Two months ago I was on Kameme FM discussing issues around the ICC Kenyan situation when an interesting thing happened. Uhuru Kenyatta called into the show and asked me 11 questions, especially as regards positions that I have held that have been contrary to his. However one of the more memorable comments he made was that I must be careful about my new friend, Raila Odinga. He advised me that this man cannot be trusted and that I should be car...

This week I was going to write about the new efforts to save the Ocampo 4 from the Hague; until I read an article in the Sunday Nation where Police Spokesman Eric Kiraithe is quoted as warning Kenyans that the Mungiki gang is alive and lethal.Kiraithe’s statements reminded me of a conversation I once had with a Kenyan Mzee (elder) of Somali descent. When the Mzee heard of our dream of making Kenya a country where ethnic diversity is stre...

On 19th April 2012 we received reports that the Police Commissioner said that Limuru 2B planned for the previous day had been cancelled because of intelligence that our meeting would see the re-launch of the proscribed Mungiki sect. Ironically no police officer has asked me what the meeting was about! However as the primary coordinator of this meeting I can categorically state there were no such intentions. In our opinion the Pol...

Many things have been written about the forthcoming Limuru 2B meeting this Wednesday. Most Kenyans see the meeting as a public statement from members of the Kikuyu, Meru and Embu communities that we do not agree with the politics of ethnic exclusion and tribal alliances that some leaders are trying to sell to us as the way forward after President Kibaki retires. Others see it as a platform where a new generation of opinion leaders from all ove...