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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The Moi Hand In Museveni’s Kenya Game; And The Political Tremors Shaking Up The Greater Horn Of Africa (Opening Shots)
April 24, 2012 11 Comments Short URL anti-imperialist, Burundi, Daniel arap Moi, East African Community, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Francis Muthaura, Great Lakes University' Education Fund, Hassan Mwinyi, Hegleig, Isaias Afwerki, John Kazoora, Kalonzo Musyoka, KANU, Kenya succession, Kenya’s disputed 2007 election, Lonrho, Mark Too, Meles Zenawi, Mugabe-ist, Musalia Mudavadi, Museveni as Luo elder, Mwai Kibaki, National Resistance Movement (NRM), native cunning, northern Tanzania, Orange Democratic Movement Kisumu, post-election violence (PEV) in Kenya, Raila Odinga, roving envoy Mark Too, Rwanda, Somalia, SPLA/M, Sudan, The Star, Tiny Rowland, Uganda, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Diplomatic Shenanigans, Political Barometre
Let The Nigerian And Ugandan Protestors Burn Down Their Cities…But Should First Stop Being Jokers In The Rulers’ Circus
What a week it has been in Africa. In Nigeria, nationwide strikes against the Jonathan Goodluck government decision to scrap fuel subsidies today entered their fifth day. In Uganda, traders who closed their business in anger at sky-high interest rates, failed to reach agreement in a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni and representatives of the […]
January 13, 2012 1 Comment Short URL 500-600 people killed, Angola, authoritarian compromise, authoritarian/corruption bargain, Boko Haram, Christians, cities, clan, clowns, corruption, cronies, extremist Islamic militia, flout municipal laws, fuel subsidies, improving schools, interest rate protest, issues-based politics, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Kenya, killed 100 people, kinship, lot of the poor, National Resistance Movement (NRM), nationwide strikes, Nigeria’s 1.2 trillion Naira ($7.4 billion) fuel subsidy, Nigerian protestors, pot-holed roads, power outages, President Jonathan Goodluck, providing safe water, ruler’s circus, shootings, tribal, Ugandan protestors, unpredictable Africa, Walk-to-Work (W2W), wave of bombings, Yoweri Museveni Political Barometre, Robbers & Barons
