Kashito’s Parents Arrive In Stockholm To Collect Body
The parents of the late David Aquinas Nganga, better known as Kashitoshito, arrived safely in Stockholm yesterday, Monday 17th Nov, to receive the body of their son for the journey home. Mr Richard Nganga Chege and his wife Mrs Margareta Chege were accompanied by one of their sons, the younger brother to Kashito Mr Charles Saa Nganga and are expect to be in Stockholm until next Monday.
The body of the late Kashito lies at the Karolinska hospital mortuary (skylt 20 Bårhus) in Solna where those who wish will be allowed to view and pay their last respect. The viewing of the body will be tomorrow, Wednesday the 19th Nov at 1100hrs, (11am) and those who will be coming are kindly requested to be on time. The deceased will then be transported home for burial on Thursday 20th Nov and will be received by Lee Funeral Services for caretaking until funeral day.
There will be a memorial service at the Bagarmossen Church on Sunday 23rd at 1400 and people can interact and meet with Kashito’s parents and brother.
Due to a positive turn of invents, the fore planned fundraising has been cancelled. So far Kenyans, friends and Kashito’s colleagues in Stockholm had raised a solid 27thou sek in a show of solidarity with the Nganga family but further fundraising will not be necessary since all costs will be met. The fundraising was scheduled for the 28th of this month. Those who wish to can ‘escort’ the parents at the Bagarmossen church on Sunday.
Through the chairperson of the Kashito Fundraising Committee Mr Githuku wa Muirani, Kashito’s family, the Kinuthia family, and the Committee thanks all that stand with the Ngangas and the Kinuthias through this difficulty time. It was an encouraging show of love and togetherness, may God bless you all.
May the good lord preserve the soul of our brother Kashito in eternal peace, Amen.
Njoro.
New Book On Kenya’s December 2007 Election Crisis
The book, “Raila Odinga’s Stolen Presidency: Consequences And The Future Of Kenya” by Mr.
Okoth Osewe, takes the position that Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, the Presidential candidate of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), won the December 2007 election in Kenya before agents working for Party of National Unity (PNU) stole the vote and installed Mr. Mwai Kibaki as President of Kenya at a secret ceremony at State House Nairobi.
The book gives a detailed account of Raila’s quest for Kenya’s Presidency over the years and pin-points why Hon. Mwai Kibaki, PNU’s Presidential candidate, lost election to Hon. Raila Odinga. The book walks the reader through the intricate and extra-ordinary process of the December 2007 election rigging and examines ECK and other documents related to election results to arrive at the conclusion that Raila won the vote.
The book, which is well researched and which runs over 350 pages, forms compact reading and Mr. Osewe hooks the reader on the subject matter with an engaging writing style as he seeks to provide a deeper insight into the stealing of Raila Odinga’s Presidency and to demolish the concept that the December 2007 Presidential election in Kenya was not rigged in favour of Kibaki.
It is a significant contribution and forms interesting reading to anybody seeking to deepen understanding on Kenya’s dodgy election which plunged the country into crisis, leading to the deaths of an estimated 1,500 Kenyans, wanton destruction of property and the creation of more than 350,000 internal refugees across the country. HOW TO ORDER:
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small doesn’t serve the world” – Barack Obama.
Seminar On Kongo At Bohusgatan On 22/November
You are hereby invited to a seminar on the situation today in Eastern Congo where we shall discuss what is happening and what we in the rich world can do to bring a change.
The situation there is very critical with a dramatic escalation during the recent days. People are running from their homes escaping from armed groups who are killing, plundering, torturing and raping the civilians. There are several armed groups and troops in the area among whom armed groups belonging to the rebel leader Laurent Nkunda, the Hutu militia groups, the regular Congolese army and according to unconfirmed rumours troops from neighbouring countries. The humanitarian situation in the area is very critical with shortage of food, medicine and an increasing number of refugees.
There is a UN peace-keeping force in the country but the current situation is much beyond their capacity and we do not see any sign of improvement in the very near future.
Saturday 22 November 2008, at 14.00, Bohusgatan 25, (T-Skanstull)
Speakers include Beatrice Kidembe, a researcher from Congo in KTH
Okoth Osewe
Update: Korir Resurfaces At Tripod
Korir has resurfaced, this time at http://africanpress.tripod.com/. KSB has communicated with him on phone and he sounded very remorseful. He was however adamant that the sole reason why his site was pulled down by wordpress was because he violated terms prohibiting advertising at wordpress. He said that he doesn’t support Obama and maintained that the “Michelle tapes”, largely believed by netters not to exist, will soon be produced.
He moved to Tripod after trying to set up another API at wordpress (http://africanpressonline.wordpress.com/) which was also closed down by wordpress immediately. Mr. Korir appreciated the work KSB is doing and said that he has a lot of respect for KSB. He also thanked me for advice when he was setting up API. He said that netters should not celebrate that he was gone as he was working on his new website which, he said, will be difficult to close down.
KSB reminded him that the question of attribution, liabel, defamation and other rules applied to all web hosting services and that any site can be pulled down by a host if terms are violated. These are basic web hosting rules.
Mr. Korir promised that this time around, he will try to be more careful with what he publishes because he has already learnt his lessons with API at WordPress. He called for joint work with KSB.
Some bloggers at wordpress seem to believe that it is the responsibility of WordPress to sift through articles then approve them. This is not true. Censorship and accountability of what is published at any blog or website is the responsibility of the blogger or site admin, not word press which has no resources to follow millions of articles and media stuff posted daily by subscribers. WordPress only begins to act if there is a report after which they evaluate the level of violation. A maximum of three warnings are normally given and if the blogger continues with violations, a blog could be closed down.
Mr. Korir also said that the Rainbow foundation which he set up in 1996 and which has been getting state funds has nothing to do with American Rainbow Foundation. He said that the problem has been that he started the “Norwegian chapter” of the foundation which was confused by the main Rainbow organization which thought that Korir was involved in impersonation.
With his struggle to start afresh, it will be interesting to see how Korir proceeds because his reputation may have suffered serious damage as a result of several hoaxes which, he admitted, were meant to drive traffic to his site, probably to attract clicks for illegal adverts he posted at the blog site.
Okoth Osewe
Breaking News: Sammy Korir’s API Shut Down
African Press International blog (http://africanpress.wordpress.com/) managed by Mr. Sammy Korir has been shut by wordpress for violating the rules. In the run up to the US Presidential election, Korir published false information to the effect that he had talked to Michelle Obama on the phone and that the American First Lady had made several confessions which were unfavorable to Obama’s campaign.
On several occasions, Korir promised to release the tapes but as election day neared, Korir failed to honour his promise.
Before the fake Michelle contact, Korir had claimed that he had talked on the phone with a Kenyan who had been with Raila Odinga and who had revealed damaging information about Raila linked to tribalism. The alleged phone contact was published by Korir in the heat of last year’s election campaigns in Kenya. The phone contact also proved to have been fake.
Then, Korir claimed that Kabugua, the run-away Rwandan genocide suspect was in Norway and that he had made contacts with him. The news proved to have been fake. Rainbow Foundation, a web site which was also being managed by Korir and which was allegedly offering education services has also been shut. A Kenyan blog was among several sites that lifted the fake API story on Michelle without counter checking the facts, given the explosive nature of the alleged news.
While blogging is a perfect way of promoting freedom of expression, it is not a certificate to publish false, alarming or defamatory information. Kenyan bloggers could probably learn from the Korir experience and follow KSB’s example of sourcing information especially if such information is sensitive and potentially libelous.
I helped Korir set up API but although I tried to advise him several times to attribute information, he refused to listen and now his blog has been shut down.
Okoth Osewe
Ambassador Purity Could Do Better
Ambassador Purity at a Sudanese Party in Stockholm
The Kenya-Stockholm blogs have continuously voiced support, complaints and accusations against Ambassador Purity Wakiuru Muhindi since her 2006 posting to the Kenya Embassy in Stockholm. Unfortunately, the complaints and accusations outweigh the praises, and focus on her biased social relations with the Kenyan community in Stockholm.
There is no doubt that Ambassador Muhindi is diligent and delivers at the official level. However, she lacks social skills and the guts to face Kenyans who criticize her hide and seek tactics used to keep them from interacting with her. The Ambassador is paid by Kenyan taxpayers’, so no matter what challenges she faces within the Kenyan community, she needs to tackle them boldly.
Her selective system of inviting guest students and a few permanent Kenyan residents to embassy functions, clearly reflects her way of thinking: to lure and control them using food and drinks. This only silences them to remain uncritical (yes people), because they probably need favors like using the diplomatic bag to send goods to Kenya, and getting contacts to nurse their pipe dreams for future jobs. Most guest students have no grasp of happenings among the Kenyans who reside permanently in Sweden.
Some Kenyans suggest that since her husband is a university don, Ambassador Muhindi has acquired a snobbish attitude towards the local Kenyans whom she despises for not matching her elite status. This is not only in line with the social stratification in Kenya, but also a sign of ignorance on her part because Sweden remains stratified for immigrants, so many Kenyans cannot meet her expectations regardless of their competencies.
The Ambassador is a double-faced representative who is perceived to be socially-unskilled among Kenyans, yet acquires a socialite wannabe attitude among non-Kenyans. It is noted that she routinely entertains and gets entertained by non-Kenyans, travels to promote Kenyan interests and acquires personal knowledge by attending seminars and conferences.
It is poor PR (public relations) for Mrs. Muhindi to avoid socializing with Kenya-Stockholmers despite the infamous cases of Messrs. Njenga and Cheruiyot, not to mention the former cook that she sacked. Instead, she should use her training in “International Relations” and diplomacy to end the impasse with the Kenyans, by organizing public meetings and listening to their grievances. These Kenyans are not terrorists who cannot be negotiated with or listened to. Another strategy would be to gather her “blog critics” at the Embassy’s boardroom and ask what they really want. When you meet your supposed enemy face-to-face, you get to use your charm and skills to disarm them. Meanwhile, this could be very good PR to write on the embassy’s dormant website: “Ambassador Muhindi meets with the Kenya-Stockholm Bloggers”; but the website does not spin a yarn.
What if the Ambassador organized a session at her official residence (which is paid for by the Kenyans) and instead of all that binge eating and drinking, she offered non-alcoholic drinks and snacks, then presented various topics for debate? No matter how rowdy the audience would be, it could be a first step towards interacting with them.
The Kenyan Diaspora finances families, businesses and projects in Kenya through direct remittances. This is an area of global interest and the Ambassador could score highly by establishing a local Kenyan group to explore and contribute to this discourse at the official level. This would be in line with Kenya’s Vision 2030 on national development. A draft paper on how to maximize the potential of the Kenyan Diaspora was published in Kenya and the Ambassador could present this to Kenyans through a short speech, and then note relevant comments for feedback. However, her interactions depict a selective syndrome because she invites the same Kenyans who are only too happy to blog that they had a great evening with the Ambassador, “eating and drinking without any incident, so woe unto those who boycotted.” It is smarter to belch or regurgitate knowing that one’s input is not only in food and drinks, but also in developmental matters. Such Kenyans brag in pubs that they normally hobnob with Purity (note the first name basis).
Ambassador Muhindi’s tour of duty may soon be ending, given the political wrangle between ODM and PNU concerning the next diplomatic appointments. What legacy will she leave in Stockholm? I wrote above that she has a good record among non-Kenyans in diplomatic circles and other institutions in Sweden and elsewhere. However, many Kenya-Stockholmers will remember her for the negative stories and rumors available on various blogs.
Maximising the Potential of the Kenyan Diaspora: http://www.kenyadiaspora.go.ke/web_pages/DRAFT_SESSION_PAPER.pdf
Maalim Sabaya
Secret Dinner: Ambassador Sent Invitation Cards
From our investigations steeped in insider details, Ambassador Purity Muhindi at the Kenyan Embassy in Stockholm has totally given up on working with Kenyans in Stockholm. The general attitude of bosses at the Embassy is that Kenyans in Stockholm must be left alone “because nothing seem to be working”.
The situation is a bit different with junior staff members struggling to cling on to their jobs. Although they hate the Ambassador like leprosy, they continue to put on a face of “business as usual”, sometimes supporting the Ambassador when she looks frustrated due to stuff spilled at blogs.
The Thursday secret and selective invitation of a cross section of Kenyans to a dinner Party where a group of Kenyan dignitaries and Civil servants were being entertained revealed a lot of detail about the psychology of the Ambassador, the workings at the Embassy, frustration of Embassy staff and the dilemma of Ambassador’s guests from Kenya especially when they were faced with uncritical odiangabuks more inclined to smiling at them as the swallowship continued than asking serious questions about Kenyan politics.
Once the Ambassador got signals that a group of Kenyan dignitaries were on their way to Sweden, a meeting was called by her at the Embassy where top Embassy staff decided on who was and who was not to be invited to a reception at the Ambassador’s residence where the guests were supposed to be hosted. The Kenyan delegation has been on a tour of Europe and Sweden was just a stop over.
In their tour of Sweden, KSB gathered that the dignitaries have been taken to different facilities including the Parliament buildings, the police stations, different factories among others. But when it came to the Thursday dinner where the Ambassador “welcomed the dignitaries” and where they “met Kenyans in Stockholm”, it was Mr. Daniel Kottut, the First secretary and Mrs Chatherine Kiboi, the Administrative attaché, who were making the invitations after a carefully selected list of Kenyans were decided upon by the Ambassador and her advisors.
Although the invitations were made on phone, special Embassy cards were also prepared and sent to different Kenyan contacts. The selection among Kenyans in Stockholm was very down to earth and one of the key names which made it to the list is Jeff ole Ngais.
After failing to get a serious political platform in Stockholm, Ole Ngais is emerging as an “Embassy favourite”, not just because of his polished demeanor but because he has cultivated a culture of avoiding controversy especially when he is dealing with the “Embassy dinner” kind of situations where taking the dignitaries by their political jugular could land you into the “Black book” of the Ambassador (where KSB is resting) and block any future invitations.
OLE NGAIS ASKED ABOUT DUAL CITIZENSHIP
Last October, Ole Ngais is one Kenyan who attacked the Kenyan Ambassador for failing to give him a contract to design the now dormant Embassy website, in the process, taking issue with the Ambassador at his blog for having given the contract to web designers linked to the disco group, Sound of Blackness, without a transparent tendering process.
It is not clear what happened after that attack and Kenyans who thought that Ole Ngais had eventually joined the ranks of anti-Purity activists had to return to the drawing board to try and understand the pattern of Masaasi worrior’s change of tact.
On Monday, Kottut was reported to have been very busy on the phone, calling contacts. A big advantage on the side of the Ambassador is that there is a group of Kenyan students pursuing their Masters degrees in various fields at various Institutions of higher learning in Sweden and who had taken contact with the Embassy upon their arrival in Sweden as a matter of protocol.
What the Embassy did is that Her Excellency packed the dinner with these students who were expected to “behave” in the presence of the dignitaries. According to insider information gathered by a KSB agent, there were between 15-20 Kenyans resident in Stockholm and among them, only three could be classified as Kenya-Stockholmers known within the social scene.
If you have been in Stockholm for some time, what it means is that you couldn’t put a single name on the faces of at least 17 Kenyans who were present as guests while among the MPs, identification as to who was who became next to impossible because majority of MPs who honored the invitation were back benchers who got to Parliament for the first time after elections last December. One of them was the MP for Wundanyi who ousted Mwandiwiro Mghanga while another one was MP for Mandera North or there about.
According to a source who was at the dinner, the MPs were surprised that they were not facing any challenge from the Kenyan audience despite the fact that some top MPs who were in the entourage had skipped the dinner thinking that they would be grilled by Wakenya. The only serious question that came up and that was reportedly posed by a Narc-Kenya top brass who was also invited was why the MPs had refused to allow their salaries to be taxed.
OF MPS WHO “HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED”
In response, one of the MPs said that he appreciated that question because in Kenya, audiences rarely asked them those kind of questions. The MP said that they are already paying taxes indirectly because of the many harambees they have to attend from time to time, a worn out answer that does not wash following the banning of harambees in Kenya after Narc took over power.
Another soft question that came up was based on the issue of dual citizenship which was posed by Ole Ngais. One of the MPs said that dual citizenship was definitely on the agenda and that it would be included in the new Constitution. Asked when the Constitution was likely to be delivered, an MP answered that the delivery of a new Constitution was not on the agenda at the moment because of other pressing problems such as the Waki report and the resettlement of IDPs.
For your information, the sitting arrangement was such that different groups were sitting at different tables and to know what was being discussed at one table, one had to move from table to table. There was no organized fielding of questions with the MPs addressing an audience or anything like that. In the meantime, the Ambassador put on her jolly posture as members of the audience steered cleared from controversy, much to her satisfaction.
At another table, an MP stunned listeners when he said that MPs in Kenya have mainly been compromised and that it is very difficult to criticize the “principals” because of the power they wield. He said that all MPs wanted positions as Ministers or Assistant ministers and that to realize this ambition, criticizing the principlas amounts to political suicide.
The Mandera East MP who was addressing another table reportedly said that he doesn’t care whether or not he gets a top post in the Cabinet, signs that there are MPs who have withdrawn ambitions of making it to the Cabinet. According to a new piece of Intelligence, there is a new staff posting at the Embassy although our agent could not dig deeper because the trail ended there. In our next installment we bring you Mr. Martin Ngatia’s reaction to Ambassador’s purity’s tendency of hiding her Kenyan visitors from Kenyans in Stockholm.
Okoth Osewe
Rapper Billy Boy And G-Ruff Releases New Video
Kenya Stockholm Rapper Billy Boy and his group, G-Ruff has released a new video.
Download: The KNCHR Position On Waki Report
As the debate on the Waki report rages, the position of the Kenya National Commission of Human Rights can now be download here at KSB.
Okoth Osewe.
Kip: “Waki Report Should Be Flushed Down The Drain”
Kenyans of goodwill lets not rush to embracing what is masquerading as an independent commission report aka Waki report. To me this is nothing but a poorly done highly hyped piece of malice wrapped up in libel . When the report itself acknowledges the fact that Kenya is a tribalized nation, it went ahead and hired staff exclusively from the Kikuyu community. The two ladies who were hired to assist the expatriate judges were all from Kikuyu ethnic group.
The methodology they used in their investigation was bogus. The report acknowledges that they only interviewed 15 people in Eldoret and non of whom was a Kalenjin. And all those interviewed were selected and propped up by lawyers on what to say and how to testify. The Commission had an extensive report on Kericho but they did not conduct any interviews there.
They acknowledge lifting excerpts verbatim from the highly tribalized Kenya Human Rights Commission. They also sourced their report from the Akiwumi report and, as I read it, I found myself wondering whether I was reading Akiwumi report or Waki’s. I found the tired old line that has been replicated over and over again from one commission to another saying, ”A politician in Rift Valley told residents around Eldoret that they should get rid of Madoadoa” This is a tired line that found a home in Akiwumi report and was later adopted by the KHRC.
Now it is finding a new home in Waki. This quote, by the way, was attributed to President Moi in the run up to the 1992 elections. They also say that they were aided and abetted by the Catholic diocese of Nakuru and, as all of us may remember, the Catholic church was so partisan and pro-Kikuyu in the run up to the elections and after. Does the name Cardinal Njue and Ndingi Mwana Nzeki ring a bell? They also said that they worked hand in hand with NGO’s based in R. Valley.
As all of us know, most of the NGO’s in Rift Valley are headed and run by the Kikuyu and those that are run by the Kalenjin are not aggressive. The report also said that they relied on security briefing from the nation’s security apparatus but the same report did not consider the fact that the said briefing may have been partisan owing to the well known tribalized nature of Kenya’s security apparatus.
It is sad to note that Raila is rushing to embrace this piece of junk. Though I understand that he is in a hurry to reposition himself for 2012 and beyond, it is wrong for this guy to throw our people under the bus. I am afraid that Raila will smile all the way to the bank when Ruto and other prominent Rift politicians are hauled to The Hague. According to Raila’s evil scheme, the sooner he ditches the evil Rift Valley politicians the sooner he gets the anticipated kiss from the Central elites.
Raila is only playing the game he has always played, bait and switch. Raila’s bait and switch political career reads like Machiaveli’s “The Prince”. From the beginning of his political career, he has always done that. He baited and switched from his colleagues who engineered the deadly 1982 coup. His friends faced the hangman’s noose while he remained intact. He baited and switched from his friends from the Original FORD and Raila lived to fight another day. He betrayed the guy who handed him the NDP, Oludhe.
He baited and switched from Kibaki to form alliance with Moi. He jumped ship to betray Moi to join hands with Kibaki in the run up to 2002 elections. He later betrayed the cause to form an alliance with us led by Ruto and Kalonzo. He betrayed Kalonzo and later paid the price when Kalonzo betrayed him back.
He found a friend in the name of ODM founder Imanyara and betrayed him in a blink of an eye. After the guy salvaged Raila by handing him his party, Raila refused to honor his end of the deal, to nominate him to parliament. When the guy tried to seek some answers from Raila, he was met with security personnel who told him to ran as fast as he could for his life depended on it.
I am worried that Raila will bait and switch again. By the time 2012 comes around Raila will be hanging out with Martha Karua and some sellouts from Rift Valley including Henry Kosgei while Ruto and others are languishing in some dirty jail somewhere. Raila will be dangling some other carrot to the electorate this time round. The Kalenjin having been intimidated and taught a good lesson will sing along. The Majimbo song will be an old version folksong and Moi will be saying, “I told you so!”
Kipngetuny arap Lembus
Obama Bash At Sätra: Saturday 15/Nov
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Muirani Calls For Implementation Of Waki Report
Mr. Githuku wa Muirani
The International Criminal Court (ICC), which is based at The Hague, Netherlands, has said, through its Prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo, that if Kenya failed to try the suspects of post-election violence, the court (ICC) will move in to start investigations and prosecute those involved.
In the same line, Beautrice Le Fraper du Hellen, ICC director of jurisdiction, said investigations are still in progress.
Another senior official, the register of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Adama Dieng, has added his voice to those calling for the prosecution of politicians, security officers and their senior commanders who were involved in the post – election violence in Kenya.
Mr. Hassan Omar, the Vice – Chairperson of Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR), has confirmed that the ICC has begun collecting detailed incidents of post-election violence and has been in touch with other Human Rights groups since the request has been made by ICC.
In Kenya, the Waki report has generated a heated debate among politicians especially from the Grand-Coalition thereby giving mixed signals on how the country should move forward since Justice Philip Waki handed over a sealed envelop to Dr. Kofi Annan with names of suspects of those who were allegedly leading or fuelling violence in Kenya after the last disputed general elections.
During the crisis, an estimated 1,5000 Kenyans lost their lives, more than 350,000 became Internally displaced Persons (IDPs) while property worth millions of shillings was destroyed. In fact, some IDPs are still languishing in the camps with no help after failing to return to their homes to insecurity.
Recently, the ODM’s National Executive Council (NEC), which is the highest decision making body within the Movement, met and agreed to look afresh at an earlier decision taken by ODM’s Parliamentary Group (PG) on the Waki report. ODM’s PG, which has Ababu Namwamba as its Secretary, did not support the Waki report.
Within ODM, there has been a show-down between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and his deputy Musalia Mudavadi on the one hand and Agriculture minister William Ruto together with majority of Rift Valley MPs on the other.
POLITICIANS SHOULD CARRY THEIR OWN CROSS
Again, all is not well within the ODM, because Ababu Namwamba, in his capacity as the Secretary to the ODM Parliamentary Group, has convened another meeting scheduled for Thursday, November 13, to discuss what happened at the ODM’s National Executive Council meeting.
Ababu Namwamba has been muting for the formation of a Grand opposition in Parliament and many times he has been at logger heads with his boss, PM Raila Odinga who is opposed to such a move but incidentally, William Ruto has been seen by many political analysts as one of those who have been backing Hon. Namwamba despite the cabinet’s rejection of such a move.
For some time now, many have observed that Raila Odinga and William Ruto have been fighting a cold war, and that’s why MPs from Rift Valley have been vocal to the effect that Ruto should become the deputy leader of ODM instead of Mudavadi.
Even during the formation of the Grand Coalition, some Mps from Ruto’s backyard were calling for his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister arguing that Rift valley provided the highest number of votes to ODM which is a fact.
PNU, on the other hand, has decided to support the implementation of the Waki report but still it’s after giving mixed signals. I think PNU weighed the sensitivity of the Report and its implications because even if they fail to support it, ICC has the right to arrest any suspect in any country.
According to previous human rights reports, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Henry Kosgey, Dr. Sally Kosgei, Martha Karua and Kiraitu Murungi were some of the names which were featuring on those reports and if their names happens to be in that envelop which justice Waki gave to Dr. Kofi Annan, Kenyans might be getting ready to witness one of the biggest political earthquakes in the country’s recent history. This could be the beginning of a new era in Kenya and the death of impunity in our country.
Let the warlords not cheat Kenyans with cheap propaganda that they fought for Kenyan’s rights. Democracy is through the ballot and not through evicting people from their areas of habitation. Whoever committed a crime did so to ascend to power and should carry his/her own cross. Justice Waki’s report should be implemented to the letter.
Githuku Wa Muirani
Kashito Fundraising On Friday 28/November
A successful discussion that took place last Friday conceived a plan on how funds will be raised for the transportation and other expenses that will arise before the body of the late Kashito, can finally be laid to rest. This will be in collaboration with London where Kashito’s sister is based.
Kashito at a Nyam Chom in Stockholm: Picture Courtesy: Munala wa Munala
Aquinas David Nganga is the son of Richard Nganga and Margaret N. Chege of Ngando Village, Racecourse, Nairobi. Brother to ANN NGANGA of Newcastle upon Tyne, Mathew Chege (Kenya), Jacob Ndwaru (Kenya), Charles Saa (Kenya).
It is understood that there is no financial pressure at the moment while investigations to determine the cause of death are still underway but when these are over, in about three weeks time, then the bills will start coming in. It is then that the body will be released for burial. At the discussion-open house, a rough bill estimation was made of about sixty thousand Swedish crowns as expected to come up.
The well attended meeting took place at the home of Mr Kinuthia’s family in Vällingby. Also at the meeting special prayers were conducted for the departed and his family. A short life story of Kashito was told by Mrs Kinuthia, the grandmother to Kashito’s niece.
It was concluded that a fundraising drive must be held to cater for the huge bill. This will also act as a life
celebration party and will be held on Friday the 28th of November at a ‘lokal’ in Flemingsberg Terapivägen 12A. Kick off time is 1600hrs and on all night long.
For those willing to make a donation and might not make it to the fundraising event, an account number is available for deposition. The account is 8327-9 993 590 272-7, Swedbank and the account holder’s name is Anne-Serah Kinuthia.
For those in London or elsewhere willing to donate can do so through Halifax Bank, Account name: Ann Nganga, Sort 110876, and Account no. 01251077.
For further information call 0730228649, 0739266677 or 0736779031.
God Bless.
“Making A Difference” Up And Running With New Projects
Would you like your children to participate in any of the M.A.D´s Projects? We, members of the M.A.D organization, have started some Projects which require both children and the youth`s participation. We have met with some of them and they are very interested and eager to start. The whole intention is for us as parents to help our children to make a difference. And who wouldn´t like doing so? We can encourage our children and the youth because they have a big potential of making a difference. If you are interested, please contact any of our members so that you can enroll or enquire more about the Projects.
With Regards
M.A.D
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
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KSB Creeping Back Into Activity
Watching Plasma at Kogelo under a tree
Now that Obama is the President-elect of the United States, I am back to pick up the pieces from where we left at KSB. A Kenyan had passed away and Kenyans were meeting to organize a funds drive. I have info that the meeting went well.
Over the week-end, Purity was supposed to be in Denmark. Is there anybody who has intel on this meeting. I have contact with a Kenyan in Denmark and I will call him for some info. Instead of organizing an Obama vigil in Stocky, our little Purity had put Awuor and company on the road to Denmark for a cup of coffee in a coffee shop. I took a flight to Kenya when the Hellengate scandal was still playing. May be, it is time to bring it to a conclusion.
Okoth Osewe
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