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Obama hosts Kenya PM Odinga in New York
» The Abantu View The heritage bond... US President Obama and his lovely wife Michelle this week got the priviledge of bonding with people who are just not represnting Kenya, the country of his forefathers, but people who come from where his forefathers came from, Nyanza, Kenya. In New York this week was Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his suave wife Ida whom obviously elicited some envy from Nairobi (
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13:00
Kibaki Calls Obama Bluff, Opens Battle Front
» You Missed This 
As the DULY elected president of Kenya, Kibaki did what he is constitutionally mandated to do. HE took the oath to protect Kenya’s constitution and her people and he has just done that but reminding Obama of the internationally accepted diplomatic boundaries.
Johnny Carson may claim to know more about Kenya than Kibaki but the later is the PRESIDENT, period. Kibaki cannot just sit on his hands let his lieutenants be bullied by Uncle Sam, never. Moreso when the targets are his right hand men, the people who hold the levers of REAL POWER behind his throne.
Raila lost his patriotic badget when he failed to tongue-lash America on their latest bullying antics of our hard-working, diligent politicians and civil servants. Instead, the PM shamelessly appeared to support REVERSE IMPUNITY from US lording on us. No wonder Mickuki led a walkout on him in one of the Diaspora talks. America is no heaven and we remain an independent state in no need of patronage.
Renneberger no Hempstone
So are we back to the 1990s when the self-styled rogue ambassador Smith Hempstone consorted with dissidents and rilling Moi to the bone? No chance. Make no mistake, Kibaki is no Moi. And who said Kibaki is a coward and spineless? Well, he has drawn the boundary clearly on sand. No pride, no dignity and no shame. The Republican Renneberger may have just handed himself the noose. His misadvising Washington may backfire big time.
Kibaki has made it abundantly clear that we will not take hostages as pretenders of good governance under the excuse of fighting impunity. Kenyans are not complaining about their diligent and HARD WORKING leaders so America must keep their uninvited lectures to themselves.
As for Raila, he has inadvertently set the political bridge ablaze. He has bitten the political hand feeding him. Brace yourself for another round of PNU-ODM bickering and stalemate. And this time PNU can count on Ruto and Bett. NA BADO.Kumekucha
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12:27
Kenya Cup Result - Quins 5 Impala 13
» Rugby in Kenya Kenya Cup Result - Quins 5 Impala 13
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12:19
Bob’s Your Uncle
» The African Accent While working in Ottawa a few years back, I had the privilege of constantly visiting consulates and embassies in Canada’s capital city. Zimbabwe’s consulate was (and probably still is) a beautifully restored historical house with plaster decor and crown moulding, cathedral ceilings, and heavy wooden doors and floors.
Behind the receptionist’s desk was a huge portrait of Robert Mugabe (looming like Big Brother), which made him look thirty years younger than his 85 year old face should be. In fact, the friendly young receptionist seemed to share an uncanny resemblance with him. Every time I spoke to her, I would fight the urge to burst out laughing. My nickname for her: Bobette.
I never thought much of it, until when I watched CNN interview him yesterday (when he calls Desmond Tutu a little man with devilish talk). Mugabe doesn’t seem to age that much, considering the stresses that come with wearing his crown. Does Uncle Bob use Botox?
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Uganda Reveals Oil Deal
» The African Accent A few months ago, I wrote a piece on Uganda and the newly discovered oil fields. At the time, the agreement between Tullow Oil and Museveni’s government was secret. I opted to interview an analyst in the industry to gain a little insight into what the deal should entail.
Turns out that Uganda did not sell itself short after all. New Vision Online revealed in an exclusive interview with Tullow CEO, that Uganda will get 8 out of every 10 barrels produced. In comparison, Ghana gets 6 out of every 10.
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12:00 East African authors
» MREMBO I need recommendations for some East African authors. If you are a regular reader of this blog you know I love love romance novels and in particular American romance stuff. I devour the stuff with no shame . I also read a lot of general fiction of which I am just getting back into. Few weeks [...]
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9:03
HOT listen of the week!
» Media Madness Chanuka Dada on Ghetto radio 88.5 The show airs every Sunday 10 Am to 1Pm, it’s hosted by Linda! One of the very few shows on radio that actually focuses on issues affecting women and offers viable solutions. They also have guests in studio once in a while and you cannot miss their Neo-soul hour. For [...]
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8:55
HOT! Tv Show of the week
» Media Madness Art Scene – KTN I don’t understand all that art shit but hey! Grace is hot!!! Sidebar, so one time I went to see a display by a lady called Patricia at the Village Market, people say she can draw. Going around the ‘gallery’ I was lost, I would hear peeps go like ‘I can sense the anger in [...]
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8:50
Time wasting activity of the week!
» Media Madness A show called Hila on KBC…it stars the ‘dad’ in that pathetic HELB ad! Anyway watched like 5 minutes of it and boy don’t they have stupidity gems! Sample this ….a girl talking to her dad via phone ‘Dad, Felix is not the one who raped me! I won’t tell you who raped me’ and guess where [...]
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8:29
Social Media for Gorillas..wonderful
» All about Africa and specifically Kenya Today Uganda will launch a scheme to allow gorilla lovers to become friends with them on Facebook. Through the cameras placed on the forest in the extreme south-west of the country, people will be able to watch gorillas feed, give birth, charge through the undergrowth. This a great scheme at the time when most animal [...]
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4:13
LOL!!!
» Media Madness Peninah Karibe has an impersonator on Facebook. Thousands of men who obviously have no taste like her, are adding the fake ‘Peninah’ in the hopes she’ll say something nice on their walls hehehe…In other news have a look at this group here
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4:10
KenGen PIBO: Greenshoe Option Kicks In
» KA-INVESTOR As highly anticipated, the KenGen PIBO has likely been oversubscribed and the green shoe option will be put to effect.
Upon oversubscription of the initial Ksh.15 billion, the Company has an option of increasing the offer amount to up to Ksh.25 billion (an additional ksh.10 billion). The main contributors to this oversubscription are institutional investors, but we’ll be getting the final results of the sale p on October 30th. The bonds will be listed on the NSE on November 9th.Greenshoe Option:
“A provision contained in an underwriting agreement that gives the underwriter the right to sell investors more shares than originally planned by the issuer. This would normally be done if the demand for a security issue proves higher than expected. Legally referred to as an over-allotment option” – Investopedia.com
The offer closes on Tuesday 29th next week and despite doing a summary of the offer information memorandum the first day the offer opened; I’ve managed to be caught in the last minute rush. Like a typical Kenyan “naomba serikali ituongezee siku kadha” (I’m [shamelessly] asking the government to add a few more days to the offer!) #FAIL
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4:00
They want them BAAAD!!!
» Media Madness NTV is hunting for anchors and their first stop (kama kawaida) is at KTN…who are they eyeing? Question? Where is the money going to come from to pay for these anchors cause I know they wont come cheap, if they ever agree to kill their careers and join NTV
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3:50
SEPARATED at birth!
» Media Madness Hill Harper from CSI New York Jeremy, model type, Kenyan rep in the BBA house. A gay pal just called Hill Harper ‘A panty creamer’ – took me a while to figured it out…now I do NASTY!
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Beware Of Fat Selfish Spin Doctors Who Don’t Care For Kenya
» You Missed This I have interrupted something really important I was pursuing to do this post. To be honest I am totally disgusted at what I see.
Is it a mere coincidence that shortly after Prime Minister Raila Odinga was embarrassed in the famous now-you-are-invited-now-you-are-not-invited fiasco with President Obama ( I will talk about the reason for that a little later in this post) a photograph then appears of the Prime Minister and his wife pictured with the first family of the United States. What was the real purpose of that photograph? More so when you look at the events of the last few days?
Let me cut to the chase. Have you heard of people called spin doctors who are critical to the image of presidential candidates? Well that front page picture was the work of those spin doctors surrounding Raila Odinga whose objective it is to get the son of Jaramogi to State House. Whatever the price, whatever the sacrifice. To them, the intersts of Kenya and Kenyans are irrelevant or secondary at best, to this “noble” objective. (I have nothing against spin doctors, hell I was one some years back and that's why I can authoritatively tell you that the first rule in the game is to be principled and never attempt to deal with lies or hoodwink the public because sooner or later you will always be found out. This golden rule holds true whether you are dealing with a presidential candidate or a consumer product).
It was way too embarrassing and probably very damaging to Raila Odinga to have gotten snubbed by President Barack Obama, a man he has always claimed to be very close to. The truth is that when Obama was a nobody visiting Kenya to trace the roots of his father, Mr Raila Odinga had no time for the “young dreamer” who was fathered by a Kenyan. Fast forward to some two years later and suddenly Mr Odinga was related to the then Senator Obama.
I will repeat what I have said here many times before. If Raila Odinga truly loves this country as much as he claims to then he should step aside and support the younger generation for the presidency of Kenya. I am talking about people closer to the age of his eldest son. Your time is over Raila. Kenya will be forever grateful for what you have done but now it is time for you to step aside with your entire generation and allow the fresh start that is critical to the survival of the motherland. Forget all those plans you have to launch a major youth initiative within ODM to hoodwink Kenyans in the next elections. The idea will be for folks to believe that to elect Raila will be to usher in a new beginning with a fresh crop of young leaders. Yep. You can bet that those leaders will be as young as William Ole Ntimama and as old and violent as Fred Gumo. These two gentlemen are kingpins in the ODM side of the current cabinet. Raila had even offered a man called John Harun Mwau a full cabinet post but he declined. Anyway sorry for digressing but you get the drift I am sure.
Now let’s focus on that controversial meeting with President Obama. Let’s start by mentioning the names of some of the presidents in attendance. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania. Both are seen as reformists and the face of the new leadership in Africa that is inevitably approaching with or without America’s prodding, but which that super power would like to speed up and take credit for. Noticeably absent was a man called President Yoweri Museveni. There was a time that he was seen as a true reformist but his true colours have burst out in recent times. Now if you had invited from Kenya the likes of Raila Odinga or Mwai “wacha wapigane” Kibaki in that group you would immediately run into some serious problems. As much as my ODM brothers will disagree with me here, Raila represents the old guard. No matter how much he dyes his hair black and tries to look like he is young. I find it hilarious that anybody would want to put Paul Kagame and Mwai Kibaki on the same table. What would they discuss?
Indeed it is becoming very clear that the new policy in Washington is to keep a safe distance from the jokers in Nairobi calling themselves leaders. Notice that the Visa bans announced did not just affect PNU but ODM folks as well. Notice also the wording of the statement by the US ambassador to Kenya. He said that apart from championing reforms, leaders will have to denounce violence. Now that statement is “pregnant” with a lot of meaning. I suggest that it will make much better sense if you read the last few posts I have done here. I will reveal more in the coming days.
Shame on you Raila Odinga’s spin doctors.
Shame on you Nation Editors for getting sucked into this scheme that is bad for Kenya.
Shame on all of you Kenyans who will never rest until Raila Odinga is President (poleni sana).
P.S. It amazes me how some of my old analytical posts turn out to be so true. There was a time I was sure I was going to be wrong about this post I have linked to below, I almost apologised for it. Well I may still be wrong, but tell me what you think; Why Raila will never be president!Kumekucha
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