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No amendments please

Posted in New Constitution, Political Analysis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It is preposterous for fellows like Canon Peter Karanja, Secretary General of the National Council of the Churches of Kenya and Pastor Oginde of Christ is the Answer Ministry to claim that the referendum was marred by irregularities. These two gentlemen have now left the pulpit altogether and become politicians. It is interesting that even seasoned politicians as the retired President Moi accepted the result of the referendum. Kenyans had spoken loud and clear; no wonder Karanja and Oginde are not being listened to.

On the morning of August 4th, I woke very early in the morning and went to vote. The main reason was that I believed that my vote could actually make a difference in this country.  More that 8 million others did the same.  Out of those over 6 million voted with me to approve the draft constitution. (more…)

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Church lost credibility long before Aug 4

Posted in New Constitution, Political Analysis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

There are three big winners in the recently concluded referendum. The first is Mwai Kibaki. He has secured his legacy. Second is Raila Odinga. He stole the show and he definitely will win the presidency in 2012. Third is William Ruto. He is the only politician who has shown how much power he has.  The losers are also known; The church leads the pack.

When we went to the referendum in 2005, the church was divided. Ethnicity was a major driving force in that referendum which explained why Njue didn’t ask us to reject the draft. Some clergy including Rev. Mutava Musyimi the then Secretary General of the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) told us to vote with our conscience. It was no surprise that he was in the PNU brigade in 2007. Others especially from the Rift and Nyanza were more plain; vote No. The vote was lost; the oranges carried the day with 1m vote difference. (more…)

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Mr Moi we had you for 24 years; Now we want change

Posted in New Constitution, Political Analysis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Just yesterday, the Nation (See article Kenya torture victims compensated) reported that he Kenya Government will compensate former detainees up to an amount  of  Sh40 million.  Lady Justice Hannah Okwengu, a High Court judge awarded the money to  21 ex-detainees whom the judge ruled had proved that they had been subjected to torture at the infamous Nyayo torture chambers and deserved to be compensated. The 21, through the Kenya Human Rights Commission, accused the government of violating their rights. They said they were tortured by police in former president Moi’s reign.

Then I recall seeing former President Moi’s in his longtime favourite red-shirt from the days of KANU. Moi was quoted saying that he knew the history of the Rift Valley better than anyone else in this country. That maybe true but then again it may not be but that is irrelevant. What is, is that after that he asked the audience ‘ Rift Valley ni ya nani hasa?‘ ( To whom does the Rift Valley belong).  Your guess is as good as mine what sort of answer our former president was driving at.

The self-styled ‘profesa‘ (sic) of politics  is a man that never ceases to amaze. (more…)

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1990: Kenya’s experience in the mud of local and diplomatic politics

Posted in New Constitution, Political Analysis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Two of the fathers of opposition politics in Kenya, Mr Kenneth Matiba (left) and Mr Charles Rubia. Photo/NATION FILE

Posted Friday, May 7 2010 at 20:51 on nation.co.ke

On May 3, 1990, two momentous events occurred.Mr Kenneth Matiba and Mr Charles Rubia, both former Cabinet ministers and expellees of the ruling party, Kanu, called for the repeal of Section 2a of the constitution, dissolution of Parliament, and a referendum to decide Kenya’s future. It was Section 2a that guaranteed the ruling party legal monopoly of political power.

On the same day, Mr Smith Hempstone, the American ambassador to Kenya, said there was a strong tide flowing in the United States Congress to concentrate America’s economic assistance on nations that nourished democratic institutions, defended human rights, and practised multiparty politics.

Matiba and Rubia had called a press conference at Nairobi’s Stanley Hotel to make their demand. Hempstone was addressing Rotary Club members.

Both statements raised the country’s political temperatures to boiling point. President Moi was quick to brand the two politicians “tribalists and puppets of foreign masters.” He singled out Matiba in particular as “a dictator for demanding the immediate dissolution of Parliament.” He said Kenya was a sovereign country that could not be dictated to by any other country. (more…)

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Mutahi Ngunyi’s piece lacks taste

Posted in Political Analysis, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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…)

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