Jerry OkunguJerry Okungu
Jerry Okungu is a Media Consultant.
Kenyans Need Ideas and not Intrigues
It has been one hell of a week; a week of high stakes and drama. All manner of hecklers and publicity seekers have been on the prowl craving for attention. They have used all manner of antics and theatrics to get noticed. Some of them with dubious character and background have certainly found an avenue to claim prime time spots on our local media, not because they had anything constructive to tell us but rather they managed to malign and...
Musalia Has Now Tainted His Image
Hon Musalia Mudavadi my friend cannot do this to me. He cannot embarrass me this much and expect me to keep quiet. I must warn him that this time it will not be business as usual.I have always held Musalia in high esteem and he knows it but when he tries to hoodwink me and the rest of Kenyans, I must protest in the loudest terms possible. That is the beauty of the new constitution—It has given ordinary Kenyans the authority to interrogat...
Mudavadi Should Have Resigned All His Posts
You cannot lose an election as a Vice President of the Republic of Kenya, lose your constituency seat in the process, five years later jump on some political party bandwagon, get a direct nomination five years later and expect to become the president of the republic five years down the line. It just doesn’t make sense. Let me state very clearly that I have nothing personal against Musalia Mudavadi. In fact I like him very mu...
Sudan War Over Oil Is Senseless
Fresh drums of war can today be heard from Juba and Khartoum. Just the other day, South Sudanese Ambassador and his Northern counterpart were in Nairobi exchanging bitter words and browbeating one another on television cameras. As they engaged in this futile debate, there were reports of Khartoum bombs dropping in selected regions of South Sudan even as Khartoum parliament passed a motion declaring South Sudan an enemy of the stat...
Investigate Raila Murder Scheme
If there was one thing that Jakoyo Midiwo achieved last Saturday with his pronouncement about the possible murder of Raila Odinga, he brought the entire nation to a standstill. The entire nation was stunned. Mourners gathered at Dr. AL Gondi’s funeral looked bewildered.They were not sure whether to mourn Gondi or absorb the new threat to Raila Odinga’s life. Either way; whatever it is that made Jakoyo drop this bombshell at the fun...
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