From: odhiambo okecth
Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: Martha Karua, our very own modern day “Wangu wa Makeri”
— On Wed, 8/19/09, odhiambo okecth wrote:

From: odhiambo okecth
Subject: Re: Martha Karua, our very own modern day “Wangu wa Makeri”
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 12:02 AM
Tony, John,

I have great respect for Hon Martha Karua, just like I would have for Migosi Raila Odinga and Mzee Mwai Kibaki; they are all politicians and they engage their minds where their pockets are.

A quick look at the history of the struggle, in the name of the people started in 1966 when Jaramogi [RIP] Oginga Odinga questioned the policy of the Kanu Government in respect to issues of govervance. This led to a fall out with Kenyatta, Odinga was consigned to pilitical Siberia and the fight for change, in the name of the people started.

In the recent past, I have been a very strong advocate for moving From Talking to Tasking, something my friend Kombo Elijah referes to in jest as moving From Tasking to Talking. He believes we are still talking too much!

But at times, it is good to put what we see into proper perspective.

Kibaki is our president by accident, not that he believed in any change. He was at the right place at the right time, and as soon as he had benefited from the now infamous Kibaki Tosha, he forsook his comrades in the struggle. He promptly locked the doors on them as soon as he set foot at State House, and called the change that we had believed in; Pumbavu.

Fast track to 2007. Martha Karua was the only man left standing at KICC in defence of the President who was surely loosing an election. It was Martha Karua who ensured that the aspirations of the majority was subjugated, and the results were disastrous; 1500 Kenyans got killed and as many as 600,000 were displaced. All displaced because Martha Karua did not believe in the tenets and pricipals of democracy; one man one vote.

Fast track again; Martha Karua has fallen out of favour with her principals and she again remembers that struggles are best mounted in the name of the people. She has again discovered that the people are around, and they can again be used for personal glory and gain!

She will hence mount every podium and shout in the name of the people. But does she believe in what she is saying? At what point do the people become supreme? No. I refuse to be such confused by these globe trotting Kenyan politicians. They travel far and wide and they learn not.

They talk none stop and promptly forget what they did yesterday.

It is time we moved Kenyan From Talking to Tasking. Ukimwuon wau, if you see Karua, aks her what changed?

Remember it is our lives at stake. It is our psyche being played with, and it is us who consent to be such played with. We must move and identify people who really believe in Kenya. Martha Karua and her team have been around for so long with no tangible results. It is time to move on, for the sake of our Motherland; Kenya.

Odhiambo T Oketch
From Talking to Tasking

— On Tue, 8/18/09, Tony O. Mongare wrote:

From: Tony O. Mongare
Subject: Re: Martha Karua, our very own modern day “Wangu wa Makeri”
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 11:24 PM

Ndugu JM,
Message received loud and clear!

Tony

From: barakaserv
Sent: Wednesday, 19 August, 2009 7:36:28 AM
Subject: Re: Martha Karua, our very own modern day “Wangu wa Makeri”

Bwana Mongare,
you probably need to hear the other dozen potential presidential candidates before settling for Karua. I’m sure the other “dirty dozen” will make their way via New Jersey and probably steal your soul just as Martha did.
JM.

— “Tony O. Mongare” wrote:

Having listened to Martha, I want to campaign on her behalf! This is why we should seriously consider Martha Karua’s bid for leadership.

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Tony