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Archives for May 2014

Here is why Ruto DID NOT accompany Uhuru to Eldoret yesterday

The spectre of being publicly booed, jeered and heckled may have forced Ruto to cancel accompanying Uhuru to Eldoret. A year into the Jubilee Alliance rule, Deputy President William Ruto yesterday shocked his backyard by staying away from a series of stop-overs President Uhuru made in Eldoret after attending the military pass out parade in […]

Moi aide WARNS Uhuru against SACKING Kalenjin, it caused 2007 ETHNIC Violence

LEE NJIRU ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A KALENJIN “HOLINESS” THAT AIN’T THERE “The solidarity exhibited between the Kikuyu and Kalenjin during the last elections, which propelled Uhuru Kenyatta to the presidency, and William Ruto to the deputy presidency should behove historians and political commentators to relook at the real cause of the 2007/2008 post- election violence”. […]

BREAKING: MAYA ANGELOU dead at 86

Award-winning author, renowned poet and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou has died. She was 86. Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines confirmed Angelou was found by her caretaker on Wednesday morning. Angelou had been reportedly battling health problems. She recently canceled a scheduled appearance of a special event to be held in her honor. Angelou was […]

Assasinating Prime Minister Bhutto: How Gen Musharaf did it and NOW in eternal JAIL

By Bruce Riedel A Book Review of Getting Away with Murder: Benazir Bhuto’s Assassination and the Politics of Pakistani by Heraldo Munoz, December 2013 marked the sixth anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the remarkable woman who twice served as Pakistan’s Prime Minister and who had come to symbolize the country’s hope for a […]

DP RUTO: Over 5000 University students to get FREE government internships

According Business Daily, some 5,000 university students will be put on internship in counties starting September in a new government programme aimed at boosting competence and national cohesion. Deputy President William Ruto Tuesday announced a further 15,000 students will be deployed to work as interns in counties far from their homes next year. The move, […]

SHOCK: William Ruto’s NANDI community WARNS Uhuru Immigrant supporters of impending VIOLENCE, good lord!

Hate leaflets are being circulated in Tinderet sub-county asking members of one community to leave the area. The leaflets, written in Kiswahili, warn the community to vacate within a week or else their property would be looted. One such leaflet addressed to Ms Wanjiru Joyce, says: “Please, leave within one week with your children or […]

INCOMPETENT IG Kimaiyo’s directive fits in CORDs new strategy

How Kimaiyo’s directive fits in CORDs new strategy By Solomon Baraka Sudi There is something interesting about the psychology of a child. Though small and powerless it knows how to get what it wants. When in need of anything like food etc, it becomes irritatingly noisy, a disturber of peace. And mothers (or any adults […]

AMBUSH: Uhuru government FORCED to lift ban on political rallies, Raila HOMECOMING rally to proceed

Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo hurriedly lifted its earlier decision to ban all political rallies which the opposition CORD had already rejected as an attempt by the government to scuttle the planned reception of CORD leader Raila Odinga who will be returning in the country after a 2-month sabbatical in the US. Odinga is […]

SONKO pays Ksh 300,000 to owner of pub where his guards and Shebesh fought

Nairobi Senator Mike Sonko has settled the cost of  damages his people  caused over the weekend during a scuffle with alleged ex-squeeze Rachael Shebesh. The two leaders almost exchanged blows at Caribea Restaurant in what is seen as a renewal of personal and political rifts occasioned by a bitter fallout late last year. They have both recorded statements […]

BREAKING: SCARED of Raila’s RISING popularity Government cancels all political rallies in the country!

The government has banned all political gatherings in Nairobi ahead of CORD leader Raila Odinga return this weekend. Save for the Madarak Day celebrations, the police claimed the security situation in the country does not allow the holding of large gatherings. Nairobi County Security Committee, chaired by Mr. Njoroge Ndirangu, said the police are held […]

Macharia Gaitho: Just another ‘mainstream media’ Jubilee propagandist?

By Dikembe Disembe Of Mr. Macharia Gaitho history shall chronicle on his epitaph, ”here sleeps a man who was consistently inconsistent”. Proverbially, Mr. Gaitho wants to have his cake and eat it. How could you set out to point out the so called ’emerging narrative on western sabotage by the Jubilee Alliance’ only to end […]

Firm seeks Ksh270 million from IEBC for ‘tallying printers’ used during 2013 polls

A company is seeking Ksh 270 million from IEBC for printers used during the tallying of votes. However, while the electoral body used the printers, it is refusing to pay, claiming the firm didn’t deliver the printers to the specifications that it gave out in the tender. The ‘disputed’ printers is yet another gadget that […]

Kanindo’s Burial: Political Showdown as Moi, Uhuru, Raila and Dalmas Otieno set to share a podium

By McGregor Murgor   The timing of the demise of veteran Nyanza politician and former MP Phares Oluoch Kanindo conjures much conjecture as was marked by his style of politics throughout his entire life. The humorous politician has always gone against the grain and was Kanu’s stalwart in the South Nyanza region and a close […]

Macharia Gaitho: Western ploy to end Uhuru rule is jubilee propaganda

By Macharia Gaitho The travel advisories issued by the US, British, French, Canadian and Australian governments discouraging their citizens from visiting Kenya was obviously a coordinated manoeuvre aimed at crippling our tourism industry. It was all part of the sustained economic sabotage by Western powers in fulfillment of the ‘choices have consequences’ warnings ahead of […]

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