KENYA: THE SAITOTI REPORT MUST BE RELEASED TO THE WORLD NOW
From: Nyambok, Thomas
THE SAITOTI REPORT MUST BE RELEASED BEFORE THE WORLD.SAITOTI WAS KILLED SO THAT UHURU KENYATTA COULD HAVE A WAY TO BE THE FOURTH PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA AFTER MWAI KIBAKI
There is a brighter prospect of Barack Obama visiting his father’s home Land during his presidency and touting the gains of democracy in Africa.
No doubt the post election politics in Kenya are of interest to the International community for a number of reasons. It will determine the countries relationship with the United States where Barack Obama, a Kenya-American, is the president.
It is clear that elections, corruption, transparency and political participation are perennial challenges facing nearly 1.2billion African Citizens.
The United Nations has one of its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya’s Capital and therefore they have a stake in the future stability of the East African Country.
The forces of nationalism and patriotism among Kenyans have also been responsible for the elections’ outcome, surely an unintended consequence of prosecuting a nationalist of Kenyatta’s stature at International Criminal Court.
The rigged electoral votes for Kenyatta was made to look like votes were cast for Kenyatta by Kenyans in protest of his Indictment by the International Criminal Court, and other western collaborators for crimes against humanity that Kenyatta allegedly committed after the 2007/08 election.
The retired presidents are culprits for killing Kenyans, the genocide that have been executed by this thugs, mafia and mungiki should bee addressed by Kenyans and by the International Community before this retired presidents dies, they have to be taken to court some where not in Kenya because they are corrupt as they buy Kenyan’s Judiciary from Chief Justice, Attorney General and parliament, 80%Congress are in their hands, once red briefcase is lifted up they gung to gather to oppose the International Criminal Courts.
There is nothing like ICC, ICC is in their hands so Kenyans’ you will be forced to enter into the cord of 6666 other wise you will bee left behind time this is true and watch.
Since 1963 have you ever seen or having knowledge of knowing any prominent Kenyan that have been prosecuted for any wrong doing? No, Why’ because they are protected by the 6666 cord system from the masters using the powers from the devil to make sure that Judiciary is only for the middle class and for the poor see the Kenyan’s jails and prisons statistic.
KENYANS’ WAKE UP CALL FOR TOMORROW WILL BE FAMILLIES THAT WILL BE KILLED AS HAS BEEN DONE TO OTHERS IN THE PAST.
Dear Kenyans and the world at large, it is pathetic to have Kenyans being killed just like dogs by a few individuals around the presidency. I have been mentioning about the system and the methods that the State House does it’s poaching among tribal lines - the house of the people, the state house, is being misused for every execution exercise. They plan how some innocent or notorious Kenyans can be executed and the government goes free. The system of killings is really working from State House Nairobi successfully.
The killings are done in order to elect those who are the members of the evil clubs. Kenyans are competent with my reports as I have been reporting about the reach Kenyans and the money. I have been giving reports including the time when Jomo Kenyatta took over the leadership. It becomes a usual system as Arap Moi took over the presidency from J. Kenyatta in 1978.
Watch, the leadership of Mwai Kibaki is all about killing innocent Kenyans especially during the 2007/08 Genocide. He is getting away with the two reports from the two commissions. Why can’t former presidents reveal the secrets in the numerous commission’s findings – are the reports kept secret to protect those who were mentioned in these reports.
And now the three presidents have shown Uhuru all the methods to use for killing innocent people. Killing will still continue in Kenya till Jesus comes back, or till some wise Kenyan will have away to set Kenyans free from the bondage of evil.
Kasarani stadium was used to commemorate the day wrangles and fighting professor Saitoti started so that Uhuru Kenyatta would take over from Arap Moi for Kanu to be in power for one hundred years as Moi promised.
Raila Odinga and Professor Saitoti left Kanu party to start new collisions to succeed the Moi Uhuru project. Kasarani stadium was used for Uhuru Kenyatta’s inauguration day to burry Professor Saitoti’s ghost. Kenyans must demand the recorded video’s on the day Moi and Saitoti fell apart for Uhuru Kenyatta to succeed Moi. That’s why Raila Odinga and Saitoti decided to leave Kanu party.
Kenyan’s, it is time to wake up and to work together before this former presidents die. Kenyans must stand straight and demand to know why Saitoti was killed by the presidency’s mafia machinery from State house Nairobi. Killing plans got executed by Moi, Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta. Professor Saitoti was killed because he was more powerful than Uhuru.
Kenyans must demand the tapes that were recorded on the first day Moi, Saitoti and Raila Odinga’s relationship fell apart at Kasarani stadium when Moi declared Uhuru Kenyatta as his project.
Kenyans, remember that after they had executed the late professor Saitoti, Moi took his Crocodile tears to Saitoti’s family house as he did to Dr. Robert Ouko?
Remember, Uhuru Kenyatta and Kibaki contested the presidency one time - both of them are from Kikuyu Land and what happened between Raila and Kibaki was that Raila got in between Kibaki and Uhuru and used the words of only Kibaki is enough (Kibaki tosha). This happened because Raila knew that Uhuru was Moi’s project and by all means, Uhuru was to be rigged in just the same way they succeeded this time round.
Kenyans should know that they are at risk of living with Moi’s Kanu party under Uhuru’s ambrella. Kanu is ruling now, not Jubilee. That’s why Biwott is at a higher smiling point. They used mafia machinery for the successful execution to make rigging as the norm.
The rituals are done by executing prominent Kenyans and Intellectuals while rich people receive red briefcases from Kabarak. Those who got the red briefcase will have to pay back by sacrificing themselves or their family members soon.
Remember, you could be smiling with these mafia people today, and tomorrow, you’ll never know, you may find that you’re in the execution list for the next kill as a sacrifice for riches – blood money.
Kenyans, let’s use the wisdom and the commonsense we were given by God. God wants us to be very careful about things that are not done in his way, hold your Bible with your right hands higher up if you are a true Christian don’t copy the former presidents who never held Bible for the truth but for the evil motives don’t love money too much brothers and sisters you will find your self at sine.
Kenya is still at stake of 6666.
Yours faithfully Tom Nyambok and all be blessed. 4/12/2013.
Kenya: All shall be well when we keep our hopes high looking for Justice
From: Judy Miriga
Good People,
Diaspora exlusion from voting is denying constitutional rights and it is unacceptable. We hope our voices shall be heard.
However, all is well that ends well and we shall not close our eyes for justice because where there is peace, we shall find ways to move forward united at peace with each other.
Keep your hopes high that all shall be well with our constitutional rights.
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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12 die in attack by Mombasa militiamen
By Cyrus Ombati
Mombasa; Kenya: Twelve people including six police officers were on Sunday night killed in ambush in Mombasa and Kilifi Counties hours before voting began Monday in Kenya.
Police immediately declared the attack was staged by the Mombasa Republican Council followers. Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo who flew to Mombasa on Monday morning said they are holding two members of MRC for interrogation.
In Garissa, two people were Sunday night killed in an attack by unknown assailants, bringing the death toll of the killed in the election related violence to 14.
Kimaiyo said 400 extra police officers were flown to Mombasa to beef up security and issued with orders not to fear to use force.
“The police officers are directed to use their firearms as provided in law and ensure that no further loss of lives of police officers and civilians is experienced,” said Kimaiyo.
He said the motive of the attack by the group was to disrupt voting as part of their complaints of marginalisation and historical injustices.
Kimaiyo was accompanied by his deputies Grace Kaindi and Samuel Arachi and head of CID Francis Muhoro when he addressed the media in his office in Nairobi.
He revealed police had intelligence of the planned attack but were ambushed on the way as they patrolled the area.
He said police had been informed the attack was to take place in Likoni and responded by clearing a roadblock that had been erected.
At about 11 pm on Sunday, police officers from Changamwe police station were informed over 200 people believed to be MRC members armed with rifles, bows and arrows were heading to attack police station around Miritini area.
“The officers fell into ambush of over 200 attackers who were placed on both sides of the road. The officers were overpowered and during the incident some of them were murdered. Two of the attackers were killed there and two arrested,” he said.
The police boss said the Chumani area in Kilifi, another group of attackers believed to be MRC members attacked police killing one near a chief’s camp.
Among the officers killed is the Changamwe OCPD Awuor Otieno, his OCS and junior officers who were accompanying them.
MRC has been agitating for various reforms among them land and called for investigations into what they term as historical injustices.
Kimaiyo said an explosion occurred in Garisa at Anti-Shifta Administration Police Camp. Two other people were killed in an attack in the town. The two include a staff of Kenya Red Cross stationed in Dadaab and an employee of public works.
Another explosion occurred near a polling centre in Mandera on Monday morning but no injury was reported. Voting went on but under tight security.
In Mathare slums in Nairobi, a man was killed in a fire that flattened 16 structures. Kimaiyo said preliminary findings show the fire was started by an electric fault.
In Shinyalu constituency, Western province, a vehicle belonging to former area MP Justus Kizito was burnt down by the public who accused him of voter malpractice. Kimaiyo said they are investigating the incident.
The police boss said they are so far impressed by the voter turn out and urged those who have not voted to go and do so.
“None should be threatened. Police are committed to put their lives on line to ensure they are safe.”
He said they would provide security in all areas to ensure voting goes on peacefully.
Gunmen kill State official in Garissa
Updated Monday, March 04 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3
By Cyrus Ombati
Garissa, Kenya: One person has been killed and another one seriously injured by gunmen in Garissa Town.
The attack occured along Ngamia Road on Sunday evening. The deceased was a government official attached to Ministry of Public Works in the town while the injured one is a nurse in Dadaab.
Police say the attackers had been trailing the victims before shooting them at point blank killing one on the spot and seriously wounding the other.
Several security agents have been deployed in the northern town ahead of Monday’s polls to avert any possible terror attack.
“We are conteted with the deployment of security officers in the area to ensure safe election period”, said Garissa PPO Charlton Mureithi.
Mureithi said no arrests have been made adding that police were pursuing the assailants.
The town has suffered several grenade and gun attacks since Kenyan troops crossed to Somalia to pursue Al shabaab militia.
Bett asks IEBC to extend voting to Tuesday
By Karanja Njoroge
Nakuru, Kenya: Orange Democratic Movement ( ODM) National Elections Board Chairman Franklin Bett has called on the IEBC to extend the voting exercise to Tuesday to compensate for the delay in the opening of most polling stations countrywide.
Bett said the IEBC should use its powers to have the voting extended to Tuesday to enable voters who were unable to cast their votes to do so.
“The polling stations opened late and the IEBC should extend the exercise to tomorrow (Tuesday) to compensate for the hours wasted,” Bett said during a press conference in Nakuru on Monday.
Bett also said the polls body owes Kenyans an explanation on why voter verification machines had malfunctioned in most parts of the country.
He said IEBC should tell Kenyans whether failure to use the machines will achieve the same results during voting.
“We have already been informed that some names are missing from the manual register and are concerned that the manual voting will achieve the same results intended with the use of the BVR machines,” he added.
He claimed some of the CORD alliance agents had been denied entry into some polling stations without any explanation.
Bett also claimed that some individuals had been allowed to leave the polling stations without being marked with indelible ink leaving room for double voting.
“In one of the stations in Nakuru one of our agents noticed that a person had left the station without the indelible mark,” said the Roads Minister.
At the same time the CORD alliance condemned the killing of police officers by suspected Mombasa Republican Council followers at the Coast.
“We condemn in the strongest terms possible the heinous and primitive attack, “Bett said.
He said security forces should be more alert to avoid such incidents and use information from the National Security Intelligence Service (NSIS) to pre- empt the attacks.
Muite unhappy with voting hitches
By Felix Olick
Kenya: Presidential candidate Paul Muite has challenged the IEBC to tell Kenyans why voter identification kits are not working in some regions.
Muite acknowleged hitches are bound to occur in such a new system but insisted that voters have a right to be informed of the affected areas and the steps being taken to correct the anomalies.
âThe electoral commmision has to tell Kenyans why the kits are not working, which regions they have failed to work and the steps being taken to correct this anomaly this would help eliminate suspisions,â he said.
Muite was speaking after casting his vote at kikuyu township primary school polling centre where he was accompanied by his wife.
He said Kenyans spent a whopping sh9 billion to aquire the modern kits to eliminate the âunfortunateâ incident in the last general election.
He commended Kenyans for turning out in large numbers and urged them to remain peaceful.
IEBC admits to voter verification challenge
By David Ohito
Nairobi: Kenya: The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has acknowledged it is facing challenges with the voting process in many polling stations countrywide.
The IEBC has asked Kenyans not to be discouraged by the hitches and to remain calm as they are resolved.
Chairman Issack Hassan issued a statement on the challenges from the Bomas of Kenya national tallying centre.
Hassan admitted to delays in start of voting, hitches in voter identification and mix-ups in voting material among other hiccups in some of the 34,000 polling stations nationwide.
Delays in opening of polling stations will be made up later in the day, he told journalists. Printed registers will be used instead of the electronic poll-book after failures in electronic voter identification using fingerprint readers and biometric voting machines. The registers to be used in manual verification have voter photos.
A mix up in voting materials means elections in four County Assembly wards have to be delayed until March 11. The affected areas are in Kuria, Bunyala and Gwassi.
IEBC officials have also been faced with a huge number of voters queuing as the voting process slowly got underway. Isolated cases of violence of have also been reported in Shinyalu in Kakamega County where a vehicle belonging to an outgoing MP was allegedly torched.
In Mombasa, reports of an attack on police officers by alleged members of the Mombasa Republican council left four officers killed. In Mandera, an explosive went off at a polling station but no injuries were reported and police later beefed up security as voting continued proceeded.
Safina's Ochuodho barred from voting
By Digital Reporter
Safina party presidential running mate Dr Shem Ochuodho got a rude shock when electoral officials barred him from voting on grounds that he registered as a voter in Kampala, Uganda.
By 4.45pm, only fifteen minutes before closing of polling stations, Mr Ochuodho was still consulting with IEBC officials to allow him cast his ballot.
Ochuodho said his case was unique because his name is in the register but there is no polling station in Kampala making it difficult for him to vote.
âWe are still consulting on this matter but we hope I will be given a chance to cast my ballot. Mine is a unique case,â he said in telephone interview.
The former Rangwe MP argued that President Kibaki registered as a voter at Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi yet he voted in Othaya constituency and he should not be discriminated against.
By the time if filing this reports Ochuodho was still consulting with poll officers over the fate of his vote.
Safina's presidential candidate Paula Muite cast his vote earlier in Kikuyu Constituency.
12 County Assembly representatives unopposed
By Peter Opiyo
Kenya: Twelve Candidates would soon be declared elected after they went in unopposed as County Assembly representatives.
CORD Presidential Candidate and Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM and Jubilee’s running mate William Ruto’s URP each clinched five positions in this category while Jubilee’s Presidential candidate and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta’s TNA has two slots.
Those elected unopposed in Mandera county include Emoi Hassan (URP, Banissa ward), Hassan Abdulla (Guba ward, TNA), Mohammed Shabure (Kiliwehiri ward, URP), Ibrahim Ahmed (Wargadad ward, URP) and Wariyo Ibrahim (Shimbir Fatuma ward, URP).
The ODM candidates who have been elected unopposed include Sylvester Madialo (Usonga ward, Siaya county), Joseph Osano (Chemelil ward, Kisumu county), Michael Ooro (Rusinga Island, Homa Bay county), Ronald Asiga (Wasimbete ward, Migori county) and Michael Osongo (Central Kanyamkago, Migori county).
Others are TNA’s John Njenga (Karai ward, Kiambu County) and URP’s Joseph Koech (Kipsomba ward, Uasin Gishu County.
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Isaack Hassan said the names of these candidates would soon be gazetted as elected members of the respective County Assembly wards representatives.
“There are cases of candidates whose candidature were unopposed. This will be pronounced and the names gazetted in due course,” said Mr Hassan.
Kenya: Chief Justice Played Into “Mungiki Letter”?
From: Mary Gakere
From: Joe Kihara Munugu
Chief Justice Played Into "Mungiki Letter"?
By Lance Kipng'etich : Nation Media : February 23 2013
http://elections.nation.co.ke/Blogs/-/1632026/1702608/-/11884gn/-/index.html
Kenya's Chief Justice, Dr. Willy Mutunga, is a well-read man, so he must know about the infamous “Zinoviev letter”. The authors of a letter purporting to be from a group called the Mungiki Veterans’ Association borrowed heavily from the Zinoviev letter, one of the best known forgery-letters in history. This notorious Zinoviev letter was published in the British press four days before Britain's general election of 1924. It was allegedly sent by the Communist Party in Moscow to the Communist Party of Great Britain. The letter, which was later revealed to be a forgery written by an M16 intelligence agent, appeared to be a directive from Moscow calling for intensified communist agitation in Britain.
It was an effort to show voters that the Labour party was working for the Soviet Union and, therefore, influence the electorate against them.The plot failed as it did not affect the Labour vote. However, it helped the Conservative Party hasten the collapse of the liberal party and contributed to the landslide victory for the Conservatives.
The letter took its name from a senior Soviet official, Grigory Zinoviev, its purported author.Many Kenyans were shocked and saddened to see Dr Mutunga similarly insert himself into the political scene with his own version of a clearly forged letter designed to influence an election.The reaction was one of immense sadness at seeing a respected figure like Dr Mutunga offering a serious proposition that the letter was written in defence of Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his presidential running mate in the Jubilee Coalition, William Ruto.
Whoever authored this document was defending no known interests of Uhuru, Ruto or the coalition they head and that has endeared itself to the hearts and minds of millions of Kenyans.
Uhuru and Ruto remain the real targets of the screaming forgery.
I hold no brief for the Mungiki, Kenyatta, Ruto or Jubilee. However, none of them are so boneheaded as to author the explicitly forged document that the CJ presented to the press with a straight face at the Supreme Court of Kenya at lunchtime on Wednesday, February 20.
Why did Kenya’s top jurist participate in such a cheap ploy?
The concluding remarks of the CJ’s statement accompanying the tabling of the pathetic forgery are instructive: “I appeal to Kenyans to hold a peaceful election. It is only by so doing that we shall silence these dark forces of retrogression and also advance our constitutional and democratic promise. My fellow Kenyans, with confidence and tribute to the nation, go and vote for our Constitution. It is the only way to reject those who threaten and proclaim violence as a false choice”.
Coming from the person designated the President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, these apparently pious words mask an unacceptably politically partisan and activist posture. They are a coded message calling for the defeat of the Jubilee Coalition by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord).
Divisive manner
The head of the Supreme Court of Kenya has no business intervening in politics in such a divisive manner so close to the General Election.
He should remain far above the fray, evincing no support whatever for any side and no preference. He presumably holds one vote and will cast it as he deems appropriate come March 4 under conditions of the secret ballot.
Above all, the CJ must never be seen to be a participant in a political ruse full of propaganda and trickery.Whether the CJ was a witting or unwitting participant in the scornful tactic and strategy rolled out on Wednesday, whether he was a prime mover or a total dupe, is besides the point.
He, of all people, should not have rushed to judgment. He ought not to have treated the Jubilee Coalition with the contemptuous, distrustful manner that he demonstrated.
Sadly, the effect of the letter is that I, for one, will never look at the Supreme Court of Kenya, and Dr Mutunga’s leadership of it, with the same eyes again. Nor will millions of Kenyans who comprise the silent majority.
Although Uhuru and Ruto are the real targets of the miserable third-hand forgery, they will not fall victim to it.
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The writer, Lance Kipng'etich, is a book publisher in Nakuru, Kenya
Kenya: Neighbors Kill Neighbors as Kenyan Vote Stirs Old Feuds
From: Judy Miriga
Good People,
What should we expect with this flawed election if it cannot be differed and be postponed in order put things in order in the right perspective before election can take place???
I smell trouble people and the memories of 2007/8 is heaped in our memory lane and it shall not go away......and, everybody else is feeling the same...!!!
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
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Neighbors Kill Neighbors as Kenyan Vote Stirs Old Feuds
MALINDI, Kenya — In a room by the stairs, Shukrani Malingi, a Pokomo farmer, writhed on a metal cot, the skin on his back burned off. Down the hall, at a safe distance, Rahema Hageyo, an Orma girl, stared blankly out of a window, a long scar above her thimble-like neck. She was nearly decapitated by a machete chop — and she is only 9 months old.
Ever since vicious ethnic clashes erupted between the Pokomo and Orma several months ago in a swampy, desolate part of Kenya, the Tawfiq Hospital has instituted a strict policy for the victims who are trundled in: Pokomos on one side, Ormas on the other. The longstanding rivalry, which both sides say has been inflamed by a governor's race, has become so explosive that the two groups remain segregated even while receiving lifesaving care. When patients leave their rooms to use the restroom, they shuffle guardedly past one another in their bloodstained smocks, sometimes pushing creaky IV stands, not uttering a word.
"There are three reasons for this war," said Elisha Bwora, a Pokomo elder. "Tribe, land and politics."
Every five years or so, this stable and typically peaceful country, an oasis of development in a very poor and turbulent region, suffers a frightening transformation in which age-old grievances get stirred up, ethnically based militias are mobilized and neighbors start killing neighbors. The reason is elections, and another huge one — one of the most important in this country's history and definitely the most complicated — is barreling this way.
In less than two weeks, Kenyans will line up by the millions to pick their leaders for the first time since a disastrous vote in 2007, which set off clashes that killed more than 1,000 people. The country has spent years agonizing over the wounds and has taken some steps to repair itself, most notably passing a new constitution. But justice has been elusive, politics remain ethnically tinged and leaders charged with crimes against humanity have a real chance of winning.
People here tend to vote in ethnic blocs, and during election time Kenyan politicians have a history of stoking these divisions and sometimes even financing murder sprees, according to court documents. This time around, the vitriolic speeches seem more restrained, but in some areas where violence erupted after the last vote the underlying message of us versus them is still abundantly clear.
Now, the country is asking a simple but urgent question: Will history repeat itself?
"This election brings out the worst in us," read a column last week in The Daily Nation, Kenya's biggest newspaper. "All the tribal prejudice, all ancient grudges and feuds, all real and imagined slights, all dislikes and hatreds, everything is out walking the streets like hordes of thirsty undeads looking for innocents to devour."
As the election draws nearer, more alarm bells are ringing. Seven civilians were ambushed and killed in northeastern Kenya on Thursday in what was widely perceived to be a politically motivated attack. The day before, Kenya's chief justice said that a notorious criminal group had threatened him with "dire consequences" if he ruled against a leading presidential contender. Farmers in the Rift Valley say that cattle rustling is increasing, and they accuse politicians of instigating the raids to stir up intercommunal strife.
Because Kenya is such a bellwether country on the continent, what happens here in the next few weeks may determine whether the years of tenuous power-sharing and political reconciliation — a model used after violently contested elections in Zimbabwe as well — have ultimately paid off.
"The rest of Africa wants to know whether it's possible to learn from past elections and ensure violence doesn't flare again," said Phil Clark, a lecturer at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. "With five years' warning, is it possible to address the causes of conflict and transfer power peacefully?"
Spurred on by Kenyan intellectuals and Western allies, Kenya has overhauled its judiciary, election commission and the nature of power itself. Dozens of new positions, like governorships and Senate seats, have been created to ensure that resources flow down more equitably to the grass roots, an attempt to weaken the winner-take-all system that lavished rewards and opportunities on some ethnic groups while relegating others to the sidelines.
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But in places like the Tana River Delta, where the clashes between Pokomos and Ormas have already killed more than 200 people, the new emphasis on local government has translated into more spoils to fight over. And there are nearly 50 governor races coming up across Kenya, many of them quite heated.
"The Orma are trying to displace us so we can't vote," said Mr. Bwora, the Pokomo elder. "They have burned our villages, even our birth certificates. How are we supposed to vote then?"
The Orma accuse the Pokomos of doing precisely the same thing, right down to the burning of birth certificates.
On the national stage, two of Kenya's most contentious politicians — Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto — are running on the same ticket for president and deputy president. Both have been charged by the International Criminal Court with crimes against humanity stemming from the violence last time. Mr. Kenyatta, a deputy prime minister and son of Kenya's first president, is accused of financing death squads that moved house to house in early 2008, slaughtering opposition supporters and their families, including young children.
He could quite possibly be elected Kenya's next president and find himself the first sitting head of state to commute back and forth from The Hague, potentially complicating the typically cozy relationship between Kenya and the West.
There is a growing perception among many members of Mr. Kenyatta's ethnic group, the Kikuyu, and Mr. Ruto's, the Kalenjin, that they must win this election in order to protect their leaders from being hauled off to a jail cell in Europe, which is raising tensions even higher.
Most analysts here feel this election will be turbulent, though some argue it will not be as bad as last time.
"Things are different," said Maina Kiai, a prominent Kenyan human rights advocate. For instance, he noted, it was the Kikuyu and Kalenjin who fought one another in the Rift Valley in 2007 and 2008, but now many members of those two groups are on the same side because their leaders have formed a political alliance.
"There may be new arenas of violence," Mr. Kiai said. "But I don't think the extent of violence will be the same."
There is also a keen awareness of how much there is to lose. The Kenyan economy flatlined after the turmoil of the last election. But now it has recovered mightily, spawning a dizzying number of new highways, schools, hospitals, malls, wine bars, frozen yogurt stores, even free samples in the supermarket — evidence of Kenya's position on this continent as home to a deep and booming middle class.
Many nations in this region depend on Kenya, as demonstrated by the economic chaos caused downstream during the last election when mobs blockaded Kenya's highways and sent fuel prices spiking as far away as the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Another safety valve may be the courts, which are now considered much more independent, one of the biggest achievements since the last election. Kenya's new judiciary is led by a former political prisoner and widely respected legal mind, Willy Mutunga, the chief justice, who said he was threatened this week.
The hope is that if any election disputes arise between Mr. Kenyatta and the other front-runner, Raila Odinga, Kenya's prime minister, who says he was cheated out of winning last time, Justice Mutunga will step in — before people on the streets do.
But the Tana River Delta remains a blaring red warning sign, and there have been suspicions that political figures are deliberately fanning old disputes, in this case over land.
One leading Pokomo politician, who was an assistant minister, was recently arrested and accused of incitement, though the case was soon dropped. The allegation echoed the International Criminal Court cases, which assert that behind the ground-level mayhem in 2007 and 2008 were political leaders who incited their followers to kill for political gain.
Up and down the crocodile-infested Tana River, Pokomo and Orma youth are now patrolling the banks with spears and rusty swords. The result is a grim, sun-blasted tableau of ethnically segregated but parallel villages mired in the same poverty, misery and fear.
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KENYA: ODM GOON TURNS TO SERIAL KILLER
By Our Reporter
RESIDENTS of Kisumu East district have called on the area district security committee to crack down on an ODM goon who has now transformed himself into a serial killer in the area.
The residents who mostly reside in various parts of Kolwa say that the goon wears a Legio Maria sect catena at night while in the course of his reign of terror.
The terrified residents says that the goon whose name has been released wears the catena at night while caring an iron bar which he uses to silence members of the public. Many residents of Nyalenda where the hit man operates have called on the government to arrest the man who is a standard three drop out before he causes further harm to innocent members of the public.
He recently went underground after leading a vicious attack against supporters of Kisumu central aspirant Abdul Omar where CORD effect official John Kiarie was also manhandled. Supporters of Omar such as Martin Shikuku sustained deep cuts on the head following the ugly incident.
Kisumu police Chief Musa Kongoli promised to take stern action against the man.
Fearful members of the public say that the man who is a standard three drop out is out to harm everyone in sight once he is gripped by a strange spell of fits. Four people have been injured as a result of the attacks using an iron bar.
He normally hangs around Alfa house in the morning before teeming up with politicians and aspirants whom he extorts money from with menaces. Many leaders who have known his activities take cover once they spot him at various Hotels in Kisumu town.
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MUTUNGA’S DEATH THREATS BY MUNGIKI IS NOTHING NEW IN KENYAN POLITICS
From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013
Chief Justice Willy Mutunga’s death threat by outlawed sect Mungiki is not something new in Kenyan politics. In April 2012 Parliamentarian Gitobu Imanyara shocked parliament when he claimed his life was in danger after a midnight encounter with presidential aspirant Uhuru Kenyatta goons who forced him to kneel on tarmac road and pray facing Mt Kenya.
To spare his life the goons ordered him to recite “Uhuru tuko Pamoja” (Uhuru we are together), which is the aspirant’s presidential campaign slogan, three times as he knelt on the road with his hands raised. The incident took place along State House Crescent and Members of Parliament said such attack in the neighbourhood of State House raised serious security issues.
Imanyara told Parliament that he was driving home at about 11.30 pm when he spotted a white saloon car that appeared to have stalled along State House Crescent and he slowed down to check if he could be of any help to its occupants. Immediately he stopped, four men brandishing knives pounced on his vehicle.
Imanyara was asked not to attend a political rally called by politicians to counter an earlier Gema meeting, which endorsed Uhuru as their presidential candidate, planned for that day. Beheading people and placing heads in strategic places has been the outlawed Mungiki trade mark.
The Imenti Central MP was warned not to take Prime Minister Raila Odinga to Meru and keep off anti- Uhuru campaigns along with other central Kenya politicians he said were the subject of discussion by Gema leaders in a recent meeting at the late Njenga Karume’s Landmark Hotel in Nairobi.
It is the same venue assistant minister Nguiyai told the International Criminal Court (ICC), during the confirmation hearing of the case against Uhuru that he used to meet with Mungiki members during 2008 post election crisis. Click here for more information-DAILY POST: REVEALED: Uhuru, Njenga and Thuo: The Mungiki
In March 2009, two activists from the Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid Clinic Kenya, a human rights non-governmental organization (NGO), Executive Director Mr Kamau King’ara and the Foundation’s Programmes Co-coordinator Mr Paul Oulu were shot dead along State House.
The Oscar Foundation had been active in highlighting the issue of extrajudicial killings of suspected sect members according to Washington Post 7 Mar. 2009; BBC 6 Mar. 2009; and US 25 Feb. 2009, Sec. 1a.
The killings occurred within hours of a government spokesperson Dr Alfred Mutua calling the Foundation a "front" for the Mungiki sect (Washington Post 7 Mar. 2009; Welt Online 6 Mar. 2009; Times Online 7 Mar. 2009). Dr Alfred Mutua accused the Oscar Foundation of fundraising abroad to support Mungiki activities locally.
Mutunga received death threats two days before a ruling on petitions seeking to block Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto from the March 4 election. He received a poison-pen letter from a group claiming to be the outlawed Mungiki sect.
It warned against a ruling locking the two leaders from the presidential race over the charges they face at the International Criminal Court. The CJ said the letter, dated February 13, was signed from the ‘Mungiki Veteran Group/ Kenya Sovereignty Defence Squad'.
The Mungiki wanted the ruling to be in favour of Uhuru and Ruto which a High Court ruling, delivered on February 15, throwing out four petitions challenging the suitability of Uhuru and Ruto for public office.
Mutunga also said he had been subjected to an embarrassing situation at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when an immigration officer temporarily blocked him from travelling to Tanzania. Immigration officer claimed he had received orders from Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia to block Mutunga from travelling.
In his statement, Mutunga said a poison-pen letter was delivered at his office February 18, by a group calling itself Mungiki Veterans Group/Kenya Sovereignty Defence Squad, making threats against Judges, ambassadors and himself.
Mungiki has shifted political alliances a number of times, they have been accused of random and brutal attacks on political and business opponents, playing the role as clients in previous elections.
According to ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, the slain Mungiki officials were instrumental in the sects’ participation in the violence that rocked the country after the bungled 2007 presidential polls.
She revealed when she visited Kenya recently that the witnesses believe the killings and forced disappearances was part of a post-election violence “clean-up” conducted by State agents to conceal the involvement of the accused and other senior officials.
“Several senior Mungiki members disappeared or were murdered by suspected members of the Kenyan security apparatus in the immediate aftermath of the PEV. These individuals had direct knowledge of the accused contributions to the crimes charged,” Bensouda said.
Bensouda, who made an extensive tour of the country, had complained that some key witnesses have been intimidated, compromised, or threatened with death and execution.
Historically Kenya has been in threats and violence whenever certain communities felt that their powers were under threats. When Kenya became the Republic of Kenya in December 12, 1964, and Jomo Kenyatta became President.
Many Kikuyu elites believed that they had suffered the most during the colonial period and therefore they should benefit the most from independence. Tom Mboya, the Luo-Suba secretary-general of KANU was assassinated in 1969 when Kenyatta inner circle gurus expected he could succeed Kenyatta as the president.
In order to stick to power President Kenyatta banned the Kenya Party Union (KPU) of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and detained its leaders. The idea was to make Kenya a de facto one-party state. Many Kenyans considered Kenyatta's repressive response as a means of consolidating the power of the KANU and the Kikuyu.
Several Kikuyu political leaders were associated with a tribal organization called the Gikuyu/Kikuyu, Embu, Meru Association (GEMA) which was aiming to keep Kikuyu political hegemony.
Despite the country's independence, land claims of communal pastoral groups such as the Maasai and Kalenjin who were evicted from the Rift Valley area during the colonial period were not accommodated in his government.
GEMA went as far as trying to introduce a constitutional amendment to prevent non-Kikuyu Vice President Moi from succeeding Kenyatta but failed because they did not get the majority support from other ethnic communities.
When Daniel arap Moi eventually became the president he chose Mwai Kibaki (a Kikuyu) as Vice President to get attraction support from some Kikuyus, with the aim to stick to power just as Kenyatta did for 15 years.
Moi’s problem began shortly he disproportionately appointing Kalenjin to positions of power in his regime and by granting economic advantages to the Kalenjin. This led to formation of vigilante groups known as Mwakenya to work for his downfall.
Like Kenyatta, Moi’s government assassinated Dr Robert Ouko, a former foreign minister who had criticized his regime. Kalenjin elites feared Ouko would succeed Moi, so the assassination.
The Kalenjin Assistant Minister Kipkalia Kones declared Kericho District a KANU zone and stated that the Kalenjin youth in the area had declared war on the Luo community in retaliation for several Kalenjins killed in earlier violence.
In the Chemichimi (the Bungoma District), the Kalenjin attacked the Luhya community. The brutal attack against non-Kalenjin ethnic groups caused retaliatory attacks against Kalenjins in many areas.
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USA: Offensive, sexist and ignorant
Rep. Duncan (R-TN) just said that "most men can handle [domestic abuse] a little better than a lot of women can." Comments like this are offensive and dangerous, and Rep. Duncan must apologize. Can you sign the petition?
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From: Nita and Shaunna, Ultraviolet
Dear Readers:
Want to know why the Violence Against Women Act has gone nowhere in Congress? Because Congress is filled with people like Representative John "Jimmy" Duncan, Jr (R-TN).
Yesterday, during an interview about the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Rep. Duncan said that "like most men, I'm more opposed to violence against women than even violence against men, because most men can handle it a little better than a lot of women can."2
What?!? Abuse is wrong, no matter who the target is. Being protected from a violent partner doesn't make a woman weak. Period.
Comments like this promote the very dangerous idea that some people don't need protection, and that those who do are somehow weak. Rep Duncan's comments are offensive, sexist and ignorant and they are disturbingly reminiscent of the attitudes Representatives Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock showed towards women last year with their comments about rape.4
Even worse, Rep. Duncan says he isn't sure whether he'll support reauthorization of VAWA.5 Speaker John Boehner must make sure Rep. Duncan apologizes immediately on the House floor, and then Rep. Duncan must show he's serious about protecting all people from abuse by signing on as a cosponsor of the expanded Violence Against Women Act now. These comments were published in the press late yesterday and a firestorm is beginning to develop. When elected officials say dangerous and offensive things, they must be held accountable--otherwise we'll never make progress on important issues like VAWA. If all of us add our names right now, we can make sure he makes this right--but we need to act quickly.
Rep. Duncan's comments are not just offensive, they're also dangerous. While conservatives in the House continue to block VAWA, shelters, domestic violence hotlines and other key service providers are left to wonder how long they'll be able to keep their doors open.6 Domestic violence is a real problem in this country--three women die each day at the hands of an intimate partner.7
Over the past two decades, this life-saving law has been expanded every time it's come up for renewal. Those expansions have never been controversial until last year when the Tea Party-controlled House blocked it from passing over new protections for the most underserved communities. Now, extremists in the House are continuing to block the bill while countless women's lives are hanging in the balance.8
Here are just a few of the ways that VAWA has helped to curb domestic violence:9
- Strengthened federal penalties for repeat sex offenders and created a federal “rape shield law,” which prevents offenders from using survivors' past sexual conduct against them at trial.
- Trained over 500,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges every year to ensure they understand the realities of domestic and sexual violence.
- Established the National Domestic Violence Hotline, which has answered over 3 million calls and receives over 22,000 calls every month; 92% of callers report that it’s their first call for help.
And the results have been clear--since 1994 when it passed, domestic violence has declined 67%.10
Rep. Duncan's comments show just how out of touch he is with women, and with the reality of domestic violence. Can you sign the petition urging him to apologize, and show that he's serious about protecting all people from abuse by signing on as a cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act?
Sign the petition today.
http://act.weareultraviolet.org/go/510?t=4&akid=322.6000.AYX0ba
Thanks for speaking out,
Nita, Shaunna, Kat, and Karin, the UltraViolet team
Sources:
1. John Duncan On VAWA: Most Men Can Handle Violence Better Than Most Women, Huffington Post, February 19, 2013
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. GOP’s Akin, Mourdock lose Senate elections, Washington Post, November 7, 2012
5. John Duncan On VAWA: Most Men Can Handle Violence Better Than Most Women, Huffington Post, February 19, 2013
6. The Violence Against Women Act is on life support, Washington Post, Jan 25, 2013
7. Each Day 3 Women Die Because of Domestic Violence, National Network to End Domestic Violence
8. Leahy, Crapo Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill To Reauthorize The Landmark Violence Against Women Act, Senator Leahy Press Release, January 22, 2013
The Violence Against Women Act is on life support, Washington Post, Jan 25, 2013
9. "Factsheet: The Violence Against Women Act," The White House, accessed January 24, 2013
10. Ibid.
Attack on Bundestag convoy in Tanzania
From: Yona F Maro
Heavy attack in Africa on six Bundestag Member!
The car convoy of parliamentarians came Friday morning in Zanzibar under fire. A previously unknown perpetrated an attack on the vehicle of the military police with a heavy stone. He smashed the windscreen.
6:45: The convoy with 2 jeeps driving off to the hotel, direction airport. Military police sit in the first car. You should protect the MEPs. The six members of Parliament and the German Ambassador to Tanzania, Klaus-Peter Brandes sitting in the second car.
Shortly before 7 o'clock then the attack. The ambush, approaching a masked, attacked the police jeep with the stone. A pop, the windscreen chips. The car enters the spin.
Instead of stopping, increase the pace of both jeeps and jets--for fear of further attacks. Only, the convoy stops at the airport. The driver gets out of the car, is slightly injured. The MEPs and the Ambassador are intact.
"We had luck in disguise," the FDP members of Parliament Heinz-Peter Haustein said relieved. "That was a fanatic, who came out of the ambush. It would have are different."
According to Haustein, who sat second jeep, the bombers could have been also accomplices. "So it was quite right that the convoy is - continued to upset any more people."
Meanwhile, members of the Parliament are back in Germany. In the afternoon landed their plane in Berlin.
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Kenya: Gun totting thugs kidnapped a prominent Oyugis trader in a political related violence
Writes Leo Odera Omolo
The rate of crime waves in Oyugis town and its environs is reported to have reached the most worrying point and alarming proportion..
The semi-rural town is located in Rachuonyo South district within the Homa-Bay County.Cases of politically related intimidation are also said to be on the upsurge with several local leaders reporting having received phone calls containing life threatening messages.
A young man was killed a couple of weeks ago as he walked home at about 8.p.m after attending a church service in town. So far no arrest has been made.
Johnson Arong’a Apart met his death as he was walking to his home in Kokal village outside Oyugis town after attending an evening church meeting.
Another shocking incident occurred last week when Willis Ocholla a prominent trader in Oyugis town was abducted by four gun-0rorring thugs. The thugs drove him in his car all the way to Mumias where his car was eventually abandoned..
The incident took place while Ocholla was driving to his residence within Oyugis town after 8 p.m in the evening. The thugs blocked his path with another car and four thugs emerged, one of the brandishing what looked like an AK 47assault rifle. The bundled Ocholla into the back sea of his car, blind folded him and drove towards Kisumu.
He was later released in a Kisumu city residential estate where he was abandoned by his abductors chained from behind and stripped naked.
Oholla had the colossal sums of money toi the tune of Kshs 300,000 which the they took after frisking his pockets.
He was later rescued by a good Samaritan who gave him a trouser and took him to the Kisumu Police Station. The victim was later admitted to the New Nyanza General Hospital in Kisumu Central Police Station. The good Samaritan also gave him a trouser and thereafter took him to the New Nyanza General Hospital for treatment. He could not speak at the time because the thugs had beaten him up.
Prior to the incident,sources in Oyugis said Ocholla had received the verbal warning from a person whom he knew pretty well who told him to scale his businesses down, especially his flourishing wholesale store.
At the same time, a civic leader representing Wire / Migwi ward Coun Jevis Abuor reported last week that he had received a telephone message warning him not to support a certain parliamentary candidate in the area or else his life would be in danger.The Councilor made a report at the Oyugis police station.
Similar incident of intimidations coming from marauding youths allied to parliamentary aspirants in the contest for the Kasipul seat are on the high increase.
The former MP for Kasipul-Kabondo William Oloo Otula has strongly condemned what he termed as life threatening political thuggeries in the area and called upon the police in Rachuoyo South to redouble their day and night patrol around Oyugis town and its environs.
Otula who said he had lost a cousin the late Arong’a Apat appealed to the police to ensure that the culprits who killed the young man were brought to book.
Otula who represented the area in parliament between 1992 and 1997appeal to the candidates vying for the parliament seat in the area to conduct their campaign in peace and refrain from engaging the drunken youths to disrupt the peace and tranquility in the are.
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KENYA: LEADING KISUMU ESTATE AGENT STRIPPED NAKED BY WOMEN AFTER CONNING THEM.
By Chak Rachar
ANGRY prospective land buyers yesterday roughed up a leading real Estate Agent in Kisumu while accusing him of fleecing them of unspecified amounts of cash under the pretext that her would sell them assorted parcels.
The irate mob pounced on Mr. George Adada leaving him half naked.
Adada who is the proprietor of Michigen Investments which is based in Kisumu pleaded with the buyers to leave him alone but his pleas fell on deaf ears as they roughed him up.
Chaos erupted at Konya village in the outskirts of Kisumu town where land surveyors, police and lawyers had gone there in order to find the situation on the ground.
But the mob stormed the area next to Ukweli pastoral centre sending everyone scampering in different directions.
Earlier hundreds of prospective land buyers in Kisumu who claim to have lost millions of shillings to fraudsters posing as agents threatened to stage a major demonstration against the police and land officials in the area whom they say collude with the conmen.
The victims said that they will stage a major demonstration against the office of the criminal investigations department for not arresting the agents.
One of the victims Ms Leah Aketch said that she was coned by agent at Michigen Investments and has spent over 7 million shillings in developing a parcel of land at Konya in the outskirts of Kisumu which turned out to be a road reserve.
“Upon perusal of maps it has been established that the parcel of land is actually located on a road reserve’ she said.
Speaking in Kisumu Aketch said that she has severally referred the matter to CID headquarters in Nairobi.
She said that her efforts to have the conman arrested have all been in vain since the susoect enjoys protection from some officers.
Aketch said that officers at the CID office in Kisumu have been telling her that the matter is quite delicate.
She blamed officers at the land’s office in Kisumu for colluding with the conmen in order to fleece unsuspecting members of the public of million of shillings.
Aketch said she was given a parcel of land at Konya parcel number 6076 by a one George Adada only to be told that the real one is located at Dago parcel number 4020 which is located several kilometers away.
Another complainant Oliver Agnes alias Nyanaya said she had fallen victim to the fraudsters at Riat area.
She said huge tracts of her parcels of land had been sold out by some of the conmen posing as agents in Kisumu town.
Nyanza CID chief Joseph Mugwanja confirmed knowledge of some of the cases.
Mr. Mugwanja said he is aware of Aketch’s case since it was forwarded from CID headquarters for immediate action.
Documents seen by The People show that Aketch was given a referral letter addressed to the Nyanza PCIO to look into the matter.
He promised to look at the file with a view to taking action.
Mr. Mugwanja confirmed that there are some 32 cases of that nature which are being investigated by the Kisumu DCIO.
The days of those who have been fleecing people under the pretext of giving them parcels of land are now numbered.
A number of top civil servants and businessmen in Kisumu have also fallen victims of the super conmen.
Investigations have revealed that those who have been fleeced of millions of shillings have been promised parcels of land at Kibos Road, Dago, Konya, Dunga, parts of Kajulu, Riat and Kisian, Dago together with Otonglo areas.
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Kenya: “Who Killed Dr.John Robert Ouko” John Troon report connects Kisumu Molasses Project.
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The Honorable Minister Dr. John Robert Ouko (31 March 1931. 13 February 1990), commonly known as Robert Ouko, was a Kenyan politician who served as Minister of Kenya from 1979 to 1983 and from 1988 to 1990. Robert Ouko served in the government of Kenya from the colonial period through the presidencies of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel Arap Moi. He was a member of the National Assembly for Kisumu and a cabinet minister, rising to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation by 1990. He was murdered in Kenya on February 13, 1990. The murder case, perhaps the most intriguing in Kenyan history, remains unsolved.A report presented in parliament in 2010 states that the murder was carried out in one of then President Daniel arap Moi's official residences.
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Corruption is rampant in rural areas as APs are said to be running illegal “Kangaroo Courts”s
INVESTIGATIVE Report By Our Special Correspondent
CAN anyone in the higher authorities either in the Office of the President, the police and the Administration Police authorities make a move with speed with the view of bringing sanity in the services of the Administration, which is denting the image of the country.
The image of the Kenya government which needs cleansing has been soiled and defaced by rampant corruption practiced by traffic police and administration police officers.
It has been established beyond any reasonable doubt that the administration Police officers posted to work in the outlaying district, divisions and rural administrative locations have shamelessly and corruptive established illegal “Kangaroo Courts”
These ‘Kangaroo Courts are only there and meant for the purpose of minting money earned illegally from unsuspecting members of the public..
A case in point is an ugly incident which occurred at Rapogi Trading Center in Uriri district,within Migori County.
The head f the Administration police unit posted at the nearby District Officers Divisional office in the company of several other APs made a surprise visit to a local bar located in Rapogi Market. There were several revelers as the raid took place during the wee hours of the night. After the exchange of harsh words with the revelers, the visit by policemen degenerated into a brawl.
The brawl resulted in the head of the AP sustaining minor injuries on his arm. THe revelers took to their heels scampering for safety in all directions.
THe next morning the head of the AP fook a P3 form, arrested one of the patrons of the bar, a young trader at the market who is running a butchery shop and locked him into police custody at the DO’s office. Acting on the fake P3 form which was later to emerged had not been filled and signed by a competent medic to warrant the suspect to be charged with the assault case.
The mother of the suspect who had by then spent two night in police custody struggled to raised Kshs 30,000 and paid the money to the head of the AP for the release of her son. No criminal charge was preferred against the young man.
A few days later the no nonsense Uriri D.C George Lagat got a wind of the matter. The D.C.immediately summoned both parties and the head of the AP to appear before the district security committee for interrogation. It was during this exercise when the P2 Form was established to have been a fake one. And the D.C’s team found that no criminal offence had been committed by the suspect and ordered the AP boss to refund the money which he had taken from the suspect’s mother immediately. The AP boss admitted having received the bribe money. To-date no money has been refunded to the family and the matter has since degenerated to hide and seek.
Similar cases are so common with the APs posted to work in the rural locations and divisional headquarters in the remote part of the country far away from towns. People apprehended by the AP for the allegedly committing petty criminal offence have always bought their freedom after parting with colossal amount of money. The money is pocketed by the AP and never get into the government coffers via the established courts of laws and other government coffers such as the KRA
Brewers and consumers of the illicit ”Chang’aa” are more prone to abuse by the APs. Some of them are forced to part with large sums of money on weekly basis as ‘Protection Fees”.
It is not uncommon for the culprits suspected for having committed serious criminal offences to escape punishment so long as they could raise bribe money, such criminals go scot’s free.
Another category of the Wananchi targeted by both APs and Traffic Police officers are the Boda Boda motorbike riders, particularly those rising on rural access and feeder roads. It is no longer secret that traffic police officers are always demanding the bribe money with menace. Some of the Inter-regional highways linking Kenya with the neighboring Tanzania and Uganda are commonly used by foreigners from those countries who come here for businesses while using country buses and matatus of the country. These foreigners sit inside these vehicles and witness the illicit transactions. The exchange of bribe money is done in full view of these foreigners, who when they get back home started soiling Kenya's good name and question the sanity to our roads.
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USA: BREAKING: Violence Against Women Act in Congress
From: Nita and Shaunna, Ultraviolet
Don't let House conservatives use women's lives as a political football. Demand that Congress reauthorize and expand the Violence Against Women Act immediately. Please sign the petition today.
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Dear Readers,
Well, finally. You probably heard that the last Congress was one of the least productive in history. Even worse than that, they're the first Congress to fail to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Sign the petition demanding Congress immediately take action on the Violence Against Women Act.
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So it's good news that leaders in the new Congress, in both the House and Senate, just introduced VAWA again. Even better, the versions that have been introduced expand protections to communities who are especially vulnerable to sexual and domestic violence--Native American women, immigrant women, and members of the LGBT community.1
But those expanded protections are the very reason House conservatives shamefully refused to act on VAWA last year--leaving millions of women without crucial protections.2 So if we don't push Congress, hard, it might not even come up for a vote this year.
Reporters are already covering the new VAWA bills, and conservatives didn't face nearly enough pressure when they failed to act last year, so now is the time to speak up. New members of Congress are particularly sensitive to news coverage early in their terms, and want to avoid bad press at all costs. So we need to put pressure on them right away. Can you sign this petition telling Congress to expand and reauthorize VAWA? We’ll deliver your signature directly to your member of Congress.
Every nine seconds in the U.S., a woman is assaulted or beaten.3 Far too many of those incidents are the result of domestic or partner violence.
But thanks to VAWA, we've seen progress. Among many other things, the Violence Against Women Act has:4
Strengthened federal penalties for repeat sex offenders and created a federal “rape shield law,” which prevents offenders from using survivors' past sexual conduct against them at trial.
Trained over 500,000 law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges every year to ensure they understand the realities of domestic and sexual violence.
Established the National Domestic Violence Hotline, which has answered over 3 million calls and receives over 22,000 calls every month; 92% of callers report that it’s their first call for help.
The results have been clear:5
Between 1993 to 2010, the rate of intimate partner violence declined 67%.
Between 1993 to 2007, the rate of intimate partner homicides of females decreased 35% and the rate of intimate partner homicides of males decreased 46%.
More victims are reporting domestic and sexual violence to police, and reports to police are resulting in more arrests.
The legislation introduced this year would expand protections to the very communities most vulnerable to violence: Native American women, immigrant women, and members of the LGBT community. Shamefully, this expansion is what House conservatives are up in arms about, and what prevented reauthorization of VAWA before it expired in 2012.
Women’s lives are at stake. Don’t let House conservatives get away with turning women’s health and safety into a political football. Sign the petition today, and make sure Congress knows that Americans want the Violence Against Women Act reauthorized and expanded immediately.
Sign the petition today.
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Thanks for speaking out,
Nita, Shaunna, Kat, and Karin, the UltraViolet team
Sources:
1. "In 2012, the House GOP Blocked the Violence Against Women Act. Will They Do It Again?" Mother Jones, January 23, 2013
2. Ibid.
3. "Every 9 Seconds in the US a Woman Is Assaulted or Beaten - Help End Domestic Violence," National Coalition Against Domestic Violence press release, October 8, 2012
4. "Factsheet: The Violence Against Women Act," The White House, accessed January 24, 2013
5. Ibid
Election violence in Kenya? … Not again
From: Judy Miriga
People,
This is not what Kenya expects in the Reform Change we have been fighting for.No corrupt person should be forced on people once they are rejected. The peoples verdit is final........People are the boses, they choose how they wish to be governed and all political players must respect wishes of the people.
The fight for Reform change is not over people, we shall continue fighting till the "Voice of Reason" is respected and honored.
We are all in this together for the sake of Reform Change and let justice speak up for the people.
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
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Election violence? Not again
Updated Wednesday, January 23 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3
By Njoki Karuoya
Last week, I lost hope that the March 4 elections would be peaceful. With all the main presidential candidates working hard to be seen as national by appointing running mates from different communities, I was confident that a repeat of the 2008 post-election violence would not occur. But now I’m not so sure.
While the violence that seems set to rock the country in six weeks time may not be tribal-based but more about individual winners and losers, the scary fact is that violence will be a reality; and it may be worse than what we saw last weekend.
Bloated pool
I’m I being pessimistic? Perhaps, but imagine this. The post-primary violence was at the level of aspirants, and a bloated pool at that, which means hope more than guarantee, carried the day. Now there are all these candidates carrying around nomination certificates that declare them as bona fide party representatives for various seats, who believe they are the one.
And in the next six weeks, that ego will get so bloated that it will not be contained within the confines of a ballot box. So can you now imagine the explosions when their opponents are declared winners?
If the police want to ensure a more level-headed, violent reaction (if there is anything like that) after the pronouncement of winners, they need to, between now and then, disarm all Kenyans off pangas, jembes, tyres, matches, petrol and other inflammable and blunt objects. These are often the tools of violent. If they can manage this too, they need to force all Kenyans to attend anger-management crash courses that will also include lessons on the importance of peace, including peaceful protests.
Most importantly, the police will need to increase their bullets (hopefully the rubber bullets), tear gas and other riot-control weapons.
Abducted
But seeing as all these may be a tall order for the police, I’m worried for all those innocents who may be at the right place at the wrong time, and accidentally find themselves in the middle of abrupt violence. The victims of such mayhem are often women and children. When such violence erupts, women walking around are grabbed and gang raped. Children are abducted or killed.
And yes, it may be easy to tell people to lock themselves in their houses right from the evening of March 4 (after the voting exercise) till Sunday, March 10 when, hopefully, the final results will have been announced and any violent rages following such announcements have run out of steam. But we all know that violence tends to find people in the perceived safety of their homes.
Five years ago, when some people went out of their houses to protest the controversial presidential elections, many stayed at home. Others ran to places of ‘safety’ like churches, police stations and the chief’s camp. But the bloodthirsty killers went after them. People were killed in their homes, either by the rioters or by the police. Others were killed in church, while women were raped everywhere.
Accept loss
This is not the life I want for myself or for any Kenyan. I want us to live in peace, irrespective of other people’s opinion – because that is what elections are all about; providing individuals with the opportunity to exercise their opinion. The majority of Kenyans with the same opinion carry the day. That’s just the way it is. If you and those thinking like you lose, it’s simply because not as many people thought the same way.
Maturity is the skill to painfully accept your loss, find reasonable ways to vent your frustration then move along. Violence is never the answer as it costs more than acceptance, what with the collateral damage and loss of property and livelihoods.
Just how mature are we as Kenyans? That will be the major test as we get closer to March 4. Let us choose peace and tolerance instead of war and intolerance.
I wish all candidates the best, but as they campaign, they must realise that those nomination certificates they hold are not the tickets to success. They could lose come March 4, too, and they need to act as gentlemen and ladies when the proof is presented to them; and as leaders by calming their supporters down to peace instead of inciting them to violent protests.
South Nyanza Protests
Published on Jan 18, 2013
Protests rocked most parts of the County over alleged manipulation of results. Riots rocked Kendu Bay town amid claims that the nomination for Karachuonyo Parliamentary seat had been manipulated while in Ndiwa, scores of demonstrators poured to the streets claiming manipulation was going on in favour of outgoing Mp Augustine Netto.
Protests over insecurity in Kisumu
Updated Monday, October 29 2012 at 00:00 GMT+3
By Mangoa Mosota
Prominent Kisumu businessman Shem Kwega has died and his wife critically wounded after being shot by thugs in broad daylight.
Shem Kwega and his wife Rose Onyango were admitted at the Intensive Care Unit at Aga Khan Hospital soon after the incident. Kwega later succumbed to injuries.
The duo was shot at a few minutes after 10am, along Nyerere Road, near Mamba Hotel.
A witness, Morgan Ashino, said the two thugs armed with a G3 gun, blocked Kwega’s car, before he got out.
“He came out and held the gun, before one of them hit him on the head with a fist,” said Ashino, a motor cycle operator.
Kwega then got into his car and tried to drive off, but the thugs shot him several times, as the vehicle swerved into a ditch. His wife was also shot as the gang forcefully took a bag reported with some money from her.
Ashino said together with four other motor cycle operators, followed the thugs all the way to Nyamasaria, about five kilometres away.
The shooting incident sparked off a wave of protests by an assistant minister Ayiecho Olweny and local residents who marched in the streets demanding action.
Protestors blocked the Kisumu – Kakamega road, with over 500 of them surrounding Kondele police station.
More than 30 police officers drawn from Kisumu and Nyando Divisions are hunting the gang, who drove from the town in vehicle they had earlier hijacked.
Kwega is the Kisumu Town West Constituency ODM chairman and in 2007 sought parliamentary seat, but lost in the nominations. He owns two petrol stations in the lakeside town.
The shooting comes only two days after an acclaimed researcher was killed by thugs in Tom Mboya area.
Dr Joseph Odhiambo, of Centre for Disease Control (CDC) was hacked on his head on Saturday night.
The deceased was a senior technical adviser to the CDC’s Global Aids Programme.
Nyongo’ under fire over flawed Kisumu vote
Updated Saturday, January 19 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3
By Rushdie Oudia
KISUMU; KENYA: Five governor aspirants in Kisumu County are demanding the resignation of ODM Secretary General Anyang’ Nyongo’.
The aspirants accused Prof Nyongo’ of interfering with party nominations in the county, alleging he was to blame for the flawed exercise.
Led by Owino Omolo and Ruth Odinga, the aspirants also called for the nullification of all governorship results, saying the process should be repeated.
The aspirants alleged that Nyong’o was working with Jack Raguma, who is also in the governorship race, to ensure the two of them win. Ms Odinga alleged that Raguma alongside Nyong’,o had gone to collect ballot papers at the Kisumu Airport on Thursday, which was illegal.
“It is wrong for ballot papers to be in the hands of an aspirant,” she said, alleging that the two had a cup of tea with one of the ODM returning officers, who was to oversee the nominations.
“No nominations will take place until returning officers and presiding officers are changed,” said Ms Odinga. However, Nyongo dismissed the claims as cheap politics, saying he was not meddling.
How Kisumu was turned into a battlefield
Updated Monday, January 21 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3
By Maureen Odiwuor
KISUMU, KENYA: A returning officer was escorted by heavily armed security detail to Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu where he announced the Kisumu County nomination results.
The officer, said to have been appointed by the party after Albert Mbwaga was replaced for allegedly colluding with Orange Democratic Movement Secretary General Anyang’ Nyong’o, addressed impatient party supporters at 10.30pm on Saturday.
He declined to identify himself but went ahead to read a list of results that he referred to as provisional. He started by declaring Shakeel Shabbir as the Kisumu East parliamentary nominee.
For Nyando, Kisumu West and Muhoroni, where voting was still going on at the time of announcement, former MPs Fred Outa, Olago Aluoch and Ayiecho Olweny were declared winners respectively. Ochola Ogoda was announced the winner for the senate seat while in Seme constituency no winner was declared.
Mlolongo results indicated Dr James Nyikal was ahead of the rest.
Heated reactions
Hell broke loose when he announced Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s sister, Ruth Odinga, as the ODM governor nominee. This sparked reactions from ODM supporters who began protesting following an earlier announcement that Jack Ranguma had clinched the governor ticket.
The angry crowd reacted violently, with one General Service Unit officer was hit by a stone on the head.
This prompted security officers at the scene to lob teargas canisters to disperse the protesting youth before the team that announced the results was escorted out of the venue.
Tension had been heightened by the long wait supporters had to endure for the release of the results. At 9pm, the impatient crowd attempted to force their way into the college
List of ODM nominees as submitted to IEBC
Updated Wednesday, January 23 2013 at 00:00 GMT+3
Women Representative-Florence Mwikali Mutua
Siaya County
Gubernatorial -Cornelus Arasanga Amoth
Senatorial -Hon. James Orengo
Women Representative-Emily Agnes Awitta
Kisumu County
Gubernatorial -Jackson Ranguma
Senatorial -Hon. Prof. Peter Anyang' Nyong'o
Women Representative-Rose Auma Ogendo Nyamunga
Homa Bay County
Gubernatorial -Cyprian Otieno Awiti
Senatorial -Gerald Otieno Kajwang
Women Representative-Gladys Atieno Nyasuna Wanga
Migori County
Gubernatorial -Prof. Edward Oyugi Akongo
Deputy Governor-Anne Omodho Anyanga
Senatorial -Hon. Wilfred Gisuka Machage
Women Representative-Susan Millie Owino
Kisii County
Gubernatorial -Hon. James Elvis Omariba Ongwae
Senatorial -Christopher Mogere Obure
fredrick Ja Gem24 January 2013 3:25 PM ODM should stop fooling around with luo Nyanza people,the days of party euphoria is over,the days of imposing leaders to people is a "thing of da past" Let Raila and his party know that we need change in our region and NOT BIG names like Nyong'o,Midiwo,Oburu,Kajwang' and other non performing leaders,Odingaism will never exist in luo Nyanza if this is the case,common mwananchis' right cannot be violated by some few characters in the name of ODM...ON that note right now am mobilizing Siaya county residents to vote candidates of their choice and not party....Dictatorship should be stopped and democracy be exercised,we are perishing because we lack knowledge and wisdom nnktt.
Esther Wanga24 January 2013 10:16 AM Clearly ODM.Can you revise your list otherwise Raila wont see my vote.I'd rather vote Uhuru.dont u think you are hurting people???Mr Bett???Can you give us the people we chose.I'm disappointed particularly for Homabay County_Rangwe constituency.You replaced the MP we chose together with all the county reps.How do you explain Position 5 securing a certificate??????DEMOCRATIC INDEED!!!You'll be in for a rude shock!Keep up you mulpractices!!
PAUL TWENYO from Homabay24 January 2013 9:46 AM Sincerely,I am greatly disappointed with ODM party,I have just realized it has its owners,wait for a rude shock on 4th of MARCH 2013,we cannot continue suffering at expense of other peoples benefit,it is in Nyanza where a meter from fresh water lake is a desert,and it in Kisumu where 20litre water goes 20 Kenya shillings during dry season yet, fresh water lake is at stone throw.We must be allowed to elect those we feel can meet our needs "Nitawakataa" come rain, come sunshine.
JARAE24 January 2013 8:56 AM We are not happy with the way Raila dictates luo Nyanza.Nyong'o and Midiwo did not win.This is a total shame and should have just gone ahead to include Oburu and Ruth.Shame
Victor JaAlego23 January 2013 6:46 PM Guys, RAO is not OMNIPOTENT, in fact he was sitting somwhere sipping his tea.Your fury is directed to the wrong person.The National Election Board are to blame and surely something is happening.The corrupt parted with money and will be drained down the loo.ODM is the party to beat like it or not.
Ndege23 January 2013 6:37 PM ODM if that is the way democracy is done then i aint voting any ODM candidate. surely we are no robots they should have seen the mood on the ground imposing leaders on people and its the electorate who have the voice that's a big NO. Like Muhoroni the so called Prof was beaten yet he was handed nomination. rude shock is awaiting ODM on 4th March.
CONCERNED SERIOUS KENYAN23 January 2013 5:28 PM AS YOU MAKE YOUR BED, SO SHALL YOU LIE ON IT. COME 4TH MARCH 2013, RAILA AMOLLO ODINGA, DON'T REGRET ON THE OUTCOME. YOU MIGHT GET YOUR PRESIDENTIAL VOTES WITH NO MPS, GOVERNORS, SENATOR, COUNTY REPS ETC. THE MAJORITY MIGHT COME FROM OTHER PARTIES WHICH DEMONSTRATE SERIOUSNESS WITH PROPER DUE DILIGENCE ON THE CANDIDATES THEY PICK TO SUPPORT THEIR VICTORY. REMEMBER CHAPTER 6 ON INTEGRITY WHIC DOES NOT EXCLUDE NOMINATION OF PROPERLY VETTED CANDIDATES. I WISH YOU WELL IN YOU PRESIDENTIAL BID.
Elphas Osii23 January 2013 4:43 PM I cant believe what has just happened....if that is the so called Democracy,Jakom,watch these space on 4/3/2013.....
Siasa Kali23 January 2013 1:18 PM Please, this is not what we want or expected, why leave all the preferred nominees and pick your own for the specific sits? Was the nomination process for formality? Wait and see, come 04/03/2013, i know i'm not alone, we will serve you right. I now understand the internal dictatorship within the ODM that sent away all the PENTAGON members.
Thugs attack Judge probing Tana clashes
By CYRUS OMBATI
NAIROBI, KENYA: A High Court Judge was on Wednesday night carjacked and kidnapped in a robbery incident in her Karen home, Nairobi.
Lady Justice Grace Nzioka was driving into her compound at about 10 pm when she was confronted by five heavily armed men.
The Judge, who chairs a commission investigating the Tana River clashes that have claimed more than 160 lives and displaced thousands of people, told police that she was alone in her official car when gunmen who seemed to have been waiting struck.
Taking her hostage, they forced her into her house and ransacked it. The attackers confiscated several documents, a laptop, television set and other electronics.
The Judge’s husband, who is a businessman, drove in during the robbery unaware of the attack. The gang also took him hostage for hours as they demanded cash and other unclear “information”.
Police say the gang later abducted the two and drove with them out of their compound to Dagoretti area where they withdrew more than Sh40,000 from their ATM accounts.
They then took them to Kangemi area where they abandoned the two in the darkness and directed them to where they would leave the cars.
The Judge and her husband later drove back to their residence after they alerted police.
Police, who are still investigating the attack, have questioned why Nzioka’s personal body guard and a police officer stationed at the Judge’s home were unarmed at the time of the incident.
Detectives who visited the scene say their preliminary analysis shows that the gang was interested in the Judge’s laptop.
“We believe the other items they stole were just a cover up and their interest was in the laptop which they took. We are investigating,” said a senior police officer.
Nairobi Area head of police operations Wilfred Mbithi says no arrest or recovery has been made so far.
Judge Nzioka chairs a commission that is investigating Tana River clashes that have so far claimed 160 lives.
She was scheduled to officially release the report on the clashes on Friday after hearing evidence from more than 130 witnesses.
The night attack is believed to be linked to the report that the commission was compiling.
The incident comes a week after lands permanent secretary Ms Dorothy Angote and her husband were attacked in similar incident in their Lavington estate, Nairobi.
Their car is yet to be recovered after they were carjacked and robbed.
The couple was attacked last Wednesday night and robbed before they were dumped in a coffee plantation in Kikuyu.
According to police, Angote and her husband were driving to their home when they were attacked by three gunmen who had posed as her security guards.
Apparently the thugs had earlier attacked the security guards at the compound, stripped them of their uniforms and tied them in a corner. The thugs later wore the guards’ uniforms and positioned themselves in the compound.
When the couple arrived at about 10pm, the thugs ushered them in before holding them at gunpoint. According to reports, the gang was armed with AK47 rifles.
Angote and her husband were then driven around the city before they were abandoned in a coffee plantation past midnight. They were later rescued by police after villagers found them tied to a tree in the coffee plantation.
Police who saw them said they were unhurt. On Wednesday, police said they were yet to make an arrest or recovery of the car.
Detectives handling the case said they have a clue on who the gunmen were but they are yet to know the motive and were trailing them.
Police said the thugs also stole the couple’s X-Trail car, jewelry, cash, an iPad and other personal valuables.