Posted in Political Analysis, Uncategorized, tagged boundaries review, Boundaries review comission, IBRC, ligale, Ligale Commission, raila, Raila Odinga on November 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The debate on the review of constituency boundaries by the Ligale led Interim Boundaries Review Commission (IBRC) has elicited much debate and emotion. There are people who feel cheated and many others who have benefited. The Analysis of the gainers and losers in the Sunday Nation yesterday was telling.
My take on the whole scenario is that there is one critical issues that needs to be addressed. Is the review of boundaries necessarily about splitting constituencies? I do not think so.
Posted in Political Analysis, tagged attorney general, Bishop Muge, Charles Rubia, Daily Nation, elections, gema, judiciary, Kalonzo, katiba, Kenneth matiba, kenyan politics, kenyans, kibaki, koigi Wamwere, Martha Karua, Mutahi, Mutahi Ngunyi, new constitution, Ngunyi, provincial administration, raila, Raila Odinga, referendum, Rev. Njoya, Sunday Nation, tolerance, Yes on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Mutahi Ngunyi is definitely right when he says that he is anti-reform. His articles over the last two weeks have left not doubt in anyone’s mind. That said, I shall restrict my commentary to the article published in the Sunday Nation of May 30th 2010.
It is all too well for Mutahi to educate us on why we need to focus on the spirit of the law and that we do not refuse. But to tell us that the spirit of the law fails to encapsulate the letter of that law I find rather mischievous a trail of thought. To say that its spirit is dangerous and deceitful is at best misleading. (more…)
