FROM WORSE TO WORST OR WHAT; THE MAGIC OF KENYA...

A time like this 7 years ago in 2007 Raila Amolo odinga elections were still being counted at the KICC after Kenyans cast their votes on 27th December 2007. At such a time then, Raila Amolo odinga was leading the presidential Elections results by a margin of 800000 votes.
By the time Kenyans were transiting to 29th December 2007, the margin had dropped to 38000 votes and later to a second position by 29th December 2007. The current Deputy President, Raila’s right hand man by then flew from Eldoret to Nairobi after he had confirmed that us the loyal supporters in Eldoret North we had voted him in as the MP very easily.
On the very 29th parts of Kenya broke into political unrest especially in Kibera and Estates of Eldoret. Insecurity went high and shops were looted while Kenyans killed as we watched in pain.
Seven years later, there is no unrest in streets but now in parliament. Millie Odhiambo strips cloths while CORD fraternity attempts to take speaker powers. Kenya has advanced in insecurity 7 yrs later and now Youths in Kibera are not uprooting railway lines but it is Al Shabaab an international terror group uprooting buses on road.
7 years down the line, Raila is not asking Kibaki to come to table to talk but asking Uhuru and Jubilee fraternity to come for the talks.
Is Kenyan advancing up or downwards?
From Kenyans being stripped in streets, to Millie being stripped in parliament!
From attacks in the estates, to attacks in highways!
Who shall rescue Kenya?
Do you wonder how Good Kenya would be if everyone did their duties diligently? It is only in Kenya where police are posted in hostile places like North Eastern not because they are experienced but to punish them. Now imagine a lazy officer being transferred from Mombasa to North Eastern where he is supposed to prevent extremists entering the country. Shall we be safe?
I hope Kenya Does something good in 2015.
Kenya is not a country, but ME and YOU.
God Bless Kenya And Her People.

A story of Butere Constituency; THE PAIN OF IGNORANCE AND NEGLIGENCE.

The Story That I have witnessed

When I was born, I was brought up in an environment where I knew questioning the elders was a taboo. I knew the good life was being a subject and accepting guidance from those you saw to be "Bigger in size than you". This sorry state of my mind was not mine alone but of many from my village and agemets I interacted with at that time.

In my naive mind, I always associated success with certain families, individuals and friends. I doubt if I knew the definition success or rather even if I knew it existed. The life of plenty, pleasure and siphoning the best honey to me was unknown. But I wasn't sure to whom I would attribute this ignorance.

It is vivid in my memory that I must have known people like Martin Shikuku, George Amukowa Anangwe and The retired President Moi. I cannot forget that I knew the name of Raila too despite not knowing musch about him.

My life was coined and coiled in this little village where I could acquire probably everuthing.

My thought of political arena always gave me an impression of death, death, death and nothing but death. To me people engaging in politics and political arena at large were those who could kill anytime and take way your wealth just as they feel like. I liked Anangwe, a former served Butere MP by fact I used to hear people call him doctor, something I dreamt to be, but I hate him realizing he was a politician.

It was clear that politicians were responsible for all atrocities in my small world of imagination.

All I knew was if you happen to be in a house that water was leaking into, you were not supposed to question why or when repair will be, but take your small blanket and move to a small corner where it was not raining. But just in case you get someone else has occupied the corner, then persevere for that night and wait tomorrow to book that corner first.

Thanks to the World,

 As I grew, I realized one thing, that

politicians were leaders, leaders needed by a society to drive change, spur development, and bring sense to a citizen like me, as I was by then on what government was. 

I learnt politicians were supposed to be good people to proclaim liberation and enhance good lives of their people.
Thanks to my dad who gave me opportunity to travel and tour the world to see further. I had an opportunity to explore, implore and visualize what these "politicians" thing was all about.

Yes, I learnt, I knew, I understood and I experienced, it is about the people, those people and the very people who vote them in.

Irony of My Knowledge.

But contrary to what I knew, I found the opposite in my locality. It is still the very opposite of my knowledge even to date. The locality of Butere constituency.

• Where a CDF project is a Mabati shade for a span of three years.
• Where  bursaries are awarded in speeches but in practices money freezed.
• Where Bursaries are awarded to the poor, needy and the destitute in CDF reports but the rich benefit in real disbursements.
• Where Bursaries are awarded to all students in the constituency in speeches in Barazaas and political rallies but in offices only selected cadres are awarded.
• This is where a location remains with an assistant chief as the acting chief for years without promotion and no leader questions.
• This is where the well being of the rich is first fended for at the cost of poor citizens.

Since when shall these happen?

There have been colourful speeches, promising slogans and voices of honour call for this liberation but has it ever come?

Chronic Ignorance,

It  remains apparent that the ignorance that our people suffered in 1963 at Independence is what our people still suffer to date.
How can you justify tarmacking of only one road in a spun of 50 years of independent rule?
How does one in his or her senses justify the poverty, Clan intolerance, unbuilt police houses, uncouth reserve policing, unconstcructed sources of safe water in a constituency whose icon is only presence on a national map?

If you can help me unravel this, I shall be grateful. 

BREAKING NEWS: AL-SHABAAB LEADER FINALLY SPEAKS.. THREATENS KENYA OF ANOTHER “WESTGATE” VERY SOON **EXCLUSIVE**

Mogadishu (Harar24) – In a 37-minute long audio message recorded by Al-Shabaab’s leader and released by Al-Shabaab’s media wing, the much feared leader sent chilling threats to Kenya & condolences to Kenyan Muslims in recent light of the crackdown against Kenayn Muslims and Somalis in particular.
In the Arabic audio message accompanied with English subtitles & video segments of the Kenyan violence against Kenyan Muslims, the Al-Shabaab leader taunts Kenya labeling the Kenyan invasion into Somalia as a “historical blunder”. The video shows graphic images of atrocities committed by the Kenyan government such as the well-known massacres that occurred at Garissa and Wagalla in the 1980’s, drawing parallels between the atrocities and the ongoing violence targeting Muslims in Nairobi & Mombasa.
“Do not simply tolerate the deaths of your scholars, violation of your mosques sanctity & the plundering of your wealth.” Said Abu Zubayr, leader of the Al-Qaeda linked group. “Do not stand by idly so that the historical massacres that were perpetrated against you do not return” added the militant leader, hinting at the Garissa & Wagalla massacres.
After outlining what he deemed as “oppression against Muslims”, the militant leader urged Kenyan Muslims to carry arms and to shun courts and parliaments, indicating that only the mighty are respected. “Don’t waste your time in front of their courts and pleading to their parliaments, for they do not respect except the powerful ones, and they do not comprehend any language except that of the gun” said Abu Zubayr in the message who accompanied the request for armed struggle with a chilling reminder & threat of Westgate-like attacks saying: “And the Westgate operation if not far off from you!”.
The audio messages glamorizes and eulogizes Muslim clerics who were believed to be assassinated by Kenyan anti-terror units, including the late clerics Abubakr “Makaburi” Sharif and Aboud Rogo who were assassinated in Mombasa. Both clerics were known for openly inciting Kenyan youth to go to Somalia as part of their religious duty and to defend themselves in Kenya by carrying arms.
The video features a clip where Makaburi predicts that he’ll be killed at the hands of Kenyan forces. “Follow the path of your Mujahideen scholars who openly claimed the truth & who were murdered by the Kenyan Special Forces” says Abu Zubayr directing his message towards Kenyan Muslim youth.
This latest recording of Al-Shabaab leader who’s known to frequently record messages in Somali and Arabic has gained the attention of analysts, who see this message as insight into the mindset of the militant leader who by sending guidelines & condolences to East African Muslims and global jihadists, promotes himself as the de-facto leader of Al-Qaeda in East Africa.

 Via ~ Harar 24 News.

Kenya's Counter-terrorism efforts comes under criticism from US

Armed police from the General Service Unit take cover behind a wall during a bout of gunfire outside the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya

The renowned United States of America(USA) has criticized Kenya’s efforts towards countering terrorism and violent extremism in the region and beyond.

In the 2013 report on country terrorism that was just released by her government, the US stated that some of the Kenyan civil society organizations worked actively to address the drivers of radicalization and violent extremism in Kenya, often with her(USA) assistance and other international partners.

“But the Government of Kenya is not engaged in significant efforts in such areas,” stated the report.

The USA, which regards Kenya in the report as an antedote in the fight against al-Shabaab and Al-Qaida, added that the September 2013 al-Shabaab attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Shopping Mall focused the world’s attention on Kenya and the East African country’s counter-terrorism efforts.

The report outlines that the Westgate attack highlighted significant shortcomings in the Kenyan security forces’ response.

About 70 people died during the attack.

The report further criticized Kenya’s inability to release a report on the Westgate attack months after the attack despite the promise made earlier on by the executive to release a report the soonest.



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“President Uhuru Kenyatta announced his intention to appoint a commission of inquiry into Westgate’s lapses and how we can avoid them in the future but no such report had been released publicly by year’s  end,” stated the report.

The report further criticized the government for not involving the civil society in its efforts to counter the financing of terrorism in Kenya.
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It however lauded the efforts that the country, kenya, had taken in this regard and of note by scrutinizing transactions through the popular mobile money transfer, M-Pesa.

“The Financial Reporting Centre-monitored mobile money transactions to a degree, especially the popular Safaricom M-pesa service, but did not engage with NGOs to file suspicious transaction reports,” it nonetheless stated. – CAJ News
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What's the Place of Students in Society? Is the Duty of Students to Riot and Burn the Public?

From time to time students demonstrations have been viewed as the sources for moulding and practicing terrorism on the public. It has evolved to be apparent that there's no way that under the blue sky the authorities can give a go a head for a student peaceful demonstration when they are allowed to do so. This comes from the notion that this is usually a mission to burn public property, terrorize innocent Kenyans and kill the animals that come in the sight.
As if this being not enough, a good part of the society have been made to believe that the first training one gets after joining any university is how to riot, mob, and destroy. Where?
I have been lucky to attend matriculation of several universities here in Kenya and if there is anything highly condemned by both student leaders and administration is Rioting. a lot of emphasis is usually put on its demerits and what one can expect if he or she engages in such. But does the public recognize that?

WHO BURNS PUBLIC PROPERTY IN STUDENTS DEMONSTRATIONS?
As time goes, this notion has circulated so far among the Kenyan youths and its undebatable that most non students in the neighboring of academic institutions participate in the riots than students do. Speaking to NTV, Zaack Kinuthia the former SONU chairman was seen as a joker when he said this.
Those who have ever participated or if not participated, keenly observed the procession of some of these demonstrations can attest to this. Learning from the past, it can be remembered that in 2012 when one of the students was brutally murdered at the famous KM in the neighborhood of Kenyatta University, students were granted a permission to demonstrate peacefully within the university premises. This was well done by those who were leading all the way from KM to the gate singing and chanting mourning songs. But after they left the gate silently and satisfied they had mourned their colleague, unknown group of people lit fire along Thika superhighway tinting the name of this world class university.
Similar events have been observed in different institutions just to name few, Masinde muliro of Science and Technology, Kisii University among others.

The public has always come out to engage the students on peaceful riots either in capacity of police or fellow students. This character has circulated and can be observed that same is happening on online platforms where students engage in discussions of matters pertaining their stay in campuses. It's sad when you read a profile of someone without any student status engaging loudly intellectual minds on online platforms and criticizing what he or she understands least.

It's apparent that the society is continuing to create animosity between it and these young intellects who are yet to come out drive this economy. It will be more honorable and ample if the public shall refrain from engaging in what they understand least about students or consult first before engaging them. It's sad to see epitomes of knowledge, benchmarks of intellectualism and icons of prosperity branded all kind of names and titles they deserve least.

Let us give University students their rightful place in society.

WHAT WAS KALONZO’S INTENT IN HIS RESPONSE?

Former Vice President and CORD presidential running mate in the last years general elections Kalonzo Musyoka is in the eye of the storm by the public over comments he made today during a Press conference. Responding to a journalist question on presumed CORD failure, as the official opposition party in the last one year, to suggest solutions to mistakes it blames on the Government, Musyoka instead turned personal which has been seen as a tribal stand.
He chose to interrogate the journalist’s ethnicity by his name, derisively dismissing his question as inspired by his tribe and therefore, his assumed political leanings based on last elections voting blocks, famously “strongholds”. In Kalonzo’s words, the journalist’s name “betrays it all.” To his mindset, the name ‘Muriithi’ is predominant in Central Kenya, a region whose followers overwhelmingly voted for Jubilee coalition that is currently in power, Cord’s main rival.
This thinking is regrettably parochial. Coming from someone with declared ambition to be the country’s president, it betrays a shocking intolerance to members of community constituting part of the very same citizens Musyoka would wish to lead come 2017 or any other general election in the near future. In any case, the stereotype behind it is also fallacious. It assumes members of a community belong by default to obvious political grouping which is not the case to an intellectual analyst. There is plenty of evidence that there are many Kenyans who have challenged this political herd mentality, including prominent members of Musyoka’s Cord coalition.
However, it should also be noted that as much as we may interpret this as a tribal sentiment, our backgrounds and understanding of our local names vary. Most of local names that we Africans get have a unique meaning which in most cases is usually only known to the members of such a locality. Our we send our sentiments and views, it’s therefore worth that we listen keenly what was Kalonzo’s intent in his message to the journalist before giving our very own interpretation.