I am seeking guidance and advice so that I understand the above statement made by a leading presidential candidate recently. I have agonized using my limited knowledge of the English language and I still can’t make any sense out of it. Maybe Vikiii can help me.
Here is that statement again;
“The Whole World Has Been Waiting For Kalonzo Musyoka,”
What did mheshimiwa really mean by this statement? Which world was he referring to? The statement was made in Ukambani, does this offer any clues?
Questions, questions.
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
RECREATING THE REPUBLIC: The Challenges Facing Young Kenyans
"But to get to our Land of Promise, there is a wilderness we must cross and there are giants we must slay."
Closing Address delivered at the 3rd National Youth Convention Kenyatta International Conference Centre Sunday, 12th August 2007
By NJONJO MUE Senior Legal Counsel
and Head of the Advocacy Programme Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to congratulate you on the successful conclusion of the Third National Youth Convention.
Over the last two days, you have had occasion to discuss and debate the future of our country and the critical role that Kenya’s young people must play in reclaiming the fortunes of our land. Unfortunately, I was not able to join you until this afternoon, but going by what I have observed and heard in the short time I have been present, I know I can rest assured that the future of our country is in safe hands. Indeed, when I go to bed tonight, I shall be able to close my eyes and rest. I know
I can afford to dream of the country that my children will call home. Through the watches of the night, I will behold in my mind’s eye, a strong African country, united in its diversity with a vibrant economy and equitable distribution of resources; where every man, woman and child has the opportunity and the means to achieve his or her fullest potential and where justice and respect for human dignity shall be the basis of social behavior by both the citizen and the State alike.
I can already see a strong, united country, taking its place of leadership in regional and international affairs; setting the pace in political governance, economic growth, foreign policy, science and technology, and promoting fair trade. I see a green land where people are able to feed themselves, enjoying the fruits of the land while protecting the environment in the true realization of the fact that “we did not inherit this land from our parents; we have borrowed it from our children.” From Lamu to Lokichogio, from the Lake the blue shining sea, I behold all the peoples of this beloved country, in their different hues and colours living and working together side by side in mutually reinforcing and affirming communities across the land.
I see a land where justice is truly our shield and defender; where we shall resolve our disputes peacefully without resorting to violence. Where brother shall no longer hurt brother, nor a man lift his hand to strike his wife. Children shall play together in safety and shall have all the means to grow strong in mind, body and character, to become the men and women who will diligently apply their time, treasure and talent to serve their communities and their country faithfully.
But to get to our Land of Promise, there is a wilderness we must cross and there are giants we must slay.
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The picture of now is not altogether an encouraging one. Over the last few days, you have dissected the problems confronting us; challenges to our nationhood that threaten to rip our social fabric apart, including poverty, unemployment, insecurity, inequality, domestic violence, drugs and alcoholism, negative ethnicity and corruption. We have spoken ourselves hoarse about these giants in the past, so I shall not belabour the point here. Suffice it to say that it is time to move beyond the rhetoric to providing practical solutions.
A scene from the South African movie, Sarafina, comes to mind. Sarafina’s teacher, Mrs. Masumbuga, is discussing Sarafina’s idea for the school play. Referring to the still incarcerated Nelson Mandela, she says to Sarafina, “I like your idea for the school play… the prison gate swings wide open and the prisoner walks free…” after she allows herself a few moments of pause to savour the imaginary scene she comes back to reality, “… and then what?”
The history of our struggles in Kenya is a history of aborted revolutions primarily because we did not bother to ask and answer the question, “… and then what?” In 2002, the country united to remove an unpopular government. We all joined together in the new unofficial national anthem, “Yote yawezekana!” But because we did not pause to ask ourselves “… and then what?” as soon as the common enemy was defeated, we turned on each other and spent the next five years hurling insults on one another and emerged even more divided than we were when we embarked on this leg along the troubled journey to true nationhood. Kenya’s young leaders must avoid this mistake. We must have an agenda that goes beyond merely replacing the old guard.
I do not have answers for you, but some of the questions that we must ask ourselves include the following:
Our population is projected to rise to 60 million by 2030. 60% of these people will live in urban areas. How do we face the challenges of providing food, health, housing, security, education, sanitation and other social services? Are we prepared to introduce new thinking to tackling the challenges of modernity or are we going to stand by and watch as our towns and cities continue to become one big slum? What demands are we making on government to provide affordable services to its people in a sustainable way?
A recent survey shows that the majority of our young people dream of living in urban areas and of working in sectors other than agriculture. What are we doing to prepare to meet this challenge, by changing mindsets, making agriculture more attractive and building the skills and capacity of our young people to face the challenges of living in a globalized world? Another recent survey in Kabete and Gachoka constituencies indicate that young men are dropping out of school at alarming rates to engage in crime, miraa trade and drug trafficking. This has led to an imminent mental health crisis which is threatening to reverse the few gains made in development. In the cities - and among us here - alcohol has become the silent killer of our hopes and quiet stealer of our dreams. The problem of alcoholism and drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions as are the associated vices of violence, prostitution, gambling and pornography. These are challenges that especially face young people and if we are to safeguard our dream of recreating our republic, we must become our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper by holding one another accountable as to how we are individually safeguarding our dream by taking care of our own mental and physical health.
Having listened to some of the discourse this afternoon, I have to admit that I am a bit disturbed about the seeming obsession with power and position. While power is important because when properly used it enables us to proffer our point of view in the competitive marketplace of ideas and to implement progressive policies, there is need to point out that leadership is not just about position; it is about influence.
It would be a pity if we as young leaders waited until we become MPs or councilors before making a contribution. Each of us here is in a position to influence one or two people on a daily basis towards the direction we want our country to go in the project of recreating our republic. What’s more, there are countless opportunities to engage the holders of power and duty-bearers at local levels in creative ways of holding them to account for the way they exercise this power. In particular, there
currently exist gaps in the way devolved funds such as CDF and LATF are used and accounted for, and it behooves us to offer leadership to our communities in auditing how these funds are used. And there are myriad opportunities to grow in leadership by offering ourselves to serve in those unsung positions such as the PTAs, school boards of governors, trade unions, estate and village security committees, cooperative societies, CBOs, and so on, where we can develop our leadership skills away from the pressure of the national limelight. We should shun the idea of parachuting from the blue and ending up in Parliament when we have never led anything in our lives and have absolutely no track record except the ability to align ourselves with a particular tribal chieftain and riding on the wave of euphoria thattends to precede our national elections.
Currently a lot of young people have allowed themselves to become frustrated and despondent. They are alienated from structural correctives that exist but are ignored or cynically manipulated by the powers that be. But there is hope yet. Speaking just about human rights, there is a lot of machinery in place, nationally and internationally, for the promotion and protection of human rights which we can use to place our society on an irreversible trajectory towards becoming a human rights State – a State that not only respects human rights, but also upholds the right to be human. Kenya is a signatory to most major human rights treaties and the State is beginning to respond to pressure to be accountable to various mechanisms set under these treaties. But more remains to be done. There is need to push for the ratification of several protocols such as the African protocol on the rights of women.
Further, despite the alienation and despair that we sometimes feel as young people, times are changing. More and more, young persons are occupying key positions in
government, business and civil society. The youth are not short of role models. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights is an example of one institution that is led by young persons virtually from top to bottom, and is at the forefront of challenging old paradigms. While youth representation, especially in politics, is not what it should be, I invite young people represented at this Convention to participate in those structural correctives which are available to them, such as KNCHR. Your participation in these processes should not be seen as an alternative to the various ways in which you are already agitating for change, but as additional tools. You should feel free to engage with us and to share your concerns because your concerns contain crucial information that may not otherwise reach us and therefore become part of the workings of these structural correctives. Your voice should also be heard in challenging those elements of the political class that oppose the Commission’s efforts to hold them and the State accountable.
Finally, as we position ourselves to address the challenges of the future and as
we make our case for seeking positions of influence, we must ask ourselves, what is the sense of value that is driving our wanting to get into power? Leadership should be about more than just capturing seats. How have we been preparing ourselves to be that quality leader when the time comes? The late freedom fighter, Bildard Kaggia, is reported to have dismissed two young activists who visited him in his twilight years, seeking to know how they could contribute to the achievement of the Mau Mau dream. Said he, “Nyinyi hamna maana (you people are useless). You like good suits and you like seeking high positions regardless of what those positions do to your people. There is nothing you can do.”
This is a sad indictment of our generation, and coming from a veteran of the struggle for independence, it cannot be ignored. It is sadly the case that the Kenyan middle class seems obsessed with flashy cars, the latest models of cell phones and foreign football teams, instead of finding ways of giving leadership on the critical issues of our day. We have come to define the Kenyan dream as comprising a 1,2,3,4 lifestyle: 1 spouse, 2 children, a 3 bedroom house and a 4x4 car. As long as I can have and maintain these for my own nuclear family, the rest of the country can take care of itself. Our booming economy is characterized by ubiquitous developments of serviced apartments in up market suburbs whose key selling point, apart from the swimming pool, barbecue area and gym, is the ultramodern security system complete with electric fencing, controlled entry and exit, 24 hour patrols and CCTV cameras. Am I the only one who wonders for how long these high walls we are building around us will keep the people of Kibera, Mathare, Kawangware and Korogocho at bay? Might the Good Book have a point when it cautions us that ‘He who builds a high wall invites destruction’?
This brings me back to the question of values. As we confront the challenges
of the future and position our country to be a leader not only in the region but also in the world, I hasten to point out that we will not get to the Promised Land if half of us are fettered and half of us are free.
We need to shift decisively from a world where a small minority lord it over the
majority. Many of us here are privileged in many ways; we must bring the rest of our sisters and brothers with us. For as Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us long ago, none of us is free until all of us are free. The values that should drive the image of Kenya’s future that I described at the beginning of this address are the same values that inspired our forefathers and mothers when they took up home-made guns half a century ago in a blatantly unequal contest to shout from the rooftops that they too were created in the image of God. They are the values of dignity, justice, honesty, integrity and hard work. They are the values of humility and mutual respect and the equitable distribution of the burdens and the benefits of belonging. Our struggle must be anchored on the desire to build a society that celebrates its strong while taking care of its weak; where hard work is rewarded and crime is duly punished, no matter the social status of the criminal. A country that is bound together by its strong faith in God and the inalienable pride of being proudly African….
As we aspire to transform our country into a heritage of splendor, and as we continue to confront the challenges facing our young democracy, we as young leaders have a critical role to play. We must be prepared to march out in front when the majority prefers the comfort of the ranks.
Our leadership must become the voice of a new generation of Kenyans, which are emerging to answer new historical challenges; the voice of young men and women who will define themselves as leaders by their capacity to identify the issues that unite us as a nation. These are the true patriots who will raise the banner of Kenya and bid us to confidently follow, as we march together into the future, proud and united, one nation under God. I thank you.
Njonjo Mue
12 August 2007. Njonjo Mue Legal Counsel / Principal Human Rights Officer Campaigns & Advocacy Programme Kenya National Commission on Human Rights 1st Floor, CVS Plaza, Lenana Road P.O. Box 74359-00200 Nairobi TEL: 254-20-2717908 / 2717928 / 2712624 FAX: 254-20-2716160 njonjo@knchr.org www.knchr.org
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Closing Address delivered at the 3rd National Youth Convention Kenyatta International Conference Centre Sunday, 12th August 2007
By NJONJO MUE Senior Legal Counsel
and Head of the Advocacy Programme Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to congratulate you on the successful conclusion of the Third National Youth Convention.
Over the last two days, you have had occasion to discuss and debate the future of our country and the critical role that Kenya’s young people must play in reclaiming the fortunes of our land. Unfortunately, I was not able to join you until this afternoon, but going by what I have observed and heard in the short time I have been present, I know I can rest assured that the future of our country is in safe hands. Indeed, when I go to bed tonight, I shall be able to close my eyes and rest. I know
I can afford to dream of the country that my children will call home. Through the watches of the night, I will behold in my mind’s eye, a strong African country, united in its diversity with a vibrant economy and equitable distribution of resources; where every man, woman and child has the opportunity and the means to achieve his or her fullest potential and where justice and respect for human dignity shall be the basis of social behavior by both the citizen and the State alike.
I can already see a strong, united country, taking its place of leadership in regional and international affairs; setting the pace in political governance, economic growth, foreign policy, science and technology, and promoting fair trade. I see a green land where people are able to feed themselves, enjoying the fruits of the land while protecting the environment in the true realization of the fact that “we did not inherit this land from our parents; we have borrowed it from our children.” From Lamu to Lokichogio, from the Lake the blue shining sea, I behold all the peoples of this beloved country, in their different hues and colours living and working together side by side in mutually reinforcing and affirming communities across the land.
I see a land where justice is truly our shield and defender; where we shall resolve our disputes peacefully without resorting to violence. Where brother shall no longer hurt brother, nor a man lift his hand to strike his wife. Children shall play together in safety and shall have all the means to grow strong in mind, body and character, to become the men and women who will diligently apply their time, treasure and talent to serve their communities and their country faithfully.
But to get to our Land of Promise, there is a wilderness we must cross and there are giants we must slay.
==========================================
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The picture of now is not altogether an encouraging one. Over the last few days, you have dissected the problems confronting us; challenges to our nationhood that threaten to rip our social fabric apart, including poverty, unemployment, insecurity, inequality, domestic violence, drugs and alcoholism, negative ethnicity and corruption. We have spoken ourselves hoarse about these giants in the past, so I shall not belabour the point here. Suffice it to say that it is time to move beyond the rhetoric to providing practical solutions.
A scene from the South African movie, Sarafina, comes to mind. Sarafina’s teacher, Mrs. Masumbuga, is discussing Sarafina’s idea for the school play. Referring to the still incarcerated Nelson Mandela, she says to Sarafina, “I like your idea for the school play… the prison gate swings wide open and the prisoner walks free…” after she allows herself a few moments of pause to savour the imaginary scene she comes back to reality, “… and then what?”
The history of our struggles in Kenya is a history of aborted revolutions primarily because we did not bother to ask and answer the question, “… and then what?” In 2002, the country united to remove an unpopular government. We all joined together in the new unofficial national anthem, “Yote yawezekana!” But because we did not pause to ask ourselves “… and then what?” as soon as the common enemy was defeated, we turned on each other and spent the next five years hurling insults on one another and emerged even more divided than we were when we embarked on this leg along the troubled journey to true nationhood. Kenya’s young leaders must avoid this mistake. We must have an agenda that goes beyond merely replacing the old guard.
I do not have answers for you, but some of the questions that we must ask ourselves include the following:
Our population is projected to rise to 60 million by 2030. 60% of these people will live in urban areas. How do we face the challenges of providing food, health, housing, security, education, sanitation and other social services? Are we prepared to introduce new thinking to tackling the challenges of modernity or are we going to stand by and watch as our towns and cities continue to become one big slum? What demands are we making on government to provide affordable services to its people in a sustainable way?
A recent survey shows that the majority of our young people dream of living in urban areas and of working in sectors other than agriculture. What are we doing to prepare to meet this challenge, by changing mindsets, making agriculture more attractive and building the skills and capacity of our young people to face the challenges of living in a globalized world? Another recent survey in Kabete and Gachoka constituencies indicate that young men are dropping out of school at alarming rates to engage in crime, miraa trade and drug trafficking. This has led to an imminent mental health crisis which is threatening to reverse the few gains made in development. In the cities - and among us here - alcohol has become the silent killer of our hopes and quiet stealer of our dreams. The problem of alcoholism and drug abuse has reached epidemic proportions as are the associated vices of violence, prostitution, gambling and pornography. These are challenges that especially face young people and if we are to safeguard our dream of recreating our republic, we must become our brothers’ and sisters’ keeper by holding one another accountable as to how we are individually safeguarding our dream by taking care of our own mental and physical health.
Having listened to some of the discourse this afternoon, I have to admit that I am a bit disturbed about the seeming obsession with power and position. While power is important because when properly used it enables us to proffer our point of view in the competitive marketplace of ideas and to implement progressive policies, there is need to point out that leadership is not just about position; it is about influence.
It would be a pity if we as young leaders waited until we become MPs or councilors before making a contribution. Each of us here is in a position to influence one or two people on a daily basis towards the direction we want our country to go in the project of recreating our republic. What’s more, there are countless opportunities to engage the holders of power and duty-bearers at local levels in creative ways of holding them to account for the way they exercise this power. In particular, there
currently exist gaps in the way devolved funds such as CDF and LATF are used and accounted for, and it behooves us to offer leadership to our communities in auditing how these funds are used. And there are myriad opportunities to grow in leadership by offering ourselves to serve in those unsung positions such as the PTAs, school boards of governors, trade unions, estate and village security committees, cooperative societies, CBOs, and so on, where we can develop our leadership skills away from the pressure of the national limelight. We should shun the idea of parachuting from the blue and ending up in Parliament when we have never led anything in our lives and have absolutely no track record except the ability to align ourselves with a particular tribal chieftain and riding on the wave of euphoria thattends to precede our national elections.
Currently a lot of young people have allowed themselves to become frustrated and despondent. They are alienated from structural correctives that exist but are ignored or cynically manipulated by the powers that be. But there is hope yet. Speaking just about human rights, there is a lot of machinery in place, nationally and internationally, for the promotion and protection of human rights which we can use to place our society on an irreversible trajectory towards becoming a human rights State – a State that not only respects human rights, but also upholds the right to be human. Kenya is a signatory to most major human rights treaties and the State is beginning to respond to pressure to be accountable to various mechanisms set under these treaties. But more remains to be done. There is need to push for the ratification of several protocols such as the African protocol on the rights of women.
Further, despite the alienation and despair that we sometimes feel as young people, times are changing. More and more, young persons are occupying key positions in
government, business and civil society. The youth are not short of role models. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights is an example of one institution that is led by young persons virtually from top to bottom, and is at the forefront of challenging old paradigms. While youth representation, especially in politics, is not what it should be, I invite young people represented at this Convention to participate in those structural correctives which are available to them, such as KNCHR. Your participation in these processes should not be seen as an alternative to the various ways in which you are already agitating for change, but as additional tools. You should feel free to engage with us and to share your concerns because your concerns contain crucial information that may not otherwise reach us and therefore become part of the workings of these structural correctives. Your voice should also be heard in challenging those elements of the political class that oppose the Commission’s efforts to hold them and the State accountable.
Finally, as we position ourselves to address the challenges of the future and as
we make our case for seeking positions of influence, we must ask ourselves, what is the sense of value that is driving our wanting to get into power? Leadership should be about more than just capturing seats. How have we been preparing ourselves to be that quality leader when the time comes? The late freedom fighter, Bildard Kaggia, is reported to have dismissed two young activists who visited him in his twilight years, seeking to know how they could contribute to the achievement of the Mau Mau dream. Said he, “Nyinyi hamna maana (you people are useless). You like good suits and you like seeking high positions regardless of what those positions do to your people. There is nothing you can do.”
This is a sad indictment of our generation, and coming from a veteran of the struggle for independence, it cannot be ignored. It is sadly the case that the Kenyan middle class seems obsessed with flashy cars, the latest models of cell phones and foreign football teams, instead of finding ways of giving leadership on the critical issues of our day. We have come to define the Kenyan dream as comprising a 1,2,3,4 lifestyle: 1 spouse, 2 children, a 3 bedroom house and a 4x4 car. As long as I can have and maintain these for my own nuclear family, the rest of the country can take care of itself. Our booming economy is characterized by ubiquitous developments of serviced apartments in up market suburbs whose key selling point, apart from the swimming pool, barbecue area and gym, is the ultramodern security system complete with electric fencing, controlled entry and exit, 24 hour patrols and CCTV cameras. Am I the only one who wonders for how long these high walls we are building around us will keep the people of Kibera, Mathare, Kawangware and Korogocho at bay? Might the Good Book have a point when it cautions us that ‘He who builds a high wall invites destruction’?
This brings me back to the question of values. As we confront the challenges
of the future and position our country to be a leader not only in the region but also in the world, I hasten to point out that we will not get to the Promised Land if half of us are fettered and half of us are free.
We need to shift decisively from a world where a small minority lord it over the
majority. Many of us here are privileged in many ways; we must bring the rest of our sisters and brothers with us. For as Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us long ago, none of us is free until all of us are free. The values that should drive the image of Kenya’s future that I described at the beginning of this address are the same values that inspired our forefathers and mothers when they took up home-made guns half a century ago in a blatantly unequal contest to shout from the rooftops that they too were created in the image of God. They are the values of dignity, justice, honesty, integrity and hard work. They are the values of humility and mutual respect and the equitable distribution of the burdens and the benefits of belonging. Our struggle must be anchored on the desire to build a society that celebrates its strong while taking care of its weak; where hard work is rewarded and crime is duly punished, no matter the social status of the criminal. A country that is bound together by its strong faith in God and the inalienable pride of being proudly African….
As we aspire to transform our country into a heritage of splendor, and as we continue to confront the challenges facing our young democracy, we as young leaders have a critical role to play. We must be prepared to march out in front when the majority prefers the comfort of the ranks.
Our leadership must become the voice of a new generation of Kenyans, which are emerging to answer new historical challenges; the voice of young men and women who will define themselves as leaders by their capacity to identify the issues that unite us as a nation. These are the true patriots who will raise the banner of Kenya and bid us to confidently follow, as we march together into the future, proud and united, one nation under God. I thank you.
Njonjo Mue
12 August 2007. Njonjo Mue Legal Counsel / Principal Human Rights Officer Campaigns & Advocacy Programme Kenya National Commission on Human Rights 1st Floor, CVS Plaza, Lenana Road P.O. Box 74359-00200 Nairobi TEL: 254-20-2717908 / 2717928 / 2712624 FAX: 254-20-2716160 njonjo@knchr.org www.knchr.org
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Tribal Chiefs Shine As They Consolidate Their Positions: Only Divine Intervention Can Save Kenya From These Hyenas
Political temperatures in the country have risen considerably. Tribal chiefs have come out with both barrels blazing and each region is now strategizing on how best to come out ahead of the other.
So where does Kenya feature in all this? Stupid question you ask. Kenya features nowhere. You think Kenya is more important that individual tribal and regional interests? You must be out of your mind.
The Luhya community (all legislators from Western province) had a meeting yesterday where they announced that they will only support ODM if Musalia "Goldenberg" Mudavadi is declared the party's presidential candidate. They emphasized that any other candidate being selected would force the community to reconsider its' options. We all know who the ODM presidential candidate is don't we. One Raila Amollo Odinga, who by the way is yet to reply to Kiunjuri's accusations in parliament about oil deals and missing files.
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The pronouncement by the Luhya community is interesting because as I have said here before, o such community exists and this is why the much-hyped Luyha unity will never happened. What we have here is an administrative bloc created by the colonial government that is a collection of numerous different tribes many of who are too different from each other to even speak in a language that the other understands.
Rift Valley MPs also had their meeting where all the warring factions came together two days ago. William "YK92" Ruto sat on the same table as Nicholas "Ouko murder suspect" Biwott. Biwott has been quoted as saying in the recent past that the community will do everything to ensure that they are a part of the next government. Incidentally everybody is assuming that Kanu will support President Kibaki, but I have this feeling that they will swing a nasty surprise for the incumbent.
The Kamba community does not need a meeting for all to see the direction they are headed under the leadership of one Kalonzo Musyoka. Neither do the Kikuyu or Luo communities need to meet for political analysts to know what is going on.
Yes, the tribal chiefs are circling like vultures watching and waiting as a man breathes his last. Only divine intervention can save Kenya from these vultures or hyenas—if you are a fan of Gado's cartoons.
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So where does Kenya feature in all this? Stupid question you ask. Kenya features nowhere. You think Kenya is more important that individual tribal and regional interests? You must be out of your mind.
The Luhya community (all legislators from Western province) had a meeting yesterday where they announced that they will only support ODM if Musalia "Goldenberg" Mudavadi is declared the party's presidential candidate. They emphasized that any other candidate being selected would force the community to reconsider its' options. We all know who the ODM presidential candidate is don't we. One Raila Amollo Odinga, who by the way is yet to reply to Kiunjuri's accusations in parliament about oil deals and missing files.
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The pronouncement by the Luhya community is interesting because as I have said here before, o such community exists and this is why the much-hyped Luyha unity will never happened. What we have here is an administrative bloc created by the colonial government that is a collection of numerous different tribes many of who are too different from each other to even speak in a language that the other understands.
Rift Valley MPs also had their meeting where all the warring factions came together two days ago. William "YK92" Ruto sat on the same table as Nicholas "Ouko murder suspect" Biwott. Biwott has been quoted as saying in the recent past that the community will do everything to ensure that they are a part of the next government. Incidentally everybody is assuming that Kanu will support President Kibaki, but I have this feeling that they will swing a nasty surprise for the incumbent.
The Kamba community does not need a meeting for all to see the direction they are headed under the leadership of one Kalonzo Musyoka. Neither do the Kikuyu or Luo communities need to meet for political analysts to know what is going on.
Yes, the tribal chiefs are circling like vultures watching and waiting as a man breathes his last. Only divine intervention can save Kenya from these vultures or hyenas—if you are a fan of Gado's cartoons.
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How Kenya Treats Her Real Heroes And Heroines With Contempt
It must have been quite a sight witnessing the hanging of one Dedan Kimathi at Kamiti Maximum Security prison in 1952. I can imagine those penetrating eyes staring as if at nothing. Even as the heavy hood was thrown over his face and the rope fastened. When the trap door is opened what is supposed to happen is that the neck breaks, but death rarely comes quickly in hanging. People often urinate and pass feaces before the legs begin to jerk and kick incessantly signifying that death is close.
Kimathi's only regret was probably the fact that he did not have the opportunity when dieing to clasp the soil and speak those famous words in Kikuyu signifying what that it was for the soil that belonged to them that they had died.
Brave man, this guy although he was not fighting for independence. He was fighting for the land taken away by the colonialists to be restored to its; rightful owners. Still, there is no doubt that the Mau Mau uprising was very effective in attracting attention to the plight of the majority indigenous African Kenyan. This alone classifies Kimathi a true Kenyan hero.
It would take over 50 years for Dedan Kimathi to be honored. But with what? A statue on Kenyatta Avenue, that KJ of Redikulas fame says scares tourists?
JM Kariuki braved some unimaginable conditions in colonial concentration camps. Amazingly his spirit was never broken. He survived and that story should have ended up as most fairy tales do with the word "and they lived happily ever after" because at independence he was appointed press secretary to Jomo Kenyatta. Instead the man who survived death by a whisker in the hands of the ruthless colonialists ended up being felled by his very own people. To date few Kenyans know anything about the contributions JM made to Kenya and probably the majority are saying what was said here recently by a reader about a national hero; he said "I would care less to find out" or something along those lines.
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It is really amazing how a nobody called Thomas Odhiambo, born one evening to an illiterate sisal picker from Rusinga Island at the Kilimabogo sisal plantation (near Thika) and with very little formal education ended up being a masterful negotiator who almost single handedly delivered independence for Kenya. His very effective strategy was to negotiate for what he could get immediately and then before the ink even dried on the signed agreement he would immediately embark on a new campaign to ask for even more. That is how the country swiftly moved from 8 indigenous African representatives in the Legco in 1957 to 16 and then to independence much more quickly than anybody had expected. Thomas could speak several local languages. He learnt Kikamba first because that was the dominant tribe in Kilimabogo where he was born, then at Jeanes School he learnt fluent Kikuyu. A brief stint later in Tanzania enabled him to pick up fluent Kiswahili. But when the country finally attained her independence, he became an obstacle to those who wanted to make fantastic riches at the expense of the masses so on one afternoon in broad daylight, he stopped two bullets outside a chemist on what is now Moi Avenue in Nairobi. To date the British and Americans and even an Australian political scientist have done a much better job at recognizing this man as a national hero. Kenyans to date don't care. By the way this man Thomas Odhiambo is better known to Kenyans as Tom Mboya.
Kenneth Matiba was in perfectly good health and was said to be as fit as a fiddle when he launched a campaign against the single party dictatorship of Kanu in the late 80s with Charles Rubia. Today Kenyans enjoy much more democratic space but Matiba is virtually a cripple and his once prosperous empire is struggling for survival. Kenyans would care less, let alone want to honor this true Kenyan hero who risked all so that we could all have a better life.
There is yet another prominent politician who when detained by the Moi government and came out to find that his wife had already been taken over by somebody else, which was just as well because while in detention the authorities wiped out his manhood forever. That is how much sacrifice this Kenyan man has given, but do you think Kenyans care?
There are many other names like Wangari Maathai, Kungu Karumba, Gama Pinto, James Orengo, Martin Shikuku and more recently John Githongo. Selfless Kenyans who put their lives on the line.
But not only do Kenyans care less but they have tended to hand over the presidency to anybody but their heroes. Jomo Kenyatta walked out from detention to have the presidency handed to him on silver platter by others who risked more. Daniel Moi, a collaborator with the local colonial government before independence became the second president of Kenya. Mwai Kibaki a well established fence-seater of many years who had remained mum at crucial points in our history was handed the president on a silver platter at Uhuru Park to become Kenya's third president.
Meanwhile our heroes and heroines continue to linger in obscurity. Is it any wonder that those we have settled on who mostly did not know the pain, ended up being selfish grabbers who were out to greatly enrich themselves at the expense of the masses?
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Kimathi's only regret was probably the fact that he did not have the opportunity when dieing to clasp the soil and speak those famous words in Kikuyu signifying what that it was for the soil that belonged to them that they had died.
Brave man, this guy although he was not fighting for independence. He was fighting for the land taken away by the colonialists to be restored to its; rightful owners. Still, there is no doubt that the Mau Mau uprising was very effective in attracting attention to the plight of the majority indigenous African Kenyan. This alone classifies Kimathi a true Kenyan hero.
It would take over 50 years for Dedan Kimathi to be honored. But with what? A statue on Kenyatta Avenue, that KJ of Redikulas fame says scares tourists?
JM Kariuki braved some unimaginable conditions in colonial concentration camps. Amazingly his spirit was never broken. He survived and that story should have ended up as most fairy tales do with the word "and they lived happily ever after" because at independence he was appointed press secretary to Jomo Kenyatta. Instead the man who survived death by a whisker in the hands of the ruthless colonialists ended up being felled by his very own people. To date few Kenyans know anything about the contributions JM made to Kenya and probably the majority are saying what was said here recently by a reader about a national hero; he said "I would care less to find out" or something along those lines.
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It is really amazing how a nobody called Thomas Odhiambo, born one evening to an illiterate sisal picker from Rusinga Island at the Kilimabogo sisal plantation (near Thika) and with very little formal education ended up being a masterful negotiator who almost single handedly delivered independence for Kenya. His very effective strategy was to negotiate for what he could get immediately and then before the ink even dried on the signed agreement he would immediately embark on a new campaign to ask for even more. That is how the country swiftly moved from 8 indigenous African representatives in the Legco in 1957 to 16 and then to independence much more quickly than anybody had expected. Thomas could speak several local languages. He learnt Kikamba first because that was the dominant tribe in Kilimabogo where he was born, then at Jeanes School he learnt fluent Kikuyu. A brief stint later in Tanzania enabled him to pick up fluent Kiswahili. But when the country finally attained her independence, he became an obstacle to those who wanted to make fantastic riches at the expense of the masses so on one afternoon in broad daylight, he stopped two bullets outside a chemist on what is now Moi Avenue in Nairobi. To date the British and Americans and even an Australian political scientist have done a much better job at recognizing this man as a national hero. Kenyans to date don't care. By the way this man Thomas Odhiambo is better known to Kenyans as Tom Mboya.
Kenneth Matiba was in perfectly good health and was said to be as fit as a fiddle when he launched a campaign against the single party dictatorship of Kanu in the late 80s with Charles Rubia. Today Kenyans enjoy much more democratic space but Matiba is virtually a cripple and his once prosperous empire is struggling for survival. Kenyans would care less, let alone want to honor this true Kenyan hero who risked all so that we could all have a better life.
There is yet another prominent politician who when detained by the Moi government and came out to find that his wife had already been taken over by somebody else, which was just as well because while in detention the authorities wiped out his manhood forever. That is how much sacrifice this Kenyan man has given, but do you think Kenyans care?
There are many other names like Wangari Maathai, Kungu Karumba, Gama Pinto, James Orengo, Martin Shikuku and more recently John Githongo. Selfless Kenyans who put their lives on the line.
But not only do Kenyans care less but they have tended to hand over the presidency to anybody but their heroes. Jomo Kenyatta walked out from detention to have the presidency handed to him on silver platter by others who risked more. Daniel Moi, a collaborator with the local colonial government before independence became the second president of Kenya. Mwai Kibaki a well established fence-seater of many years who had remained mum at crucial points in our history was handed the president on a silver platter at Uhuru Park to become Kenya's third president.
Meanwhile our heroes and heroines continue to linger in obscurity. Is it any wonder that those we have settled on who mostly did not know the pain, ended up being selfish grabbers who were out to greatly enrich themselves at the expense of the masses?
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9th Parliament Does Not Like Women
The message is loud and clear.
The 9th parliament does not think much of women and do not want more women in parliament. They probably believe that they have nothing to contribute.
I say this because, if they were sensitive, they would have made every effort to have the bill adjusted so that the 40 new constituencies, which they were against could be removed and the new seats fro women remain. Instead this bone of contention was used as en excuse to throw out a bill that would have had far-reaching effect and very positive impact on the country.
This whole episode has made nominated legislator Njoki Ndungu look a real heroine to have gotten her Sexual Offences Bill passed. But just look at the hard work she put in?
She organized seminars for MPs and basically did everything to cajole, beg and so on to get the 9th parliament to pass the land mark legislation that is still having problems being enforced.
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At the end of the day, the passing of this law is the only positive achievement of the 9th parliament that I can think of. Sadly even that has been wiped out by the brutal way in which the dream of having 50 seats was wiped out in one short afternoon session.
The message to voters should be very clear. The only verdict they can pass is guilty as charged and the only course of action is to vote out the entire 9th parliament. That is if we plan on getting those extra seats for women early in the life of the 10th parliament.
Incidentally I have just received a message from a friend via sms that puts the sentiments of many Kenyans into words (this guy obviously doesn't read Kumekucha too frequently). He says;
"The men MPs don't want women in parliament, please start a campaign against MPs in the 9th parliament."
Leave a comment now at the site campaigning for the whole 9th parliament to be voted OUT.
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The 9th parliament does not think much of women and do not want more women in parliament. They probably believe that they have nothing to contribute.
I say this because, if they were sensitive, they would have made every effort to have the bill adjusted so that the 40 new constituencies, which they were against could be removed and the new seats fro women remain. Instead this bone of contention was used as en excuse to throw out a bill that would have had far-reaching effect and very positive impact on the country.
This whole episode has made nominated legislator Njoki Ndungu look a real heroine to have gotten her Sexual Offences Bill passed. But just look at the hard work she put in?
She organized seminars for MPs and basically did everything to cajole, beg and so on to get the 9th parliament to pass the land mark legislation that is still having problems being enforced.
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At the end of the day, the passing of this law is the only positive achievement of the 9th parliament that I can think of. Sadly even that has been wiped out by the brutal way in which the dream of having 50 seats was wiped out in one short afternoon session.
The message to voters should be very clear. The only verdict they can pass is guilty as charged and the only course of action is to vote out the entire 9th parliament. That is if we plan on getting those extra seats for women early in the life of the 10th parliament.
Incidentally I have just received a message from a friend via sms that puts the sentiments of many Kenyans into words (this guy obviously doesn't read Kumekucha too frequently). He says;
"The men MPs don't want women in parliament, please start a campaign against MPs in the 9th parliament."
Leave a comment now at the site campaigning for the whole 9th parliament to be voted OUT.
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Uganda Attacks Kenya With Tanks, Helicopters And Foot Soldiers
The Ugandan army (UPDF) recently crossed into the country in Pokot complete with military tanks and helicopters and made away with large herds of cattle.
The defense minister's only comment; "We are talking."
My question is; talk about what?
When a neighboring country crosses the border with tanks and helicopters to attack a small village of unarmed Kenyans, is the thing to do, talk?
Isn't the right action to ask them to give a good reason why we should not send our military complete with helicopters into their country to recover the said cattle. And such a message is not delivered in talks, it is sent as an ultimatum. Or even better declare war based on this act of extreme provocation?
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Will somebody tell me what is going on and what the said talks are about?
Is the Kenyan government now unable to protect it's own people from hostilities from outside the country?
Just ask yourself the question; why should the Ugandan military cross the border with Tanks and military helicopters armed to the teeth, not to mention foot soldiers? The clear message is that they were ready to meet with any type of resistance. This is something that the president himself needs to explain to Kenyans.
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The defense minister's only comment; "We are talking."
My question is; talk about what?
When a neighboring country crosses the border with tanks and helicopters to attack a small village of unarmed Kenyans, is the thing to do, talk?
Isn't the right action to ask them to give a good reason why we should not send our military complete with helicopters into their country to recover the said cattle. And such a message is not delivered in talks, it is sent as an ultimatum. Or even better declare war based on this act of extreme provocation?
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Will somebody tell me what is going on and what the said talks are about?
Is the Kenyan government now unable to protect it's own people from hostilities from outside the country?
Just ask yourself the question; why should the Ugandan military cross the border with Tanks and military helicopters armed to the teeth, not to mention foot soldiers? The clear message is that they were ready to meet with any type of resistance. This is something that the president himself needs to explain to Kenyans.
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When The CEO Personally Appears In A Commercial It Usually Means Trouble
All over the world, whenever you see the CEO of a company appear in his own TV commercials, trying to sell products, then you know that all is NOT well. Lee Iacooca appeared in the Chrysler ads when the car maker was in serious trouble and as he attempted to turn it around.
In the latest ads being run by Uchumi Supermarkets (I doubt whether they will cause anybody to have any confidence in Uchumi) the CEO appears himself and even talks. The difference between Chrysler and Uchumi is that the latter does not have any viable turn around strategy apart from wanting to raise more money to help the management team make the same mistakes their predecessors who failed, made. This is probably the clearest sign yet, to the public that all is not well once again at Kenya's oldest supermarket chain.
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In retrospect what went wrong with this turn around effort was that politics was allowed to have an upper hand where very serious commercial, business decisions were required. It is now crystal clear for all to see that the management team in place at Uchumi does not have what it takes to turn around the supermarket chain.
When you think of the poor Kenyans who were forced out of a job and are now suffering, it is easy to get very annoyed at what has taken place at Uchumi. It is a big shame that after all the support that they have received from the government, suppliers and even Kenyans, that this ship has just sunk deeper.
Read my post of two days ago to find out what went wrong.
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In the latest ads being run by Uchumi Supermarkets (I doubt whether they will cause anybody to have any confidence in Uchumi) the CEO appears himself and even talks. The difference between Chrysler and Uchumi is that the latter does not have any viable turn around strategy apart from wanting to raise more money to help the management team make the same mistakes their predecessors who failed, made. This is probably the clearest sign yet, to the public that all is not well once again at Kenya's oldest supermarket chain.
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In retrospect what went wrong with this turn around effort was that politics was allowed to have an upper hand where very serious commercial, business decisions were required. It is now crystal clear for all to see that the management team in place at Uchumi does not have what it takes to turn around the supermarket chain.
When you think of the poor Kenyans who were forced out of a job and are now suffering, it is easy to get very annoyed at what has taken place at Uchumi. It is a big shame that after all the support that they have received from the government, suppliers and even Kenyans, that this ship has just sunk deeper.
Read my post of two days ago to find out what went wrong.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
Are You Scared For Your Life Leaving Comments At Kumekucha?
A recent survey I have just completed carrying out has given me results that have completely taken me by surprise. They reveal that many people who read Kumekucha believe that associating themselves with the blog endangers their lives at worst and can get them in big trouble and behind bars at the very least.
The words of one respondent are still ringing in my ears;
"I always look over my shoulder imagining that some guys in suits will burst into the room the next minute and arrest me. The information you reveal here is just too dangerous."
It seems that a whooping 70 per cent of the people who regularly visit Kumekucha are too frightened to leave a comment because they are aware that ip addresses can very easily be traced.
Even more interesting is the fact that even some Kenyans in the diasporas fear to be associated with Kumekucha because they will have to return home at some point.
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One advertiser who left their mobile telephone number in an advertisement by mistake pleaded with me to delete it immediately.
So is all this fear justified?
Absolutely not. If Kumekucha plans to revel his true identity to all and sundry soon, then it must be surely safe. Although there are people who already know my true identity already.
Then there is the fact that if everybody who read Kumekucha were to be traced and put behind bars it would mean arresting tens of thousands of Kenyans all over the world. In fact it would cripple media houses in Kenya because most of the newsrooms at Nation and Standard amongst other media would end up behind bars.
It is clear that the years of Nyayo House torture chambers and detention without trial, not to mention people disappearing in Ngong Forest have taken their toll on many Kenyans. We will need to rise above these fears if we stand any chance of taking our country back.
It is apt to leave you with this lesson from how they train elephants for the circus.
When they are young they are tied to a stake that is then hammered firmly to the ground. When the elephant is young it tries all it can to get away and is unable to. But guess what, when it grows older and stronger, it still believes that it is not worth pulling at the stake, after all it never worked all the years, why should it work now. And yet by this time a simple yank from the elephant would free it.
Ukweli Sasa!!
P.S. My research also showed that at least 40 per cent of the people leaving comments could be government agents, including some very popular well known commentator or two. This explains the low quality of debate, especially on issues that are sensitive to the government.
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The words of one respondent are still ringing in my ears;
"I always look over my shoulder imagining that some guys in suits will burst into the room the next minute and arrest me. The information you reveal here is just too dangerous."
It seems that a whooping 70 per cent of the people who regularly visit Kumekucha are too frightened to leave a comment because they are aware that ip addresses can very easily be traced.
Even more interesting is the fact that even some Kenyans in the diasporas fear to be associated with Kumekucha because they will have to return home at some point.
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One advertiser who left their mobile telephone number in an advertisement by mistake pleaded with me to delete it immediately.
So is all this fear justified?
Absolutely not. If Kumekucha plans to revel his true identity to all and sundry soon, then it must be surely safe. Although there are people who already know my true identity already.
Then there is the fact that if everybody who read Kumekucha were to be traced and put behind bars it would mean arresting tens of thousands of Kenyans all over the world. In fact it would cripple media houses in Kenya because most of the newsrooms at Nation and Standard amongst other media would end up behind bars.
It is clear that the years of Nyayo House torture chambers and detention without trial, not to mention people disappearing in Ngong Forest have taken their toll on many Kenyans. We will need to rise above these fears if we stand any chance of taking our country back.
It is apt to leave you with this lesson from how they train elephants for the circus.
When they are young they are tied to a stake that is then hammered firmly to the ground. When the elephant is young it tries all it can to get away and is unable to. But guess what, when it grows older and stronger, it still believes that it is not worth pulling at the stake, after all it never worked all the years, why should it work now. And yet by this time a simple yank from the elephant would free it.
Ukweli Sasa!!
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Government Receives Resounding Defeat In New Constituencies Bill
But What About The 50 Seats For Women?
The fact that the government of national unity had a closed-door meeting immediately after receiving a terrible defeat in a crucial bill that was supposed to pave way for the addition of new constituencies speaks volumes.
It confirms that the new constituencies (40 had been planned) were a crucial part of President Kibaki's re-election plan. Remember Hon Martha Karua's words at an unguarded moment, she said; "new constituencies are a must!"
It now emerges that the government's strategy was to sugar-coat the new constituencies bill with the rider of 50 new seats for women. It was a good idea on paper—the operative word here being "on paper." I keep on saying that politics is does not work with good on paper ideas and I keep asking who is the President's political strategist? Do they really know what they are doing?
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The reasoning was that being so close to the polls MPs would not dare risk antagonizing the electorate by rejecting something as popular as 50 new seats in parliament for women. It was a terrible miscalculation. What made things even worse was the fact that the recently passed media bill had backfired so badly and painted the Kibaki administration in such poor light. MPs had just peered out of the house to see symbolically "gagged" journalists peacefully assembled outside the house. Then to add insult to injury the manner in which the bill had been rushed into the house without much thought being put into building a consensus. All this conspired to put most legislators in a very bad mood against the government side by the time the bill landed on the floor of the house.
So what are the repercussions?
It is clear that the President's re-election strategy has hit a snag. There is now no legal way to increase the constituencies before the elections. The intricate well-laid plans now need to be adjusted and I am sorry to say this, if it is the same team doing things, the opposition, divided or not have got absolutely nothing to worry about.
But to the legislators in the 9th parliament, they have given their challengers one more powerful campaign slogan. The parliament that rejected women.
Here are the "achievements" of the 9th parliament so far;
1) The parliament that passed unprecedented remuneration increases for MPs as well as perks, even as the rest of the country went through hardships and starvation.
2) The house that passed the ill-advised Media Bill with a killer clause designed to end press freedom in Kenya.
3) The House that rejected new seats for women.
4) The House with the worst attendance record for important debates, to date.
5) The house that covered up the findings of its' own select committee meant to probe the murder of former foreign affairs minister Dr Robert Ouko.
6) The house that had saunas and other luxuries installed for MPs which further made them inaccessible to the people who elected them because Kumekucha has ascertained that most of the time constituents are told their MP is not in, they are relaxing in the Sauna in their office complex in the former continental house. Etc. (space does not allow us to carry all the sins of the 9th parliament).
Dear Kenyans, let us do ourselves a big favor and vote the WHOLE LOT out in December.
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The fact that the government of national unity had a closed-door meeting immediately after receiving a terrible defeat in a crucial bill that was supposed to pave way for the addition of new constituencies speaks volumes.
It confirms that the new constituencies (40 had been planned) were a crucial part of President Kibaki's re-election plan. Remember Hon Martha Karua's words at an unguarded moment, she said; "new constituencies are a must!"
It now emerges that the government's strategy was to sugar-coat the new constituencies bill with the rider of 50 new seats for women. It was a good idea on paper—the operative word here being "on paper." I keep on saying that politics is does not work with good on paper ideas and I keep asking who is the President's political strategist? Do they really know what they are doing?
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The reasoning was that being so close to the polls MPs would not dare risk antagonizing the electorate by rejecting something as popular as 50 new seats in parliament for women. It was a terrible miscalculation. What made things even worse was the fact that the recently passed media bill had backfired so badly and painted the Kibaki administration in such poor light. MPs had just peered out of the house to see symbolically "gagged" journalists peacefully assembled outside the house. Then to add insult to injury the manner in which the bill had been rushed into the house without much thought being put into building a consensus. All this conspired to put most legislators in a very bad mood against the government side by the time the bill landed on the floor of the house.
So what are the repercussions?
It is clear that the President's re-election strategy has hit a snag. There is now no legal way to increase the constituencies before the elections. The intricate well-laid plans now need to be adjusted and I am sorry to say this, if it is the same team doing things, the opposition, divided or not have got absolutely nothing to worry about.
But to the legislators in the 9th parliament, they have given their challengers one more powerful campaign slogan. The parliament that rejected women.
Here are the "achievements" of the 9th parliament so far;
1) The parliament that passed unprecedented remuneration increases for MPs as well as perks, even as the rest of the country went through hardships and starvation.
2) The house that passed the ill-advised Media Bill with a killer clause designed to end press freedom in Kenya.
3) The House that rejected new seats for women.
4) The House with the worst attendance record for important debates, to date.
5) The house that covered up the findings of its' own select committee meant to probe the murder of former foreign affairs minister Dr Robert Ouko.
6) The house that had saunas and other luxuries installed for MPs which further made them inaccessible to the people who elected them because Kumekucha has ascertained that most of the time constituents are told their MP is not in, they are relaxing in the Sauna in their office complex in the former continental house. Etc. (space does not allow us to carry all the sins of the 9th parliament).
Dear Kenyans, let us do ourselves a big favor and vote the WHOLE LOT out in December.
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Old Semi-Illiterate Miji Kenda Man Reveals New Evidence About Tom Mboya And Political Assassinations In Kenya
I recently met an old man from Mombasa who proudly kept on reminding me that he was from the Mijikenda community, the guys who never take things lying down. On discovering that I was doing some research on what kind of impact the issue of Tom Mboya's assassination would have on the electorate on the ground this December, he started telling me a very fascinating stuf.
He started by declaring that corruption WILL NEVER end in Kenya.
Why, I asked?
"Do you know a man called Murungaru?"
"The former Minister, now banned from enetering the UK?"
"Yes, that is the one. You know as late as 2002, I used to see the man frequently in Mombasa around the Pembe ya Ndovu (that is the important landmark of Elephant tasks along Moi Avenue in Mombasa) area. You know what he was doing? Hawking medicine to pharmacists. He was always sweating and wiping the sweat under his spectavles. Where is that man today? Is he still hawking dawa?"
"No," I replied totally fascinated and engrossed. "He is a very rich man."
"Since independence the government has gotten rid of anybody who has dared stand in the way of the corrupt ways of powerful individuals within those governments. The man you are talking about, was one of the first victims."
"Tom Mboya," I asked not quite understanding what he meant.
"Yes, Tom Mboya. The truth is that there was no good piece of land that Jomo Kenyatta saw that he did not grab for himself. I've heard some people say that he owns land the size of one province. That is a big lie. It has to be a minimum of 2 provinces at the very least. While the mzee grabbed the land, the other ministers also grabbed the left over land and whatever else they could get their hands on.
"The kitchen cabinet noticed that Tom Mboya was not grabbing anything, he remained clean. That was a big threat because they were only safe when all of them were in it together grabbing and stealing public property.
"Now you tell me. No matter how stupid you are, could you feel comfortable with such a person around?"
What the old man was saying was that as long as there are governments in Kenya, corruption will never end because government and top kitchen cabinet characters are the main source of mega-corruption.
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I have thought long and hard about the words of that old semi-illiterate Miji Kenda man since we had that discussion some time back. I then asked myself the following questions.
Why did JM Kariuki die?
Answer: He said he did not want to see a Kenya with 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars. The 10 he meant were the kitchen cabinet and those close to the Kenyatta government. That was why he had to die.
Why did Robert Ouko die?
Answer: He was working on a dossier that detailed corruption in high places, precisely the same kitchen cabinet around the president, who at this time was Moi. Just like in Mboya's case, he made the other cabinet ministers nervous because he was clean. Tom Mboya and JM Kariuki were political heavyweights, Ouko was a political nobody in life but he still made the powers that be nervous because he did not touch corruption. So he had to die.
Why did John Githongo fear for his life and flee?
Answer: Because he refused to live a lie and when he discovered Anglo Leasing (carried out by the very same kitchen cabinet surrounding the president) and tried to expose it, he was a marked man and it was only a matter of time. He got away in the nick of time.
Conclusion: You cannot de-link political assassinations in Kenya from corruption. Look how rich those who got rid of Mboya are today. Even those who have died have left great fortunes behind for their families, enough to ensure that the next 10 generations of their families will never need to work again.
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He started by declaring that corruption WILL NEVER end in Kenya.
Why, I asked?
"Do you know a man called Murungaru?"
"The former Minister, now banned from enetering the UK?"
"Yes, that is the one. You know as late as 2002, I used to see the man frequently in Mombasa around the Pembe ya Ndovu (that is the important landmark of Elephant tasks along Moi Avenue in Mombasa) area. You know what he was doing? Hawking medicine to pharmacists. He was always sweating and wiping the sweat under his spectavles. Where is that man today? Is he still hawking dawa?"
"No," I replied totally fascinated and engrossed. "He is a very rich man."
"Since independence the government has gotten rid of anybody who has dared stand in the way of the corrupt ways of powerful individuals within those governments. The man you are talking about, was one of the first victims."
"Tom Mboya," I asked not quite understanding what he meant.
"Yes, Tom Mboya. The truth is that there was no good piece of land that Jomo Kenyatta saw that he did not grab for himself. I've heard some people say that he owns land the size of one province. That is a big lie. It has to be a minimum of 2 provinces at the very least. While the mzee grabbed the land, the other ministers also grabbed the left over land and whatever else they could get their hands on.
"The kitchen cabinet noticed that Tom Mboya was not grabbing anything, he remained clean. That was a big threat because they were only safe when all of them were in it together grabbing and stealing public property.
"Now you tell me. No matter how stupid you are, could you feel comfortable with such a person around?"
What the old man was saying was that as long as there are governments in Kenya, corruption will never end because government and top kitchen cabinet characters are the main source of mega-corruption.
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I have thought long and hard about the words of that old semi-illiterate Miji Kenda man since we had that discussion some time back. I then asked myself the following questions.
Why did JM Kariuki die?
Answer: He said he did not want to see a Kenya with 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars. The 10 he meant were the kitchen cabinet and those close to the Kenyatta government. That was why he had to die.
Why did Robert Ouko die?
Answer: He was working on a dossier that detailed corruption in high places, precisely the same kitchen cabinet around the president, who at this time was Moi. Just like in Mboya's case, he made the other cabinet ministers nervous because he was clean. Tom Mboya and JM Kariuki were political heavyweights, Ouko was a political nobody in life but he still made the powers that be nervous because he did not touch corruption. So he had to die.
Why did John Githongo fear for his life and flee?
Answer: Because he refused to live a lie and when he discovered Anglo Leasing (carried out by the very same kitchen cabinet surrounding the president) and tried to expose it, he was a marked man and it was only a matter of time. He got away in the nick of time.
Conclusion: You cannot de-link political assassinations in Kenya from corruption. Look how rich those who got rid of Mboya are today. Even those who have died have left great fortunes behind for their families, enough to ensure that the next 10 generations of their families will never need to work again.
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What's Really Going On At Equity Bank?
In my days as a journalist working for various publications, my specialty was business analysis and reporting. I have no problems reading a balance sheet (especially between the lines).
However the events of yesterday and today seem to suggest that I have gotten a little rusty. Some guy now says that I should stick to what I do best these days—political propaganda. That gave me a laugh because the man knows that if what I was carrying here was mere propaganda, this blog would not have half the audience that it does.
Anyway, I am not perfect and before I answer him and others in this blog, I will do some digging on Equity Bank and get back to all you good folks. My gut feeling is that this bank is still OK but let me gather the evidence and facts to back that, if any.
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This is why a blog medium is such a wonderful new media tool. You can challenge and if the owner of the blog is a fair man, they will go back and do some more digging to prove or disapprove what you have said.
Believe me when I say that the way to really benefit from the information age is not too be too quick to be proved right. Stop. Think, do some more digging of your own (it is so easy on the net.) and then we you get back with your answer do not be afraid of admitting that you were wrong. In my book only real men have the balls to admit that they are wrong.
Have an inquisitive day will you.
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However the events of yesterday and today seem to suggest that I have gotten a little rusty. Some guy now says that I should stick to what I do best these days—political propaganda. That gave me a laugh because the man knows that if what I was carrying here was mere propaganda, this blog would not have half the audience that it does.
Anyway, I am not perfect and before I answer him and others in this blog, I will do some digging on Equity Bank and get back to all you good folks. My gut feeling is that this bank is still OK but let me gather the evidence and facts to back that, if any.
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This is why a blog medium is such a wonderful new media tool. You can challenge and if the owner of the blog is a fair man, they will go back and do some more digging to prove or disapprove what you have said.
Believe me when I say that the way to really benefit from the information age is not too be too quick to be proved right. Stop. Think, do some more digging of your own (it is so easy on the net.) and then we you get back with your answer do not be afraid of admitting that you were wrong. In my book only real men have the balls to admit that they are wrong.
Have an inquisitive day will you.
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So You Want To Know What Really Goes On Inside Political Parties In Kenya?
Here is a leaked document on confidential discussions and resolutions passed by a leading Kenyan political party during one of its’ meetings.
Read and digest and realize why they say that politics is a dirty game (with the old folks who are there now). The whole lot are the same and the only way forward is to send them all home packing.
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11th LDP NEB meeting held on July 1, 2003
A part from the official meeting held, a brainstorm was conducted on a brief research paper presented by the chairman. It touched on how the LDP should be strengthened. It was recommended from the debate:
1. LDP must continuously show it is the one pushing for a constitutional reform while NAK is against constitutional reform as Kanu was depicted in the past.
2. LDP must explore all avenues of fruitful engagement with Kanu. Efforts must be made to reverse the nasty merger experience between Kanu and NDP, LDP should help Kanu look good among members of the public.
3. LDP must be shown as pro-people and for reforms whereas the government must be painted as anti-change.
4. The government must be isolated and shown as a Mt. Kenya backed government without national appeal.
5. We must continue to hold the government responsible for breaching the MoU so that Kenyans can see it as unfair and insensitive.
6. We must promote the view that government ministers are corrupt so that the government has no moral authority to pursue corruption and it looks bad in the eyes of the international community.
7. We must continuously paint the government and Narc-Nak as the same as the former Kanu.
8. LDP must seriously engage the media-owners — editors and journalists— to discredit the government, NAK and the people who are pro-establishment.
9. Every opportunity must be taken to destabilise the government in a way, which is not traceable to us.
10. Friendship of the security forces and the entire civil service should be sought. We must resist a civil service shake-up.
11. Finances must be raised including from foreign friends and domestic friends. Ministries we control should assist our friends to make money legally some of which can be contributed to the LDP kitty.
12. LDP must capture all influential civil society including COTU, Maendeleo, human rights groups etc.
13. Ministries we control should assist our MPs and regions where we are recruiting.
14. We must treat Bomas delegates well at all times. They are very important for the constitutional reform process.
15. We must demonstrate always that with our friends in Kanu we control parliament.
16. LDP can take a chunk of Kanu and most of Narc with time so that in 2007 we are independent and in control.
17. LDP must recruit nationally so that we have national elections. We should only accept Narc elections if we are sure we'll take over Narc. Otherwise we must now not accept the convening of a summit we can't control.
18. We must continuously destabilise NAK.
19. A strategy for 2007 elections must be put in place. Our research think tank should be tasked to prepare a confidential road map.
20. We must not relent on executive prime minister as well as a president who had limited powers. The vice president position should be deputy president. Three deputy prime ministers should exist. These positions will be used to a formidable coalition of LDP, friendly Kanu etc. We must seek new friends all the time.
21. We must invest in the underground media.
22. We must show government cannot perform; only LDP ministers can.
23. We must be careful that LDP elections do not create problems for us.
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24. The credibility of all those who oppose our agenda must be destroyed.
25. We must also continuously woo NAK affiliate parties and personalities.
26. We must always create the impression that LDP is a big movement, which is popular.
27. Let's get NAK affiliates to fight each other whenever it is possible.
28. We must dialogue with the international community to show them NAK has betrayed us and democracy. We must ask them to engage the government in a cautious way.
29. We must capture the local government movement.
30. If possible some strategic government motions should be defeated. A vote of no confidence should be an option.
31. Weak LDP legislators should be helped.
32. We must plant competitors to destabilise all those MPs and councillors who oppose us.
33. We must take Bomas very seriously. Attendance is a must.
34. LDP must continue to own and popularise the LDP-harambee-rainbow clarion call.
35. If we cant have Narc we must destroy it by 2006 or early 2007. Let it be a nominal party.
36. We must maintain an efficient secretariat and infiltrate Mwenge House.
37. LDP ministers and assistant ministers must act like they are the government.
38. LDP functionaries must always collect intelligence, which must be shared.
39. LDP must work tirelessly to have the youth, women and Muslims on its side.
40. Bonding activities for LDP must be organised continuously.
41. The research/think-tank group should be strengthened. LDP intellectuals who work abroad should be mobilised to contribute to the future of LDP.
42. We must continue to point our Narc election officials and Narc Mwenge House functionaries have not been paid since December 2002.
43. A sub-committee to vet all government appointments should be established. All past political appointments should be scrutinised.
44. The issue of the MoU between the Kodhek group and LDP should be settled.
45. Strategic and innovative ways of having political rallies and civic education meetings to be explored in Mombasa, Kericho, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisumu, Garissa, Nairobi and other places in our country. The main agenda should be constitutional review.
46. LDP must at all times support Yash Pal Ghai and show that the government does not and wants to scuttle the review process.
47. LDP civic support has been analysed and will be available to all members.
48. We must try to compromise secretaries and other workers in the offices of those close to the establishment.
49. LDP must stay in government for as long as possible. This is strategic in many ways
50. We must develop relations with other political parties abroad.
This information should only be shared on a strictly confidential basis with LDP officials including Hon. Kamotho, Hon. W. Ole Ntimama, Hon Job Omino and LDP summit members. This LDP Roadmap to 2007 will be subject to review and refinement from time to time.
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----------------------
11th LDP NEB meeting held on July 1, 2003
A part from the official meeting held, a brainstorm was conducted on a brief research paper presented by the chairman. It touched on how the LDP should be strengthened. It was recommended from the debate:
1. LDP must continuously show it is the one pushing for a constitutional reform while NAK is against constitutional reform as Kanu was depicted in the past.
2. LDP must explore all avenues of fruitful engagement with Kanu. Efforts must be made to reverse the nasty merger experience between Kanu and NDP, LDP should help Kanu look good among members of the public.
3. LDP must be shown as pro-people and for reforms whereas the government must be painted as anti-change.
4. The government must be isolated and shown as a Mt. Kenya backed government without national appeal.
5. We must continue to hold the government responsible for breaching the MoU so that Kenyans can see it as unfair and insensitive.
6. We must promote the view that government ministers are corrupt so that the government has no moral authority to pursue corruption and it looks bad in the eyes of the international community.
7. We must continuously paint the government and Narc-Nak as the same as the former Kanu.
8. LDP must seriously engage the media-owners — editors and journalists— to discredit the government, NAK and the people who are pro-establishment.
9. Every opportunity must be taken to destabilise the government in a way, which is not traceable to us.
10. Friendship of the security forces and the entire civil service should be sought. We must resist a civil service shake-up.
11. Finances must be raised including from foreign friends and domestic friends. Ministries we control should assist our friends to make money legally some of which can be contributed to the LDP kitty.
12. LDP must capture all influential civil society including COTU, Maendeleo, human rights groups etc.
13. Ministries we control should assist our MPs and regions where we are recruiting.
14. We must treat Bomas delegates well at all times. They are very important for the constitutional reform process.
15. We must demonstrate always that with our friends in Kanu we control parliament.
16. LDP can take a chunk of Kanu and most of Narc with time so that in 2007 we are independent and in control.
17. LDP must recruit nationally so that we have national elections. We should only accept Narc elections if we are sure we'll take over Narc. Otherwise we must now not accept the convening of a summit we can't control.
18. We must continuously destabilise NAK.
19. A strategy for 2007 elections must be put in place. Our research think tank should be tasked to prepare a confidential road map.
20. We must not relent on executive prime minister as well as a president who had limited powers. The vice president position should be deputy president. Three deputy prime ministers should exist. These positions will be used to a formidable coalition of LDP, friendly Kanu etc. We must seek new friends all the time.
21. We must invest in the underground media.
22. We must show government cannot perform; only LDP ministers can.
23. We must be careful that LDP elections do not create problems for us.
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24. The credibility of all those who oppose our agenda must be destroyed.
25. We must also continuously woo NAK affiliate parties and personalities.
26. We must always create the impression that LDP is a big movement, which is popular.
27. Let's get NAK affiliates to fight each other whenever it is possible.
28. We must dialogue with the international community to show them NAK has betrayed us and democracy. We must ask them to engage the government in a cautious way.
29. We must capture the local government movement.
30. If possible some strategic government motions should be defeated. A vote of no confidence should be an option.
31. Weak LDP legislators should be helped.
32. We must plant competitors to destabilise all those MPs and councillors who oppose us.
33. We must take Bomas very seriously. Attendance is a must.
34. LDP must continue to own and popularise the LDP-harambee-rainbow clarion call.
35. If we cant have Narc we must destroy it by 2006 or early 2007. Let it be a nominal party.
36. We must maintain an efficient secretariat and infiltrate Mwenge House.
37. LDP ministers and assistant ministers must act like they are the government.
38. LDP functionaries must always collect intelligence, which must be shared.
39. LDP must work tirelessly to have the youth, women and Muslims on its side.
40. Bonding activities for LDP must be organised continuously.
41. The research/think-tank group should be strengthened. LDP intellectuals who work abroad should be mobilised to contribute to the future of LDP.
42. We must continue to point our Narc election officials and Narc Mwenge House functionaries have not been paid since December 2002.
43. A sub-committee to vet all government appointments should be established. All past political appointments should be scrutinised.
44. The issue of the MoU between the Kodhek group and LDP should be settled.
45. Strategic and innovative ways of having political rallies and civic education meetings to be explored in Mombasa, Kericho, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisumu, Garissa, Nairobi and other places in our country. The main agenda should be constitutional review.
46. LDP must at all times support Yash Pal Ghai and show that the government does not and wants to scuttle the review process.
47. LDP civic support has been analysed and will be available to all members.
48. We must try to compromise secretaries and other workers in the offices of those close to the establishment.
49. LDP must stay in government for as long as possible. This is strategic in many ways
50. We must develop relations with other political parties abroad.
This information should only be shared on a strictly confidential basis with LDP officials including Hon. Kamotho, Hon. W. Ole Ntimama, Hon Job Omino and LDP summit members. This LDP Roadmap to 2007 will be subject to review and refinement from time to time.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The Great Irreparable Damage The Media Bill Has Done To Kibaki's Re-election Campaign
Wako Finally Admits The Obvious
Even as members of Kenya’s fourth estate staged a dramatic demonstration in Nairobi this afternoon, (did I spot Kumekucha somewhere?) while symbolically gagged with tape and cloth, serious questions are being asked in relation to the folly of the whole exercise of the infamous Media Bill.
After days in which AG Amos Wako claimed he was studying the media bill he has finally come out and admitted that it is fatally flawed, and he will accordingly advice the president not to sign it.
Firstly the AG who knows a lot more law than Kumekucha did not need so many days to find the obvious. I would have saved him a lot of reading had he asked me because I would have told him straight up that it was flawed and the reasons why.
But then that was not the real issue here, my friends. What was going on was lots of consultations behind the scenes with the powers that be who finally gave him permission to announce the obvious. The truth is that many flawed bills have been passed by parliament and signed into laws in the past, including the last media amendment made in the twilight of the Moi days that raised the amount of the surety bond that a publisher needs to execute from Kshs 10,000 to Kshs one million as well as raising the damages to be paid by aggrieved parties to the crazy figure of Kshs 20 million, among other highly unconstitutional and illegal amendments. Still it is now law.
So the issue of the bill being flawed was not really the major one here. What was major was whether it was going to be signed into law by the President.
As I have said here before, it was crystal clear from day one that somebody was pushing, very hard from behind the scenes for the creation of the media bill, even as other more pressing matters were shoved aside. That pressure was coming from the President's kitchen cabinet whose power is usually greatly reduced in an election year and especially as the elections draw nearer and the president's campaign doesn't look like it is doing too good, as is the case here.
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Make no mistake about it, any politician messing with the media in an election year is committing terrible suicide. To put it more bluntly; you don't f*** with the media in an election year. You just don't!!
The truth is that even as the powerful Kibaki insiders look like they are now retreating at this eleventh hour with their tails firmly between their legs, great irreparable damage has already been done. I personally know of a half a dozen previously Kibaki votes that have evaporated courtesy of this ill-advised media bill. You can be sure that there are many others country-wide.
The question that many voters are asking themselves is what does the Kibaki administration have to hide, so desperately pushing for media regulation just before the election?
Even communication minister Mutahi Kagwe sounded tired and nervous answering questions from the press about the controversial bill yesterday. My wild guess is that he is irritated because he advised against it but was ignored and ended up just following orders in pushing it. You tend to get really angry when they tide turns and you are proved right.
I will say what I have often said here again. Does the person or persons running president's Kibaki's re-election bid really know what they are doing? Already they have made just too many blunders for comfort.
Many commentators here are very fond of repeating the truism that defeating an incumbent president in Africa is very difficult. However let me quickly add the rider; as long as their campaign team does not make too many stupid blunders. The gaffes that have been made and are still being made by the president's men are just too many. They are making former president Moi look very efficient and organized.
Just wait and see what will happen at the ballot box come Decemeber. Many of you will disappear from making comments in this blog and will not be man enough to come back, swallow your pride and admit that you were so wrong.
I hereby put the following promise in writing; If I am proved wrong in the coming polls I will swiftly return here to apologize to all you good people long before January 2008. Kindly do the same.
Finally, the media bill is one more reason why Kenyans should vote out the entire 9th Parliament. Wacha warudi nyumbani wapumzike kunyanyasa waKenya.
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Even as members of Kenya’s fourth estate staged a dramatic demonstration in Nairobi this afternoon, (did I spot Kumekucha somewhere?) while symbolically gagged with tape and cloth, serious questions are being asked in relation to the folly of the whole exercise of the infamous Media Bill.
After days in which AG Amos Wako claimed he was studying the media bill he has finally come out and admitted that it is fatally flawed, and he will accordingly advice the president not to sign it.
Firstly the AG who knows a lot more law than Kumekucha did not need so many days to find the obvious. I would have saved him a lot of reading had he asked me because I would have told him straight up that it was flawed and the reasons why.
But then that was not the real issue here, my friends. What was going on was lots of consultations behind the scenes with the powers that be who finally gave him permission to announce the obvious. The truth is that many flawed bills have been passed by parliament and signed into laws in the past, including the last media amendment made in the twilight of the Moi days that raised the amount of the surety bond that a publisher needs to execute from Kshs 10,000 to Kshs one million as well as raising the damages to be paid by aggrieved parties to the crazy figure of Kshs 20 million, among other highly unconstitutional and illegal amendments. Still it is now law.
So the issue of the bill being flawed was not really the major one here. What was major was whether it was going to be signed into law by the President.
As I have said here before, it was crystal clear from day one that somebody was pushing, very hard from behind the scenes for the creation of the media bill, even as other more pressing matters were shoved aside. That pressure was coming from the President's kitchen cabinet whose power is usually greatly reduced in an election year and especially as the elections draw nearer and the president's campaign doesn't look like it is doing too good, as is the case here.
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Make no mistake about it, any politician messing with the media in an election year is committing terrible suicide. To put it more bluntly; you don't f*** with the media in an election year. You just don't!!
The truth is that even as the powerful Kibaki insiders look like they are now retreating at this eleventh hour with their tails firmly between their legs, great irreparable damage has already been done. I personally know of a half a dozen previously Kibaki votes that have evaporated courtesy of this ill-advised media bill. You can be sure that there are many others country-wide.
The question that many voters are asking themselves is what does the Kibaki administration have to hide, so desperately pushing for media regulation just before the election?
Even communication minister Mutahi Kagwe sounded tired and nervous answering questions from the press about the controversial bill yesterday. My wild guess is that he is irritated because he advised against it but was ignored and ended up just following orders in pushing it. You tend to get really angry when they tide turns and you are proved right.
I will say what I have often said here again. Does the person or persons running president's Kibaki's re-election bid really know what they are doing? Already they have made just too many blunders for comfort.
Many commentators here are very fond of repeating the truism that defeating an incumbent president in Africa is very difficult. However let me quickly add the rider; as long as their campaign team does not make too many stupid blunders. The gaffes that have been made and are still being made by the president's men are just too many. They are making former president Moi look very efficient and organized.
Just wait and see what will happen at the ballot box come Decemeber. Many of you will disappear from making comments in this blog and will not be man enough to come back, swallow your pride and admit that you were so wrong.
I hereby put the following promise in writing; If I am proved wrong in the coming polls I will swiftly return here to apologize to all you good people long before January 2008. Kindly do the same.
Finally, the media bill is one more reason why Kenyans should vote out the entire 9th Parliament. Wacha warudi nyumbani wapumzike kunyanyasa waKenya.
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ODM Entrepreneur Cashes In
As we all said here months ago, the two major ODM-Kenya presidential hopefuls have now officially parted ways. The sickening plastic, forced smiles, as they held hands, fooling the public that ODM was united have finally come to an end and the truth as we always knew it has been revealed for all to see.
Kalonzo Musyoka has remained with ODM-Kenya while Raila Odinga has purchased the first Orange Democratic Party to be registered for an unspecified amount of Kenya shillings. Both parties (seller and buyer of ODM) have of course denied that any money exchanged hands, but that one will be very difficult even for a hungry crocodile along that banks of Tana River to swallow.
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It is highly unlikely that Raila has paid anything below Kshs 5 million for the party. If anything insiders are insisting that it is a double digit million figure that sealed the deal.
The only question that remains now is which presidential candidate Kanu will back. Kalonzo Musyoka or Mwai Kibaki? But already we have our 3 main presidential contenders for 2007. There are, Mwai "growing economy and insecurity" Kibaki, Kalonzo "Hide in the toilet" Musyoka and Raila "Molasses deal with Moi" Odinga. However Kumekucha is still waiting and hoping and praying for the emergence of major candidate number four who will take the breadth of Kenyans away. Keep your eyes focused on this space.
Fascinatingly as Raila Odinga officially received the ODM tools of power, he was visibly angry, signifying that a hefty amount of money had been paid for it. For those who do not have the history, somebody rushed to the registrar and registered a political party called Orange Democratic Party as Raila, Kalonzo and company were still taking their sweet time to get organized. The smart Kenyans' intentions were to sell the party to the politicians at a later date. But for a time it looked like this business venture had failed miserably because Kalonzo and his side-kick Daniel Maanzo managed to get Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-Kenya) registered.
But this week the fortunes swung in a very spectacular way in favor of the party-registering entrepreneur after ODM-Kenya chairman Daniel Maanzo and Kalonzo Musyoka ran away with the registration certificate. Raila was suddenly desperate for a political party and not just any political party but one specifically called Orange Democtratic Movement because he felt it was too late to change the name of his brand. The rest as they say, is now history.
Interestingly while the Odinga ODM faction has announced an elaborate presidential nomination process involving delegates from each constituency, the Kalonzo Musyoka faction (with two presidential candidates—Julia Ojiambo and Kalonzo Musyoka) has so far ignored the question of nominating their presidential candidate. Julia has probabl pronounced those magic words; Kalonzo Tosha.
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Kalonzo Musyoka has remained with ODM-Kenya while Raila Odinga has purchased the first Orange Democratic Party to be registered for an unspecified amount of Kenya shillings. Both parties (seller and buyer of ODM) have of course denied that any money exchanged hands, but that one will be very difficult even for a hungry crocodile along that banks of Tana River to swallow.
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It is highly unlikely that Raila has paid anything below Kshs 5 million for the party. If anything insiders are insisting that it is a double digit million figure that sealed the deal.
The only question that remains now is which presidential candidate Kanu will back. Kalonzo Musyoka or Mwai Kibaki? But already we have our 3 main presidential contenders for 2007. There are, Mwai "growing economy and insecurity" Kibaki, Kalonzo "Hide in the toilet" Musyoka and Raila "Molasses deal with Moi" Odinga. However Kumekucha is still waiting and hoping and praying for the emergence of major candidate number four who will take the breadth of Kenyans away. Keep your eyes focused on this space.
Fascinatingly as Raila Odinga officially received the ODM tools of power, he was visibly angry, signifying that a hefty amount of money had been paid for it. For those who do not have the history, somebody rushed to the registrar and registered a political party called Orange Democratic Party as Raila, Kalonzo and company were still taking their sweet time to get organized. The smart Kenyans' intentions were to sell the party to the politicians at a later date. But for a time it looked like this business venture had failed miserably because Kalonzo and his side-kick Daniel Maanzo managed to get Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-Kenya) registered.
But this week the fortunes swung in a very spectacular way in favor of the party-registering entrepreneur after ODM-Kenya chairman Daniel Maanzo and Kalonzo Musyoka ran away with the registration certificate. Raila was suddenly desperate for a political party and not just any political party but one specifically called Orange Democtratic Movement because he felt it was too late to change the name of his brand. The rest as they say, is now history.
Interestingly while the Odinga ODM faction has announced an elaborate presidential nomination process involving delegates from each constituency, the Kalonzo Musyoka faction (with two presidential candidates—Julia Ojiambo and Kalonzo Musyoka) has so far ignored the question of nominating their presidential candidate. Julia has probabl pronounced those magic words; Kalonzo Tosha.
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Why It Is Not Too Difficult To Figure Out Who Killed Mboya
Tom Mboya and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga were NOT friends. Yes, I know you saw him in the video clips that I placed in yesterday's Mboya post attending the funeral, but the truth is that the two were sworn enemies.
In fact in a way it is probably this bitter rivalry that cost Mboya his life in that this brilliant politician did not see the fact that immediately he eliminated Jaramogi Oginga Odinga from the political scene, it would put his own life in grave danger.
It was probably one of the few times when Mboya was so obsessed with a political enemy that he placed his better judgement aside.
Mboya's biographer David Goldsworthy puts it thus;
"Tom Mboya fought the arduous power struggle of 1964-66 with masterful technique and a quite chilling implacability. He fought to win, of course, but more than that, he fought to eliminate his opponents from the contest entirely. He fought by nothing less than zero-sum rules: Winner take all and crush the loser."
Goldsworthy goes on to say clearly that after Mboya had effectively dealt with Oginga Odinga, the period 1967 to 1969 was one where the Kenyan political scene was a battlefield between Mboya and the Kikuyu inner circle Kenyatta had surrounded himself with. The most visible members of that group were Mbiyu Koinange, Dr Njoroge Mungai and Charles Njonjo.
We all know how that battle ended up. So who killed Tom Mboya and why?
Every patriotic Kenyan should join in asking this question, because in answering it, we will get to the root of political assassinations in Kenya and indeed bring them to an end by sending a very clear message to any would-be government or powerful brokers-sponsored assassinations of the future.
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In fact in a way it is probably this bitter rivalry that cost Mboya his life in that this brilliant politician did not see the fact that immediately he eliminated Jaramogi Oginga Odinga from the political scene, it would put his own life in grave danger.
It was probably one of the few times when Mboya was so obsessed with a political enemy that he placed his better judgement aside.
Mboya's biographer David Goldsworthy puts it thus;
"Tom Mboya fought the arduous power struggle of 1964-66 with masterful technique and a quite chilling implacability. He fought to win, of course, but more than that, he fought to eliminate his opponents from the contest entirely. He fought by nothing less than zero-sum rules: Winner take all and crush the loser."
Goldsworthy goes on to say clearly that after Mboya had effectively dealt with Oginga Odinga, the period 1967 to 1969 was one where the Kenyan political scene was a battlefield between Mboya and the Kikuyu inner circle Kenyatta had surrounded himself with. The most visible members of that group were Mbiyu Koinange, Dr Njoroge Mungai and Charles Njonjo.
We all know how that battle ended up. So who killed Tom Mboya and why?
Every patriotic Kenyan should join in asking this question, because in answering it, we will get to the root of political assassinations in Kenya and indeed bring them to an end by sending a very clear message to any would-be government or powerful brokers-sponsored assassinations of the future.
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Who Wants To Kill Equity Bank?
Even as the price of Equity Bank shares on the Nairobi Stock Exchange appears to be recovering over the last few days, somebody is forwarding nasty emails warning Kenyans to stay away from the bank.
The reason I find this interesting is that I have carefully studied the growth of Equity right from the time it was launched as a building society in the Moi days. I correctly predicting that they would one day be very big, because they did the opposite of what other banks were doing at the time and targeted the ordinary mwananchi. As you read this, the bank has got over one million account-holders, a record in Kenya.
The way to analyze a company is to look at how it makes its' money. As a rule I will never invest in a business that I do not understand. Equity's major profit generator is small loans to ordinary folks. If you understand the principal of compounded interest you will quickly realize just how wildly profitable this activity can be.
So the foundations of Equity are basically sound.
The rapid branch expansion program makes a lot of sense based on the bank's principal activity which it has gained experience and expertise to do.
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And it is because of this reason that the government has chosen Equity Bank as the main bank to disburse loans to budding entrepreneurs. But some very bad people have chosen to politicize this issue. On this one, I defend the government. The government DID NOT choose Equity Bank because it is owned by Kikuyus. Just name me a more experienced bank in Kenya when it comes to giving out loans to small business? There is none. Equity stands alone.
So who is this circulating those nasty emails? Maybe to answer that question we need to ask another one. Who has a motive? Who is bound to gain?
While you chew on the answer to that one, this whole episode reminds me of the mid eighties when some characters within the mainstream banks spread rumors about the collapse of Diners Club Finance a subsidiary of the local Diners Club franchise run by Alnoor Kassam of TradeBank fame. Legend has it that the bank handled it by getting all the cash they could get their hands on and paying all those who came in to close their accounts. After a hectic anxious day of doing this, it is said that the same account holders returned their deposits the next day on realizing that the rumors had to be false since the bank appeared to be so liquid.
If it is true, the Diners Finance tale is indeed unique because the truth is that no bank in the world can stem a run by depositors. Banks always put idle funds to work, it is the way they earn their keep so it is impossible for all depositors to draw out their money at the same time, the bank won't have it.
It seems that somebody is very determined to cause a run on deposits at Equity Bank and it would seem that that person maybe an executive feeling the heat in the most profitable segment for banks at the moment—small short term loans.
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The reason I find this interesting is that I have carefully studied the growth of Equity right from the time it was launched as a building society in the Moi days. I correctly predicting that they would one day be very big, because they did the opposite of what other banks were doing at the time and targeted the ordinary mwananchi. As you read this, the bank has got over one million account-holders, a record in Kenya.
The way to analyze a company is to look at how it makes its' money. As a rule I will never invest in a business that I do not understand. Equity's major profit generator is small loans to ordinary folks. If you understand the principal of compounded interest you will quickly realize just how wildly profitable this activity can be.
So the foundations of Equity are basically sound.
The rapid branch expansion program makes a lot of sense based on the bank's principal activity which it has gained experience and expertise to do.
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And it is because of this reason that the government has chosen Equity Bank as the main bank to disburse loans to budding entrepreneurs. But some very bad people have chosen to politicize this issue. On this one, I defend the government. The government DID NOT choose Equity Bank because it is owned by Kikuyus. Just name me a more experienced bank in Kenya when it comes to giving out loans to small business? There is none. Equity stands alone.
So who is this circulating those nasty emails? Maybe to answer that question we need to ask another one. Who has a motive? Who is bound to gain?
While you chew on the answer to that one, this whole episode reminds me of the mid eighties when some characters within the mainstream banks spread rumors about the collapse of Diners Club Finance a subsidiary of the local Diners Club franchise run by Alnoor Kassam of TradeBank fame. Legend has it that the bank handled it by getting all the cash they could get their hands on and paying all those who came in to close their accounts. After a hectic anxious day of doing this, it is said that the same account holders returned their deposits the next day on realizing that the rumors had to be false since the bank appeared to be so liquid.
If it is true, the Diners Finance tale is indeed unique because the truth is that no bank in the world can stem a run by depositors. Banks always put idle funds to work, it is the way they earn their keep so it is impossible for all depositors to draw out their money at the same time, the bank won't have it.
It seems that somebody is very determined to cause a run on deposits at Equity Bank and it would seem that that person maybe an executive feeling the heat in the most profitable segment for banks at the moment—small short term loans.
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Uchumi Supermarkets In Trouble Again
Uchumi Supermarkets is in trouble again as its' bankers get increasingly jittery that its' recovery may never happen and I am really not surprised. I will re-publish the entire post I made here over a year ago on this subject complete with the date;
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Business Special: More Trouble Ahead For Uchumi
In all the hype being generated by the media and show of goodwill towards the Uchumi Supermarkets rescue efforts, alarm bells are beginning to ring loudly in my ears.
I really started to get nervous when I heard about the latest move by the new supermarket chain management to raise extra funds from shareholders. In the plan, shareholders will lend a minimum of Kshs 10,000 each to Uchumi. In fact the plan was to initially get a minimum of Kshs 100,000 from each shareholder. Shareholders quite rightly pointed out that this was too much for most of them.
What is going on here?
Uchumi has tried to raise funds before, in a bid to recover. It didn’t work. So what is so different this time?
This is not the time to raise money. It is time to be scrambling for a solution that will stop the “profuse bleeding” Uchumi is currently suffering.
My big worry is that, nothing has really changed at Uchumi to warrant such optimism. In fact personally I am very skeptical after reading the names of the management team put in place to rescue the retail giant. With all due respect to the persons named one of whom I know very well and is an excellent manager; the problem is that none of them have any track record of a turn around, let alone the turnaround of a retail giant of the size of Uchumi. Let us get something very clear here, the kind of trauma doctor who daily handles patients bleeding to death in an emergency room does not have the same skills as a GP working in some quiet, sleepy countryside clinic where he knows all his patients by name. Both are doctors but the situations are vastly different.
The people who have been appointed at Uchumi are good managers, but not “trauma” managers. They do not have what it takes to get the supermarket chain out of its’ current hole. In fact currently there is only one Kenyan I know who would have a fighting chance of accomplishing this mission. I have mentioned his name before here. Suresh Shah former MD of Uchumi. It would not surprise me in the least if he has already been approached and has probably declined. If this is true then you get my drift of how serious the situation at Uchumi really is.
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Scandals not withstanding, Nakumatt in their favored position and offering unfair competition to Uchumi, are still up and running. The marketplace situation that was theer when Uchumi initially “bled” to death is still there. In other words, the fatal wound has returned for more beating and blows.
The way to achieve supermarket sales is by cutting prices and margins to attract the critical mass and sheer sales volumes that brings in the profits in any supermarket or megastore model. Yet Uchumi cannot afford to do this just now because they need the biggest margins possible to start stemming the red ink on their balance sheet. In my opinion, they need a clever idea or ideas that will enable them to keep big margins and still attract enough clientele.
I have also enquired on the ground and have found that one of the basic rules of a successful turnaround is being ignored by the current team. And that there is hardly anything radically different that the new management team is doing except operating with a much smaller staff. The marketing strategy of appealing to the sheer patriotism of Kenyan shoppers will surprise me if it works and will probably set a precedent of sorts in the annals of marketing history in Kenya if it stays in the air long enough. What will most probably happened is that any numbers being driven to the supermarket will soon dwindle as the attention of the Kenyan public drifts to other forthcoming hot issues like the rapidly approaching general elections.
My fear is that all this money that is going to be sunk in by shareholders will be lost and future more deserving cases will lose out as people will always refer to the Uchumi debacle. What those gallant Uchumi shareholders are doing right now is throwing money in a bottomless pit (that’s what debt is) and nobody knows for sure how deep this particular hole really is.
What should have happened is that the Supermarket chain should have worked on using the available government funding and the goodwill (some of their landlords have waived rent for 6 months) while keeping a close eye on performance before going overboard and collecting such huge amounts of cash from shareholders whose blind faith in Uchumi’s recovery is premature. The time to raise more money would have been when there were clear indications that the “bleeding” had stopped.
Let us not forget that we had some excellent managers, some with international experience, previously running Uchumi. They were not able to turn the tide. So what magic will the new management team do following the exact same path and approach that the previous management did?
Instead of raising money from the unsuspecting public the new management team should be discussing and implementing new strategy.
A comment a young bright Kenyan student who scored “B” aggregate in her Form four made in my hearing shortly after Uchumi callpsed, is still ringing in my mind. She asked how does a company like Uchumi go bankrupt? What she meant was that how do you collect so much money and still lose money?
My fear is that many of the investors being rushed into helping raise more money for Uchumi are thinking in their minds; how can Uchumi fail to recover this time?
In other words, the problem with the supermarket business is that too many people assume that it is an easy business to run and harvest profits from. It is not, as has been proved here yet again. Despite massive public goodwill, Uchumi just isn't working.
My recommendation to save the situation before it is too late. Call back Suresh Shah and persuade him to take on the challenge (now as a pressing issue of national importance) and then give a free hand to do what is necessary to get Uchumi back into profits.
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Saturday, July 22, 2006
Business Special: More Trouble Ahead For Uchumi
In all the hype being generated by the media and show of goodwill towards the Uchumi Supermarkets rescue efforts, alarm bells are beginning to ring loudly in my ears.
I really started to get nervous when I heard about the latest move by the new supermarket chain management to raise extra funds from shareholders. In the plan, shareholders will lend a minimum of Kshs 10,000 each to Uchumi. In fact the plan was to initially get a minimum of Kshs 100,000 from each shareholder. Shareholders quite rightly pointed out that this was too much for most of them.
What is going on here?
Uchumi has tried to raise funds before, in a bid to recover. It didn’t work. So what is so different this time?
This is not the time to raise money. It is time to be scrambling for a solution that will stop the “profuse bleeding” Uchumi is currently suffering.
My big worry is that, nothing has really changed at Uchumi to warrant such optimism. In fact personally I am very skeptical after reading the names of the management team put in place to rescue the retail giant. With all due respect to the persons named one of whom I know very well and is an excellent manager; the problem is that none of them have any track record of a turn around, let alone the turnaround of a retail giant of the size of Uchumi. Let us get something very clear here, the kind of trauma doctor who daily handles patients bleeding to death in an emergency room does not have the same skills as a GP working in some quiet, sleepy countryside clinic where he knows all his patients by name. Both are doctors but the situations are vastly different.
The people who have been appointed at Uchumi are good managers, but not “trauma” managers. They do not have what it takes to get the supermarket chain out of its’ current hole. In fact currently there is only one Kenyan I know who would have a fighting chance of accomplishing this mission. I have mentioned his name before here. Suresh Shah former MD of Uchumi. It would not surprise me in the least if he has already been approached and has probably declined. If this is true then you get my drift of how serious the situation at Uchumi really is.
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Scandals not withstanding, Nakumatt in their favored position and offering unfair competition to Uchumi, are still up and running. The marketplace situation that was theer when Uchumi initially “bled” to death is still there. In other words, the fatal wound has returned for more beating and blows.
The way to achieve supermarket sales is by cutting prices and margins to attract the critical mass and sheer sales volumes that brings in the profits in any supermarket or megastore model. Yet Uchumi cannot afford to do this just now because they need the biggest margins possible to start stemming the red ink on their balance sheet. In my opinion, they need a clever idea or ideas that will enable them to keep big margins and still attract enough clientele.
I have also enquired on the ground and have found that one of the basic rules of a successful turnaround is being ignored by the current team. And that there is hardly anything radically different that the new management team is doing except operating with a much smaller staff. The marketing strategy of appealing to the sheer patriotism of Kenyan shoppers will surprise me if it works and will probably set a precedent of sorts in the annals of marketing history in Kenya if it stays in the air long enough. What will most probably happened is that any numbers being driven to the supermarket will soon dwindle as the attention of the Kenyan public drifts to other forthcoming hot issues like the rapidly approaching general elections.
My fear is that all this money that is going to be sunk in by shareholders will be lost and future more deserving cases will lose out as people will always refer to the Uchumi debacle. What those gallant Uchumi shareholders are doing right now is throwing money in a bottomless pit (that’s what debt is) and nobody knows for sure how deep this particular hole really is.
What should have happened is that the Supermarket chain should have worked on using the available government funding and the goodwill (some of their landlords have waived rent for 6 months) while keeping a close eye on performance before going overboard and collecting such huge amounts of cash from shareholders whose blind faith in Uchumi’s recovery is premature. The time to raise more money would have been when there were clear indications that the “bleeding” had stopped.
Let us not forget that we had some excellent managers, some with international experience, previously running Uchumi. They were not able to turn the tide. So what magic will the new management team do following the exact same path and approach that the previous management did?
Instead of raising money from the unsuspecting public the new management team should be discussing and implementing new strategy.
A comment a young bright Kenyan student who scored “B” aggregate in her Form four made in my hearing shortly after Uchumi callpsed, is still ringing in my mind. She asked how does a company like Uchumi go bankrupt? What she meant was that how do you collect so much money and still lose money?
My fear is that many of the investors being rushed into helping raise more money for Uchumi are thinking in their minds; how can Uchumi fail to recover this time?
In other words, the problem with the supermarket business is that too many people assume that it is an easy business to run and harvest profits from. It is not, as has been proved here yet again. Despite massive public goodwill, Uchumi just isn't working.
My recommendation to save the situation before it is too late. Call back Suresh Shah and persuade him to take on the challenge (now as a pressing issue of national importance) and then give a free hand to do what is necessary to get Uchumi back into profits.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Tom Mboya’s Birthday: Mere Coincidence?
Here is something really shocking, when you think about what has been happening in this blog over the last few houyrs.
In a few hours time it will be August 15th. Tom Mboya’s birthday.
Had this Kenyan hero lived he would have been 77, a year older than President Kibaki and 3 years younger than Vice President Moody Awori.
If it were possible for people to celebrate their birthdays in the grave, this birthday would have been the happiest and most memorable for TJ, as his friends called him. What would have made him happiest is that his younger son (just 21 months old when he was gunned down in Nairobi that fateful July lunch time in 1969, has come of age and shown the same courage he himself showed in challenging the mighty British government. A government that just 5 years earlier in 1952, had crushed the Mau Mau land uprising with such ruthlessness that somebody would have to be out of their minds to dare challenge them.
Pictures speak 1000 words and this one does. Note Kenyatta's expression and Mboya's beaming confidence. The man directly behind them is Njoroge Mungai a nephew to Kenyatta and a member of Kenyatta's dreaded kitchen cabinet.
Videos of Tom Mboya's Funeral;
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
Tom would also have no doubt been deeply intrigued that technology has now allowed a leading Kenyan blog to publish an open letter addressed to persons still living who know a lot about his assassination.
Nothing happens by accident and life really has no coincidences. This is the time for Kenya’s healing and it has to start with the solving of the mystery of the Mboya assassination.
Why is it so important? What is so special about Mboya that is different with JM, Pinto, Ouko and the other political assassinations?
Mboya is important because he played a very key role in Kenya winning independence from her colonial masters. It is ironic that he never lost his life in the hands of the colonialists, but instead he was felled by his own people. Fellow Kenyans anxious to continue grabbing and getting rich at the expense of the masses.
But even more important Mboya’s assassination helped entrench a terrible habit amongst Kenyans of having no interest in her true heroes and heroines. Instead we choose to idolize the stinking rich who have robbed us blind to become so. That is why we have little regard today for Kenneth Matiba, Wangari Mathai and others who risked their lives to confront evil in this country.
Mboya’s successful assassination was also a great victory for corruption because he stood in the way of those who never fought and risked and yet wanted to be overnight millionaires in the new Kenya, and sadly they succeeded. The reason why others were killed after Mboya is simply because somebody must have said repeatedly; “if we killed Mboya and nothing happened, who does so and so think they are?”
My close friend and a true friend of Kenya (because she has done more for the country than all the rest of us here put together) Marianne Briner has put her many year’s friendship on the line by writing an open letter to a man who knows a lot about the Mboya murder. I support her with everything I’ve got.
My appeal to all you dear Kenyans is that you join me and her in this noble and fundamental campaign to demand justice as a way of the country finding her way again. As somebody has so aptly quoted our national anthem so well (Tom Mboya made major contributions to it);
Oh God of All creation
Bless this our land and nation
Justice be our shield and defender
Ukweli Sasa!!
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In a few hours time it will be August 15th. Tom Mboya’s birthday.
Had this Kenyan hero lived he would have been 77, a year older than President Kibaki and 3 years younger than Vice President Moody Awori.
If it were possible for people to celebrate their birthdays in the grave, this birthday would have been the happiest and most memorable for TJ, as his friends called him. What would have made him happiest is that his younger son (just 21 months old when he was gunned down in Nairobi that fateful July lunch time in 1969, has come of age and shown the same courage he himself showed in challenging the mighty British government. A government that just 5 years earlier in 1952, had crushed the Mau Mau land uprising with such ruthlessness that somebody would have to be out of their minds to dare challenge them.
Pictures speak 1000 words and this one does. Note Kenyatta's expression and Mboya's beaming confidence. The man directly behind them is Njoroge Mungai a nephew to Kenyatta and a member of Kenyatta's dreaded kitchen cabinet.
Videos of Tom Mboya's Funeral;
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
Tom would also have no doubt been deeply intrigued that technology has now allowed a leading Kenyan blog to publish an open letter addressed to persons still living who know a lot about his assassination.
Nothing happens by accident and life really has no coincidences. This is the time for Kenya’s healing and it has to start with the solving of the mystery of the Mboya assassination.
Why is it so important? What is so special about Mboya that is different with JM, Pinto, Ouko and the other political assassinations?
Mboya is important because he played a very key role in Kenya winning independence from her colonial masters. It is ironic that he never lost his life in the hands of the colonialists, but instead he was felled by his own people. Fellow Kenyans anxious to continue grabbing and getting rich at the expense of the masses.
But even more important Mboya’s assassination helped entrench a terrible habit amongst Kenyans of having no interest in her true heroes and heroines. Instead we choose to idolize the stinking rich who have robbed us blind to become so. That is why we have little regard today for Kenneth Matiba, Wangari Mathai and others who risked their lives to confront evil in this country.
Mboya’s successful assassination was also a great victory for corruption because he stood in the way of those who never fought and risked and yet wanted to be overnight millionaires in the new Kenya, and sadly they succeeded. The reason why others were killed after Mboya is simply because somebody must have said repeatedly; “if we killed Mboya and nothing happened, who does so and so think they are?”
My close friend and a true friend of Kenya (because she has done more for the country than all the rest of us here put together) Marianne Briner has put her many year’s friendship on the line by writing an open letter to a man who knows a lot about the Mboya murder. I support her with everything I’ve got.
My appeal to all you dear Kenyans is that you join me and her in this noble and fundamental campaign to demand justice as a way of the country finding her way again. As somebody has so aptly quoted our national anthem so well (Tom Mboya made major contributions to it);
Oh God of All creation
Bless this our land and nation
Justice be our shield and defender
Ukweli Sasa!!
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Nation Published Sunday’s Headline Today, Two Days Later
Is it the influence of this blog, or is it mere coincidence?
I complained here about how the newspapers have put commercial interests ahead of everything and pushed news on the Kakamega landslide aside in favor of political features.
Now in today’s Nation, they seem to have corrected the situation and this important national tragedy has finally gotten its’ deserved main splash headline albeit two days later.
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I complained here about how the newspapers have put commercial interests ahead of everything and pushed news on the Kakamega landslide aside in favor of political features.
Now in today’s Nation, they seem to have corrected the situation and this important national tragedy has finally gotten its’ deserved main splash headline albeit two days later.
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Next Kamukunji MP May Be Decided by Influential Foreigners
Countdown to the Mother of All General Elections In Kenya: 2007
One of the parliamentary seats in the country that is bound to be the most hotly contested is the Kamukunji seat in Nairobi. Already the field is overcrowded with prominent personalities like lawyer Patrice Lumumba and popular evangelist and presidential hopeful, Pius Muiru announcing their candidature.
Word on the ground is that it will be easier for Mount Kenya to throw itself into Lake Victoria than it would be for the incumbent Norman Nyagah to win re-election. It is even said that currently he is not able to access his office in the constituency where his CDF cheque book is locked up and is therefore unable to put the idle funds to use, a major bone of contention most of his constituents seem to have with him.
Ironically this was Tom Mboya's old parliamentary seat. The seat he defended in his entire lifetime and resisted all pressure to join the mass exodus to rural seats. Still plenty has changed here since 1969. Probably the biggest change which is bound to influence the election outcome is the influx of foreigners in the expansive Eastleigh estate, which is part of the constituency. Most of these foreigners are of Somali origin and the Kenyan immigration has always had a very difficult time differentiating the local Somali from the foreign Somali. This serious problem was highlighted in the 80s when foreign Somalis pausing as Kenyans forced the British government to reverse an old standing visa arrangement. For years before then, Kenyans, being part of the commonwealth did not require a visa to enter Britain. But so large was the influx of Somalis into hat country with genuine Kenyan passports that this rule was reversed and to date all Kenyans now have to go through hell to gain entry into the United Kingdom. That was the gift from our Somali brothers.
Actually this is one of the major issues that the Americans have with the Kenyan government in connection to the war on terrorism. Non-Kenyan Somalis have no problem obtaining a Kenyan passport let alone an ID and voters card.
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Although I have been unable to ascertain how many Somali refugees are registered as voters, it is clear that the number is large enough to influence the outcome of the elections in this constituency, more so with so many candidates offering themselves, it will mean that the candidate who can get the full backing of the Somalis will be the next Kamukunji MP.
Having so many foreigners in the country has often been looked at negatively. Few have analyzed the positive economic impact of having the very business-minded Somalis in the country. Probably what needs to be done is to step up the screening process so as to limit the bad elements, because the truth is that not all Somalis are gun runners and underworld operatives. For instance Dubai where 80 per cent of the population consists of expatriates, has made a very interesting and effective move to block the entry of undesirables into the country.
Dubai International Airport uses cutting edge Iris recognition technology where your iris (as unique as a fingerprint—your left eye does NOT match with your right) is scanned at the airport and cross-checked against a data base of tens of thousands of undesirables including persons who have tried to enter the United Arab Emirates illegally in the past. The process takes a second. So far over 25,000 undesirable characters have been turned away at the airport within a few months of implementing the system.
Since Kenya has chosen to be a welcoming country (like other great nations of the world) we need to make use of similar technology to protect ourselves.
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One of the parliamentary seats in the country that is bound to be the most hotly contested is the Kamukunji seat in Nairobi. Already the field is overcrowded with prominent personalities like lawyer Patrice Lumumba and popular evangelist and presidential hopeful, Pius Muiru announcing their candidature.
Word on the ground is that it will be easier for Mount Kenya to throw itself into Lake Victoria than it would be for the incumbent Norman Nyagah to win re-election. It is even said that currently he is not able to access his office in the constituency where his CDF cheque book is locked up and is therefore unable to put the idle funds to use, a major bone of contention most of his constituents seem to have with him.
Ironically this was Tom Mboya's old parliamentary seat. The seat he defended in his entire lifetime and resisted all pressure to join the mass exodus to rural seats. Still plenty has changed here since 1969. Probably the biggest change which is bound to influence the election outcome is the influx of foreigners in the expansive Eastleigh estate, which is part of the constituency. Most of these foreigners are of Somali origin and the Kenyan immigration has always had a very difficult time differentiating the local Somali from the foreign Somali. This serious problem was highlighted in the 80s when foreign Somalis pausing as Kenyans forced the British government to reverse an old standing visa arrangement. For years before then, Kenyans, being part of the commonwealth did not require a visa to enter Britain. But so large was the influx of Somalis into hat country with genuine Kenyan passports that this rule was reversed and to date all Kenyans now have to go through hell to gain entry into the United Kingdom. That was the gift from our Somali brothers.
Actually this is one of the major issues that the Americans have with the Kenyan government in connection to the war on terrorism. Non-Kenyan Somalis have no problem obtaining a Kenyan passport let alone an ID and voters card.
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Although I have been unable to ascertain how many Somali refugees are registered as voters, it is clear that the number is large enough to influence the outcome of the elections in this constituency, more so with so many candidates offering themselves, it will mean that the candidate who can get the full backing of the Somalis will be the next Kamukunji MP.
Having so many foreigners in the country has often been looked at negatively. Few have analyzed the positive economic impact of having the very business-minded Somalis in the country. Probably what needs to be done is to step up the screening process so as to limit the bad elements, because the truth is that not all Somalis are gun runners and underworld operatives. For instance Dubai where 80 per cent of the population consists of expatriates, has made a very interesting and effective move to block the entry of undesirables into the country.
Dubai International Airport uses cutting edge Iris recognition technology where your iris (as unique as a fingerprint—your left eye does NOT match with your right) is scanned at the airport and cross-checked against a data base of tens of thousands of undesirables including persons who have tried to enter the United Arab Emirates illegally in the past. The process takes a second. So far over 25,000 undesirable characters have been turned away at the airport within a few months of implementing the system.
Since Kenya has chosen to be a welcoming country (like other great nations of the world) we need to make use of similar technology to protect ourselves.
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