Post by Onyango Oloo on Oct 16, 2005 19:07:30 GMT 3
Onyango Oloo Grabs a Political Calculus....
PART ONE
"People from Central Province should be in the forefront in protecting the presidency if they do not want to remain in the cold, the way they did after President Kenyatta's death in 1978"-
Simeon Nyachae, speaking in Ndumberi, Kiambu, October 15, 2005
Charles Mwangi, an Orange supporter shows his solidarity by holding a jogoo and an orange during a ‘No’ rally campaign at Karuri grounds in Kiambu yesterday.
DID I hear Moses Wetangula, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister lament that whenever he drives around in his Bungoma constituency, he is saddened to see no pregnant women walk around? Believe it or not, Wetangula was right. Many Kenyan communities share in his dilemma when it comes to national politics. In this game it is numbers that count, not the virtues of small families and birth control advocacy messages. It is the numbers that make the Kikuyu vote dreaded in the forthcoming referendum. Jerry Okungu from his Sunday Times column, October 16, 2005
www.timesnews.co.ke/16oct05/nwsstory/opinion3.html
Before I say anything further, I wanted to make a passing comment on the latest gimmick in the fading Yes smear campaign against their Orange opponents. We read and hear that the NO team is opposed to the Wako Draft because they are allegedly trying to protect human rights abusers from prosecution should the mongrel start wagging its tail to its imperial presidential master on December 13, 2005.
Again, this is nothing but an act of desperation because it is in fact a shameless untruth.
President Mwai Kibaki was sworn in as the new Kenyan head of state on December 30, 2002- three days after the dramatic NARC landslide. Well, guess what? Two months prior to that- in fact on the day AFTER the Akiwumi Report on the politically motivated ethnic clashes was unleashed, Mwai Kibaki urged Kenyans to “forget the past and move on”.
You think I am making up this quote?
Well, let us go back to the newspaper archives.
I opt to cite the Daily Nation since it has become, in practical terms, a propaganda mouthpiece for the andu aitu tribal cabal:
Oops.
Error reading.
Note to Nation Newspapers- please fix the database of your online archives.
Let us try the Standard:
Oops again:
“Contact our webmaster for the issue of date you are searching. Archives are dated from December 2002. Contact our site administrator “
How about the Kenya Times:
Triple oops.
Their archives do not go past March 20, 2003.
What to do?
Or rather, “VOT to do?” As my Wahindi friends sometimes say…
Hhmmm.
Try….Gooooogle.
Yes.
Type following words into dialogue box:
“Kibaki” “Akiwumi” “Daily Nation” “October 23, 2002”
Press enter.
Wait.
EUREKA!
Yes!
Vigelegele!!
Pay dirt!
Here are the search results from Google’s ever so trusty cache:
72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:lvjt851M3nYJ:63.110.5.89/News/DailyNation/23102002/News/mainNews40.html+%22kibaki%22+%22akiwumi%22+%22daily+nation%22+%22october+23,+2002%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a
Verbatim report follows- note part I have HIGHLIGHTED:
News
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
________________________________________
It's all together now
By NJERI RUGENE
and DAVID MUGONYI
A new united force in Kenyan politics was launched yesterday – the opposition super alliance now officially called the National Rainbow Coalition.
And as widely predicted Mr Mwai Kibaki was named as the party's presidential candidate.
He promised to lead a government of national unity made up of representatives from all Kenya's regions and religions - and asked leaders to focus on reconciliation and peace.
The constitution review would be completed within 100 days of his government coming to power, he said, and his government's priorities would be to revive the economy, create jobs and restore security and investor confidence.
To cement their coalition, the National Alliance (Party) of Kenya and the Liberal Democratic Party (Rainbow) signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding before Rachier and Company advocates.
It committed both parties to:
Establishing the coalition between NAK and LDP to be known as the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) for the purpose of winning the election;
Form a government of national unity;
Adopting a common slogan, symbol, campaign strategies and post-election plan;
Designing and implementing a programme for economic, social and political growth;
Developing mutual trust and respect;
Committing leadership to an electoral pact;
Ensuring the leadership desist from any statements or engaging in any activity that may undermine the coalition;
Committing the leadership to unity and the mobilisation of support for NARC;
Openness, dialogue, conciliation and consensus building;
Power sharing in the Cabinet, with seats to be equitably distributed to both parties;
Adopting a formula for a nomination procedure to apply to all NARC's candidates;
Presenting one Parliamentary candidate in each constituency and civic ward.
A jubilant Mr Kibaki spoke out after being announced as the party's leader at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, after which the other seven presidential hopefuls in the alliance took turns to offer their congratulations and support to the Othaya MP, whom they described as a "sober and highly experienced politician.''
However, coalition spokesman Mr Moody Awori said that, contrary to expectations, the party would announce its full line-up later.
"Our efforts to bring everybody on board continues. We are pleading with the media to make our work easier because speculation could derail the long efforts put in place to draw up an all inclusive government,'' he said.
In his 30-minute acceptance speech, Mr Kibaki said in an apparent reference to the Akiwumi Report on tribal clashes, that people should not look back or find fault but forgive and work for reconciliation and peace.
He said: "We are not sure whether it is the original report or has been doctored. Do not waste time reading through every paragraph. Read it and leave the rest to historians because it the nation's history and, forgive. The truth is well known.''
He was referring to the report released last week on the clashes which rocked the country before the 1992 and 1997 General Elections and in which hundreds of people were killed or displaced.
Mr Kibaki said the coalition was attempting to put together a strong team whose focus will be action and creating a sense of peace among Kenyans.
The Democratic Party chairman explained, "We shall include all in our government and there is no secrecy about it . . . it is not difficult. There is a lot of talent and ability in all parts of Kenya, if one is properly focused.''
On restoring the confidence of investors, he said: "The investors out there should be assured that the new government will want to talk to them. We shall start off with the investors who are here so that we can create the right mood,'' he said.
His team would ensure the economy flourished the way it did before President Moi assumed power.
The fight against corruption would start from the top and he asked all the leaders to commit themselves to a pledge that those in the government would declare their wealth before being sworn in.
"It is not difficult to revive the economy; what is lacking is the will to sack a corrupt brother,'' he added.
The coalition was writing a joint manifesto and a five-year development programme would be released soon, he was announced.
Mr Kibaki said Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's government succeeded because the founding father left his Cabinet to work independently without his interference.
"He would leave everybody to work independently because he was focused. He had confidence in his ministers and would not backbite them or send juniors to spy on them," he said, adding, "He did not have an inferiority complex."
Mr Kibaki pledged to lead a government that would be guided only by the law, saying Kenyans for too long had been subjected to declarations and decrees.
He promised an honest and independent judiciary and asked judges and magistrates to "search themselves and see what they can do to bring change because the saddest part of our society is that they work under certain influence.''
Former Vice President George Saitoti, introduced to laughter as the only VP to have been sacked twice, gave an emotional statement in support of Mr Kibaki, saying the coalition was brought together for the common cause of "better democracy (and the) need to safeguard the right of an individual so that Kenyans can enjoy their freedom.''
Speaking of other members of the Rainbow alliance he said, "Each one of us had a burning ambition to lead this country . . . each one of us could be a president, but we had to decide what is more important; us or the nation."
"In a very bizarre situation, on March 18, I was forced to make a historical statement when I said there comes a time in one's history to decide what is important, the country or the individual. I humbly submitted that the country is better.''
He described Mr Kibaki as possessing good credentials: he was experienced, knowledgeable on public affairs and able to transform the country.
And he added: "We have no doubt we have made the right decision . . . I step aside for the sake of the nation."
Former Energy minister Mr Raila Odinga told the meeting that in uniting, the coalition had been inspired by the more than 100,000 people who attended its first joint rally at Uhuru Park recently.
"At the rally, Kenyans gave us the mandate to unite the opposition as one,'' the Langata MP said.
Mr Odinga recalled how the Opposition leaders had twice attempted to unite to protest Kanu's victory after the 1992 and 1997 elections.
"The difference with the two occasions is that we are now gathering together to cement our unity ahead of victory,'' Mr Odinga said.
He added: "We shall prove that we can unite as Kenyans and against the ghost of ethnicity. Kenyans do not care whether the next president will be an El Molo - the smallest community - or from the Kikuyu, the biggest community.''
Mr Michael Wamalwa said the day was a culmination of searching for a way to remove a bad government.
He named Prof Saitoti as the person who sacrificed most, adding that his gesture "was not lost on Kenyans".
The Ford Kenya leader described the current government as that of charlatans who had destroyed the nation's fabric.
Former Tourism minister Mr Kalonzo Musyoka, who quoted extensively from American human rights activist the Rev Jesse Jackson, said members of the two parties were equals.
"We have traveled a different route, but it does not show we are less committed to democratic ideals to the nation. We are in the same democratic boat,'' he said.
Mrs Charity Ngilu described the launch as "the most special moment in her political career'', adding, "We have gone through a very difficult negotiation process. We have learnt through past mistakes in our efforts to unseat a very undemocratic government.''
The Kitui Central MP added to wild cheers: "We are now here to renew our commitment and pledge not to allow Kenyans to be robbed of victory again''.
The announcement was attended by several diplomats, from the US, Germany, Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom.
In an immediate reaction from the ruling party Kanu, Cabinet minister William Ruto challenged the super-alliance to explain to Kenyans which democratic method they used to nominate Mr Kibaki that differed from Kanu's.
"Which delegates lists did they use, and which at which conference was Kibaki nominated?" he asked.
Mr Ruto, who is Kanu's director of elections added: "When Nyachae asked for even minimum democratic procedures to be effected, he was told to quit, but for us in Kanu we never chased them."
Ah. Pesky things- these non-human robotic search savant/servants. They do not turn you down if you ask them nicely. That is why we will be life-long friends. Robots are much nicer than people. And I can prove it.
Well, just in case you are one of those fast food gobbling, scalding coffee swirling, go, go, go surfers who have no time for OO’s snail crawling digitals (well, if you were, you wouldn’t have got this far, gotcha!) perhaps you skimmed and skipped right through that excerpt above. But I have got you baby, I have got you covered, don’t you worry about a thing. Everything, as the say in the old school R&B crooner, everything will be alright.
Here, I have imitated a laser beam and retrieved the exact quote I have been searching for:
In his 30-minute acceptance speech, Mr Kibaki said in an apparent reference to the Akiwumi Report on tribal clashes, that people should not look back or find fault but forgive and work for reconciliation and peace.
He said: "We are not sure whether it is the original report or has been doctored. Do not waste time reading through every paragraph. Read it and leave the rest to historians because it the nation's history and, forgive. The truth is well known.''
He was referring to the report released last week on the clashes which rocked the country before the 1992 and 1997 General Elections and in which hundreds of people were killed or displaced.
Mr Kibaki said the coalition was attempting to put together a strong team whose focus will be action and creating a sense of peace among Kenyans.
Almost exactly three years later, here is what Mwai Kibaki said this VERY WEEKEND:
www.timesnews.co.ke/15oct05/nwsstory/topstry.html
PRESIDENT Mwai Kibaki yesterday said that his government would not hunt for individuals who might have committed human rights injustices in the past.
The Head of State said this as it was announced that he would today issue title deeds to more than 20,000 families evicted from the Mau and other forests in Rift Valley province. The Head of State’s announcement appeared to shatter calls for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He, however said that those willing to pursue injustice visited against them either by government agents or individuals were at liberty to do so as individuals. The government, he said, would ensure justice was done to all Kenyans seeking reprieve through lawfully established courts of law and would not use the Wako Draft to target any particular community.
Now compare those two EXPLICIT statements from Mwai Kibaki with the current Banana Propaganda and you see how shameless LIARS some of these Yes leading lights are.
Besides, NARC has been in power since December 2002.
What exactly has PREVENTED the government from arresting Moi, Saitoti and any of the other people tagged as the masterminds and chief beneficiaries of the Goldenberg Scandal?
The Sungu-led Parliamentary Ouko Commission issued a stinging report that named Nicholas Biwott as someone who should be questioned in connection with the grisly killing of the Moi-era foreign minister.
What is Wako waiting for?
JM Kariuki’s family is still demanding that his killers be brought to book. Why the hold up?
What has prevented Kiraitu from setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
What happened to those Pattni Videos?
Why are the killers of Dr. Crispin Odhiambo Mbai still walking around as free men?
Do people realize that Anglo-Leasing is already in the past because it has already happened? Why has the government not investigated claims that some of Kibaki’s offspring have been tarred by the scandal? Recently, Kenya’s level headed National Planning minister made some very specific allegations in regards to Anglo Leasing. He mentioned some of his cabinet colleagues like Mwiraria and Murungaru by name. Is anybody going to do anything about that- I mean as in either having those ministers thrown in the coolers or Anyang Nyongo’s dragged to court for a libel and defamation civil suit?
Who is the minister who banked 750 million abroad?
Who is the minister who stole the cocaine stash?
Recently there were front page reports in the leading Nairobi dailies that Kenya’s ambassador to the United States had been recalled following allegations of sexual assault involving a junior diplomatic colleague.
In an interview with a London-based Kenyan scandal sheet, the married with children envoy admitted to a ten year adulterous relationship with the alleged victim. He also admitted that she left him in her house to knock on her neighbour’s door who subsequently called the police.
Why is Mr. Ngaithe still in Washington and who is protecting him?
Irrespective of the truth or otherwise of the rape allegations, his own admissions place him in untenable position as Kenya’s official representative to the most powerful nation on earth.
So when the Banana Camp talks about past human rights abuses and who is trying to cover up what, they should bear in mind that some of us are survivors of maximum security prisons and areNOT in the Orange Camp because we are drooling groupies of Daniel arap Moi. In fact, I take it as a PERSONAL insult to hear someone like Simeon Nyachae, who is STILL one of Moi’s chief business associates and who was for a long time one of the key figures in the KANU administration at a time when many Kenyan political prisoners were wallowing in some of the most putrid subhuman conditions- it is quite galling really to hear the former Chief Secretary and veteran colonial and neo-colonial functionary preach to some of us about human rights and who is defending what.
In any case, I did write an essay exactly FIVE MONTHS AGO (Monday, May 16, 2005) entitled, NARC’s Forgotten MOU With Kenyan Political Prisoners which is worth a re-read from the Johnny Come Lately human rights crusaders in the Banana Plantation:
demokrasia-kenya.blogspot.com/2005/05/narcs-forgotten-mou-with-kenyan.html
(CONTINUED)
PART ONE
"People from Central Province should be in the forefront in protecting the presidency if they do not want to remain in the cold, the way they did after President Kenyatta's death in 1978"-
Simeon Nyachae, speaking in Ndumberi, Kiambu, October 15, 2005
Charles Mwangi, an Orange supporter shows his solidarity by holding a jogoo and an orange during a ‘No’ rally campaign at Karuri grounds in Kiambu yesterday.
DID I hear Moses Wetangula, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister lament that whenever he drives around in his Bungoma constituency, he is saddened to see no pregnant women walk around? Believe it or not, Wetangula was right. Many Kenyan communities share in his dilemma when it comes to national politics. In this game it is numbers that count, not the virtues of small families and birth control advocacy messages. It is the numbers that make the Kikuyu vote dreaded in the forthcoming referendum. Jerry Okungu from his Sunday Times column, October 16, 2005
www.timesnews.co.ke/16oct05/nwsstory/opinion3.html
Before I say anything further, I wanted to make a passing comment on the latest gimmick in the fading Yes smear campaign against their Orange opponents. We read and hear that the NO team is opposed to the Wako Draft because they are allegedly trying to protect human rights abusers from prosecution should the mongrel start wagging its tail to its imperial presidential master on December 13, 2005.
Again, this is nothing but an act of desperation because it is in fact a shameless untruth.
President Mwai Kibaki was sworn in as the new Kenyan head of state on December 30, 2002- three days after the dramatic NARC landslide. Well, guess what? Two months prior to that- in fact on the day AFTER the Akiwumi Report on the politically motivated ethnic clashes was unleashed, Mwai Kibaki urged Kenyans to “forget the past and move on”.
You think I am making up this quote?
Well, let us go back to the newspaper archives.
I opt to cite the Daily Nation since it has become, in practical terms, a propaganda mouthpiece for the andu aitu tribal cabal:
Oops.
Error reading.
Note to Nation Newspapers- please fix the database of your online archives.
Let us try the Standard:
Oops again:
“Contact our webmaster for the issue of date you are searching. Archives are dated from December 2002. Contact our site administrator “
How about the Kenya Times:
Triple oops.
Their archives do not go past March 20, 2003.
What to do?
Or rather, “VOT to do?” As my Wahindi friends sometimes say…
Hhmmm.
Try….Gooooogle.
Yes.
Type following words into dialogue box:
“Kibaki” “Akiwumi” “Daily Nation” “October 23, 2002”
Press enter.
Wait.
EUREKA!
Yes!
Vigelegele!!
Pay dirt!
Here are the search results from Google’s ever so trusty cache:
72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:lvjt851M3nYJ:63.110.5.89/News/DailyNation/23102002/News/mainNews40.html+%22kibaki%22+%22akiwumi%22+%22daily+nation%22+%22october+23,+2002%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a
Verbatim report follows- note part I have HIGHLIGHTED:
News
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
________________________________________
It's all together now
By NJERI RUGENE
and DAVID MUGONYI
A new united force in Kenyan politics was launched yesterday – the opposition super alliance now officially called the National Rainbow Coalition.
And as widely predicted Mr Mwai Kibaki was named as the party's presidential candidate.
He promised to lead a government of national unity made up of representatives from all Kenya's regions and religions - and asked leaders to focus on reconciliation and peace.
The constitution review would be completed within 100 days of his government coming to power, he said, and his government's priorities would be to revive the economy, create jobs and restore security and investor confidence.
To cement their coalition, the National Alliance (Party) of Kenya and the Liberal Democratic Party (Rainbow) signed a formal Memorandum of Understanding before Rachier and Company advocates.
It committed both parties to:
Establishing the coalition between NAK and LDP to be known as the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) for the purpose of winning the election;
Form a government of national unity;
Adopting a common slogan, symbol, campaign strategies and post-election plan;
Designing and implementing a programme for economic, social and political growth;
Developing mutual trust and respect;
Committing leadership to an electoral pact;
Ensuring the leadership desist from any statements or engaging in any activity that may undermine the coalition;
Committing the leadership to unity and the mobilisation of support for NARC;
Openness, dialogue, conciliation and consensus building;
Power sharing in the Cabinet, with seats to be equitably distributed to both parties;
Adopting a formula for a nomination procedure to apply to all NARC's candidates;
Presenting one Parliamentary candidate in each constituency and civic ward.
A jubilant Mr Kibaki spoke out after being announced as the party's leader at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, after which the other seven presidential hopefuls in the alliance took turns to offer their congratulations and support to the Othaya MP, whom they described as a "sober and highly experienced politician.''
However, coalition spokesman Mr Moody Awori said that, contrary to expectations, the party would announce its full line-up later.
"Our efforts to bring everybody on board continues. We are pleading with the media to make our work easier because speculation could derail the long efforts put in place to draw up an all inclusive government,'' he said.
In his 30-minute acceptance speech, Mr Kibaki said in an apparent reference to the Akiwumi Report on tribal clashes, that people should not look back or find fault but forgive and work for reconciliation and peace.
He said: "We are not sure whether it is the original report or has been doctored. Do not waste time reading through every paragraph. Read it and leave the rest to historians because it the nation's history and, forgive. The truth is well known.''
He was referring to the report released last week on the clashes which rocked the country before the 1992 and 1997 General Elections and in which hundreds of people were killed or displaced.
Mr Kibaki said the coalition was attempting to put together a strong team whose focus will be action and creating a sense of peace among Kenyans.
The Democratic Party chairman explained, "We shall include all in our government and there is no secrecy about it . . . it is not difficult. There is a lot of talent and ability in all parts of Kenya, if one is properly focused.''
On restoring the confidence of investors, he said: "The investors out there should be assured that the new government will want to talk to them. We shall start off with the investors who are here so that we can create the right mood,'' he said.
His team would ensure the economy flourished the way it did before President Moi assumed power.
The fight against corruption would start from the top and he asked all the leaders to commit themselves to a pledge that those in the government would declare their wealth before being sworn in.
"It is not difficult to revive the economy; what is lacking is the will to sack a corrupt brother,'' he added.
The coalition was writing a joint manifesto and a five-year development programme would be released soon, he was announced.
Mr Kibaki said Mzee Jomo Kenyatta's government succeeded because the founding father left his Cabinet to work independently without his interference.
"He would leave everybody to work independently because he was focused. He had confidence in his ministers and would not backbite them or send juniors to spy on them," he said, adding, "He did not have an inferiority complex."
Mr Kibaki pledged to lead a government that would be guided only by the law, saying Kenyans for too long had been subjected to declarations and decrees.
He promised an honest and independent judiciary and asked judges and magistrates to "search themselves and see what they can do to bring change because the saddest part of our society is that they work under certain influence.''
Former Vice President George Saitoti, introduced to laughter as the only VP to have been sacked twice, gave an emotional statement in support of Mr Kibaki, saying the coalition was brought together for the common cause of "better democracy (and the) need to safeguard the right of an individual so that Kenyans can enjoy their freedom.''
Speaking of other members of the Rainbow alliance he said, "Each one of us had a burning ambition to lead this country . . . each one of us could be a president, but we had to decide what is more important; us or the nation."
"In a very bizarre situation, on March 18, I was forced to make a historical statement when I said there comes a time in one's history to decide what is important, the country or the individual. I humbly submitted that the country is better.''
He described Mr Kibaki as possessing good credentials: he was experienced, knowledgeable on public affairs and able to transform the country.
And he added: "We have no doubt we have made the right decision . . . I step aside for the sake of the nation."
Former Energy minister Mr Raila Odinga told the meeting that in uniting, the coalition had been inspired by the more than 100,000 people who attended its first joint rally at Uhuru Park recently.
"At the rally, Kenyans gave us the mandate to unite the opposition as one,'' the Langata MP said.
Mr Odinga recalled how the Opposition leaders had twice attempted to unite to protest Kanu's victory after the 1992 and 1997 elections.
"The difference with the two occasions is that we are now gathering together to cement our unity ahead of victory,'' Mr Odinga said.
He added: "We shall prove that we can unite as Kenyans and against the ghost of ethnicity. Kenyans do not care whether the next president will be an El Molo - the smallest community - or from the Kikuyu, the biggest community.''
Mr Michael Wamalwa said the day was a culmination of searching for a way to remove a bad government.
He named Prof Saitoti as the person who sacrificed most, adding that his gesture "was not lost on Kenyans".
The Ford Kenya leader described the current government as that of charlatans who had destroyed the nation's fabric.
Former Tourism minister Mr Kalonzo Musyoka, who quoted extensively from American human rights activist the Rev Jesse Jackson, said members of the two parties were equals.
"We have traveled a different route, but it does not show we are less committed to democratic ideals to the nation. We are in the same democratic boat,'' he said.
Mrs Charity Ngilu described the launch as "the most special moment in her political career'', adding, "We have gone through a very difficult negotiation process. We have learnt through past mistakes in our efforts to unseat a very undemocratic government.''
The Kitui Central MP added to wild cheers: "We are now here to renew our commitment and pledge not to allow Kenyans to be robbed of victory again''.
The announcement was attended by several diplomats, from the US, Germany, Sweden, Finland and the United Kingdom.
In an immediate reaction from the ruling party Kanu, Cabinet minister William Ruto challenged the super-alliance to explain to Kenyans which democratic method they used to nominate Mr Kibaki that differed from Kanu's.
"Which delegates lists did they use, and which at which conference was Kibaki nominated?" he asked.
Mr Ruto, who is Kanu's director of elections added: "When Nyachae asked for even minimum democratic procedures to be effected, he was told to quit, but for us in Kanu we never chased them."
Ah. Pesky things- these non-human robotic search savant/servants. They do not turn you down if you ask them nicely. That is why we will be life-long friends. Robots are much nicer than people. And I can prove it.
Well, just in case you are one of those fast food gobbling, scalding coffee swirling, go, go, go surfers who have no time for OO’s snail crawling digitals (well, if you were, you wouldn’t have got this far, gotcha!) perhaps you skimmed and skipped right through that excerpt above. But I have got you baby, I have got you covered, don’t you worry about a thing. Everything, as the say in the old school R&B crooner, everything will be alright.
Here, I have imitated a laser beam and retrieved the exact quote I have been searching for:
In his 30-minute acceptance speech, Mr Kibaki said in an apparent reference to the Akiwumi Report on tribal clashes, that people should not look back or find fault but forgive and work for reconciliation and peace.
He said: "We are not sure whether it is the original report or has been doctored. Do not waste time reading through every paragraph. Read it and leave the rest to historians because it the nation's history and, forgive. The truth is well known.''
He was referring to the report released last week on the clashes which rocked the country before the 1992 and 1997 General Elections and in which hundreds of people were killed or displaced.
Mr Kibaki said the coalition was attempting to put together a strong team whose focus will be action and creating a sense of peace among Kenyans.
Almost exactly three years later, here is what Mwai Kibaki said this VERY WEEKEND:
www.timesnews.co.ke/15oct05/nwsstory/topstry.html
PRESIDENT Mwai Kibaki yesterday said that his government would not hunt for individuals who might have committed human rights injustices in the past.
The Head of State said this as it was announced that he would today issue title deeds to more than 20,000 families evicted from the Mau and other forests in Rift Valley province. The Head of State’s announcement appeared to shatter calls for the establishment of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. He, however said that those willing to pursue injustice visited against them either by government agents or individuals were at liberty to do so as individuals. The government, he said, would ensure justice was done to all Kenyans seeking reprieve through lawfully established courts of law and would not use the Wako Draft to target any particular community.
Now compare those two EXPLICIT statements from Mwai Kibaki with the current Banana Propaganda and you see how shameless LIARS some of these Yes leading lights are.
Besides, NARC has been in power since December 2002.
What exactly has PREVENTED the government from arresting Moi, Saitoti and any of the other people tagged as the masterminds and chief beneficiaries of the Goldenberg Scandal?
The Sungu-led Parliamentary Ouko Commission issued a stinging report that named Nicholas Biwott as someone who should be questioned in connection with the grisly killing of the Moi-era foreign minister.
What is Wako waiting for?
JM Kariuki’s family is still demanding that his killers be brought to book. Why the hold up?
What has prevented Kiraitu from setting up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission?
What happened to those Pattni Videos?
Why are the killers of Dr. Crispin Odhiambo Mbai still walking around as free men?
Do people realize that Anglo-Leasing is already in the past because it has already happened? Why has the government not investigated claims that some of Kibaki’s offspring have been tarred by the scandal? Recently, Kenya’s level headed National Planning minister made some very specific allegations in regards to Anglo Leasing. He mentioned some of his cabinet colleagues like Mwiraria and Murungaru by name. Is anybody going to do anything about that- I mean as in either having those ministers thrown in the coolers or Anyang Nyongo’s dragged to court for a libel and defamation civil suit?
Who is the minister who banked 750 million abroad?
Who is the minister who stole the cocaine stash?
Recently there were front page reports in the leading Nairobi dailies that Kenya’s ambassador to the United States had been recalled following allegations of sexual assault involving a junior diplomatic colleague.
In an interview with a London-based Kenyan scandal sheet, the married with children envoy admitted to a ten year adulterous relationship with the alleged victim. He also admitted that she left him in her house to knock on her neighbour’s door who subsequently called the police.
Why is Mr. Ngaithe still in Washington and who is protecting him?
Irrespective of the truth or otherwise of the rape allegations, his own admissions place him in untenable position as Kenya’s official representative to the most powerful nation on earth.
So when the Banana Camp talks about past human rights abuses and who is trying to cover up what, they should bear in mind that some of us are survivors of maximum security prisons and areNOT in the Orange Camp because we are drooling groupies of Daniel arap Moi. In fact, I take it as a PERSONAL insult to hear someone like Simeon Nyachae, who is STILL one of Moi’s chief business associates and who was for a long time one of the key figures in the KANU administration at a time when many Kenyan political prisoners were wallowing in some of the most putrid subhuman conditions- it is quite galling really to hear the former Chief Secretary and veteran colonial and neo-colonial functionary preach to some of us about human rights and who is defending what.
In any case, I did write an essay exactly FIVE MONTHS AGO (Monday, May 16, 2005) entitled, NARC’s Forgotten MOU With Kenyan Political Prisoners which is worth a re-read from the Johnny Come Lately human rights crusaders in the Banana Plantation:
demokrasia-kenya.blogspot.com/2005/05/narcs-forgotten-mou-with-kenyan.html
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