The just-ended shambolic Kenyan nominations for the March 4 elections have earned the “leading” political parties; the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), The National Alliance (TNA), the United Republican (URP) etc. a lot of scorn and stick on social media and blogs. They say no good deed goes unpunished, so it was that in the messy […]
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Kenya’s Tribalism And Other African Madness; Why Ethnicity Is A Myth And Voodoo Political Science
January 21, 2013 4 Comments Short URL Africa, election, ethnicity, GEMA, Homa Bay, John Githongo, Jomo Kenyatta, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kamukunji, Kenya, Kikuyu, Martha Karua, Mount Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Narc-Kenya, Orange Democratic Movement, post-election Kenya, Raila Odinga, Tom Mboya, tribalism, Uhuru Kenyatta, voodoo science Blue Skies, Political Barometre, Rogue Stuff
The Moi Hand In Museveni’s Kenya Game; And The Political Tremors Shaking Up The Greater Horn Of Africa (Opening Shots)
Recently The Star newspaper in Nairobi reported that Kenya’s Deputy Prime Minister and Local Government minister Musalia Mudavadi held “secret” talks with Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in Kampala in early April. The meeting, the paper reported, was also attended by former Kenya president Daniel arap Moi’s roving envoy Mark Too. That was a richly […]
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Kenya Media Sinned But Hides Its Head In The Sand And Won’t Learn The Right Lessons From 2007/2008 Madness: A Self-Criticism
There is a saying in our trade that the difference between journalists and doctors is that the latter publish their mistakes – while the doctors bury theirs. There was a reminder of that yesterday (January 23), when the International Criminal Court in The Hague, confirmed charges against four Kenyans for their alleged role in the […]
January 24, 2012 24 Comments Short URL at Harvard University, Berkman Centre for Internet & Society, blogs, boycott, commentariat, doctors bury their mistakes, Francis Muthaura, Henry Kosgey, ICC, IDPs, Ivory Coast, Joseph Nyagah, Joshua Sang, journalists publish their mistakes, Kalonzo Musyoka, Kass FM, Kenya December 2007 election, Kenya newspapers and TV, Machiavellian firmness, mainstream media, Makau Mutua, Mount Kenya Mafia”. With every other day, Musalia Mudavadi, Najib Balala, NARC, Ocampo Six, ODM, ODM Brigade, ODM Pentagon, online petition, Police chief Maj. Gen. Hussein Ali, Pre-Trial Court, Radio Milles Collines, referendum, Rwanda genocide, SMS, Sunday Nation, talk-shows, The Hague, the narrative of a dangerous “Mt. Kenya Mafia, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto Fast & Furious, Robbers & Barons