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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2012 1:37:39 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna will speak at an event in Toronto at the University of Toronto. The event is titled Pan-Afrikan Solidarity:"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere.
Friday August 10, 2012
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@ 252 Bloor Street West, Room 5-150, 5th Floor.
He'll speak on a panel with Ismail Adam from North Darfur and Daniel Mukena an organizer with the Congolese Citizen's Movement.
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Post by einstein on Aug 11, 2012 5:27:49 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna will speak at an event in Toronto at the University of Toronto. The event is titled Pan-Afrikan Solidarity:"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere. Friday August 10, 2012
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@ 252 Bloor Street West, Room 5-150, 5th Floor. He'll speak on a panel with Ismail Adam from North Darfur and Daniel Mukena an organizer with the Congolese Citizen's Movement. No, no, no!! Miguna Miguna the racist and sexist CANNOT be giving a talk about justice anywhere in this world! That would be simply ridiculous!! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2012 6:03:48 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna
spoke at a very well attended event last night here in Toronto. There were over 100 people in attendance with quite a few Kenyans present. There was one Kenyan heckler Gordon Teti who had in the previous days promised on the KCO forum to be at the event to give Miguna a run for his money. Well, the rest of the audience gave Teti a run for his money, forcing him to abort his planed disruption of the event and nudging him out the door! Before he was ejected, he promised us that Mr. Odinga was coming to Toronto shortly, where he would debunk Miguna's claims. I wondered who sent that man. Can't they find any smart people to send I asked myself. Teti would have been able to say pretty much whatever he wanted to if his demenor hadn't been so inappropriate even to those who knew nothing about the drama involving Raila and Miguna.
Miguna gave an account of how he had joined government on the ODM part of the coalition. He went on to explain that he'd tried to raise his concerns about corruption by top ranking people in the Prime Minister's office with the Prime Minister himself and how this culminated in his being suspended.
During Q&A time, people questioned him about having been part of the coalition government; only speaking out publicly about corruption after being suspended. He went on to explain that he'd tried to work from within, believing at the time that the Prime Minister wouldn't stand for that sort of behavior.
Miguna was one of four speakers with the event generally covering the following issues:
a) The role and centraility of Pan-Africanism in the struggle for liberation;
b) The value, place and need of ideological clarity in the struggle for Pan-African liberation;
c) The role and place of the non-state actors on the agenda for change and transformation of Kenya and Africa;
d) Illustrations were derived from Kenya, Somalia, DRC and Sudan.
And contrary to Teti's report of the event, people did buy Miguna's book. The only stress the kids had was when Teti himself started throwing his agression here and there yelling into the microphone and so on. That was very short lived @ an event that started at 7pm and wound up at 10pm and that may be short for Kenyan standards but not here!
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Post by adongo23456 on Aug 12, 2012 8:06:00 GMT 3
kathure,
How is Toronto? Karimi, the young gun, misses the food there. That is about the only thing he misses from his place of birth. He finds it hard to believe that the menu in Bondo consists of chicken, fish and beef with ugali and chapati. When we go to Kisumu we get a little variety but not that much. That is besides the point.
I have a few questions regarding the Toronto event you are talking about which I assume was not a Miguna event but rather a duscussion about Pan Africanism where Miguna was one of the speakers. I could be wrong.
First of I think we should ignore the heckler, Gordon Teti. Such characters show up in every event and they are usually treated as a nuansance. In most public events that we organize in Toronto the nightmare is always what to do with the one lunatic who refuses to leave the microphone and talks gibberish. So we should ignore the fool. But here are my questions.
1. How did a discussion on Pan Africanism turn into a discussion about ODM, Raila and Miguna?
One of the most memorable discussions on Pan Africanism in Toronto that I remember was over a decade ago when Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o was the chief speaker.
I covered the event for our HAKI publication. Ngugi talked about the "New World Order" being promoted by the US goverment at the time. He dismissed it as a charade for international thieves not very different from the Berlin Conference of 1884 when Africa was split to pieces by state vandals of Europe.
It was an amazing discussion about our continent not about Ngugi and his plight in Kenya and I remember when one guy rose to ask Ngugi what kind of food he eats that makes him so brilliant people told him to sit down and shut up and that was the end of his story. Nobody asked who sent him. He was treated as the fool he was, period.
But I am kind of puzzled as to how an event in the same wavelength was reduced to ODM, Raila etc.
2. My last question. Was this one of the events for Miguna to promote his book? If so why wasn't it advertised as such.
Back to Prof. Ngugi, you and me have attended many functions, often at the Toronto Harbourfront, where the good prof. participated in book readings and autographed his books for those interested.
So if Miguna wants to promote his book in Toronto why don't you folks organize such events for him instead of hijacking other events which are reduced to Miguna events as seems to be the case here unless your reporting left out other things from the "Pan Africanism" event.
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Post by nalinali on Aug 12, 2012 9:06:42 GMT 3
Adongo
You must be having a blast in Sakwa-the kind of didvidends that one treasures after periods of diasporic sojourns.
Why are you trying to "pour sand in KK's Gari" (West African saying). KK is very clear that the good attendance at the meeting by 100 folks or thereabouts was specifically for MM's talk. KK's report clearly treats the other speakers collectively as simply a trailing denouement to an otherwise singularly focused MM event-and what a great event that was (99 anticipatory "WE" against one Heckler who was shown the door).
There must be something in PBM that I have missed in my first reading which the attendees to that event must have found out, and I must reread the text again. KK's report raises my expectations at the likelihood of similar events in NBI upon MM's return in five days time.
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Post by job on Aug 12, 2012 9:08:25 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna will speak at an event in Toronto at the University of Toronto. The event is titled Pan-Afrikan Solidarity:"Injustice Anywhere is a Threat to Justice Everywhere. Friday August 10, 2012
@7pm
@ 252 Bloor Street West, Room 5-150, 5th Floor. He'll speak on a panel with Ismail Adam from North Darfur and Daniel Mukena an organizer with the Congolese Citizen's Movement. From this panel, there is a Sudanese from Darfur, and a Congolese from war-torn DRC; both African havens for numerous Injustices. Kenya is where most of these refugees first set foot while seeking asylum abroad. I hope these two Africans from war-torn nations got ample time to detail injustices befalling their respective countries and even more time to appeal for Pan-Africanist solidarity in redressing these issues. I hope it was not the other way - a Pan-Africanist appeal for all Africans to join a disgruntled (suspended) employee to deal with atrocities suffered in Kenyan bureaucratic corridors; besides marketing a best-seller book release. That would be reverse corruption - milking Pan-Africanist goodwill for personal gain. It would also be grossly insensitive if most questions (from Africans in attendance) ignored the real mass injustices in Darfur and Congo, instead dwelling on a one-man psychopathic treatise (by a Canadian Barrister). Maybe a more comprehensive update will clear any assumptions. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2012 9:38:54 GMT 3
kathure,How is Toronto? Karimi, the young gun, misses the food there. That is about the only thing he misses from his place of birth. He finds it hard to believe that the menu in Bondo consists of chicken, fish and beef with ugali and chapati. When we go to Kisumu we get a little variety but not that much. That is besides the point. I have a few questions regarding the Toronto event you are talking about which I assume was not a Miguna event but rather a duscussion about Pan Africanism where Miguna was one of the speakers. I could be wrong. First of I think we should ignore the heckler, Gordon Teti. Such characters show up in every event and they are usually treated as a nuansance. In most public events that we organize in Toronto the nightmare is always what to do with the one lunatic who refuses to leave the microphone and talks gibberish. So we should ignore the fool. But here are my questions. 1. How did a discussion on Pan Africanism turn into a discussion about ODM, Raila and Miguna? One of the most memorable discussions on Pan Africanism in Toronto that I remember was over a decade ago when Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o was the chief speaker. I covered the event for our HAKI publication. Ngugi talked about the "New World Order" being promoted by the US goverment at the time. He dismissed it as a charade for international thieves not very different from the Berlin Conference of 1884 when Africa was split to pieces by state vandals of Europe. It was an amazing discussion about our continent not about Ngugi and his plight in Kenya and I remember when one guy rose to ask Ngugi what kind of food he eats that makes him so brilliant people told him to sit down and shut up and that was the end of his story. Nobody asked who sent him. He was treated as the fool he was, period. But I am kind of puzzled as to how an event in the same wavelength was reduced to ODM, Raila etc. 2. My last question. Was this one of the events for Miguna to promote his book? If so why wasn't it advertised as such. Back to Prof. Ngugi, you and me have attended many functions, often at the Toronto Harbourfront, where the good prof. participated in book readings and autographed his books for those interested. So if Miguna wants to promote his book in Toronto why don't you folks organize such events for him instead of hijacking other events which are reduced to Miguna events as seems to be the case here unless your reporting left out other things from the "Pan Africanism" event. good morning AdongoToronto is alright. Afrofest, Toronto Pride, Caribana, all came and went with the Greeks rocking the Taste of the Danforth this rainy weekend. Do you forget? I know who Karimi is. Tell him to enjoy the food there. What can he possibly miss here "basta", lasagna or white bread from the Italian bakery? Tell him to enjoy that chicken, fish and beef with ugali and chapati while he can because hardly anybody has the time in Toronto to knead and roll out chapos. Pan Africanists are interested in all things Black World. As such, a presentation and discussion on how matters in Kenya have and are unfolding is of interest to them. Of particular interest and a matter that was spoken on by all presenters and many in the audience is the role that our home grown political and economic elites play in the advancement or the undoing of countries in Africa of which Kenya is one. So no, the event wasn't hijacked by Miguna to promote his book. It just so happens that his book captures the machinations of Kenya's political elites and on this he did speak up-to and including his stint working for the Prime Minister. I hope that clears things up a bit for you and job and nalinali. |
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Post by einstein on Aug 13, 2012 2:26:37 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna spoke at a very well attended event last night here in Toronto. There were over 100 people in attendance with quite a few Kenyans present. There was one Kenyan heckler Gordon Teti who had in the previous days promised on the KCO forum to be at the event to give Miguna a run for his money. Well, the rest of the audience gave Teti a run for his money, forcing him to abort his planed disruption of the event and nudging him out the door! Before he was ejected, he promised us that Mr. Odinga was coming to Toronto shortly, where he would debunk Miguna's claims. I wondered who sent that man. Can't they find any smart people to send I asked myself. Teti would have been able to say pretty much whatever he wanted to if his demenor hadn't been so inappropriate even to those who knew nothing about the drama involving Raila and Miguna. Miguna gave an account of how he had joined government on the ODM part of the coalition. He went on to explain that he'd tried to raise his concerns about corruption by top ranking people in the Prime Minister's office with the Prime Minister himself and how this culminated in his being suspended. During Q&A time, people questioned him about having been part of the coalition government; only speaking out publicly about corruption after being suspended. He went on to explain that he'd tried to work from within, believing at the time that the Prime Minister wouldn't stand for that sort of behavior. Miguna was one of four speakers with the event generally covering the following issues: a) The role and centraility of Pan-Africanism in the struggle for liberation; b) The value, place and need of ideological clarity in the struggle for Pan-African liberation; c) The role and place of the non-state actors on the agenda for change and transformation of Kenya and Africa; d) Illustrations were derived from Kenya, Somalia, DRC and Sudan. And contrary to Teti's report of the event, people did buy Miguna's book. The only stress the kids had was when Teti himself started throwing his agression here and there yelling into the microphone and so on. That was very short lived @ an event that started at 7pm and wound up at 10pm and that may be short for Kenyan standards but not here! I want to hope that Miguna Miguna paid or will pay his due tax to the Canadian government on the books he hawked at this event. |
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Post by akinyi2005 on Aug 13, 2012 4:05:45 GMT 3
Here is Gordon Teti's report of the event.
Subject: Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity Meeting: Miguna Miguna UNMASKED
I promised that I
would face Miguna Miguna at the meeting organized by the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 10, 2012 and I delivered on my promise. There was a high turnout as people came from all over the world. We had citizens from Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, Somalia, Canada, Uganda, Kenya to mention but a few. The room was packed and Miguna was salivating hopeful that a dozen copies of his gutter book "Peeling Back The Mask" were gonna be sold. This was the prospect until the true identity of Miguna was unmasked. His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday" according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." Miguna received me with a hug and a broad smile. However, things changed so quickly when Miguna came to know who I really was. It was the first time Miguna and I were meeting one-on-one face to face. Our previous engagements were by facebook, e-mail and telephone. "Welcome to the meeting, my name is Miguna Miguna". Thank you, I am Gordon Teti, I responded. "So you have come here to threaten me as you promised", Miguna retorted. No, that is not true, I have come here to unmask the true identity of Miguna Miguna, I answered in a quick succession. At this point, Miguna became tense and walked away and came immediately and told me that "before you attack me can you buy a copy of the book and get the facts". I confirmed to Miguna that I have read the book in its entirety hence in a possession of knowledge about its content. Miguna shouted back and said, "what you have read is a pirated copy and not the original". I then took a seat at the back row in the room. Shortly, Miguna went out of the room accampanied by the persons that I later came to know as the event organizers and after what I believe was a strategy on how to deal with me, they came back to the room. Within minutes, heads started turning towards me, especially by those who were seating on the front row close to Miguna.
When called to the microphone by the Master of Ceremony(MC), Miguna felt heroic talking about his Pan-Africanism credentials, student activism, detention, political asylum to Canada, academic achievements, law practice and his defence to human rights both in Canada and Kenya. He concluded his speech by telling the audience about his book and why he wrote the book: working for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Raila Odinga and how he was fired inhumanely; employment is a right and not a favour; the burning of his effigy and burial of his coffin; corruption in Kenya (by those who masquerade as reformist but when in power employ their girlfriends, relatives and friends). Miguna told the audience that it was very difficult for him to keep his mouth full, line his pocket with feather and become fat like those whom he was working with since he cannot be silenced. That Kenya is a country owned by a few rich elites. He sounded angry and vengeful but at the same time acknowledged the presence of a Mr. Njunguna and Mr. Kamau, whom he described as the true great friends who helped him settle in Canada when he just arrived twenty years ago.
It was during question and answer period that things unravelled so fast to the disbelief of the majority in the audience who had come to believe that Miguna was a true anti-corruption crusader and a defender of common citizens. A lady in the audience asked Miguna to tell the audience his theory on good governance since he has had the opportunity to be at the top. "There is no any other theory that Miguna can offer apart from the common liberal American political philosophy that the government is of the people by the people and for people". Miguna thundered. He went on to say that there was no way he was going to work for those in power and not for the Kenyan people and that is why he fell out with Raila Odinga.
My efforts to catch the eye of the MC came to naught. I was simply being ignored. I could not bear it any longer. So I thundered. Why is it that you are not giving me a chance to participate in this meeting? The whole room roared back in laughter and that is how I got a chance for a ticket to the microphone. But my sucess was short-lived as when I went to the microphone, I was stopped from responding to the issues raised by Miguna both at the meeting and in his book on a flimsy account of personalizing my speech, which was a falacy since Miguna's book is about personalities and character. Miguna had succeeded in muzzling and stopping me from unmasking him.
The strategy to block Gordon Teti from unmasking Miguna backfired on the faces of the organizers of the meeting. The hour of reckoning came when a young Kenyan man went to the microphone and told Miguna to his face that while he was in good books with those whom he is accusing today as a corrupt, he said nothing about corruption and was paid millions of tax pays money. These are some of the questions that the young man asked Miguna:
1. Why is it that you wrote this book after falling out with those whom you are now accusing of corruption and when you were working for them you were full of their praises?
2. Do you think Kenyans are stupid to believe you?
3. How is that when you were working for Raila Odinga you saw many ills about Kibaki and his side of the coalition and after falling out with Raila, your view of corruption in Kenya has changed?
4. Those who were corrupt then are now clean and those who were clean before you fell out of favour with them are now the most corrupt?
5. How can people and especially Kenyans believe you?
6. Are you not just a bitter man on a revenge mission after being fired?
7. Is it accurate to say that you a gun or a mercenary on hire by the political opponents of Raila Odinga?
8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like:
(i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto;
(ii) Your first marriage that never worked out;
(iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic;
(iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels.
The young Kenyan man concluded by telling Miguna that he has read his book and came to one conclusion that the book is a campaign tool against Raila Odinga.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2012 5:18:00 GMT 3
Here is Gordon Teti's report of the event. Subject: Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity Meeting: Miguna Miguna UNMASKED I promised that I would face Miguna Miguna at the meeting organized by the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 10, 2012 and I delivered on my promise. There was a high turnout as people came from all over the world. We had citizens from Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, Somalia, Canada, Uganda, Kenya to mention but a few. The room was packed and Miguna was salivating hopeful that a dozen copies of his gutter book "Peeling Back The Mask" were gonna be sold. This was the prospect until the true identity of Miguna was unmasked. His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday" according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." Miguna received me with a hug and a broad smile. However, things changed so quickly when Miguna came to know who I really was. It was the first time Miguna and I were meeting one-on-one face to face. Our previous engagements were by facebook, e-mail and telephone. "Welcome to the meeting, my name is Miguna Miguna". Thank you, I am Gordon Teti, I responded. "So you have come here to threaten me as you promised", Miguna retorted. No, that is not true, I have come here to unmask the true identity of Miguna Miguna, I answered in a quick succession. At this point, Miguna became tense and walked away and came immediately and told me that "before you attack me can you buy a copy of the book and get the facts". I confirmed to Miguna that I have read the book in its entirety hence in a possession of knowledge about its content. Miguna shouted back and said, "what you have read is a pirated copy and not the original". I then took a seat at the back row in the room. Shortly, Miguna went out of the room accampanied by the persons that I later came to know as the event organizers and after what I believe was a strategy on how to deal with me, they came back to the room. Within minutes, heads started turning towards me, especially by those who were seating on the front row close to Miguna. When called to the microphone by the Master of Ceremony(MC), Miguna felt heroic talking about his Pan-Africanism credentials, student activism, detention, political asylum to Canada, academic achievements, law practice and his defence to human rights both in Canada and Kenya. He concluded his speech by telling the audience about his book and why he wrote the book: working for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Raila Odinga and how he was fired inhumanely; employment is a right and not a favour; the burning of his effigy and burial of his coffin; corruption in Kenya (by those who masquerade as reformist but when in power employ their girlfriends, relatives and friends). Miguna told the audience that it was very difficult for him to keep his mouth full, line his pocket with feather and become fat like those whom he was working with since he cannot be silenced. That Kenya is a country owned by a few rich elites. He sounded angry and vengeful but at the same time acknowledged the presence of a Mr. Njunguna and Mr. Kamau, whom he described as the true great friends who helped him settle in Canada when he just arrived twenty years ago. It was during question and answer period that things unravelled so fast to the disbelief of the majority in the audience who had come to believe that Miguna was a true anti-corruption crusader and a defender of common citizens. A lady in the audience asked Miguna to tell the audience his theory on good governance since he has had the opportunity to be at the top. "There is no any other theory that Miguna can offer apart from the common liberal American political philosophy that the government is of the people by the people and for people". Miguna thundered. He went on to say that there was no way he was going to work for those in power and not for the Kenyan people and that is why he fell out with Raila Odinga. My efforts to catch the eye of the MC came to naught. I was simply being ignored. I could not bear it any longer. So I thundered. Why is it that you are not giving me a chance to participate in this meeting? The whole room roared back in laughter and that is how I got a chance for a ticket to the microphone. But my sucess was short-lived as when I went to the microphone, I was stopped from responding to the issues raised by Miguna both at the meeting and in his book on a flimsy account of personalizing my speech, which was a falacy since Miguna's book is about personalities and character. Miguna had succeeded in muzzling and stopping me from unmasking him. The strategy to block Gordon Teti from unmasking Miguna backfired on the faces of the organizers of the meeting. The hour of reckoning came when a young Kenyan man went to the microphone and told Miguna to his face that while he was in good books with those whom he is accusing today as a corrupt, he said nothing about corruption and was paid millions of tax pays money. These are some of the questions that the young man asked Miguna: 1. Why is it that you wrote this book after falling out with those whom you are now accusing of corruption and when you were working for them you were full of their praises? 2. Do you think Kenyans are stupid to believe you? 3. How is that when you were working for Raila Odinga you saw many ills about Kibaki and his side of the coalition and after falling out with Raila, your view of corruption in Kenya has changed? 4. Those who were corrupt then are now clean and those who were clean before you fell out of favour with them are now the most corrupt? 5. How can people and especially Kenyans believe you? 6. Are you not just a bitter man on a revenge mission after being fired? 7. Is it accurate to say that you a gun or a mercenary on hire by the political opponents of Raila Odinga? 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. The young Kenyan man concluded by telling Miguna that he has read his book and came to one conclusion that the book is a campaign tool against Raila Odinga. I was there and so was Gordon Teti. The event was video taped. So, rather than she said he said, why don't I try to get hold of the video which I'll post here @ jukwaa. Then we will know who the liar is. Alright? |
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Post by job on Aug 13, 2012 6:27:05 GMT 3
akinyi
I was there and so was Gordon Teti. The event was video taped. So, rather than she said he said, why don't I try to get hold of the video which I'll post here @ jukwaa... That would be much appreciated Kathure! |
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Post by morimax on Aug 13, 2012 6:41:14 GMT 3
Here is Gordon Teti's report of the event. Subject: Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity Meeting: Miguna Miguna UNMASKED I promised that I would face Miguna Miguna at the meeting organized by the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 10, 2012 and I delivered on my promise. There was a high turnout as people came from all over the world. We had citizens from Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, Somalia, Canada, Uganda, Kenya to mention but a few. The room was packed and Miguna was salivating hopeful that a dozen copies of his gutter book "Peeling Back The Mask" were gonna be sold. This was the prospect until the true identity of Miguna was unmasked. His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday" according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." Miguna received me with a hug and a broad smile. However, things changed so quickly when Miguna came to know who I really was. It was the first time Miguna and I were meeting one-on-one face to face. Our previous engagements were by facebook, e-mail and telephone. "Welcome to the meeting, my name is Miguna Miguna". Thank you, I am Gordon Teti, I responded. "So you have come here to threaten me as you promised", Miguna retorted. No, that is not true, I have come here to unmask the true identity of Miguna Miguna, I answered in a quick succession. At this point, Miguna became tense and walked away and came immediately and told me that "before you attack me can you buy a copy of the book and get the facts". I confirmed to Miguna that I have read the book in its entirety hence in a possession of knowledge about its content. Miguna shouted back and said, "what you have read is a pirated copy and not the original". I then took a seat at the back row in the room. Shortly, Miguna went out of the room accampanied by the persons that I later came to know as the event organizers and after what I believe was a strategy on how to deal with me, they came back to the room. Within minutes, heads started turning towards me, especially by those who were seating on the front row close to Miguna. When called to the microphone by the Master of Ceremony(MC), Miguna felt heroic talking about his Pan-Africanism credentials, student activism, detention, political asylum to Canada, academic achievements, law practice and his defence to human rights both in Canada and Kenya. He concluded his speech by telling the audience about his book and why he wrote the book: working for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Raila Odinga and how he was fired inhumanely; employment is a right and not a favour; the burning of his effigy and burial of his coffin; corruption in Kenya (by those who masquerade as reformist but when in power employ their girlfriends, relatives and friends). Miguna told the audience that it was very difficult for him to keep his mouth full, line his pocket with feather and become fat like those whom he was working with since he cannot be silenced. That Kenya is a country owned by a few rich elites. He sounded angry and vengeful but at the same time acknowledged the presence of a Mr. Njunguna and Mr. Kamau, whom he described as the true great friends who helped him settle in Canada when he just arrived twenty years ago. It was during question and answer period that things unravelled so fast to the disbelief of the majority in the audience who had come to believe that Miguna was a true anti-corruption crusader and a defender of common citizens. A lady in the audience asked Miguna to tell the audience his theory on good governance since he has had the opportunity to be at the top. "There is no any other theory that Miguna can offer apart from the common liberal American political philosophy that the government is of the people by the people and for people". Miguna thundered. He went on to say that there was no way he was going to work for those in power and not for the Kenyan people and that is why he fell out with Raila Odinga. My efforts to catch the eye of the MC came to naught. I was simply being ignored. I could not bear it any longer. So I thundered. Why is it that you are not giving me a chance to participate in this meeting? The whole room roared back in laughter and that is how I got a chance for a ticket to the microphone. But my sucess was short-lived as when I went to the microphone, I was stopped from responding to the issues raised by Miguna both at the meeting and in his book on a flimsy account of personalizing my speech, which was a falacy since Miguna's book is about personalities and character. Miguna had succeeded in muzzling and stopping me from unmasking him. The strategy to block Gordon Teti from unmasking Miguna backfired on the faces of the organizers of the meeting. The hour of reckoning came when a young Kenyan man went to the microphone and told Miguna to his face that while he was in good books with those whom he is accusing today as a corrupt, he said nothing about corruption and was paid millions of tax pays money. These are some of the questions that the young man asked Miguna: 1. Why is it that you wrote this book after falling out with those whom you are now accusing of corruption and when you were working for them you were full of their praises? 2. Do you think Kenyans are stupid to believe you? 3. How is that when you were working for Raila Odinga you saw many ills about Kibaki and his side of the coalition and after falling out with Raila, your view of corruption in Kenya has changed? 4. Those who were corrupt then are now clean and those who were clean before you fell out of favour with them are now the most corrupt? 5. How can people and especially Kenyans believe you? 6. Are you not just a bitter man on a revenge mission after being fired? 7. Is it accurate to say that you a gun or a mercenary on hire by the political opponents of Raila Odinga? 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. The young Kenyan man concluded by telling Miguna that he has read his book and came to one conclusion that the book is a campaign tool against Raila Odinga. I was there and so was Gordon Teti. The event was video taped. So, rather than she said he said, why don't I try to get hold of the video which I'll post here @ jukwaa. Then we will know who the liar is. Alright? As we wait for the video clips to unravel the truth about what transpired..... and hopefully it will not be doctored, lets assume the young man is nonexistent, if that would be the point of contest, and that whatever questions Gordon posted above, via Akinyi, were presumably the questions he wanted to ask MM.... are they legitimate question that deserve MM attention to provide answers? These questions have been poised again and again, nevertheless MM has never attempted to respond to them, and put them to rest. |
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Post by morimax on Aug 13, 2012 7:26:06 GMT 3
MIGUNA MIGUNA and GORDON TETI's bitter intercourse is one but among the many rough intersections Miguna went through his journey to the PMs office. Check out this: 8Aug/110
Kenya: Raila fires top aide over spat with IIEC
From: gordon teti
My take on the firing of Miguna Miguna by the Right Hon. Raila Odinga, Prime Minister, Government of Kenya. I saw it coming; my prophesy 5 years ago. See details forwarded here below
- Gordon Teti
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---- Forwarded Message -----
From: gordon teti
To: Miguna Miguna
Sent: Thursday, August 9, 2007 6:57:04 PM
Subject: APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT AND WHY?
Miguna
From the bottom of my heart, I want to tell you that your arrogance will take you nowhere. And let me tell you, you are nobody's keeper. You can only boast to your wife, children and family. Those are the only people in your world who know what you are worth.
You think that you are the only avenue through which people can use to access Hon. Raila Odinga. Please once again I want to remind you that Gordon Teti do not need you, even for a minute to reach Hon. Raila Odinga. I told you this before when you acted so arrogantly during Raila's tour of Toronto , and I want to let you know that I do not need anybody's permission to see and talk to Hon. Raila, leave alone contributing to his campaign kitty. I did it before and I will always do it without anybody's prodding. To say that you could not expect anybody to have issued the drafts in Kenya shillings begs the question: Why not?
We, those who contributed, willingly and what we could afford, from Winnipeg, would have been very stupid to stoop that low to send our contributions through your own Bank Account as you had misadvised. What was wrong with channeling our "worthless" contribution directly to the recipient who was in Kenya and Kenyan currency?
To term the contribution that we made to Hon. Raila's campaign kitty as worthless shows how useless you are. I think Hon. Raila Odinga does not need people like you around him at this hour when everybody, including the worthless contributors are needed on board.
This is my personal reaction from your stupid e-mail. Please, stop communicating to me, whatsoever. I do not need any lessons from Miguna Miguna. A coward who fled Kenya when men were fighting for the second liberation.
Gordon Teti
NOTE: For those who want see how intelligent Miguna is, please see the details of his communication below
Miguna Miguna wrote:
Dear Jakom,
Further to my earlier email to you, Dave's email of today and my telephone discussions with Dave earlier today, I am writing to apologize for the inconvenience you have gone through in processing the Drafts that were issued by Gordon Teti, Julias Oyugi and Isaac Gwendo of Winnipeg.
I did not realize, until after you had received the funds, that they were in Kenya Shillings. I automatically assumed (I now realize that I disagreeumption was mistaken) that the three Drafts were in Canadian instruments. I honestly could not have expected that anyone would have issued the drafts in Kenya Shillings from Canada!
Had I noticed that earlier, I can assure you that I would not have sent them to you and we would have avoided the inevitable inconvenience and having to pay more to process the drafts than they were worth.
In the end, you have received nothing, but forced to spend time and money on what now are worthless pieces of paper.
Unfortunately, I was not involved in the issuing of the drafts. Notwithstanding that, however, I can see no justification for the Winnipeg Team to have done that.
I hope and expect that nothing like this repeats itself.
With deep and sincere regrets.
Miguna
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Miguna Miguna
Barrister & Solicitor
8 Bonnington Place
Toronto, Ontario M2N 4V1
Tel 1416-512-7999
Fax (1416) 223-7430blog.jaluo.com/?cat=37&paged=45
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Post by nereah on Aug 13, 2012 14:48:03 GMT 3
i am on record here protesting at the violation of the fundamental rights of miguna's two school going children and how they are, it appears, through either some conspiracy, poor parenting(excuse my strong language) or sheer carelessness being dragged in this emotional filth. if the first instance, where miguna invaded our living rooms with his two young daughters and then recklessly spewed raw politics courtesy of citizen tv,was oversight, then the subsequent ones are unforgivable. i have watched the video clip of omin ondiek's book launch in nairobi and heard first hand from my in-law mrembo and could tell that the minors and this time round their mother, (nyagem), were, in my considered view, not only exposed but emotionally assaulted(my words).the subsequent television re-runs of choice soundbites could(i imagine) be distressing. and now this: His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday"; according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." and this.... 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. as a parent, it hurts to imagine(as report by akinyi up there indicate)that children,who are supposed to be in school, are not only engaged in child labour(selling of books) but doing so in a room full of adults. it is here that they have to listen to some inspired young man embarrass their bread winner, symbol of authority in their life and possibly the only loving man they care about and love with despicable vitriol.whether miguna asked for the embarrassment with his talk of raila's girlfriends or not, this was in my view an emotional assault on the minors in audience! i would imagine the children squirming in indignation when a stranger, almost half age of their equally bellicose father, unexpectedly uses the microphone in a room full of strange faces, to berate their hero.the reported talk about their father's supposed sexual peccadilloes, alleged marital dysfunction, some perceived and or alleged aberrations and name can be traumatizing for a kid. i would like to believe that if this indeed happen then mrs miguna exercised her discretionary by either blocking the kids ears or better still, rush them out of the room. if indeed what sister akinyi ;D posted here is a true reflection of what happened and if indeed it is true that the minors were,as mrembo would call it,captive audience, then something is surely wrong with omin ondiek's and wife's sense of parenting. this is more so if he indeed used the strong and provocative in reference to raila odinga in an assembly where raila as an idea pervades(for whenever three or two kenyans are gathered with the rest of humanity in the name of kenya, agwambo ;D as an idea,will be in the midst of them) i nereah of amadicondemns in the strongest terms possible the dragging of miguna's children in his public life and lifestyle.in exercising my constitutional obligation,as vested in article ten of the kenyan constitution, read in part and together with other relevant instruments(local and international) i demand that miguna and his wife and all of the protagonists concerned in his senseless and unwarranted warfare,abstain and cease forthwith from dragging these two beautiful young kenyan canadians in their paternal filth. please i beg, nay demand! |
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Post by patriotism101 on Aug 14, 2012 2:28:33 GMT 3
Here is Gordon Teti's report of the event. 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. I cant help but note the code of silence around these and other questions people have raised about MM. The silence especially from current and past Kenyan residents of Toronto about these issues and other matters Miguna perpetuates the nyeupe kama pamba persona myth Miguna will be selling in the 47 counties. So what really happened in Toronto, Canada? Can a current or past Toronto resident sign in annonymously and and write an expose? Is this a secret weapon for the RAO camp? who knows- what happens in Vegas Toronto stays in Toronto. KK- waiting for the video. Senti 5 |
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Post by mwalimumkuu on Aug 14, 2012 6:18:39 GMT 3
Here is Gordon Teti's report of the event. 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. I cant help but note the code of silence around these and other questions people have raised about MM. The silence especially from current and past Kenyan residents of Toronto about these issues and other matters Miguna perpetuates the nyeupe kama pamba persona myth Miguna will be selling in the 47 counties. So what really happened in Toronto, Canada? Can a current or past Toronto resident sign in annonymously and and write an expose? Is this a secret weapon for the RAO camp? who knows- what happens in Vegas Toronto stays in Toronto. KK- waiting for the video. Senti 5 It is very disheartening to see people asking Miguna questions over such inane issues, some of which he has already covered very well in his book, while at the same time refusing to demand for accountability and answers from those Miguna identifies as plundering our resources and turning all public ventures into family and clan enterprises. The good thing is, Miguna has refused to be cowed and distracted. Not even the intimidation of his family in rural nyando by the slanderous crowd at the instructions of the latter day masters of impunity could throw him off. One can only hope that his anticipated return and bus tour will refocus the debate on the real governance and ethical issues he raises rather than these side shows. |
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Post by reporter911 on Aug 14, 2012 7:43:26 GMT 3
I cant help but note the code of silence around these and other questions people have raised about MM. The silence especially from current and past Kenyan residents of Toronto about these issues and other matters Miguna perpetuates the nyeupe kama pamba persona myth Miguna will be selling in the 47 counties. So what really happened in Toronto, Canada? Can a current or past Toronto resident sign in annonymously and and write an expose? Is this a secret weapon for the RAO camp? who knows- what happens in Vegas Toronto stays in Toronto. KK- waiting for the video. Senti 5 It is very disheartening to see people asking Miguna questions over such inane issues, some of which he has already covered very well in his book, while at the same time refusing to demand for accountability and answers from those Miguna identifies as plundering our resources and turning all public ventures into family and clan enterprises. The good thing is, Miguna has refused to be cowed and distracted. Not even the intimidation of his family in rural nyando by the slanderous crowd at the instructions of the latter day masters of impunity could throw him off. One can only hope that his anticipated return and bus tour will refocus the debate on the real governance and ethical issues he raises rather than these side shows. Nonsense!! " has refused to be cowed and distracted? WAPI CRUCIAL INFORMATION ON PEV that your buddy Miguna claims to be withholding .. only to be released if and when certain Politicians KISS HIS FEET!!!!start from there before singing his praises while innocent Kenyans lay 6ft under BURE KABISA!! |
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Aug 14, 2012 13:28:41 GMT 3
A response to Gordon Teti: --- On Tue, 8/14/12, DK Kamau Ngugi <dkngugi@yahoo.com> wrote: From: DK Kamau Ngugi Subject: Re: [kco-l] Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM: Mguna Miguna UNMASKED To: "Newsroom@globeandmail.com" <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, kco-l@yahoogroups.com Cc: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com>, "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>, "danielmukena@hotmail.com" <danielmukena@hotmail.com>, "newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com" <newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com>, "news@standardmedia.co.ke" <news@standardmedia.co.ke>, "Ben Ondoro" Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 6:10 AM Dear Globe and Mail and other copied media organizations I would like to share a email I sent to Mr. Ben Ondoro, President of the Kenya Community in Ontario (copied) regarding misinformation and fabrication by Mr. Teti regarding the events of Friday at OISE where Mr. Miguna was one of the presenters. I write because you might be pursuaded to print misrepresentation of facts in your trusted media organization. I attended the function like all other people who are appalled by the twisting of events. Thank you Kamau Ngugi Concerned Kenyan Dear Brother Ben, Its been a long time my brother but thought I should share my concern regarding possible abuse of the very useful tool that the Kenyans in Ontario have used to connect and catch up on news and information. My attention has been drawn to recent writings by Mr. Teti. In particular, misrepresentation of what went on during a recent meeting at OISE on Friday where Miguna was one of the speakers I attended the function. What Mr Teti has reported is a total misrepresentation and/or fabrication. This raises my concern that while respecting the right to free speech and opinion, this forum can be used to propagate hate speech. Knowing you very well, I know you would never want KCO forum to stand accused of fanning hatred - against individuals or a community. As we head towards the charged elections in Kenya, I would sincerely propose you have mechanisms of monitoring the information that will be posted on the KCO serve. Its just a well meaning proposal. Regarding the event, the organizers of the event had a full recording of the event that I am sure they can share. Thank you DK Ngugi --- On Tue, 8/14/12, gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> wrote: From: gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> Subject: [kco-l] Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM: Mguna Miguna UNMASKED To: "Newsroom@globeandmail.com" <Newsroom@globeandmail.com> Cc: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com>, "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>, "danielmukena@hotmail.com" <danielmukena@hotmail.com>, "newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com" <newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com>, "news@standardmedia.co.ke" <news@standardmedia.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 5:08 AM Monday, August 13, 2012 JEFF GRAY The Globe and Mail 444 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2S9 Tel. 416-585-5000 Newsroom@globeandmail.com Dear Jeff, Forwarded here below for your kind attention is a statement by a member of the Kenyan Community in Ontario regarding one Miguna Miguna who was the subject of your article Re: Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM, which was published on Friday, Jul. 27 2012, 8:00 PM EDT by Globe and Mail. Please for details visit: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ex-toronto-lawyer-takes-on-kenyas-pm/article4446166/ BELOW is a statement by Gordon Teti, a member of the Kenyan Community in Ontario that was submitted to the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity, an organization that is working to bring together people of African descent around the world. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> To: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com> Cc: "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>; "migunagowok@gmail.com" <migunagowok@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:05:28 PM Subject: Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity Meeting: Miguna Miguna UNMASKED I promised that I would face Miguna Miguna at the meeting organized by the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 10, 2012 and I delivered on my promise. There was a high turnout as people came from all over the world. We had citizens from Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, Somalia, Canada, Uganda, Kenya to mention but a few. The room was packed and Miguna was salivating hopeful that a dozen copies of his gutter book "Peeling Back The Mask" were gonna be sold. This was the prospect until the true identity of Miguna was unmasked. His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday" according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." Miguna received me with a hug and a broad smile. However, things changed so quickly when Miguna came to know who I really was. It was the first time Miguna and I were meeting one-on-one face to face. Our previous engagements were by facebook, e-mail and telephone. "Welcome to the meeting, my name is Miguna Miguna". Thank you, I am Gordon Teti, I responded. "So you have come here to threaten me as you promised", Miguna retorted. No, that is not true, I have come here to unmask the true identity of Miguna Miguna, I answered in a quick succession. At this point, Miguna became tense and walked away but came back immediately and told me that "before you attack me can you buy a copy of the book and get the facts". I confirmed to Miguna that I have read the book in its entirety hence I am in an excellent position of knowledge about its content. Miguna shouted back and said, "what you have read is a pirated copy and not the original". I then took a seat at the back row in the room. Shortly, Miguna went out of the room accompanied by the persons that I later came to know as the event organizers and after what I believe was a strategy on how to deal with me, they came back to the room. Within minutes, heads started turning towards me, especially by those who were seating on the front row close to Miguna. There were great speeches from speakers from DRC, Somalia and Sudan. Daniel Mukena from the DRC, in my view, was outstanding. I owe him a copy of my M.A. comprehensive research paper on the UN Peacekeeping in the DRC from 1960-2004. When called to the microphone by the Master of Ceremony(MC), Miguna felt heroic talking about his Pan-Africanism credentials, student activism, detention, political asylum to Canada, academic achievements, law practice and his defence of human rights both in Canada and Kenya. He concluded his speech by telling the audience about his book and why he wrote the book: working for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Raila Odinga and how he was fired inhumanely; employment is a right and not a favour; the burning of his effigy and burial of his coffin; corruption in Kenya (by those who masquerade as reformist but when in power employ their girlfriends, relatives and friends). Miguna told the audience that it was very difficult for him to keep his mouth full, line his pocket with feather and become fat like those whom he was working with since he cannot be silenced. That Kenya is a country owned by a few rich elites. He sounded angry and vengeful but at the same time acknowledged the presence of a Mr. Njunguna and Mr. Kamau, whom he described as the true great friends who helped him settle in Canada when he just arrived twenty years ago. It was during question and answer period that things unravelled so fast to the disbelief of the majority in the audience who had come to believe that Miguna was a true anti-corruption crusader and a defender of common citizens. A lady in the audience asked Miguna to tell the audience his theory on good governance since he has had the opportunity to be at the top. "There is no any other theory that Miguna can offer apart from the common liberal American political philosophy that the government is of the people by the people and for people". Miguna thundered. He went on to say that there was no way he was going to work for those in power and not for the Kenyan people and that is why he fell out with Raila Odinga. My efforts to catch the eye of the MC came to naught. I was simply being ignored. I could not bear it any longer. So I thundered. Why is it that you are not giving me a chance to participate in this meeting? The whole room roared back in laughter and that is how I got a chance for a ticket to the microphone. But my success was short-lived as when I went to the microphone, I was stopped from responding to the issues raised by Miguna both at the meeting and in his book on a flimsy account of personalizing my speech, which was a falacy since Miguna's book is about personalities and characters. Miguna had succeeded in muzzling and stopping me from unmasking him. The strategy to block Gordon Teti from unmasking Miguna backfired on the faces of the organizers of the meeting. The hour of reckoning came when a young Kenyan man went to the microphone and told Miguna to his face that while he was in good books with those whom he is accusing today as corrupt, he said nothing about corruption and was paid millions of tax payers money. These are some of the questions that the young man asked Miguna: 1. Why is it that you wrote this book after falling out with those whom you are now accusing of corruption and when you were working for them you were full of their praises? 2. Do you think Kenyans are stupid to believe you? 3. How is that when you were working for Raila Odinga you saw many ills about Kibaki and his side of the coalition and after falling out with Raila, your view of corruption in Kenya has changed? 4. Those who were corrupt then are now clean and those who were clean before you fell out of favour with them are now the most corrupt? 5. How can people and especially Kenyans believe you? 6. Are you not just a bitter man on a revenge mission after being fired? 7. Is it accurate to say that you are a gun or a mercenary on hire by the political opponents of Raila Odinga? 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. The young Kenyan man concluded by telling Miguna that he has read his book and came to one conclusion that the book is a campaign tool against Raila Odinga. Gordon Teti Toronto, Canada Saturday, August 11, 2012 |
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Post by reporter911 on Aug 14, 2012 17:10:24 GMT 3
A response to Gordon Teti: --- On Tue, 8/14/12, DK Kamau Ngugi <dkngugi@yahoo.com> wrote: From: DK Kamau Ngugi Subject: Re: [kco-l] Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM: Mguna Miguna UNMASKED To: "Newsroom@globeandmail.com" <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, kco-l@yahoogroups.com Cc: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com>, "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>, "danielmukena@hotmail.com" <danielmukena@hotmail.com>, "newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com" <newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com>, "news@standardmedia.co.ke" <news@standardmedia.co.ke>, "Ben Ondoro" Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 6:10 AM Dear Globe and Mail and other copied media organizations I would like to share a email I sent to Mr. Ben Ondoro, President of the Kenya Community in Ontario (copied) regarding misinformation and fabrication by Mr. Teti regarding the events of Friday at OISE where Mr. Miguna was one of the presenters. I write because you might be pursuaded to print misrepresentation of facts in your trusted media organization. I attended the function like all other people who are appalled by the twisting of events. Thank you Kamau Ngugi Concerned Kenyan Dear Brother Ben, Its been a long time my brother but thought I should share my concern regarding possible abuse of the very useful tool that the Kenyans in Ontario have used to connect and catch up on news and information. My attention has been drawn to recent writings by Mr. Teti. In particular, misrepresentation of what went on during a recent meeting at OISE on Friday where Miguna was one of the speakers I attended the function. What Mr Teti has reported is a total misrepresentation and/or fabrication. This raises my concern that while respecting the right to free speech and opinion, this forum can be used to propagate hate speech. Knowing you very well, I know you would never want KCO forum to stand accused of fanning hatred - against individuals or a community. As we head towards the charged elections in Kenya, I would sincerely propose you have mechanisms of monitoring the information that will be posted on the KCO serve. Its just a well meaning proposal. Regarding the event, the organizers of the event had a full recording of the event that I am sure they can share. Thank you DK Ngugi --- On Tue, 8/14/12, gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> wrote: From: gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> Subject: [kco-l] Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM: Mguna Miguna UNMASKED To: "Newsroom@globeandmail.com" <Newsroom@globeandmail.com> Cc: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com>, "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>, "danielmukena@hotmail.com" <danielmukena@hotmail.com>, "newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com" <newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com>, "news@standardmedia.co.ke" <news@standardmedia.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, 5:08 AM Monday, August 13, 2012 JEFF GRAY The Globe and Mail 444 Front Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5V 2S9 Tel. 416-585-5000 Newsroom@globeandmail.com Dear Jeff, Forwarded here below for your kind attention is a statement by a member of the Kenyan Community in Ontario regarding one Miguna Miguna who was the subject of your article Re: Ex-Toronto lawyer takes on Kenya’s PM, which was published on Friday, Jul. 27 2012, 8:00 PM EDT by Globe and Mail. Please for details visit: www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/ex-toronto-lawyer-takes-on-kenyas-pm/article4446166/ BELOW is a statement by Gordon Teti, a member of the Kenyan Community in Ontario that was submitted to the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity, an organization that is working to bring together people of African descent around the world. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: gordon teti <tetigordon@yahoo.ca> To: "kco-l@yahoogroups.com" <kco-l@yahoogroups.com> Cc: "network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com" <network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com>; "migunagowok@gmail.com" <migunagowok@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:05:28 PM Subject: Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity Meeting: Miguna Miguna UNMASKED I promised that I would face Miguna Miguna at the meeting organized by the Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity in Toronto, Canada on Friday, August 10, 2012 and I delivered on my promise. There was a high turnout as people came from all over the world. We had citizens from Iraq, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sudan, Somalia, Canada, Uganda, Kenya to mention but a few. The room was packed and Miguna was salivating hopeful that a dozen copies of his gutter book "Peeling Back The Mask" were gonna be sold. This was the prospect until the true identity of Miguna was unmasked. His family, that is wife and children, set up shop in the room with boxes containing copies of the book toiling to make a few dollars while on "a well deserved holiday" according to Miguna. The family looked more stressed than it would be the case of a family on "a well deserved holiday." Miguna received me with a hug and a broad smile. However, things changed so quickly when Miguna came to know who I really was. It was the first time Miguna and I were meeting one-on-one face to face. Our previous engagements were by facebook, e-mail and telephone. "Welcome to the meeting, my name is Miguna Miguna". Thank you, I am Gordon Teti, I responded. "So you have come here to threaten me as you promised", Miguna retorted. No, that is not true, I have come here to unmask the true identity of Miguna Miguna, I answered in a quick succession. At this point, Miguna became tense and walked away but came back immediately and told me that "before you attack me can you buy a copy of the book and get the facts". I confirmed to Miguna that I have read the book in its entirety hence I am in an excellent position of knowledge about its content. Miguna shouted back and said, "what you have read is a pirated copy and not the original". I then took a seat at the back row in the room. Shortly, Miguna went out of the room accompanied by the persons that I later came to know as the event organizers and after what I believe was a strategy on how to deal with me, they came back to the room. Within minutes, heads started turning towards me, especially by those who were seating on the front row close to Miguna. There were great speeches from speakers from DRC, Somalia and Sudan. Daniel Mukena from the DRC, in my view, was outstanding. I owe him a copy of my M.A. comprehensive research paper on the UN Peacekeeping in the DRC from 1960-2004. When called to the microphone by the Master of Ceremony(MC), Miguna felt heroic talking about his Pan-Africanism credentials, student activism, detention, political asylum to Canada, academic achievements, law practice and his defence of human rights both in Canada and Kenya. He concluded his speech by telling the audience about his book and why he wrote the book: working for the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr. Raila Odinga and how he was fired inhumanely; employment is a right and not a favour; the burning of his effigy and burial of his coffin; corruption in Kenya (by those who masquerade as reformist but when in power employ their girlfriends, relatives and friends). Miguna told the audience that it was very difficult for him to keep his mouth full, line his pocket with feather and become fat like those whom he was working with since he cannot be silenced. That Kenya is a country owned by a few rich elites. He sounded angry and vengeful but at the same time acknowledged the presence of a Mr. Njunguna and Mr. Kamau, whom he described as the true great friends who helped him settle in Canada when he just arrived twenty years ago. It was during question and answer period that things unravelled so fast to the disbelief of the majority in the audience who had come to believe that Miguna was a true anti-corruption crusader and a defender of common citizens. A lady in the audience asked Miguna to tell the audience his theory on good governance since he has had the opportunity to be at the top. "There is no any other theory that Miguna can offer apart from the common liberal American political philosophy that the government is of the people by the people and for people". Miguna thundered. He went on to say that there was no way he was going to work for those in power and not for the Kenyan people and that is why he fell out with Raila Odinga. My efforts to catch the eye of the MC came to naught. I was simply being ignored. I could not bear it any longer. So I thundered. Why is it that you are not giving me a chance to participate in this meeting? The whole room roared back in laughter and that is how I got a chance for a ticket to the microphone. But my success was short-lived as when I went to the microphone, I was stopped from responding to the issues raised by Miguna both at the meeting and in his book on a flimsy account of personalizing my speech, which was a falacy since Miguna's book is about personalities and characters. Miguna had succeeded in muzzling and stopping me from unmasking him. The strategy to block Gordon Teti from unmasking Miguna backfired on the faces of the organizers of the meeting. The hour of reckoning came when a young Kenyan man went to the microphone and told Miguna to his face that while he was in good books with those whom he is accusing today as corrupt, he said nothing about corruption and was paid millions of tax payers money. These are some of the questions that the young man asked Miguna: 1. Why is it that you wrote this book after falling out with those whom you are now accusing of corruption and when you were working for them you were full of their praises? 2. Do you think Kenyans are stupid to believe you? 3. How is that when you were working for Raila Odinga you saw many ills about Kibaki and his side of the coalition and after falling out with Raila, your view of corruption in Kenya has changed? 4. Those who were corrupt then are now clean and those who were clean before you fell out of favour with them are now the most corrupt? 5. How can people and especially Kenyans believe you? 6. Are you not just a bitter man on a revenge mission after being fired? 7. Is it accurate to say that you are a gun or a mercenary on hire by the political opponents of Raila Odinga? 8. How come your book, which is about your life has left out such important topics like: (i) Your sexual assault case in Toronto; (ii) Your first marriage that never worked out; (iii) Your firing at the African-Canadian Legal Clinic; (iv) Your troubled ability to maintain relationships both at official and personal levels. The young Kenyan man concluded by telling Miguna that he has read his book and came to one conclusion that the book is a campaign tool against Raila Odinga. Gordon Teti Toronto, Canada Saturday, August 11, 2012 Where is the None tampered with Recording of the proceedings at the function? on the same note who cares about a function Miguna attended? MIguna has yet to answer why he is WITHHOLDING CRUCIAL INFORMATION ON PEV! that is what most Kenyans care about and want answers from Miguna.. MAYBE CANADIAN GLOBAL MAIL SHOULD POST THAT QUESTION to Miguna instead of he/she said emails in regards to the function e.t.c |
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Post by patriotism101 on Aug 16, 2012 6:39:55 GMT 3
I cant help but note the code of silence around these and other questions people have raised about MM. The silence especially from current and past Kenyan residents of Toronto about these issues and other matters Miguna perpetuates the nyeupe kama pamba persona myth Miguna will be selling in the 47 counties. So what really happened in Toronto, Canada? Can a current or past Toronto resident sign in annonymously and and write an expose? Is this a secret weapon for the RAO camp? who knows- what happens in Vegas Toronto stays in Toronto. KK- waiting for the video. Senti 5 It is very disheartening to see people asking Miguna questions over such inane issues, some of which he has already covered very well in his book, while at the same time refusing to demand for accountability and answers from those Miguna identifies as plundering our resources and turning all public ventures into family and clan enterprises. The good thing is, Miguna has refused to be cowed and distracted. Not even the intimidation of his family in rural nyando by the slanderous crowd at the instructions of the latter day masters of impunity could throw him off. One can only hope that his anticipated return and bus tour will refocus the debate on the real governance and ethical issues he raises rather than these side shows. When and where were these issues addressed? Inane issues? Under what threshhold? |
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Post by otiende on Aug 16, 2012 14:22:57 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna I wondered who sent that man. Can't they find any smart people to send I asked myself. Teti would have been able to say pretty much whatever he wanted to if his demenor hadn't been so inappropriate even to those who knew nothing about the drama involving Raila and Miguna. Kathure Since people only do things when they are sent by others, may I also ask who sent you to the event and subsequently commissioned you to give this version of what transpired there? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2012 19:17:27 GMT 3
Miguna Miguna I wondered who sent that man. Can't they find any smart people to send I asked myself. Teti would have been able to say pretty much whatever he wanted to if his demenor hadn't been so inappropriate even to those who knew nothing about the drama involving Raila and Miguna. Kathure Since people only do things when they are sent by others, may I also ask who sent you to the event and subsequently commissioned you to give this version of what transpired there? I was at the event on my own volition as an interested Pan- Afrikanist and Kenyan. Teti's behaviour led me to believe that he wasn't there of his own volition. There were other people [Kenyans included] who asked Miguna hard questions. Difference is that they didn't attempt to distrupt the event as Teti did. Since I had announced the event here, I came back to give folks a synopsis of what had transpired. See, unlike many of you, same way I call Miguna out on his bull is the same way I will support him when I think he is right. How's that? |
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Post by johns on Aug 16, 2012 20:20:57 GMT 3
Kathure Since people only do things when they are sent by others, may I also ask who sent you to the event and subsequently commissioned you to give this version of what transpired there? I was at the event on my own volition as an interested Pan- Afrikanist and Kenyan. Teti's behaviour led me to believe that he wasn't there of his own volition. There were other people [Kenyans included] who asked Miguna hard questions. Difference is that they didn't attempt to distrupt the event as Teti did. Since I had announced the event here, I came back to give folks a synopsis of what had transpired. See, unlike many of you, same way I call Miguna out on his bull is the same way I will support him when I think he is right. How's that? . This is my first post since Miguna released his book. I just wanted to stay away from reading the comments over his nonsense, but i must admit that you folks are trying very hard to defend the indefensable of Migunas lack of sensitivity on the many issues he touched in his 600 page tabloid. How can you of all people condone the insensitivity Miguna showed when he threw in names of the so called immoral women of ODM? Rachel Shebesh is 100 times valuable to ODM and to the women cause than the Migunas of this world. While at it, did you also asked Miguna why he could not put down the names of Men who are contributing to these women immorality? This is pure sexism and Miguna should be told off without mincing words. I have read the book twice now and i thought to myself, what a tawdry tale to tell, and to think that Miguna the person who took his own time to construct such tales and have it printed, can still claim to be a Pan-Africanist and a forward thinking person, make one wonder what Pan - Africanism is all about. |
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Post by roughrider on Aug 16, 2012 22:43:04 GMT 3
Johns;
I am also quite amused by the acrobatics on display here. Kathure herself told us that Miguna was a liar. It is all here. She was referring to a sexual assault case. She previously told us she holds a dim view of Miguna. Now suddenly she seems to be an adherent of the same person she calls a 'liar'. They are now panafricanist buddies. This whole series of old and current relationships, past cases and present controversies spanning Canada and Kenya is a tangled web that we will slowly unravel.
Having said that; I would more easily believe Gordon Teti than Kathure Kebaara on this matter. Why? because I have watched Miguna on TV. He is a loose canon. A gaffe-machine. Prone to bouts of reckless verbal diarrhoea and pomposity. He would have organised to have critics ejected from that meeting.
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Post by johns on Aug 17, 2012 0:05:57 GMT 3
Johns; I am also quite amused by the acrobatics on display here. Kathure herself told us that Miguna was a liar. It is all here. She was referring to a sexual assault case. She previously told us she holds a dim view of Miguna. Now suddenly she seems to be an adherent of the same person she calls a 'liar'. They are now panafricanist buddies. This whole series of old and current relationships, past cases and present controversies spanning Canada and Kenya is a tangled web that we will slowly unravel. Having said that; I would more easily believe Gordon Teti than Kathure Kebaara on this matter. Why? because I have watched Miguna on TV. He is a loose canon. A gaffe-machine. Prone to bouts of reckless verbal diarrhoea and pomposity. He would have organised to have critics ejected from that meeting. You and i have come along way even before Jukwaa came into existence. I wonder whether you remember those long arguments and discussion we use to have on the forum which Daily Nation used to host, those were them days. I must admit though and appreciate your stance on this Migunas tawdry tabloid of a book, you have done a good job in summing up most of its content. The thing that makes me most uncomfortable with the books content, is how a man whom many thought was bright and intelligent could bring himself to becoming a peddler of rumours and gossip and shamelessly have the temerity to put it out as a book and in return expect to be hailed as a whistleblower and a Pan - Africanist. Has Miguna ever sat down to consider the effect of what he wrote about the so called IMMORAL women of ODM, the impact it does to their families? If he was serious, he should have confined his book to his sourness with Raila Odinga and leave the rest of the innocent bystanders with their own peace of mind. Instead the know it all and holier than thou pompious,self centred and opinionated ego became the driving force to quench his attention seeking. How he gets some people so blinded that they are unable to see and distinguish hallucination from reality is what i am still grappling with. |
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