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FINAL LEG OF THE KENYAN CONSTITUTION

The constitution debate: I am concerned that we have failed to scrutinize the document enough. As early as now we already people who are saying there are for yes and others no. It frustrating since few of us have even had the opportunity to set our eyes on the paper others interpretations seems to have satisfied our curiosity. My request is we accord the document the seriousness it deserves, the so called contentious clauses may not even be the issue the other ones that we seem to disregard ,might be the issues. I am highly concerned with those who have already proclaimed to support the document just because they have been informed that the clauses they want are included. or those against just because somebody said so. I don't disagree we desperately need a new constitution but we should change for the better, and the only way to do so is to accord the draft the importance it needs. I hereby urge all of you lets make informed, and rational decisions. It is our Future at stake, rejecting the draft we might loose or accepting we might still loose.
I am to understand that they are several versions of the draft circulating so be careful of what you make your decision based on.

May 12, 2010 | 12:51 PM Comments  0 comments

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writing wrongs with wrongs... the politcal way of doing things

The kenyan parliament might have sidestepped the question of trade oof but i am extreemely worried about the precendence that it is setting out for us. The Ringela issues comes out as wakeup call to the custodian of rule of law. The only reason that there are three arms of goverments is to ensure that there are checks and balances to ensure no one person has more power than he can control.
It is true we have had to suffer the effects of an executive and impreial presidency for long, but what is more worrying is the direction that parliament is taking to coreect this issue. I am not qualified to say whether it was the right decision that the president took to re-apoint Ringela but i can foresee the problem that our current parliament is creating for all of us. I t might be inorder to annul the appointment but the parliament took powers that are not confered to it. Yes, it is true we might not have gotten a fair hearing from the courts but nevertheless it is not right to correct a wrong by commiting another wrong. We are all fighting that everyone to live withing his mandate. The notion that judicially is flawed is the same reason that we went to chaos after elections. It is not fair to judge one without giving them a fair hearing. This is not correcting impunity but rather moving it from our point to another.
There two instances that parlaiment has seemed to act in the interest of the public but i remain pesimistic on the real reasons.
1. Kimunya vote of no confidence. True we all celebrated the parliamentary show but what we failed to realise is that kimunya's downfall was perk on the mps, in kimunyas budject the mps would have beenn taxed, something they all seemed to disagree with. His exit saw the exculsion of the clause and ensured nobody else did not try to include inorder to avoid the same fate. Mps won by deafult, they did no have toi look bad to the country.
2. the recent Ringela issue, this has come when KACC has been clomouring for prosecution powers. the current stalement ensures that KACC will be grounded for consinderable amount of time. Most of the Big FISH as we term them are the same MPs who ensured they is a stalement. To me this is an opportunity for them to derail the investigations and ensure that most of them are safeguarded. We all know whom we want to see indicted and we know there are the same MPs and thier political parties leaders. Why would they try to protect them.
Far from these we cannot solve a problem by taking away an impreial presidency and relacing him with a dictatorial parliament. We all need to respect the terms of refrence of our responsibilities. If parliament is unhappy by any clause in the consitution it is is the law making organ just amend it but dont try correcting it by breaking others. The precendent will not be good at all.

September 19, 2009 | 5:56 AM Comments  0 comments

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Ethinicity
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The current ongoing census in Kenya has brought the bitter subject of ethnicity back on the discussion. It is truly a bitter issues especially considering what happened during 2007 general elections. It is a good thing that people think it is no longer necessary to identify ourselves from the tribes we come from but rather identify ourselves just as Kenyans. It truly would go a long way in reducing the differences generated by the issue.
Unfortunately this is not a solution but a rather quick fix mode of fixing issues. Ethnicity has never been the problem. We can never rid ourselves from the fact we are from a certain community and we can never erase our roots, but we can learn to live with the fact that not everybody comes from our community and this does mean that they are less equal or less deserving of the resources and services we have or receive. Just like we accept that we all not from the same parents and same families and still live the fact, the same way we need to know and understand that our ethnicity is not the same. Answering, that I am a Kenyan to the census question, or refusing to answer will not solve the current issue of stereotyping people and even hatred. The solution is accepting and making it negligent to us. We need to solve the problem and not avoid it.
The major problem which we all seem to assume and neglect is the leaders. Ethnicity is never an issue unless when it has been used by our leaders to achieve they own selfish ambitions. They busy use the divide and rule methodology, that is when we realize that we come from different communities and seem to think others are inferior to each other. Kenya is because of the different tribes that we have, it has not and it will never be made of by one tribe. Co-existence does not mean we denounce our roots but rather we accept and agree to live with them. They are very many different countries n the world and we do not fight each day because we are from different countries

August 26, 2009 | 10:35 AM Comments  0 comments

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Protocol
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Protocol or no protocol, I was surprised to see our leaders arguing over a minor thing while the country is being faced with more important issues. this was more surprising that this had to happen while they at peace meeting trying to tell the people are very united.
i think they should rise above those petty problems.

May 3, 2008 | 12:30 PM Comments  0 comments

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Christmas
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Sometimes ago I went to pay water for my friend. When I arrived there I was surprised to see how long the queue was. I was annoyed by the fact that I had to wait all the people in front of me to be served before I could my chance. When I joined I started to count how many minutes each person spent at the counter. I even figured the average time that one should spend so if a person extended I felt annoyed and irritated. After a few minutes I looked back and there were more people behind.
I calmed a little down feeling that I was not the last one now. Then it hit and I thought how life is the same. There I people who are ahead at sometimes and others behind. And whenever we are behind we want to get in front we even feel jealousy and sometimes angered by those who are ahead of us. We even sometimes blame them for being behind. But as the queue moves and we get ahead we feel we are better than those who are behind us. We forget that we were sometimes there and we might be back there tomorrow. We at times leave the queue and refuse to go on.
When we are behind we should comfort ourselves that we will get ahead. When we are in front we should pity those who are behind us.
As we celebrate Christmas remember it doesn’t matter where we are at the queue but it matters whether we have the strength to stick out.

I wish you all Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year.

December 24, 2007 | 12:17 PM Comments  0 comments

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