WHAT IS HAPPENING IN KENYA TODAY?

1. People are queuing to return looted goods in Mombasa after a Timber Merchant sent out word that a Jinn had put a curse on any one who uses the items.
2. The student who beat his teacher in Eldoret is looking for a new school.
3. The residents of Kisumu have nowhere to shop after they completely ransacked shops, banks and educational institutions along the aptly named Oginga Odinga High Street in the Central Business District which also houses the third British Council offices in the country.
4. Lake shipping traffic has plummeted after Uganda switched the port of entry to Dar es Salaam to the rail head at Mwanza followed by shipping to Entebbe and Jinja.
5. Sony Sugar in Awendo Town has no cane after the nucleus plantations were burnt.
6. The boy who had smoked cannabis and led a gang to torch his mother's house and prevented fire fighters from reaching it is heading for his Aunt's home in Karungu. He is not sure what reception he will get now that Safaricom Mobile is back in the air and word might have reached the Aunt.
7. A Kibera resident is receiving help from Kenya Red Cross after his shack went up in flames minutes after he had burnt his neighbour's property.
8. One would be First Lady is stuck with paint of a certain colour and the one in State House is waiting for the outcome of the peace talks before she starts re-painting.
9. A group of young people who had bought tickets for the cancelled swearing in of the would be President are demanding their fares back.
10. Kenya is losing out on Sports Tourism as the Cricket fixture against Namibia is transferred from Nairobi to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. It has been reported that 2010 World Cup Finalists have planned direct flights to South Africa without a stop over in Nairobi.

The real cause of the Kenyan conflict

The real cause of the Kenyan conflict is not tribalism as people would like us to believe.
It is multifactorial as follows, ranging from overpopulation to inability to understand numbers:

1. Failure to control the population from Independence (educating girls leads to smaller families)
2. Global warming, the El Nino and la Nina phenomena
3. Globalisation (Labour intensive jobs in textiles, shoe manufacturing etc. exported to India and China)
4. The decaying infrastructure
5. Failure by Habitat, UNEP and other UN Agencies based in Nairobi to pay serious attention to the situation in the slums
6. Failure of the authorities to develop the rural areas leaving people no choice but to head for Nairobi
7. Failure to use Aid money for the intended purpose
8. The delusion of the rulers who shunned Foreign Aid by claiming that they can balance the budget from internal resources without relying on donors while serving only 10% of the population and ignoring the rest.
9. The economic growth in the last 5 years that led to the increase in the middle class and consequent rise in prices thus marginalising the poor.
10. Bad politics and greed for Money (feeling poor even with one billion shillings - please teach these people basic Maths).

The country has indeed gone to the dogs.

It is worse than Zimbabwe where the infrastructure has not been damaged. The inept way in which the Kenya security forces have handled this election aftermath leaves a lot to be desired. As Africa descends into chaos, think of how the previously dominant economies of Zambia, Cote d'Ivoire and Zimbabwe were reduced to ruins. People thought it would never happen to Kenya but it is happening before our very own eyes. Can you imagine, this morning Baghdad celebrated New Year in style when Nairobi could not. It is safer in Iraq and Somalia than it is in Kenya !!

The Security Forces should have deployed long back and made it quite clear that looting and lawlessness will not be tolerated. They should have done it the way the US National Guards managed to control the riots in South Central Los Angeles and New Orleans and prevented these from spreading nationwide. Instead, they allowed the criminal elements and the unemployed thugs to take over and this is what made the ordinary people to take to the streets as well after the bungled election results that have now turned into a farce. As it is, they are now unable to control the masses hence the order of shoot to kill. And the body count is definitely an underestimate.

Kisumu was deliberately left unprotected in order to let the Central Business District to be reduced to rubble. This is what has happened to the city centre. It is a shell of its former state. Instead of playing catching up from where it had reached, the clock has been put back 40 years and it will never be the same again. In fact, it is worse than the pre-independence days. The same applies to other towns and cities.

Don't be fooled that this is a Luo versus Kikuyu struggle as the politicians would like us to believe. it is a conflict between the haves and the have - nots. It is unfortunate that the politicians have pitted the poor Kikuyus against the poor Luos and the other tribes who have been enjoying an uneasy struggle with existence staying side by side in the slums of Mathare, Korogocho, Kibera, Mukuru Wa Njenga and elsewhere. These people irrespective of their tribes, were united in poverty and were doing their honest business, it is their leaders who have let them down.

In fact the Kibaki Presidency, I dare say, has been hijacked by the self-seekers and the 'poor man' is being used as their pawn to ensure the continued domination of the economy by a few greedy fellows. You can even see that the script he was reading from as he was sworn in illegally for a second term in office was written for him and he simply repeated it verbatim like a parrot.

The previously sane voice of Industrialist Chris Kirubi formerly Chairman of the Kenya Association of Manufacturers interviewed on the BBC this morning was full of praises of how Mwai Kibaki found a moribund economy in 2002 and transformed it into a vibrant one with a growth rate of 6-7% and a strong Kenya Shilling. A Raila Presidency would have served them just as well if not better. What they forgot is that their companies cannot do business when the masses have revolted. True, the economy may have been strong but now it is hurting and will continue to hurt. The sensitive tourism sector will be the first to suffer after Mombasa was torched, followed by the service sector and manufacturing. Unless calm and sense returns to the country and a way forward is charted to ensure that in future, no slum dweller or the unemployed will ever be forgotten again as being insignificant. They have just shown that they are not to be taken for granted.

I am sure Yoweri Museveni in Uganda, Paul Kagame in Rwanda and Joseph Kabila in the Eastern Congo are beginning to curse themselves for not finding an alternative route of imports and exports through Tanzania away from the troubled Kenya Uganda Railways and the Mombasa - Malaba Corridor.

Kenyans are very good people and I am proud to be one of them.

Kenyans are very good people and I am proud to be one of them.

The Kenyan people are more enlighted now than in previous years; and are proud to elect leaders democratically.

65% of Kenyans are poor and exploited by the Kibaki administration.

Our beloved Kenyan people are poor and exploited with heavy taxation and high commodity prices!!!

Kibaki is the enemy of the Kenyan people.

He has trashed our democratic gains which were made since multiparty politics were introduced.

He has apparently promoted one community until their estrangement is sure.

Now he has stolen openly our election!!!!! Kibaki is a thief of our democracy and does not keep any promise. He has no love for the poor even among his own tribe.

Our people are dying. These are our beloved Kenyan people caught in political games generated by Kibaki.

This political untrustworthness must be eliminated. Kenyan people must not be made to loose faith in democracy otherwise there is no future for Kenya.

Kibaki has stolen our election. God is punishing Kenya because we have put the wrong man on the throne!!!!!

Kibaki must go and Kenyans will stop killing Kenyans. Our beloved Kenyans are killing each other because Kibaki has stolen an election and destroyed democracy.Election results must be retallyed to prove that he forged and manipulated figures and for this lying habit of his, he must go.

We are praying to the Lord Jesus Christ to help us out of the ditch. Join us in interceding that Kibaki gets away from that seat.

Wrong impression about post election chaos in Kenya by Antony Otieno

Wrong impression about post election chaos in Kenya, by Anthony Otieno.
While the whole world is aware of the crisis is in Kenya, thanks to the international and local media, most of their reporting is accurate, however, there is need for an honest analysis of the situation in Kenya.

The media

It is sad at this moment in time to apply oudated tactics of muzzling the people who are expressing a democratci right. In the case of kenya, gagging the media would not help Kibaki and his cohorts, since the level of wareness and resolve among kenyans not to return to the dark days of dictatorship is so high. The courage of the Kenyan media and journalists despite setbacks intitated by Internal security Minster (Michuki) is worth noting, but more so the way in which they reportde the events during the campaigns and venteful day of vote counting. Howver, there are problematics with headlines (both local and intrenational) that have appeard in print media since the outbreak of post elections violence.
The ethnic dimension is appearing to be the main focus of international press and they are also reporting that it is a Kikuyu-Luo issue but that is not true. Besides the fighting in the slums where most Luos and Luhyias live in Nairobi and Nakuru, Luos are not the inhabitants of Rift valley or Coast province or Masaai areas where fighting has been reported against the Kikuyu. These kinds of statements misinform the world of the actual facts on the ground and hinder insights that could help get Kenya out of the situation.

Reducing the current post election conflict to a Kikiyu-Luo affair is cheap analysis that is devoid of facts and reflections of what happens on the ground. Most of the current Western media analyses do not taken into account the underlying factors such as the failure of institutions of the state, such as the electoral commission of Kenya whose mediocre performance has plunged the country into bloodshed, a draconian constitutional frameworks that has been at the service of the ethnic chauvinists and jingoist in power since 1963, the centralised power and networks that benefit from it, whose abuse and actions have led to marginalisation of certain groups from national resources, equitable public appointments, and the grand scheme involving local and international elites in exploiting Kenya under the “old order” and interests/forces that want to keep the status quo and their role in the current problem.

Biasness and partisan analyses are also observed in the local media especially the media owners association, Kenya broadcasting corporation, Kenyan citizens in the diaspora through various blog sites and debaters in the local Newspapers where intellectuals like Karuti Kanyinga among others have taken sides, instead of guiding the debate in a more honest way so that all Kenyans can identify where the problem lies (draconian laws, out-dated political system, poverty, inequality, corruption, appointment in public services, un-equal distribution of resources countrywide and lack of access to essential, services among others). Kenyans suffer under these conditions regardless of their tribe, and that is why those who live in the slums are from all tribes, though previously marginalized by earlier regimes like the Luo, Luhya and other minority groups make up the majority in those dwellings.

Leadership and national interest

Questions that people need to ask is why did Kibaki sought to be Kenya’s president, in 1992, 1997, and finally became one in 2002? Was it because he lacked money? Was he someone with an agenda for the “whole “ nation? And if he had one, what was the agenda? Was that agenda realised between 2003 and 2007? Why are Kenyans having a problem with his agenda presented during the campaigns and the people around him majority of whom have been rejected in their own backyards? Why did most Kenyans have a problem with giving him another mandate? Why would someone who is a billionaire and aged 76, not want to leave a legacy that would be remembered in positive terms? What is so painful to forego that Kibaki would not want a clean election? More important to ask is why the current “elite” and morons around Kibaki afraid of change of the current system and/or leadership to go into the hands of “lesser” communities? And lastly, why was the current regime rejected by majority of provinces and communities? Even though there are arguments that Kenya’s economy has grown at 6% over the past two years, the gap between the rich and poor has widened, with more people falling below the poverty line. The slums did not get smaller, nor did North eastern and Eastern provinces get piped water from lake Victoria, the Samburus did not receive hospitals and tarmac roads, No fish industry was built along Lake Victoria and loans given to fishermen. 40 years is along time for the Samburu, Turkana, Rendile and Somalis to wait for basic and essential services to reach them, it is a along time for Kamba people to wait for water and receive food hand outs during starvation, it is a long time before a the Luo and Luhya to have a fishing Board to take care of their interests is agriculture as done to coffee, tea, pyrethrum and dairy farmers; it is along time to wait for major industry in western Kenya; it too long time for Mijikenda to have resources from Coastal investments recycled back to alleviate their poverty, thirst for water, better schools and hospitals.

Obstacle to dialogue

In my view Kibaki is hostage to a number of factors that seems to contradict his call for putting the nation first. First and foremost are the networks of buddies and business comrades and elite form Mt Kenya who have been on the Gravy train since 2003. For what explains the refusal to find a middle ground while knowing so well that the outcome of the elections are not acceptable to everyone including their own people? The people holding Kibaki hostage are the ones Kenyans need to address in their quest for finding a peaceful solution to the current crisis. These people have a lot to loose if the man goes, thus the reason they are against recount, judicial review or re-run of presidential elections. Kenyan comes distant in their priority of needs. The opposition also have a role to play in the process and that will depend on the kind of proposal they put on table, which should be scrutinised by Kenyans since the issue at hand is about how Kenyans are governed and therefore Kibaki or Raila are just but people they expect to govern them through their mandate which includes listening to their views.


The Killings

Kenyans should stop Killing each other. The culprits are few people who are out busy with self-aggrandisement at the expense of a whole nation. Although the current killings are unacceptable since they are an outcome of a stupidity of failure by Kenyan politicians to grasp the communality interest, Kenyans and more so those who abuse the political system and state institutions and resources should know that "Kenya belongs to all who belong in it" and all should be given equal treatment. There is no justification for the minister of internal security to use the outdated tactics of targeting specific ethnic groups with paramilitary force and order to kill. The images ion television shows that most of these people could be apprehended and taken to court. Senseless beating and shooting based on order of a politicians with colonial hangovers will exacerbate acts of revenge instead of resorting to the rule of law to settle disputes or address acts pf violence that re currently being perpetrated by some Kenyans who exploit the chaotic situation. The paramilitary police used by Michuki on the Luo (this is historical tactic, Kenyatta did the same, in the 60s and early seventies) is selective and directed in one direction towards a group of people but that too will create more anger and feelings for revenge.
Struggles in the Rift Valley are also about past wrongs against the minority communities like Ogieks who were chased out of the forest and the places given to the central province groups. Masaai and Kalenjin whose l [prime was taken by the British, and later by the elite around Kenyatta. These grievances have never been addressed and due to the complex nature of ethnic blend in those regions, Moi for instance exploited this mix to cause chaos in order to vilify the onset of multiparty in Kenya. Ethnic clashes in 1992 and 1997, produced suffering and anger which have been kept low, but now fully exploited in the face of a dashed hope for change. These people thought there could be some equity with change pf government but that hope is gone, so we expect anger, but also revenge as result of past clashes that were instigated by Moi prior to 1992, and 97 elections



Democratic test


What I fear most is that if Kibaki is allowed to rule, Kenya will return to the dark ages, all the democratic gains will be lost. They will know that they can always rig elections and get away with it no matter what people do including protest, they don’t mind whether people die or not, since they will be able to get away with it.
Kibaki’s behaviour in relation to vote tallying and results in the 2007 elections makes democracy look sick in Africa. It bring to mind the question whether there are free and fair elections? Or whether franchise or high voter turn out as witnessed in Kenya can turn a regime out of office? What about the role of institutions to support such a process like an independent police, electoral commission, judiciary and a parliament that is sensitive to the needs of the country, free and non-partisan media, respect for the rule of law by all parties involved in the electoral process? Even though Democracy has never been perfect although being adopted by nations and peoples, its institutionalisation depend more on local history, culture and geography and not analyses and prescription as it is applied in other contexts. In the case of Kenya, the political, economic and social systems are complex and full of nuances, combined with other forces/vested interests/pressure groups that exert more power, thus making the ordinary voter appear to be a pawn rather than a "king" maker.

Therefore if Kenya is to build on the already made gains on the democratic front, a solution to the current crisis must be found in tandem with the reality on the ground. The reality that the “presidential election was rigged” and the incumbent is hell-bent on hanging to power no mater what cost, but also the reality that the opposition is making claims which have been proved right by the electoral commission itself and the various poll observers that Kibaki did not win the elections”. Although, calling for peace or on the major players to urge their supporters to clam down is an first step, the call for peace should not water down the main cause of the problem which is “rigged elections” and it is a threat to democratic gains. Being soft on this point would Bolden the antagonists especially the “winners” and based on their history of arrogance and lack of decorum in addressing national issues, they will brush aside the issue at stake and this will fuel anger which is not only expressed by the opposition, but the very people the winners want to “rule” at all cost.


Way out

Asking Raila or Kenyans to forget this and forge ahead, and wait for another 5 years by many partisan authors in various local dailies and international blogs is not sincere and honest since such calls are directed at one party and not the other two. Why are people not asking Kibaki to resign? Why not ask for recount and audit of the votes? If the Electoral commission is not honest, how sure can we be of the courts in Kenya? Kenyans know that the system is rotten thus the overwhelming vote and a clear message that they want something different. They should not be denied this difference by hiding behind discourses that keeps on mystifying the problem. If Kibaki goes on without the approval of Kenyans, he is not making it better for those already hurt in one way or the other through killings and destruction seen in the past days. These things will haunt the nation after he is long gone and people around him or groups supporting him will not escape blame and demands to be held accountable. Peace can only come when the two parties agree to talk, engage and get into a process that will heal wounds on both sides of the divide (the people, the Opposition and PNU politicians). Allowing Kibaki to go ahead and burrow his head as if nothing serious has happened will only exacerbate the arrogance of the group around him as witnessed during a recent press conference and the exchange between PNU Ministers and the press. Such one sided approach attach on the opposition will only help strengthen the status quo, the exploitation, discrimination and inequality along tribal lines, which with exacerbate problems even if calmness would return today.

What is urgently needed are;

Curfew in Opposition areas to be lifted and regular police patrols with a humane face be initiated in hot spots to give people confidence in the state institutions for their safety. The general service unit has no role in the process since it is a catalyst instead of providing safety.
The Kenya pipeline should immediately resume pumping Oil to western Kenya and Uganda. Cutting this supply is not different from scorched earth policy and if someone in the government has ordered such action, which was observed already before the election days, and then he or they are fuelling the crisis instead of solving it. This should apply to other services like electricity, food items among others
Kenyan civil society organisations, Law Society, The Kenya National Human Rights Commission and invited institutions to help in the process of reconciliation and putting in place a framework that would bring back the credibility of the electoral process and an acceptable conclusion
An independent audit of the presidential, results, or a re-run of presidential election supervised by a team of independent observers and representatives of the two parties (ODM and PNU) within an agreed time frame. It is now clear from ECK that they did not know who won. The ECK had put aside funds for a run off, and that money can be used to SAVE KENYA.

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Where did democracy go in Africa?

Most presidents after clinching power they taste power hence arrogance and dictatorship. Kibaki is pretending to be Kenyas President when actually Raila Odinga ousted him and now he is using his powers of president to impose himself on people.We have a poor constitution .

He can't even explain it himself! Raila Odinga has 100 ODM party parliament seats while his loose coalition of many small small parties could only afford 36 seats. As if not enough his former cabinet was all voted out including vice president and when the country was striking the guy retreatred to statehouse for a night swearing in ceremony. The guests were senior military officers and all his last poll rejected cabinet and the worst is they were in a rush that they dint raise Kenyan flag or even sing national anthem! Plus no diplomant was present.what a shame to Kenya when we thought they were more democratic than other african countries. The worst still is that Electoral commissioner Samuel Kivuitu declared him president under siege despite concrete evidence of inflated figures for Kibaki and he later confessed that he did not know if Kibaki won.He has finally admitted to having his officers altering results and inflating them infact in 48 central constituencies the voters were estimated as 150 percent for Kibaki.

How do you even explain this? all the largest provinces that's
Riftvalley with 3,000,000 registered voters.Turnout was 2,000,000. 1,599,007 went to Odinga.
Westen province voter turnout was 1,300,000. Odinga got 986,045
Coast province turnout 1,436,980. Odinga got 893,098
Nyanza province home ground for Raila voter turnout 2,000,000. Raila got 1,599,000
North eastern province voter turnout 120,000 Raila 87,000
Nairobi province capital center-this has eight constituencies and 5 parliament seats are for ODM and still Odinga won here in votes. turnout 1,780,002 Raila got 754,097. the remaing votes shared by other 7 presidential candidates.

Now Central province Kibakis strongholds, voter turnout 2,000,000 Kibaki got 1,788,000
Eastern province with 1,800 000 turnout Kibaki got 1,050,000.( KIbaki has become a president because of two provinces) am laughing my head off about african politics. provinces he won in two got 36 parliament seats and he is a president.

Odinga won in 5 provinces out of 8 with 101 parliament seats and somebody wants him to be in opposition. Final tallying revealed Kibaki had 4,533,008. Raila 4,348,980,Kalonzo-807,005 and others.Its
rather absurd. Kibaki got a maximum of three million votes and Odinga had over four point five. Its very unfair to say the least.

Thats why Kenyans reacted in that violence manner. Whoever said here that its Luo and Kikuyu he is mistaken. Kenya has 42 tribes and all 40 except two Kikuyu(central) and Meru(eatsern voted for Raila.
Kenya is crying blood because of a greedy man with self egos who has no remorse that people are dying and instead of dialogue he has turned kenya into a police state threatening opposition with dire consequences and also he has denied them media coverage as he has suspended live coverage.


The European Union observers have dismissed the tallying process and other dignatrories say it was flawed.In this whole world its only Museven of Uganda who congratulated him reasons you all know that he also rigged himself to power. raila is the kenyan peoples democratic choice and Kibaki knows thats why he can only take refuge at statehouse

BETTER TO DIE FREE THAN TO LIVE UNDER OPPRESSION. KENYANS FOUGHT BACK.

The tragedy of Kenya is an undiluted product of the sit-tight mentality that African leadership have come to represent. When Joaquim Alberto Chissano became the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim prize for achievement in African leadership, I was very skeptical as to the ability of the award to produce at the most three more African leaders who can effectively match-up to the exploits of the former Mozambican leader.
The criteria with which candidates were selected for the award are based on Promotion of the rule of law, Economic opportunity, Political freedom, promotion of the rule of law, offering security to citizens amongst others. I honestly believe it would be easier finding a missing padlock in the middle of the Atlantic than finding a leader in Africa with these qualifications at present.
Well! My cynicism is being given life in the form of Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, who at present is attempting to carry forward the life-long gene of “sit-tightism” that has hitherto clamped down on any form of progress in the Continent of Africa.
Recently I read in the papers that Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika was contemplating making a constitutional amendment that will enable him run for an extended term in office, there is also the case of Robert Mugabe of Zimbabawe who has been the only leader the southern African country has known. Mugabe has spent all his youthful effort, which could have been used in uplifting his country, fighting resistance to his ambition of being life-president. He is the African enigma that has eluded comprehension. His case is made more astonishing, in that fellow African leaders seem to care less if he is killing his people or not. Foreign presidents have called for the removal of the “Beast of Rhodesia”, yet surprisingly no African leader has thought it wise to lend a voice in that respect.
The much respected South African leader, Thabo Mbeki also initiated a rather lame attempt at perpetuating himself in office, this was quickly done away with as the people rather accept an accused rapist that a man slowly I becoming inebriated with power.
We cannot so easily have forgotten how Olusegun Obasanjo right in the full glare of the Nigerian public sought to extend his tyranny by yet another four years, but his political opponents were able to whip up enough sentiment to stall his evil attempt.
There are also rumors that President John Kuffour of Ghana is also about to join the “league of extraordinarily ungentlemen”, as he is already harboring intention to extend his stay in office beyond the stipulated date.
All over Africa this crazy trend seems to exist where there is a seat of power. The continent has become known for its awkward leadership style and governmental approach rather than for anything else. This malaise is slowly spreading to the lower cadre of leadership in the continent.
In total honesty, The elections that were conducted in Kenya where no worse than that which Maurice Iwu and his assembly of diabolic fraudsters organized in Nigeria. But what I find interesting and I dare say commendable is the Kenyan people’s will and desire not to be taken for a political ride anymore.
Unlike the Nigerian experience, the Kenyan people decided to fight for their freedom, they stood up against the powers of the incumbent who had decided to subvert their will and wishes.
They chose not to murmur and grumble in their reticence, they decided for the sake of their future generations not to allow evil claim any form of space on the pedestal of their history.
They decided to stand up for the sake of morality against the enthronement of slavery; they chose to put their destinies in their hands. They decided to control the manner in which they will be ruled. They sought for a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
It is unfortunate lives were lost, more so innocent blood, but that was all the result of Mwai Kibaki’s devious intention to remain in power against the wishes of Majority of the electorate.
The attention of the world has now been drawn to the extensive evil that has been wrought in the country largely because the people decided to take a stand for their future. There is a popular saying that says; “if you don’t stand for anything you will fall for anything”. We fell for anything in the country, while the Kenyans stood up for something

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

Kibaki is in a tight corner. Peace can come temporarily, but if the electorate feels like Raila has been deceived, then the whole scenario plays out again. It’s a no-win situation, but unfortunately, blindness is a terrible disease, particularly when the blind insist that they can see .Kikuyus can only be comfortable, if Raila gets what he wants. What surprised me is the ease with which matters can escalate and assume monumental proportions especially if left unchecked. Kibaki cannot be serious that for five damn years he is willing to sacrifice the entire welfare of all Kikuyus. Was Kibaki unable to see the consequences of his actions, or is this exactly what he wanted, because he does not want to be held accountable for misdeeds in his government? whatever the outcome of the American peace initiatives, which always don't work as long as someone feels disenfranchised by the whole process ( look at Israeli/ Palestine for reference) , Kenya has been damaged thoroughly by the roughness with which Kibaki treated a delicate democracy handed over to him in 2002 by Mr. Daniel Arap Moi.
This reminds me of the classical poem by William Butler Yeats, "The Second Coming"
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of "Spiritus Mundi"
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

The opposition leader Raila Odinga

The opposition leader Raila Odinga has rejected the election result, saying of President Kibaki: "There is no difference between him and Idi Amin and other military dictators who have seized power through the barrel of the gun."

TRIBALISM IN THE KIBAKI GOVERNMENT BEFORE THE ELECTIONS IN 2007

FINANCE MINISTRY

Minister - Amos Kimunya – Kikuyu

Asst. Minister- Peter Kenneth – Kikuyu

Permanent Secretary - Joseph Kinyua – Kikuyu

Economic Secretary - Kamau Thuge – Kikuyu

Pensions secretary - Anne Mugo - Kikuyu

Budgetary director -P.B Ngugi – kikuyu

ERD director - Kenneth Mwangi – kikuyu

D/Finance secretary - Mwirichia – Meru



CENTRAL BANK OF KENYA

Governor- Prof. Ndungu – Kikuyu

Dep. Governor - John Gikonyo -Kikuyu



CONSOLIDATED BANK OF KENYA

Chairman - Phillip Njuki – kikuyu

Chief Executive Officer - David Wachira - kikuyu



KENYA REVENUE COMMISSION
(The most absurd)
1. Commissioner General: Michael Waweru - Kikuyu
2. Board Secretary: Mrs. Ngang'a - Kikuyu
3. Senior Deputy Commissioner, Investigation & Enforcement: Mr Joseph Nduati Kikuyu
4. Deputy Commissioner, Investigation and Enforcement: Mr Namu Nguru - Kikuyu
5. Deputy Commissioner, Administration: Mr Karimi – Meru
6. Deputy Commissioner Procurement: Ms Murichu. - Kikuyu
7. Commissioner Customs: Mrs Wambui Namu. - Kikuyu
8. Senior Deputy Commissioner (Customs): Ms Githinji- Kikuyu
9. Deputy Commissioner, Enforcement (Customs): Mr Maina.-Kikuyu

10. Deputy Commissioner, Finance: Ms Wachira.-kikuyu
11. Commissioner Domestic Taxes (LTO)- Mr Njiraini. -Kikuyu
12. Deputy Commissioner: Mrs Mwangi . – Kikuyu
13. Senior Deputy Commissioner, Finance: Mrs King'ori - Kikuyu
14. Senior Assistant Commissioner, Security: Major Kariuki - Kikuyu
15. Senior Deputy Commissioner, Southern Region: Wagachira - Kikuyu

120 Management trainees recruited to KRA IN 2005, 67/120 are Kikuyus


CAPITAL MARKETS AUTHORITY
Board Chair- Chege Waruingi – Kikuyu

CEO - Edward N'talami - Meru

Jimmna Mbaru-...... ........NSE- Kikuyu



DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
Chief Procurement Officers - 23 out of 36 first appointees are all
from GEMA. Rest of Kenya = the remaining 13 (out of the 36).



KENYA RE-INSURANCE CO.
Chairman of Board - Nelius Kariuki. -kikuyu
Chief Executive Officer - Johnson Githaka -kikuyu
Financial controller - John Kinyua - kikuyu

The New CEO-Mrs.Mbogo- Kikuyu
The latter two were just recently sacked for grand corruption.

Kenya Institute of Education(KIE)
Director - Gabriel Muita -Kikuyu
Higher Education Loans Board (HELB)
Chairman - H.M Kimura -Kikuyu

Commission for Higher Education (CHE)

Head of scholarships /credentialing
Snr Asst. Commissioner- George Njine -Kikuyu
Head of Administration (Asst. Comm) - Margaret Kobia - Meru

Ministry of Foreigh Affairs

95% of Ambassadours and High Commissioners from Mt.Kenya region.



MINISTRY OF INTERNAL SECURITY & PROV. ADM
Minister- John Michuki - Kikuyu
Asst. Minister - Peter Munya - Meru
Permanent secretary - Cyrus Gituai - kikuyu
CID Director - Simon Gatiba Karanja- Kikuyu
AP Commandant - K. Mbugua - kikuyu
GSU Commandant - Mathew Iteere -Gema
Deputy & Asst Commissioners of Police - majority -kikuyu
Provincial Commissioners (PC's) 3/8
Nairobi J. Waweru - kikuyu
Coast - Earnest Munyi- "
NEP -Kiritu Wamae - "
DC's
38/71 are GEMA with most concentrated in; Rift Valley (19) ,

Eastern(8) , Coast & Western (3 each)



MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Minister - Njenga Karume - Kikuyu
Asst. Minister - none
Permanent secretary - Zachary Mwaura -kikuyu
Vice Chief of Armed Forces - Lt. Gen. Julius Karangi - kikuyu
Army Commandant - Lt. Gen. Augustine Njoroge "
Navy Commandant - Maj. Gen. Mwathethe "
Dep. Air Force Commandant - Maj. Gen. Jackson Waweru "



MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
Minister - Prof George Saitoti - Kikuyu
Asst. Minister(s) - Beth Mugo - Kikuyu
Kilemi Mwiria - Meru
Permanent Secretary - Karega Mutahi - kikuyu
Director Basic Education - Mary Njoroge -kikuyu
Director City Education - Margaret Thiongo- kikuyu



Kenya Institute of Administration Director: Margaret Kobia

Water Services Regulatory Board Chairman: Jane Njagi

National Campaign Against Drug Abuse
Chairman: Frank Njenga Secretary: Jenipher Kimani

Kenya Tourist Development Corporation Chairman: Charles Wachira

Public Archives Advisory Council Director: Lawrence Mwangi

Export Promotion Council Chairman: Peter Kimuyu

Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner General: Michael Waweru

Tea Board of Kenya Chairman: Sicily Kariuki

Retirement Benefit Authority Director: Kanyi Gachoka



Kenya Water Institute Chairman: Jacob Kaimenyi



Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation
Chairman: Nelius Kariuki Director: Eunice Mbogo



Capital Markets Authority Chairman: Chege Waruinge

Consolidated Bank of Kenya Director avid Ndegwa



Kenya Post Office Savings Bank
Chairman: Wilson Kinyua CEO: Nyambura Koigi

KASNEB Chairman: Francis Kibera CEO: Erastus Gitau

Kenya National Assurance Chairman: Alexander Kaminchia

Central Bank of Kenya Governor: Njuguna Ndungu

Capital Markets Tribunal Chairman: Morris Njage

Kenya Institute of Public Policy and Research
Director: Moses Ikiara

National Irrigation Board Chairman: Francis Gichaga



Kenya National Trading Corporation Director: Gladys Maina

Kenya Industrial Property Institute Chairman: Moses Thairu

East African Portland Company Director: Ndegwa Kagio

Industrial Property Tribunal Chairman: Lillian Wanjira

Kenya Industrial Research and Development

Institute Director: Elias Njoka

Numerical Machining Complex Chairman: Jonathan Muturi

Co-operative College of Kenya Principal: Esther Gicheru

Pyrethrum Board of Kenya Chairman: Isaac Mwangi

New Kenya Cooperative Creameries
Chairman: Matu Wamae Managing Director: Francis Mwangi

Kenya Ordinance Fact Corporation Chairman: Jeremiah Kianga

Tana and Athi River Development Authority
Chairman: A Mureithi Director: S.Maina



Horticultural Corporation Development Authority Chairman: Joseph Kibe

Jomo Kenyatta Foundation Director: Nancy Karimi

Agricultural Finance Corporation Chairman: Patrick Kariuki

National Sports Stadia Management Authority Director: S.Mwai

Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Chairman: Justin Irina

National Housing Corporation Director: J.Ruitha

Kenya Cultural Centre Chairman: M Kaggia

Kenya National Library Director: Irene Muthoni

Moi University Chairman: Evan Mwai

Kenya Literature Bureau Director: Adams Karauri

Kenya Education Staff Institute

Chairman: Joseph Kimura Director: B .Gachanja

Commission for Higher Education Chairman: Kihumbu Thairu

Kenya Power and Lighting Company Director: E.Njoroge

Higher Education Loans Board Chairman: Joseph Kimura

Water Service Trust Fund Director: S.Mwangi



KENGEN LTD Chairman: Titus Mbathi

Athi Water Service Board Director: L.Mwangi

National Oil Corporation Chairman: Peter Munga

Communication Commission of Kenya
Chairman: Joseph Njagi Director: John Waweru

Coast Water Service Board Chairman: Joseph Muturi

Kenya Film Corporation Director: Wachira Waruru

Tana Water Service Board-Chairman: James Kimani



National Council for Science and Technology
Chairman: Henry Thairu Secretary: G.Kingoria

Kenya Petroleum Refinery Chairman: Justus Kagenu

Coffee Research Foundation
Chairman: K.Njuguna Director: J.Kimemia

Energy Tribunal Chairman: Njuguna Nganga

Kenya Airports Authority Director: George Muhoho

Kenya Railway Chairman: Jonathan Muturi

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation Director; David Waweru

Postal Corporation of Kenya Chairman: Peter Kariuki

Kenyatta National Hospital
Chairman: Margret Wanjohi Director: Jotham Micheni

Kenya Information and Communication Technology
Chairman: Cathrine Ngahu

Nyayo Tea Zones Director: Anne Karimi

Kenya Medical Training College Chairman: James Kahindi

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Chairman: J.Mutungi Director: E.Mukisira

Agricultural Development Corporation
Chairman: L.Wariunge

Kenya Sisal Board Director: Charles Kagwimi

Agricultural Information Research Centre
Chairman: Thirikwa Kamau

COMMENTS ABOUT KENYAN ELECTIONS 2007.

Micah 6:8 (King James Version)
8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
YOU CAN CLICK THE TEXT TO BE TAKEN TO THE SOURCE PAGE. BY THE WAY, WHY IS THE WORLD SO COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT OVER A MILLION KENYANS LIVE IN SLUMS, AND DONT EXPECT THEM TO BE FURIOUS ABOUT IT?
The Attorney General has called for an independent team to tally the presidential votes afresh and end post-election violence.

Mr Amos Wako said in a statement: "It is necessary, and I agree with the Catholic bishops and others, that a proper tally of the valid certificates returned and confirmed should be undertaken immediately and on a priority basis by an agreed and independent person or body."

European election observers have called for an inquiry into the accuracy of Kenya's official presidential election results



THE mayhem that killed hundreds of people following Kenya's election on December 27th completes a depressing cycle of democratic abuses in Africa's biggest countries. Nigeria held its own mockery of an election last April. Scores were killed and observers pronounced it the most fraudulent poll they had ever witnessed. Congo held a more or less peaceful election in October 2006, since when the main opposition leader has been hounded into exile. And the year before that, flawed elections in Ethiopia resulted in the deaths of 199 protesters. Needless to say, the incumbents all won.

So it is easy to be angry, as well as gloomy, about African leaders' continual betrayal of the democratic values they say they hold so dear. And all the more so in the case of Kenya, which has a strong tradition of holding elections, a vibrant political culture, a relatively free press and a sophisticated economy. Given all these advantages, as we wrote before the election, Kenya had an opportunity to “set an example” to Africa and hold free and fair elections. But the country blew it.


Or, more precisely, the political elite blew it. A small cabal of politicians almost certainly stole the result by fraud (see article). In the parliamentary vote, President Mwai Kibaki's ruling party was routed. Yet in the presidential vote Mr Kibaki emerged victorious at the last moment and had himself sworn in only a few minutes later, forestalling pleas from all sides—even from the head of the election commission he himself had appointed—for a pause to investigate mounting claims of malpractice. The report of the European observers was unusually strong in its condemnation of the count.

As in Nigeria, Kenyans queued quietly to exercise their right to vote, reflecting the enormous appetite for democracy that exists on a continent that was until recently dominated by dictators and “big men”. But for democracy to survive, it is not enough to hold elections. Politicians must accept that they may have to give up office, and thus all the opportunities for self-enrichment that come their way. It is no coincidence that the most corrupt politicians are also those who cling most desperately to power—as in Kenya and Nigeria.

In stealing the election, Mr Kibaki has also invited a dangerous backlash against his Kikuyu tribe, the country's largest. Tense tribal divisions have long threatened to widen as the minority groups, including opposition leader Raila Odinga's Luo, have come to feel marginalised by the concentration of power in Kikuyu hands. If the current violence does evolve into something worse, perhaps even civil war, Mr Kibaki and his henchmen will bear much of the blame.

No time to be nice
Initially, America, which sees Kenya as a front-line ally in a war against Islamist militias in neighbouring Somalia, made the mistake of endorsing the president's re-election. Now Britain, America and the African Union are urging Mr Odinga and Mr Kibaki to talk in an effort to stop the bloodletting. That lets Mr Kibaki off the hook far too easily. All the violence should certainly be condemned, but most of the diplomatic pressure should be exerted on Mr Kibaki's supposed new government to annul the results and organise a recount—or a new vote.

If Mr Kibaki will not do this, the rest of the world should suspend direct aid to his regime and impose a travel ban on his officials. That is the least the wretched people of Kenya have a right to expect from their friends abroad.

Kibaki's Hypocrisy

Mr Mwai kibaki is right now hiding behind the security walls of the government of kenya, while the kenyans he lied to and deceived are furious with him, and feeling the backlash of his gluttonious grab for power. Just 5 years ago, many kenyans were very hopeful, that the union of mr kibaki and mr raila odinga which were enough to uproot moi, would be enough to put kenya on a path to industrial development, but that was just a dream. It has been said that raila and kibaki had a memorandum of understanding that would have allowed them to share power while kibaki remained president, but kibaki renegged on those promises and instead pushed for constitutional reforms that would have increased his powers while treating the mou with mr odinga as trash. Kenyans are very angry today, because they have been raped by the electoral process, and many kenyans have said they will never vote again. Do you blame them? Some very strange news has come to me today regarding the church burning in eldoret. . What is becoming apparent is that kenyans are very furious, and the ethnic differences have only exacerbated this wound.I have heard that kikuyus have essentially been driven out of the west of kenya and perhaps also from the coast. What has happened is fracture along ethnic lines because of corruption in kibaki. Odinga has called kibaki a thief and a liar. That is not far from the truth, as evidenced by kibaki's actions.

CHAOS IN KENYA AND WHAT THEY MEAN

I am a Kenyan. I would like to begin by stating that I do not advocate for violence in any shape or form. Secondly, I congratulate kenyans for holding a peaceful election, even though they have been robbed of a fair tabulation and announcement of results.I have been watching with amazement the brazen attempts by Mwai kibaki to muzzle freedom of speech and expression in kenya, from banning live tv broadcasts, and preventing public gatherings that want to question the legitimacy of his presidency.Kibaki has to resign.The naked and open manner with which the elections have been rigged is betrayal and grossly demonstrative of callous neglect kibaki has had for poor kenyans. The president of Kenya swears an oath to uphold all the laws of kenya, and to protect the.You cannot be the chief law breaker, and expect kenyans to not violate the same laws you have grossly violated. The reason kenyans are angry is because Kibaki violated their democratic right to elect their own president as the constitution allows. If he won fair and square, openly without rigging, Raila would have been condemned by the international community, and Kibaki would have received congratulations from all over the world, but that is not what happened. Do you remember when Obama came to kenya? He issued very damning condemnation of the corruption in Kibaki's government. All the mayhem and chaos you see in Kenya today do not compare to the damages caused by corruption in Kenya. Kenyans are fed up with corruption and voted for change. So no matter how bad things look in kenya, its actually good, because that is the way corruption will end. Corruption kills more people than you might imagine, and so the lives being lost in kenya today are not lost in vain. ECK officials overlooked the fact that Kenyan police personnel deployed to guard all the 36,000 polling stations countrywide also kept a record of the voting and compiled an accurate record of the results, so that even if something happened to the ECK structures, the Kenya Police is in position to give the nation correct results of the polls. Sources say that the Kenya Police tally indicates a major difference from what the ECK announced. I am amazed by either the steely core or inept attitude displayed by Kibaki's insistence that he is the rightful president, and yet kenyans rejected him, and in the meanwhile, kenya is torn apart.I have been asked to tell All Luo,LUHYAS, Kalenjin, Marakwet, Teso that all vehicles going To Nairobi Are Being Stopped In Naivasha And Kijabe And People From Those Tribes Flushed And Killed By Armed Kikuyu Thugs. JANUARY 3 2008.