KAPARO MUST ALLOW PARLIAMENTARY PROBE ON ARMENIANS

[job]

The Speaker of the House, Mr. Ole Kaparo needs to make up his mind fast and pass a ruling to allow a joint parliamentary (legislative) probe into the activities of the deported Armenians alleged to be mercenaries and hit-men. The speaker needs to go a notch higher by allowing public scrutiny of those proceedings since Kenya's security is a grave matter that elicits public curiosity. For any trust to be restored in our security system, nothing should be shielded from the public regarding the recent breach and casual handling of both the artur saga and the nations security framework.

Records already in the public domain indicate that the Artur brothers have been dangerous criminals who have been accused of terrorist activities ( forcing their way alongside unknown suspects with arms through JKIA's Customs area & ferociously raiding the Standard premises), drug trafficking, threatening to shoot government officers, assaulting Kenyan securitymen with dogs, money-laundering, vehicular theft, forgery of government documents, possession of stolen car-plates, illegal possession of dangerous arms and ammunition, trailing and baiting opposition politicians.......the list continues. That is a major security concern.

The stability of the Kenyan police force is obviously in question following it's intrusion by the Artur brothers who seem to have succesfully split the force into two discordant wings. One wing headed by the Police Commisioner comprising of patriotic, ethics-minding professionals and the other wing made of crooked loyalists serving narrow politically motivated interests. Is this divided police force up to the task of providing security and enforcing Kenyan laws? Aren't our policemen & women too suspicious of each other following divided loyalty that exists among them.

This explains the timid, procrastinating attitude of our Police officers in the midst of conflicting orders and ping-pong games of "Do-this, No-do-that" type of working environment, besides media wars and acts of insurbodination witnessed previously between Commissioner Ali and suspended CID boss Kamau. There is no doubt in the minds of many Kenyans that there exists to date a parrallel police force outside the Commissioners domain, comprising of zealous loyalists. Let the truth be known, under whose command and under what clause of the constitution are they working? Are we becoming another Uganda under Amin Dada where Col. Maliyamungu was running a parrallel force "taking care of" political interests?

The Artur brothers displayed with swaggering arrogance a "What's-yer-problem, we-already-bought-this-country" attitude and Kenyans must know why State House sanctioned the same.
We all heard Artur Margaryan authoritatively warning Interior minister Michuki to shut up and stop commenting on their issue since he "know nothing about it"....suggesting that theirs was an issue above Michuki,......put another way, only State House knew about their issue. One of the brothers was secretly recruited and promoted to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Kenya Police without the Police Commissioners knowledge. Is Kibaki really in his right senses fellows? What about his blind lieutenants like Michuki?

Well, since Michuki appears to have worked a lot with the alleged mercenaries in several illegal & covert operations including the Standard "Snake-bite" raid which he admitted to, without the Commisioner's knowledge, he needs to RESIGN for his associations and dealings with the-now deported criminals whose acts clearly define what terrorism is all about.

After the brothers deportation, Michuki again brushed with the Police Commisioner when he gave conflicting orders stopping the Commisioners sanctioned search of the Arturs' Runda residence.
The Commissiner however went ahead and here is a partial list of what his officers found in the Artur residence; a cache of assault arms and ammunition including snipper rifles and AK-47's, (? terrorism & assasination jobs) , loads of cash in the millions (? money laundering & drug dealing), hoods, masks, baclava helmets (usual terrorist wares & regalia), fake local, diplomatic and international car-plates, Asst. Commissioner of Police badges, Airport Security clearance passes for unrestricted access (Lord of Mercy!!), items seized from the Standard Media raid (their souveniors from a successful terrorist hit), stolen cars, government cars, items known for use in executing human torture,....among others. Shame on you Mr. Michuki, what were you trying to hide or protect? It's now out in the open.

Any right thinking Kenyan needs to know that this is a major security-breach situation for Kenya. The President and his second wife Wambui, needs to tell Kenyans what their activities with these foreigners are all about. It's not the time for Kibaki to start playing kindergarten games like "I'm not related to her" and such stuff. It is already known she enjoys all privileges accorded to the First family including unlimited access to State House. This lady clearly enjoys Kibaki's support and the President must take full responsibility for "their" joint family sanctioned activities.

Drug dealing connections:

In Dec. 2004, a 1.1 metric ton shipment of cocaine was confiscated at JKIA by police and sent for "safe storage" at GSU headquarters in Nairobi, pending the court case and it's eventual "destruction".

What is now known is that only three individuals held keys to that safe storage warehouse; Commissioner Ali, ex-CID boss Kamau, and GSU commandant Mathew Iteere. Coincidentally, the same GSU headquartes was the site where the Artur brothers were "training" our Kenyan security forces. What a coincidence of venues and timing,.....Ngai fafa! What expertise were these thugs offering to Kenya's police force Mr. Michuki?http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news.php?articleid=38358

Shortly after we again know that there was an immediate upsurge in Cocaine drug arrests of Kenya Airways cabin crew at London's Heathrow Airport with simultaneous public concerns by British &US envoys about illegal drugs finding their way into their countries.

One hypothesis is that if any government insider intended to smuggle & traffic the haul of cocaine out of the country for material gain, they would definitely need the services of expert drug smugglers- cum money-launderers who would not be easily traced. Interpol had earlier identified a major international drug trafficking and money-laundering route that involves Kenya, i.e between South-East Asia - UAE(Dubai) - Kenya (Nairobi/Mombasa) - Europe & Americas.

It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that a simple trip to Dubai could get you a consultant baron who could handle such a mission involving smuggling of the cocaine drugs held at GSU hqs into the international market for quick cash. Quick cash was indeed displayed by one Wambui, the generous Narc activist who one time gave a shs 10 million donation at a function in Nyeri. She has continued to swim in quick cash. Is it too far fetched to imagine the REAL source of the cash she possesses.

It could therefore be inferred in postulation that there was a direct connection between the GSU hqs, Artur brothers, Wambui & Kibaki, Winnie Mwai, CID boss Kamau, the Artur guests who's cargo they didn't want inspected at JKIA during the Airport inferno, imported cargo at Mombasa, and frequent trips to Dubai.

Pictures of the Arturs in State House are available, pictures of the Arturs and Wambui are available, records and pictures of dealings between Margaryan and Winnie Mwai are available,....records of the Arturs deals with ex-CID boss Kamau, and their missions at GSU headquarters are available, ...so the Speaker needs to give parliament room to publicly scrutinize these records and summon the players for questioning.

Importantly, Artur Margaryan admitted to having ties with the family of slain drug baron Ibrahim Akasha. This explains quite a lot
http:// www.kbc.co.ke?story.asp?ID=35719

It is also no wonder that millions of shillings was found at the Runda residence of these brothers and they bragged about spending 150,000 shillings daily yet they do not have a single bank account or forex bureaux account under their names individually or through the companies associated with them. That's money-laundering evidence.
That's how a bragging mouth leads a curious investigator to suspect money-laundering activities through drug dealing.

These dubious characters referred to as Foreign Investors attracted by the Narc government,.... by Michuki,.. had a lady bodyguard referred to as Shefana Iqbal, the daughter of a Mombasa businessman well known in the underworld among drug barons who is described as an excellent "get-away-driver". She acted as the chaffeur of Artur Margaryan. Why was this lady well known by the Kenya Police as a criminal,.. working alongside them (police) during the Standard Media raid operation? Who is kidding who here Mr. Michuki?

It is sad that drug dealing, terrorism, money-laundering, security breaches, and media muzzling have penetrated amidst Kenya from a sacred control room at State House. It is sad that Kenya's Interior minister is an agent of foreign criminals out to hurt the nation, it's integrity, it's Airports, it's economy and general well being. Kibaki must face a parliamentary probe and be fully accountable for all his deeds.

Kaparo should give Parliament room to institute independent investigations into the activities of Kibaki and his second family, Michuki, the CID & police, the alleged mercenaries and other people involved in this matter.

Key must be answer to the question why these foreigners were given safe passage out of reach of Kenyan law. The most brazen terrorist assault of media in independent Kenya must be explained. The forceful entry through JKIA's Custom areas by unknown foreigners (brandishing deadly weapons) must be explained to Kenyans and the rest of the world. The failure to inspect more than 29 cargos of these suspects must be explained to all.

The government efforts to wage propaganda trying to vindicate the Arturs is just a matter of wastage of public resources which Parliament must also address.

Lastly, hoodwinking Kenyans through this Kiruki commission is yet another case of wastage of tax-payers resources while dishing unnecessary jobs to retiree friends of Kibaki. It's shameful and disgusting, but many can see through such petty lies and time-buying antics. Shame on this State House, Kenya's worst ever.

Back to Mr. Speaker Kaparo.

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Job.

[politicalmaniac]

Job,
The Speaker heard you speak!
He heard your appeals.

As you have put it, most of the evidence is in the public domain.
It a matter of organizing them into a coherent body of facts and legitimize them by presenting this evidence before a legally constituted assembly. The actionable evidence should then be followed to its logical conclusion and lets hope that this time the judiciary will be able to prosecute these thugs withour fear or favour.

Dont hold you breath though.

[kamalet]

With the Kaparo ruling, several things are going to happen that make the Muite committee useless.

Kaparo was very clear that it was not an adhoc committee hence can only operate withing the standing orders of the house. Being parliamentary committees, they can only investigate the executive and this is only ministers and heads of departments. It cannot even take evidence from Raila as he is not a government representative neither will it interview the fabled Wambui and her daughter!

What is even worse, it cannot interview Joseph Kamau as he is surbodinate to Ali who as head of department will represent the Police department! Others it cannot talk to include Muhoho as he would be subject to the PIC and not either of the Muite committees.

Finally with evidencec being gathered in Camera, the public will never know what transpired.

Personally, I am still of the view that the Kiruki commission which will be able to take evidence from all and sundry appears to be the best bet for getting certain answers. I refuse to take the argument that it is the government investigating itself, otherwise what then would be the purpose of such an exercise? I am also convinced that the politicians swearing not to appear before Kiruki have more to hide than they would like us to know.....otherwise can someone explain to me why they would not be eager to have their evidence in PUBLIC and even that evidence put to test so as to shame Karua for her Scandal Mongering accusation?

[adongo12345]

Kamale and Co

You know the beauty of all these, we already know the answers. We don't need the "fabled Wambui" to tell us the Artur thugs raided the Standard. We don't need Kamau to tell us the Arturs were guests of the government who frequented State House and accompanied Mzee to UG. How dumb can Kibaki and his goofers at State House be? These guys were already under the radar and yet they were still mingling with them, they allowed the idiots to keep just about all the evidence of the Standard raid, to keep government guns, passports and then they deport them when it is already too late.

The point of the committee is just to keep dragging Kibaki and his thugs like Michuki through mud for a few more rounds. Nothing is going to happen. Michuki engaged in a criminal offense by ordering that raid. Is he going to be arrested? Nope. So the wananchi don't expect much but the political cost is immeasurable and that is what matters. This whole problem is political, not legal and the solution has to be political.

The ball is in wananchi's court and we are just giving Kibaki and his cohorts enough rope to hang themselves. They are doing a wonderful job at it. Keep it up boys and girls.

Adongo

[kamalet]

AO,

Now I think you are dead wrong!!

You perhaps only know less than half the story. Just do not believe all that Michuki and Raila tell you (I think in your case the latter is gospel truth!). A lot has been hidden from you, and when the chicken come home to roost, you will have realised how little you knew and how much you had been fooled!!!

[abdulmote]

We are certainly a long way from any honest leadership by either side. Kenyans are just being taken fro another ride once again whilst waiting for the elections, which will only bring us another con artist!

What happened to Awori aand the rest after Uhuru's PC and Githongo's report?

And many had thought the Referendum was about the Constitution.

Can Kenyans ever focus on one thing till done before jumping onto another

[job]

Kamale,

Since you claim that A.O knows less than half of this Armenian story,..... with " a lot still hidden from him", can you then shed some light and give us the greater portion that remains unknown.

In your authority of "credible and full" information,...we wait for the rest of the story Sir, since nobody wants to crucify innocent and genuine Armenian investors whose only crime is being friends and guests of State House.

Abdulmote,

You indeed asked a very good question. What happened to Awori & the rest after Uhuru's PAC and Githongo's report? Maybe you could have also added ,......the countrywide street protests and demonstrations by wananchi denouncing the same (Anglo-Leasing),....the media based condemnations and criticisms,.... including online fury by jukwaa members et al,.....

Well on the other side, akina Awori have stayed firmly put.

Parliament endorsed the PAC report and it was basically shelved. Kibaki's team of the Karuas and Ringeras have told us to leave the rest to them as investigations are continuing.

Maybe you could suggest some viable options to help Kenyans objectively finish this matter and have it done away with. Do you have any suggestions about what Kenyans could do immediately about the lacking political will to act on corruption?

You also lament through a rhetoric question,...I'm quoting you .... "Can Kenyans ever focus on one thing till done before jumping onto another?" Are you suggesting that we stick to one issue say Anglo-Leasing until the day Kibaki's government finally acts on it,.....& save discussions about current cases of insecurity (Armenian saga), & looting (Nakumatt) for the future? Just wondering?

Lastly, I can't agree with you more on the fact that we are certainly a long way from honest leadership by either side. The leader of Official opposition is clearly in bed with a failing current President and a former President who led Kenya through a downward economic spiral. Other busybodies jostling to lead have clearly-documented but disastrous reform-records, or are plainly smooth liars or opportunists. The issue is for Kenyans to see clearly through such lies and opportunism.

I recently attended a meeting in Washington DC addressed by a Presidential hopeful Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, who outlined his prominent contributory roles in Regional peacekeeping; fighting for dual citizenship for diaspora based Kenyans at Bomas; Narc's free primary education; ODM's NO referendum campaigns; & believe it or not, Kenya's - second liberation struggle. He even outlined his "impeccable" Environmental conservation records while invoking Nobel peace winner, Prof. Wangari Mathai's name out of the blues.

A quick cross-check at the Library of Congress tells me that while numerous reform-minded Kenyans (civilians & some current elected legislators) sat in Congressional committees in the late 80s & early 90s, testifying and lobbying to have the US Congress press the Moi government to allow for multi-party (Pluralistic) democracy,....Moi had an eloquent messenger defending his position against multi-partism,... citing the dangers of ethnic division of the country.

That Moi-defender, whose anti-reformist statements in Congress are clearly documented, is the same gentleman Kalonzo Musyoka who now prefesses to be a reborn reformist, ready to take Kenya throught the rest of the reform journey. Seated beside him at the high table were a host of other yesteryear Moi status-quo sycophants, including former Kenyan Ambassador at Washington, a Mr. Chumba. Isn't this Kenyan journey to reforms really getting a bit scary.

Methinks we are a long way from real reforms and genuine leadership. However, the confusion doesn't distract my belief that to restart the journey,.....Kibaki must go,.......but we might just end up with another reform-reluctant & dishonest leadership.

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job

[aeichener]

job said:

Methinks we are a long way from real reforms and genuine leadership.

Methinks we are a long way from real reforms and genuine service.

Alexander

[kichwambaya]

“Real reform" is like the shining city on the hill that you really never arrive at but which we must make sure that you are headed towards. Unlike some, I believe that we are moving towards it and not away from it. Although Kibaki went to sleep and shut-off the main engines of the reform ship, fortunately there are some other smaller engines that he does not control that never kept on going although they cannot make us move faster as the main engine would have but they have kept us afloat and moving slowly towards "real reform". I count the media, opposition parties, civil societies, political etc. One think I know is that we are not turning back to the Nyayo era. Why I do I say that? Although this government has not been an improvement from the Moi government but you can sense that some thing is different and significant. And that something is-the reaction of the people.

We should therefore not rely upon leaders to bring reforms but on the people to force the leaders to make “real reforms”. Some of us are rightfully pessimistic about the future of reforms because they look for that change to come from leaders. However, if you look at the change that has occurred in the Kibaki regime, it is not so much about the leaders but the entire political mood and how people react to how they are being governed. Although the politicians have not changed very much since the Nyayo days, however, the political mood in the country has changed tremendously since Nyayo. If one therefore base there assessment of the future on the politicians then one has to be pessimistic about the future, however, if one were to base there assessment of the future on the political mood of the people then one has to be optimistic. I believe the political mood of the people is a better barometer than the nature of the politicians.

Based on this political mood, I believe Kenyans will kick Kibaki out regardless of who runs against him with a bigger margin than those that defeated the referendum. Raila observed recently in New Jersey that, ODM like NARC is a movement driven by the people and therefore it will not split as some people hope. He added that those who think ODM will split are those who think it is driven by leaders and therefore they expect. Kenyan political analysts tend to focus on leaders because of the big man regimes of Kenyatta and Moi and have not made the transition.

I do not want to give the impression that good leaders are not necessary to bring about “real reform”, however, I want to emphasize that one of the qualities of a good leader is his/her ability to correctly read the political mood of the people and then ran to the front with it and lead the way. Kibaki is a bad leader because he failed not only to read the mood, but he tried to take the country back to the Kenyatta era which only a handful of Kenyans including himself were nostalgic about. Somehow he arrogantly refused to ask himself what Kenyans and assumed that ones elected the political mood of the country was subject to his whims. That is bad leadership.

I am optimistic because the political mood is ripe for even an average. leader like Kalonzo and others to excel if they can take the ball from the people and ran with it. On the other hand if we can get a natural reformer like Raila, we can really cover a lot of distance towards the shining city of “real reforms” in a relatively short time. I am therefore very optimistic.

[politicalmaniac]

job
KM's vacillations is his trademark.
Did he have a Q$A session?

Why hasnt he been forced to account for his NO SHOW during the vote on the constitution?

IN ATL(or was it NJ?) I heard that his ears puffed smoke, and he bared his fangs, when asked why he was gunning for the presidency and yet he supported the Bomas draft whose provisions on the PM clearly outlines that it supersedes the President in terms of authority.
Why not wait for the PM post to open up?, was the question.

He had no answer, but chriped back" Go ask my brother R, his answer would be mine!"

[job]

In most of KM's Q & A sessions, he smartly played the conservative nun. The "Washington DC meeting" was craftily held at a convenient venue,......a church in Maryland frequented by many Kenyans. 90% of the crowd was Tumaini church faithfuls and his hosts were the pastors of that church. The dominating mood was that of prayers and hymns and politics was confined to the back-burner. He cleverly ducked tricky questions by giving general, play-safe and sooth-the-crowd platitudes.

Sensing a strong Kalenjin presence at the venue, starting with the pastors, he said "Kenyans know how to treat their wazees like Moi very well and respectfully". "Our wazees will all be well taken care of" he said. He repeatedly hinted that "the people" (read opinion polls) want him to lead but he has not even announced his Presidential bid yet since it was still too early.

He also denied ever meeting Kibaki at State-House and blamed his rivals for that "fabrication" and added that he was with Raila in Berlin during the preceeding week,..stressing that they were in very good terms with no fear of ODM splitting.

But it was in Texas where he got a little rattled when asked about his missing reform credentials and waivering in Parliament with regard to the Katiba ( The failure to vote against mutilation of the Bomas draft). He blamed his detractors and tribalism for "misrepresenting" that. Asked if he would defect if he lost the LDP or ODM nomination, he said he wouldn't be in the race in the first place if he thought he would loose.

KM is otherwise a simple, friendly, decent & smart man. Whether he has the political will to accent to the peoples wish to have a Katiba of their own choice or whether he has the guts & power to fight the deadly monster of grand corruption is what remains unclear to me. I am yet to hear his vision when he finally declares his candidacy.

Job.

[abdulmote]

"Parliament endorsed the PAC report and it was basically shelved. Kibaki's team of the Karuas and Ringeras have told us to leave the rest to them as investigations are continuing.

Maybe you could suggest some viable options to help Kenyans objectively finish this matter and have it done away with. Do you have any suggestions about what Kenyans could do immediately about the lacking political will to act on corruption?"


Siku njema ndugu Daktari,

Asante kwa maoni yako. In response to your question, i'd say no, at the momemnt I can hardly suggest anything. Stuffed is the state of my mind. All I can see is the impotent Parilament of ours which is certainly not the kind of representative body I would like to have in place. Hao na maPAC yao, they are not even worth "chattering" about!

In short, we all expect the Parliament to act as the people's "watchdog", to use Kaparo's term. When the government goes wrong, it is the Parliament that is expected to counter it and force an amendment. That as you correctly explained above, is not to happen! Apparently, even according to what you stated above, the same government which has wronged the people is the one expected to 'take over' from the PACs and dotheir thing. Pathetic! They all are.

Honestly, I don't mind finding myself amongst the pessimists of this whole nonsense we call "our reforms". These are yet to happen. For heaven's sake I feel as if we have not even started to dream about it yet! As far as I am concerned, what we have at the moment are purely the recycled lot, absolutely nothing new. They are indeed the very same people who have been swindling and conning us for decades and counting now. And I mean the whole lot, including your Raila!

Yo uask me what alternative should we have? I say let us create some if you are any serious about it. And I mean you and me and others who see it differently!

But the question is; Can you categorically offer yourself to the people, and be able to declare time and again that you need nothing from it but the collective good? Can you represent the people's inspirations without getting personally tempted at all by what you may come across along the way?

What Kenya needs, just like I have mentioned so many times before, is a real revolution in the minds of Kenyans! Fact is we are all corrupt, actually and potentially. We need to change this if anything real is to come about and there are so many things we can initiate that may eventually cause a huge difference.

If you think we are capable of doing something solid without relying on what we have available and on offer irrespective of the outcome, then just give me a shout and I am ready to listen. Otherwise just wait and true help will be coming eventually.

On Kalonzo, my feelings are that he may end up becoming far worse than Kibaki and Moi if elected! Firstly one can clearly see his pledge ofloyalty to Moi and the Church. Moi pledges loyalty to Kibaki and all to Kenyatta! Musalia is a none starter apart from his tribal vote if anything. Balala is just a time waster and Kenyatta is the centre of it all! Raila on the other hand is yet to be clearly understood. I mean his potential betrayal to akina Kibaki and Moi can not yet be fully appreciated. What sort of Luo government will he be able to put in place and sustain it without the other crows for company? As for Ruto, I 'd leave that for you to decide.

The rest of them others, including Kibaki and his lucy, are not worth commenting on and their clock is certainly ticking!

[mzee]

It seems to me that Kibaki is better in self preservation than both Kenyatta and Moi. The two went about it in some of the crudest ways imaginable. It appears that Kibaki knows that all is not well in his gova. He is aware that the big cats around him are plundering the economy and doing unthinkable things. The problem is that after being forced to dismantle the MKM, he has fears dismantling the new tribal outfit around him for he might be left too exposed. So what does he do. Yes, let them loot until they drop or are caught in the act. Then he sets up a commission to investigate their activities. The logic behind this is to cover up, but just for the time being. Even though it will be found that wakina Michuki and Karume are deeply involved in corrupt activities they will never be prosecuted. Not under Kibakis government. They in turn will do all in their power to destroy his finger prints in any crime scene. But he is setting them up, for when the next gova comes to power akina Michukis finger prints would be all over the place. Its for these reason that I say that Emilio is a master of self preservation.Strange things are happening to Africa's former strong men and he does not want such to befall him. You all remmeber Hissen Habre and Charles Taylor.

[kichwambaya]

Those who are pessimistic and cannot find anything to be hopeful about in the political future of Kenya are those who focus on the leaders. Those who are optimistic like I are focusing on the public and are able to detect significant changes. I therefore find it amusing when abudulmonte calls for the revolution of the mind of Kenyans because this revolution has been going on for a long time and to I wonder where abudulmonte has been.

Ask Moi, he knows about this revolution because he underestimated it and was surprised how much the mind of Kenyans have changed when they defeated his project in 2002. Those who reneged on the MOU also underestimated how much Kenyans have changed. Their calculation was that they could renege on the MOU , isolate Raila/LDP and then smooth sailing after that by amassing formidable wealth to protect the regime. They failed, not because of Raila or LDP but because the peoples minds have changed. If Kenya had not changed MKM would not have allowed the opposition and the critics to express their views freely and the media to carry it.

The minds of Kenyans have changed and I cite the defeat of Moi’s project, the referendum results; the public reaction to Anglo leasing, the reactions to the attack on the Standard news paper and the reaction to the Artur brothers saga, just to mention a few. If one focuses on the way the public is reacting now compared to 10 -20 years ago then one would see a revolution and one would be optimistic that come 2007, Kenyans will have to be governed differently.

The next president will be a familiar face because no one comes from nowhere and wins a presidential elections in any democracy that I know of. I am not worried about who wins so long as the race is free and fair, because I know that the next president will have to govern differently, not because they are different but because the public has sent a very clear message that those who govern in the old ways of Kenyatta and Moi like Kibaki will not succeed and will be made to look stupid. This same government would have looked brilliant if they governed in the 80’s before Kenyans changed. They look pathetic now because Kenyans have changed and left them behind. Most Kenyans have moved beyond Kibaki and are just waiting for his term to end because they value democracy and are ready to wait for Kibaki’s term to end as opposed to removing a president mid-term..

The next leader will only succeed if they understand that they are leading a people much more sophisticated than ever. They therefore have to get their leadership ideas from modern democracies rather than from the Kenyattaa/Moi era like Kibaki did. This should not be hard for any of the 2007 presidential candidates to figure out. I therefore believe that any of them will be an improvement from Kibaki not because they want to but because the country has changed and the leadership has no choice but to change. The only danger is if Kibaki somehow wins which I highly doubt and would bet everything that I have that he will not win.