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Musalia Mudavadi's Bad Manners Have Tainted His Integrity By : Jerry Okungu
I have always held Musalia in high esteem and he knows it but when he tries to con me and the rest of Kenyans, I must protest in the loudest terms possible. It is the beauty of the new constitution. It has given ordinary Kenyans the authority to interrogate their leaders. Mudavadi purports to have resigned from ODM, as Deputy Party leader and as the Minister for Local Government. However, he is clinging to his parliamentary seat in Sabatia and Deputy Premier citing some vague clause in ......
The East African Court of Justice Has No Capacity To Try Kenyan ICC Cases By : Jerry Okungu
I watched the EALA parliamentary debate in Nairobi on the ICC cases. I thought the debate was pathetic, ill-informed and downright pedestrian. I could as well have watched that kind of debate in a beer hall or in an assembly called Bunge la Wananchi somewhere in Jeevanjee Gardens of Nairobi.
Musalia Has Failed His Conscience and Integrity Test By : Jerry Okungu
You cannot lose an election as a Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, lose your constituency seat in the process, five years later jump on some political party bandwagon, get a direct nomination five years later and expect to become the president of the republic five years down the line. It just doesn't make sense.
Can Raphael Tuju be Kenya's Next Chief Executive? By : Martin Lyria
Even though the 27th of August, 2010 was a day when Kenya begun its journey to the unknown destination under a new constitution, a new era can only really take hold if the era where a dozen or so political dynasties control Kenyan politics is finally put to a stop.
Why achieving Kenya's Energy Policy objectives may remain a pipe dream By : Martin Lyria
With 84% of Kenya's population without access to electricity, its not a surprise that countries such as South Korea and Singapore which had the same level of economic development as Kenya half a century ago, now, have greater economic development than Kenya.
Kikuyu Elite Are Doing Uhuru Kenyatta Great Injustice By : Philip Ochieng
Nothing embarrasses me more than to see an educated "Kenyan" — like Ms Cecily Mbarire — stand in front of television cameras to tell Kenyans that "we" have chosen so-and-so as "our" presidential candidate.
Tenderpreneurs: Africans, It Seems, Will Always Find a Loophole To Profit From The Public Till By : Mutuma Mathiu
After liberation in 1994, there grew in South Africa a breed of eaters, known as tenderpreneurs. They grow rich by manipulating government contracts. We have them here, too. It is not for nothing that top civil servants and politicians are among the wealthiest Kenyans.
Kenya - A Historical Overview of Succession Politics By : Gwada Ogot
In Kenya, assassinations have been a regular feature of its succession politics. Kenyan scholar, Charles N. Mwaura in a study paper titled - 'Political Succession and Related Conflicts in Kenya,' notes that when elite interests broaden, violent conflict does manifest itself through assassinations of leading political figures.
Ocampo Six: What is True and What is Not By : Kwendo Opanga
Never before has so much anxiety and tension been generated by so few at the expense of so many Kenyans. Never before has so much anxiety and tension been generated by so few at the expense of so many and on the back of insinuations, innuendo and downright lies.
'Ruto'litics: Why Do Kenyans Tolerate This Kind of Politics? By : Philip Ochieng
How can we tolerate rutolitics? How can we allow our whole national political thinking to be sabotaged by and revolve around a couple of individuals whose moral, intellectual and social probity is now not clear to any reputable national or international institution?
Why ODM could be headed to dustbin of history By : Prof. Makau Mutua
Raila and Orange party must avoid 'worst cancers' of Kenyan politics if they are to remain progressive. In Prime MinistWhy ODM could be headed to dustbin of history er Raila Odinga, ODM has Kenya's most dynamic and electrifying politician. Yet the party may be headed for extinction, says Prof. Makau Mutua
Philip Ochieng: I am a patriot and that's why I won't leave the Luo alone By : Philip Ochieng
No, I cannot claim to be loyal to my people and yet keep quiet whenever I think they are being led astray. I long ago internalised the great teaching that criticism of one's society is the highest form of patriotism. That is why I blow a raspberry at William Ochieng's order to me to "leave the Luo alone".
Wikileaks on Kenya 2007 Elections: Kibaki Associates Smeared Odinga, Insinuated Assassination To U.S. Officials By : Patrick Mayoyo
Diplomatic cable reveals fears of a Raila presidency: A leaked diplomatic cable reveals that a Cabinet minister warned the U.S. that Mr Odinga was likely to build a Moi-style personality cult, a dictatorship -- if he clinched the presidency in the 2007 General Election.
A Short History of U.S. President Obama's Father -- Barack Obama Sr. By : Staff Writer
In this final part of the epic family drama that climaxed in the White House three years ago, Barack Obama Sr, the father of the future President of the United States of America, arrives in Nairobi for the first time on an improbable journey that would transport him to distant shores
Diplomacy: How 'Circus Clown' Kenya Lost its Standing in The Outside World By : Nick Wachira
Kenya remains on the sidelines in African diplomacy, only stepping in to perform as the circus clown, as it is doing with Ivory Coast and the ICC.
Kenya – Neocolonialist Model of Stability in Africa Explodes By : Gerry Foley
The mass explosion and conflicts that followed the obvious falsification of the results of the Dec. 27 Kenyan presidential election have raised many questions. But one thing is absolutely clear. Kenya can no longer be held up by the imperialist governments and publicists as a model of stability and prosperity for post-colonial Africa
Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga Unwittingly Unleashed a New Wave of Homophobia By : L. Muthoni Wanyeki
The Prime Minister's declaration in Kibera, widely reported in the media, to the effect that there was no need for people to be gay and that gay people should be arrested, was met by consternation and surprise by the human-rights community — here and elsewhere.
Wikileaks: Britain Saw Obama's Kenyan Roots as Threat To 'Special Kenya-UK' Ties By : Patrick Mayoyo
Britain feared that the election of Mr Barrack Obama as US president could hurt London's relations with America because of the way Mr Obama's grandfather was treated by the British, according to leaked secret diplomatic documents.
Abdikadir could do an Obama in Kenya By : Prof. Makau Mutua
Will Abdikadir seek the keys to the State House? If he does, I would advise opponents to watch out for a likely political tsunami.
Tribal messiahs: What Matiba can teach Ruto By : Philip Ochieng
In the inevitable realignments of the coming months, how can our "Kalenjin Matiba" prevent the emergence — as if from the blue sky — of a "Kalenjin Kibaki" to alter the political equation beyond rescue?
What The 'Batswana' Think of Kenya By : Wene Owino
Forget about Kenya's world-beating track stars and the internecine political bickering, extra-judicial killings and high rate of crime. One of the most enduring images of Kenya in Botswana is that it has friendly people.
Kenya Referendum: Yes Vote Shows This is The Age of Caesar, Not God By : Charles Onyango-Obbo
The Interim Independent Electoral Commission in Kenya has just made history. With the August 4 referendum on the draft constitution, it organised one of the most ruthlessly efficient and transparent votes in Africa ever. The Yes side led by President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga bloodied their No rivals, winning with nearly 70 per cent of the vote.
A piece of advice for the elderly Daniel Arap Moi, former President of Kenya By : Philip Ochieng
By asking Kenyans to "pity" the "eccentric old men" who randa randa everywhere "to pour hot air", Mwai Kibaki's was certainly a straight jab at Daniel arap Moi. Mr Moi must consider himself extremely lucky that, so far, his successors have been reasonable enough not to act vindictively and with lack of decorum against him.
Kenyans Approve New Constitution By : Jeffrey Gettleman
With a new Constitution overwhelmingly approved by voters, Kenyan politicians are now talking excitedly about their country's golden future.
Kenya's Draft Constitution: Daniel Arap Moi's Real Beef With Proposed Law is The Manner of Devolution By : Gitau Warigi
Daniel arap Moi is returning to his old obnoxious ways. Challenged to account for the various land acquisitions he made all over the country, he and his son Gideon resorted to whining about people they say "grabbed" land in the Rift Valley.
Whatever you do, don't kill the Kenyan dream By : Philip Ochieng
If the Kalenjin want to say 'No' to the draft constitution, let them do it from their own understanding of what Maat would have advised. In short, if they vote 'No' as a community, they will have much to answer for their self-isolation and for sacrificing the nation's dream of a higher Myoot at the altar of a self-seeker called William Ruto.
American Right-Wing Evangelicals Interfering With Kenya's Constitution Referendum By : Bernard Namunane
The deep involvement of foreign powers in Kenya's constitution-making process is causing an acrimonious debate, with questions being asked whether it is good for the national interest.
Greedy Kenyan MPs Vote For More Pay -- Salaries Now Higher Than Those of U.S. Senators and Congressmen By : Peter Leftie
The Akiwumi report proposes to increase an MP's monthly earnings from Sh851,000 to Sh1.1 million. In addition, the pay will now automatically go up by five per cent every year to cushion MPs against the rise in the cost of living..
HRW Report on Kenya. Recommendations for the Treatment of Refugees from Somalia By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Kenyan policy triggers calamitous reaction and spreads fanaticism and extremism from Mozambique to Egypt; it thus plays into the evil game of Western secret services-promoted Islamic Terrorism, because due to the continued existence of the colonial regimes of Abyssinia and Kenya, radical political groups manage to recruit more members and more adepts among the persecuted, mistreated and humiliated masses.
Terrorist State Kenya Generates Islamic Extremism Due to Mistreatment of Refugees from Somalia By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Kenya is a fabricated, colonial state that does not stand on its own; the Northeastern (5) and Eastern (3) provinces constitute almost half the country’s territory and are inhabited by Somalis and Oromos in their outright majority. The easiest way to contain Islamic terrorism in Eastern Africa, to put an immediate end to Somalia’s division and gradual drift to Islamic fanaticism, and to rid the African Muslims of persecution, injustices and tyranny is to organize a UN-monitored referendum.
The Shame of Kenya Exposed in HRW Report: Police Failure to Respond to Sexual Violence in Dadaab I By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Kenyan policy triggers calamitous reaction and spreads fanaticism and extremism from Mozambique to Egypt; it thus plays into the evil game of Western secret services-promoted Islamic Terrorism, because due to the continued existence of the colonial regimes of Abyssinia and Kenya, radical political groups manage to recruit more members and more adepts among the persecuted, mistreated and humiliated masses.
To Complete a Tour in Kenya, Proceed to Dadaab! Devastating HRW Report on Refugees from Somalia By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Kenyan policy triggers calamitous reaction and spreads fanaticism and extremism from Mozambique to Egypt; it thus plays into the evil game of Western secret services-promoted Islamic Terrorism, because due to the continued existence of the colonial regimes of Abyssinia and Kenya, radical political groups manage to recruit more members and more adepts among the persecuted, mistreated and humiliated masses.
Kenya. A Colonial Regime Specialized in the Criminal Mistreatment of Somali Refugees. HRW Report By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The unacceptable, inhumane and racist treatment of the numerous Somali refugees in Kenya is an open wound throughout East Africa, and testifies to the cruel, colonial and Freemasonic identity of the most loathed local regime.
The strange case of 'retail' vs 'wholesale' murder in Kenya By : Charles Onyango-Obbo
It is not just a Kenyan thing, though. Everywhere in Africa, and in the rest of the world, you find the same conflicted attitude toward mass murder. We seem able to understand "retail murder" in which a few people are killed by the likes of Onyancha and the Uhuru Park bombers, but totally unable to wrap our heads around "wholesale" or "industrial scale" murder in which thousands of people are killed.
Amnesty International 2010 Report. Peace, Justice Impose the Split of the Colonial Fabrication Kenya By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The authorities showed little political will to ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses committed during the post-election violence of 2007/8 were brought to justice and that victims received adequate reparations. Impunity for state security officials who carried out unlawful killings and torture was not addressed. Human rights defenders faced considerable risks and threats.
OBBO: Kenya's draft law contest is not just green and red By : Charles Onyango-Obbo
The issue of the kadhi courts, on which several church leaders have taken a strong No position, came up. Someone argued that their retention in the draft constitution was problematic, because the draft doesn't have very strong language providing for separation of State and religion.
How Jaramogi Odinga paved Daniel Arap Moi's path to State House -- and ended Gema By : Macharia Gaitho
In his new book, "My Journey With Jaramogi," author Odinge Odera recalls how Kenya's first vice president believed strongly that he deserved the Presidency more than anyone else after Kenyatta's exit. Finally, however, he offered to back Moi rather than play ball with Gema, writes Macharia Gaitho
Arrest Africa’s Most Evil Freemason, Kenyan Thug-in Chief Kibaki. HRW Report on Kampala Conference 2 By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Kampala Conference can be the beginning of a new era in East Africa whereby impunity is the reason for which the Khartoum butcher Al Bashir, the Abyssinian gangster Zenawi, the Ugandan Genocide perpetrators, the Hargeisa Mafia lord Rayaale, and many other criminals still play an important political and military role to the detriment of the Civil and Human Rights of hundreds of millions of oppressed Africans.
Arrest Africa’s Most Evil Freemason, Kenyan Thug-in Chief Kibaki. HRW Report on Kampala Conference 1 By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The Kampala Conference can be the beginning of a new era in East Africa whereby impunity is the reason for which the Khartoum butcher Al Bashir, the Abyssinian gangster Zenawi, the Ugandan Genocide perpetrators, the Hargeisa Mafia lord Rayaale, and many other criminals still play an important political and military role to the detriment of the Civil and Human Rights of hundreds of millions of oppressed Africans.
Kenya: The hidden colonial hand in contentious issues By : Gakuu Mathenge
Kenyans will now have to decide the implications of overturning treaties signed by founding President Jomo Kenyatta, and if they were still valid. For instance, the debate on Kadhi courts being included in the Constitution is not just between Evangelical Christian Churches and Muslims.
The clock is ticking towards July 1 for the Common Market but ........ By : Jerry Okungu
On its part, the Kenyan political class has probably not paid much attention to the Common Market since its launch in November last year simply because since 2008 when the Coalition government was formed, the nation has not been at peace with itself.
CIA documents offer insights into how the Cold War shaped politics in Kenya By : Murithi Mutiga
The overwhelming interest and involvement of the American spy agency in Kenya’s internal politics can finally be revealed. Declassified CIA documents seen by the SUNDAY NATION show that the spy agency has closely followed activities of Kenyan politicians and produced detailed reports on them. The memos sent regularly to Washington advised the US Government on the best way to keep Kenya as an ally.
Troubled Marriage: Kibaki, Raila are Harmless and Boring Politicians By : Charles Onyango-Obbo
In the space of less than 10 years, the country has witnessed the collapse of an independence monolith, the Kenya African National Union (Kanu) when Kibaki defeated its presidential candidate Mr Uhuru Kenyatta in December 2002. That was the only time in East African history when the opposition defeated a ruling party, and the ruling party in turn handed over power peacefully.
Fidh Report – Women’s Conditions of Life and Human Rights in Kenya By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Human Rights theoreticians and activists, NGOs and groups of pressure have today a far more nuanced task to carry out, if they truly want to bring forth successful results and substantial improvement worldwide. Otherwise, if they incessantly reproduce the Western approach to Human Rights as the only valid at the global level, they will be soon transformed into old-fashioned and insignificant bureaucracies of picturesque style and proverbial inefficiency.
Raila is a master alliance builder but cuts image of a fickle political operative By : Barrack Muluka
Raila is something else in alliance formation. He has formed and got out of alliances virtually at will. In 1991, he was in the original Ford Party with his late father Jaramogi, the late Masinde Muliro, Martin Shikuku, Kenneth Matiba and a whale of others. The same year Ford split. After some initial hesitation, he joined his father in Ford-Kenya.
20 Years Later - The Killers of Dr. John Robert Ouko, Kenya's Most Celebrated Foreign Affairs Minister -- Are Still at Large By : Peter Leftie
Twenty years since the murder of Dr Robert Ouko, Scotland Yard detective John Troon, who led investigations into the murder, revisits the shocking death that exposed the powerful forces in the Moi regime and helped change the face of Kenyan politics.
Devastating HRW World Report 2010 on Kenya Reveals the Colonial Pseudo-state’s Atrocious Face By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
The recently published HRW World Report 2010 features a particular chapter on Kenya that is enough to prove that the spoiled child of the world’s Freemasonic mass media must cease to exist.
Media Bias Towards Sensationalism and Sideshows May Derail The Constitution Again By : Jerry Okungu
I cannot be persuaded that the only important constitutional issue in Kenya is the executive powers of the president or the prime minister. In the same vein, nobody can convince me that a duly elected popular leader must be the one to wield executive power just because Kenyans elected him. If that were the cause, Hitler's popular vote did not prevent him from carrying out genocide in his own country.
Yes, Kenya's Muslim Leaders are Right To Disown Al Amin Kimanthi's Violent Antics By : Jerry Okungu
Sheikh Muhdhar Shariff Khitamy and Sheikh Abu Hamza of Mombasa must be commended as true Muslims and real patriots of this country. They have talked as true spiritual leaders that this country can depend on in times of crisis. They have taken the courage to stand up and be counted among the voices of reason at a time when some misguided zealots in the name of Islam have attempted to drive this country on the brink of civil strife.
Reckless Political Activists Wrecking The Coalition Government By : Jerry Okungu
As it is, Kenyans have enough problems to deal with. The last thing they may want to entertain at this point in time is cheap theatric coming out of street comedians masquerading as advisors and spokesmen of political leaders and political parties.
Let us lower our political temperatures this Christmas season By : Jerry Okungu
As we move to the Christmas season and New Year celebrations, it is about time we gave politics a break and focused on the little things that matter to us most; love for one another.
It is in trying moments like the Mau Evictions when all leaders must speak with one voice By : Jerry Okungu
Our leaders must learn the meaning of sacrifice. If you differ with the government, you must be ready to do away with its trappings of power. Jaramogi, Oneko and Murumbi did it in 1966 under Jomo Kenyatta. Kenyans still respect them up to today. Kenneth Matiba did just that in 1988 under Moi and Kenyans still adore him for that to this day. We expect cabinet ministers who are in this government no matter who they are or where they come from to spare us the embarrassment from time to time and ...
If MPs tamper with the draft constitution, Kenyans will reject it like they did in 2005 By : Jerry Okungu
As the public debate on the draft constitution draws to a close, there are fears that ODM and PNU are ganging up to have a common stand on what the new constitution should contain and discard. One of the clauses they are conspiring to expunge is the recall clause that threatens to cut short the life of non-performing MPs rather than wait for five years before sending such no-performers packing. The other one targeted for expunging is the clause that compels all Kenyans including .....
John Onyando’s Fallacy Rejected: Kenya is a Fake State and Cannot Exist By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Socially secluded, politically marginalized, economically deprived, culturally depersonalized and religiously threatened, the unjustly targeted masses of the Kenyan periphery have become shadowy figures confined in the realm of inexistence for many long decades. It is only normal that their comeback will destroy the colonial fabrication ‘Kenya’ that was geared to merely serve the West’s illegal interests.
Constitutional Review in Kenya - Citizens to lose voting rights.. By : Gwada Ogot
The current proposal to alter structure of government in Kenya from a presidential to a parliamentary system reeks of political mischief. Today Kenya is forty six years old and by 2012 power will have been shared twenty four years a piece between two Kikuyu presidents and one from the Kalenjin group.
Dictators and Referenda: Historical Lessons For Kenya To Learn From By : Gwada Ogot
The cumulative events from 1992 or 1982 depending on your point of reflection, had at last rewarded power through two constitutional Acts of parliament - the Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Act 2008 and the Constitution of Kenya review Act 2008.
In Kenya, ethnic distrust is as deep as the machete scars By : Stephanie McCrummen
Though the tribal calculus could change this time, depending on political alliances in Nairobi, the capital, people speak with near certainty of a repeat of that violence, only this time with guns.
Kenyans 'rearming for 2012 poll' By : Staff Writer
For weeks after the 2007 election the two communities fought in bloody clashes. Most Kalenjins had supported Raila Odinga, a member of the western Luo community, for president and were convinced he had been cheated of victory by President Mwai Kibaki, a Kikuyu. After weeks of bloodshed, the two men formed a power-sharing government with the president keeping his job and Mr Odinga being brought in as prime minister.
Is the Obama administration bullying or accelerating Kenya's reform process? By : Jerry Okungu
The Cold War era blinded Americans and the rest of the Western world to the cruelties of African dictators such as Jomo Kenyatta, Mobutu Sese seko, Kamuzu Banda, apartheid South Africa and numerous generals in Africa as long as they could support America and the West in the fight against Communism. This talk of democracy and good governance we hear about just started the other day when the Soviet Union and Berlin Wall collapsed in 1989.
Sound management of our resources must start with proper management of our politics By : Jerry Okungu
Let us look at templates from mature democracies like the United States, Canada and India to learn from their experiences because a fool who recognizes his foolishness is wiser than he who thinks he knows everything.
Who will lead Kenya out of this abyss? By : Philip Ochieng
There is nothing more disappointing than to see intelligent individuals younger than myself completely unable to offer Kenyans any real platform of collective development. Every time they open their mouths about their interest in leadership, it is nothing but how to grab power.
Bad politics, corporate greed, the bane of East Africa By : Jerry Okungu
As Kenyans celebrated the day Jomo Kenyatta was arrested and detained by the British government on allegations that he masterminded the Mau Mau uprising, we remember with nostalgia the euphoria than engulfed East Africa at that time. In those heady days, one could not think of Kenyatta without mentioning Milton Obote and Julius Nyerere. They were the champions that fate had bestowed upon the responsibility of liberating our three countries from foreign domination.
Like in 2005 through to 2006, Kalonzo Musyoka is ahead of the pack in polls By : Jerry Okungu
South Consultants are the new kids on the block in Kenya politics. After all, they are the eyes and ears of the African Eminent team detailing with precision the direction Kenyan reforms are taking.
The politics of water and Kazi Kwa Vijana funds By : Jerry Okungu
Having lived in rural Kenya in my early childhood, with my roots still deeply embedded in my village, I understand it well when the government announces that water dams will be built in arid regions as it allocates Ks 4 billion in its budget for the Kazi Kwa Vijana initiative.
Electoral chaos in Kenya; a case of political irresponsibilty By : Gwada Ogot
To evade responsibility, the Kenyan politician has adopted the split personality disposition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Message content is determined by audience rather than positional conviction and the end will always justify the means. Uses of such defense slogans have been volubly heard from politicians in Kenya as investigations into the electoral violence of 2007-8 intensify.
For President Kibaki, This Year Has Been Rough By : Jerry Okungu
Compared to the first two presidents we ever had, Kibaki's story when it is finally written, will be the richest and most colorful. It will be the most readable chapter in our national history because of the endless drama that has characterized it.
For Kibaki and Obama Letters, Two Wrongs Cannot Make a Right By : Jerry Okungu
I have never liked the slow pace of reforms promised to Kenyans soon after Kofi Annan negotiated the present coalition government. The lackluster performance of reform drivers has got every knowledgeable Kenyan let alone the European Union and the United States State Department worrying.
Why are Kenyans so keen on Raila's meal with Obama? By : Jerry Okungu
It is only in politics where a dignitary can be invited for a meal and then be "disinvited" then re-invited within hours. This is the story of President Obama and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that kept tongues wagging for the better part of the long weekend Idd holidays. It is the stuff that makes headlines even in some of the most respected media in Kenya.
Will the Mau forest and Ringera bring down the coalition government? By : Jerry Okungu
We are on a roller coaster heading to the Indian Ocean. Politicians have set us in motion. Our destination is down hill and there is no stopping unless they hold the breaks which are in their possession.
Chris Obure, listen to Charity Ngilu if you cannot listen to Kenyans dying of hunger By : Jerry Okungu
What sense would it make, even to a primary school kid, to see you go on TV to insist that the Ks 380 million budgeted for the Vice President must be spent even when Kenyans are dying simply because it was decided a long time ago? Was the cabinet decision cast in stone? Will Kalonzo Musyoka die or fail to perform his duties if this house is not built here and now?
Bomachoge-Shinyalu By-Elections Separated Boys From Men By : Jerry Okungu
The Bomachoge-Shinyalu elections, told us something else; without Kibaki, PNU is a dead party. If Kibaki does not campaign for a candidate in a by-election, that candidate has a 70% chance of losing the vote. In other words, you can rally Kalonzo, Saitoti, Uhuru, Kiraitu, Ruto, Ongeri and Magara to campaign for a candidate. That candidate will still surely lose unless Kibaki throws his weight behind him.
The Ringera public outrage -- unfortunately both Kibaki and his critics are right By : Jerry Okungu
Aaron Ringera's second term as KACC chief executive has raised a wild storm. Almost every imaginable activist, ranging from the cabinet to the church has blasted Kibaki for renewing Ringera's contract. Some of us, who have been watching on the sidelines, have been wondering what the noise has been all about.
Murderous in Government: Kenya's Bill for Bloodshed Nears Payment By : Jeffrey Gettleman
Ever since last year's eruption of post-election violence, which killed more than 1,000 people and threatened to drive this once promising country off a cliff, Kenyans have been waiting to hear who masterminded the bloodshed and who will pay the price.
America can go and sing to the birds about good governance By : Barrack Muluka
When slavery became uneconomic in the nineteenth century, it gave way to colonialism. It now made more sense to keep the African in Africa, make him work to produce raw material for Western industries and consume finished products from the West. He was thus promoted from being an item of trade to a consumer of, until only recently, fellow-items-of-trade.
Hillary Clinton's speech, a disappontment to pro-reform activists By : Jerry Okungu
Now I know why Hillary Clinton lost the elections to Barack Obama. She is such a conformist, such a systems good guy that no reforms can ever come under her stewardship.
Politics took center stage in the AGOA forum By : Jerry Okungu
Fire and brimstone anticipated at the AGOA opening ceremony when Hillary Clinton and Mwai Kibaki met did not take place. Hard hitting statements against graft and bad governance were missing. Even Raila Odinga, who the day before had taken on Western countries to stop lecturing Africa on good governance sounded more reconciliatory.
AGOA in Nairobi: How prepared is East Africa for the AGOA meeting in Nairobi? By : Jerry Okungu
The fact that the Kenya government is prepared to spend US $9 million in purchasing new apartments for our prized guests just goes on to prove how serious the government is taking the AGOA meeting. It reminds us of the fortunes Nigeria and Uganda spent a few years ago when they last hosted the Commonwealth summits in Abuja and Kampala; something the two countries have never gotten over regarding audit queries.
Disband The Kenya Cabinet: Now Is The Time The Cabinet Should Be Sent Packing By : Jerry Okungu
The truth is; Kibaki has proved that he is no longer the executive head of state. The warlords appointed to the cabinet arbitrarily have dug in and usurped his authority.
Are Annan, Obama and Ocampo reading from the same script on Kenya? By : Jerry Okungu
Prosecutor Ocampo's whirlwind journey in Eastern Africa; from Addis Ababa to Kinshasa and back to Kampala has been anything but good news. It has been an ill wind blowing across our troubled region.
Mutula Kilonzo is no match for Annan or Ocampo By : Jerry Okungu
President Kibaki must be regretting having appointed Mutula Kilonzo as Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs. Every morning the President wakes up, he finds Mutula has shot himself on the foot claiming imaginary powers to direct Kenya's cause of events at The Hague.
Sheila Stacey: My life as Mboya's private secretary By : Sheila Stacey
As Tom Mboya's secretary, Sheila Stacey was a first hand witness to history, working with the brilliant Planning minister in the heady days following independence. From her home in New Zealand, Stacey, 62, speaks for the first time on her memories of the man regarded as the most gifted politician of his generation
William Ruto and the Hague: Is this fear of the unknown or an obsession? By : Jerry Okungu
I have written about this subject before. I have no problem having a go at it again. I probably will do so again in the near future until Kofi Annan becomes decisive enough to do the only sensible thing; hand over the envelop containing suspects of the 2008 massacres to the Hague.
The dynastic quartet is Kenya's real problem By : Gwada Ogot
The problem with Kenya hinges on the power contests between four families since independence in 1963. Every election for political office in Kenya since 1963 has been nothing but an extension of the binge of the foursome. The quarrelling quartet is made up of the Kibaki, Odinga, and Moi and Kenyatta families who have dominated every presidential election or selection process in Kenya since 1963.
Of the us envoy, youth revolution and young turks in Kenya's 10th parliament By : Jerry Okungu
The silence is deafening. The guns have gone silent. The American Ambassador to Kenya seems to have either run out of steam, funds for the youth revolution or both. Or may be the State Department has asked him to slow down on Kenyan politics. May be he has been told to do what diplomats are supposed to do in the first place; use quiet diplomacy to achieve better results.
As political opportunists are busy eroding Annan's credibility, ordinary Kenyans are baffled by his indecisiveness By : Jerry Okungu
The behavior of Kofi Annan is typical of international diplomats. They are normally slow to decide on issues. They are known for weighing issues over and over with accompanied loss of sleep worrying over the consequences of their actions. Yes, diplomats listen too much and practice too much restraint as Jacob Zuma would be inclined to say.
What is it that excites Mutula Kilonzo? By : Jerry Okungu
A verse in the book of Proverbs says that "When the righteous are in authority, people rejoice. However, when the wicked are on the throne, people mourn."
This verse came to my mind when I watched President Jacob Zuma on television show the other day. The dancing South African president was as impressive as he could be. His happy-go-gigging public perception was in the back banners. He was talking tough to the continent about the ills that have consumed our region for decades.
Uhuru Kenyatta has scored highly with his political budget By : Jerry Okungu
Give it to him; Uhuru Kenyatta had his moment of glory in Parliament. He presented a unique budget that was as different as no other since independence. More importantly, he confounded both foe and friend with the kind of budget that caught many speculators with their pants down. To tell you how effective Uhuru was in Parliament, there were very few snoring honorable waheshimiwas in the august house; if any he gave Speaker Kenneth Marende a hectic time trying to minimize ....
Let us not rush to judge fundamental flaws in Uhuru's budget By : Jerry Okungu
As Uhuru took away fuel guzzlers from ministers, permanent secretaries and other constitutional office holders to save rare cash from a non performing economy, it looked like he was out to punish the few privileged honorable members. Yet, as this luxurious status symbol was being removed, he made sure that every constituency had its share of more than any MP would have bargained for. Further more; he refrained from venturing into Amos Kimunya's landmine- taxation for the honorable members of our society.
Is Kenya Sailing in Troubled Waters With The Obama administration? By : Jerry Okungu
Recent reports that Obama was not happy with the slow pace of reforms and his subsequent snub of Kenya have not gone down well with the Kibaki administration, least of all with many ordinary Kenyans who have a soft spot for the American President. The fact that Obama has decided to make Ghana and Egypt his first destinations of choice has fundamentally embarrassed Kenya in more ways than one. And as if to add insult to injury, Obama's sudden invitation of Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania to ......
Devastating Amnesty Int’l Report on Kenya By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
For those who believe the fallacy of the Western mass media, which promote the image of the Freemasonic Gangster Kibaki and his Kikuyu tribal thugs, the Amnesty International Report 2009 on Kenya looks as if describing another country found in a different continent.
Of the American Ambassador, our politics and Kenya's bloated cabinet By : Jerry Okungu
The beauty of a working democracy saw Indian Prime Minister name a cabinet of 19 ministers from outside parliament; one cabinet post per 100 million people! Here in Kenya, for a mere 35 million people with an economy that grows at 1.7% we load ourselves with a cabinet of 90 politicians that cannot even prepare a supplementary budget let alone scrutinize it!
The Ksh 10 billion error that never goes away: Uhuru is no crook; he just doesn't get it By : Jerry Okungu
Uhuru Kenyatta must be a very unlucky politician. He came into politics at a very bad time when Kenya's freedom of speech and scrutiny of public affairs had been entrenched. If that were not so, he would be president of Kenya today, not scratching his head over small little numbers at the Treasury that are never the work of respectable heads of state
Kenya in need a powerful 'Propaganda Machine' to fight tattered image By : Jerry Okungu
Propaganda as a tool has been used over the years in the last century whenever a country is in a state of war or is undergoing credibility crisis as we do now.
Obama and Kenya: Are Our Leaders Living in Fools' Paradise? By : Jerry Okungu
Barack Obama knows how to exert pain where it hurts most. The American President is livid with Kenyan political leadership. This is in spite of the fact that his late father worked with President Kibaki at the Treasury in the 1960s and '70s. Never mind that he is a distant relative of Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Kenya's image is messed here at home not in American capitals By : Jerry Okungu
The only price the Kenya Government will pay in order for President Obama to agree to work for Kenya is for the coalition government to get its act together, tackle graft and implement the Kofi Annan recommended reforms. Yes, all that Kibaki and Raila need to do is to prosecute Golden Berg, Anglo Leasing, Triton, Grand Regency, KTD, Maize and Treasury scoundrels and everything will be on course.
Presidents Obama and Tanzania's Jakaya Kikwete in Secret Talks on Kenya By : Oscar Obonyo
A secure Kenya is viewed by America and the European Union as guaranteed vanguard against the spill over of terrorism from lawless Somalia. A fortnight ago Obama warned President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila to ease political tension and fully execute the National Accord as crafted by former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan. Before Obama became president, Mwai Kibaki's spokesman, Alfred Mutua, dismissed Obama as, "a junior Senator from Illinois."
Stephanie McCrummen and The Washington Post Must Avoid Reporting Falsehoods on Kenyan Politics By : Jerry Okungu
This article corrects the falsehoods that the Western Press is fond of visiting on Kenya and Africa in general. There is more to Kenya's problems than the gossips and rumors in Nairobi's pubs.
KENYA - Beyond the Double Cross By : Gwada Ogot
The world around us is changing and we must compel ourselves to change with it. The country is up to its neck in the behavioral sink, besieged by crippling official corruption, confirmed lack of leadership, foresight and habitual impunity. These are the humiliating hallmarks of the trap we today call our national government. Kenya can sink no further for there is no where left to sink. From the nadir we currently find ourselves in, the country can only arise.
Pro-Kikuyu Racism Promoter Ben Rawlence Engaged in the HRW Anti-Eritrean Campaign By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
Whoever supports Kibaki, supports Zenawi, opposes Eritrea. The evil Freemasonic logic that plunged Africa to dismay, misery, tyranny, and cultural, socioeconomic and political collapse.
Kenya: Perfidious Tribal Kikuyu Tyranny Deplored by Devastating HRW Report By : Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis
From Horror to Hopelessness - Kenya's Forgotten Somali Refugee Crisis - A HRW Report

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