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American ambassador's remark on education erroneous
The comment by American ambassador to Kenya, Michael Ranneberger, that Kenya has the "highest level of education" in Africa has elicited comments mostly laced with skepticism, in some circles. The doubt arises from lack of evidence adduced by the good ambassador to back his assertion.
Kenya - Election polarisation has not spared the Diaspora
In America -- ODM supporters out here are in the Obama camp. Those among them who have the vote, and some who don’t, have contributed to the Obama campaign repeatedly. They are all very proud of their effort. Whenever they get an opportunity, they nettle PNU supporters, who are less inclined to support Obama. According to a source, a similar situation obtains back in Kenya.
False Comparison: 2000 US Presidential Election Debacle and 2007 Kenya Election Foul-Up
There is a myth abroad in Kenya that the 2000 US presidential election debacle remotely resembles the 2007 Kenya presidential election in essentials and outcome. The grinders of this myth readily point to the disputed US election and its eventual determination through the courts as the course of action ODM in Kenya should opt for. Al Gore, they are quick to reiterate, did not threaten mass action, rather he meekly walked away when the system decided for his opponent, George Bush.
Sovereignty Fig Leaf
Sovereignty has replaced patriotism as the last refuge of scoundrels. In Kenya, some politicians are loudly strumming several chords and beating many drums to the sovereignty rap hoping that like some magical incarnations it will ward off trouble. Balderdash it would were it not that some politicians appear to believe it and they may actually go to battle with the international community over it.
The Historian's Craft
Flash forward. When historians finally get to research and write about the extreme disturbances that rocked the First Republic in Kenya, December 2007 and immediately thereafter, it is likely they will work the inevitability route. They will posit as self-evident that the First Kenyan Republic was brought to knees by a number of internal and external factors, some of them beyond its control.
Kenya - The Perils of Short Term Thinking
Since the country descended into hell, analyses and prognostications of all kinds have been undertaken and publicized. However, a great majority of them have tended to skirt unsparing examination of the drivers of the nation's calamity opting instead for the lazy option strewn with pseudo -sophisticated assessments that betray a more of the same kind of thinking that is partly responsible for the present mess. Few have ventured radical ideas because our whole ethos is infused with hypocrisy....
Different readings of the same script
After trolling many Internet sites and reading an astonishing variety of opinions in the media on the Kenyan situation, the seeming plethora of views fall neatly in two distinct categories.
Kenyans excelled despite nomination challenges
The recent party nominations in Kenya went as well as they could. As political parties are rightly castigated for sleeping on the job — whatever happened to all the nomination fees they raked in? — wananchi ought to receive several rounds applause for their courage and willingness to stand up for their rights. With such vigilance and willingness to go to the trenches, Kenya's democracy may be assured after all, because the ordinary people own it.
Kibaki's team focused on naive politics
President Kibaki's Government is on the ropes not because it has been an unmitigated disaster but because it is short through with an extremely naive view of politics. The Kibaki team may have belatedly recognised its political mistakes, but it appears too late to turn the negative experience into immediate political dividends.

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