We want the Constitution completed NOT BOUNDARIES or else…..
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:38:18 -0700 [04/28/2009 08:38:18 AM CDT]
From: jbatec@ . . .
Subject: We want the Constitution completed NOT BOUNDARIES or else.....
Folks,
Top on the list, the Coalition Government must leave everything else and give us the constitution. Anything else other than that people lets go Civil and take our government back. We must not give them an hour of the day. They cant do it for us.
I want consesus.
Thanks,
Speaker to rule on HBC tussle
Written By:Mary Daraja , Posted: Tue, Apr 28, 2009
Speaker of the National assembly Kenneth Marende will Tuesday afternoon rule on who between the Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka takes the position of the leader of government business.
Coalition partners PNU and ODM have been huggling since last week over the position.
Marende was expected to consult the president and the premier before making a ruling on the matter.
Delay in the composition of the house business committee which sets the agenda of the house is halting business in parliament.
Meanwhile, PNU and ODM were locked up in separate meetings Tuesday morning ahead of parliamentary session.
The grand coalition partners are battling for supremacy in parliament with both sides maintaining hardline stands on the composition of the house business committee.
PNU parliamentary group is at KICC chaired by Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka While Prime Minister Raila Odinga is chairing ODM PG at old chambers.
PNU says it is confident speaker Kenneth Marende will consider the constitution in his ruling on the leader of government business.
Elsewhere, the parliamentary select committee on the constitution is expected to name nominees to the boundaries review commission today.
The committee which carried out some interviews yesterday is hauled up in a meeting at county hall to conclude the nomination exercise.
Former provincial commissioner Joseph Kaguthi, former assistant minister Andrew Ligale, former MP Wanyiri Kihoro and human rights activist Harun Ndubi are among those battling for the post of chairmanship.
PSC will then forward the list of nominees to parliament for approval.
The boundaries commission will be charged with the responsibility of reviewing and drawing new administrative and constituency boundaries.
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
RE: could he be our obama?
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:07:58 +0000 [04/28/2009 02:07:58 AM CDT]
From: charles otieno
Subject: RE: could he be our obama?
Olekina Ledama for 2012
www.ledama.com
The past has been the politics of divisiveness. The future is politics that favors common sense and respects diverse opinions.
The past has been the status quo that benefits the few. The future is a state that represents and works for all.
The past has been a deaf ear to our youth. The future is an open hand to welcome the youth into the political process.
As president of Kenya, I will work to improve the way of life for ALL Kenyans—through education; upgrading our infrastructure to bring fresh water to lands and villages that desperately need it; a sound energy policy; an economic policy that does not seek out handouts from beyond our borders but builds a productive, innovative Kenya from within.
The past is a different country. The future is Kenya.
Olekina
charlo
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:48:46 -0700
From: warugi2005@ . . .
Subject: [YP_Ke] Re: Mungiki Menace
Thanks Ed,
I've been enlightened by the summary, but the question is what exactly does the Mungiki want, anything negeocible or just recognition?
I hope this matter can be solved peacefully while sitted not in the battle field.
Its terribly sad.....
Blessed day
Phylis Wanjiru
--- On Wed, 4/22/09, ed moses wrote:
From: ed moses
Subject: Re: Mungiki Menace
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 2:08 AM
Odhiambo, may not claim to know much 'bout them, but I feel in summary that this group is a faceless evolution of a group faced with identity crisis; with each phase being a product of many factors. I borrow this inference from some facts herebelow:Pls note the ideological evolution and the external under-currents that fan this evolution.....
* The gang consists mainly of youths from Kenya's largest tribe, the Kikuyu, and began as a hardline offshoot of the Tent of the Living God, a religious sect that espoused a return to traditional tribal beliefs and a rejection of Western values.
* The word Mungiki means "multitude" in the Kikuyu language.
* The group at first advocated female circumcision and tobacco sniffing. It later adopted rituals like swearing oaths and wearing dreadlocks, like the Mau Mau rebels who fought the British colonial government before independence in 1963.
* Its size is unknown but it claims thousands of members, especially unemployed youths including some whose communities were destroyed in tribal clashes in the 1990s. It has adopted a politically militant tone, siding with the poor against rich elites it accuses of doing the bidding of former colonial masters.
* It has long run extortion rackets in the lucrative minibus taxi industry.
* Police say Mungiki is Kenya's version of the mafia: involved in murder, extortion and racketeering, levying protection fees on the urban poor and supplying electricity and water illegally at a monopoly price. They say it commits kidnappings and hires out thugs as political muscle.
* Security experts say gang members swear an oath of secrecy not unlike the Italian mafia, and can leave the gang in only one way -- by dying. Any betrayal is punishable by death.
* The group has links to politicians and powerful Kikuyu families and is suspected of colluding with crooked police officers in exchange for a cut of their extortion schemes.
etc etc
On 4/22/09, Odhiambo ????? wrote:
Hello YPs,
Have the chickens come home to roost?
Looking at what the Mungiki has done in Nyeri (or is it Karatina), I am tempted to say so, even as it also looks so sad. If someone asked me what Mungiki is, I'd go back and say they are the descendants of the former farm labourers for the mzungu farms (wherever they existed. I was/am not a history student!) who were later left landless. That's the only thing I deciphered from the few articles I have read, due to my little interest in the grouping.
Now that things have taken a different dimension, I'd really love to know who the Mungiki are and what their real problem is. Of course, this should not be bundled together with their use as a terror tool by some politicians. If someone were to wake up today and say s/he wants to resolve the Mungiki complaint, what would that complaint be? Is it just land problem? Is it something else we don't know? We've associated Mungiki with extortionist practices in Nairobi and Central province mostly, but we have not quite identified the problem they want to solve.
May I ask request our Kikuyu brothers/sisters who have good knowledge of the Mungiki factor to enlighten us on what it is and the factors around it and whether it can be addressed, and how?
Where it has gotten now, I really fear for what is coming next. The killing fields will spread far and wide in Central province, and perhaps in Nairobi if what has happened in Nyeri is anything to go by.
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Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
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Re: President Kibaki will not Bulge
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:13:55 +0000 [04/27/2009 11:13:55 AM CDT]
From: Murithi Magiri
Subject: Re: President Kibaki will not Bulge
Someone please try and explain to me why Kibaki in all of his senses should negotiate on appointment of Leader of Government Business. In all honesty i think that shouldn't happen.
I think Kenyans are getting of tired of the daily political circus. Today its this , tomorrow that. The other day we said the church leaders were insane calling for elections, today we think its the best thing. Talking ourselves into irrelevance. God forbade.
I think some people will not be even contented of the highest office in the land when given a chance ,they will probably want to be the Speaker or CJ at the same time. At this rate Kenya will grow at snail's place.
The times we live in.
God bless Kenya,
Magiri
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” Thomas Jefferson
--- On Sat, 25/4/09, jbatec@ . . . wrote:
From: jbatec@ . . .
Subject: President Kibaki will not Bulge
Date: Saturday, 25 April, 2009, 10:58 PM
Folks,
I have come to a conclusion that there is a serious constitutional crisis in Kenya after watching these most recent videos.
The PNU group do not honor the Coalition Accord. They want ODM to exist on paper but not in action. We need urgent help brothers and sisters before the boiling steam spills over. They have argued openly in some quarters that President Kibaki rulership will not be dictated by the ACCORD agreement and so do not need to consult, he will use powers prefered to him as the President to dictate terms without consulting with the partners as was signed in the ACCORD AGREEMENT. In other words, the implimentation of the ACCORD is most likely to fail and very unlikely to go smoothly from what can be seen from this tug of war.
We appeal to the World Leaders to step in and influence UN Security Council to take immediate action to resolve the impasse. I attach Youtube video for your reference.
Thank you,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
Pls. Watch this.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64O6zGpAN8k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfHzkAViohg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FBW20BSRlI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_BMmyHr9I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxlbleeAmco
Re: PM IS POWER HUNGRY????
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:16:19 -0700 [04/27/2009 04:16:19 AM CDT]
From: WILSON MOSE
Subject: Re: PM IS POWER HUNGRY????
Wanabidii!
Am just wondering how quick we forget.To speak the truth the PM won the elections and its still in our minds how his victory was stolen.He acepted to take a lessen position.Now the likes of kalonzo wants to be more senior than the person kenyans chose as the CEO.Hon Raila has been mistreated so much and let me ask where was kalonzo during the signing of the accord?how can he be senior?????
It is very wrong for the PNU die hards to refer Raila as Power greed.If he was greed for power he could not have accepted anything less of his victory.Kalonzo and Kibaki are the power greedy.
Wilson Mose.
Impossible is Nothing.
--- On Fri, 4/24/09, Albert Bandura wrote:
From: Albert Bandura
Subject: PM IS POWER HUNGRY????
Received: Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:39 AM
Hi,
What is happening to the Cabinet and the members of parliament? I thought there was some meeting immediately after the Grand Coalition was formed that tried to explain to the members and educate them on the way the accord was going to affect governance. How come the PNU operatives now say the PM is power hungry?
They have tried in the past few weeks to paint him as power hungry while he is only trying to fulfill the letter of the accord duly signed by both parties. In that case who is power hungry? If I was to agree with that you give me half an acre out of the one available acre with part of the machinery in it, then one year down the line you decide that you give me the half but refuse to give me the machinery as agreed. In this case am I wrong to ask for my part as written down and signed by the two of us? Even my family will blame me if I do not follow up on the machines. Your servants then go round the market complaining that I want to take over the whole farm and that I am selfish and that i do not want to develop the farm. With what when the machinery is still held up in your hands.
That is what is happening with PNU operatives who pretend that they do not understand the problem with the PM and that he wants the whole government and does not want to respect the President. Do they as members respect the PM who is supposedly their supervisor? How can you talk in public about someone you are supposed to respect? How do you do that when the President does not respect the national accord to the letter but chooses to sit on the gray areas!
Albert
Brace for another serious global pandemic
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:19:13 +0200 [04/27/2009 04:19:13 AM CDT]
From: Paul Saoke
Subject: Brace for another serious global pandemic
Dear colleagues,
I received this from the International Society of Doctors for the Environment and felt it is important to share with you. Kindly note that there are two viruses attacking humans simultaneously - the Mexican one is a seasonal one while the Califronian one is new. The biggest problem is that the combined effect of both could be disastrous for humanity. Those interested in the details (which I think is very important for those who intend to run news on it) please read the PDF attachment.
Human Transmission of Swine H1N1
http://www.recombinomics.com/whats_new.html
"This virus is different, very different from that circulating in pigs **. That was a red flag" Finelli told WebMD and several other news organizations.
"The other red flag is both cases appeared almost simultaneously, 100 miles apart.
The above comments leave little doubt that the H1N1 swine flu is being efficiently transmitted human to human in southern California. Moreover, family members had symtomps before and after the confirmed cases, indicating the H1N1 spread efficiently within each family The unique constellation of swine genes has not been reported previously and the two cases do not have swine contacts.
On April 17, 2009, CDC determined that two cases of febrile respiratory illness occurring in children who resided in adjacent counties in southern California were caused by infection with a swine influenza A (H1N1) virus.
The viruses from the two cases are closely related genetically, resistant to amantadine and rimantadine, and contain a unique combination of gene segments that previously has not been reported among swine or human influenza viruses in the United States or elsewhere. Neither child had contact with pigs; the source of the infection is unknown... Although this is not a new subtype of influenza A in humans, concern exists that this new strain of swine influenza A (H1N1) is substantially different from human influenza A (H1N1) viruses, that a large proportion of the popu-lation might be susceptible to infection, and that the seasonal influenza vaccine H1N1 strain might not provide protection.
[http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm58d0421.pdf ]
The 1918 pandemic strain has polymorphism from swine and human H1N1 in all eight gene segments. Similar swapping of polymorphism in human co-infected with season and swine H1N1 can lead to rapid evolution. .
It is likely that there are swine flu cases in Mexico, and it is likely that the current influenza outbreak includes a high number of swine flu cases. There have been 20 fatalities due to atypical pneumonia, and cases have been unusually high for mid to late April. Samples have been sent to Canada for analysis, and the CDC said they were also investigating. However, there is little doubt that a high percentage of cases in Mexico are swine flu. School closings throughout southern Mexico, affecting millions of students were just announced. As flu season ends in the northern hemisphere, identifying swine flu cases should be easier.
However, the mild nature of the illness will likely lead to spread into the southern hemisphere increasing the frequency of co-infections with H1N1seasonal flu and acquisition of Tamiflu resistance (H274Y)
The CDC has promptly released the HA (EPI176470), NA(EPI176472), and M(EPI176471) gene sequences of A/California/04/2009 from 10M (at GISAID). These sequences confirm that the NA and M genes have a Eurasian swine origin, while the HA sequences is North American swine. The presence of S31N in the M gene, which is common in European swine, confers resistance to amantadine and rimantadine. Release of the sequences from the other isolate would be useful to determine how long these viruses have been in human populations.
triple reassortant subtype H1N1 viruses are not new: please see the attachment too:
Newman AP, Reisdorf E, Beinemann J, Uyeki TM, Balish A, Shu B, Lindstrom S, Achenbach J, Smith C, Davis JP. Human case of swine influenza A (H1N1) triple reassortant virus infection, Wisconsin. Emerg Infect Dis. 2008 Sep;14(9):1470-2]
Surveillance data suggest that triple reassortant subtype H1N1 viruses are the predominant genotype of subtype H1N1 viruses in North American pigs .. Persons having direct contact with swine are at greatest risk of infection with swine influenza viruses but such contact is not documented in all cases Human-to human transmission of swine influenza virus is rare, but evidence suggests that it has occurred.. Human illness caused by infection with swine infl uenza viruses is often indistinguishable clinically from infections caused by other influenza viruses complications, including pneumonia and death, have been documented.. Asymptomatic infections in humans caused by swine influenza viruses may occur and therefore, the true frequency of swine-to-human infl uenza virus transmissionis unknown ]
read or d/l .pdf document Influenza_virus.pdf
http://blog.jaluo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/29/Influenza_virus.pdf
The National Accord and Reconciliation Bill 2008
Hi
Wanabidii, mpo.
Hope you are fine. Just have a look at the The National Accord and Reconciliation Bill 2008. Hope it will give you some understanding on how accord was created.
Have a fantastic day.
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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:10:13 -0700 [04/27/2009 03:10:13 AM CDT]
From: james murithi
Subject: The National Accord and Reconciliation Bill 2008
Re: Raila and ODM MPs declare we go back to elections!!!
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:20:12 -1200 [04/27/2009 02:20:12 AM CDT]
From: symo kahari
Subject: Re: Raila and ODM MPs declare we go back to elections!!!
Kudos Raila and his team. The fact is that he was not hungry of power and that's why he accepted the PM seat to avert more disaster in this country. Mind you the Luo's where on in war, truth is, kikuyu and Kalenjins were the ones disturbing each other. This clearly shows Raila was seriously concerned about these two tribes and the rest 40 in the republic. Waitishe uchaguzi and am going to marshal support for our hero PM and we elect him overwhelmingly.
Kahari
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:14:16 -0700 [04/27/2009 12:14:16 AM CDT]
From: Steven Maina
Subject: Re: Raila and ODM MPs declare we go back to elections!!!
and to prove that he is not just talk, let us see if the PM and his ODM will resign en masse! I suspet this is just sabre rattling!
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From: otieno sungu
Sent: Sunday, 26 April, 2009 16:07:20
Subject: Raila and ODM MPs declare we go back to elections!!!
Raila and ODMs MPs have refused to climb down on the demand for the Leader of Government Business in parliament and are calling for fresh elections.
Kibaki and PNU on the other side have refused to climb down on their claim that the VP will hold that position having been appointed by the President.
What say Wanabiddii??
Turudi debe we get a legit government and a legit President properly and popularly elected?
Sungu.
Juba-Southern Sudan.
Re: Storming State House/parliament an option/Popular uprising
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:51:41 -0700 [11:51:41 AM CDT]
From: Isaac Ochola
Subject: Re: Storming State House/parliament an option/Popular uprising
I am with Kamau 100percent.
Lets get the numbers and move out and do the necessary.
It pains me to see idiots, bigots, thieves etc... given airtime by the media to insult us (their employers).
Its akin to shitting on the hand that feeds you.
These people shit on us day after day and brainwash some of us to do their dirty bidding.
We sometimes do it because they have got us to the point where we are so poor and desperate and hungry that we will listen to their vitriol.
Lets get these potheads out onto the streets because it can be done e.g in the countries that have been given as examples. My fav one is the philippines and the clearest pic I have in memory is the number of shoes Imelda had in her walk in shoe mansion.
We will be no worse off if we have a country wide mutiny.
As it is we are little or no better than Somalia etc...
After all we host pirates and theis commanders.
Our police and army are ineffective !
How much worse can it get ???
I support you brother.
Ike
--- On Sat, 4/25/09, Kamau Ngethe wrote:
From: Kamau Ngethe
Subject: Storming State House/parliament an option/Popular uprising
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 5:46 AM
Dear Fellow Kenya,
On Thursday Hon. Ababu Namwamba in his contribution to the ongoing debacle of who to head the HBC warned parliamentarians that they risk the public wrath if they are not careful enough and continue to squabble. He said the public may soon storm the house to express their anger against their "insensitive" so called leaders. I totally agree with Ababu on this particular warning.
Going by what we saw happening in Kibera, where the public chased away contigents of police officers and stopped Rift Valley railaway workers from repairing the vandalised part of the railway, it is possible to gang up as Kenyans and eject this indecisive fellows from State House. Philipine did it successfully. Thailand is doing it. It is called people's power, Madagascar is the recent case. It works and it has worked in some countries. Why not in Kenya? It is time Kenyan say enough is enough and pour into the streets.
What the hell is Kibaki doing in State House when Migingo and part of Pokot district are forcefully taken away by Uganda? peope are dying of anger; Mungiki sponsored by Uhuru Kenyatta himself is transforming into rebel movement slaughtering human beings like chicken; Just a few days ago Grand Regency was given out by Kimunya and they shared the lot with the old man; the first lady was caught with pants down in a maize scandal; Kiraitu soarsafter oil deal aand get big s'sprotection; reforms process is thrown to the dogs by Kibaki and his greedy henchmen to protect executive power with the hope that Uhuru will take over; All these happens and the old man's mouth remains cemented.
Central province voted for the old man against Raila Odinga almost to the man yet he cannot (out of human consciousness and empathy wake up from his sleep and send a message of condolence tohis people after mungiki ran rampage killinng more than 29. Othaya is a neighbor to the scene of the ugly murders. What a caresless and small hearted man we have in the name of president? I now believe that the revenge killing of innocent people in Naivasha during post-elections violence was planned right in his sitting room as Akiwumi report revealed. This old man should be haunted out of State house and taken to the Hague to wait for the remaining days of his life in jail.
Kibaki is messing the counrty to the point that he has abandoned his consitutional responsibility to the Uhuru, Saitoti and Michuki group. Kalonzo Musyoka is just a hired toolboy to do the dirty job with a dream to get "meat from hyena" come 2012. One day he will have to account for sacrificing Kenyans for the sake of VP post.
But three and a half years are just to long to endore the suffering Kenyans are going through. Kenyans need the determination like that witnessed in Kibera and Philipines for just one week the old man will wakeup from his sleep.
Removing Kibaki and this 10th parliament through any means will not succeed becuse we have hungry and beggers in parliament who will not at any time accept to go hoome voluntarily. Furthermore, Kenya has no electoral body to supervise elections and this is the tool they are using not to move a motion of no confidence against an old man. POPULAR UP-RISING is the best alternative. Kenya has reached a point where people have no hope in anybody.
If you agree with this suggestion please start convincing, sensitise and mobilise anybody within your reach. Start with your family members, relatives, friends, workmates, police and military friends and relatives, International friends, ambassadors if you can reach them, etc. THis is how it worked in Philipines and Thailand. We have also given (CC) you contact addresses of parliment, state house and this PNU spokesman-Mutua if you can write them direct.
Note that this is not about Kikuyu, Jaluo, Kamba, Western Coast, Onyango, Kamua, Mwajuma, Karua. It is about our lives and the future of our poor children. We will launch the POPULAR UPRISING soon.
Thanks,
Kamau Ngethe
Re: MWAKWERE ANNOINTED MIJIKENDA ELDER….TOLD TO RUN FOR STATE HOUSE 2012!!
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:05:15 -0700 [10:05:15 AM CDT]
From: Jairus K'Onyiego
Subject: Re: MWAKWERE ANNOINTED MIJIKENDA ELDER....TOLD TO RUN FOR STATE HOUSE 2012!!
Kombo,
I can bet you he will, as long as he believes that there are so many "Avana va efwe" to back him. Or worse still, you know the guy grew up in a tribeless area called "Makadush" Makadara DC, where as old as Atwoli is he and other agemates still call themselves Vijana wa Mtaa. And sure that madness does not only stop with the likes of Mwakwere, but in many instatces it stretches and finds its ways in the heads of many Vijana wa mtaa.
I would want to believe that these Vijana wa mtaa know better, but as you have seen with Atwoli, it is a clear indication that the "political madness common with many of our politicians is found at every angle and corner. Mtaa, though, has produced a variety of public servants, who are mature, rational and dignifyied in their own rights. Makadush/Jeri/Ofafa, has produced the likes of the Late PC Waiganjo, the likes of Kwendo Opanga, Barack Muluka, PLO, former MP Reuben Ndolo and the Great RTD PM Raila Odinga all have their roots in those three Mtaas.
Had Wainganjo resigned as a Pc and seeked an elected office as an MP, I can assure you he could have become an MP, because those Vijana wa Mtaa who supported him were numerous. I also believe that, this is what propelled Ndolo to Parliament, and what also nearly put PLO through to Parliament.
I dare say this, that if Atwoli ever makes up his mind to vie for the seat over there in Mtaa, better known as Makadush Constituency, I wont be surprised, if thousands of diehard supporters comes out, ready to vote him to Parliament. And not only that, they will be ready to lay their life before Atwoli. All Atwoli will need to do is to convince them that "Yeye ni kijana ya Mtaa ya Makadush Damu."
Now whether Atwoli has a Vision for their Future will not be material. All that will mater is that Atwioli ni Wetu,...... Si huyo Msee ame lewa hapa mtaani? Basi yeye ndiyo tunampigia kura. This is what makes me say that the Voter is the culprit, for we allow ourselves to act without further engaging our brains as to what is good for us in future. That Civic education, I talked about earlier, therfore will be our savior. Bidii Africa can therefore be of great service to Kenyans if it can have postings for civic education to enlighten Wanainchi.
From: Kombo Ogaro
Subject: Re: MWAKWERE ANNOINTED MIJIKENDA ELDER....TOLD TO RUN FOR STATE HOUSE 2012!!
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3:46 AM
You are absloutely right - we are the problem hahaha yes we vote him. I wanna see Otwoli running for MP
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 7:19 AM, Jairus K'Onyiego wrote:
Kombo
In your opinion and many others who are frustrated by these "Payukaring Paliamenterians" you might say that Mwakwere is good for nothing, but have you noticed that whenever such madness of installation s take place, there will be so many "Raia" who occasion these functions. In short this madness id supported by none other than the Voter. That Voter is foolishly ready and more than willing to keep this cycle of madness turning on and on.
It therefore requires a massive civic education of these ignorant citizens, to look further, into what they want, for their lives and the future of their children, so that they can make the right choice when it comes to election time. Right now many Kenyans have come to realize that the Leader of the Nation has taken too many things for Granted and as such has forgotten what the people elected him to do. But I can tell you this, that, if the man was to be eligible, constitutionally, to stand again, you will be surprised how many millions will vote for him.
The Citizens therefore, are the problem, for many of them fail to come out of this tribal cocoon, which will as a result liberate them from the likes of Mwakwere.
K'Onyiego
--- On Sat, 4/25/09, Kombo Ogaro wrote:
From: Kombo Ogaro
Subject: Re: MWAKWERE ANNOINTED MIJIKENDA ELDER....TOLD TO RUN FOR STATE HOUSE 2012!!
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 9:21 AM
NO. He is a good for nohting politicin. A zealot for no good cause. He wont make in 2012 as an MP - a young woman is running against him and she contributes to this forum quite a lot. Watch out -the prodigals are coming up!
Kombo
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Oladipoh Alphonce wrote:
Okay news just in...at our Radio Station, Radio Salaam.....Mwakwere has just been annointed as the Kaya elder and mandated to deliver state house to the mijikenda come 2012!! This comes after similar initiatives by the late Karisa Maitha, Robert Matano and others...
The annointed ceremony was held in Kwale this afternoon...whats your
take? does he stand a chance?
Uganda in a crisis with itself
Hi good people
As i have been suspecting for a long time about how Uganda land issues are normally resolved,a mainstream daily have hust confirmed my fears.Mark you this is a govt newspaper in Uganda.Please copy this URL to your browser's address bar and read more for yourself.Uganda has a land crisis with itself and that crisis is spilling over to almost all its neighbors not just Kenyaand somehow,we cannot let fires inside a neighbor's house burn us too.Something has to be done
Here is the URL.http://newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/679164
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:29:31 +0300 [10:29:31 AM CDT]
From: Dere South
Subject: Uganda in a crisis with itself
WHAT IS WRONG WITH KENYA(NS)
What is wrong with Kenya, we postulate. Or put bluntly, what is the problem with Kenyans? The country attained her full independence in 1964 but as the cliché goes, her contemporaries at independence time are way ahead in terms of development.
In as much as we continue to mourn the death of democracy in the country, we may as well reckon that democracy, which which rules by the majority is not the problem in Kenya. As we seek answers as to why a human being can muster the ability and strength to slaughter his fellow human being, we may as well understand that it is such instances of insecurity which make up the problems in Kenya. As we still try to find out who really won the presidential elections in 2007, we may come to the sad fact this does not constitute the problem Kenya faces. As we grapple with hunger and cases of maize being stolen from national reserves, we must know this is not part of Kenya problem. When we try top ponder why high level corruption can never be prosecuted in the country, we may come to realize there is a very big problem other than these in the country. Our problem is our lack of reason.
When the government feels tired and yawns every time it has to reason, our country gets on its knees. When the government does not want to puteffort to reason, it makes it hard for wheels that drive the country to move any inch. When Kenyans do not reason, Kenya fails to reason. When all we care about is positions of influence yet we fail to inject reason into those positions, we fail miserably.
We must accept the fact that we lack the ingredients that constitute reason. That is why our biggest endowment is pleasure when politicians offer contradictions. In short, what would be absurd to the American or Briton is humour to us. What Tom Daschle finds as reason enough to make him opt out of an Obama government cannot be reason for a Kenyan minister to quit. What Bill Clinton finds as reason to confess he has sinned is no reason enough for a Kenyan leader to know he is not infallible that as a human being, he can also make mistakes. We are totally in a strange country!
When a draft constitution is put forth for us to deliberate whether it is good or not, not just for our ego but also for future generations, we hide reason at the rooftops of our houses and allow politicians to decide the best way, when we know too well, just like us, they do not use reason. I sometimes agree with the president when he uses the ‘pumbavu’ slur, for it is what can best explain the cause and effects of what we do.
When that time comes where reason shall replace considerations of expediency, politics, popularity and vanity, then we can as well match the strides made by our age mates in independence terms.
Fwamba Nc Fwamba
Muriuki Mukurima
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Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:31:43 -0700 [08:31:43 AM CDT]
From: crispus fwamba
Subject: WHAT IS WRONG WITH KENYA(NS)
Kibaki Must Not Dictate Terms
Folks,
The author here talks about legal merit, facts of which is neither here nor there. The author goes on to state that the President is Head of the Government, which is true in an authenticated legal merit where people elect mandate is respected. But in the prevailing circumstances, peoples mandate was not respected, and therefore Kibaki Government is not legitimate. There are evidence that proved election was stolen, and by coup Kibaki and PNU foes installed themselves into leadership illegally.
In extension, and for the sake of peace, Kofi Annan together with Eminent leaders stepped in to save a situation and to avert more shedding of blood and loss of lives.
The election of 2007 was disqualified and by consultation and for purposes of peace, the ACCORD was signed between Raila ODM and Kibaki PNU before Kofi Annan with other Eminent leaders. By authentication, Raila and ODM merited ownership of Presidency and Official Leader of Bussiness matters because they had doubled the number of elected members compared to Kibaki and his PNU foes, an indication that they were the winners of the disputed election. In other words ODM had more numbers in the Parliament than PNU, the only way Kibaki retained leadership is by fraud.
Consequently, The National Accord and Reconciliation Act (2008), was formalized for purposes of creating conducive environment for dialogue, where peace would be restored and the Constitutional Reform Order be completed within a period of six months, so a repeat of election could be called. However, the Judiciary legal institution dragged their feet with unwarranted delaying tactics where we saw Martha Karua and others hope and skip to buy time. As we all awaited eagerly, one year past and the Reform Agenda was technically put in abeyance.
Without looking at the legal jargon, in simple terms and in all fairness, the coalition government was constituted so PNU and ODM between Kibaki and Raila share 50/50 a Government in waiting. I would rather the author of this document in his understanding, explain to the people or better still, design logistic methodology of an understanding meaning of 50/50 share. We just want a fair share of debate here, considering that the general public are very angry that their votes were stolen and that they have all along been taken in circles of roller coster in an empty stomach. They have a right to know who is messing up with their livelihood.
Basically, we all want to see in action PM Raila in his jurisdiction performing in the Coalition Government. If after one year, President Kibaki in the first session played PM Raila a dumb, then I do not see the reason why as a co-partner in the signed accord, he Prime Minister should not step in to occupy a position which by right and by virtue belongs to him. Kalonzo Musyoka in essense is a spoiler and a non-entity here.
Evidently, there is no reason for redrafting an ACCORD, because Kibaki's Presidency is not legit, he therefore, has no supreme powers (as the author states) to dictate or order (this is where the ACCORD comes in) - any matter that is disputed, should go to the house for debate and be determined by vote in Parliament.
There is no way you can treat a criminal thief with prominency when in actual fact he does not deserve it. It is foolshardy. Kibaki and PNU were just given a benefit of doubt to get by. That does not mean they have a right to bully.
Thanks,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
ODM has no legal merit for Raila to take over top Parliament job
PLO Lumumba
Listening to MPs debate who should be the Leader of Government Business in the House on Thursday was embarrassing. It was equally shocking that some MPs are incapable of comprehending the laws and Standing Orders they themselves made.
It is true the 2007 elections were bungled. It is also true Kenyan politicians led by President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga were essentially compelled by the international community to enter into an accord. It is also true the two competing parties, PNU and ODM, sent negotiators, who arrived at an agreement reduced into the National Accord and Reconciliation Act 2008 and The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act 2008. These introduced Section 15A, which provides that inter alia: There shall be a Prime Minister of the Government of Kenya.
Section 3(1) of The National Accord and Reconciliation Act states: There shall be a Prime Minister of the Government of Kenya and two Deputy Prime Ministers, who shall be appointed by the President in accordance with this section.
A proper and honest reading of the law as negotiated clearly shows the position of the President, as Head of State and Government did not change. It may be true the parties’ intended otherwise but the law remains, which is an indictment of the negotiators, particularly the ODM team.
The Constitution provides at Section 23 that: (1) The executive authority of the Government of Kenya shall vest in the President and, subject to this Constitution, may be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him; (2) Nothing in this section shall prevent Parliament from conferring functions on persons or authorities other than the President.
Conversely, the Accord Act Section 4 spells out as follows: (1) The Prime Minister; (a) shall have authority to co-ordinate and supervise the execution of the functions and affairs of the Government, including those of Ministries; (b) may assign any of the co-ordination responsibilities of his office to the Deputy Prime Ministers, as well as one of them to deputise for him; (c) shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the President or under any written law.
The upshot of the above is that under Kenya’s hybrid system of government, the President is the Head of Government and its leader. The problem currently pre-occupying Parliament only arises because traditionally the President does not attend Parliament except on State openings. That is why he designates a minister, who is his principal assistant by virtue of Section 15 (3) of the Constitution to be the Leader of Government Business in the House.
In light of the law, the argument that the PM should be the Leader of Government Business has no merit. The only instant when the PM or any other minister may be Leader of Government Business is when designated by the President in accordance with the amended Standing Orders. What is clear is that there is a subtext to the debate, which is but a red herring. The truth is ODM realises it had a bad deal. In its mind, which is unsupported by the law, there is an institution of co-presidency.
The writer is an advocate of the High Court.
‘Accord loophole only recognises PNU as Government’
By Gakuu Mathenge
Prime Minister Raila Odinga will officially secure two slots to address Parliament twice a week if he succeeds in his quest to become Leader of Government Business in the House.
At the same time, a senior Kanu official says to unlock the impasse over the position’s dispute, Parliament should pass a vote of no confidence in Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka if it does not approve his leadership of House Business Committee. He said the accord may not provide much room for ODM’s case.
The new Standing Orders have set aside 45 minutes every Wednesday, designated as Prime Minister’s time.
Standing Order No 40 says in part: "Notwithstanding Standing Order 36, there shall be time to be designated the Prime Minister’s time commencing 3.30pm every Wednesday…the time shall not exceed 45 minutes…"
Standing order 36 (4) says in part: "The Leader of Government Business shall, every Thursday, or the last day of the week, before commencement of business, for not more than 15 minutes, present and lay on the table, a statement informing the House of the business coming before the House in the following week."
Parliament was last week deadlocked over the appointment of the chairman of the House Business Committee, who doubles up as Leader of Government Business in the House.
Failure to form the committee means the House remains in abeyance, until the matter is resolved.
ODM insists the PM, being the supervisor and co-ordinator of Government functions, should head HBC but PNU argues it is the prerogative of the President to appoint HBC chairman.
Accusations of impunity
While the dispute is based on different interpretation of the National Accord, Kanu Organising Secretary Justin Muturi says Parliament is engaging in a wild goose chase debating the President’s appointment of Kalonzo as leader of House Business Committee.
"The debate was futile as they cannot dictate to the Executive who to appoint to any office. The only option available to MPs is to a pass a vote of no confidence in a presidential appointee," the former Siakago MP said.
Muturi, a lawyer, says the current confusion and failure by the National Accord to define Government to mean both ODM and PNU should be blamed on ODM legal advisers.
"Unless the National Accord is redrafted, its current form designates President Kibaki and PNU as the Government. President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga will have to use other means to unlock the impasse as the National Accord is not useful to ODM," Muturi added.
The National Accord and Reconciliation Act (2008), which came into effect on March 30, last year, shows President Kibaki signed it on behalf of "Government/Party of National Unity", while Raila signed on behalf of the Orange Democratic Movement, with President Jakaya Kikwete and Dr Kofi Annan as witnesses.
The VP, deputised by a Cabinet colleague, traditionally holds the Leader of Government Business position but there have been exceptions in the past. When former President Moi took 13 months to re-appoint, Prof George Saitoti as V-P, after 1997 General Election, he appointed ministers to head the HBC on monthly rotational basis.
The new Standing Orders define Leader of Government Business as a minister appointed by Government to the position.
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Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:50:50 -0700 [04/25/2009 11:50:50 PM CDT]
From: jbatec@ . . .
Subject: Kibaki Must Not Dictate Terms
My Film “Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama” Nominated for Webby Award
Dear Compatriots,
I like to think that America elected our cousin Barack Obama because my FRONTLINE/World documentary “Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama”went online the last weekend before election day.
I’m willing to bet that what swayed the vote was the man dancing in Kisumu while chanting, “We are going to trounce – completely – McCain!” (some argue it was the scene of me, a grown African man, crying).
Repeated efforts to make my case to obama’s transition team and possibly get the white house press secretary job got nowhere. Like all my relatives do when they get successful, obama abandoned me. I think it was because – like all relatives – I used to tell him that he’d never amount to [expletive].
But luckily for me, the Academy at the Webby Awards – the Internet’s equivalent of the Oscars – has nominated my story for best documentary: individual episode. The academy picks the winner, but there is thing called people’s voice award. That is where you, watoto wa Nyayo, come in.
Please welcome to the webby awards and vote for me. All you need is an e-mail address to register.
Log in, click on the "Online Film & Video" button, select the "Documentary: Individual Episode" category and vote for "Kenya: Sweet Home Obama." I’m appealing to you because i don’t know any African Big Man to help me rig this election. I’m just a little guy from a small village in Gusii, who was never supposed to amount to anything. My sense of humor and storytellingtalent – which come out clearly in the documentary -- and of course you, my friends, are all I’ve got.
Just like you did for our cousin Obama, please go out there for me. Actually, I take that back; do not leave your desk before voting from me.
Please invite all your relatives and friends on Facebook, phonebook, Myspace, and even Space, if you have any up there. Ask them to vote for a real son of Kenya this time.
We are up against very big boys and girls but with your help the world will know that we Africans are capable of telling our own stories.
If you are on Facebook, please look me up and join my group "Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama" to be counted.
Asante sana,
--
Edwin O. Okong'o,
MJ, UC Berkeley
Journalist, memoirist, humorist
www.okongospolicy.com
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die --Abraham Lincoln
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:13:28 -0700 [04/24/2009 04:13:28 PM CDT]
From: Edwin Okong'o
Subject: My Film "Kenya: Sweet Home, Obama" Nominated for Webby Award
Re: Giraffe numbers in Masai Mara down 95%
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:01:48 -0700 [04/23/2009 02:01:48 PM CDT]
From: Wycliffe Ouma
Subject: Re: Giraffe numbers in Masai Mara down 95%
Likondi,
You look very unKenyan when you refer to the Kenyan treasure as KWS's problem. Simply redefine yourself.
Wycliffe.
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"All that glitters is not gold", get me right.
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--- On Thu, 4/23/09, Nish wrote:
From: Nish
Subject: Re: Giraffe numbers in Masai Mara down 95%
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 7:51 AM
'KWS should take care of their own'? Very enlightened.. Kenya's wildlife belongs to YOU - do you want it to survive or what? It's a similar situation to what has happened at Nairobi National Park, with the Kitengela migratory corridor being blocked because of illegal developments.. Wildlife in the Mara is becoming boxed in, amongst other problems.
How would you feel if you could never leave Nairobi?
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:23:45 +0300 [04/23/2009 09:23:45 AM CDT]
From: humphrey kebaya
Subject: Re: Giraffe numbers in Masai Mara down 95%
MEN WE ARE KILLING OUR COUNTRY
2009/4/23 Papa Likondi
Clifford
I thought a Giraffe is a wild animal-it is not a pet. KWS should take care of their own
Papa
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:28 AM, CLIFFORD OKEMBO wrote:
Dear All,
This is a very sad situation, the solution rests in us, do we need the animals, if yes then we should take action, unfortunately we (Kenyans) are always not willing to take action because taking action starts with you as an individual.
Remember that conditions unfavorable for animals will also be unfavorable for human beings, i.e. after we have destroyed all the animals, the next step will be to destroy ourselves but who is willing to die?
Let us join conservation campaigns and do exactly what we say is right if it is to vacate a protected area let us do it, start with your self to move out of Maasai Mara, Mau, Mt. Elgon, Kakamega forests, Mt. Kenya and others, there is no any other option.
You guyz join conservation groups and work there to conserve our environment for our better future, you could join Youths for Conservation, Society for Conservation GIS, Green Action among others you might be aware of.
Thanks for the information,
Clifford
--- On Wed, 4/22/09, MARTHA ODONGO wrote:
From: MARTHA ODONGO
Subject: RE: Giraffe numbers in Masai Mara down 95%
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 12:24 PM
WE ARE LIVING IN VERY SAD TIMES INDEED!
Nish wrote:
"The situation we documented paints a bleak picture and requires urgent and decisive action if we want to save this treasure from disaster," said Joseph Ogutu, a statistical ecologist at ILRI and lead author of the study. "If nothing is done, these declines will not just continue but accelerate as the human populations around the reserve increase." http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/22/kenya-giraffes-maasai
TENTH PARLIAMENT IS SICK
It is sad that the Kenyan August House lacks direction and focus.The debates earning MPs allowances are basically centred around power-struggle and selfish monetary burgains,all of which have absolutely nothing to do with the welfare of the needy electorate.Am afraid to mention that even the PM is not an exception.Consider the present debate on government business and proposal for their higher salaries and continued tax excemptions. Do we really need these insensitve fellows in parliament?
Martin Maruti
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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:19:05 -0700 [04/23/2009 12:19:05 PM CDT]
From: mwmaruti@ . . .
Subject:
Kenya cannot go to war with Uganda over ‘a rock’
The following article has been recommended:
Kenya cannot go to war with Uganda over ?a rock?
[http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/562844/-/45a7ul/-/index.html]
Please, share this article with your readers on Migingo. It is an opinion page but if this how leaders are thinking in this government, Kenya is in deep trouble.
JD.
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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:07:24 +0300 [12:07:24 PM CDT]
From: "doraos@ . . .
Subject: Recommended: Kenya cannot go to war with Uganda over ‘a rock’
Re: MUNGIKI: The ‘MONSTER’ has turned on its own!!
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:43:33 -0700 [04/22/2009 06:43:33 AM CDT]
From: hellen waweru
Subject: Re: MUNGIKI: The 'MONSTER' has turned on its own!!
agree. the author does not understand what is happening. where have you heard of a politician being killed by the Mungiki?? it is the common mwananchi. people make a lot of perceptions about the group but i wish we could all take time to understand some of this things that they do. that is when we will realise that something needs to be done because we are the ones who are suffering. we the common mwananchi not the politicians.
From: symo kahari
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:30:14 AM
Subject: Re: MUNGIKI: The 'MONSTER' has turned on its own!!
M kenya,
Think you are under thinking here, those people killed are innocent Kenyans, Peasants like you who cannot manage to groom a group and have it grow to the level Mungiki is. Don't 4get that they are not killing politicians who started the group, they are killing innocent poor kenyans. Talk like you understand dont just payuka!!!!!!!!
Kahari
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 6:09 PM, M Kenya wrote:
Mungiks have been born and bred by Mt.Kenya itself and were especially used by the political class during elections in Moi times and recently. they did nothing (infact they rejoiced) when Mungiki were beheading people in Naivasha in 08'. Now that Mungiki has no common enemy to fight they have turned to those who created and supported them.
unfortunately its no longer a Mt. Kenya issue, because when they finish with them, they will look for me and you.
Ask yourself what will you do?
MK
Re: Kibaki is the problem
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:18:39 -0700 [07:18:39 AM CDT]
From: Judy Miriga
Subject: Re: Kibaki is the problem
Folks,
Njuguna speaks like a man, he speaks a lot of sense I can stomach. If only we had a few more of such Kenyans, Kenya will be a changed Country for a better forecast free from trouble living with men who can be relied on and who can provide security to their Nation and its Nationals, a man who able to give direction.
What will stop a woman from looking on the direction where commeth the voice? With this kind of conversation, we definately have hope for a brighter future. The future free from being a slave of tribal and tribal animosity, the future which gives hope to both poor and the rich the future which dictates Kenya is for Kenyans and that Kenyans are brothers and sisters of the family of Kenya, thinking and caring for each other in all ways. What a beautiful Kenya this will be? If we dont live to see it, it will be okay, our children and grandchildren will be proud of us.
Thank you Njuguna, I truely love you and God Bless you,
Sincerely,
Judy Miriga
Diaspora Spokesperson
Executive Director
Confederation Council Foundation for Africa Inc.,
USA
http://socioeconomicforum50.blogspot.com
--- On Wed, 4/22/09, Kamau J Njuguna wrote:
From: Kamau J Njuguna
Subject: Kibaki is the problem
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 4:51 AM
The other day in Mombasa, President Kibaki was addressing some military commanders, amongst them, one General Kianga of the Kenya Armed Forces, and he told them to safe guard the Indian Ocean.
As he was saying this, Uganda was invading Kacheliba and removing the beacons on the borders. As he was saying this, Ugandan pirates have been in Migingo Islands levying taxes on Kenyans. As he was saying this, Museveni was implementing his expansionist ideas. As he was doing this, mungiki were beheading 30 people in Mathira in Karatina, Kibaki’s own backyard!
Who does not know Museveni? He will talk peace when you act tough. When you cower like Kibaki is doing, he moves in. That is the guerrilla in him. This is a man who has fought guerrilla warfare. I bet our forces must know this. Museveni does not listen to talks and diplomacy. He only understands hard blows to the head. And I bet time has come for all peace loving people of East Africa to come together and rid Uganda of this dictator.
He is an embarrassment even to the people of Uganda. What does Museveni get from attacking Rwanda, DRC, Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Tanzania and now, Kenya? This megalomaniac must be removed from Uganda immediately.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Museveni has been around for far too long. His time to leave the Amin way has come. All those who live by the sword must be removed by the sword.
Back in Kenya, we must make all of us to ask, is Kibaki the right man to be our president?
I want to say without any fear of contradictions;
1] Kibaki’s one singular obsession is that Raila Odinga must never be the President of Kenya.
2] His second obsession is Lucy. Touch Lucy and Kibaki will pounce on you all fangs blaring.
3] Power must never leave the House of Mumbi.
Any other thing is secondary to Kibaki. He will not mind Migingo going. He will not mind Kacheliba going. He will not mind how many Kikuyus are killed by Mungiki. And it is us Kikuyus who must do his bidding!
Is it not time the Kikuyus led Kenyans in demanding action? This man is making Kenya look week in the eyes of weaklings like Museveni.
If Rwanda, a small country that just came out of a devastating internal strife can beat Museveni hands down so quickly, what makes Kibaki so fearful? Is he in any debt?
Time has come for Kenyans to take charge. Remember, no army has ever defeated the power of the people. Kenyans must rise up and consign Kibaki to the dustbins of history. This man is a disaster to the country. This man does not mean well for Kenyans. This man makes us look week.
This man is making Kenya a laughing stock all over the world. I get so ashamed when I see him inspecting a guard of honour mounted by cowards.
Kamau J Njuguna