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LETTER FROM A FRIEND: Not Until Kenya’s New Chiefs Have Eaten Enough…

From time to time, NakedChiefs shall post a pithy and “bad-mannered” response to one of my columns published in mainstream media. This one is from Mr MD’s take on my column “MPs And The Kenya Hunt; Who Gets The First Cut – Parliament Or Voters?” (http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/MPs-and-the-Kenya-hunt-who-gets-the-first-cut/-/440808/1853852/-/132iodwz/-/index.html): •AS WITH ALL THINGS IN KENYA, THERE IS ALWAYS […]

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May 17, 2013 0 Comments Short URL Kenya MPs, Nairobi, new Parliament, protest against "Mpigs", salary demand Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Rogue Stuff

Escape From Kenya, And Why With Election Jitters, It’s The Right Time To Buy A House

Yesterday I tried to buy an Economy class seat for a quick dash to Uganda, and return on Sunday to catch the Election Day action on Monday March 4. There were no seats on any of the flights. Well, I am still waiting for something to open up. Oh, I was told there were two […]

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February 27, 2013 6 Comments Short URL Africa, Election Day, election tourists, Entebbe, Jinja, Kenya, Kenya 2008 post-election violence, Nairobi, Uganda, Wahome Mutahi Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Political Barometre, Rogue Stuff

A Military Coup, The Fruits Of Democratic Rent, And The Curse Of Euripides In Uganda

In the space of a few days last week, Uganda’s minister of Defence, Dr Crispus Kiyonga, and then President Yoweri Museveni, suggested that that if Parliament continues to give the Executive headaches, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) might be tempted to step in and stage a military coup. The outcome a military coup could […]

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January 23, 2013 4 Comments Short URL Crispus Kiyonga, democracy rent, military coup Guns & Roses, Naked Chiefs & Emperors

OCTOBER MADNESS: Can Stolen Elections In Africa Ever Be Better Than Clean Unpredictable Polls? Yes And No

One of the things that most undermines African democracy is election theft. If you look at many bouts of violence and guerilla wars in several countries in Africa – from Yoweri Museveni’s war that started in February 1981, the Algeria civil war that began in 1992 after the military-dominated government cancelled elections set to be […]

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October 23, 2012 0 Comments Short URL African democracy, Algeria civil war, and pulling down transmitters, Angola, armed soldiers, armoured cars, Barack Obama, Cameroon, cancelled elections, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, election theft, Ethiopia, guerilla war, high risk, insanely shameless, Ivory Coast, Kenya post-election violence, Kizza Besigye, Military Police, Mitt Romney, Nigeria, power hungry, shutting down websites, state machinery, tanks, the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), Togo, Uganda, uncertainty, violence, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Politically Incorrect, Rogue Stuff

Uganda’s ‘Great’ Independent Monitor Lives To See 20: We Fought The Good Fight, Lost Many Battles, Won The Big Wars

The problem about writing on 20 years of The Monitor - easily the most successful private and independent Ugandan newspaper ever - is not what to say, but what to leave out. I have decided not to say much about ours (the founders who have all now moved on), and particularly my individual role, in the […]

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August 31, 2012 19 Comments Short URL Alfred Okware, and Haruna Kanaabi, Andrew Mwenda, Anna Bozello, Basilio Okello, Ben Kiwanuka, Buganda, Charles Onyango-Obbo, Daily Monitor, David Ouma, Ebyaffe, Francis Patrick Mayiga, Hassan Abdi, Hussein Njuki, Idi Amin, James Serugo, Joseph Kony, Kabaka Fred Mutesa, Kevin Aliro, Kyazze Simwogerere, LRA, north Uganda IDP camps, restoration of Uganda kingdoms, Richard Tebere, Ssezi Cheeye, The Shariat, Tito Okello, Uganda CID, Uganda Confidential, UNLA generals, UPDF, Wafula Oguttu, Yoweri Museveni Heroes & Villains, Naked Chiefs & Emperors

‘Peeling Back The Mask’; Why An Angry Aide’s Book Might Be An Unlikely Early Christmas Present For Kenya President Kibaki And Prime Minister Raila (Part 1)

The Miguna has landed, said a Kenyan wag. Last year, Miguna Miguna, Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s controversial and combative advisor on Coalition, Constitutional and Legal Affairs was dropped from his job. And with that, the country witnessed one of the bitterest political fall-outs between master and servant of recent Kenyan history. An angry Miguna […]

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July 19, 2012 8 Comments Short URL Barack Obama, Kenya, Kibaki, Kilaguni, Miguna, Mo & Me, Mwai Kibaki, Orange Democratic Movement, Peeling Back The Mask, Raila, Raila Odinga Naked Chiefs & Emperors, War & Peace

Text Messages From Central Africa: The Oil Curse, And Where All You Can Eat Is Lots Of Meat

I have a friend who roams Africa, recording its pains, photographing its bright spots, and listening to us talk about its woes and hopes. Some months ago he was in Central Africa in the Other Congo, the Republic of Congo (not DR Congo). He sent me a text message from Pointe-Noire when, he joked, he could […]

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June 6, 2012 7 Comments Short URL Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Rogue Stuff

The Empires Strikes Back: President Museveni Fires Hot Shots At ‘NRM Enemy’ Over Somalia Report

Uganda president Museveni’s very sharp response to my “In Somalia The UPDF Finally Found Its Freedom And Peace”, was sent to media houses in Kampala on the evening of May 6. It was published with the headline “Mogadishu: Museveni Responds To Obbo” in the semi-state owned New Vision on May 7, and in the Daily […]

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May 9, 2012 17 Comments Short URL Africa, Al Shabaab, Mogadishu, NRM, Somalia, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni Naked Chiefs & Emperors, War & Peace

Malawi’s President Mutharika Dead; Was He Hero Or Villain, And What Did His Re-Election In 2009 Tell Us About Democracy In Africa?

Vote rigging, buying, and selling are the price we pay for democracy in Africa. Like all investments, if you put in money long enough and are able to withstand the ill winds, it pays off. Right now, if an African election is fair, it is a bonus we must take and quickly bank. Otherwise, the more […]

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April 6, 2012 5 Comments Short URL Africa, Bingu wa Mutharika, buying elections, democracy in Africa, election fraud, Joyce Banda, Kenya, Lilongwe, Malawi, Mutharika, Peter Mutharika, Tanzania, Uganda Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Political Barometre

Senegal: The Politics Of Death, The Sweet Memories Of Diouf’s Graceful Exit, And Why Abdoulaye Wade Could Win Election Because He Is The Worst Candidate

At the age of 85, most men and women are grateful that they have the eyesight, hearing, and energy to play with their great grandchildren. Not so Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade. He fiddled the rules to so he could run for president a third time although the constitution bars it. So instead going home after […]

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March 22, 2012 5 Comments Short URL Abdou Diouf, Abdoulaye Wade, Dakar, Karim Wade, Macky Sall, Sall, Senegal, Wade Diplomatic Shenanigans, Naked Chiefs & Emperors, Robbers & Barons

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