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1. Dean's World:

   Kenya Burning…

   I’m following the story here. It’s looking bad. Really bad.

   Heckuva way to start the New Year…

   1 January 2008, 11:07 am

2. Richard Ngibuini:

   Its amazing that once again there is a violent backlash against the Kikuyu people for no other reason except their ethnicity. During the Moi regime, Kikuyuys were killed in 1992 and 1997 and thankfully no Kikuyu life was lost in the 2002 election. This election however pitted a Kikuyu against a Luo and now that Raila has disputed the election his supporters have turned against the Kikuyu people again.
   Let all know that the ordinary Kikuyu only exercised their ballot much like all other tribes, and if the poll was rigged, it was rigged by the those who stood to gain power. Turning against innocent women and children is an act of cowardice and intimidation that does not help Kenya. If Kenya completely melts down, there will be no country to rule and frankly ordinary Kikuyus do not need to pay a price for that which they have no direct benefit.
   Let this episode of violence reveal the real Raila, Ruto, Ntimama and others who have historically sponsored coups and violence against other tribes as a basis for ethnic cleansing.

   1 January 2008, 11:56 am

3. Tatterdemalian:

   Corruption on one side, communism on the other. I’d choose the corruption myself, because at least it keeps people fed (even if we get gruel while the leaders’ incompetant son eats steak), but when people get violent, all the trappings of democracy go right out the window. Now it’s down to who can kill their opposition the fastest.

   1 January 2008, 12:29 pm

4. Raul Mala:

   I wouldn’t exactly call Raila a communist. He’s a rich businessman, after all. Although his rhetoric is more socialist than Kibaki’s, I suspect the main practical difference between the two is ethnicity, not political ideology. The solution will have to come from people for whom ethnicity is not as important as peace… perhaps wishful thinking?

   1 January 2008, 3:12 pm

5. The Glittering Eye » Blog Archive » Why Does Kenya Get So Little Attention?:

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   1 January 2008, 3:23 pm

6. jane:

   am disgusted with what is happening in kenya cant people be it kikuyu or luo see who is dying its the mwananchi not the raila and kibaki who live in posh areas and all there families are safe.he insist 1 million people will match he should get his daughter and sons and put them on the fore front march.shame on everybody fighting for no reason non of the politicians will give u a cent from there hefty salaries so lets stop and think

   1 January 2008, 4:48 pm

7. dd:

   It is more than Luo/Kikuyu, I am afraid to say. Ethnic chauvinism, has been the quick fix for politicians on the African continent. Afraid you will lose an election.. call out MR. EC, afraid you are going to be fired call out MR. EC. Throw in the mix, nepotism and corruption, and poof If we had a Luo/Kamba/Maasai/etc president for as long as we had Kikuyu presidents we would have had the same outcome, different players, different tribe being killed. Kenya is an experiment of combining multiple nations and we have not acknowledged that, and try to pretend. We thought it could not happen to us, we were different, no we aren’t. We need a truth and reconcilation commission… we cannot turn into Somalia.

   1 January 2008, 5:12 pm

8. Chapomatic:

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   1 January 2008, 10:18 pm

9. Dossie:

   It is sad that some people are trying to blame Raila for no fault of his own. Kibaki should have known what repercussions his actions of rigging his election would have on the Kenyan people. It is preposterous that the govt is blaming the opposition while kenyans whom they purpote to govern are burning how naive and stupid

   2 January 2008, 12:23 am

10. bwana bo:

    It is sad that some of us are ignorantly or deliberatly trying to reduce this issue to an ethnic Luo vs Kikuyu debate.Thre are about 42 tribes in Kenya. I am Kisii and can not stand the impunity with which the Kibaki government propagated tribalism through public appointments and mid-wifed grand corruption schemes in the last 5 years.I personally can not stand his insincerity and seriously campaigned for any body else!
    This is not a tribe thing. The election was a sham!!...period. All Raila Odinga and ODM demanded was a re-tally of the ballot to ascertain the results. Do you need to walk to Siberia for that?!! After all, evidence has been produced(even by the EU observer team to support the claims of irregularities) The election commision was incompetetnt and compromised and the chairman himself has expressed serious doubt regrading the outcome. What did you expect the majority of kenyans (all 41 other tribes who overwhelmingly voted for Raila)to do? Sit back and enjoy the rigging commercial break? This is a wake up call. Kenyans will not sit back and allow a few people to reap the benefits of national sweat

    2 January 2008, 6:03 am

11. Wisecanvas:

    What we are seeing in Kenya today is by no means a new phenomenon in Africa. Politicians using ethnic divisions to bolster their selfish causes at the expense of stability and human lives is a practice that, unfortunately, is too often adopted. I shared some more in-depth views about what we are seeing in Kenya, and by extension how it relates to past and future turmoil in most of Sub-Saharan Africa on my blog, which I invite you to read: http://www.wisecanvas.com

    Thanks!
    WiseCanvas

    2 January 2008, 2:56 pm

12. Caleb Adongo:

    You missed the whole point- especially by saying that the violence is between the Luos and Kikuyus.

    First Raila Odinga never ran on a Luo Ticket to be Elected

    -This was a coalition Government [ODM}

    Second The entire country responded at the ballot box by voting him and his policies as the rightful leader of Kenya

    They almost Votted out the entire Kibaki -Cabinet

    attached will give you a better insight- I hope you follow it.

    THIS IS JUST CRAZY WHAT BRITAIN IS DOING;;;

    GSU in Kenya not Kenyan but UGANDAN GSU!

    The GSU presence in Kisumu, Eldoret and Nairobi are not Kenyan GSU but UGANDANS GSU sent in by Museveni (as requested by Kibaki and Michuki). As you will see on satellite television, the men are not talking whilst beating up and shooting people, this will give them away as not being Kenyans.
    Both the Kenyan military and the Police declined to the ‘Order of shoot to kill’ as commanded Kibaki and Michuki’.
    This is a known fact and people are already aware of this however, I believe this fact will be highlighted at the Rally in Nairobi.
    Moreover, Jack Tumwa of ECK has also owned up saying he had doubts when the results were announce that something was up with Kivuiti as he looked frightened (perhaps threat of family being killed etc).
    I am based in Dubai and we are receiving first hadn info from a reliable insider source.
    We hope that the mounting pressure will force Kibaki to step down or else alot of people here in the UAE have vowed that even if it means that we all go to Kenya to stage Civil unrests everyday, we will until Kibaki yields.
    I hope no this pressure biro miyo okuche gi owe tigo gi ji ahinya. Okuche have oppressed other tribes ma sani we should not accept there tactics.
    I will keep in touch and speak soon. I can be reached on

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    BRITAIN IS NOW PROTECTING MOI BECAUSE THEY DONT WANT TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR KENYAS STOLLEN WEALTH THROUGH THEIR COMPANIES AND THROUGH THEIR KENYAN MUNGIKI AGENTS-
    THER WAS A CLEAR MACHINE GUN G-3 GOVERNMENT ISSUEAD AUTOMATIC RIFLE [EXCLUSIVELY ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND WAS BEING USED TO SHOOT PEOPLE IN ELDORET] THIS SUPPOSEDLY IN A CIVILIAN RIOT!
    THIS IS A HIGH STAKES GENOCIDE WHERE KENYAN TAX_PAYERS ARE BEING BUTCHERE BECAUSE OF BRITAINS GREED & CULTURAL MAYHEM..
    KIBAKI HAVING SIGNED A GOVERNMENT PACT WITH MUNGIKI SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO CONTEST IN THE FIRST PLACE…A CONTEST WHICH HE LOST IN ASTRONOMICAL PROPRTIONS-THATS WHY MOI TOOK OFF IN THE FACE OF IMMINENT DEFEAT
    KENYANS MUST GET RID OF KIBAKI NOW!!

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    Guest List (Kibaki Dinner)—Deepak Kamani – Owner of Anglo Leasing, wanted by Kenya Police but managed to dine without being arrested
    Paul Ndungu – Front man for Chris Murungaru looted billions
    Nat Kangethe – Looter of Kenya Meat Commission
    Kamlesh Pattni – Owner of Goldenberg, single largest scandal in East African history
    Nicholas Biwott – Kanu hawk and future VP if Kibaki wins, looter of Turkwell Gorge, murderer of Ouko
    Joe Wanjui – Owner of Steadman, allocated massive plots in Upperhill during Kenyatta times
    Fr Wamugunda – Pervert catholic priest, lover of Martha Karua
    Amos Kimunya – ex Finance Minister, allocated massive plots when Minister of Lands, involved in the illegal sale of Telkom
    Njenga Karume – failed businessman, allocated and sold huge land in Nakuru to Government, Mungiki godfather
    John Michuki – failed businessman, owner of Windsor , built on stolen land, Director of Triple A capital, connected to Kenya Pipeline scandal at beginning of Kibaki term, RATTLESNAKE
    Ephraim Maina – owner of Kirinyaga Construction, refrred to as “cowboy contractor” as he never completes any job, recent loser of PNU nominations
    Naushad Merali – Looter of Moi era, severally mentioned in the Kroll Report
    Mukhisa Kituyi – broke Minister who suddenly purchased a chopper from proceeds of Sugar scam deals
    Peter Munga – Chairman, Equity Bank, involved in financing recent poll violence through his bank
    Jimnah Mbaru – Chairman, Dyer and Blair, man who caused a drop in the NSE due to loose talk
    Simeon Kirgotty – Registrar of Motor Vehicles, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Prof Abdul-Aziz Shankat – Vice Chancellor Egerton University, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Peter Mwangi, MD ICDCI, involved in the collapse of Uchumi, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Cyrus Gituai – Permanent Secretary, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Dr Romano Kiome – Permanent Secretary, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Duncan Wachira – Former Police Commissioner, presided over pathetic tribunal sham that cleared Arthur Brothers of any wrong
    Eddy Njoroge – Head of Kengen, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    Titus Mbathi – Chairman Kengen, Permanent Secretary, attended illegally as Kenyan law does not allow civil servants to campaign
    B. D. Shah – Chairman, Bidco Industries, partner of Nicholas Biwott, involved in stealing Uganda protected land
    And the list goes on…

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    Onother MoU !!
    >>
    >>
    >> Kibaki Admits Meeting Mungiki Leaders
    >>
    >> President Kibaki yesterday was put on the spot by non-gema PNU aspirants
    >> over the alleged MOU circulating on the web. The MOU is purpotedly made
    > by
    >> the president and Mungiki leaders. The MOU, among other things, promises
    >> police and armed forces jobs to Mungiki members.
    >>
    >> Kibaki admitted having met Mungiki leaders severally but denied that he
    > is
    >> party to the MOU going round.
    >>
    >> Kibaki, however, stated that during the meetings which were arranged by
    >> the
    >> defence minister and other top Mt. kenya MPs the key agenda was to bring
    >> out the differences between the government and Mungiki and explore ways
    >> that the two can work together for the benefit of the Kikuyu community.
    >>
    >> Kibaki is reported to have told the PNU aspirants that he has a clear
    >> understanding of who Mungiki are and that they have no aim at hurting
    >> other
    >> communities. This could be true since Mungiki operates in Gema areas only
    >> and it is known to slaughter Kikuyus only.
    >>
    >> Kibaki said that Mungiki is a religeous group whose freedom of worship
    >> must
    >> be protected by the government. Kibaki said Mungiki supports many Kikuyu
    >> cultures which have been eroded by Mzungu. He said some of these
    >> traditions
    >> are important to the Kikuyu since they unite them. Some of the traditions
    >> include circumcision of both boys and girls. It is on basis of this that
    >> Martha karua never attended the meeting since Mungiki had at some point
    >> challenged her to say whether she is curcimicised or not. Njoki Ndungu
    > was
    >> also forced out of PNU elections board when some Gema Aspirants said she
    >> is
    >> not circumcised and therefore a likely Raila mole.
    >>
    >> Kibaki noted that when he took over power Mungiki was a gang for hire but
    >> during his reign it has been converted into an enterprising youth group.
    >> He
    >> drew parrallels between Mungiki, Transcentury Group and the Mega
    >> Initiative. He said these groups have transformed the Kikuyu youths from
    >> idlers to hardworking business people who make money from the services
    > the
    >> offer to the community.
    >>
    >> The Mungiki network, according to our statehouse source, is being seen as
    >> key in ensuring 95% voter turnout in Mt. Kenya Region. Mungiki youths
    > have
    >> been enrolled in the Kibaki Tena Secretariat to offer consultancy
    > services
    >> on oathing.
    >>
    >> Apart from oathing the group is being used to intimidate people to get
    > out
    >> to vote for Kibaki otherwise dire consequences will fall on those whose
    >> relative dont go home to Vote on December 27. Many people have been
    >> pleading with their relatives to be around including those overseas to
    >> avail themselves on the voting day for fear of beheadings of their loved
    >> ones.
    >>
    >> Kibaki had wanted they sign an MOU with Mungiki which its leaders
    >> rejected.
    >> They said they dont trust Kibaki to honour any future Gentelemans
    >> agreements since they were swindled during the referendum. They demanded
    >> that their members who have been killed by the government should be
    >> compensated for. Part of the Kshs 1Billion raised on Friday last week
    > will
    >> go to this initiative as Kibaki promised.
    >>
    >> Kibaki was made to issue an excutive order to karume and Security
    > Minister
    >> that the Mungiki requests must be executed now since they dont want an
    >> MOU.
    >> Mungiki are already being recruited as police reservists in various parts
    >> of central Kenya.
    >>
    >> The non Gema PNU aspirants who included Kombo, Mungatana, Nyachae,
    > Obwocha
    >> and Tuju left convinced that there is nothing sinister in Kibakis
    >> engagement with Mungiki. Infact Nyachae has offered to have Chinkororo
    >> meet
    >> the president at a latter date.
    >>
    >> Gema group was represented by David Mwiraria, Njenga Karume, Joe Wanjui,
    >> Mutahi Kagwe, Amos Kimunya, Judy Kibaki and John Michuki

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    ATTENTION: GEMA COMMUNITY ALONE

    HOUSE OF MUMBI! LET US WAKE UP!

    KIBAKI TENA!
    We the Gema community must wake up to the reality and call a spade a spade and not a big spoon. From the various opinion polls even from the Consumer Insight which is owned by our own Hon Mutahi Kagwe has shown that the rest of the Kenyans have decided to isolate us by not supporting our own son. We should stop pretending and come out strongly in support of President Mwai Kibaki since failure for him to be relected will spell a lot of misery to most of our tribesmen because of many reasons best know to us all. We must return thanks to Kibaki and his government for ensuring we got the most of the nation’s cake during his past five years. I had never seen many people from Central Province being employed the way it was done and I believe he created the 500,000 jobs per year as he had promised. Those who are saying he did not am wondering which Kenya are they in.
    We have to admit that some of our leaders from Mt Kenya let down the president by misadvising him in various issues affecting the all country the worst of which being the mishandling of the terrorist Muslims, the looting rustlers from kacurias from rift valley, the uncircumcised lake side boys, gluttonous luhyas and the blind gusiis (Nyachae married our daughter and all of them thought they have become our blood relatives).
    We need to plan to win the Election with or without their support. I say so because there is no point of pretending they are on our side after all they seems to have been bribed to support the opposition and no amount of wooing will help as .Remember during Moi’s time we the GEMA were also stubborn refusing completely to support him despite many gestures he had extended to us. We should not hope the rest are stupid not to be the same. This is a fact and am not ashamed to state so. Let them go to hell!

    It is with this reality that His Excellency The President Mwai Kibaki should start consolidating our Kikuyu, Embu and Meru .I believe we are enough to give him victory given the fact that we are all over the country so on the top of the 4 million plus votes in Central and Eastern we can still manage to get another 4 million in the rest of the provinces. In all the major towns we make more than half the population.
    Kibaki Campaigning team should discard the issue of trying to woo some empty parties such as tip tip, ford Kenya and ford people. The opinion polls have shown they have got no following from there back yards and there insistence of going it alone on parliamentary and civics seats is suspect and is delaying actualization of any meaningful coalition. Kibaki should do away with those warlord nyachae, bitter kombo and the uncircumcised tuju. They will definitely not be relected. So if they do not
    Have hope of getting themselves votes how do President Kibaki expect them to assist him? No wonder the President has been scoring poorly in their backyards. Another wastage was the award of Kshs 5 Billion to Ali Taib to try to woo the terrorists to our side. This won’t work because the terrorists are hard core supporters of the boy from the lake.

    Only Kanu can be worth working with because some of its followers are still remote, backward in life and we can easily win them by bribing them. After all they were used to bribes. Kudos Uhuru for showing them the way.
    Also shirikisho party of the mijikenda can be arm twisted with hand outs because this is a party of the poorest people in Kenya if not in the Africa or the world for that matter. Kibaki should exploit this. You remember during the magarini by elections Kibaki’s Government needed only to show them how electricity poles look like and before the reality hit them that there was no electricity project they had already supported our choice for them. See, we sons of Mumbi have brains and I believe if we go this way the lakeside uncircumcised tinga will see dust. We cannot talk about the dog eaters kambas so kalonzo is no match he is in the league of muiru or patni. Let them know if they do not support our Kibaki they will continue eating dogs due to hanger.

    To assist Kibaki to win he should ensure the construction of roads past Nakuru going to the west to be slowed down to hamper the movement of those going those sides since it seems they have closed their hears to pleads by president to re-lect him. I think so far
    The government of President Kibaki has done something on this as you can remember the constructions from Limuru to Gilgil was done quickly and from there the enthusiasm of construction seems to have faded. Cheers our beloved President. I hope you will do more to hamper any development in these opposition zones.

    Also during Christmas and Election all Gema owners of busses plying western routes should re-route all the vehicles to Central Province and be paid by DP , NARC KENYA AND KANU THE KING MAKERS IN PNU. Note that majority of the PSVs are owned by us and we should not waste any opportunity that come our way.

    Kibaki should use the administration thoroughly to harass those supporting opposition and can even enlist our dreaded Mungiki and bank robbers to target non Mount Kenyans . Mungiki should stop killing our own because this will have adverse effect in our voting block. Instead our Kibaki government should encourage those in opposition to reduce their numbers the way they are doing in Mount Elgon . This is congratulation to our Michuki. Keep it up Mr. Michuki, do not waste your policemen by sending them to quell the killings in Mt Elgon as you know the killers and victims are all ODM supporters. We people of Central should be proud that Hon Kibaki’s government was swift in stopping Mungiki killings which would have lead to many of our own dying. There is need to integrate Mungiki into the army as had been suggested by the Minister of Defense Hon Karume. This will be of much assistance in the unlikely event that we lost the coming election. If this happens President should use military to help him rule Kenya till he retires on his volition.
    We cannot afford to lose the power of governing this Nation as that will mean most Kikuyus will lose jobs in most of the crucial ministries such as Ministry of Finance, Internal Security, Justice and Defense which by their crucial nature must remain headed and manned by Kikuyu professionals the way it have been in the last five years. During these five years no one can complain that these ministries have not superperformed under our notable House of Mumbi sons and daughters such as:

    STATE HOUSE
    1. Mwai Kibaki-President
    2. Lucy Kibaki-Deputy President
    3. Stanley Murage-De facto State Hosue Controller
    4. Muthaiga Group lead by Chancellor Wanjui-Presidential Advisers
    5. Muthaura-Head of Public Service
    6. More than have of other permanent secretaries
    7. Cardinal John Njue-In charge of wooing non Kikuyu stupid Catholics
    8. Pastor Ng’ang’a of Neno wooer
    9. David Githii- PCEA mobiliser
    10.

    INTERNAL SECURITY
    1. Hon Michuki-Minister
    2. Hon Munya-Assistant Minister
    3. Erick Kiraithe-Police Spokesman
    4. All the 8 PCs except for two who are married to our daughters
    5. All 72 DCs except for 13 out of whom 7 are also married to our daughters
    6. Head of NSIS

    MINISTRY OF FINANCE

    1. Hon Amos Kimunya-Minister
    2. Hon Peter Kenneth-Assistant Minister
    3. Mr Kinywa-Permanent Secretary
    4. Mr Ndung’u-Central Bank Governor
    5. Mr Michael Waweru-Commissioner General –KRA
    6. Mrs Nelius Kariuki-Chairperson Kenya Re
    7. Mrs Eunice Mbogo-MD Kenya Re
    8. Mr Jimnah Mbaru-Nairobi Stock Exchange Chairman
    9. Mr. Wangunyu-CMA vice chairman
    10. Mr James Mwangi-MD Equity Bank

    Ministry of Environment

    1. Hon David Mwiraria-Minister
    2. Hon Wangare Maathai-Assistant Minister
    3.

    Ministry of Energy

    1. Hon Kiraitu Murungi-Minister
    2. Hon Mwangi Kiunjuri-Assistant Minister

    Ministry of Communication

    1. Hon Mutahi Kagwe- Minister
    2. Hon Koigi Wa Wamwere-Assistant Minister
    3. PS
    4. Mr Linus Gitahi-MD Nation Media

    Ministry of Defense

    1. Hon Njenga Karume-Minister
    2. PS

    Ministry of Education

    1. Hon George Kinuthia Saitoti-Minister
    2. Mr Karega Mutahi-Education Secretary

    Ministry of Transport

    1. Mr George Muhoho-MD Kenya Ports Authority
    2. Mr Mbugua-Head of PSV’s

    Ministry of Works

    1. Hon Simon Nyachae- Minister married to our Kikuyu daughter so we are also well represented here.

    Ministry of Agriculture

    1. Hon Kirwa- Minister married to our Kikuyu daughter so we are also well represented here.

    Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    1. Hon Raphael Tuju-Minister married to our Kikuyu daughter so we are also well represented here.

    The above is just but the top cream but also the bulk of those working under them are
    Mostly our Kikuyus and Merus and that is why we should be proud of Kibaki’s leadership and that gives us the reason to defend at any cost.

    We must give extra credit to Waweru of KRA in that since he took over our sons and daughters have been able to secure the lion share of jobs in this crucial Revenue Authority even without going through the rigorous interviews subjected to the rest f Kenyans. The same goes to Hon Michuki and his men at the ministry for ensuring our sons and daughters from Central Province takes the lion share of enrollment to police and administration positions.

    We should ensure Kibaki gets reelected to enable us take over all the jobs in strategic positions in all government institutions after all Mau Mau who brought independence were from the house of Mumbi and we should not be criticized when we claim what it rightly belongs to us.

    KUDOs Matatus and City Hopas for fare hike and Kibaki Tena Posters

    We should also be gratefull to our people from Central who owns 90% of the matatus and buses operating in Nairobi for coming up together and ensuring that they increase fares by Ksh 10 which is channeled to Kibaki Tena Campaign Fund. Note that this was a clever way of making even opposition supporters to contribute towards Kibaki reelection without noticing. More congrats goes to CITY HOPA BUSES for on top of raising funds for Kibaki and PNU from the fares they have gone an extra mile to ensure that even ODM supporters endorse Kibaki by boarding their buses with Kibaki and PNU posters. Note that they have got no choice but we have to tread carefully given that the terrorists
    (Muslims) have decided to side with them and they might be desperate to petrol bomb buses bearing Kibaki’s posters. We should be extra careful while using these vehicles and if possible we should let those opposed to Kibaki to eat humble pie and use them so that in the event that they are stoned or bombed at least our enemies votes will be reduced.

    EVADE PAYING TAXES IF ODM WINS

    In the unlikely event that ODM wins the coming elections let us deny them tax they way our Kikuyu business men (who actually owns over 80% business) used to deny Moi’s government. Let them know that our people accepted to pay tax in solidarity with our own being the President and we must say No Kibaki No Taxes from Kikuyu Meru Businesses.

    HAIL KIBAKI FOR DISPOSAL OF PUBLIC CORPORATIONS

    We should not condemn Kibaki’s lieutenants for rushing to dispose Safaricom and Telkom . The amounts raised will assist us in the campaigns and more so our sons in Tran-century Group lead by Jimna Mbaru , Jimmy Kibaki, Amos Kimunya will ensure Gema are allotted the lion share of these corporations they way they did with Kenya Power, Kenya Airways, Kengen, Kenya Re and Kenya Railway . This should be done with haste since we do not know if the rest of Kenyans have known their rights and in that case might vote us out of government come 27th December 2007.

    THANKS A LOT TO OUR SONS FOR THE CAPTIVATING PROPAGANDA

    Our sons should intensify spreading of propaganda materials against the stupid ODM candidate. We must portray him as a devil worshiper but hold on a bit I have heard some say if Tinga is a devil worshiper then Kibaki is himself the devil and according to them it is better the servant (Raila) than the master (Kibaki). We should also counter this. Non Kikuyu Christians are fools . Just intensify propaganda that Raila is a devil worshiper and they will believe. Hawataweza Kikuyu .
    All Luos are stupid. Do they think they can rule this country while Kikuyu’s have the anointed sons and daughters. They must know that after Kibaki Uhuru and after Uhuru Jimmy Kibaki,Martha Karua, Kimunya, and Muiru etc etc but only from House of Mumbi forever and ever and ever.

    Sincerely speaking Kibaki has done us good people of Mount Kenya and we should all turn up at Election Day and give it all. Let the rest stupid Kenyans languish in poverty as we continue to enrich our selves. WE ARE INDEED THE JEWS OF KENYA -THE CHOSEN FEW. No other tribe can dare invest in our Central Province because we have our Mungiki and Robbers to take care of that. We also cannot buy from a non Kikuyu shop. Tutoboe ukweli. Kazi iendelee.

    TOTHI MBERE DOGA COKE THUTHA. TIGANA NA KERIMO.

    Yours truly,

    PNU SECRETARIAT- CENTRAL PROVINCE EXCUSIVE WING.

    NA WERA IENDEREE

    5
    The Mt. Kenya Kibaki Succession Plan: Secret Meetings held to dupe and bribe

    Uhuru Kenyatta’s double-speak about his ambition to become Kenya ’s President after Kibaki is no surprise. Uhuru Kenyatta is the chosen heir in an elaborate plan by Mt. Kenya politicians to ensure that the Presidency stays with the community beyond 2022. A group of Mt. Kenya politicians have planned how Uhuru will take over the Presidency in 2012 whether Kibaki wins another term or not in December 2007.

    Before PNU was formed, Kibaki had held a series of secret meetings with top leaders from Central Province to chart the way forward for the future of the Kikuyu Community after 2007. The meetings started as early as April this year when the Kibaki men realized that he had no credible party that could see him get re-elected. Purely Mt. Kenya outfits Narc-Kenya and DP were at the time pressuring him to adopt their ticket amid dissent from non-Kikuyu ministers.

    Notably, while the politicians were of the impression that Kibaki should join either of the two Mt. Kenya parties, Kibaki’s golfing baddies now entrenched in government, parastatals and in Mt. Kenya owned TransCentury share-trading and acquisition company were busy working on a formula that would see Kibaki re-elected at the same time ensuring that the presidency remains with the Kikuyu beyond 2012.

    Handwritten minutes of meetings show that the planners – the athuri group – are so secret that even members of the Ameru and Aembu are not included. The argument is that these communities will obviously support a Kikuyu come 2012 because they have no option. To this end, it was agreed that Kiraitu Murungi and David Mwiraria be returned to the cabinet to ensure “they are for ever grateful” and to win the loyalty of the Ameru. It came as no surprise that it was Lucy Kibaki who made hints of their return which was effected speedily. Minutes show the group nicknamed itself “athuri”.

    About the same time, the athuri secretive group comprising of Kibaki as chairman, Njenga Karume and John Michuki as alternate chairmen, Mary Wambui, Jimmy Kibaki, Judy Kibaki, Eddy Njoroge, George Muhoho, Stanley Murage, Nat Kangethe, Bishops Arthur Gitonga and George Gathii, and Cyrus Gituai (PS OP) were holding meetings with the retired president Moi’s group of Nicholas Biwott, Ezekiel Bargetuny, Gideon Moi, Sila Yego and Uhuru to layout the post-Kibaki succession plan.

    Ready to play ball as usual were Luhya leaders in the then GNU. A plot was hatched to have Ford-Kenya take the lead in the formation of PNU thereby hide the true intention of the Mt. Kenya boys. In one meeting it was agreed that Musikari Kombo was more pliable, weak and dumb enough to be used. That Kombo was weak on his Western Province turf after invasion by ODM was cited as reason enough for him to play errand boy without question. “Nyamu eno ahoyaga matigio. Reke tomuhe ihindi” (this animal worships leftovers. Let’s give him a bone to chew), Kibaki is said of Kombo in reference to empty departments given to Kombo’s cronies after he threw a tantrum following a post-referendum new cabinet in 2005.

    Not surprisingly, in a recent tour of Western Province , Kibaki told Kombo and company including Moody Awori that he will include him in his cabinet. It was strange given that the president found it necessary to make this promise when all parties under PNU should automatically be in Cabinet after elections. Was this an attempt to stem some disquiet regarding the president’s mean trick of short-changing partners? Was this reassurance to Kombo and meant to appease Luhya voters who have lost faith and trust that Kibaki, an introverted tribalist, can never honour a promise? Problem is, there is no party Kombo can use to negotiate for positions in the post-elections cabinet. This is because Ford-Kenya has been swallowed by PNU and is fielding no candidates!

    Earlier, in the athuri meeting, it was also argued that Kombo’s never-ending ambition to be “given” the vice presidency was a great enticement to have him play blind ball. His desperation for money was also used fully. No less a person than his nemesis Soita Shitanda of Malava has accused Kombo of being in PNU for the money. It is instructive that while all parties under PNU have their own candidates, only Ford-Kenya failed to field a single candidate of its own. The ECK register shows that all Former Ford-Kenya MPs in Bungoma, including Kombo are running on PNU. It means that Ford-Kenya is finally dead.

    That’s how the equally quick-to-please Noah Wekesa was recruited to lead a façade of forming PNU while the backroom Muthaiga boys worked on a parallel plan. It is notable that immediately Wekesa thought he had clinched it with PANU, the Mt. Kenya boys took it over renamed it PNU and got busy swallowing all the other parties other than Kanu. Wekesa’s cries of betrayal were to no avail. His boss Kombo, as usual was more interested in the cash handouts that comes with “horse trading” than protecting his sidekick or the interests of Ford-Kenya.

    Back to the issue of the Kibaki succession, Uhuru finally agreed to join the Kibaki team but was given enough concessions as the heir-in-waiting: First, Kanu would field independent candidates but who will be funded by PNU to ensure Kanu becomes strong since PNU would disintegrate by 2009 and a win or lose by Kibaki would have prepared Uhuru to inherit the Mt. Kenya vote. Second, the bad blood between Uhuru and Moi over his association with ODM would be cleansed by the appointment as ministers of Gideon Moi, Nick Salat, Paul Sang and Nicholas Biwott in a Kibaki government. As it were only Paul Sang got the appointment earlier than after the elections. These appointment promises remain intact for after 2008 and are the reason Moi and company are campaigning hard for Kibaki in Rift Valley. Third, through such association with Moi’s boys and should Kibaki lose, Kanu would have re-established a foothold in Central Kenya and the Rift Valley, and with Moi’s support in the Rift Valley, Uhuru will be president and Gideon Moi the vice in 2012.

    When it came to other communities and other competitors, the athuri prevailed upon Kibaki to abandon the ambitions of Awori, Kombo, Kituyi, Saitoti, Martha Karua and Kirwa as inconsequential. This was after Kibaki was presented with secret research evidence from Mutahi Ngunyi, who has since moved to State House. Mutahi reported that other than Karua, the pretenders to the throne would all loose their seats in the 2007 elections. Chipped in Karume in reference to Karua “Mwari wa muthambia kioro afataire kuihura/kuithambia mbere….” (The daughter of a toilet cleaner should wipe herself first!) – a derogatory reference to Kirinyaga people whom mainstream Kikuyu refer to as toilet cleaners. The slur was acquired in colonial times when the Kirinyaga dominated the city council cleansing department).

    As for Saitoti, it was felt that he was an outsider who carried too much baggage from the Goldenberg scum. He was seen to be “disloyal” in his earlier announcement that he would vie against Kibaki in this year’s elections. The Kiambu Muranga axis of the athuri felt that Saitoti ambitions for 2012 did not augur well for Uhuru. Michuki reported he had met Moi who has no time for his former VP, and that consideration of Saitoti would antagonize Moi whom Saitoti blamed for the Goldenberg theft.

    To placate Moi, the athuri minutes report to Kibaki refers to ” Gacamia/Gathakaria ga gukenia Moi” (or a sweetener to appease Mzee Moi). It has now emerged that the sweet for Moi is a plot to ensure Saitioti looses the Kajiado North parliamentary seat. It is with this hindsight the Saitoti is under siege from DP’s Lee Kinyanjui and blames “someone” in PNU. And Saitoti is very uncomfortable at the moment with the Kibaki Group even going as far as claiming that PNU wants him to loose the Kajiado North seat. These fears are well founded as the athuri feel that Saitoti is an outsider in Central Province and therefore not the best bet for the Presidency even after Kibaki.

    Part of their minutes show the athuri discussed ways of dealing with the imminent fallout with other communities in 2012. The Luhya as a community are dismissed as peaceful and would be grateful for anything. Kombo despite promises was ruled out as a running mate. Moody’s influence in Western Province was found lucking and Kombo, Kituyi and Wekesa were seen to have succumbed to the ODM wave in the Province. ” Manegere Mathagu ma guku na nimakurota kuubuka”, (Give them some chicken wings and they will dream of flying), Michuki is quoted dismissing any worries about Luhya support for Kibaki.
    The meeting thus decided that ” Gutuma atongoria abaluhya mecirie nimakugia ufata munene kuri thirikari Kibaki ashinda’( to give the Luhya leaders the impression that they will be a major part of Kibaki’s government if he wins). The emphasis was that these leaders should be made to work for Kibaki since their worth as vote-getters had diminished. This seems to be the “decoy” assurance Kibaki was promising on his recent tour.

    When PNU was taken over, it was decided that Kibaki give other parties like Ford-Kenya and Ford-People, the illusion that they are part of PNU. Only Kombo took this bait and Ford-K is the only party that is headed to oblivion in the PNU. Secretly, Kikuyu parties like Safina, Narc-Kenya and DP were to be allowed to “revolt” and field candidates in their own names in the nominations. Kombo is being made to believe that he is a co-owner of PNU and therefore a future VP. However, in a telling game of juggling the liver ala Michuki, the athuri have argued that after elections, Ford-Kenya would be dead. The plot was to ensure Kombo got money to stand on PNU and let Ford-Kenya die. It is interesting that the ECK lists Kombo and his Bungoma cohorts as all standing on PNU!
    Hence, the Kibaki athuri hatched a plot to keep all the non-Kikuyu members of PNU hopeful. However, the confidential athuri minutes show that after the elections and incase Kibaki wins, he will form an alliance with Kalonzo Musyoka as VP because Kibaki will only have Kikuyu MPs. The athuri also argue that most other provinces are already lost to ODM and there will be no need to reward “aragoli” ( Mt. Kenya name for the Luhya) after they reject Kibaki.

    According to Mutahi Ngunyi’s brief, to boost turnout, all Kibaki needs to do is ensure large turnouts in Central where the “unattached voter” will be helped to vote. This is reference to double registration occasioned by national IDS numbers being shared by several voters and those also of dead voters given to other people. It is quite alarming that most cases termed “double registration” by the ECK are actually ID numbers of other voters outside Mt. Kenya and the dead ones now given Kikuyu names and allocated voters cards. The rigging ploy is that while the original holder of the legitimate ID number will be denied voting because of double registration, the imposter in Central Kenya will have voted.

    While analyzing the situation in Rift Valley, the athuri considered the consequences of naming Kipruto Kirwa as Kibaki’s running mate, an idea they said originated from a meeting former President Daniel Arap Moi had held with Narc-Kenya chairman Raphael Tuju in Nakuru in October. Moi had argued that promising Kirwa a running mate position to Kibaki (without intending to make him VP) would clip the ODM wave in Rift Valley. This, it is explained, would make Kalenjins vote for Kibaki since former Eldoret North MP William Ruto who is a member of the powerful ODM Pentagon is not Raila Odinga’s running mate.

    But Moi’s suggestion was rejected as the athuri argued that it would be very difficult to dump Kirwa after the elections were he to be named the running mate. Mutahi argued that Uhuru’s support from the Kalenjin in 2012 would be jeopardized as the Kalenjin would rebel again. ” Dukayihie mbogo ithitio. Nitutihitie andu aya maita meri matikugueterera gutihio ka gatatu”, warned Ngunyi, who is married to a Kalenjin, in his presentation. Loosely translated, it means “Never underrate a wounded Buffalo . We have wounded these chaps twice – using them in 2002 against Moi and firing them after for Moi’s mistakes. They will not wait for a third wound”. The athuri finally decided that the VP slot should be left vacant and dangled to all communities especially the Luhya and the Kalenjin to vote for Kibaki.

    Apparently, while Kibaki needs Moi’s help, the athuri acknowledge that Moi is a danger given the Kroll Report, which revealed that the former President and his family looted public coffers more than Kshs.130 billion. They have decided to restrict Moi to campaigns against ODM in Rift Valley where they believe corruption by Moi is not an issue. Yet some members in the group are cautious with this arrangement arguing that it may backfire and hurt Kibaki on the platform of Corruption. It is with this in mind that an anxious Moi, whose moles had leaked the reservations by the athuri to him, met Kibaki at State House Nakuru for 45 minutes on November 29, 2007.

    Sources reveal that Moi wanted assurance that Kibaki would not renegade on a secret deal never to prosecute Moi and his family for crimes committed during his era. To secure protection Moi secured a free ride to Parliament for his sons and his private sectraty, John Lokorio in three constituencies on a Kanu ticket. Moi who had just arrived back from Ethiopia contributed Kshs3 billion to Kibaki’s campaign kitty.

    However, a clever Moi said the money will be used by him in Kibaki Tena campaigns in Rift Valley against Raila. Moi is now funding all the pro-Kibaki candidates in the province. It is also believed that it is from this money that leaflets against Raila are being produced and distributed in Rift Valley.

    The more dastardly of the cash use is the funding of ethnic clashes in Molo. Kikuyu and Kalenjin youth are being paid to kill and burn houses belonging to Kisii migrant workers in the area in an attempt to cut down ODM votes in the native Kisii-Nyanza. The pro-Kibaki media have deliberately chosen to focus on source interviews and name-tag captions showing the Kisii as the victims. Yet this is not new. It is the third phase after the failure when government ignited ethnic flare-ups on the Kisii-Kalenjin border at Sondu mid this year as the ODM wave hit fever pitch in the country. The second phase failed where widows and orphans would be paid to parade themselves as victims of ethnic clashes in Kisii. It looks like Moi has now gone for the real ones by igniting the Kuresoi killings.

    5 January 2008, 9:27 am

13. Mike Volpe:

    This situation appears to be deteriorating quickly into a genocide and it appears that the world has learned no lessons from previous genocide in Rwanda and Sudan because no one is making more than a token effort to stop it. Here is how I wrote about it…

    http://theeprovocateur.blogspot.com/2008/01/kenya-in-crisis-day-15-genocide.html

    10 January 2008, 3:08 pm

14. James Kariuki:

    I do not profess to understand politics, but I have a fair understanding of medicine, economics and technology. I do not even ask who stole the votes from whom. Everybody blames Mr Kibaki, but wait a minute, let us ask a few questions!

    1) Is Mr Kibaki fit either physically or mentally for any demanding job after serious illnesses with the medications he has to take every day? You only have to look at the man, he can hardly walk, hardly talk, hardly read. Is he held hostage by others and shown as a puppet, for their own ends, caring nothing for the poor man’s wellbeing? Was there some agreement between his wife and others for him to stand again, as it was she who first announced it, in spite of the fact that he categorically stated that he would not. Why is he not allowed to have a private audience with Mr Odinga or some negotiators? Are some people frightened that he may just own up about his captivity? Mr Kibaki is a good man, but was never known for decisiveness or leadership qualities and in his poor health, he could only be a figurehead. If he diddled the elections but was a capable leader, he would have a reason to be in power, but clearly he is not. Let the poor man enjoy his golden years!

    2) If we want to be blunt, running a country demands technical expertise in engineering, teaching, medicine, agriculture, building, security, sciences, organization, finance etc. Where do politicians or lawyers fit into any of these categories, hence what can they really contribute? These functions are all positive, constructive. What are lawyers trained for? Accusing and defending people, whether they are criminals or not, writing contracts, because people do not trust each other etc. In other words, all their functions are based on negative emotion and situations, fears etc. Yet it seems that even a simple legal task, like working out a simple and fair contract (constitution) was beyond them. An educated, intelligent, logical fair person, who is familiar with Kenya and has it at his/her heart, could work it out single handedly in a month.

    Too many youngsters who are not prepared to work hard will study law. Then, what can they do afterwards? Chasing ambulances, go into politics or twiddling their thumbs in some government office.

    3) I have a lot of respect for Mr Michuki as a doer, among all the talkers. He is not a man to try to win a popularity contest, but to get tasks done. Was he demoted, sent like an errand boy, to tend the roads, which really would require an engineer? Are some people around Mr Kibaki frightened that this strong character makes his own decisions and carries them through with a force behind him?

    4) Would it be not more sensible to have Mr Kibaki as a patriarch, the President, without demanding duties and give Mr Odinga, a vigorous doer, who proved himself both as an engineer and as an entrepreneur, the task of running the country? Call him CEO if you wish

    We have to face practicalities, not personal ambitions or tribes, if Kenya does not want to fall into the category, even years ahead, as a poor, backward country, sucked dry by polytics.

    Cry beloved country

    20 January 2008, 6:47 am

15. Njau Mbugua:

    Much of the comments presented in this section leave no hope for a united country called Kenya when the Honourable Kofi Annan board a plane out of Kenya. We are obsessed with our tribes-men so much and loose the broad picture of a need to remain a country. Since it all started with a search for a democraticaly correct leadership, our wishes for peace or war shall meet the same barometer. If those who believe it is either the win or destroy other than any other Kenya win, we shall sink together to our chossen folly. There we shall languish and maintain a blame on the other party for as long as our stupidity reigns. In all mishaps, ther emust be winners but without a united country we are all losers.

    25 January 2008, 1:51 am

16. ADONGO CALEB:

    KENYA VIOLENCE
    KIBAKI HAD THIS THING ALL PLANNED OUT HE HAD DONE THE SAME THING BEFORE!!

    How Kibaki Rigged 1969 Parliamentary Elections In The Same Way
    …As Gitobu Imanyara emerges to sue serial slapping first lady for recent attack at State House

    Jael Mbogo was a parliamentary candidate in Nairobi’s then Bahati constituency in 1969 and she recently explained to a British newspaper in great detail how she was rigged out of that parliamentary seat.

    The amazing thing is that the manner in which it was done bears striking resemblance top how the presidential elections was rigged late last year plunging the country in chaos. And guess who the candidate she was standing against was? Yep, one Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki.

    Much as I am a great admirer of Tom Mboya, one of the big mistakes he made was to drive all the way to Makerere University from Nairobi in his VW Beetle to fetch one Mwai Kibaki, then an economics lecturer at that university to become Kanu’s first executive officer. Kibaki learnt a lot of his politics from Tom Mboya but by the time the 1969 general elections were held, Mboya was dead, assassinated by Kibaki’s inner circle and his close friend Kibaki was carrying on life as if nothing had happened.

    But it seems that the voters knew about this betrayal and firmly voted against Kibaki. Mbogo told the Obserever that she was so far ahead in the early vote tallying that the BBC went ahead and announced that a young woman had defeated a government minister for the Bahati seat. It was not to be. In circumstances that are remarkably similar to what happened in December, the results for Bahati were delayed for several days as GSU officers surrounded the vote counting centre. When those results were finally announced, Mwai Kibaki had won by a razor-thin margin.

    Jael Mbogo who is now a civil rights activist told the Observer; ‘Kibaki stalled the result, and then robbed me of victory. Because he looks so holy, people are still asking if he really was capable of stealing this election. What I say is “Of course, he has done it before”.

    Read the Observer story here
    http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,2251523,00.html

    Meanwhile Gitobu Imanyara emerged yesterday after days in hiding to announce to the Kenyan press that he was suing serial slapper Lucy Kibaki for attacking him at State House. Imanyara who is now also a member of parliament, says that because of Mrs Kibaki’s short stature her “slaps and blows” did not reach the tall legislator. Interestingly at one point rumors had it that Imanyara had been injured very badly from the incident that he had been hospitalized. One sensational version even said that he had died.

    Imanyara also says that he had decided not to take any action because former president Mwai Kibaki called him and apologized over the incident.

    Imanyara told the attentive journalists that the reason why the First Lady was so upset was because he was handling the case of the KTN journalist whom the First Lady assaulted in 2006.

    “Nobody takes the first lady to court and nobody gets away with it,” Mrs Kibaki is said to have screamed at Imanyara.

    Imanyara says that the first lady was indecently dressed when she attacked him. He did not give clear details as to what exactly he meant.
    posted by chris at 9:54 PM 52 comments
    Kibaki Team Now Clones Kumekucha Site As Long List Of Dirty Tricks Continue
    If people can steal a presidential election without caring about the consequences, what else will they NOT do?

    For a long time now, there have been several attempts to hack into the Kumekucha site. By the grace of God all have failed. Now supporters of Mwai Kibaki have gone and cloned the Kumekucha site, producing an almost exact replica of this site which will easily fool many Kenyans into believing that the contents there have been penned by the real Kumekucha.

    It is now very easy to see the counter propaganda being peddled by Mwai Kibaki supporters. The latest is the ridiculous and insensitive story that ODM are killing their own MPs. Interestingly the site’s address is almost similar to Kumekucha’s except that there is an “s” at the end. The site has even already been indexed by Google.

    View the site here;

    http:kumekuchas.blogspot.com

    The thinking that went behind this dirty trick is the same that rules Kenya today. For instance despite the killings continuing unabated, the hurriedly sworn in and constituted “government” has said that the country does not need a peace keeping force. Yet it is crystal clear that the police are overwhelmed and divided along tribal lines. Even our disciplined military are very suspect.

    Still whether opposition leader Raila Odinga has appealed for foreign peacekeeping troops from either the UN or AU. Looking at the volatile situation the country is in and the continued dirty tricks being planned by some Kibaki supporters, it will be difficult for Kenya to avoid foreign peace keepers in the country. Let us wait and see, shall we?
    posted by chris at 9:48 PM 32 comments
    Truth and Reconciliation With Justice

    Kofi Annan appear to have his hands on Kenya’s pulse by aptly recommending a truth and reconciliation commission. That is an idea which is long overdue given our history of MISRULE. But to spoil the party comes the honest and brutal question: can Kibaki walk the talk given this history? Only time will tell but I must hasten to add that you don’t have to be a genius nor a sooth sayer to see where we are headed -deadlock.

    Annan may be through with the easy part. His cleverly crafted his peace agenda by prioritizing on less controversial issues first. Coming to agreement on sorting out the violence and finding a satisfactory humanitarian response to tens of thousands of maimed and displaced Kenyans is the easy part.

    The crux of the matter lies in the next tackling the POLITICAL DIMENSION to the crisis. And that will definitely mark the point of departures among the hitherto agreeing negotiators from both camps. The naked and unpleasant truth is that Kibaki is simply buying time and fooling the world with motions bereft of no meaningful movement politically or otherwise.

    Let us be REAL for once and accept the bitter truth that nobody risks his/her reputation by sacrificing hundreds of lives only to STEAL an election and give the voters back their rights. More so if the thief holds the monopoly of force. Add this to the tribal cabal waiting in the wings for any trace of opportunity to strike Kenya
    dead so as to scavenge on the resulting carcass disguised as INDUSTRY.

    Well planned electoral theft
    Make no mistake, the ELECTORAL THEFT didn’t just happen. Kibaki knew what was awaiting him by close of polling stations on December 27, 2007. He had all the time since referendum to plan with the help of supremacists and old hands from previous regimes. The NSIS had all the facts and the campaigns were just decoys like the 6% economic growth to pull wool over our eyes as the RAPISTS schemed for the ultimate attack on our rights.

    The non verbal language and the speeches from Kibaki give him away. His colonial model of RULERSHIP can fly but he has his fingers on both the trigger and extinguisher. You know as well as I do which option he prefers to hold dear. ti Kibaki’s government is open to anything that FALLS WITHIN KENYA’S CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK. What a refreshing and innovative yet obstructive conditions? Lies and deception have never come so beutifully painted.

    Kibaki is doing very well by exporting his brand of deception. He must have felt sweet telling other leaders in Ethiopia that he believes he won the election fairly and all the trouble since the election has been stirred up by the opposition. Nobody has ever collectively abused his audience with such balderdash knowing who wields the guns and power.

    Poor Annan
    I don’t envy Bw Annan any inch. He may be having all his heart in the process but I am also very certain he cannot reconcile his efforts to the reality staring him in the eye. Heavy international pressure yes, but not for how long with Chad smouldering already up north. Already Annan has ruled election re-run out of the equation. Kofi fears conducting a re-election will results in more violence. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that either side would accept the outcome of a second presidential poll. The former UN boss is already neck-deep in this murk.

    There is no manual to contain a national uprising. Kibaki never saw it coming and he will resort to any CRUDE TOOLS (including Mungiki of course) he can lay his hands on to maintain the status quo. Call me a pessimist if you please but Kenya’s problem lie squarely on her weak deep-seated institutional foundation. Kibaki and his cronies don’t have what it takes to shape Kenya.

    Either way Kibaki is not baking his cake and feasting on it. The die is cast and Kenyans are out in both flesh and blood to reclaim their birth right. Kibaki’s apologists can fly their sectarian kite all the much they want oblivious of the fact that the leash has snapped and the phantom remains rudderless in the sky. We value our backs too, no more ridding on them. Politico-economic justice no less.
    Saturday, February 02, 2008
    The Curse of Military Rule

    President Paul Kagame of Rwanda made a startling suggestion in prescribing military rule for Kenya. Even journalists covering him were left with their jaws agape wondering what a heap of poison the ‘youthful’ Kagame was prescribing to Kenyans.

    Nothing could be further from the truth. The era of military rule midwifing democracy from a political fallout or dictatorship belongs to the last Century. True, desperate moments calls for desperate measures but tasking the Kenya army with leadership is to unwittingly invite full blown anarchy on our shores.

    Our military is a product of political manipulations. The Kenyan men (and women) in the barracks simply lack the intellectual capacity to govern. They have no minds of their own and woe unto you in the army if any trace of independence betrays your thinking. Our military officers owe their positions to their political masters. They are nothing better than political sycophants albeit in uniform.

    Kenya is no Rwanda. While Rwanda has only two tribes (Hutus and Tutsis), Kenya a kaleidoscope of ethnic competition that only requires the faintest spark to explode. Both Kenyatta and Moi packed the forces with their military cheerleaders. In the last five years Kibaki has no disappointed by promptly but systematically replacing the military top brass by his henchmen and compliant soldiers.

    Competing ethnic interest makes our military a very risky business to premise our country’s salvation. The barracks are not spared Kenya’s tribal tensions. Paranoia is the stock in trade in the barracks where any intellectual challenge is promptly nipped in the bud.

    Kibaki’s trip to Ethiopia was singularly purposed to pass a latent message of no vulnerability to military putsch. Even if the Kalenjins and Kambas still constitute a significant proportion of foot soldiers, Kibaki is safe and at peace in the knowledge that military top guns owes him their positions.

    Kagame may have meant well for Kenya and her people. But his suggestions is a POISONED CHALICE particularly for Kenya. His idea can be contrasted to our old generation suffering about of nostalgia in which they uncritically and shamelessly claim to miss colonialism. Granted, the colonialists were ‘humane’ and intellectual in their brutality compared to our present day indigenous colonialists.

    Lethal precedent
    Allowing the military to take over Kenya will set a very costly and deadly precedent. In addition to disenfranchising Kenyan voters forever, it will trash all our democratic credentials and history. And worst or it will be a perpetuation of the present day slavery to HELL-FOR-LEATHER rulership and absolutely no leadership. Two wrongs never made a right.

    The lives of those Kenyans lost in the present war against ELECTORAL THEFT and DECEPTION must not be trivialized neither abused by succumbing to rule by the barrel of the gun. If in doubt just cast your eyes up north and the scenes from the streets of Djamena in Chad are not pleasant, or are they? The bottom line is power not only corrupts but it is also intoxicating.

    Kenya is crying for politico-economic justice which the military CANNOT deliver. It is therefore not only suicidal but also reckless and STUPID to entrust such an audacious quest to gun wielders while still smarting from fractures and amputations from machetes. We cannot afford to engage is:- [a]

    Kenya Crisis: A Very Attractive Military Solution
    Why US Warnings and French Appeal To Security Council Could Signal An External Solution… Maybe Even Of The Military Kind

    President Paul Kagame’s idea that Kenya should turn to the military for a solution was received with silent shock by most Kenyans. Still there is no denying that President Kagame as young as he is knows a thing or two about stopping genocide dead on its’ tracks. Somebody has to stop the killings, in Kenya… PLEASE (See photo below of woman who was killed in her house in Nakuru in the presence of her wailing son)

    Photo courtesy of pandashuka.wordpress.com

    In fact Kagame has gone beyond that and is now firmly at the helm of a country that many see as the most progressive in the region despite having gone through the worst ethnic cleansing recorded in history.

    A closer look at what the President of Rwanda was saying reveals plenty of wisdom. He said (in front of journalists who had mostly dropped their jaws in shock) that when institutions fail, then bringing in the military to restore order makes plenty of sense.

    If we are brutally honest with ourselves, the truth is that we currently do not have any leaders in the country and our institutions are literally dead in the water. What we have are plenty of selfish politicians on both sides of the political divide who are only hungry for power at whatever cost. To our current political class human life is absolutely worthless. I beg you fellow Kenyans to forget your political affiliations for a moment and even if you are paid to make your political party look good remember that at the rate we are going, your (blood money) will not help you much in the rapidly emerging new balkanized Kenya where human life, even that of toddlers who don’t know their tribe yet is not worth 2 cents.

    Ladies and gentlemen let us sober up for a few minutes and take a very sober look at our country.

    Both Baba Jimmy and Baba Castro have let down Kenyans badly. These two gentlemen both have blood on their hands. Patience please so that I can explain myself.

    Baba Jimmy went ahead and did what he did with the presidential elections on live TV and in full view of the world. And to make matters even more sickening he went to great lengths to prepare the security forces to quickly quell down any rebellion. The most dangerous thing that can happen to a country is when very intelligent people who happen to be political idiots are in power. Baba Jimmy’s team of very intelligent persons who have clearly shown how politically naive they can be, came up with the reasoning that people will usually quickly cool down when faced with the threat of death. So the idea was to shoot rioters and swiftly scare them into submission.

    What a terrible miscalculation these otherwise intelligent guys made They did not realize that the lives of a substantial number of Kenyans are so miserable that death under certain circumstances can even seem attractive. The rest is history.

    Actually the latest is that Baba Jimmy while in Ethiopia has bluntly blamed the opposition for instigating post election violence when the whole world knows who started the fire. This is a clear demonstration by Baba Jimmy that the Annan talks mean nothing to him. After all he left the country (as the duly elected president who cannot solve the crisis in his own country) to go to the AU summit to help solve the problems of other African countries like Sudan and Somalia. What a big joke.

    But Baba Castro is not innocent either. Yes, the election was stolen from him. Yes, it must have been terrible when he had already started “smelling” the sweet aroma of the lawns of State House. But he missed a golden opportunity to go down in history for courage and maybe he would even have won occupancy of State house in the process. What he should have done is tell the people of Kenya that he valued human life more than his ambitions and as a result he should have stepped down from his “protest” to save human life. He would then have resumed his fight for justice in a non-violent manner after things cooled down. Heard of a guy called Mahatma Gandhi? He proved that peaceful protest can be much more effective than powerful guns and the then mighty British empire.

    What Baba Castro and many ODM supporters do not realize yet is that if he was to take over as the president of this country, there is a high possibility that we may end up in a much worse crisis than we have at the moment.

    The truth is that many Kikuyus are being held back by the fact that Baba Jimmy is still president. If he is replaced by a person that most of them don’t trust, then chances are that they will go ballistic.

    The neat solution is to divide the country into the Republic of Mount Kenya (to be ruled by Baba Jimmy) and the Republic of 6 and half provinces to be ruled by Baba Castro. However since the majority of Kenyans seem to be against this solution, then Baba Castro will never be president of the country called Kenya. Very sad because I personally believe that he was robbed of a clear victory, but that’s life. Surely Kenya is bigger than Baba Castro and his ambitions.

    Which brings me to the military solution that can save Kenyan lives and bring us all to the new political dispensation that we all so eagerly desire.

    The Kenya army should be invited to take over and then ALL members of the 10th parliament should be placed under house arrest. The Kenya army should then invite International forces sanctioned by the UN to help them restore order and sanity in the country. The country will then be ruled by a neutral military council or committee whose task will be to stop the killings, restore order and prepare the country for a new general elections in the next one year or so where all those who have held public office before, including those in the 10th parliament will be barred from running. The military will also oversee strict rules for the elections where candidates using any form of ethnicity will be promptly barred from running. Note that in this kind of arrangement whoever wins the presidency will have to be acceptable to a sizeable number of people on both sides of the political divide, meaning that such elections can play a very important role in healing the country.

    This may not be a very far fetched eventuality considering the fact that the United States has already warned about implementing an external solution while the French have appealed directly to the UN Security Council to intervene in the Kenyan situation. Not to mention the fact that a UK Minister has called for the deployment of the Kenya Army to bring back order. Read between the lines, folks.

    P.S. President Kibaki’s statement in Ethiopia blaming the opposition for instigating the post election violence is extremely reckless when you consider that events of the recent past have clearly showed us that violence tends to escalate during weekends. It happened in Nakuru and it happened again in Naivasha.

    P.S. 2: Wild But Persistent Rumours that we are unable to confirm at the moment…
    That Lucy Kibaki injured Jimmy Kibaki in an incident in State House after the latter suggested that his dad should step down.

    That Gitobu Imanyara is in critical condition from injuries sustained from beatings by security agents after he hit back at first lady shortly after receiving one of those famous slaps.

    What we have confirmed…
    The First lady is currently under “lock and key.” Impeccable sources told Kumekucha this evening that nobody is taking any more chances with her. But the same sources have refused to confirm or deny whether anything happened to justify the “lock and key policy”.
    posted by chris at 12:21 PM 57 comments
    Thank You For The Kind Words Folks
    I have sincerely been overwhelmed by the flood of kind words from all you good people out there who are responsible for the one million plus hits (and rapidly climbing) that this blog achieved yesterday.

    My ribs are aching from the hilarious comments about Form 16A’s and Kivuitu announcements.

    To be sincere, I was completely taken by surprise by the way in which the congratulations poured in. As you can imagine this is a lonely and thankless job where encouragement is rare.

    Let me take this opportunity to thank the other main bloggers who have contributed immensely to the success of Kumekucha like Taabu, Phil, Luke, Ritch, Sue, Sayra, Kalamari, Proud Kikuyu Woman, Danlieve, Karol, Derek and even the missing in action, Vikii (I hope I haven’t left out anybody). Thank you so much my brothers and sisters. I would never have done it alone.

    To be sincere, without these folks, readers would have had to suffer the dictatorship of my ideas and biases. But these guys are such an effective “check and balance” on my “presidential powers”. I want to encourage them by telling them that the service they have rendered to our beloved (albeit currently burning) motherland is more than they will ever realize.

    Somebody has asked whether I ever imagined getting one million hits. To be honest, although I am extremely ambitious, I never dreamt that it would come this quickly. Once again, a big thank you to all you guys out there who made it possible.

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    Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 11:36:41 -0800 (PST)
    Subject: Fwd: HOW KENYS ELECTION RIGGING LEAD TO VIOLENCE
    To: USUN

    Sat, 2 Feb 2008 07:39:03 -0800 (PST)

    DISHONEST DIPLOMATS

    Ambassador Ranneberger should be sacked because he is dishonestly supporting Mwai Kinbaki’s theft of the 27th December 2007 presidential elections against all facts in disfavour of Raila Amolo Odinga. He is biased so Kenyans have lost faith in him absolutely. Leaving him on the post undermines Kenya’s, Africa’s and the world’s trust in the democracy that President BUSH is preaching.

    He is saying nothing about the Kibaki organised police killings in Rift Valley, Nyanza and Western Kenya, not to mention Nairobi. He is more concerned with the evictions of Kikuyus from ‘’their land”, the land which Jomo Kenyatta fraudulently gave them in disfavour of the true owners.

    According to this ambassador ethnic cleansing only takes place when Kikuyus are killed and evictions are only taking place when Kikuyus are evicted. We do not want this biased and dishonest ambassador in our country. Is this dishonourable ambassador Ranneberger having anything to do with Goldengurg since both names are Jewish!?

    Jendayi Frazer should be sacked too because she has been compromised by the fact that Kenyans recently saw her with the corrupt Mungiki Kikuyu, John Chris Kirubi; sitting at the same table in the AL JAZEERA NEWS screen!! John Chris Kirubi is not a member of the government unless he is secretly. What was Jendayi Frazer doing with this Mungiki Kikuyu? John Chris Kirubi together with Njenga Karume, John Michuki, Uhuru Kenyatta, among others, is backrolling the Mungiki ‘killer police’ which recently burnt to death Luos, Luhyas and Kalenjins at both Nakuru and Naivasha towns. Both her and the ambassador have never called such crimes ethnic cleansing despite the fact that Kibaki’s police soldiers were seen on TV screen handling the said Mungiki killers with baby’s gloves soon after burning to death the innocent people said above!!

    Neither of them have gone to Nyanza and Western provinces to see for themselves how Kibaki’s police have been butchering people including children, and yet they have openly taken sides with this votes thief!

    We appeal to President George Bush to show Kenya a human face and defend democracy openly by sacking these compromised diplomats.

    With their dishonesty they have misled the international press which is very biased against Raila Amolo Odinga. They are talking about power sharing, something that they could never propose to their own people back home in the US after an obvious votes theft.

    We do not want Ambassador Ranneberger because he is vehemently opposed to a presidential election re-run! What is he hiding from democracy?

    – DR. ODIDA OKUTHE

    Note: forwarded message attached.

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    Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 08:12:11 -0800 (PST)

    Subject: HOW KENYS ELECTION RIGGING LEAD TO VIOLENCE
    To: USUN

    Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:33:09 -0500
    From: George

    How Kenya’s election was rigged

    Posted on Thu, Jan. 31, 2008
    Shashank Bengali | McClatchy Newspapers

    last updated: January 30, 2008 07:48:22 PM

    NAIROBI, Kenya — The spark for Kenya’s firestorm of ethnic violence was lit inside a cavernous meeting hall in downtown Nairobi, where election officials over four days doctored vote counts, dismissed eye-popping irregularities and thwarted monitoring by independent observers to deliver a razor-thin victory to President Mwai Kibaki.

    Observers who were allowed into the vote-tallying center on Dec. 29-30, hours before the results were announced, said there was so much systematic fraud by Kenya’s government-appointed election commission that it’s impossible to know who really won.

    The extent of the commission’s deceptions has faded into the background as more than 800 Kenyans have been killed in ethnic clashes and police crackdowns. The events also have deeply unsettled the Bush administration, which has relied on Kenya as an ally in the war on terror and a bulwark of stability in East Africa.

    Official results gave Kibaki an edge of 231,728 votes, or 2 percent, out of about 10 million cast. Initial results of an exit poll by the U.S.-funded International Republican Institute found that rival Raila Odinga had won by an 8 percent margin.

    Election officials allowed five accredited Kenyan observers into the tallying center in Nairobi only in the final phase of vote-counting, and three of them shared their accounts with McClatchy. All said that the gravest cheating occurred in that room, where commissioners — all appointed by Kibaki — compiled returns before announcing them to the public.

    The observers spoke in interviews and quoted from a joint log of their experiences, titled “Countdown to Deception,” which Kenyan rights groups are circulating.

    The long-serving chairman of Kenya’s election commission played an active role in the deception, the observers said. When a tallying officer presented results showing voter turnout at 115 percent in Maragua, a Kibaki stronghold in the central highlands, commission Chairman Samuel Kivuitu didn’t invalidate the result as required by law, but allowed a commissioner to reduce the figure to 85 percent and announced the results an hour later.

    That was the pattern that observers reported: Results were announced even when documents were missing, incomplete, unsigned by officers or party representatives, incorrectly tabulated, photocopied or forged.

    “Both sides stole votes,” said Julius Melli, a 31-year-old Kenyan radiographer who witnessed the tallying of Maragua and other locales. “But Kibaki stole more, and they stole it inside the tallying center.”

    The Electoral Commission of Kenya, an independent body whose members are appointed by the president, had run national elections in 2002 and 2005 that were praised for their openness and accuracy.

    But except for Kivuitu, who’d served as chairman since 1997, this was a largely different commission. As members faced term limits in the months before the vote, Kibaki — facing the stiffest presidential challenge ever in Kenya — packed the 22-person body with 17 new commissioners. All were considered Kibaki allies, and none had ever run an election.

    “These people were criminals,” said Ben Sihanya, a Stanford-educated constitutional law professor who also observed the tallying. “They were committing crimes at the behest of Kibaki’s government.”

    Election officials were unreachable for comment, but the commission has taken out a two-page, unsigned advertisement in Kenyan newspapers to deny wrongdoing.

    Koki Muli, the co-chair of the Kenya Domestic Observers Forum, suspected problems soon after the polls closed on the evening of Dec. 27. Her network of observers monitoring the vote-counting in polling stations immediately began sending preliminary results by phone and text messages. But for two days, in the Nairobi convention hall where the election commission had set up shop — surrounded by hundreds of journalists, observers and party agents — Kivuitu announced only some of the returns.

    Observers grew suspicious when results from Kibaki’s central Kenya stronghold weren’t read. The delays were sparking protests. “It was necessary for us to observe the tallying,” Muli said.

    For 48 hours, armed agents barred observers from entering the tallying center, a high-ceilinged room almost the size of a football field. Finally, faced with mounting reports of irregularities, Kivuitu allowed five observers and a handful of political party representatives into the room on the night of Dec. 29. They were greeted with nervous stares.

    “What I saw in that room alarmed me,” Muli said. “It was a very scared staff.”

    Commissioners and staff members were seated around a dozen or so long tables, each strewn with folders containing the legal forms required to certify vote counts. In one corner of the room, a bank of computers churned out results and printouts.

    The lanky, bespectacled Sihanya walked up to a table and introduced himself to commissioner Mildred Owour. “Can we sit at your table?” he asked.

    “You are going to slow down the process,” she replied.

    At about 10 p.m., Sihanya, Melli and two other observers sat down with agents of the main political parties and several commissioners and election officials. Their task was to scrutinize irregularities reported by Odinga’s camp — and there were many.

    In at least 44 out of 210 constituencies, officials in Nairobi had announced vote totals without any supporting documents from the polling centers. In most places the announced totals were off by hundreds or thousands from what journalists, party agents and foreign observers had witnessed at polling places.

    The team prepared to work through the night. When commission staff members brought a stack of folders, observers asked to check whether vote totals had been added correctly.

    The commission’s legal officer, Jemimah Kelli, rebuffed them.

    “She said, ‘We can’t correct the tallying now. The commission will take care of it,’” Sihanya recalled.

    At another table, Muli was scratching her head over results from Mathira, in central Kenya, where nearly everyone voted for Kibaki. Election officers had failed to sign the tallies from nearly three dozen polling places, and one form had two different totals. Muli took out her cell phone and began adding up the numbers.

    She calculated 77,442 votes for Kibaki, some 2,600 fewer than what was recorded on the final tally sheet and announced to the public. Later she discovered inflated vote totals for Kibaki in several other areas — “3,000 here, 3,000 there, 1,500 here, 2,500 there,” she said. “It added up.”

    At his table, Melli saw numerous constituencies that lacked tally sheets or official signatures, but whose results had been certified anyway. In one folder, he found two tallies for the same place — one a signed original, the other an unsigned photocopy that had been altered to give Kibaki about 3,000 more votes.

    The photocopied version had been used.

    “It looked very ridiculous,” Melli said. But Kenyan election laws didn’t authorize observers to do anything more than note inconsistencies.

    The legal officer, Kelli, moaned that officials had gone without sleep for several days, and she harassed Melli for paying too much attention to detail.

    “She told Melli, ‘You seem to be very keen. Are you being paid to do this?’” Sihanya said. (They in fact were not paid.)

    When Sihanya questioned inconsistencies in one Kibaki stronghold, a Kibaki party representative, Martha Karua, accused him of being an opposition agent.

    “The whole thing seemed extremely stage-managed,” Melli said. “It was not a sincere verification exercise.”

    As the night wore on, officials became cagier. Melli asked an official for the file from Nithi, where turnout was a suspiciously high 80 percent and nearly all the votes had gone to Kibaki. The official blanched, pulled the file close to his chest and, for the rest of the night, carried it with him everywhere he went, Melli said.

    The file for Kieni in central Kenya showed 87,500 parliamentary votes — nearly 3,000 more than the number of registered voters. The file for Imenti South district, where Kibaki had 96 percent support, showed 4,315 more presidential votes than parliamentary votes but contained no supporting documents. At 5 a.m. on Dec. 30, the file for another central district, Molo, finally appeared showing 50,145 votes for Kibaki. The chairman later announced 75,261.

    “They just gave Kibaki 25,000 votes from the air,” Muli said.

    Finally, at around 9 a.m., Karua, the Kibaki aide, said the verification had to be halted so that the commissioners could get “back to work.” An Odinga aide said he had concerns about other files, but Karua and three election officials at the table stood up to leave.

    One of the commissioners, Luciano Riunga Raiji, told the observers, “You are done.” Shortly afterward, a message blared over the loudspeaker ordering all observers and party agents to leave the room. By then, Melli said, it was clear that the commissioners had no intention of investigating the irregularities.

    “We were waiting for them to announce the final results,” he said. “But we knew Kibaki had stolen it.”

    Muli, who’s helped train commissioners for 14 years, said: “We didn’t imagine that the electoral commissioners could in a massive way influence the conduct of the election. We were wrong.”

    The next several hours were surreal, the observers said. As word swept through the convention hall that Kibaki would be declared the winner, Odinga called a news conference and accused the commission of rigging the vote in 48 constituencies.

    A few hours later, the opposition trotted out an election staffer, Kipkemoi Kirui, who said that officials were manipulating results at the tallying center. “My conscience could not allow me to see what I was seeing and keep quiet,” Kirui told reporters. He’s now fled the country, according to media reports.

    An hour after that, the lights went off in the convention hall, and paramilitary police cleared the building. In a sealed room, the election chairman announced Kibaki’s victory on state television. Within minutes, rioters were tearing through the streets of Nairobi.

    Kenya’s nightmare had begun.

    (Special correspondent Munene Kilongi contributed.)

    McClatchy Newspapers 2008

    6 February 2008, 2:36 pm

17. Barnabas Elisha Waweru:

    I came not to bury Emilio Mwai Kibaki but to praise him.

    He comes from a family of clairvoyants. His father, Mzee Kibaki was dreaming about the web and e-mail when his son was born, so he named him E-mailio. But when it was registered, the ignorant local priest Rev. Smith, did not understand it and he mis-spelled it as E-milio, thinking perhaps that Mzee Kibaki was planning a large family (a-million). The name stuck.

    Emilio showed great intellectual promise in many subjects at an early age, except for languages and public speaking. At Makerere University, where he was a professor of economics, he normally got someone to write his lectures, in line with modern economic thought of the division of labour. This has already shown the astuteness of a budding politician, in which trade most speeches are written by others, only to be read to the ignorant wananchi, very slowly.

    Engaged most of the time in deep intellectual activities, Emilio never managed to find time for developing certain human attributes, such as courage and some people started calling him “General Kiguoyo.” Such an unkind reference is normally aimed by Kikuyus to a person who prefers to retaliate from the shadows, finding people who will do the act for him, after making impeccable plans how to do it. Again the name stuck and most websites unkindly refer to him by that name. But being courageous is only for fools and not for those with strong instincts for survival.

    In more recent years, the lack of his linguistic ability became more apparent. For example he chose the banana as a symbol for his party, the PNU (pronounced as Pee On U). Though the banana is a tasty and nutritious fruit, it has two unfortunate charactersistics, it is bent and it is yellow. He cannot be blamed for such oversight just because in the language of the colonialists “yellow” refers to someone who is a coward. It is their fault.

    Then some nasty people have unkindly took the banana business too far. They said that his party should not be called Mwai Kibaki’s party, but MWABATI party. I always thought that it referred to the fact that he had a wide popular support among poor Kenyans, many who live in houses made of corrugated iron, called mabati. But one day I was enlightened by a dispicable person, who said: ” Barni, you are a pumbavu, like most other Kenyans according to Bw. Kibaki. What it means is that his party is so bent that it is corrugated”. In fact he used the word karuagated. It took me some time before suspecting that he refered to that fine lady Martha Karua, his Minister of Justice with some other offices, which I do not remember.

    Now, I am a great admirer of Martha Karua. She is an intelligent, brave , quickwitted, attractive woman, who would make a great First Lady giving political and speech-writing support to President Kibaki on his travels to some distant conference, just to keep out of all those dreadful political upheavals at home. This should not be difficult, as one of his wives, who calls herself First Lady Lucy Kibaki, after face slapping of so many rude dignitories in the past, decided to have a rest in the State House and as a good farmer,tending her chicken and goats.

    I am in fact very concerned about Miss Karua. I saw a photo of her during the Annan negotiations. She looked twice her 42 years, worn and sick. It is not worth loosing your beauty just to sit around a table and endlessly talk about agreements, the usefulness of which is obvious to everyone but you have no intention keeping to them, once they are signed. I am also concerned about that blind bishop (not sure if he is catholic) who is said to be her lover. He may not find her attractive anymore in her run down state for the state.

    I also feel that Bw. Michuki and Miss Karua, being patriotic Kenyans, have a right of criticising Kenya’s colonial past. Some uninformed people maintain that when the Brits marched in, they only found bush and they left a country with a functioning uncorrupt government, roads, railway, telephone, industry, agriculture which could feed everyone and functioning civic institutions, an army, an efficient non corrupt police force, a booming tourist industry, well-run cities and towns, water and electricity supplies which worked, hospitals, schools, a skilled workforce etc. Some white beancounters even have the audicity to try to attach a price difference between their coming and going and they say that few of those colonialists or their government walked away with any wealth after they left the country. They were simply too ignorant of economics, inflation etc.

    I think it is fair to give them a mouthful. However they left almost a half a century ago and most of our young people blame them from imperfect knowledge. To be fair, logical and pc, we should find a more general and uptodate scapegoat. We should also be diplomatic as if we upset them, they may club up with other white people against us and we may find that the billions of foreign aid which we expect and could be usefully used for buying overseas property, when given to our government, will dry up. In spite of being right, we need to be diplomatic. I suggest that when we make a complete screw-up of something, we should say “It was the hand of the enemy” and that could be anybody, but we can still justify our actions in the eyes of the wananchi.

    The other day on the radio one of the opposition’s spokesman said that the Right.Hon. Kibaki cannot be trusted as he does not keep his word. This is the type of people whom you find among the opposition: totally illogical. How can you be related to “right and honour” by title and accused of not keeping your word.

    We should uphold our traditional African values of respecting age. We must not keep blaming a sick old man. The Right Hon. Kibaki is 77, his health and faculties are failing, his punishment is meted out to him at home every day. Let us be generous and forgiving, he probably has not much time left. Let it be in the next world, where he has to pay the ultimate farthing, if by chance, he has done something wrong in this one.

    17 February 2008, 3:49 am

18. Barnabas Elisha Waweru:

    COULD YOU PLEASE REPLACE THE EARLIER VERSION WITH THIS IMPROVED ONE. THE EARLIER WAS SENT IN A HURRY, WITHOUT READING IT. THANK YOU.

    Barnabas Elisha Waweru:
    I came not to bury Emilio Mwai Kibaki but to praise him, or whatever Shakespeare would say.
    The Rt. Hon Kibaki comes from a family of clairvoyants. His father, Mzee Kibaki, was already dreaming about the web and e-mail when his son was born. In his absent mindedness, he named him E-mailio. But when it was to be registered, the ignorant local priest of the Kiambu Church, Rev. Smith, misunderstood it and he mis-spelled it to E-milio, thinking perhaps that Mzee Kibaki was planning a large family (a-million). The name stuck.
    Emilio showed great intellectual promise in many subjects at an early age, except for languages and public speaking. But you could not hold this against him as even Winston Churchill had difficulty with Latin at Harrow School. At Makerere University, where young Emilio became a Professor of Economics, he normally got someone to write his lectures, in line with modern economic thought of the division of labour. This has already shown the astuteness of a budding politician, in which trade most speeches are written by others, only to be read to the ignorant very slowly, a habit which he retains even today.
    Engaged most of the time in deep intellectual thought, Emilio never managed to find time to develop certain human attributes, such as courage and some nasty people took advantage of this and started calling him “General Kiguoyo.” Such a reference is normally aimed by Kikuyus to persons who prefer to retaliate from the shadows, finding people, who will do the act for them, after making impeccable plans how to do it. Again the name stuck and most websites unkindly refer to him by that name. But being courageous is only for fools and not for those with strong instincts for survival and today the jobless Mungiki sect can be used for such a service for peanuts.
    Unfortunately, in more recent years, the lack of his linguistic ability became more apparent. For example, he chose the banana as a symbol for his party, the PNU (pronounced as Pee oN U). Though the banana is a tasty and nutritious fruit, it has two unfortunate characteristics, it is bent and it is yellow. He cannot be blamed for such oversight, just because in the language of the colonialists “yellow” refers to someone who is a coward. It is neither the banana’s nor Emilio’s fault.
    Then some nasty people unkindly took the banana business too far. They said that his government should not be called that of Mwai Kibaki’s, instead it should be referred to as the MWABATI government. I always thought that they meant that he had a wide popular support among poor Kenyans, many who live in houses made of corrugated iron, called mabati. But one day I was enlightened by a despicable person, who said: ”Barni, you are a pumbavu (fool), like most other Kenyans, according to Bw. Kibaki. (I do not hold it against him, as if you are a Professor, particularly with the title of “emeritus”, whatever that means, you have to uphold intellectual superiority). What it means is that his party is so bent that it is corrugated”. In fact he used the word “karuagated”. It took me some time to figure it out that he may have referred to that fine lady Martha Karua, his Minister of Justice with some other offices and titles, which I do not remember.
    Now, I am an ardent admirer of Martha Karua. She is an intelligent, brave, quick-witted, attractive woman, who would make a great First Lady, giving political and speech-writing support to President Kibaki on his travels to some distant conference, just to keep out of all those nasty political upheavals at home, which could be left to the GSU to sort out, by shooting a few thousand people. This change of tasks should not be difficult, as one of his wives, who calls herself “First Lady Lucy Kibaki”, after face slapping many rude dignitories in the past, decided to have a rest in the State House and as a good farmer, to tend her chicken and goats. Lucy and Martha are good friends and they normally decide between them what should Emilio do.
    In fact, I am very concerned about Miss Karua. I saw a photo of her during the recent Annan negotiations. She looked twice her 42 years, worn and sick. It is not worth loosing your beauty just to sit around a table and talk endlessly about agreements, which would be approved by most of the people, but you have no intention to keep to them, once they are signed. I am also concerned about that blind bishop (not sure if he is catholic) who is said to be her lover. He may not find her attractive anymore in her run down state, sacrificing herself for the state. Poor woman, recently an ex British High Commissioner had the audacity of taking the mickey out of her in a televised program called “Hardtalk”. In her usual way she tried to deliver an angry verbal knock out, whilst her opponent, Sir Edward, remained cheerful and cool as a cucumber and got her at every blow. Very ungentlemanly.
    I also feel that Bw. Michuki and Miss Karua, being patriotic Kenyans, have a right of criticising Kenya’s colonial past. Some uninformed people maintain that when the Brits marched in, they only found bush and 100 years later they left a country with a functioning uncorrupt government, roads, railway, telephone, industry, agriculture which could feed everyone and functioning civic institutions, an army, an efficient non corrupt police force, a booming tourist industry, well-run cities and towns, water and electricity supplies which worked, hospitals, schools, a skilled workforce, an almost uneventful public security etc. Some white bean counters even have the audacity to try to attach a tag of price difference between their coming and going and they say that few of those colonialists or their government walked away with any wealth after they left the country. They were of course simpletons, ignorant of economics, inflation, the joys of nyama choma, big houses, Mercedes motorcars, etc. In fact the successive governments after independence were much more efficient than the Brits. It only took them less than 50 years to undo everything.
    I think it is fair to give them a mouthful. But most of our people blame them only from hearsay. To be fair, logical and pc, we should find an all purpose scapegoat. We should also be careful as if we upset them, they may club up with other white people against us and we may find that the billions of foreign aid, which would be useful for buying private overseas properties and bagatelles such as farms, Pajeros and Lexuses by our politicians, civil servants etc, if handed to our government, may dry up. In spite of being right, we need to be diplomatic. I suggest that when our government makes the usual complete screw-up of something, we should say “It was the hand of the enemy” and that could be anybody, but our leaders still could justify their mistakes to the wananchi.
    The other day on the radio one of the opposition’s spokesman said that the Right.Hon. Kibaki cannot be trusted as he never keeps his word. This is the type of people whom you find among the opposition: totally illogical. How can you be called the “right honorary” and accused of not keeping your word?
    We should uphold our traditional African values of respecting age. We must not keep blaming a sick old man. The Right Hon. Kibaki is 77. His health and faculties are failing, his customary punishment is meted out to him at home every day. Yet, in spite of all that, he carries on regardless, as he always did. Let us be generous and forgiving, as he may not have much time left. Let it be in the next world for him to pay the uttermost farthing, if by some remote chance, he has done something wrong in this one.
    17 February 2008, 3:49 am

    17 February 2008, 12:12 pm

19. uhuru wetu:

    I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice, and… when they fail to do this purpose they become dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. from mwainchi mzalendo long leave kenya . i love u kenya from uk london

    22 February 2008, 10:59 am

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    26 March 2008, 1:19 am

21. T:

    I’m sorry I come across your blog!! amazing read on kenya from fellow bloggers e.t.c and I thought it was a kikuyu blog:) copied some of the posts onto mashada blog with reference to your blog being a kukuyu blog!! but reading it through further i realized my mistake!

    my sincere apologies:)

    26 March 2008, 2:09 am

22. John kibet:

    FELLOW KENYANS OUGHT TO THINK OF KENYAS FUTURE
    It really hurts me to see my fellow kenyans argue about the unprecedented post election violence in a very shrued manner.As we all know,something can not happen without a purpose.The post election violence clearly potrayed what had happened due to the undemocratic act of our leader,the one and only hon mwai kibaki and his mates hon martha karua and others.It is well known by all kenyans that the election results were rigged and therefore it is incorrect for you to try and blindfold us by saying that it was a free and fair election.Please lets call a spade a spade.If our leaders countinue to preach water and drink wine, then the future of our country is uncertain.Since we as wanjiku follow our leaders footsteps,why dont you leaders act maturely by your actions and stop being greedy!

    26 April 2008, 2:30 am

23. rick english:

    Hi Scott;
    I am working on a non-profit documentary, “Preventing Genocide” based on the book by Dr. David Hamburg. Interested in if these images are in the public domain? Would love to use them in the film.
    Thanks
    Rick

    16 May 2009, 12:42 pm

24. abdallah:

    its a shame what happened in 2007 lets hope the coming referandum wot be a reminicent of that.

    28 July 2010, 5:19 am

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