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Archives for January 2014

Luo leaders are first casualties of “Old ODM favouritism”, and an enduring pre-2007 “Pentagon Mentality”

By Dikembe Disembe Recently, the mainstream media discourse in opposition party politics has seen the re-introduction of the tribe-party social complex as a political unit in our national conversations. More precisely, the Luo tribe and ‘their place’ in the Orange Democratic Movement, has seen mainstream media reframe, at different instances, the forthcoming ODM party polls […]

AMAZING: President Kenyatta’s AU Speech, quite a masterpiece!

Kenya Today has republished the full President Uhuru Kenyatta’s speech at the 22nd Ordinary Session of the Heads of States and Governments of the African Union in Addis Ababa which opened today: By Uhuru Kenyatta Your Excellency Ato Hailemariam Desalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Chair of the Union, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the […]

Uhuru’s ICC SYCOPHANT Judge Osuji replaced with No Nonsense Judge Geoffrey A. Henderson days after Uhuru indicated he will attend his trials!!

Reports reaching Kenya Today indicates the ICC has removed Nigerian Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji whom a section of the prosecution had felt uncomfortable with in the case Prosecutor Vs Uhuru Kenyatta. Osuji, under whose watch Uhuru’s case has nearly collapsed, has consistently sided with President Uhuru in rulings which his critics argued weakened the case against […]

Betty Njoroge: Why is FGM legal and healthy in white society but illegal and unhealthy among women of colour?

By Betty Njoroge For a movement that is touted “the oldest singular campaign directly targeting Female Genital Mutilation”, the failure of the anti-FGM movement to reverse the spread of female circumcision in the 21st century speaks volumes of the approaches taken. The international campaign against female genital mutilation which adopted the acronym CAgeM in 2011 […]

Obama set to meet 50 young Kenyans, mostly social entrepreneurs and University Student Leaders

President Barack Obama’s engagement with Kenyans will increase this year with the expected visit of President Uhuru Kenyatta to Washington DC. However, focus will turn to the 50 young Kenyan leaders expected to tour the United States under the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, YALI. The 50 will have a rare opportunity to learn […]

HAGUE: Brave ICC witness takes DP Ruto on; accuses him of evicting non-Kalenjins from Rift Valley IN 2007 Post-election violence

The Hague, Netherlands: The tenth prosecution witness at the International Criminal Court (ICC) sensationally claimed Deputy President William Ruto publicly uttered statements that helped fan violence after the 2007 elections. Witness 128 told the court that Ruto attended a rally at Kobujoi, in Rift Valley where he allegedly told members of the Kalenjin community to […]

Governor Kidero QUITS ODM polls race

NAIROBI, KENYA: Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero has bowed out of the ODM party vice-chairmanship race. Announcing his withdrawal, the governor said, “€œI am quitting to give young party members an opportunity to lead and help rebuild our party”. He however added he remains loyal to the party financially, morally and socially. Kidero now joins […]

Arsenal ALMOST in familiar territory after poor draw with The Saints

By K’Onyango Ochieng’ Dennis I did not post any release after the Arsenal game. I had predicted that it would end in a draw and that prediction came to pass. With age, I have learnt that you don’t gloat over everything, so I bid my time. The truth is that I was expecting Chelsea to […]

INTRICATE: How Lawyers are plotting to replace Ahmednasir in the JSC

By James Mamboleo Look at what others say about the LSK elections for their Rep in JSC. Representative in JSC: A Catch 22 Situation for Lawyers. Ahmednasir Abdullahi’s term as the Law Society of Kenya representative in the Judicial Service Commission ended on December 31 last year in the aftermath of the high octane travelling circus […]

WATCH OBAMA Most Important 2014 Speech: State of the American Union

[divider] PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, my fellow Americans, today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it and did her part to lift America’s graduation rate to its […]

OBAMA SPEECH: 2013 State of the Union Address which Uhuru speech-writers have downloaded and currently ‘editing’ for their boss

THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago, John F. Kennedy declared to this chamber that “the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress.” (Applause.) “It is my task,” he said, “to report the State of the Union — to improve it is the […]

Shebesh summoned over Guard Assault

Nairobi Women Representative Rachael Shebesh has been summoned by police to write a statement over an incident where she is accused of assaulting a guard who manned her compound last year. Kileleshwa deputy OCS Stephen Mwachia wrote to Shebesh asking her to report to the station to enhance investigations into the allegations. “For this reason, […]

Kenyans and our diminishing Identity

By George Morara A bill has been proposed by the Kenyan ministry if Education stipulating that children up to the age of 8 in classes 1-4 be taught in their respective mother tongues! I have been watching the reaction of my fellow countrymen and women with interest as they shun the bill! I was born […]

Kidero’s Chief of Staff among Guests who attended Shebesh Night party

Even as the politico-legal scuffle between Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero and TNA women Representative get uglier day by day, keen followers of the events now point to Gov Kidero’s Chief of Staff Mr Wainaina as among those doing everything to ensure Shebesh extracts gold from Dr Kidero, who is Wainaian’s boss. At a recent […]

Final list of ODM BIGWIGS set to battle it out in Next Month’s party polls

As at close of yesterday’s deadline for submission of forthcoming ODM polls forms, the shape of the party leadership begun to show up with political household names widely expected to assume party leadership. Current party leader Raila Odinga will be defending his seat which has attracted Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati and Uasin Gishu ODM […]

Billionaire Kalenjin David Lang’at entry into ODM new headache for DP Ruto

If the David Lang’at who will sqaure it out with ODM leader Raila Odinga and Dagoretti North MP Simba Arati in the party leader position is the same David Lang’at who has given Jubilee Alliance sleepless nights after being outfoxed by Ruto in the Standard Railway gauge, then folks, consider 2017 politics another earth-shattering duel […]

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