Kenya Stockholm Blog

I take this opportunity to thank all friends, contacts and well wishers who have sent messages of congratulation via phone calls, SMS, email and the Kenya-Stockholm blogsphere following the impending release of my book, “Raila Odinga’s Stolen Presidency”.

It has been a difficult period, putting together this book amid lots of activity in my life and I am glad that the book will soon be available to readers.

I would encourage interested parties attempting to “review the book” before it comes out to wait and read it. There is no doubt that a book of this description will stimulate further debate on the subject of last year’s troubled election and this should be healthy.

I have also noted the concerns and rebukes which have come up following the butdoisay incident. I have nothing personal against Clay. I have been unable to respond to attacks against my person at Clay’s blog because I considered them petty, given the heavy stuff I was dealing with.

Blogging could be easy when you are dealing with your personal diary but when you venture into the realms of information gathering, processing and dissemination as part of a Public media project within the blogsphere, then you have to narrow your style within basic rules of the game because this is where credibility (from the point of view of Media politics) hinges.

I must say that I have been deeply moved by the battalion of soldiers who came in to defend me against what they perceive as a plethora of unwarranted attacks, complete with drivel.

I believe that the point has already been made and hope that the Kenya-Stockholm community has learnt something new out of the drama. I also hope that the high intellectual standard of debate injected by new names will not scare Kenya-Stockholmers who might be academically challenged but whose contributions should form part of the collective as the political struggle in our country continues.

Okoth Osewe