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You Missed This: Was Oscar’s Kamau Kingara Really A Threat To National Security?

Chris — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:56:00 -0400

Shocking facts have been unearthed by Kumekucha about the still unsolved murders of Kamau Kingara and Paul Oulu of the Oscar Foundation, Nairobi.

According to the information the activities of the Oscar foundation duo were deemed to be a threat to national security that just had to be neutralized. Actually the organization was seen as contributing to a bigger threat in the horizon that security forces in Kenya are now busy trying to pre-empt and nip in the bud at all costs. (HINT: It is something to do with a prediction I have been talking about frequently in this blog).

Numerous murder mysteries have been solved by carefully observing the actions and movements of the victim in the last day or so before they were murdered and leading upto the last few hours. In the case of the late Kingara doing so gives out a number of tell-tale clues that just confirm the highly explosive information I have received over the last few days.

Virtually all political assassinations that have happened in Kenya in the past have used the excuse of the target being a threat to national security (read this revealing Kumekucha article from the past about the historical background of this).

Shortly before he was killed you will remember that Kamau Kingara gave a TV interview where he delivered a scathing attack on the government of President Kibaki. This was quickly followed by some strong remarks by government spokesman Alfred Mutua about the Oscar Foundation organization’s alleged links with the outlawed Mungiki sect. Everybody knows who Mutua takes orders directly from.

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Hours later Kingara was dead. Was all this just a coincidence? Are all these events in the last few hours of Mr Kingara’s life pure chance?

The information I have says that it is NOT a coincidence and that the late Kingara’s activities were in fact viewed as a threat to national security (at least according to the NSIS).

What all this means is that it is highly unlikely that the real killers of Kingara and Oulu will ever be brought to justice. And more frightening, Kenyans should expect a number of unsolved murders happening over the next few months or so.

Stop Press: In my latest Confidential email newsletter I publish the hit list that is being targeted by assassins. You will be shocked!!! It’s free to subscribe send an email now to: kumekucha-subscribe@yahoogroups.com... and then follow the simple instructions you receive.

Related articles in Kumekucha you should read;

Excuse for past political assassinations and the Standard raid was national security

It is the season for many assassinations
Kumekucha

Afromusing: Africa popping up in Trend Watch

AfroMusing — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:27:45 -0400

Now this is positively surprising, though not to many Africa-watchers…
Africa is hot for business now, and its popping up in Time Mag’s trend watch. Great to see that ideas espoused at TEDGlobal Arusha 2007 are reaching the ‘center’ from the fringes.

It’s great to see Time magazine present some trends that are not obvious, well-worn, are already over. They take a chance in this list of ‘10 Ideas Changing The World Right Now.‘ The line up includes not your usual suspects. With any list like this, there is no telling which are likely, but they are at least plausible. Two extra points for a positive African scenario. The ten trends are featured in the pic below; details at the link.

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(Via KK Lifestream.)

In the back of my mind I couldn’t help but wonder…what of the global economic crisis? Wouldn’t that put a dent in this positive outlook? Oz has a great run down of how the global crisis affects Africa.

Blurb:

1. A slump in external demand affects exports and remittances.
2. A slump in external demand lowers commodity prices. Oil producing nations such as Nigeria are particularly vulnerable.
3. Lack of credit is stifling capital inflows and trade finance in the more advanced markets – such as Nigeria, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
4 The region is not immune to financial problems of its own. Credit has ballooned in many countries. Banks’ loan books are often concentrated in commodity-related industries.
5. Some retail investors borrowed heavily to punt on local stock markets.

You can also follow OZ on twitter.

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Rants, Raves & Reviews: Investing in Property in Kenya is foolish

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:32:00 -0400

Another reason why I do NOT believe investing in property in Kenya. I also blogged on why I don't invest in property in Kenya... Here is the link to that.

AFTER planning approvals, AFTER construction permits, AFTER construction, AFTER occupancy permits, AFTER... AFTER... the government wakes up and condemns the Westgate and Ukay malls.

I do not have the full details on the matter... nor who is right or wrong...

The concept of property rights simply does not exist in Kenya.

Examples:

- Land-grabbing by the political elite (jomo 'crooked wa ngengi' kenyatta & cronies) in the 60s & 70s.- Land purchased from the 'White Farmers' redistributed to the politically connected. Real landless lose to the already landed in the 60s.
- Expropriation of property & businesses of Kenyan-Asians in the 1960s & 1970s.- Forcible removal/eviction of 'up-country' folk during the Likoni clashes in the 1990s.- dan moi would sign away government land as a reward for his cronies.- Forcible removal (through violence) of Kikuyus from many sections of the Rift Valley in 2008. - Fake Title Deeds and 'missing' files at the Lands Office.
- Adverts in the newspaper on a regular basis about caveats on land for sale (or not for sale).
- Signboards all over Nairobi proclaiming "This Land Is Not For Sale".

I believe in investing in Africa (incl Kenya) but not in land or property. For residents/citizens,I recommend at most a modest (or affordable within their portfolio) house but not much more than that!

Now... I am thinking how much exposure Kenyan banks have to 'condemned' land or buildings. I am worried...
Of course, while pretending to care about the environment... the government is on a tear condemning fragile eco-systems like the Tana Delta & Masai Mara.

Kenyanentrepreneur.com: High Speed Internet in Kenya: The Potential

kenyanentrepreneur — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:21:53 -0400

I was going through my site, cleaning out spam and checking the comments when I noticed that someone had left a link to a site called Horizon Contact Centers. They said it was a new call center that was coming into the market and was founded by some former Kencall employee’s. So, of course, I googled [...]

Mshairi: African Virtuoses - The Classic Guinean Guitar Group

Mshairi — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:32:18 -0400

Every once in a while, when you have been very good or have been very lucky, a piece of art, a musical composition or a poem that is mind blowing comes your way. When this happens, all you can do is sit and wonder and nod your head to say: without art, we are nothing, [...]

AfriGadget: Liberia’s Blackboard Blogger

Erik Hersman — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:16:19 -0400

Alfred Sirleaf is an analog blogger. He take runs the “Daily News”, a news hut by the side of a major road in the middle of Monrovia. He started it a number of years ago, stating that he wanted to get news into the hands of those who couldn’t afford newspapers, in the language that they could understand.

Alfred serves as a reminder to the rest of us, that simple is often better, just because it works. The lack of electricity never throws him off. The lack of funding means he’s creative in ways that he recruits people from around the city and country to report news to him. He uses his cell phone as the major point of connection between him and the 10,000 (he says) that read his blackboard daily.

Liberia’s Blackboard Blogger from WhiteAfrican on Vimeo.

Not all Liberians who read his news are literate, so he makes use of symbols. Whether it’s a UN or military helmet, a poster of a soccer player or a bottle of colored water to denote gas prices, he is determined to get the message out in any way that he can.

Advertising works here too. It’s $5 to be on the bottom level, $10 to be on the sideboard and $25 on the main section. He doesn’t get a lot of advertising, and but he manages to scrape by.

His plans for the future include decentralizing his work, this means opening up identical locations in other parts of Monrovia, and in a few of the larger cities around the country. I don’t put it past Alfred either, he’s a scrappy entrepreneur on a mission to bring information and news to ordinary Liberians. He’s succeeded thus far, and I would put my money on him growing it even further.

(Also, read the NYT piece on him from 3 years ago)

(note: title for this post stolen shamelessly from Rebecca’s Pocket. I also first posted this at WhiteAfrican, because I couldn’t decide if it was an AfriGadget story or not…)

You Missed This: Paka Akitoka Panya Hutawala

Sayra — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:48:00 -0400

Lack of leadership in the nation and in our homes has everything to do with been a near failed state and having dis-functional homesteads. And in there between a home and the state are many other institutions that are not working as they should.

Life is easy and fun and swift but things get complicated and very hard when basic human rules and roles are not adhered to. There never is a vacuum in anything … one thing moves and another takes its place immediately be it for good or for bad … and that is for us (humans) to decide. An end to something means a beginning of something else … a start of something means an end of another.

When that that needs to be done is not done, be it out of ignorance or arrogance or procrastination or sheer stupidity there are consequences that must follow … and all must be ready to carry the cross. It doesn’t matter if you are/were innocent or not at the time the crime was committed … all MUST carry the cross (burden) and its fruits because when it RAINS it rains on all.

That begs the question of – who then should act. Anyone who has ears and can hear or has eyes and can see or can move from point A to B or all of the above should be responsible in every way to ensure that all the unborn will not be loaded with burdens that we created and continue to create … burdens that we could have eliminated … burdens that could have been avoided.

This is not the time for blame game. In any case the energy for such a tempting and nothing but an ego 'satisfier' game should be used constructively for the improvement of the situation we find ourselves in.

As the 1st step … can we stop the blame game … it does not add any value to anyone or anything, even to the air. It’s nothing but a POLLUTANT.

PS:- All kikuyu, luo, etc kind of rubbish comments will be deleted.Kumekucha