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What Lies Ahead In This Final Season

Thursday, 10 May 2012 13:14 BY DAVID MAKALI
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The term of this government is about to end. And like the end of many things, its final days are promising to climax in a dramatic and charged soap opera. This is especially so because of the odd make up of the Grand Coalition and its inherent strains. It has been a case study in cohabitation for convenience rather than willful co-existence.And because of the high stakes in the succession, a lot of things are likely to emerge in these final d...

Mudavadi Faces A Tough Task Ahead

Wednesday, 02 May 2012 23:58 BY DAVID MAKALI
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POPULAR: Musalia Mudavadi’s supporters after he announced officially that he has quit ODM for UDF Party yesterday. Photo/Jack Owuor

Musalia Mudavadi’s announcement of his party of choice to contest the presidency may have ended the anxiety for his supporters and the turbulence in ODM. But it has left many unanswered questions about his political style and leadership ethos that he will still have to deal with on the campaign trail.Yes, Mudavadi has a right like anyone else to seek the presidency and the end may justify the means by which he gets there. But he has not ...

The Police Must Not Resort To Brutality

Thursday, 19 April 2012 19:38 BY DAVID MAKALI
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An ominous cloud is overhanging this country as we trot towards the next elections.  It is an explosive compound of fear and hopelessness that is being systematically planted in the public and unleashed in small doses and diverse forms. The masterminds of the plot have apparent control or ear of government and command key institutions of the security apparatus and the wheels of the economy. They are determined to retain or ac...

Mps Pretending To Be Busy On Recess

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 23:59 BY DAVID MAKALI
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LAWMAKERS: President Kibaki addresses a special sitting of Parliament at Parliament Buildings last year. Photo/PPS

Parliament resumes next week from a month-long recess. And it had better. During the break, idle MPs spent most of their time politicking and generally visiting tension on the country with their noise in the guise of campaigning. They gallivanted from one end of the country to the other in political rallies that sowed more discord than unity. You need no examples to illustrate this propensity.It is always better when our conniving leaders are ...

What Five Million Signatures Can Do

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 23:56 BY DAVID MAKALI
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COUNTED: A section of Gema elders during the meeting at Limuru Jumuia Conference Centre on March 23. Gema wants to collect two million signatures to petition the ICC to postpone the Ocampo Four trials. Photo/Ben Ndonga

What is the worth of one million signatures? And how easy is it to get them? A lot, it seems, according to some Gema and Kamatusa leaders. And easy is it!Actually, if I could get one million signatures, there are many more important things I could achieve. My priority list includes changing the constitution to prohibit ethnic and regional political mobilization, calling a referendum to amend the constitution to fix the number of Parliamentary ...
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