyway, because of the loyalty of this "njamba" amongst other qualities he should be immediately re-appointed to the cabinet. And with immediate effect. Let the people who are making meaningless noise including Kumekucha keep on making their noise and writing meaningless articles and attending endless ODM rallies.
My recommendation is that he should be appointed Minister of Finance that way he will not need to convince anybody to sign certain critical documents like had to be done with Anglo Leasing and the economy will grow even faster. He will just sign off everything himself and that way even the nosy press and civil society will be less likely to interfere with nation-building activity at the Treasury. I guarantee that the economy will grow by 18% (or even more) if this Njamba is put at the Ministry of Finance.
But in case it is absolutely not possible to have Chris Murungaru as our Minister for Finance (although I don't see why not). Then my second recommended choice is the Ministry of foreign affairs. As you know the mheshimiwa is currently barred from setting foot in The United Kingdom and the United States. How unfair! His appointment as minister of foreign affairs would be a very patriotic move because we will have a Goldenberg opportunity (oops sorry, I meant a golden opportunity) to flex our muscles as a country and show those Londoners and the proud Yankees that we are a sovereign state. This will simply be done by henceforth insisting that all important negotiations on behalf of British and American interests in Kenya have to be done by him personally as a Minister and ONLY in London, followed by the signing which must be done Only in America, preferably Washington DC. This will be a good reward to the mwehishimiwa for his loyalty and excellent fundraising skills. I am sure this will work as a charm, because sooner or later these hypocritical super powers will need a favor, whether it is something to do with the war on terrorism or giving British companies some lucrative contracts in Kenya.
Allow me some space to pass on greetings to your dictionary-overusing-side-kick Taabu who always agrees with you, even when you call him names. And your other accomplices who are always pretending not to agree with you but are also "eating" from the sponsors of this blog (why else would people waste their time writing articles here) like Phil of Kibera slums, Vikii wa Kalonzo, Kalamari the womanizer, Derek whinner and the pornographic fake Derek as well, not to forget your chief foreign and propaganda master Marianne Brinner herself. Oh and most recently that young girl who has no idea what she is talking about, Sue or something like that. My advice to all Kenyans is to work hard and get something better and more useful to do than to write fiction (that you try and pass off for political analysis) on the Internet every day for other idlers to read. Or attend endless ODM meetings with plastic hammers.
I reserve my praise for Proud Kikuyu Woman (PKW) and Luke. PKW always tells Kumekucha off and exposes him for who and what he really is. Didn't you notice that she did such a good job last weekend that Kumekucha deleted her comments. We all know that Kumekucha never knew where the delete button was before last weekend. Then ATI the guy claims that she is in fact a man. The guy must be losing it. Maybe even Kumekucha is a 19 year old girl.
And the reason why I praise Luke as well is because as you will notice he does not write many meaningless comments here. He is always too busy admiring the unprecedented economic growth the country has experienced since 2003. On the few occasions when he writes he always reminds us of the good economic growth Kenya is experiencing. What a Kenyan! Anajivunia kweli kua Mkenya, this guy. Why don't you fellas join him? If Luke was to take over as the main Kumekucha blogger, this blog and our country would go very far and I see Kenya being amongst the Tiger economies by the time President Kibaki finishes his second term in 2012 and being a super power in Africa.
Again I ask, why don't you useless fellas join him. Or you can join me in this noble campaign to have Chris Murungaru re-appointed to the cabinet with immediate effect.
Na Kibaki abaki.
NJAMBA!!!
P.S. In case Hon Chris Murungaru is re-appointed to the cabinet remember that you first read the recommendation in Kumekucha.
Any Kenyan can make money on the Internet woith this information
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Monday, July 30, 2007
Dr David Awuor's Nairobi Press Conference On Earthquakes Gets Press Blackout
I often wonder would happen if Kumekucha called a press conference in Nairobi to reveal his true identity. Would most of the press ignore the summons or would it be packed? Will we ever find out? Only God knows.
Dr Awuor
There was a time when Dr David Awuor's press conferences would hardly attract a single journalist. What would you expect from a man who says he is a prophet God speaks to? Well, yesterday when he called a press conference, the place was packed with every media house you can think of as well as plenty of curious Kenyans.
They all wanted to hear the latest from "Upstairs" concerning the Nairobi earthquakes. The man did not disappoint and dived straight into the topic. But today newspapers all ignored the story. Only Kenya Times gave the prophet a photograph on page one and a major story on page 3 (Read their story) although in the same article they carried a strong warning from Catholic Bishop Ndingi Mwana Nzeki urging Kenyans to be wary of such doomsday messages.
The other daily newspapers completely ignored the story or hid it in inside pages where forensic skills are required to find it.
The appearance of Dr Awuor complete with a long plaited beard may have been one of the things that put off many city editors. Not to mention the panic that has already been caused amongst those who work in the many highrise buildings in Nairobi's Central Business district and it's environs.
Awuor this time said that the minor quakes were a warning from God for Kenyans to repent. The vices that he says have annoyed God are sexual immorality, witchcraft, prostitution idolatry and a new one that took many people by surprise. And that is the mass exodus in the run up to these elections from church to politics by many well-known so-called servants of God. He pointed out that the reason for this exodus was related to the failure o church leaders to play their role of moral guidance to society and had instead opted for material wealth. There is no doubt that the job of MP is the most admired career as well as the most popular get-rich quick scheme in the eyes of many Kenyans. What with the close to a million shillings monthly take home as well as a long list of privileges that have turned around many lives of MPs who arrived in the house as paupers and now lead very different lives.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Dr Awuor
There was a time when Dr David Awuor's press conferences would hardly attract a single journalist. What would you expect from a man who says he is a prophet God speaks to? Well, yesterday when he called a press conference, the place was packed with every media house you can think of as well as plenty of curious Kenyans.
They all wanted to hear the latest from "Upstairs" concerning the Nairobi earthquakes. The man did not disappoint and dived straight into the topic. But today newspapers all ignored the story. Only Kenya Times gave the prophet a photograph on page one and a major story on page 3 (Read their story) although in the same article they carried a strong warning from Catholic Bishop Ndingi Mwana Nzeki urging Kenyans to be wary of such doomsday messages.
The other daily newspapers completely ignored the story or hid it in inside pages where forensic skills are required to find it.
The appearance of Dr Awuor complete with a long plaited beard may have been one of the things that put off many city editors. Not to mention the panic that has already been caused amongst those who work in the many highrise buildings in Nairobi's Central Business district and it's environs.
Awuor this time said that the minor quakes were a warning from God for Kenyans to repent. The vices that he says have annoyed God are sexual immorality, witchcraft, prostitution idolatry and a new one that took many people by surprise. And that is the mass exodus in the run up to these elections from church to politics by many well-known so-called servants of God. He pointed out that the reason for this exodus was related to the failure o church leaders to play their role of moral guidance to society and had instead opted for material wealth. There is no doubt that the job of MP is the most admired career as well as the most popular get-rich quick scheme in the eyes of many Kenyans. What with the close to a million shillings monthly take home as well as a long list of privileges that have turned around many lives of MPs who arrived in the house as paupers and now lead very different lives.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Police Commissioner Who Died So Strangely And Why Raila Can Do A Lot About Solving Ouko Murder
Yesterday was exactly 10 years since the death of a key witness in the Robert Ouko murder enquiry, and former police commissioner, one Philip Mule Kilonzo.
The strange circumstances behind the death of this police commissioner whose appointment was influenced by former powerful but illiterate Machakos Kanu branch chairman, the late Mulu Mutisya, happened in 1997 and still sends chills down the spines of many.
Kilonzo had already left the force and was having a beer in one of his many business premises in Yatta when he was told that there was somebody outside who wanted to sell him a cow for slaughter at his butchery. Eye witnesses say that Kilonzo left his beer and went out to have a look at the cow (that cost him his life).
When he got back he took one sip of his beer and complained that it tasted strange. The next thing people knew was that he had collapsed in pain. He died a few hours later from what was obviously poisoning. And it is clear that whatever it was, was an extremely strong poison because poisoning somebody with beer is not easy.
So yet another potential witness of the Ouko murder went to the grave with his secrets. It is interesting to note that Kilonzo was one of the aggressive peddlers of the suicide theory, but who knows, had he lived, he may have just changed his story. Obviously somebody decided that he knew too much and decided to take care of it. Interestingly one of his sons Charles Kilonzo is a member of the 9th parliament and represents Yatta.
Retired Scotland sleuth has already gone on record as saying that the late Ouko was killed by executive order from former President Moi. If there was any doubt over just how powerful Ouko's killers must have been, they evaporated when the Gor Sunguh parliamentary select committee to probe the former foreign affairs minister was dogged by enormous pressure including death threats delivered to their mobile phones. So powerful are Ouko's killers that they prevailed and today this murder mystery remains a puzzle.
One man who can help a great deal in solving this mystery is ODM presidential candidate Raila Amollo Odinga. Mr Odinga is a master of using pressure tactics to get things done. Remember when the government refused to register ODM-Kenya? On behalf of myself and all oher patriots who want to see an end to political assassinations in Kenya, I appeal to this front runner for the presidency to honor the words he uttered at the wedding of Ouko's daughter, Susan to David Musila's son. The promise was directed to Christobel Ouko. He promised that he would get to the bottom of the Ouko murder. This would be the perfect way to prove that the allegation that he made a deal with Moi over this murder are false.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
The strange circumstances behind the death of this police commissioner whose appointment was influenced by former powerful but illiterate Machakos Kanu branch chairman, the late Mulu Mutisya, happened in 1997 and still sends chills down the spines of many.
Kilonzo had already left the force and was having a beer in one of his many business premises in Yatta when he was told that there was somebody outside who wanted to sell him a cow for slaughter at his butchery. Eye witnesses say that Kilonzo left his beer and went out to have a look at the cow (that cost him his life).
When he got back he took one sip of his beer and complained that it tasted strange. The next thing people knew was that he had collapsed in pain. He died a few hours later from what was obviously poisoning. And it is clear that whatever it was, was an extremely strong poison because poisoning somebody with beer is not easy.
So yet another potential witness of the Ouko murder went to the grave with his secrets. It is interesting to note that Kilonzo was one of the aggressive peddlers of the suicide theory, but who knows, had he lived, he may have just changed his story. Obviously somebody decided that he knew too much and decided to take care of it. Interestingly one of his sons Charles Kilonzo is a member of the 9th parliament and represents Yatta.
Retired Scotland sleuth has already gone on record as saying that the late Ouko was killed by executive order from former President Moi. If there was any doubt over just how powerful Ouko's killers must have been, they evaporated when the Gor Sunguh parliamentary select committee to probe the former foreign affairs minister was dogged by enormous pressure including death threats delivered to their mobile phones. So powerful are Ouko's killers that they prevailed and today this murder mystery remains a puzzle.
One man who can help a great deal in solving this mystery is ODM presidential candidate Raila Amollo Odinga. Mr Odinga is a master of using pressure tactics to get things done. Remember when the government refused to register ODM-Kenya? On behalf of myself and all oher patriots who want to see an end to political assassinations in Kenya, I appeal to this front runner for the presidency to honor the words he uttered at the wedding of Ouko's daughter, Susan to David Musila's son. The promise was directed to Christobel Ouko. He promised that he would get to the bottom of the Ouko murder. This would be the perfect way to prove that the allegation that he made a deal with Moi over this murder are false.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Online Forensic Experts Point Out Possible Identity Of Porn Poster To Kumekucha
A former journalist who appears to be pretty idle now has been linked to the posting of pornographic material in this site. Evidence gathered based on the IP addresses from where the posts are being made and the writing, which compares with the writer's style elsewhere so closely that it is difficult to miss has left Kumekucha and an expert with little doubt as to who this mysterious poster is.
Naturally if the posts do not stop, I will reveal the findings that have been gathered here for perusal by other readers, as well as the name of the porn addict.
One of the people involved with the investigation has cheekily commented that this may be the new kind of writing this Kenyan journalist is now applying his skills to. This may not be entirely a joke because some porn sites pay some dirty minds pretty well for the filth they churn out and knowing that this journalist has been out of a job for some months, this is one possibility that cannot be ruled out.
I take this opportunity to thank the man very much for greatly increasing the number of hits and popularity of this site by providing me with a story that our readers cannot seem to get enough of. The hit counter for the previous post I carried warning readers of this character went berserk and broke all records last week. Thank you very much.
Meanwhile a study of recent traffic figures to this site reveals that Kenyans and those who read this blog regularly are widely scattered all over the world. The figures and localities change throughout the day with Kenyan traffic rising tremendously mostly in the mornings, Kenyan time. Here is a breakdown taken at 8 pm Kenyan time when Kenyan traffic drops off. Incidentally the prime time for postings by the rogue poster is afternoon to late evening.
I have also included below the percenatges of visitors to Kumekucha today at 8:30 pm Kenyan time. Have also included the ip address of the visitor who spent the longest time on the site from South Africa visiting no less than 5 pages.
Perc. Country Name
53.09% Kenya
21.81% United States
6.58% United Kingdom
3.70% Mauritius
2.67% Italy
2.06% Uganda
1.85% Germany
1.85% Norway
1.44% Spain
1.03% Tanzania, United Republic Of
1.03% South Africa
0.82% Canada
0.82% Angola
0.41% Malaysia
0.21% Belgium
0.21% United Arab Emirates
0.21% Taiwan
0.21% Qatar
155.232.128.10 - IP address of our precious visitor in South Africa. Whoever you are thank you very much. We value your taking the time to drop in.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Naturally if the posts do not stop, I will reveal the findings that have been gathered here for perusal by other readers, as well as the name of the porn addict.
One of the people involved with the investigation has cheekily commented that this may be the new kind of writing this Kenyan journalist is now applying his skills to. This may not be entirely a joke because some porn sites pay some dirty minds pretty well for the filth they churn out and knowing that this journalist has been out of a job for some months, this is one possibility that cannot be ruled out.
I take this opportunity to thank the man very much for greatly increasing the number of hits and popularity of this site by providing me with a story that our readers cannot seem to get enough of. The hit counter for the previous post I carried warning readers of this character went berserk and broke all records last week. Thank you very much.
Meanwhile a study of recent traffic figures to this site reveals that Kenyans and those who read this blog regularly are widely scattered all over the world. The figures and localities change throughout the day with Kenyan traffic rising tremendously mostly in the mornings, Kenyan time. Here is a breakdown taken at 8 pm Kenyan time when Kenyan traffic drops off. Incidentally the prime time for postings by the rogue poster is afternoon to late evening.
I have also included below the percenatges of visitors to Kumekucha today at 8:30 pm Kenyan time. Have also included the ip address of the visitor who spent the longest time on the site from South Africa visiting no less than 5 pages.
Perc. Country Name
53.09% Kenya
21.81% United States
6.58% United Kingdom
3.70% Mauritius
2.67% Italy
2.06% Uganda
1.85% Germany
1.85% Norway
1.44% Spain
1.03% Tanzania, United Republic Of
1.03% South Africa
0.82% Canada
0.82% Angola
0.41% Malaysia
0.21% Belgium
0.21% United Arab Emirates
0.21% Taiwan
0.21% Qatar
155.232.128.10 - IP address of our precious visitor in South Africa. Whoever you are thank you very much. We value your taking the time to drop in.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Just How Corrupt Is Hon Raila Odinga?
This is the most difficult post I have ever had to make here since Kumekucha started (now going to 3 years). It is difficult because I am faced with the prospect of disturbing the peace in this blog and losing a very good dear friend I have made here.
Nobody has contributed so many useful insider scoops to this blog than this good friend of mine that I am talking about. I value this guy very much and I am not ashamed to say that I need him here in this blog. Not only that, this guy works amongst the less privileged Kenyans, the masses of voiceless-down-and-out Kenyans—which already gives him a very soft spot in my heart. You all know that I believe the key to the future is with this group that many of us hardly understand. I asked a question here about how many people have visited the slums and as you can see the silence is deafening—apart from a few counted people (including this treasured friend of mine).
I am praying against all hope that he will not only remain my friend after the information that I am about to disclose, but will be a closer friend because we have one thing in common. We both desire nothing more than a better Kenya. The motherland first, our friendship second.
The founders of this country and people who would have changed the situation in our beloved country no doubt faced the exact same situation I face today. They chose friendship over love for the motherland and see where we are today.
As we seek for change in Kenya, there is one very important thing that we must remember. It was a lesson I learnt in school years ago. There was a very strict teacher who instilled real terror to any students who were unlucky enough to be in his class. On seeking advice on how to "survive" in his class a colleague told me that there was a simple secret to survive in Mr Terror's class. All you needed to know was his golden principal which was, it was OK to make a mistake once but when it was made twice, he went berserk and would use the cane with abandon on a boy's backside. The guy even said it himself many times. To make a mistake the first time is human to make it a second time is to be an idiot and he just had to beat the idiot out of you.
Folks that advice helped a lot and I survived by being very careful not to repeat a mistake that I had already made once. It rubbed off on my life too and I try very hard to stick to it.
This is the reason why I bore many of you here by begging, urging and even bullying you to study Kenya's history. It is because there is no point in making the same mistake all over again. And in that regard we all failed in voting in Mwai Kibaki in 2002. Especially me who voted for him with all my heart, my passion and my everything. Had I bothered to remember my history a little I would have voted differently and I would not be so haunted by memories of how I voted in 2002.
Shortly after Johnstone Kamau (alias Jomo Kenyatta) became Prime Minister and then President of Kenya—incidentally NOT by winning any direct vote by simply being the leader of Kanu which happened to be the party that won most seats in parliament—some Kenyans went overboard with their mutukufus (your excellency's). Baba wa taifa was quickly added to his many titles and soon it was just Baba, which is the same Swahili term people use to refer to God almighty. Very soon after that, it was declared that he should be the president for life and anybody who as much as imagined opposing him should just have their heads examined—their private parts could be chopped off later.
So in short order a former meter reader with the Nairobi City Council became a god in Kenya. I have seen many tendencies with supporters of Raila Odinga that are similar and if they remain unchecked, that is exactly where we will end up—making the same mistake twice. The guy is the best candidate out of what we have so far (in my humble opinion), he is the one who cares most and understands what the common man in Kenya is going through.
BUT…
BUT….
He is not perfect.
And as has been said here many times, anybody who wants to be our president must be prepared to be scrutinized by voters. He must be ready to open his closet and show us the skeletons and explain them. And in he event that they don't and we find them, then they should tell us the truth. And this should apply to ALL presidential candidates.
The truth is that the current generation of politicians ARE NOT prepared to do this, without exception.
The apology I have to make today is that I have had this information for some time now, but I feared to present it. I did not want to offend. Some Kumekucha bloggers have said something similar here about information that they too had. I think the new rule we should make my brothers is never to fear to present the information you have as long as it is NOT malicious or biased. I know it is a tall order and the line between malice and genuine investigated scandalous material is very thin. Too thin. But let's at least try.
I have a witness's sworn statement and documents (letters to a well-known Kenyan lawyer to back up the claim) that Hon Raila Odinga teamed up with Joshua Kulei in 2000, on behalf of Moi in offering a certain foreigner millions of dollars in compensation for them to take back evidence implicating the Moi government in a certain very scandalous matter.
Then the thing which pains me most. Why does Raila Odinga no longer talk about the gruesome assassination of Robert Ouko? Can he prove the wild allegation that he made a deal with Moi wrong? (Actually it is not so wild because I also have a little shred of evidence to also support that allegation.)
I have avoided mentioning the molasses plant for now, because that one Raila has replied to in another forum. Not convincingly, but I give him the element of doubt on that one. At least for now. I have also avoided mentioning other issues that could be contentious like the palatial home he has built for himself and his brother. Please let's not touch on that for now.
My friends, supporters of Raila Odinga. History is watching. How you respond to this post and your suggestions on what should be done next will have a huge impact on things. Much bigger than you may think. We badly need a new Kenya where there is no room for blind support but where we can question and probe those we seek to put in high office.
May God help us all and may HE save our beloved motherland of Kenya.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Nobody has contributed so many useful insider scoops to this blog than this good friend of mine that I am talking about. I value this guy very much and I am not ashamed to say that I need him here in this blog. Not only that, this guy works amongst the less privileged Kenyans, the masses of voiceless-down-and-out Kenyans—which already gives him a very soft spot in my heart. You all know that I believe the key to the future is with this group that many of us hardly understand. I asked a question here about how many people have visited the slums and as you can see the silence is deafening—apart from a few counted people (including this treasured friend of mine).
I am praying against all hope that he will not only remain my friend after the information that I am about to disclose, but will be a closer friend because we have one thing in common. We both desire nothing more than a better Kenya. The motherland first, our friendship second.
The founders of this country and people who would have changed the situation in our beloved country no doubt faced the exact same situation I face today. They chose friendship over love for the motherland and see where we are today.
As we seek for change in Kenya, there is one very important thing that we must remember. It was a lesson I learnt in school years ago. There was a very strict teacher who instilled real terror to any students who were unlucky enough to be in his class. On seeking advice on how to "survive" in his class a colleague told me that there was a simple secret to survive in Mr Terror's class. All you needed to know was his golden principal which was, it was OK to make a mistake once but when it was made twice, he went berserk and would use the cane with abandon on a boy's backside. The guy even said it himself many times. To make a mistake the first time is human to make it a second time is to be an idiot and he just had to beat the idiot out of you.
Folks that advice helped a lot and I survived by being very careful not to repeat a mistake that I had already made once. It rubbed off on my life too and I try very hard to stick to it.
This is the reason why I bore many of you here by begging, urging and even bullying you to study Kenya's history. It is because there is no point in making the same mistake all over again. And in that regard we all failed in voting in Mwai Kibaki in 2002. Especially me who voted for him with all my heart, my passion and my everything. Had I bothered to remember my history a little I would have voted differently and I would not be so haunted by memories of how I voted in 2002.
Shortly after Johnstone Kamau (alias Jomo Kenyatta) became Prime Minister and then President of Kenya—incidentally NOT by winning any direct vote by simply being the leader of Kanu which happened to be the party that won most seats in parliament—some Kenyans went overboard with their mutukufus (your excellency's). Baba wa taifa was quickly added to his many titles and soon it was just Baba, which is the same Swahili term people use to refer to God almighty. Very soon after that, it was declared that he should be the president for life and anybody who as much as imagined opposing him should just have their heads examined—their private parts could be chopped off later.
So in short order a former meter reader with the Nairobi City Council became a god in Kenya. I have seen many tendencies with supporters of Raila Odinga that are similar and if they remain unchecked, that is exactly where we will end up—making the same mistake twice. The guy is the best candidate out of what we have so far (in my humble opinion), he is the one who cares most and understands what the common man in Kenya is going through.
BUT…
BUT….
He is not perfect.
And as has been said here many times, anybody who wants to be our president must be prepared to be scrutinized by voters. He must be ready to open his closet and show us the skeletons and explain them. And in he event that they don't and we find them, then they should tell us the truth. And this should apply to ALL presidential candidates.
The truth is that the current generation of politicians ARE NOT prepared to do this, without exception.
The apology I have to make today is that I have had this information for some time now, but I feared to present it. I did not want to offend. Some Kumekucha bloggers have said something similar here about information that they too had. I think the new rule we should make my brothers is never to fear to present the information you have as long as it is NOT malicious or biased. I know it is a tall order and the line between malice and genuine investigated scandalous material is very thin. Too thin. But let's at least try.
I have a witness's sworn statement and documents (letters to a well-known Kenyan lawyer to back up the claim) that Hon Raila Odinga teamed up with Joshua Kulei in 2000, on behalf of Moi in offering a certain foreigner millions of dollars in compensation for them to take back evidence implicating the Moi government in a certain very scandalous matter.
Then the thing which pains me most. Why does Raila Odinga no longer talk about the gruesome assassination of Robert Ouko? Can he prove the wild allegation that he made a deal with Moi wrong? (Actually it is not so wild because I also have a little shred of evidence to also support that allegation.)
I have avoided mentioning the molasses plant for now, because that one Raila has replied to in another forum. Not convincingly, but I give him the element of doubt on that one. At least for now. I have also avoided mentioning other issues that could be contentious like the palatial home he has built for himself and his brother. Please let's not touch on that for now.
My friends, supporters of Raila Odinga. History is watching. How you respond to this post and your suggestions on what should be done next will have a huge impact on things. Much bigger than you may think. We badly need a new Kenya where there is no room for blind support but where we can question and probe those we seek to put in high office.
May God help us all and may HE save our beloved motherland of Kenya.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Rare Tom Mboya Videos
It is with great joy that I present today three links that will lead you to view some very rare footage of Tom Mboya's funeral procession. Tom Mboya is the fallen patriot to whose memory this blog is dedicated to from the first word that was ever written here.
See the dramatic scene where the widow collapses in grief as she enters the church and has to be held from hitting the ground. See the frightened policemen with crowds surging forward.
See the funeral car arrive in Rusinga Island and splashing in the waters of Lake Victoria before touching the soil that was TJ's final resting place.
See people from all walks of life arriving for the funeral. And a lot more. If you find tears flowing down you cheeks, don't be too surprised. This was the day that belonged to somebody who loved the motherland enough to lay down his life for her. Remember that his American bodyguards warned him and were worried about his security. Let this rare footage inspire you to go out there and fight… please feel free to forward the links to every Kenyan you know.
Here are the links;
1. http://www.tommboya.com/video/3465_26_56k.wmv
2. http://www.tommboya.com/video/funeral.wmv
3.
http://www.tommboya.com/video/funeral%20clip%20full%20resolution_56k.wmv
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
See the dramatic scene where the widow collapses in grief as she enters the church and has to be held from hitting the ground. See the frightened policemen with crowds surging forward.
See the funeral car arrive in Rusinga Island and splashing in the waters of Lake Victoria before touching the soil that was TJ's final resting place.
See people from all walks of life arriving for the funeral. And a lot more. If you find tears flowing down you cheeks, don't be too surprised. This was the day that belonged to somebody who loved the motherland enough to lay down his life for her. Remember that his American bodyguards warned him and were worried about his security. Let this rare footage inspire you to go out there and fight… please feel free to forward the links to every Kenyan you know.
Here are the links;
1. http://www.tommboya.com/video/3465_26_56k.wmv
2. http://www.tommboya.com/video/funeral.wmv
3.
http://www.tommboya.com/video/funeral%20clip%20full%20resolution_56k.wmv
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
About Kumekucha And The PKW Saga
Thank you guys for being real. I am not perfect and I openly accept criticism. There is a huge difference between criticism and vulgar abuse that says nothing but call somebody names (which I have also tolerated a lot of here).
And yes, I am human and I showed a lot of that human part yesterday and shared a little of my life with all you nice guys out there who I consider to be my best friends.
However the issue between me and PKW is not about emotions. When I come here, I leave my emotions at home. How many comments do you think I would have deleted if I came here emotionally? Some comments you good people have even begged me to delete and I haven't. Because anybody can say anything here without fear, except abuse the intelligence of others—I'm going to be very tough on that one and that's why I made a point yesterday.
There is a lot I cannot tell you guys now, but stick with me over the next few days starting on Monday and you will read it between the lines. (I will not say it directly, but I will give enough hints).
Just remember that my chief motive here is to change the leadership in Kenya for better and this naturally attracts many paid hands out to sidetrack and cause mischief amongst us. Some of them are people we consider friends of this blog. But they are something else, I can assure you.
It is important that others are able to have open debate about issues without hidden agendas. That is what I am striving very hard for here. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with supporting Kibaki for re-election here, that is your democratic right. But openly tell us so and argue your points with intelligence, avoiding abusive language and we will just get along fine.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
And yes, I am human and I showed a lot of that human part yesterday and shared a little of my life with all you nice guys out there who I consider to be my best friends.
However the issue between me and PKW is not about emotions. When I come here, I leave my emotions at home. How many comments do you think I would have deleted if I came here emotionally? Some comments you good people have even begged me to delete and I haven't. Because anybody can say anything here without fear, except abuse the intelligence of others—I'm going to be very tough on that one and that's why I made a point yesterday.
There is a lot I cannot tell you guys now, but stick with me over the next few days starting on Monday and you will read it between the lines. (I will not say it directly, but I will give enough hints).
Just remember that my chief motive here is to change the leadership in Kenya for better and this naturally attracts many paid hands out to sidetrack and cause mischief amongst us. Some of them are people we consider friends of this blog. But they are something else, I can assure you.
It is important that others are able to have open debate about issues without hidden agendas. That is what I am striving very hard for here. Don't get me wrong there is nothing wrong with supporting Kibaki for re-election here, that is your democratic right. But openly tell us so and argue your points with intelligence, avoiding abusive language and we will just get along fine.
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
Saturday, July 28, 2007
More Slum Stories: Can You Handle It?
I looked at a friend’s braided hair (locally referred to as twist) with admiration at the way it was done. It was neat and shining making her look so elegant. I told her you must take me to that place you did your hair.
She told me it was done in Kibera slums at a place called Kianda, which is near the main road connected to Ayany estate and asked me if I would still want to go, I said why not I don’t have a problem going to the slums, I grew up in an estate next to the slums most of my childhood, so I am familiar with the area and its not such a big issue going to the slums. She told me they are very much cheaper compared to town yet it is done exactly the same way. The lady running the place is called Nyatanga (when translated from Luo means a lady from Tanga in Tanzania), she is a Luo from Tanzania, her family moved to Kenya and is married to a Luo from Kenya.
She advised that we go on a Saturday early morning before 9am, because the place is normally full of customers. On reaching the place, we found more than 10 ladies dressed in red T-shirts printed Nyatanga Salon. They came early to clean the premises and it was interesting to note that they gave each other numbers according to the one who arrived first. This is the sequence used to pick customers. So those who came earlier take the first customers. Otherwise it would be chaotic when they jostle to take the customers.
Being a new customer and the first one to arrive, I was referred to the owner and after telling her how I want my hair done she took me to 2 ladies who were number one and two (in the queue) to do my hair. Since the braids are small and have to be done in 5 hours or less, 2 ladies do one head. I wondered if two people are doing one head what if other customer come, I realized that being a Saturday other salonists had not arrived.. They came late after doing their housework.
As the day moved on more ladies arrived and took other customers until there were around 30 ladies, I also realized they had 2 other shops which they gave names A, B and C. The tiny shops where full to the veranda with customers and the ladies braiding. There were some ladies doing finishing, others were preparing the hairpiece oiling them and dividing them. In the meantime they chatted, gossiped and sung while going on with their work. Hawkers with different types of items even food came to sell their wares to the ladies. I also realized that some customers who wanted to be braided cheaply but neatly in the comfort of their homes came with cars to pick the ladies. Those who were going to customer houses dressed neatly and perfumed themselves not to look like they are from the slums on a mission to braid elegant ladies. They would say they are going mobile.
Looking at this busy salon I wondered why others in Kenya are not this busy. I also realized the ladies where from different tribes of Kenya and different ages. I asked my friend later and she told me Nyatanga is very kind, she decided to invite the ladies to braid in her salon to help them earn a living, instead of just sitting at home or suffering for lack of income. She also told me most of the girls are single parents after getting children at a young age and dropping out the school. Some of the ladies are widows and would be suffering upcountry without income. Some of them are separated from their husbands and few have their husbands. She trained them on how to make neat braids of different styles, being an expert herself and share the proceeds.
I was pleased with this woman and her noble idea of offering employment to girls and women in the slums of Kibera. I realized this is why the place is normally full and the ladies working here are many.
After the first visit and many admiring my hair, I have been going to Nyatangas salon since then. My friends, relatives and colleagues have also joined the chain of customers. I also realized that most of the ladies are still there and many more have joined her. They have other income generating projects like merry-go-rounds, this way they have managed to provide for their families.
If this is how our leaders can support Kenyans from the grass root level, then Kenya would be a much better place. Guest post by Sue
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
She told me it was done in Kibera slums at a place called Kianda, which is near the main road connected to Ayany estate and asked me if I would still want to go, I said why not I don’t have a problem going to the slums, I grew up in an estate next to the slums most of my childhood, so I am familiar with the area and its not such a big issue going to the slums. She told me they are very much cheaper compared to town yet it is done exactly the same way. The lady running the place is called Nyatanga (when translated from Luo means a lady from Tanga in Tanzania), she is a Luo from Tanzania, her family moved to Kenya and is married to a Luo from Kenya.
She advised that we go on a Saturday early morning before 9am, because the place is normally full of customers. On reaching the place, we found more than 10 ladies dressed in red T-shirts printed Nyatanga Salon. They came early to clean the premises and it was interesting to note that they gave each other numbers according to the one who arrived first. This is the sequence used to pick customers. So those who came earlier take the first customers. Otherwise it would be chaotic when they jostle to take the customers.
Being a new customer and the first one to arrive, I was referred to the owner and after telling her how I want my hair done she took me to 2 ladies who were number one and two (in the queue) to do my hair. Since the braids are small and have to be done in 5 hours or less, 2 ladies do one head. I wondered if two people are doing one head what if other customer come, I realized that being a Saturday other salonists had not arrived.. They came late after doing their housework.
As the day moved on more ladies arrived and took other customers until there were around 30 ladies, I also realized they had 2 other shops which they gave names A, B and C. The tiny shops where full to the veranda with customers and the ladies braiding. There were some ladies doing finishing, others were preparing the hairpiece oiling them and dividing them. In the meantime they chatted, gossiped and sung while going on with their work. Hawkers with different types of items even food came to sell their wares to the ladies. I also realized that some customers who wanted to be braided cheaply but neatly in the comfort of their homes came with cars to pick the ladies. Those who were going to customer houses dressed neatly and perfumed themselves not to look like they are from the slums on a mission to braid elegant ladies. They would say they are going mobile.
Looking at this busy salon I wondered why others in Kenya are not this busy. I also realized the ladies where from different tribes of Kenya and different ages. I asked my friend later and she told me Nyatanga is very kind, she decided to invite the ladies to braid in her salon to help them earn a living, instead of just sitting at home or suffering for lack of income. She also told me most of the girls are single parents after getting children at a young age and dropping out the school. Some of the ladies are widows and would be suffering upcountry without income. Some of them are separated from their husbands and few have their husbands. She trained them on how to make neat braids of different styles, being an expert herself and share the proceeds.
I was pleased with this woman and her noble idea of offering employment to girls and women in the slums of Kibera. I realized this is why the place is normally full and the ladies working here are many.
After the first visit and many admiring my hair, I have been going to Nyatangas salon since then. My friends, relatives and colleagues have also joined the chain of customers. I also realized that most of the ladies are still there and many more have joined her. They have other income generating projects like merry-go-rounds, this way they have managed to provide for their families.
If this is how our leaders can support Kenyans from the grass root level, then Kenya would be a much better place. Guest post by Sue
Civil Society Message On Mwai Kibaki And Grand Corruption
The Untold story of the Mathare massacre and where the bodies were dumped
Nasty men habits that women hate with a passion
What Grown Men Do When Their Wives Say, "Not tonight sweetie"
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