Lawyer Paul Mwangi Replaces Miguna Miguna

kenyapolitical.blogspot.com/2007/05/railas-best-campaign-for-kibaki.html

its a little bit intriguing

this man quite obviously has never been a raila supporter, how does raila appoint him as a political advisor?

that is a blunder pure and simple

looking back at an interview somewhere in 2007

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=501092861057117182

It is not Mwangi's support that Raila is interested in, but in his short-sightedness, Raila thinks he can throw in any Kikuyu name and alas, he has the Kikuyu vote because according his campaigners like Omar Hassan, Kenya is not ready for another Kikuyu president. Well, the truth is, the man will wait for a long long time for that kind of support.

Listening to Mwangi on sunday live every week, one never really sees the cutting edge thinking that would earn him such a priced appointment. In fact I dare say that Miguna Miguna might have been a more strategic thinker politically than this guy.

Not inspiring at all! Even political rebranding requires some creativity.


It's quite easy to buy a spokesman or PR mouthpiece from the 'other side', but PLEASE not a strategic advisor! How casual does this get?

Interesting! Now am confused. Is Mwangi taking the vacant sit of Miguna Miguna, or a different one?

Some times decisions have to be made however painful or difficult they might seem to be. Decisions made likewise will always not please every tom hurry and dick. But the most crucial thing is that a decision has to be made. We should not be so quick in pointing accusing finger at other people's decision. What I know PM Raila has done his homework and has arrived at a dicision just like in the gridlock after the 2007 elections where things were thick in Kenya he had to dicide to go the coalition way to save the country from turmoil.

For Paul Mwangi's appointment i dont have any quagmire with it. Paul is equally a Kenyan who deserves any Public office. We only need to desist from reading politics all the time a decision is made.

Let us give Raila time with his new strategy and we will be able to sieve through and judge if indeed he made a stupid clever mistake. It is too early to just rubish this appointment off.

Man K:

You are justified in your confusion.

The media is deliberately misleading the public.

Inserting Miguna's name into a headline-whether in Jukwaa or the Daily Nation-makes the story more juicy than it actually is.

Paul Mwangi has NOT replaced Miguna Miguna.

Paul Mwangi has replaced Mugambi Imanyara who resigned last year.

Paul Mwangi's title is Adviser, Legal Affairs.

Miguna Miguna's title was Adviser, Coalition Affairs & Joint Secretary to the Permanent Committee on the Management of Coalition Affairs.

Paul Mwangi was appointed by the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Prime Minister, Mohammed Isahakia.

Miguna Miguna's appointment letter was signed by President Mwai Kibaki.

In short, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has yet to name the person who has replaced Miguna Miguna.

I hope this clears up the confusion.

Onyango Oloo
Nairobi, Kenya

@luodeng.

You have eloquently stated something I have unintentionally done a good job hiding in my own post on this which is basically my point!

OO,

It certainly clears the confusion. At times I think the journalists do themselves a deservice sensitionalizing issues that are bound to talk for themselves. I wonder whether they care about any loyalty from readers, or whether to them sensitional untruths on a single topic can give them the kick of their carreers!

OO

thanks for the clarification

its a pity that we cannot trust the media to even get basic facts right

however, now i wonder if anyone can also clear a confusion arising from this clarification

up until aug 28 2010, it was understandable that amos wako, the AG then was a status quo stooge/handyman or whatever, and therefore despite or rather in order for NARA and constitution to work, there was a need for the disadvantaged half of govt to have legal adviser to counter any potential mischief. i.e wako for the govt and imanyara for the other half.

in practice however, the legal adviser for the govt (which includes the executive and legislature) is the AG.

now the current AG was appointed by both principals. so why does the PM still need another legal adviser? does he not have confidence in the person he appointed with his co-principal to be legal adviser to the govt of which he is a part of?

anyway supposing that there is justification in this post, then looking at the mindset of the current AG (prof githu) does the PM need someone who totally mirrors this mindset or does he need someone who holds different mindset. looking at the interviews and articles by mwangi, one gets the impression that he is a true student of githu. therefore the PM is actually getting more of the same, wonder why?

anyway, to each his own, i maintain that this is a blunder.

looks like the PM's __ tank has acquired fresh plan/staff/ideas and are out there aggressively altering the landscape.

Interesting to note that Mugambi Imanyara had already quit his position at the PM's office. This is the same man who gave out ODM for a job in return. The turnover at the PM's office is terrifying.

I concur with TNK above on the value of some of these appointments. A review of Raila's appointments gives a rough idea of how bloated his government can be. In desperation to copy everything whitehouse, we have some very worthless offices like the one in question, yet with very high salaries for the occupants.