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Kenya: “Support for a Raila Odinga Presidency” — CORD Alliance

From: Kenya Diaspora CORD Alliance

Dear friend,

Maybe you are disillusioned by the abrasive politicking and the many requests you’ve received soliciting your support. However, with only a week to election day, you cannot stand on the sidelines. You can still influence the future of Kenya.

A CORD Alliance government promises to work diligently to make our country peaceful, secure, and prosperous, and respected. We must elect a leadership that is truly dedicated to reforms.

You only have one week to get the CORD Alliance accross the finish line. The time to act is now, not tomorrow !

Click here to learn more about why you should support a Raila Odinga Presidency
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Remember to encourage your friends and families to commit to peace before and after the elections. Just forward this email to your personal or organizational database. The future of Kenya depends on it.

Thank you.

Spalatin Oire
Kenya Diaspora Cord Alliance

Run Up To Kenya’s 2013 General Elections

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From: Yona Maro

This document contains a preview of the previous elections in Kenya which caused violence and fragmentation. Questions are raised if Kenya’s next elections to be held on March 4th 2013 are going to be of much difference.
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Congrats Pst David Owuor

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From: odhiambo okecth

Dear Friends,

Today, in the presence of a multitude of people at Uhuru Park, Pst David Owuor- a revered Man of God, 6 Presidential Candidates led by the Rt Hon Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga pledged to accept the verdict of Kenyans on the 4th March and more so, pledged Peace.

The six Presidential Candidates were;

Raila Amolo Odinga,
Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta,
Peter Kenneth,
Martha Karua,
James Ole Kiyiapi, and the ever green,
Mwalimu Abduba Dida.
It was a sight worth beholding as each Presidential Candidate took time to pledge for a Peaceful General Election, I was reminded of the various manifestos that I have taken time to look at.

I was intrigued by the absence of honesty on the part of our leaders. I have listened to all of them on their campaign trail as they traverse the Country soliciting for votes and I saw them lying between their teeth in the presence of the Man of God.

But being the optimist that I have all along been, I want to for only once believe that they committed themselves before the Man of God, the People of Kenya and before God that they will respect the results on the 4th March and invite all their supporters to respect the same.

On behalf of The Clean Kenya Campaign, and on behalf of all the Partners who have joined with us in The Human Peace Caravans that we have hosted across Kenya under the auspices of Kenyans for a Clean General Elections, I want to sincerely congratulate Pst David Owuor- a Man of God and his Team of Bishops who made Uhuru Park congregation happen for joining with us to preach for Peace in our Country.

It is worth noting that Kenyans for a Clean General Elections Campaign was launched on the 5th January 2013 and we have preached Peace within our limited resources to;

Huruma- 5th Jan 2013

Highrise in Kibera- 12th Jan 2013

Kariobangi North- 16th Jan 2013
Mathare- 19th Jan 2013
Dagoreti- 26th Jan 2013
Dandora- 2nd Feb 2013
Makadara- 13th Feb 2013
Kisumu- 16th Feb 2013
Westlands 20th Feb 2013.
We have a series of events next week that will culminate with Prayers and Award Ceremonies at The Courtyard at KICC on the 3rd March 2013 at 10am.

I want to really appreciate all our Partners for the support they have given to us to make these Human Peace Caravans the success stories they have been and I want to really appreciate the Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police for leading all these processions in Our Journey of Hope across Kenya.

I want to sincerely appreciate The Provincial Administration, the IEBC, the National Steering Committee on Peace Building and Conflict Management and the Freedom House for their support and partnership. We will give the extents of these Partnerships on the 3rd March 2013 as we appreciate all our Partners and Team Members at KICC.

We are happy that our message has rung out loud and clear, and from the many reactions we are seeing across the Country, it was never in vein.

May the good Lord grant us the Grace and Love to know that we are all One Family under God and come 4th March 2013, we can all vote in Round 1 for our preferred Presidential Candidate with the full knowledge that Kenya is marwa.

It will be a mistake to drag this thing to Round 2. Let us make up our minds and save Kenya the ignominy of a gloomy future by making the right choices.

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
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The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC

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PRAYER FOR PEACEFUL AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN KENYA

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Today is second Sunday of Lent. My mass intentions were for peaceful and fair elections in Kenya. My first mass was at 7 am, Ngere center, second one was at 9 am, Nyangoma center, and the third and last was at 11 am, Wang’ang’a center, both under Awasi Catholic, Kisumu Catholic Archdiocese.

I traveled home ready to vote on March 4, 2013. I am a registered voter at Nyasore Primary poling station, Kabondo West assembly ward, Kabondo Kasipul constituency, Homa- Bay County.

Since independence tribalism has been used in Kenya to sentimentally gain, manipulate and misuse national office and Presidential power. That is why rowdy youth are used to cause chaos. It is used by Kenyan leaders to suppress certain tribes and communities that are considered a threat, or for other baseless, absurd, and mundane reasons.

There have been since then, unfair allocation of national resources through nepotism and corruption which has been the major factor that triggers conflict in the nation as some communities feel neglected while their counterparts enjoy enormous share of the national cake.

In return the neglected communities unleash their anger to other communities as a way of portraying their dissatisfaction with how government resources and offices are run. During 3 masses we prayed that Kenyans should elect leaders who will not make lives of innocent Kenyans lost yet again.

We prayed for leaders who will enact anti-nepotism, anti-tribalism and anti-cronyism Act of Parliament immediately the 11th Parliament commences-Leaders who will appoint Kenyans on merits and not on nepotism or favouratism.

The first reading was taken from the book of Genesis 15:5-12; 17-18. God made a Covenant or pact with Abram in which he promised to make Abram the father of a great race to which he would give the land of Canaan as their territory. The faith of Abram is praised because he believed God’s promise.

During my homilies I did mention that like Abraham we need leaders who will make covenant with God that they will serve Kenyans justly. “15:1 After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

15:2 But Abram said, “O Lord GOD, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 15:3 And Abram said, “You have given me no offspring, and so a slave born in my house is to be my heir.”

15:4 But the word of the LORD came to him, “This man shall not be your heir; no one but your very own issue shall be your heir.” 15:5 He brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

15:6 And he believed the LORD; and the LORD reckoned it to him as righteousness.15:7 Then he said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess.”

15:8 But he said, “O Lord GOD, how am I to know that I shall possess it?”15:9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

15:10 He brought him all these and cut them in two, laying each half over against the other; but he did not cut the birds in two.15:11 And when birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

15:12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a deep and terrifying darkness descended upon him.15:17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

15:18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates….”

The psalm of today was quite inspiring: Psalm 27-27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

27:2 When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh– my adversaries and foes– they shall stumble and fall.27:3 Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident.

27:4 One thing I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

27:5 For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.27:6 Now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

27:7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me! 27:8 “Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, LORD, do I seek.27:9 Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!

27:10 If my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will take me up.27:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.27:12 Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

27:13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.27:14 Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!

The second reading was from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians 3:17; 4:1. In the preceding verses St. Paul has been telling his converts that he has given up all earthly things for the sake of the Christian faith and promise. He admits he is far from perfect but he continues to press forward on the road to heaven.

Philippians 3:17-4:1-3:17 Brothers and sisters, join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us.3:18 For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears.

3:19 Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things.3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

3:21 He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

4:1 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

The Gospel was from Luke 9: 28-36. Now about eight after these things Jesus took with him Peter, John and James, and went up to the mountain to pray. 9:28 an while he was praying the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white.

9:30 Suddenly the saw two men, Moses and Elijah talking to him. 9: 31 they appeared in glory and were speaking of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. 9:32 now peter and his companions were weighed down with sleep; but since they had stayed awake, thy saw his glory and the two men who stood with him.

9:33 Jesus as they were leaving him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—-not knowing what he said.

9:34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and they were terrified as they entered the cloud.9:35 Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my Son, my Chosen; listen to him!”

9:36 When the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and in those days told no one any of the things they had seen.9:37 On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him.

9:38 Just then a man from the crowd shouted, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son; he is my only child.9:39 Suddenly a spirit seizes him, and all at once he shrieks. It convulses him until he foams at the mouth; it mauls him and will scarcely leave him.

9:40 I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.”9:41 Jesus answered, “You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.”

9:42 While he was coming, the demon dashed him to the ground in convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.

9:43a And all were astounded at the greatness of God.

Our prayers also require casting out demons-Luke 13:31-35-13:31 At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.”

13:32 He said to them, “Go and tell that fox for me, ‘Listen, I am casting out demons and performing cures today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish my work.13:33 Yet today, tomorrow, and the next day I must be on my way, because it is impossible for a prophet to be killed outside of Jerusalem.’

13:34 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 13:35 See, your house is left to you. And I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'”

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Kenya: Neighbors Kill Neighbors as Kenyan Vote Stirs Old Feuds

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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
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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: KISUMU CHURCH LEADERS FIGHT OVER MONEY.

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By Our Reporter.

For the second time church leaders within Kisumu are up in arms with a leading female priest within the laleside town with her bunch of hanger ons of taking away with them offerings which was collected in Kisumu during peace prayer day at Jommo Kenyatta Sports Ground

This comes only days after she took off with money a politician had given her to share with men of clothe when they met in Kisumu.

And now angry church Leaders in Kisumu are now up in arms against her accusing her of having gone underground with funds which was given out by as aspirant in the newly created Kisumu Central constituency.

The female woman of God is said to have is said to have duped other bishops and Pastors that she would pick over 200,000/- which had been given out by a an aspirant in the area as their token following a lengthy meeting at a Kisumu Hotel last week.

She is said to have convinced the clerics that it would not be prudent to take the money inside the hotel since it is fitted with CCTV cameras hence severe reprisals from the independent electoral and boundaries commission monitors.

The angry bishops have threatened to storm both her private and church locations residences.

The clerics have tried in vain to locate her on her cell phones which have been ringing unattended to for more than days after the meeting.

Those who are familiar with the modus oparendi of the self styled Bishop say that this is not the first time she has disappeared with money meant for other clerics.

“That kind of behavior is not strange to us since it was witnessed at the last general elections and the referendum” quipped one of the cleric on condition of anonymity. Mrs Owiti is said to be a pretender who feigns artificial smiles in order to cover up her inward weird character.

Church leaders in Kisumu now want her probed since her latest character border of blasphemy of the Holy church and are at most sacrilegious.

They want their share of the loot which the aspirant gave out as a token to various churches noting that it was not a bribe but geared towards the work of God in Kisumu and its environs. They have threatened to storm her residence in the next few days if the funds are not released immediately.

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KENYA: ODM GOON TURNS TO SERIAL KILLER

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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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KENYA: POLITICS IS ABOUT NUMBERS

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From: odhiambo okecth
Date: Friday, February 22, 2013, 3:14 AM

POLITICS IS ABOUT NUMBERS: READ TO THE END AND YOU WILL AGREE WITH ME.

There e has been an uproar about the recent projection of numbers I had made giving JUBILEE an advantage over CORD. Never in my political analysis have I been dismissed by the public like this time round: even getting killed in facebook. I refuse …to die. But I still insist that a political contest can only be won on Numbers.

With the assistance of other political analysts, we have done some more research on figures, and the general political mood on the ground from various regions in the country. Lets look at this numbers from various regions:

CENTRAL- 2,190,476 VOTERS

NYANZA- 1,954,756 VOTERS

WESTERN- 1,434,987- VOTERS

COAST – 1,640,083 VOTERS

N.EASTERN- 504,482 VOTERS

EASTERN – 2,092,883 VOTERS

RIFT VALLEY- 3,373,853 VOTERS

NAIROBI- 1,778,903 VOTERS

It’s regrettable that most of us are going to vote on the basis of tribal orientation. For Jubilee they are banking on central province, Rift Valley , Nairobi and Easten for Uhuruto to win the presidency.

If they manage to galvanize these regions they can easily win during the first round. That is superficial but if you do a scratch on the numbers, they pose a more complicated puzzle for JUBILEE.

Jubilee alliance should not comfort themselves with the numbers from the presumed strongholds. Otherwise the figures might be better for CORD than they look in the Opinion polls. Let’s sample the traditional Nairobi, Eastern and Rift Valley provinces which ought to give JUBILEE to a first round win. Central is purely uncontested for JUBILEE like Nyanza is CORDED. What are these numbers and where do they belong? I strongly consider the fact and reality on the ground that most Kenyans are likely to vote along and through ethnic influence.

1. RIFT VALLEY

Elgeyo Marakwet- 134,290

Nandi – 254,788

Baringo- 171,013

Kericho- 290,102

Bomet – 254,405

(sub total 1,104,598 voters- jubilee controlled)

In these regions, William Ruto has a superb command. There might be little unfaithfuls from Kericho and Bomet Towns which are somehow cosmopolitan. The son of Moi might also do some little spoils.

Kajiado- 315,053

Narok- 253,086

Turkana-120,345

West Pokot- 107,894

Samburu- 56,662

Trans Nzoia- 231,352

Uasini Gishu- 318,717

Laikipia- 170,267

Nakuru- 695,879

(sub-total:2,269,255 – contestable votes for CORD and JUBILEE )

In these regions JUBILEE can not confidently claim even a 60% command: The Maasai Narok and Kajiado not at any point have they shown to be faithful followers of William Ruto. They are more inclined to ODM CORD. Samburu,West Pokot might be a fifty fifty scoop for both CORD and JUBILEE. Trans Nzoia is a home of none. Luhyas, Kisii farmers and kalenjin mix gives neither CORD nor JUBILEE an edge. Nakuru is more cosmopolitan and if you scan the register of Nakuru County, Kisiis, Luhyas ,Akamba, Luos alone hit at 258,624 voters. From these counties alone in Rift Valley, it shows that JUBILEE doesn’t purely command the region. Two thirds of its votes are for split.

If Raila gets 1million votes or something close from Rift Valley, it will be a nightmare for Jubilee. With Raila’s schemes and political antics, he can cut through these numbers which is practically possible. The math of numbers might not work for Jubilee in RIFT VALLEY with its cosmopolitan nature.

2.NAIROBI : (1,778,903 voters)

Now that elections will be held in march, the IEBC calendar has forced the village voters to vote from the city as they wont be travelling home for Christmas holidays as they used. No wonder we had a voter registration turn out of 138% in Nairobi. As per Register scan Luos, Luhyas, Kambas and Kisiis who are CORD inclined tally to 1,192,037 if they will be faithful to their ethnic spirit like their village counterparts then they are likely to vote for CORD. I hope JUBILEE are aware of this variance in numbers. There is no doubt RAILA will emerge a winner from NAIROBI by 1M votes plus.

3. EASTERN

Eastern has for long time been supporting presidential candidates from central under the GEMA banner. Does JUBILEE count on the same support? Can charity Ngilu deliver from KAMBA land?

Let me sample the numbers from all the counties in EASTERN.

Makueni- 300,086

Machakos- 445,819

Kitui- 323,624

(sub-total:1,069,529) undisputed CORD command.

Meru- 483,517

Isiolo- 52,617

Marsabit- 104,408

Embu- 226,989

Tharaka- 155,823 (Subtotal:1,023,354 voters)

Isiolo and Marsabit might be an equal share or a slight win for CORD.

Meru, Tharaka and Embu have been for long faithful in GEMA. With the presence of William Ruto do they have an upper hand in the jubilee coalition? With these displacement most voters especially the youth might vote outside GEMA .The task of JUBILEE is to make this people to feel still at home which has proven difficulty especially to get Kiraitu off his BUS and Join theJUBILEE mainstream. Whom does JUBILEE look upon to deliver these votes from this region for presidency ? Kiraitu is very busy campaigning for his gubernatorial cause. JUBILEE might win from this region with a very small margin which is far below my previous projection. And this is a big minus for JUBILEE coalition.

Jubilee would have won the presidency if they had pure control of EASTERN, NAIROBI AND RIFT VALLEY .

There is a big likelyhood for CORD leading in COAST, EASTERN, NAIROBI, WESTERN, NORTH EASTERN AND NYANZA as opposed to JUBILEE leading in RIFT VALLEY AND CENTRAL only. RAILA might be a round one winner if he gets 1million votes from Rift valley which is practically possible.

If RAILA doesn’t win during round one, he will definitely win during the run off on the basis that:

-The HAGUE calendar will be very active for UHURUTO

– some JUBILEE pointmen who are trying to go against the grain, like Prof. Ongeri, Balala, Mwakwele and Ngilu would have fallen. And Jubilee will look a two tribe oufit.

– All the fallen presidential candidates by Reason of Raila’s Age with the assumption that he will be a one term president, will pull their weight behind Raila in the Name of salvaging the country from economic sanctions. JUBILEE can not withstand the euphoria.

I beg to leave as I take this opportunity to congratulate in advance the 4th president of the Republic of Kenya His Exellence ……………… Go and vote to proof or disproof this. Don’t just argue

Kenya: contact info request for a school official

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WHY SOME CHURCHES TAKE SIDES IN KENYAN POLITICS

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From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Although the clerics drawn from various denominations argue that they have endorsed Amani Coalition presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi because he is non-confrontational, peaceful and the only one who can unite the country, the fact that the East Africa Methodist Secretary General Isaya Deye who endorsed him on behalf of church leaders come from his ethnic community tell a lot how some churches in Kenya are tribal.

To understand how churches became tribal in Kenya we should go back to history. It started when formal partnership between Kanu and Kadu made the collaboration not less but more painful to minority tribes.

Kanu was a giant party dominated by Kikuyu and Luo elites. As such it became a discriminative to the minority ethnic groups such as Kalenjin, miji kenda, Maasai, Luhya, and Kamba among other ethnic communities.

When Kadu was formed to cater for the needs of minority communities, churches were also started to cater for the minority tribes who felt were discriminated. Kanu was identified with Roman Catholic given that in Central and Eastern among the Kikuyu, Embu and Meru the Consolata missionaries had already taken deep roots, while in Nyanza were the Mill Hill missionaries.

But even though not many people from these two communities were happy with Catholicism, which is why the first breakaway church was Nomiya Luo church founded by John Owalo.

Like Catholicism, Anglican churches in Kenya were run by white missionaries. That is why when Owalo had realized that the Church of England was biased and viewed black people as beggars, people who must be fed, their children taken to school, free medical care, among other things, Owalo left Anglican to become a Muslim.

He did not last long as a Muslim because he realized that followers were forced to pray and learn things in Arabic. He saw this as discrimination of the high class. He then tried Catholicism and still felt the church was discriminating against the black.

Owalo then opted to found Nomiya church in 1907 to cater and serve the needs of the minorities. Dini ya Roho (Holy Ghost Church) was the next to be founded in Maragoli location in October 1927 by Jakobo Buluku and Daniel Sande.

The two founders had broken away from the American friends’ mission at Kaimosi. They claimed that Americans were running the church like colonials. Against the background that Buluku and Sande preached against foreign religious leadership and advocated the expulsion from Kenya of the American missionaries.

The African Israel church was the third church to be founded in 1940 in Nyangori location near Kisumu by Kivuli. He broke from Pentecostal assembly and preached the expulsion of foreign missionaries, advocating leadership of the church by Africa Christians.

Other church to be founded to cater for minorities and particular tribes were Dini ya Msambwa by Elijah Masinde. It was called so because it adapted to African tradition, or the religion of the old customs.

Masinde claimed that the kingdom of Africa had been ruined by the British Empire and as such it was time churches in Kenya went tribal to cater for a particular interest of some communities.

His sect became so popular, spreading all over Western Province and between the Kalenjin and some parts of Uganda. The Mill Hill missionaries (MHM) tried to convert these sects into Catholicism in vain.

Before the Mill Hills, Friends African mission (FAM), Church Missionary Society (CMS), Church of God (COG), Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada (PAOC), Nioltic Independent Mission (NIM) and Seventh Day Adventists (SDA) had already taken root in Western Kenya, while in Central other churches like Akorino were being formed.

In Nyanza and Western the Mill Hills only managed to establish itself in Lugulu in 1914, Kibubii in 1931, Nangina in 1927 and Rangala in 1920. This time though, Ngiya and Butere were captured by CMS in 1921 and 1912 respectively.

Other areas Mill Hills managed to occupy included Mumias, 1904, Mukumu, 1906 and Eregi, 1914, Kisumu, 1903, Asumbi, 1913 and Nyabururu in 1911. The Mill Hills could not manage to penetrate Kendu Bay because SDA had taken a strong hold in Gendia by 1906 before spreading to Kamagambo in 1913 and Kisii.

Although in Rift Valley among the Kalenjin major Christian sects include the Africa Inland Church (AIC), Anglican and Roman Catholic, there are some Kalenjin communities that still hold on traditional religion based upon a belief in a supreme god, Asis or Cheptalel, who is represented in the form of the sun, although the sun is not God himself. Beneath Asis is Elat, who is believed to control thunder and lightning.

Against the background that it is almost impossible for churches in Kenya to unite in one voice in calling for a national peace policy that will advocate for co-existence among all communities. As such it is very difficult for churches to preach against tribalism for the sake of peace in the country.

Churches cannot take strict position against tribalism because they were part of the 2007 skirmishes because they took sides just as some have already began now. In 2007 some churches retreated to their respective tribes, going as far as publicly supporting particular presidential candidates.

Tribal clashes have been a recurrent feature in Kenya’s political scene especially since the birth of multiparty democracy in 1992. But the worst case was after the 2007 elections in which 1,133 people died and more than 600,000 displaced. The church either took sides or failed to condemn the acts.

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Kimemia Must Step Down for the Sake of Peace and Unity in Kenya

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From: Judy Miriga

Folks,

This is fooling people. The Immigration Officer had no powers of stopping Chief Justistice from travelling unless order were issued from the police side requiring Chief Justice to get clearance from Kimemia. For this I agree with CORD that Kimemia MUST RESIGN.

He has ilicitly and unconstitutionally taken powers of Transitioning which does not belong to him. The buck stops with Kimemia if Kenya has to remain peaceful. All good people must demand that Kimemia step down for the sake of Peace and Unity in Kenya.

In the absence of the Political system being head of the Government, Chief Justice is Supreme. It is the law. In otherwords, Chief Justice is superior to Kimemia and therefore Kimemia faulted in messing with Chief Justice Mutunga. We demand for urgent clarity and thorough investigations in this matter.

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
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Cord wants Kimemia to resign
By Geoffrey Mosoku

NAIROBI, KENYA: CORD leaders Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka have demanded the resignation of Head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia whom they accuse of partisan politics.

The two leaders claimed Kimemia has been using the provincial administration to campaign for their rivals.

“He has become a party activist. If someone wants to participate in politics he should quit,” said Raila.

Kalonzo alleged that they have information that Kimemia has been using chiefs to woo voters for Jubilee in hunger stricken areas through distribution of relief food.

The two leaders were addressing the press at Wilson Airport before flying to Marakwet and Kitui to campaign ahead of the March 4 elections.

The leaders were reacting to a statement by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga who said that he was threatened over the integrity case against Jubilee leaders Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto.

Raila and Kalonzo alleged that the move to threat the CJ were part o a wider scheme to compromise the elections .

On Tuesday, Kimemia denied allegations that he favoured any political party and warned that any civil servant found engaging in partisan politics would be sacked.

Immigration officer in CJ airport saga interdicted
By Cyrus Ombati

NAIROBI, KENYA: An immigration officer who temporarily blocked Chief Justice Willy Mutunga from boarding a plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport while demanding that he gets clearance from the Office of the President has been interdicted.

The National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) made the announcement after meeting on Tuesday.

The committee chaired by Head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia also appointed a team to lead investigations into threats made to the CJ.

The committee members are Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo, Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko and Attorney General Githu Muigai and they will present their findings on Monday.

The officer had barred the CJ from travelling to Dar-es-Salaam until he gets clearance from the Head of Public Service, Mr Francis Kimemia.

“The government highly regrets that the CJ was subjected to such kind of treatment and undertakes to urgently investigate the matter. In the meantime, the officer involved in the incident has been interdicted to pave way for the investigations,” said part of a statement by NSAC sent to newsrooms.

The statement added a circular issued on those who should seek clearance from the Office of the President did not include the CJ, Judiciary and the National Assembly.

It added that there is a protocol officer at the airport is there to ensure all VIPs travel with ease and are accorded appropriate protocols.

The meeting was held to deliberate on Dr Mutunga’s assertions that his life is in danger and he had been harassed at the airport.

Kimemia summoned the meeting on Wednesday after also being criticized of harassing the CJ by requiring that he and other judicial officers be cleared by his office.

The CJ has complained of receiving death threats and being harassed by immigration officers at the Airport.

Apart from Kimemia, National Intelligence Service Director General Michael Gichangi, internal security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo, his Foreign Affairs counterpart Thuita Mwangi and Kimaiyo with his deputies Grace Kaindi and Samuel Arachi sit on the committee.

Attorney General Githu Muigai and Chief of Defence Forces Gen Julius Karangi also attended the meeting.

Top security organ meets over threats to CJ

By Cyrus Ombati

Nairobi, Kenya: The National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) is set to meet in Nairobi Thursday to discuss threats to the Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and judicial officers.

The NSAC that is chaired by head of Civil Service Francis Kimemia will meet at the Office of the President to discuss the issue.

Kimemia summoned the meeting on Wednesday after he was also being criticised of allegedly harassing the CJ when he was nearly stopped from travelling outside the country by immigration officers.

The CJ has complained of receiving death threats and being harassed by immigration officers at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

Apart from Kimemia, National Intelligence Service Director General Michael Gichangi, internal security Permanent Secretary Mutea Iringo, his Foreign Affairs counterpart Thuita Mwangi and Inspector General of police David Kimaiyo sit on the committee.

It is not clear if NSAC will issue a statement later after their meeting. They have not issued a statement in the past meetings.

Already, the Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko has directed Kimaiyo to investigate threats against the Chief Justice and judicial officers.

Tobiko said he had received a letter from Mutunga written by a group claiming to be Mungiki Veterans Group/Kenya Sovereignty Defence Squad in which the CJ and other judges are warned or dire consequences over their work

The threats to the judges were issued before the ruling on an integrity suit against Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and his Jubilee running mate William Ruto.

“The threats contained in the aforesaid letter amount to incitement to violence and a serious interference with and subversion of the administration of justice,” said Tobiko.

“Due to the nature, gravity and implication of this matter, this is to direct you to cause a thorough and speedy investigation to be carried out with a view to apprehending and bringing to justice the perpetrators of these crimes,” added the DPP.

He said he had appointed a team of prosecution counsel in his office to provide legal guidance and advice in the course of the investigation.

“Upon completion of the investigation, the report and findings thereon should be submitted to me for appropriate directions,” said Tobiko.

Kimaiyo said earlier he has confidence in the security seconded to the CJ and other members of the judiciary.

Mama Ngina Kenyatta in court battle over land

By PATRICK KIBET

Former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta wants a case challenging her ownership of two prime plots in Nakuru Central Business District dismissed by the High Court in Nakuru.

Mama Ngina filed an application seeking to dismiss the case brought by a Nakuru businessman Dr Isack Kirubi on grounds that it did not disclose the cause of action against her.

She also said Dr Kirubi in his own evidence did not at any time exclusively own the properties subject to the court case. Mama Ngina added that it would be a violation of her rights for the case to proceed to full hearing without the petitioner justifying the reason for suing her.

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Kirubi had filed a constitutional petition in 2010 alleging infringement of his rights to own property after claiming the prime plot was forcibly taken by Government in 1974. He contended that the then Commissioner of Lands James Aloysius O’Loughlin in May 7, 1974, conspired with the late Jomo Kenyatta to forcibly take the land.

Kirubi wants the High Court to declare the acquisition null and void and the land reverted to him.

In sworn affidavits before Justice Anyara Emukule, Kirubi said he was at all times the registered allotee of the disputed land in Nakuru.

He adds that actions by Mama Ngina in collusion with the Commissioner of Lands were in breach and violation of his rights to protection from deprivation of property as provided by the Constitution. Kirubi also availed documents showing a loan he obtained with the intention of using the money in developing the disputed parcels of land. He claims he was paid the compensation by Government in 1974 through his bank accounts.

Fishing business activities in lake Victoria has resumed in earnest after the dreadful water hyacinth weeds was blown off by current and strong winds

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Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Homa-Bay Town.

FISHING business activities has resumed in earnest after the current and strong winds swept away the water surface of Lake Victoria leaving it clean.

The stakeholders and those involved in fish mongering business as well as thousands of fishermen operating in the rake were on Wednesday this week seen preparing their boats and other fishing gear in readiness to re-deploy them on the lake.

The menace of the water hyacinth weeds did not only hampered the fishing activities, but also blockaded the water surface and even ships steamers and all vessels plying the region, especially those ferrying cargoes and shop-good between the eastern shore of Kisumu pier to neighboring countries like Uganda, Rwanda and Northern Tanzania had come to virtual the last seven months.

The worse hit areas were along the shorelines of the Nyanza Gulf {formerly Kivirondo Gulf covering Bondo, Rarieda, Seme, Kisumu, Nyando, Nyakach, Rachuonyo North and Homa-Bay.

The weed had blocked the lake water making the navigation of steamers and even fishing boats impossible. On two occasions, the government was urgently summoned to avail police helicopter to come to the rescue of fishermen whose boats were stranded in the lake for several days without food or water for drinks.

This happened near Soklo Island ,which is just located a few kilometers outside Homa-Bay town and in Karabondi area in Karachuonyo east.

The invasion of water hyacinth weeds in the last seven months had hampered the fishing activities and has sent the price of fish skyrocketing. Close to 50,000 fishermen are operating inside the Kenyan side of the second largest water mass, which is shared between Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

A good number of fishermen had abandoned their trade and quit the trade in search of green pasture elsewhere. The fishing industry is the mainstay of the economy of the region, coming only second to sugar cane farming.

Experts say that there are close to 4000 fishing boats operating in Nyanza Province and the industry is supporting close to 3 million people, especially those living close to the shorelines of the lake.

The Kenyan fishing communities stretches from River Sio and Rwambwa areas Busia, Busia district and covered the widest area which included the two Nyakach, Nyando, Seme in Kisumu County , Raried and Asembo, Yimbo, Mageta Islands, Oyamo Island, in Uyoma peninsula in Siaya County and,,Gwassi, Mbita, Rachuonyo, Rangwe, in Homa-Bay County,and also small portion of Nyatie in Migori County.

Statistics recently made available by the fisheries department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment moderately indicated that Kenya is raking in Kshs 13 billion annually in foreign exchange as the results of its export of the highly prized Nile Perch filets to the Middle East, Japan, Israel, EU and the US.

Residents of Nyanza Provnce, however, have appealed to the government to find the lasting solution to the menace of water hyacinth weeds.

It could be either removed by mechanized means or manually by hired youths the same way the Ugandan government has done.

A recent report released by the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute revealed that the number of fishermen and fish landing sites in Nyanza Province has decreased and reduced drastically in a span of two years.

The report released in Kisumu two weeks ago indicated that fishing landing sites decreased from 324 in 2010 to 311 last year due to the menace caused by the water hyacinth on Lake Victoria.

It also send a warning signal about the dwindling stock of fish in the lake due to over-fishing, the use of illegal fishing methods

The problem is blamed squarely on lack of protection of fisheries resources and corruption by those assigned the duty of protecting it by the relevant Ministry.

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MUTUNGA’S DEATH THREATS BY MUNGIKI IS NOTHING NEW IN KENYAN POLITICS

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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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KENYA: KIMEMIA CALLS NSAC MEETING

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from: Judy Miriga

Good People,

I am beinging to be seriously concerned that things are not good in Kenya.
Friends and sympathizers must be ready to rescue Kenya from getting ugly.

Kibaki and team are beginning to exercise force against peoples mandate.
This is unacceptable.

Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com

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Kenya: Crisis in Police Over Infighting

Police management is in crisis following infighting between the National Police Service Commission, the Independent Police Oversight Authority, the Office of Inspector General of Police and the Office of the President.

Inspector General David Kimaiyo and the NPSC are embroiled in a fight after the commission controversially appointed three junior officers into top positions without his knowledge.

The NPSC has also differed with Ipoa over the appointment of CID director Ndegwa Muhoro. The National Security Advisory Council on Friday put on hold new appointments in an effort to appease officers ahead of the March 4 general election.

The decision to suspend vetting of senior police officers, and new appointments, until after elections was reached following a high level security meeting between the NPSC, Internal Security PS Mutea Iringo and Kimaiyo.

The meeting in Naivasha was called by Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia after the NSAC expressed concern about the infighting.

The meeting was called to discuss growing anxiety in the police after the NPSC chairman Johnstone Kavuludi announced that the commission had appointed Cecily Gatiti as the police director of personnel, Anthony Munga as the police spokesman and Charles Owino as the director of police Internal affairs.

This was after efforts by the Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution (CIC) to have the four security bodies work in harmony failed.

A meeting called by CIC to discuss the mandate and working boundaries of Ipoa, NPSC and the Ministry of Internal Security ended prematurely after an NPSC commissioner walked out of the meeting at Harambee House last Thursday.

NPSC commission chairman Johnstone Kavuludi yesterday denied that his commissioner walked out of the meeting. Kavuludi, who last evening together with his commissioners flew out of the country for a three-week tour of Sweden, UK and Norway, said he attended the Naivasha meeting to the end with commissioner Ronald Musengi.

He said there was no conflict between the NPSC, the IG, Ipoa and the ministry as alleged on his appointment of junior officers to high offices.

Kavuludi said other commissioners left before the meeting ended because they planned to travel to the Swedish Embassy on Friday evening to pick their travel documents ahead of their flights last night.

Yesterday, CIC chairman Charles Nyachae said his commission will call another meeting of the NPSC, Ipoa and the Internal Security ministry to discuss the mandate of each of the bodies and how to work in harmony. Nyachae declined to state why the earlier meeting failed.

On the decision to stop transfers, promotions and new appointments, Nyachae said: “The solution will not be piecemeal approach. We must have a holistic approach to the issues.”

Ipoa did not attend the meeting but sent apologies. Yesterday, Ipoa chairman Macharia Njeru said his commission had other engagements and could not attend the meeting.

Sources in government yesterday told the Star that failure by the four organisations to agree pushed Kimemia to call the crisis meeting at the Office of the President on Friday.

Sources at the Office of the President meeting said Kimemia, Iringo and Kimaiyo supported a resolution that NPSC withdraw the appointments through a press statement to pacify disgruntled police force.

The meeting, which started at around 5pm and went on until 2am Saturday, directed that NPSC announce that it had suspended plans to vet the police because of the anxiety and tension that it was causing in the police.

The statement jointly authored by Kavuludi and Iringo stated that the NPSC had decided to put on hold transfers, vetting of senior police officers, and new appointments until a new government comes into place.

The IG is however free to deploy extra police officers in areas considered to be insecure especially during the elections. Yesterday, Kimaiyo said the three junior officers who Kavuludi announced last week had been appointed to new positions will not be moving into their new offices.

— On Wed, 2/20/13, Kuria-Mwangi wrote:

From: Kuria-Mwangi
Subject: KIMEMIA CALLS NSAC MEETING
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 2:58 PM

Kumayo na Iringo ni watu wenu:)

On Feb 20, 2013 2:46 PM, “Lee Makwiny” wrote:

Here are the members: Kimemia, Mwangi, Karangi, Muhoro, Iringo, Gichangi and Kimaiyo.

Convince me this meeting is not jubilated.

A Child Of A Luo; A Son Of Kenya

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From: Maurice Oduor

Catherine,

That Child of Luo has not told us about his experiences trying to get jobs in areas of government dominated by our cousins from the slopes. His perception of Kenya would change in a second were he to try and get a job at the central Bank, KRA, Office of the President, Security Organs and Armed Forces, Ministries of Finance, Transportation, Energy etc.

This man should count himself lucky so far that he was able to get into business directly after school.

Courage

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:04 AM, MWANGI, CATHERINE wrote:

I believe this is the story of most people here.

A person may incite you to do something, but ultimately the choice is yours. You have the freedom to say yes or no, and this one nobody can force you. And the choice begins with self.

Let us pray that the good in each one of us prevails.

AMEN

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Subject: A Child Of A Luo; A Son Of Kenya

We received this in our inbox and thought we should share it with you:

Hi,

I am a Luo. I attended my early primary education in Kisii and indeed got many friends there. Later, I went to a school in Kericho, where I had many nice memories with great Kalenjin friends. My Secondary education was in Nairobi, a truly cosmopolitan city . And when it was time to go for higher education, I went to a university in a Kikuyu neighborhood! I got many bosom Kikuyu buddies and some of my business partners come from Mt. Kenya!

All these years, I never had a problem with these diversities in culture and tribes I have encountered. And I won’t start having them now. And, knowing that your life has a similar diversity, I would advise you keep the peace and shun tribal violence before, on and after March 4th.

Yours Truly,
A Child Of A Luo, But A Son Of Kenya

Whatever tribe you were born into, remember that you are ultimately a son or a daughter of Kenya! We, therefore, beg of you to keep our motherland safe from negative ethnicity and electoral violence.

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Kenya: The Kangemi Waruku Human Peace Caravan

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Dear Friends,

The Kangemi Waruku Human Peace Caravan will be flagged by the DC Westlands Ms Flora Mworoa at the Chief’s Office Kitisuru at 8.00am tomorrow morning. The Chief’s Office is immediately by the Kangemi Fly Over, and the Walk will be led by The Administration Police Band and the Traffic Police.

We had our last planning meeting today at the DC’s Office and with us was Ms Petronila Nafula- the CEO Westlands Association. Through the Association, we have been able to receive a Land Rover mounted with a PA and Sound System, some water and sodas from the Westlands Jobless Foundation and Westlands Welfare Association. We are also looking at how we can pay the logistical issues for the Band.

We are also happy with our local mobilizing team led by Brian at Waruku, and the District Peace Committee Teams.

Then on Thursday the 21st Feb 2013, we will host A Million Man Human Peace Caravan in the CBD to be flagged off by the PC Nairobi at Nyayo House in the company of the Chair IEBC and we will walk to Parliament Road, Harambee Avenue, Moi Avenue and end at Jevanjee Gardens. All the Nairobi Candidates are invited with their Friends and Supporters. We want to show the whole Country that we are indeed One Family and One People under God. All are welcome.

Lastly, The Kamukunji Human Peace Caravan will be flagged off by the DC Kamukunji Mr. George Natembeya at the Salvation Army off First Avenue Eastleigh on the 23rd Feb 2013 at 8.00am. In a meeting with the DPC Team Members, Youth and Women Leaders chaired by the DC today at his office, we agreed to aggressively mobilize for the event. And from the look of things, Kamukunji might be the biggest ever event in this series.

On behalf of The Clean Kenya Campaign, may I take this opportunity to thank all our Partners- Friends and Groups that have stepped in to make The Human Peace Caravans a success. We want to sincerely thank the Provincial Administration in Nairobi and Kisumu, and the IEBC Teams for their partnership. We also want to thank the KICC Management for allowing us the use of The Court Yard on the 3rd March 2013 at great discounts as part of their contribution to the Campaign.

We have faith more partners will come on board. And let us not campaign as if we are preparing for war. It is only an election and Kenya and Kenyans will remain Friends after 4th March 2013- quoting Mr. George Natembeya- DC Kamukunji.

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya, a Clean Africa and a Clean General Election as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.

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Kenya: The Inter-clan clashes in Kuria is all about politics and not because of cattle rustling as claimed in certain quarters

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News Analysis By Leo Odera Omolo In Migori Town.

He latest flare up between the two rival sub-clans in Kuria district within Migori County in which thee people have lost their precious lives and close to 70 houses torched leaving more than 570 people displaced did not come about as the result of the traditional cattle rustling, but has some political connotation which need to be investigated thoroughly by the government.

There is something in the skirmishes more than meet the eye. The Kurias are protesting against a political party which is trying to impose an unpopular candidate, who has also long been suspected to be foreign, to represent them in the Senate.

The former Kuria |MP Dr Wilfred Machage is the official ODM candidate for Migori County Senate seat. The latte,r who is also an Assistant Minister for Public Works, has represented the community ever since 2002. He has served as an MP leaning on the PNU side of the ruling grand coalition and was also the deputy PNU party leader.

However, early this year Dr. Machage successfully persuaded the ODM leader Raila Amolo Odinga to accept him with a promise that this new arrangement would give “Agwambo” political mileage over his rivals by harvesting 100 per cent of all the votes within the two Kuria districts of Kuria East and Kuria West.

The Kuria constituency which was created in 1962 has since been splinted into Kuria East and Kuria West. Dr Machage had demanded that he be given a direct nomination as his prerequisite and conditions of rejoining the ODM.

Raila Odinga following intensive persuasion by his front man in Migori County, who is Dalmas Otieno, the Minister for Public Service hastily and readily accepted Dr. Machage’s plan as viable.

Dalmas Oteno while working in cohorts with some Luo MPs from the Migori County who included Edick Omondi Anyanga {Nyatike}, Cyprian Ojwang’ Omolo {Uriri]. John Pesa {Migori} followed the arrangement with a series of night meetings held behind the closed door of the various posh Nairobi hotels.The group later tried in vain to sell the idea to the electorate, but they prove to be so adamant, forcing Raila Odinga himself to make a series of unscheduled visits to Migori in order to bulldoze and coerce the voters to accept that the Kuria community is one of the marginalized minority communities in Kenya and as such need pr0tection by way of reserving certain elective seats with the Migori County governance exclusively for the Kurias.

At the same time, Raila had assured the voters that nobody would be given direct nomination by the ODM and that all the interested aspirants would have to compete in the open for votes.

However, what might have been known to Raila is that Dr.Machage is not a popular leader of all the Kuria people. The former Kuria MP is not a member of any of the four major Kuria sub-clans livng in Kenya. He is a member of Abakenye, a small Kuria sub-clan living in the North Mara in Tanzania and neighboring Jo-Sakwa Kowak and Rieny Kowuoyo.

The major Kuria sub-clans living in Kenya comprises of Abanyabansi, Abairege, Bugumbe and Abakiria. Dr Machage is not a member of any of the four sub-clans and as such he is being treated by the Kuria people as a immigrant and a foreigner and specifically a Tanzanian.living among them.

Another Tanzanian Kuria who in the past has succeeded in sitting inside Kenyan parliament for two parliamentary terms of five years is Eng Shadrack Mangawho was elected an MP between 1992 and 1997 and has served in the defunct MOi KANU government as an Assistant Minister.

Manga is a member of another smaller Kuria sub-clan living across the common Kenya-Tanzania borders which is known as Ntimbaru. After his election, some Kuria intellectuals and politicians made a concerted efforts and even moved to court to have him {Manga} out of Kenyan parliament on claims that he was a Tanzanian and therefore a foreign an ineligible to sit in Kenya in vain. The case was thrown out by the court.

Kuria parliament seat was created in 1962 by the British appointed Boundaries omission, which was led by Prof. Mackenzie in 1962.Its first MP was Benjamin Maisori -Itumbo who was appointed to the post-independence cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Social Services. He had also served as a member of the defunct colonial Legislative Coucil in which he was nominated by the governor Sir.Patrick Renson in 1961.

Maisori-tumbo hails from Bugumbe sub-clan and had dominated Kuria politics for close to three decades. He was later replaced by Samson Marwa Mwita, and later by Walter Mwita.Al the three past MPs were the indignant Kenyan Kuria people.

By the time the ODM made the disastrous decision to have the the Migori County Senate seat reserved for the Kuria, several political – personalities had already hit the peak with their campaign for the same seat. Tey included John Magaiywa , the ODM MIGORI County branch chairman,

The result of the ODM nomination was most disappointing. Raila’s preferred candidate Dr Machage garnered paltry 51,000 votes against Magaiywa’s 72,000 votes. Strangely enough the ODM headquarters issued Dr.Machage with nomination certificate and denied Magaiywa his hard won election victory.

Those privy to information about Kuria politics have confided to us that the latest inter-clans clashes had just come about as the protest by the voters against the ODM decision of supporting the nomination loser while leaving out the winner. He skirmishes cannot be dismissed as caused by cattle rustling, but as the result of bad politics.

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KENYA: WHY KIBAKI IS HESITANT TO GAZETTE THE NAMES OF LAND COMMISSIONERS

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The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste in images
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013

President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya is currently under fire for refusing to obey a court order that gave directives on the appointments of the land commissioners. A court order was issued on February 4th, 2013 and expired on February 11th, 2013, yet Kibaki has totally refused to Gazette the names of the commissioners.

President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga nominated members to the National Land Commission (NLC) to manage public land on behalf of the national and county governments.

The President and PM nominated Muhammad Swazuri, a former commissioner of the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission, as chairperson of the NLC. Other nominees are Dr Tomiik Konyimbih, Silas Muriithi, Dr Rose Musyoka, Dr Samuel Torerei, Abigael Mbagaya, Emma Njogu, Clement Lenachuru and Abdulkadir Khalif.

Kenya National Land Commission will also investigate present or historical land injustices and recommend redress, encourage the application of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in land conflicts, assess tax on land and premiums on immovable property and have over-sight over land use.

Section 67 of the new constitution states that: (1) There is established the National Land Commission. (2) The functions of the National Land Commission are—(a) to manage public land on behalf of the national and county governments; (b) to recommend a national land policy to the national government;

(c) to advise the national government on a comprehensive programme for the registration of title in land throughout Kenya; (d) to conduct research related to land and the use of natural resources, and make recommendations to appropriate authorities; (e) to initiate investigations, on its own initiative or on a complaint, into present or historical land injustices, and recommend appropriate redress;

(f) to encourage the application of traditional dispute resolution mechanisms in land conflicts; (g) to assess tax on land and premiums on immovable property in any area designated by law; and (h) to monitor and have oversight responsibilities over land
use planning throughout the country. (3) The National Land Commission may perform any other functions prescribed by national legislation.

Civil society groups staged a street protest outside Kibaki’s office in Nairobi calling on him to respect the February 5 High Court order that asked him to immediately gazette the officials of the crucial body.

According to reported facts on Kibaki’s wealth posted by Tiskie on Mar 7, 2010, 6:25pm, Kibaki’s family owns 30,000 acres plus. This could explain one of the reasons why Kibaki is hesitant to Gazette the names of commissioners. Click here to read Tiskie’s report- REPORTED FACTS ON KIBAKI’S WEALTH? SHOCKING!!

The Kibaki, kenyatta and Moi families also own large tracts, most held in the names of sons and daughters and other close family members, all concentrated within the 17.2 percent of Kenya that is arable or valued. Remember that 80 per cent of all land in Kenya is mostly arid and semi arid land.

According to the Kenya Land Alliance, more than a 65 percent of all arable land in Kenya is in the hands of only 20 per cent of the 35 million Kenyans. That has left millions absolutely landless while another 67 per cent on average own less than an acre per person.

Uhuru Kenyatta’s family alone owns at least 500,000 acres of prime land spread across the country. The land was acquired by his father in the 1960s and 1970s when the British colonial government and the World Bank funded a settlement transfer fund scheme that enabled government officials and wealthy Kenyans to acquire land from the British at very low prices.

According to estimates done by the independent surveyors and Ministry of Lands, Kenyatta’s land may be little or more than 500,000 acres.The parcel of lands include;

10, 000 acre Gichea Farm in Gatundu.

5, 000 acres in Thika.

9,000 acres in Kasarani Mwiki

5, 000-acre Muthaita Farm.

24, 000 acres in Taveta

50, 000 acres in Taita,

29, 000 acres in Kahawa Sukari along the Nairobi—Thika highway stretching all the way to Kilimambogo Hills in Ukambani.

Others include:

10, 000-acre ranch in Naivasha.,

52,000-acre farm in Nakuru

20,000-acre one, also known as Gichea Farm,

10, 000 acres in Rumuruti,

40,000 acres in Endebes in the Rift Valley Province

Others are:

Brookside Farm, Green Lee Estate,Njagu Farm in Juja, a quarry in Dandora in Nairobi.

Mama Ngina Kenyatta, Magana Kenyatta, Uhuru Kenyatta, Christine Wambui, Anna Nyokabi and Muhoho Kenyatta are among the beneficiaries of the late mzee fortunes.

According to Safina Presidential candidate Paul Muite the issue of land should be fully addressed and those who grabbed public land should hand it over to the government, noting that land was a sensitive issue mainly in Central, Rift Valley and Coast region with the poor been the most affected.

“The issue of land should be addressed from 1963 and if anyone grabbed public land then the government should repossess it,” he said recently when he was addressing tens of IDPs in Mai Mahiu Naivasha where he expressed his concern over their failed resettlement and their living conditions.

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Kenya Television Network Prime News: Miguna Vs Househelp

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From: Gordon Teti

The controversial writer and political activist Miguna Miguna is back in the news once again. Miguna has been questioned by the police in the city for allegedly assaulting his house help. Miguna’s house help told the police she was assaulted and later chased away from the controversial former civil servants Runda residence. Miguna on his part claims the house help was not a victim of assault but an agent of powerful forces out to have him killed. Miguna, who is a former aide to prime minister Raila Odinga told journalists in his compound he had learnt the woman had been paid one million shillings by two bodyguards of two ministers to poison him. Police have since visited Miguna’s residence and have promised to investigate the matter.

Happened today. WATCH: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/ktn/video/watch/2000063840/-miguna-vs-househelp

Kenya: Raila’s convoy almost ran into tear gas as the police battle with rowdy youths in Ahero Town

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By Leo Odera Omolo in Kisumu City

POLICE in Ahero town, Nyando district within the Kisumu County were at the weekend forced to lob tear gas canister against a section of unruly crowd that turned up to welcome the Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his entourage.

Two former MPs for Nyando and Muhoroni constituencies were the new targets for booing and heckling. These were the Muhoroni MP Prof.Patrick Ayiecho Olueny, who is also an assistant Minister for education and Fred Outa the former Nyando MP.

Raila travelling with a team of cabinet Ministers and MPs were on their way to Kisumu after addressing a series of campaign rallies in Kipkellion and Nandi Hills which the incident occurred. During his brief stop at the Chemelil roundabout, the residents booed and heckled Prof.

Accompanying the Prime Minister were the Lands Minister James Orengo, Local Government Minister Fred Gumo, Industrialization Minister Henry Kosgey, Health Services Minister Prof.Anyang’ Nyong’o, Energy Assistat Minister Magarer Lang’at Prof.

The crowd became highly agitated after the Prime Minister tried to introduced the two local MP and told the audience that they should vote on six piece voting pattern, saying that he needed to win the presidency with a strong and experienced team.

The situation remained the same at Awasi, but it developed into very noisy when the group reached Ahero town.The crowd disapproved the candidature of both Ayiecho Oluenya {Muhoroni}, and Fred Outa {Nyando} arguing loudly that the two did not win the elections during the recently concluded, but much flawed ODM primary nomination.

During the violence confrontation between the police and the crowd which fought the running battles into the nearby villages, Ahero-Oyugis-Kisii and Ahero-Kisumu road was blocked from 5.30 P.M. to 8 P.M. Motorists stopped and parked their vehicles by the roadside. They included Matatus,tracks and buses. their vehicles voluntarily while fearing the worse and having them damaged by flying stones.

It became apparently clear that the six piece voting system would not work inside Luo-Nyanza,though the Prime Minister has been crusading for this system aggressively wherever he goes.

The bone of contention everywhere is that the majority of the aspirants for the various elective positions who were sanction by the ODM and cleared by the IEBC to contest the election were not adequately elected by the popular votes, and therefore lacked the blessing of the electorate. The electorate as result are insisting that they should be allowed to cast votes on individual personality cult and not on party line due to the flopped ODM nominations.

Prof Ayiecho Olueny is facing the populist Nairobi businessman James Onyango K’Oyoo who had won the rim\ry in Muhoroni with landslide, but who the ODM party big-wigs had rigged and denied victory, which was corruptively handed over to Prof. Olueny.

In Nyando J.Okello a youthful aspirant had trounced Fred Outa, but the ODM headquarters issued Outa with the nomination certificate to the chagrins of the voters.

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