Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:09:46 -0700 [03:09:46 AM CDT]
From: bedann maina
Subject: Re: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?

Its funny how we rave and rant about the current crop of politicians we have around and yet we have already started rooting for their return in 2012. What we should work on is
how we can throw all these imbeciles out including Raila whether he won and was rigged out or not. We need some fresh blood not someone who campaigns on a platform of hatred
and plotting on how to alienate or antagonize some communities just to have power. But the problem with some people is their are so conservative they can’t see anything beyond Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, e.t.c. which is what is bringing us down from the time this country got its indipendence. We have worked on buiding dynasties and their gangs of sycophants.

Look at this, NARC was campaining on BANDILISHA, what were we changing if most of them were in the KANU govt, but since they crossed over we chasticized them and made them
angels or may be we applied the SAUL to PAUL law you never know. ODM kenya and its theory of CHANGE. just tell me what were we changing. look at the line up Ruto, Mudavadi, Kones
Dalmas Otieno Henry Kosgei e.t.c If we dont realize the harm we are doing to ourselves and have a change of mind we are gone and gone forever. God help us.

— On Sun, 3/15/09, Anthony Wangondu anthony.Wangondu@ . . . > wrote:

From: Anthony Wangondu
Subject: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?
Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 11:03 PM

Bwana Otieno,
You are correct in seeing the bitterness in my voice, and it has nothing to do with
people trying to divide Raila Odinga’s support from Luo Nyanza. I think it a feeble
tactic. My problem is with this “us versus them” attitude, as if some Kenyans are more
important than others, that is constantly being touted. Let me highlight a few:
6 provinces vs 2: Since our current laws are majority votes this doesn’t matter,
especially given that all of NEP registered voters are equal to Embakasi constituency
(for example)
Half a Loaf: All I want you to clarify is if Raila intends to only serve half the country
and not the whole country. Also, does he define the country as something to be divided up
among his cronies? My feeling is that is NOT his attitude but it is your interpretation.
The problem is that you are now using it to sow seeds of divisiveness among us, who in
all truth are very removed from the political class and should not be supporting them as
they bring down this country. We should be having a new vision and a very different set
of beliefs from them.

What’s the alternative you ask? Our politicians thrive on two things – tribal support and
keeping our people poor. So therefore, to beat them at their own game we must steer away
from tribal groupings and supporting anyone on along tribal lines. We can learn from
those who have defied tribal, sectarian, racial and colour divisions. These kinds of
people have shunned natural groupings (Obama did not seek the black vote, Bill Clinton
did not lean on the white vote, Tony Blair did not seek out intellectuals, etc etc) and
instead started right where the people are, identifying with their real problems – jobs,
housing, medical care.

So Mr Otieno, yes I am angry when a young bright intellectual like you starts to
regurgitate tired sentiments from our old school politicians. Yes I am bitter to see you,
the future of Kenya, being sucked into useless and pointless tribal rhetoric, and yes I
am sad that you, who should be leading the revival and the regeneration of this country,
are stuck on what the politicians got us into after the 2007 elections.

—–Original Message—–
From: Lordvick Otieno
Sent: 15 March 2009 23:36
Subject: Re: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?

Bwana Wangondu,
I can see bitterness in your responce to my reaction to the issue of ‘Raila facing
Rebellion in Southern Nyanza Luo’.
You have an issue with my ‘half a loaf’ sentiments about Raila having won six provinces.
The truth about Raila having won six provinces seem to be a bitter pearl by some to
swallow for those who want to hide the truth they know, but didn’t Karwa confirm about
the rigging the other day. Please respond.
Has’nt the ‘half a loaf’ he accepted with Kibaki, who can be equally comended for
resisting pressure to ignore Raila, from arogant tribal chauvinists, save this country
from sliding into civil war, by sharing power. please respond.
Those who are never tired of trying to divide the Luo to constantly remind us of Luo
south, central or or Siaya have their schemes fallen flt on their faces before, as Luos
have proven note be easily decieved or divided. They even tried to create tribal
districts like Suba but the scheme again failed.
South Nyanza is the PM’s bedrock support and who ever think he is facing rebellion is in
for arude shock.

— On Fri, 3/13/09, Anthony Wangondu wrote:
From: Anthony Wangondu
Subject: Re: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 10:20 AM
What is half loaf? What have you got that can be called from
half loaf?
What is this about 6 provinces?

Correct me if I am wrong, but the mandate of the leader to
ensure service to all, uphold the constitution, etc, etc

Let me know early enough if only those who voted for him
(about 50% of the voters 4 million) are entitled to
Government service so those who did not (31 million) can be
wary and aware.

If however this is merely your opinion, then clearly say
so! I like Raila and I surely hope he is nowhere near your
analysis of what he stands for!

—–Original Message—–
From: Lordvick Otieno
Sent: 13 March 2009 15:14
Subject: Re: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING REBELLION
BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?

Those who accuse Raila of having abandoned them should give
him time to settleas as he has just completed a year as PM.
1.He is the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kenya and not
only Luo Nyanza.
2.We got 1/2 a loaf to be shared by the six provinces out
of the eight provinces he won in the last election.
3.Luos are not rebelling against Raila as perseeed but they
never shy away from pointing anything they think is not
right.
Some how Raila always listen to Luos and readjust and
that’s why they always stick with him.
Those who think Raila has sold out should propose to
Kenyans an alternative.

— On Fri, 3/13/09, Mundia Kamau wrote:
From: Mundia Kamau
Subject: Fwd: IS RAILA FACING
REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?
Date: Friday, March 13, 2009, 5:40 AM
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Leo Odera Omolo
Date: Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:04 AM
Subject: [Jambo] IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?

IS RAILA FACING REBELLION BY SOUTHERN NYANZA LUOS?

DISCONTENT IS BUILDING UPOVER PLACEMENT OF
GOVERNMENT?S
PLUM JOBS

News Analysis By Leo Odera Omolo

NEWS and information emerging from the greater
Southern
Nyanza region says
that tension is building up between the supporter of
the
Prime Minister
Raila Amolo Odinga and the region?s professional
caucus.

It has been revealed that the professionals and
academician
s from the
region have of late been holding behind the scene
consultative meetings in
both Nairobi and at home while charting for the way
forward
on how the
residents can free and separated themselves from the
Odinga
?s family
influence.

Issues at stake include the recent placement in the
government?s plum jobs,
appointment of diplomats and lack foresight in the
effort
to revive the
stalled economic outlets, such as Kicomi Ltd, Kenya
Breweries Kisumu plant ,
proper management of the lucrative sugar industry.

The group, according to impeccable source have been
holding
secret meetings
in posh hotels in Nairobi, Homa-Bay, Migori and even
in the
lakeside City of
Kisumu.

The group which comprises clergymen, professionals,
academicians and some
selected civic leaders are said to be seeking the way
forward to build
another centre of power gravitation inside
Luo-Nyanza,
which is devoid of
the Odinga?s influence. .But which could work with
any
group of Kenyan
politicians and harmonize inter-tribal and communal
relations for mutual
benefits of Kenyans.

Also top on the agenda is the plan envisaged to
pressurize
any government of
the day to split the present Nyanza Province into
three
Provinces., that
would groups the Kisii and Kuria communities grouped
together in one
administrative Province with its headquarters in
Kisii
town, and the third
Province to group all the administrative of Suba,
Homa-Bay,
Nyatike, Migori,
Rongo and Rachuonyo together with the proposed
headquarters
in either
Homa-Bay or Rongo townships.

This school of thought was originally the brainchild
of the
late Hezekiah N
Oyugi, the former powerful Permanent Secretary
in-charge of
Provincial
Administration and Internal Security who had proposed
the
power devolution
way back in 1990. Oyugi had suggested that a new
Province
covering Southern
Nyanza and Kisii regions be established at Kisii
town.

However, years later during the Constitutional
dispensation
conference held
at the Bomas of Kenya under Prof. Yash Ghai, the
proposal
was vehemently
opposed by Raila?s supporters who viewed the idea as
an
attempt to divide
the Luo community into a small splitter groups..

Pro-Raila wanted all the Luos to be kept in one huge
basket
for his own
political mileage and control.But the proponents of
the
idea felt that the
splitting of the Nyanza Province into three would be
beneficial to the
region because it will attract more government
funding.

But the Luo intellectuals and professionals have now
revisited the idea once
again.

The group believes there is leadership vacuum in
Nyanza and
that there is
the need for the region?s residents to built several
new
centre of power to
gravitate in Gusii and greater Southern Nyanza
regions.

Several prominent names have been floated. One is that
of
the Minister for
Public Services Dalmas Otieno, who is also the MP for
Rongo, the Immigration
Minister and Mbita MP Gerald Otieno Kajwang?; and
that of
the youthful
Ndhiwa MP Joshua Orwa Ojode who is an Assistant
Minister
for Internal
Security.

Otieno?s problem is old association with KANU, a
party
many Luos believed to
have masterminded the community?s marginalization
and
political suppression
by the previous regimes of the late President Jomo
Kenyatta
and the retired
President Daniel Arap Moi.,though many maintains that
the
Minister has
matured up politically and can take the mantled of
the
overall community
leadership.

Otieno Kajwang, is being dismissed as being too
childish
and not a serious
person worth trusting with the responsibility of
leading
the Luo to a higher
height of development. At the same time Ojode is seen
as an
achiever and a
dynamic politician who has successfully developed his
hitherto backward
Ndhiwa constituency to a new hub of massive economic
development.

Ojode an is an aggressive politician with unserving
loyalty
to Raila Odinga.
Theyrecaled how the Assistant Minister had sacrificed
the
Ministerial
appointment offered to him by President Mwai Kibaki in
2005
in solidarity
with ODM and Raila Odinga.

Ojode is believed to have been disappointed with the
allocation and
distribution of ministerial posts in the grand
coalition
government shared
on 50-50 basis between President Mwai Kibaki and the
Prime
Minister Raila
Odinga in which he was relegated to an Sssistant
Minister
instead of the
full cabinet. Instead Raila had favoured Otieno
Kajwang?
who got away with
the Immigration ministerial slot.

But Ojode could not be reached for his immediate
comment.
He said to be
keeping a low profile, and has never appeared in any
governmental or
political function officiated by Raila Odinga ever
since
the formation of
the grand coalition, though he is said to be
extremely
loyal to his friend
the Prime Minister.

ther burning issues to which Raila must come out
clean, is
the allegations
that he had interfered with the new appointment of
the
joint officiasl
receive manager for both Miwani and Muhoroni Sugar
Companies, and allegedly
instructed the Kenyan Sugar Board to extend the tenure
of
the two joint
receiver manager Eng. Martin Owiti, and Kipng?etich
Bett.
The two have been
the joint receiver manager for the two facilities for
the
last four years,
but have failed to turn them around. Farmers have
gone for
months without
their cane bills cleared by Muhoroni, while Miwani
closed
down a couple of
years ago.

Eng. Owiti who hails froim Bondo is said to be a
brother-in-law to Dr.
Oburu Oginga, the eldest brother of Raila Odinga who
is
also an Assistant
Minister for Finance.

The Prime Minister is reported as having recently
released
ten tractors,
which were donated bny the UNDP to the Nyanza
Province for
the purpose of
improving agricultural activities in the region.
Raila
released the tractors
in Bondo his home turf and ignored other
agriculturally
rich regions where
the tractors could be put to a better use of improving
food
production in
the region..

A number of ODM MPs from Luo-Nyanza are said to be
secretly
backing the
separation plan to free the Luos from the Southern
region
from those from
Bondo and Siaya.

While the Prime Minister Odinga is being credited for
having taken bold
steps to ensure that illegal squatters were evicted
from
the controversial
Mau Forest Complex in the South Rift, he is at the
same
time being accused
for having failed to initiate any meaningful dialogue
for
the resuscitation
of the ailing sugar industry in Nyanza and the
improvement
of the fishing
industry in Lake Victoria..

.Anti-Raila elements in Nyanza are accusing the Prime
Minister for lack of
total commitment in the real task of poverty
eradication.
Instead, the PM is
said to be busy engaged in promoting politics of hero
worshipping and
sycophancy.

The professionals in Luo Nyanza are also said to be
routing
for the communal
harmonization between the Luos as and the
neighbouring
communities
irrespective of the political party of affiliation, at
the
same time blaming
the current crop of MP from the region for promoting
politics of hatred..

The Professionals from Southern Nyanza are also said
to be
reaching their
counterpart numbers in Siaya Kisumu and Nyando.
Several
night meeting are
said to have taken place in hideouts in Kisumu and Nairobi.

And in one such gatherings speaker after speaker reportedly denounced the Prime Minister much touted campaign to have youths in Luo circumcised as one way of minimizing the effect of HIV/Aid , arguing that such trivialities should not be the priority of the person holding such covenanted position of Premier to handle.

?Circumcision, they argued, should not be the community?s priority. There are other priorities which Raila should tackle with his Luo parliamentary colleagues.

It is only a matter of time before the on-going war between Raila and professionals exploded in the open for public debate. The professionals are also against loose talking such as the recent call by Dr. Oburu Oginga on William Ruto, the Minister for Agriculture to resign over the maize scandal.Oburu action is therefore viewed as being full of arrogance and as such misplaced..

Dr Oburu Oginga and his younger brother must stop the bad habit of rushing to the press on every single issue in this country.. They must learn to be cohesive and tolerant because such uncoordinated comments on contentious issue affected a colleague in arm must be avoided at all cost.

We were not able to establish the names of the professional and politicians said to be behind the latest move to isolate Raila Odinga from the Southern Nyanza Luos, though it is true that several meetings have taken place in both Nyanza and Nairobi. The group have scathingly criticized Raila for having distributed government plum jobs to his kith and kin from Bondo and Siaya.

Ends
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