MAINA KIAI rubbishes RAILA ODINGA over “six piece” voting order and UHURU/ RUTO’s Presidency

  United Nations Special Rapporteur Maina Kiai has rubbished Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s order of “six piece” voting in Luo Nyanza.

Speaking in Migori Primary School during the voting rights workshop, the ICC process and effects of Uhuru-Ruto leadership to the country on Sunday, Kiai termed the call for “six piece” as an effort of party leaders in making themselves wealthy and not to serve the electorate.

Last week, Raila called on the Luo Nyanza electorate to vote for candidates from ODM party in all the six levels of elective posts.

“Leaders use parties to make themselves rich and not serve their people. That is why they insist in six piece voting which locks out issue-based politics,” Kiai said.

On the issue of ICC, Kiai said Kenyans should desist from voting Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto saying the country will face isolation if the two are elected on March 4^th.

“The two (Jubilee leaders) if elected as leaders will face international isolation and the economy will take a dip as Kenyan goods will not be accepted for export,” Kiai

Kiai, who is a former Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR) chairman,   urged Kenyans to vote credible leaders who have no criminal record in their private and public life.

Electing UHURU/RUTO is a BAD IDEA ….. Economic sanctions are real - MUDAVADI tells Kenyans

  Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has said economic sanctions are real and may be imposed if Kenya elects International Criminal Court (ICC) indictees on March 4^th.

While launching his manifesto at KICC on Sunday, Mudavadi who is Amani coalition Presidential flag bearer said strained relations between Kenya and its close friends in the West may make the country loose all the gains it has achieved since independence.

The DPM said Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto, who are facing charges at the International Criminal Court, should drop their ambitions and clear their names for the sake of Kenyan’s prosperity.

“We are not an island. We live in a village called the world. When the recession coughs in Europe, we suffer the pangs of prolonged economic stagnation,” Mudavadi said.

“An economy that has collapsed does not create conditions for peace. We must avoid temptation to wish away our development partners,”Mudavadi added.

Mudavadi, who was accompanied by his running mate Jeremiah Kioni assured all Kenyans that he will form an inclusive government that includes some of his opponents in the March 4^th election should he win.

“I will stretch my arm to all of my rivals so that we can work together for a better country. My rivals should not be scared of my win,” he said.

HAIYA!! ESTHER ARUNGA’s location ……you will not believe it

  They say there are many ways of skinning a rat and the same fallacy goes to liars as there are many ways of trapping their lies. Well as the infamous Esther Arunga and Quincy Timberlake story continues it has now emerged that the couple is still living in Kenya despite the many lies that she is doing well in Australia practicing law.

A while back the once celebrated news anchor at the Standard Group posted a link on her Facebook timeline which generated thousands of comments. What was an innocent post ended up revealing her location at the time of the update.

While posting the update, she used a blackberry phone which indicated that she was actually located in Nairobi, Kenya.

After realizing her mistake, Arunga removed the update to avoid more suspicions. Below is the update that is making rounds in the social media.

US’s stand on UHURU KENYATTA and WILLIAM RUTO is BRILLIANT – Muite

Safina party Presidential hopeful Paul Muite has welcomed the move by US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson of warning Kenyans if they elect ICC fugitives Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto on March 4^th.

Speaking in Homa Bay town where he took his Presidential campaigns on Saturday, Muite said there is nothing wrong when the US government clarifies its message to Kenyans.

Muite blamed the previous regimes for compromising the country’s sovereignity, saying there is no country in the world where ICC indictees can be elected to the top office.

He urged Kenyans to take caution on the US stand on the Uhuru /Ruto’s presidency, saying economic sanctions may be imposed if Uhuru and Ruto form the government.

Muite, who is former Kikuyu MP, was accompanied by his running mate Dr Shem Ochuodho.

SHAME as Kisumu clinical officer RAPES a patient

  A clinical officer from Nyando District Kisumu County was yesterday arraigned in court to answer to rape charges.

Mr. David Wakenga Okoth, a clinical officer at Annex Health Center in Nyando was accused of sexually abusing a patient at the clinic on February 3^rd this year.

According to witnesses, Wakenga took advantage of his position to rape his patients. The court also heard that on the fateful day the victim had gone for regular checkups when the accused forced her to have sexual contact threatening to kill her if she reported the matter.

Appearing before a Nyando court, David denied the charges and was released on a SH 50,000 bond.

Why Uhuru's Political Career Is Finished

                                                                                BY SAM OMWENGA

Let’s face it. Contrary to Uhuru's and Ruto’s efforts to make the crimes against humanity they face look as though they are no big deal, they, in fact, are more than a big deal.
The truth is in Uhuru’s case. His political career is over notwithstanding the ICC outcome simply because of the seriousness of the charges.
This is not just making a statement for the sake of it. It is an informed statement based on what happens to individuals who get charged with serious crimes like the ones Uhuru faces.
To be sure, there are not many individuals who face crimes against humanity but, the many examples we know—even of a lesser gravity in seriousness, tell us Uhuru is done.  Take the example of OJ Simpson.
OJ or the “Juice,” as he was popularly known at his peak, was a star US professional football player like none seen before his time. He was the first professional football player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, a mark he set in 1973, which was quite a feat considering no other player had ever racked up such yards in a 14-game season.
He also holds the record for single season yards-per-game average, all of which earned him selection to the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Following his retirement from professional football, OJ went on to become a sportscaster and actor and the sky appeared to be the only limit until the murder of his girlfriend in 1995 and one other person for which OJ was arrested and charged.
Although he was acquitted of the murders after a lengthy trial that attracted a global following, in 1997, a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths.
The arrest and being charged with the murders marked the end of OJ Simpson's glory days and in all other respects. To seal it all, OJ was again arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping for which he was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years in prison, which he is still serving.
Why did OJ become a non-entity after being arrested and charged with the murders even though he was not found guilty? Because that’s the nature of the charges he faced, namely, the cold-blooded murder of two people. People believed he committed the murders despite being acquitted.
This is exactly the same situation Uhuru finds himself in because most people will still believe he committed the crimes he is charged with even if he is acquitted. In essence, Uhuru being president with ICC over his head even as an acquitted indictee is a form of impunity; in fact impunity of the worst kind.
This is one of the many reasons Uhuru cannot be our president given the circumstances he finds himself in. First, as practical matter, were the duo to be elected, both will be absentee president and vice-president as they will be spending all their time at the Hague defending their cases.
Ruto has said they can use technology to run the country from the Hague but this is a joke and the fact that they even raise this as a possibility is the more reason why they should not be elected.
There is no going around the fact that it’s impractical to govern a country when one is defending himself in The Hague, which requires their physical presence during trial now estimated to run for two to three years.
Second, given this fact, one must assume that the two intend to abscond and not attend their trial, or if convicted, not to show up for punishment, which is no less criminal. In fact, absconding ICC trial is criminal under the Rome Statute and consequences for doing so are not only specific to the absconding suspects, they are even more importantly national in scope.
For example, were Uhuru and Ruto to abscond once elected, Kenya will be made a pariah state like Sudan. This means we can forget any gains we hope to get from full implementation of our constitution, which may not happen, anyway, with the two in power.
One consequence of being labeled a pariah state is that Kenya will be subjected to economic sanctions and none of its officials will be given visas to travel to other countries, especially those that matter to our welfare.
If Kenya is cut from the world economic chain, that will be the end of our country. You have no idea what the consequences of such economic sanctions can be.
Just the other day, Sweden banned the importation of miraa to that country, a decision which miraa exporter Dan Aritho says is certain to adversely impact the economy of Meru county.
One need not be an exporter like Aritho to understand the devastating impact of shutting the country from the world market. It goes without saying we shouldn’t even entertain the thought of being slapped with sanctions of this nature.
Third, besides economic sanctions, the election of Uhuru and Ruto will most likely see the United States, European Union states, and others that support the ICC process shun us diplomatically.
Uhuru was quoted as saying recently Kenya does not need the West. This is simply another reason he should not be elected as president because he fails to understand the importance of maintaining our relations with the West.
That being the case, the only thing this writer and many others see as Uhuru’s only option were he to salvage his political career, is to first step-aside from vying for the presidency and chart a path of redemption. That starts with forging a good working relationship with Raila.
 Working with Raila makes sense because he’s likely to be our next president and even if Uhuru were to give him a run for his money, he’ll ultimately fall short as he sees his friend being sworn in as president.
Indeed, the best thing Uhuru could do is simply step-aside and endorse Raila. There is nothing wrong in doing so other than entrenched old notions of political beliefs we must shake off from our body politic.
Stepping aside and endorsing Raila will bring with it immediate and long term benefits for Uhuru that won’t exist were Uhuru to defy common sense and continue in his ill-advised quest for the presidency.
One such immediate benefit is that Uhuru would have elevated himself to a statesman by putting the interests of the country first—something very few politicians ever do in life.
By elevating himself as such, he can then find ample time to defend his case at the Hague and notwithstanding the outcome, he will have a far larger constituency sympathetic to his situation, especially if he’s convicted than he otherwise would.
The latter, coupled with a president in office willing to utilise state resources to bring these cases to an end consistent with national security interest—a case Uhuru cannot make as president for the reason that most people oppose his candidacy because they believe and rightly so that Uhuru wants to use the presidency to defy the ICC process.
The irony of it is, this would be no different were Uhuru to endorse someone other than Raila as that will clearly be seen as a project designed to do just that, namely, thwarting or altogether defying the ICC process.
However, endorsing Raila will be different because it will first be one significant unifying event of the country that can only be furthered by Raila acting in the best interests of the country in seeking an end to the ICC process consistent with the rule of law and justice for the victims.
SOURCE:THE STAR

Why Uhuru's Political Career Is Finished

                                                                                BY SAM OMWENGA

Let’s face it. Contrary to Uhuru's and Ruto’s efforts to make the crimes against humanity they face look as though they are no big deal, they, in fact, are more than a big deal.
The truth is in Uhuru’s case. His political career is over notwithstanding the ICC outcome simply because of the seriousness of the charges.
This is not just making a statement for the sake of it. It is an informed statement based on what happens to individuals who get charged with serious crimes like the ones Uhuru faces.
To be sure, there are not many individuals who face crimes against humanity but, the many examples we know—even of a lesser gravity in seriousness, tell us Uhuru is done.  Take the example of OJ Simpson.
OJ or the “Juice,” as he was popularly known at his peak, was a star US professional football player like none seen before his time. He was the first professional football player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, a mark he set in 1973, which was quite a feat considering no other player had ever racked up such yards in a 14-game season.
He also holds the record for single season yards-per-game average, all of which earned him selection to the Professional Football Hall of Fame.
Following his retirement from professional football, OJ went on to become a sportscaster and actor and the sky appeared to be the only limit until the murder of his girlfriend in 1995 and one other person for which OJ was arrested and charged.
Although he was acquitted of the murders after a lengthy trial that attracted a global following, in 1997, a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths.
The arrest and being charged with the murders marked the end of OJ Simpson's glory days and in all other respects. To seal it all, OJ was again arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping for which he was found guilty and sentenced to 33 years in prison, which he is still serving.
Why did OJ become a non-entity after being arrested and charged with the murders even though he was not found guilty? Because that’s the nature of the charges he faced, namely, the cold-blooded murder of two people. People believed he committed the murders despite being acquitted.
This is exactly the same situation Uhuru finds himself in because most people will still believe he committed the crimes he is charged with even if he is acquitted. In essence, Uhuru being president with ICC over his head even as an acquitted indictee is a form of impunity; in fact impunity of the worst kind.
This is one of the many reasons Uhuru cannot be our president given the circumstances he finds himself in. First, as practical matter, were the duo to be elected, both will be absentee president and vice-president as they will be spending all their time at the Hague defending their cases.
Ruto has said they can use technology to run the country from the Hague but this is a joke and the fact that they even raise this as a possibility is the more reason why they should not be elected.
There is no going around the fact that it’s impractical to govern a country when one is defending himself in The Hague, which requires their physical presence during trial now estimated to run for two to three years.
Second, given this fact, one must assume that the two intend to abscond and not attend their trial, or if convicted, not to show up for punishment, which is no less criminal. In fact, absconding ICC trial is criminal under the Rome Statute and consequences for doing so are not only specific to the absconding suspects, they are even more importantly national in scope.
For example, were Uhuru and Ruto to abscond once elected, Kenya will be made a pariah state like Sudan. This means we can forget any gains we hope to get from full implementation of our constitution, which may not happen, anyway, with the two in power.
One consequence of being labeled a pariah state is that Kenya will be subjected to economic sanctions and none of its officials will be given visas to travel to other countries, especially those that matter to our welfare.
If Kenya is cut from the world economic chain, that will be the end of our country. You have no idea what the consequences of such economic sanctions can be.
Just the other day, Sweden banned the importation of miraa to that country, a decision which miraa exporter Dan Aritho says is certain to adversely impact the economy of Meru county.
One need not be an exporter like Aritho to understand the devastating impact of shutting the country from the world market. It goes without saying we shouldn’t even entertain the thought of being slapped with sanctions of this nature.
Third, besides economic sanctions, the election of Uhuru and Ruto will most likely see the United States, European Union states, and others that support the ICC process shun us diplomatically.
Uhuru was quoted as saying recently Kenya does not need the West. This is simply another reason he should not be elected as president because he fails to understand the importance of maintaining our relations with the West.
That being the case, the only thing this writer and many others see as Uhuru’s only option were he to salvage his political career, is to first step-aside from vying for the presidency and chart a path of redemption. That starts with forging a good working relationship with Raila.
 Working with Raila makes sense because he’s likely to be our next president and even if Uhuru were to give him a run for his money, he’ll ultimately fall short as he sees his friend being sworn in as president.
Indeed, the best thing Uhuru could do is simply step-aside and endorse Raila. There is nothing wrong in doing so other than entrenched old notions of political beliefs we must shake off from our body politic.
Stepping aside and endorsing Raila will bring with it immediate and long term benefits for Uhuru that won’t exist were Uhuru to defy common sense and continue in his ill-advised quest for the presidency.
One such immediate benefit is that Uhuru would have elevated himself to a statesman by putting the interests of the country first—something very few politicians ever do in life.
By elevating himself as such, he can then find ample time to defend his case at the Hague and notwithstanding the outcome, he will have a far larger constituency sympathetic to his situation, especially if he’s convicted than he otherwise would.
The latter, coupled with a president in office willing to utilise state resources to bring these cases to an end consistent with national security interest—a case Uhuru cannot make as president for the reason that most people oppose his candidacy because they believe and rightly so that Uhuru wants to use the presidency to defy the ICC process.
The irony of it is, this would be no different were Uhuru to endorse someone other than Raila as that will clearly be seen as a project designed to do just that, namely, thwarting or altogether defying the ICC process.
However, endorsing Raila will be different because it will first be one significant unifying event of the country that can only be furthered by Raila acting in the best interests of the country in seeking an end to the ICC process consistent with the rule of law and justice for the victims.
SOURCE:THE STAR