Thursday, June 25, 2009
Iran and Kenya election Rigging
There are alot of similarities between the rigging that occured after the Kenya 2007 elections and Iran 2009 elections1. Both presidents were vying for a second term2. Rigging was carried out openly3. Government was well prepared in advance putting security forces at key areas3. Governments solicited forein governments of fighters to help kill demonstrators4. Shoot to kill orders issued to police and paramilitary forces - innocent/unarmed civillians - including children are killed in cold blook5. Many people arrested on filmsy grounds and then dissapear (massacred and burried)6. Ahmedinejad visited Kenya recently - looks like he borrowed some notes on rigging and killing demonstrators7. Russia, China etc always come in support of unpopular rigged government. China supplied Kenya with tonnes of weapons and ammunitions during the post election violence.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Iran and Kenya election Rigging
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Compare Kenya and USA Parliaments
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Our MP's are very lazy and do not show up to discuss important things. However, they are busy increasing their pay, allowance and retirement benefits.
We have to get rid of this backward thinking if we really want to improve the standard of living of our people.
Can you compare this with what is happening in the USA where the Congress and Senate will hold meeting the whole day discussing issues. A good example is today, the Kenyan parliament adjourned without discussing important issues due to lack of quorum while the US senate is working well close to midnight discussing bailout plans.
As I have said before, our leadership, current crop of political elites and the whole government is corrupt to the core and extremely inefficient and the only solution is a people driven revolution/clean sweep to restore leadership that is sensitive to the wellbeing of our country.
I WONT REALLY MIND US REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MP'S TO ABOUT 50, REDUCING THEIR PAY AND ALLOWANCES AND MAKE THEM PAY TAXES AND LASTLY, REDUCING THE SIZE OF OUR GOVERNMENT TO ABOUT 8 KEY MINISTRIES.
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Our country has become a haven for outright incompetent and corrupt government
Looks to me like Saitoti's goose is cooked as far as Kibaki succession in PNU is concerned. For Lucy to come out strongly, there must have been things brewing under the radar. In a way, this gives Kenyatta a field day.
Hata hivyo, our government, our leadership are all corrupt and inept.
Most of the people in power do not care about the common man - irrespective of their tribe.
I am so fed-up with our system that I think a revolution is the only way o get rid of this mess.
Another point - why is it politically incorrect to talk about family planning at the same time with improving the people's standards of living?
I think that the thre major factors consigning our country to the dark ages are
1. Kuzaa watoto wengi while the country is already full - we cannot even sustain the people we have. More than 50% of our population is below 16 years old. This leaves a very smal proportion of productive population. But the productive population is the one dying from aids tec.
2. Corruption, ukabila and selfishness
3. Mismangement, lack of proper planning, outright incompetence.
Kenyans, amkeni. Or else, we will be driving ourselves to extinction. Our current system is not self sustaining unless we are propped up by donors etc.
Friday, January 30, 2009
DO WE (KENYANS) HAVE A FUTURE?
Our political system ensures that only the most corrupt or wealthy are the only ones able to compete in our political arena. When are we going to break from this vicious cycle? these politicians will use money, intimidation, bribery, insecurity, murder, harambees etc to get to the top. Where did we go wrong? kenya was way ahead of the south east asian tigers. Experts used to come from south korea to learn a few things from us. Lakini sasa, we are a laughing stock. A recent cia projection showed that by the year 2020, there will be about five world superpowers with the usa at the tops followed by russia, china, india and brazil. They also said that by then, most of the european countries will be ruled by russian mafia (think of the artur brothers in kenya) and that most of african countries will be without central governments (think of somalia).
I strongly feel that unless we radically and swiftly move away from this destructive path, then kenya will be another failed state like somalia. The way we butchered each other after the rigged elections last year show that we are no different from somalia, sierra leone and other war-ravaged countries. The current starvation and famine witnessed in northern kenya shows that we are not different from ethiopian famine of (i think 1984) that killed millions. All this while our coalition govt is staggering from one disaster and inefficiency to another. While the ruling elites are robbing or coffers dry. While our incompetent mp's are increasing their salaries and allowances as frequently as possible while refusing to pay taxes.
My fellow citizens, when is this going to end? many kenyans are hard working but they cannot get a job. Others have jobs but their earnings are meager and cannot support their families. Aids is still killing the most productive part of the population. More than 50% of our population is below 16 years old and yet the govt is not educating people on birth control. If anything, the politicians encourage people to get more children saying this will give them more votes. But how are these children going to be clothed. Where will their school fees and college fees come from? as a result of this, the standard of life led by these children is way lower/poorer than that of their parents.
When are we going to adapt to the challenges of the 21st century when medieval diseases like malaria still kills millions. When poverty rate is increasing instead of reducing. When the gap between the rich and the poor is increasing at an astronomical rate. When the rich and the politicians can only sustain their lifestyles at the expense of millions of our countrymen. Let us not blame the british/colonialists for these vices.
Ukoloni uliisha zamani sana and the buck stops with us - with our current generation. It is time for change. For what is going on is silent genocide where the masses are dying daily, quietly. Are you still there! sema kitu!!
By Kenyajuu
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Sect linked to poll chaos, OCPD tells Waki team
http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1143991235&cid=159
Sect linked to poll chaos, OCPD tells Waki team
Published on 30/07/2008
By Alex Kiprotich And Anthony Gitonga
Followers of the outlawed Mungiki gang were allegedly brought to Naivasha town at the height of post-election mayhem, the Waki Commission of Inquiry heard.
Naivasha OCPD Willy Lugusa told the commission he received reports strangers had flocked the town prior to the violence on January 27.
But Lugusa, who was the first witness in the hearings at the ACK in Naivasha on Tuesday, said he would give more information to the commission in camera.
"There were reports of the presence of some strangers in the town but I will say more in camera," he said.
The commission was for the third time told of conflicting number of people who were killed during post-election violence.
In his testimony, Lugusa said 46 people died on January 27 alone, in Naivasha town.
He said 40 people were killed within Naivasha town and estates while six people died in Gilgil.
On Monday, former Naivasha DC Katee Mwanza put the number of post-election deaths at 40 while former Naivasha District Health Officer Dr Gakuri Eleazer said 42 people died.
Lugusa said among the dead was a policeman who was killed at Kong’asis.
"A police officer was killed during post-election violence at Kong’asis, but he did not work in Naivasha District," he said.
Lugusa told the commission he did not know if the police killed five people who died of gunshots.
He said he could not rule out that among the rioting mobs were people with guns.
"I totally object to claims that the people who died of gunshot wounds were killed by the police," he said.
joint patrols
He also said no ballistic expert has ascertained where the bullets were fired from because no bullets were found in the bodies.
He said police who patrolled and quelled riots were armed with either G3 or AK-47 rifles.
The OCPD said he ordered the withdrawal of prison warders who conducted joint patrols with the police on January 27 because of complaints from residents.
"The situation at that moment made the district security team to withdraw the prison warders though allegations against them were not true," he said.
The residents, Lugusa said, had alleged prison warders harassed them and did not want them on the streets and estates.
He said the withdrawal of the warders did not create a security crisis because Anti-Stock Theft Unit officers were deployed.
The OCPD said during the period 156 suspects were arrested and charged with being in possession of offensive weapons.
Lugusa, who was also taken to task to explain why post-mortem examination was not done on two bodies, admitted it was not proper to do so.
"It is not a normal practice for bodies to be released without a post-mortem being conducted," he told the commission.
He said inquest files had been opened for all the deaths during the violence and files forwarded to the magistrate.
Lugusa further said police officers were traumatised by the violence that rocked the region. He said most of the officers did not rest for four days because they were involved in maintenance of law and order as well as rescue operations.
"The officers were victims of post-election violence and needed counselling after witnessing violence and collecting dead bodies," he said.
Another witness Peter Otieno told the commission how people were ambushed and attacked in Naivasha estates.
Otieno, who lived in Kabati estate said mobs went round estates and demanded to be shown houses where people considered outsiders lived.
He said about 8,000 people fled to Naivasha Police Station.
