WHO WILL HELP THESE DESPERATE LOSERS!!1??

Although Steadman Group has become a household name in Kenya, it is now clear what the group is up to. From the latest opinion polls in which kibaki is closing on Raila, the group forgot to doctor the figures to reflect their intention.
The cumulative percentages from the eight provinces, going by newspaper reports, are as follows;Raila 381%,Kibaki 316% and Kalonzo 68%.This leaves an average of 47.63% for Raila.39.50% for Kibaki and 8.50 % for Wakwito Kalonzo.Steadman is giving Emilio the worst hopes in his most desperate times.
At this trend we shall soon be told the nightmarish and disgraced Nazlin Omar is leading with 60%, And by the way, it would be time wasting for Steadman to continue conducting the fortnightly polls since they seem to have arrived at 4 percentage points as the figure by which Kibaki will be gaining and Raila will be loosing by the same as we approach Dec 27.
Because Dec 27 is four weeks away, it is easy to predict that on election day, Steadman will gladly predict the poll results as: Raila = 43 - (4x2) = 35% Kibaki = 43 + (4x2) = 51 % Kalonzo = 10 % Why lie!

WHO IS THE PEOPLES' PRESIDENT? A draft report from Steadman poll showed Raila Odinga on a threatening lead before it was 'levelled 'under directive from state house, it can now be revealed. The pollster results from the raw data showed 1. Raila Odinga 56% 2. Mwai Kibaki 33% 3. Kalonzo 9% 4. Undecided 2% Poll Managing Director Mr Waititu, had been instructed before not to release the results until final decision from State house operatives mainly from Mt Kenya region.
In the provincial polling, Kibaki is said to have faired badly in both Rift valley and Western provinces this time, prompting the scrupping of provincial polling forthwith by steadman. Mr Murage, Mr Kagwe and Nairobi University chancellor Wanjohi summorned the poll MD at former Kabete MP residence where Waititu was reprimanded and told work good for their Son Kibaki!!

PNU ENLISTS POLL FRAUDSTERS

Concerned about Kibaki's poor show in poll ratings in the last few months, PNU has turned to local research organizations to spruce up Kibaki's image.

The plot aims to portray Kibaki as overtaking Raila in the weekly and the fortnightly polls being conducted by firms commissioned by the Nation Media Group on one hand and Steadman Group on the other.

The Consumer Insight, one of the firms commissioned by the Nation Media Group, is hell bent to show a steady decline in Raila's ratings while bringing Kibaki's rating up steadily as the election date draws nearer. The Steadman Group, on the other hand is careful not to execute this plot in an open manner for fear that this might erode the trust people have in it and thus put its credibility to doubt.

Ultimately, when Kibaki's rigging strategies bear fruit after the voting day, the public will have been carefully prepared to accept that Raila's poll rating has been declining in recent days after all. But for the majority of Kenyans, it beats logic why the latest poll results released by the Consumer Insight recently should be immensely different from those released by Infotrack and Strategic – polls which incidentally were conducted in the same period.

Wakenya Tuamkeni!!

Days ago, I drew your attension to the fact that PNU agents had enlisted some local pollsters into very shameless anti-Raila propaganda campaings. ( I have included those forwards to refresh your memories). While some Kibaki sycophants dismissed my allegations, much of what I brought up have largely been confirmed.

Mr. Waititu has been at pains to explain why his figures released at the last fortnightly polls results could not add up. Even after promising the media that he would avail the tallies for the provincial polls, his promises remain unfulfilled todate.

As we speak, Mr. Waititu is set to treat Kenyans to another fraud when he releases the current Steadman poll results this coming Friday, where he has put Kibaki at 48% and Raila at 43%.

As I indicated earlier, it serves no purpose for Waititu to keep taking Kenyans for granted when it is now clear that his fortnightly polls will be showing Kibaki gaining by 5% while Raila will either remain stagnant or will be loosing by 5%.

My advise to Waititu is that Kenyans saw his intension a long time ago and as such he should try out something else for Kibaki coz this one is not working. Like his freind in Consumer Insight, Mr. Muthoka, they should just turn their research organizations into pressure groups for Kibaki like the ones currently mushrooming in the country. A name like 'Steadman for Kibaki' would surfice, and with a loud speak mounted on a long truck, they can go around the country telling Kenyans that Kibaki is the best agent of change that we need after 44 years of the mess that we have had.

Be watchful until the big day!!

IS NAIROBI AN EXTENSION OF CENTRAL PROVINCE?

Cosmopolitan Nairobi , Kenya 's administrative and commercial capital, remains one of the most multi-racial and multi-cultural cities in Africa . Facts on the ground, particularly in the political arena, reveal a scary prospect.

For instance, going by the published nominations line-up of parliamentary and civic aspirants in Nairobi , it seems the city remains the exclusive domain of a select group of leaders. It is a pity because the NARC wave of 2002 was wrongly presumed to have slayed Kenya 's infamous ethnicity dragon.
A casual look at the line-ups of the leading political parties in this year's general election who have already completed their nominations leaves a sour taste in the mouths of those who have been fighting for equality and balance in the Kenyan society beginning with Nairobi . PNU Nairobi Parliamentary Aspirants:Dick Wathika - Makadara - (Kikuyu)
Simon Mbugua – Kamukunji - (Kikuyu)
Beth Mugo – Dagoretti - (Kikuyu)
Maina Kamanda – Starehe - (Kikuyu)
Lee Kamau – Kasarani - (Kikuyu)
Betty Njeri Tett – Westlands - (Kikuyu)
John Ndirangu - Embakassi - (Kikuyu)
Stanley Livondo – Langata - (Luhya?)
It does not end with there; In addition to the above, other PNU 'affiliate' parties, especially the Democratic Party (DP) whose Chairman is Mwai Kibaki, is fielding candidates in all Nairobi constituencies. A classic fall-back plan if you ask me, but what is the common thread? DP Nairobi Parliamentary Aspirants:
Paul Mugeke - Makadara - (Kikuyu)
Duncan Mwangi – Kamukunji - (Kikuyu)
Francis Ngokonyo – Dagoretti - (Kikuyu)
Jimna Mbaru – Starehe - (Kikuyu)
Adolf Muchiri – Kasarani - (Kikuyu)
Rebecca Mwicigi – Westlands - (Kikuyu)
Ferdinand Waititu - Embakasi - (Kikuyu)
Langata – No DP candidate but two candidates Ndura Waruinge (Kikuyu) on UDP and Nduta Mageri (Kikuyu) on KENDA are both supporting PNU and President Kibaki's second term.
All angles, it seems, are well covered by President Kibaki's tribal cronies.In contrast, the ODM line-up is a refreshing mix of age, experience, gender, culture and religion.ODM Nairobi Parliamentary Aspirants:
Reuben Ndolo - Makadara - (Luo)
Fred Gumo - Westlands - (Luhya)John Kiarie - Dagoretti - (Kikuyu)
Raila Odinga - Langata - (Luo)
Margaret Wanjiru - Starehe - (Kikuyu)
Mugabe Were - Embakasi -(Luhya)
Elizabeth Ogolla - Kasarani - (Luo)
Yusuf Ibrahim - Kamukunji - (Somali)
My opinion is that the ruling party and its affiliate parties- in this case the PNU, DP and others - are not helping matters here. Political parties must put in place systems that will ensure one group does not dominate minorities in terms of gender and other social backgrounds.
Is it a mere democratic coincidence that PNU boast of only one out of eight non-GEMA candidate in Nairobi ? Or to ask in a different way, is Stanley Livondo keeping the right political company or is he just a pawn in a well rehearsed game?
Is it another act-of-god that all of DP's candidates in the city share a common heritage?
Why is there a large pool of semi illiterate ex-civic leaders running on PNU ticket bearing in mind that City Hall is a well known den of corruption and nepotism?
Hard questions indeed.Ladies and gentlemen, this is only but a sober assessment of the parliamentary race in the capital city. The list of civic seat aspirants makes worse reading due to the false sense of dominance by some political parties and I shall not dare publish it here.


"The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history." Churchil

Economic Hit Men

"Economic hit men (EHMs) are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as empire, but one that has taken on new and terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization.”—Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins
THE TRAGEDY of Liberia, the only country in Africa founded on the American ideal and whose capital city Monrovia is actually named after a US President — James Monroe — is a powerful cautionary tale for both the world’s only superpower and Kenyans on the eve of their 10th consecutive General Election.
No country in Africa has ever lent itself to the US agenda like Liberia did for decades in the 1930s, ’40s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s and no country on this long suffering continent has suffered like Liberia has, with the possible exception of Somalia. During World War II Liberia served as the base of US operations in the North African theatre and supplied much of the rubber for the war effort in that region.
In the 1960s and ’70s it hosted the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) biggest outpost on the continent, an operation with continental outreach. But by the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s and early ’90s, Liberia had outlived its usefulness to the US and Washington merely moved on at precisely the point at which the people of Liberia needed the Americans most — the descent into civil war and anarchy.
The Liberian civil war spilled over into Sierra Leone, precipitating a war there too and destabilizing the entire West African region as warlord Charles Taylor went for blood diamonds with a vengeance. An entire generation of young adults died in the Liberian conflict, which was actually largely concluded by feral child soldiers, many of them murderous pre-teens who nonetheless participated in one of history’s largest sustained mass rapes of a national female population.
It is already being largely forgotten that in its very final throes, when the traumatized Liberian nation was literally praying for the departure into exile of the warlord Taylor, it took one of the goriest acts of desperation to bring Liberians’ plight to the attention of international media and on to the world stage. This was the dragging of 17 corpses to the gates of the US Embassy in Monrovia by howling and weeping mobs of child soldiers and women. The dumping of the human cadavers at the US mission appeared to do the trick.
Suddenly, Washington was ready to send in the Marines. Within weeks Taylor was persuaded to leave for his Nigerian exile and three US warships escorted by helicopters appeared in Liberian harbours to an ecstatic welcome from a war-weary population. In Sierra Leone a 17,000-strong AU and UN peacekeeping force polices the aftermath of the civil war.
US policy in Africa, which in recent years has closely been reflected in UK policy, has never been enlightened or consistently benign.
Again and again in Africa, as in Latin America and Southeast Asia, Washington’s policy in Africa has been driven by the most uncaring and ignorant of nuance, complexity and cultural norms and practices blundering, miscalculation and inimical intent.
Finally, it would appear to be Kenyans’ turn to suffer the tender loving care of Uncle Sam’s calamitous intervention in other nations’ internal affairs. The Bush Administration, already up to its eyebrows in the intractable Iraqi insurgency and “war on terror”, is taking sides in the Kenyan General Election campaign in a manner that has for one thing alarmed not only the Kenyan establishment but the Ugandan one too.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda, the liberator of his country from a period of Liberia-like anarchy, is one of the eastern, Central and Horn of Africa’s most accurate bellwethers of the prospect of instability. And he is reliably reported to be very uneasy indeed about American and British support for one side of the Kenyan General Election campaign, a faction that has all the makings of inserting instability into both the country and the region, with far-reaching consequences.
On the ground in Kenya, there is consternation at Washington and London’s attitude and also a deep-seated and gathering fury among the most enlightened and enterprising sections of the population and the electorate. Thinking Kenyans are incredulous at the fact that the most successful Presidential administration in decades is being treated like a pariah in the chancelleries of the West. The US and UK are headlong into mad rush to appease a faction that seems hell-bent on taking the country on a path of experimental radical-change reforms that have no guarantee of success and have great potential to backfire in such a polarizing and divisive manner as to result in a conflict that would engulf the region.
What is Washington/London’s beef with the Kibaki Administration? Part of President Mwai Kibaki’s Original Sin would appear to be the China policy he has pursued in office over the past four-and-three-quarter years. Kibaki’s leaning towards China as a major development and commercial partner has gone down rather badly in London.
Certain British interests have also been angry with the Nairobi regime that finally decriminalized Mau Mau, for half-a-century a proscribed organization, and went so far as to unveil a statue of Field Marshall Dedan Kimathi Waciuri in the capital city’s central business district right next to the Hilton Hotel. The British hanged Kimathi in February 1957, the same month they granted Ghana its Independence under Kwame Nkrumah, a man who, nine years later, London contributed directly to the overthrow of by the military and police and a resultant generation of tyranny in which Ghanians were shorn of the rule of law.
China has taken to partnering with Kenya and investing in this country with aplomb, with major engagement in gigantic infrastructural projects, including the JKIA-Gigiri road and the Lanet-Molo highway. China is also funding construction of major road bypass projects.
Perhaps the most drastic re-think and re-direction in Kenya-UK relations was this administration’s early decision to diversify its sources of military procurement and other security-related contracts, for instance dropping the British Land Rover for the Japanese Toyota Land Cruiser.
Worst of all from the point of view of many Africa-last policymakers in both Washington and London, the Kibaki Administration has largely weaned Kenya from the abusive dependency on so-called development and international aid that has locked so many Third World nations into a vicious cycle of plunder and poverty.
According to a masterly insider analysis of the worldwide con known as globalization, entitled A Game as Old as Empire, subtitled “Global Empire: The Web of Control”, by Steve Hiatt, Third World countries pay more than US$375 billion a year in debt service, which is 20 times more than the amount of foreign aid that they receive. There has not been a more unequal relationship in human affairs across the seas since the Trans-Atlantic slave trade that was abolished 200 years ago.
Considering the fact that half the world’s population of 6 billion people lives on less than $2 a day, this is an unconscionably and unacceptably unjust system. But it is also a system in which the victims try to get out only at their own very real peril.
The story of the Kibaki Administration’s first five years has been just such an attempt - a spirited go at breaking out of the prison of the global plunder and poverty trap that is the thoroughly corrupt “foreign aid” and “international development” con. The risk the Kibaki regime has taken in breaking the cycle of plunder, poverty, manipulation and alien control has come with clear and present dangers, not the least of which is a well-funded Opposition in which the forces of reaction, tribalism and economic backwardness have been equipped to take over and to keep Kenya firmly in the sphere of Western influence.
The Kibaki Administration’s other Original Sin was the decision to break the aid dependency syndrome and finance the economy almost entirely on the basis of efficient, accountable and transparent tax collections. This move has been highly beneficial for Kenya and Kenyans, but this is precisely what our erstwhile Western masters never want to hear about, much less see happen.
The book from which the masthead quote for this analysis is drawn, John Perkins’s first-person account of his own life as an Economic Hit Man, is a story of corruption at the global level that has many an object lesson for Kenyans as they prepare themselves to make an informed choice at the 10th General Election. It is a deeply disturbing story of the most mind-boggling greed and international corruption, a worldwide web of control, corruption, and plunder.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is the most compelling book of its genre — insider investigative expose and whistle-blowing —since the late 1980s’ The Lords of Poverty: The Power, Prestige, and Corruption of the International Aid Business by Graham Hancock. It is essential reading for thinking Kenyans who are sworn enemies of herd mentalities and opposition for opposition’s sake.

By John Mugambi and Lilian Nekesa

IF YOU THINK PEACE IS EXPENSIVE TRY CIVIL WAR!

I am a Kenyan of Gikuyu descent and I do not regret that like former AG, Charles Njonjo. There is nothing wrong with anybody belonging to any community in Kenya. What is wrong, my fellow Kenyans, is to lump all your frustrations on Kibaki and by extension, the Gikuyu.
Just like the rest of the Kenyan ethnic groups, we, the Gikuyu, have our share of smart people, stupid people, lazy people, busy bees (by the millions), cute women, handsome men, ugly women, ugly men, thieves (by the thousands) and even saintly people.
In a word, we are like everybody else and we are not begging to be from the Railas, the Luo, the Luhya, or from anybody else. We only beg from God not from anybody. And unlike many other ethnic groups, our bonds are lose in times of peace and we prefer each to be on his own; doing their stuff and leaving the rest to cater for their own.
Yes, this trait is somewhat 'unAfrican' (where societies have strong but loosening bonds), but you've got to re-visit Kenyan history to learn that the British had an insatiable appetite for our lands and took everything that we had. The impact of British rule, you ought to know, was heaviest in Kikuyu land than anywhere else in Kenya. By the time they were leaving, as attested by the book, 'British Gulag' they had killed + or - 100,000 of us. They also 'uprooted' us, which is why you find us all over Kenya and elsewhere.
Even before anybody talks about Gikuyu leaders, they've got to understand the internal dynamics of the community and its class system, which has, more than any other community, produced extremely rich people living side-by-side with extremely poor, but hard-working and hopeful 'holoi poloi.' Again we are like every other Kenyan community. And I'd like to reiterate that we do not go around begging the Railas of this world.
We like doing our own stuff, which is why we are silently going about our business and saying nothing even with all this anti-Kikuyu activities. The reason? It is simple, we do not consider this to be any threat to us. Indeed, most of us will definitely vote for Kibaki and if all other Kenyans want to sack him, then let them go ahead and do so. After all, those who have cared to check electoral statistics will realize that when other communities came out in large numbers to vote for Kibaki in 2002, only about one million of us (a mere 30 % of registered voters) came out to vote.
The figure was less during the 2005 referendum. This apathy is why Kibaki had to go to Nyeri over the weekend to plead with us to go out and vote in large numbers. But why the apathy? It is simple; most of us, -probably unlike other communities- know the deceit with which politicians treat ordinary people and we are not convinced that electing the Kibaki's, the Railas or the Mois will add any more sufurias in our homes.
Kibaki might have done some good for the country, but millions of ordinary Kikuyus know this can only be translated into real benefits for themselves if they worked hard. We know and teach our children that nothing can come out of laziness. Just imagine, what would a road do to a community if its members do not have things to transport to the market. How would taking electricity to remote areas help much if people do not tap such electricity for productive purposes.
We, the Gikuyu realized long ago that what can benefit from our own sweat. That is why millions now own one or a few grade cows or planting coffee again after uprooting it when Daniel Arap Moi destroyed the coffee sub sector. So Kenyans can go ahead and elect Raila if that is what they want. But they should ask him to seek votes by some other means rather than pegging his campaigns on anti-Gikuyu sentiments.
We are not moved! Raila should also know that for 24 years, Moi tried to kill everything Gikuyu (banks, tea, coffee, schools, land-buying companies, our sons and daughters in the clashes of 1992 and partly 1997 etc..) We did not surrender!
Before Moi, the British killed hundreds of thousands; subjected millions of us to untold sufferings and nearly destroyed the entire community in a genocidal campaign that has little historical parallels. Following what took place, we are no longer moved by mere posturings or shadow boxing..which is why we prefer to keep quiet; ignore these anti-Kikuyu campaigns, and go about our business as if Raila has never been.
Raila will only be a threat to us if he wins elections and goes ahead to try what Moi did. But we will welcome his presidency if he leaves us alone to do what we've always done; produce wealth for this country. Those who care to re-visit history will realize that we, the Gikuyu, taught everybody else in Africa how to start an uprising and stick to some common understanding. That was then, yes, and we now want peace to bring up our kids like everybody else in Kenya.
We also want a peaceful coexistence with our brothers and sisters in Luo-land, Luhya-land, Kalenjin-land and elsewhere. We have lived harmoniously this far and our brothers and sisters have a lot to offer to us and we believe we have a lot to offer too. Please let us not be misled to think we can ostracize the Kikuyu simply because Raila says so.
He is one person and if at all he gets to power, he will need all communities to pay taxes so that he can pay the police and the army, fund road projects or even get a salary. He should not think we owe our existence to him.
We only reflect our attention to God and will be there even after Raila has come and gone, (that's if at all he comes.) Published by African Press International -API/ African Press in Norway - APN africanpress@chello.no

Majimbo -What is the Way Forward?

Alot of people are wailing and shouting about Majimbo, the editor welcomes detailed articles on diffrent views on this matter, they will be published as they come.

Safaricom Shares-What is at stake here?, Alternative to IPO

The Safaricom share sale under the infamous IPOs is generating a lot of Heat from all spheres of the nation and fears are that this IPO may be shelved till next year when temperatures would have cooled down!
However, the proponents of the IPO are adamant and want to make a 'kill' and fast that's why the Investment Secretary is under pressure now to officially announce the commencement of the role out plan for the IPO.
Indeed it common knowledge that this will be 'the mother of all IPOs' and on the same breath ALL KENYANS are entitled to have a share on this said IPO but the current trustees, call them the 'Govt' really don't know an alternative to this IPO that will ensure that all Kenyans regardless of their financial status benefit.
For instance if a Maasai owns a cow, which he then gives to a nother person for safe keeping till when he will need it back, not forgetting the fact that this person is enjoying the benefits of milking the cow without paying! Can this person claim the cow to his?, can this person be mad enough to want to sell the cow back to the Maasai? after all the benefits?
One notable Governance researcher has come up with a serious and debatable Model which can be used to distribute the shares of all state corporations that want to do an IPO without raising temperatures across the spectrum.The only way out on this was that the Government was to use the Model used by former Soviet Republic countries to distribute this resources.
For instance, in Arzebaijan, the Azeris came up with a model where every citizen was allocated some shares by being given share certificates which would go for any value.Aftre every person was given their respective shares,m then they had every right to sell to whoever they wanted and whichever price!
This is where clever people'the monied' used this chance to buy the shares from the allotees at a pitance and went a head to sell the same in the Stock Exchange thus making millions of dollars!This method outlines a fundamental concept wherby every citizen is given his/her dues in share certificates, its upon themselves to squander their chances but justice was seen to have been done!
Unfortunately in our Kenyan scenario, this poor Kenyans will not get a chance to 'own' the Safaricom Shares even for a few days before they dispose them off, because they need money to buy basic commodities which are skyrocketing for every minute that passes!Then from here those monied kenyans will get their chance to buy the shares BUT NOT what Amos Kimunya and&co are trying to do!
This means those Kenyans who don't have money will cease the 'owning' of Safaricom for good, how else can someone explin this? You own something today tomorrow you don't own it! and you have not sold this ownership to someone only that someone took it away to give it to the monied?
What do we call theft? If i don't know the definition of theft then i should go back to our 'Free schools' so that i can learn the definition of theft! let's NOT FORGET THAT our call is for equal redistribution of the remaining resources, other countries are doing it now and have succeeded why not us!?

KRA-Kikuyu Revenue Authority?

One of the very reasons as to why Kibaki was voted in as president was exterminate corruption and tribalism in all its forms and states, but unfortunately things are really nasty at the KRA ,as this article GOES ONLINE theres is a continued recruitment of personnel from one community, this is because there is an agreement that if the community does not employ themselves now then they will not get the jobs in future!
As things stand now, KRA has reverted albeit unofficially into Kikuyu Revenue Authority! Even from a casual observer one can not escape seeing the disparity and outright tribalism! considering that we are a country of 42 tribes! how come all commissioners come from one region? Or is it because other tribes dint go to any class? or the other tribes are inferior sub-human beings?
I want answers to this and many other critical questions we need to address as a nation.As young people we have to speak now as we seek a new government to redeem us from this tribal chieftains!

Send your observations and we will publish them now!

The Nairobi Stock Exchange-Who is Responsible?

In the past weeks, alot of propaganda has been spread across the country that ODM presidential candidate Hon.Raila Odinga has caused the stock exchange(NSE) to loose its value, infact according to the BBC radio report its purpoted to have lost more than one Billion Dollars!What is amazing is how this barons fail to tell the public how Raila as a person can manage to this!

As always, i expected this NSE executives to come out and show Kenyans what is the reason behind the decline in the NSE value, but instead they left the Role to another imbezile oldman to come out with wild allegations and questioning whether Hon Rasila is a communist!.
Clearly this is meant to paint Raila as not fit to lead the country.

Its common knowledge that stocks all over the world are not doing well and Kenya is no exception, infact currently major banks in the US are planning to bail out some of their companies which are struggling as a result of debts.
As a young Kenyan, i will not sit down and watch as one community runs Kenyas wealth(literally into their pockets).For instance its common knowledge that the prices in the NSE are manipulated to fit a certain cartels interest!
For example the EACables shares were languishing in the basement and were even at risk of being suspended from the NSE, but as soon as a certain group of "foreign investors" bought into the shares nof the said company everything went a buzz.The prices started rising till the shares were split!Tell me, who was the beneficiacy here?
-Was the price of EAcables justified?
-Are the price determining factors controlled?
-Who determines the price?
How are ordinary Kenyans protected from the sudden change in prices?
How are stock brokers regulated?
The CMA the regulating body slept on the job till they were woken up by the thunderious sudden collapse of GT and partners.
How safe are the ordinary investor?