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Post by Onyango Oloo on Aug 12, 2012 22:34:41 GMT 3
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Post by einstein on Aug 12, 2012 23:05:34 GMT 3
Well, well, well. I have no comments for now! |
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Aug 12, 2012 23:30:03 GMT 3
For those who looked at the link at the very beginning, the essay has changed somewhat.
I have gone in and cleaned up some typos and layout stuff.
Not added anything content wise.
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Post by mbuta on Aug 13, 2012 0:08:19 GMT 3
SDP is about to QUIT HOJA Alliance...well, its not like we all didn't see this coming from a million miles away...even a cursory observer of Kenyan politics knew that this was an alliance dead on arrival...
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Post by Onyango Oloo on Aug 13, 2012 0:21:29 GMT 3
SDP is about to QUIT HOJA Alliance...well, its not like we all didn't see this coming from a million miles away...even a cursory observer of Kenyan politics knew that this was an alliance dead on arrival... It is political prophets like you that Kenya craves for at this very instant. OO |
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Post by mbuta on Aug 13, 2012 2:23:32 GMT 3
SDP is about to QUIT HOJA Alliance...well, its not like we all didn't see this coming from a million miles away...even a cursory observer of Kenyan politics knew that this was an alliance dead on arrival... It is political prophets like you that Kenya craves for at this very instant. OOOoh Yeah? You think I should start charging? |
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Post by job on Aug 13, 2012 6:24:09 GMT 3
The bottom-line - SDP has not exited from the Hoja alliance. That may remain the case so long as scheduled Hoja Oversight Committee meetings keep being postponed. Until any exit, I’ll withhold my other thoughts and count the numbered-days! But it’s instructive that Oloo, Hoja’s listed Secretariat’s Coordinator, was confronted with the statement: “We all know who our COMMON ENEMY is. It is ODM.” Isn’t it confounding that an Issue-based (Hoja) alliance had its Secretariat Coordinator ambushed with the revelation above – deep in the game, long after launch? An anti-ODM (read G-7 tribal) alliance disguised as an issue-based alliance? With SDP at its frontline without knowing? Baffling and perplexing! Also curiously noted was that respective party members recommended for Hoja’s Financial Coordinator and Secretary – a lady from Tuju’s POA party. Surely, the most ideologically-questionable member of Hoja could be paying the piper; thus calling all tunes. This whole fallacy could be running along the schemes posted on another thread by Kathure Kebaara – where a news report exposes infiltration of G-7 appendages into the civil society.
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Post by kamalet on Aug 13, 2012 9:07:37 GMT 3
Why should it surprise Oloo that the common enemy of Hoja is ODM?
SDP and Hoja being in competition with ODM surely must deem ODM as a political enemy otherwise the parties would be in one alliance!
If SDP wants out of Hoja, is it because Tuju had a meeting with Uhuru? Would a Tuju meeting with Kalonzo of Raila have meant a similar action? This obviously points at a rushed alliance without rules and one that was based in the friendship of the principals. I cannot imagine that there was no clause saying who they cannot welcome into he alliance!
But this is what happens when anyone thinks that you can have an issues based political discourse in Kenya. Anyone should know it is like our national examination system where passing with good grades at the cost of being turned into a robot is all that matters!
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Post by podp on Aug 13, 2012 10:03:28 GMT 3
OO, Listening to NTV discussions this morning the actvisit and Martin Oloo said this to the presenter. What we are seeing in G7 is everyone, say POA (New Ford Kenya) leader(s) who knows very well he (they) will not stand for Presidency, cunningly conning the likes of you (SDP) so that they can go and meet G7 heavy weights and tell them 'See I have so many followers'. It is like during Mo1 days when delegations to Kabarak, Kibera, Statehouse etc. were done by individuals who wanted to be Ministers, parastatal heads etc. used to do. So in short POA leader got all the 9 parties you are talking about in Hoja Alliance. He rushed to G7 and told them this is what I am bringing on the table. Going forward why don't you take this down? www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Aspirants+should+tell+us+how+they+will+grow+economy++/-/440808/1424136/-/mg8yhjz/-/index.htmlWhat we should be hearing from those who want to lead Kenya and its 47 counties should be about education and training programmes that will equip Kenya’s youth for jobs and the spirit of creating jobs; economic plans that will create wealth and therefore jobs; and blueprints for attracting local and foreign investments in specific areas. .... This will happen when, one, the politics shifts from discussing personalities to discussing their programmes and ideas. Things will change when, two, politicians change their attitudes towards political parties. Parties stand for — and stand up for — something. |
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Post by einstein on Aug 13, 2012 10:57:43 GMT 3
I know that in Kenya, politics are not mainly driven by ideologies but rather more by 'like-mindedness' whichever ideology that is. The only party so far close to being ideologue is the ODM.
As I was reading the composition of the Hoja Alliance, I was seeing parties which had a semblance of shared ideologies till POA came into the mix.
Surely, look at these party leaders and pick the odd one out:
Mwandawiro Mghanga
Koigi Wamwere
Raphael Tuju
OO, you being a senior member of SDP I just hope you are not going to be party to those out to con the Kenyan public. You are too good for that! |
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Post by genius on Aug 13, 2012 11:02:06 GMT 3
Hehe, we told you so. But you refused to listen and dismissed our wise counsel with harsh words.
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Post by Luol Deng on Aug 13, 2012 11:13:47 GMT 3
podp,
I don't think it is the quantity of parties that would have convinced the G7 of Tuju's 'ability' to marshall support. We were in the same scenario in 2003, this was cunningly used by the then NAK to shortchange the then LDP. They stated that NAK was an alliance of 15 parties while LDP was just 1 party and therefore it would be unfair to share the positions on a 50-50 basis. We all knew that of the 15 parties, only DP, Ford-K & NPK had grassroots support of any sort. In addition to that only 1 other party among the remaining 12 had a parliamentary seat of any kind. The rest were just hot air.
Coming to the POA alliance, one will easily note that only SDP and POA can attempt to have a presence countrywide. The rest of the parties don't have the capacity and will be easily obliterated by the constitution once it comes into full effect. So, mseto wa hoja may have been used as a bargaining chip but anyone with an iota of political intelligence will not fall for it.
It is difficult to see how Tuju was going to sit comfortably in a formation that was socialistic in its basic principles while the guy is an opportunistic capitalist (an ill informed one though). Isn't he the guy who was extolling the virtues of industrialisation using his example of a biro manufacturing company as opposed to an agriculture driven economy? Isn't he the same dude who was flaunting his wealth when he had an interview at his house. In an interview that could have been successfully conducted in one room, he managed to take us to almost all the rooms in his house including his well manicured garden ( I wonder how that display sat with the marxists). Koigi is a well known political conman....I'll leave him at that.
In short, the alliance was dead on arrival. It adequately illustrates that you cannot create an alliance that is a mixture of principle and opportunism. Principle will always give way as we are seeing here.
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Post by b6k on Aug 13, 2012 11:18:53 GMT 3
This will happen when, one, the politics shifts from discussing personalities to discussing their programmes and ideas. Things will change when, two, politicians change their attitudes towards political parties. Parties stand for — and stand up for — something. Hear, hear! |
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Post by podp on Aug 13, 2012 11:25:42 GMT 3
Hehe, we told you so. But you refused to listen and dismissed our wise counsel with harsh words. spectators always have wise counsel.. The bottom-line - SDP has not exited from the Hoja alliance. That may remain the case so long as scheduled Hoja Oversight Committee meetings keep being postponed. Until any exit, I’ll withhold my other thoughts and count the numbered-days! But it’s instructive that Oloo, Hoja’s listed Secretariat’s Coordinator, was confronted with the statement: [i]“We all know who our COMMON ENEMY is. It is ODM.” [/i][/blockquote] Isn’t it confounding that an Issue-based (Hoja) alliance had its Secretariat Coordinator ambushed with the revelation above – deep in the game, long after launch? An anti-ODM (read G-7 tribal) alliance disguised as an issue-based alliance? With SDP at its frontline without knowing? Baffling and perplexing! [/quote] Let us suppose the above is gospel truth. Here is something that started an hour ago alread has 20+ counsel. So which one is wise? My pick is in red 1.Just got a confirmation from an MP and member of ODM Reloaded. Things are not good as Ida Odinga elbows everybody out. Ida Odinga is trying to control Raila Campaign Secretariat especially the finances. Few are happy with most of her moves. Keem David huyo mama anataka kuharibia jakom kura ! awe mpole... Eric Akanga c u also knw she(idda)..is envious of Shebesh..u knw y??..(squeexes)..if u knw wat i mean..heheGovernor Doddie Van Soddie Ida Odinga is going to be Jakom's downfall. Raila should control his wife. Gichuru Davids She has gone through lots of problems and she doesn,t want any thing go wrong,her keeping finances in check is not wrong, she has done it b4.campaigns are not a joke Charles Otieno Akudo Washing Dirty linen in public gives the like of Itumbi Dennis ammunition? Adede Owalla If u fail to control & manage ua wife,then she will succeed in managing u..shida si ya Idda,ni ya baba..... Herbert Dola Managing finances closely with the secretariat may not be a bad thing considering that during campaigns, people are bent to misappropriate. But if it is a question of strategy that she is interfering with then that would be worrying. Wangunungu Dennis Such happenings brings credence to migunas assertion.Dann Adika Not strange as a campaign secretariat requires persons you can really trust: not every Miguna, Gachoka et al. Nabwera Nabii To all of you i want to share something you may not know. The battle in ODM is between people who want the party to reform and a select Mps who want preferential treatment. They fronted candidates in the youth and women league and were defeated. Ida is an excuse. As for Reloaded they are costing the Party and Raila support. The ODM party machinery to the sublocation have little room for them as they were using ODM reloaded to want to grab party national leadership for themselves. Ida is a scapegoat. It is about people mentioning themselves. We are seeing some pple using the unorthodox means like the one Mbeki and team used to edge out Winnie 1 Raila's handlers are not allowing for open communications channels. Sisi tutasema tu. Otiebo Joel ODM MASHINANI Nani napinga jamaneni Emmanuel Waswa She is practising exactly what she will be doing in state house, Martha Tsisika ida is doing what a woman in state house should do and so just give her time Paul Mwangi Ida is the only presidentials candidates wife behaving as if winning the seat would be a family affair or family property. She is desperate than her man to have a foot in statehouse. Poor woman she ought to know wives of big people behave the opposite of their men. |
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Post by vascodagama on Aug 13, 2012 11:40:30 GMT 3
 Politics is very dynamic in Kenya and full of opportunists. But a good politician is also a good tactician, and will move fast to take advantage of an emerging opportunity to further their political goals. Empty words?...well consider this theory, The US secretary of state was in Kenya the other day, and according to the media reports, stated that the US will not work with Uhhhuru or Ruttoo if any of them wins the next general elections. The US never makes empty threats! The candidature of the two gentlemen is as dead as as a dodo. And the two must by now know it. This is a bigger threat to their candidature than the ICC case was! And there is the opportunity for the likes of Tunjuu and the like. If you can't be the King, you can be the King maker! Would you hate to be made King if you can still keep hold of your political agenda?
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Post by podp on Aug 13, 2012 11:55:03 GMT 3
podp, I don't think it is the quantity of parties that would have convinced the G7 of Tuju's 'ability' to marshall support. We were in the same scenario in 2003, this was cunningly used by the then NAK to shortchange the then LDP. They stated that NAK was an alliance of 15 parties while LDP was just 1 party and therefore it would be unfair to share the positions on a 50-50 basis. We all knew that of the 15 parties, only DP, Ford-K & NPK had grassroots support of any sort. In addition to that only 1 other party among the remaining 12 had a parliamentary seat of any kind. The rest were just hot air. Coming to the POA alliance, one will easily note that only SDP and POA can attempt to have a presence countrywide. The rest of the parties don't have the capacity and will be easily obliterated by the constitution once it comes into full effect. So, mseto wa hoja may have been used as a bargaining chip but anyone with an iota of political intelligence will not fall for it. It is difficult to see how Tuju was going to sit comfortably in a formation that was socialistic in its basic principles while the guy is an opportunistic capitalist (an ill informed one though). Isn't he the guy who was extolling the virtues of industrialisation using his example of a biro manufacturing company as opposed to an agriculture driven economy? Isn't he the same dude who was flaunting his wealth when he had an interview at his house. In an interview that could have been successfully conducted in one room, he managed to take us to almost all the rooms in his house including his well manicured garden ( I wonder how that display sat with the marxists). Koigi is a well known political conman....I'll leave him at that. In short, the alliance was dead on arrival. It adequately illustrates that you cannot create an alliance that is a mixture of principle and opportunism. Principle will always give way as we are seeing here. Thank you Luol Deng for the history of alliances in our post Mo1 era. Going back to teacher; he taught me 'the subject should build his reality from circumstances that give rise to the daily events of his life'. That should have informed SDP to be part of an effort to reform Kenya and to make us all conform to SDPs historical demands. By joining a conformist whose stance considers the present Kenya's situation normal even to the point of supporting a known opportunist was exposing SDP to individuals who construct their own reality and when they manage to liberate themselves (in Kenya's context read attain power) they only can go to the opposite extreme and become the antithesis of what they were fighting against (remember Kibaki swearing 'zero tolerance for corruption' and lately RAO with his nusu mkate inviting Kanu orphans to the table and family members as Miguna says). On that note SDP need to think and reflect before going about creating themselves from inside out! |
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Post by einstein on Aug 13, 2012 11:55:56 GMT 3
Hehe, we told you so. But you refused to listen and dismissed our wise counsel with harsh words. spectators always have wise counsel.. The bottom-line - SDP has not exited from the Hoja alliance. That may remain the case so long as scheduled Hoja Oversight Committee meetings keep being postponed. Until any exit, I’ll withhold my other thoughts and count the numbered-days! But it’s instructive that Oloo, Hoja’s listed Secretariat’s Coordinator, was confronted with the statement: [i]“We all know who our COMMON ENEMY is. It is ODM.” [/i][/blockquote] Isn’t it confounding that an Issue-based (Hoja) alliance had its Secretariat Coordinator ambushed with the revelation above – deep in the game, long after launch? An anti-ODM (read G-7 tribal) alliance disguised as an issue-based alliance? With SDP at its frontline without knowing? Baffling and perplexing! [/quote] Let us suppose the above is gospel truth. Here is something that started an hour ago alread has 20+ counsel. So which one is wise? My pick is in red 1.Just got a confirmation from an MP and member of ODM Reloaded. Things are not good as Ida Odinga elbows everybody out. Ida Odinga is trying to control Raila Campaign Secretariat especially the finances. Few are happy with most of her moves. Keem David huyo mama anataka kuharibia jakom kura ! awe mpole... Eric Akanga c u also knw she(idda)..is envious of Shebesh..u knw y??..(squeexes)..if u knw wat i mean..heheGovernor Doddie Van Soddie Ida Odinga is going to be Jakom's downfall. Raila should control his wife. Gichuru Davids She has gone through lots of problems and she doesn,t want any thing go wrong,her keeping finances in check is not wrong, she has done it b4.campaigns are not a joke Charles Otieno Akudo Washing Dirty linen in public gives the like of Itumbi Dennis ammunition? Adede Owalla If u fail to control & manage ua wife,then she will succeed in managing u..shida si ya Idda,ni ya baba..... Herbert Dola Managing finances closely with the secretariat may not be a bad thing considering that during campaigns, people are bent to misappropriate. But if it is a question of strategy that she is interfering with then that would be worrying. Wangunungu Dennis Such happenings brings credence to migunas assertion.Dann Adika Not strange as a campaign secretariat requires persons you can really trust: not every Miguna, Gachoka et al. Nabwera Nabii To all of you i want to share something you may not know. The battle in ODM is between people who want the party to reform and a select Mps who want preferential treatment. They fronted candidates in the youth and women league and were defeated. Ida is an excuse. As for Reloaded they are costing the Party and Raila support. The ODM party machinery to the sublocation have little room for them as they were using ODM reloaded to want to grab party national leadership for themselves. Ida is a scapegoat. It is about people mentioning themselves. We are seeing some pple using the unorthodox means like the one Mbeki and team used to edge out Winnie 1 Raila's handlers are not allowing for open communications channels. Sisi tutasema tu. Otiebo Joel ODM MASHINANI Nani napinga jamaneni Emmanuel Waswa She is practising exactly what she will be doing in state house, Martha Tsisika ida is doing what a woman in state house should do and so just give her time Paul Mwangi Ida is the only presidentials candidates wife behaving as if winning the seat would be a family affair or family property. She is desperate than her man to have a foot in statehouse. Poor woman she ought to know wives of big people behave the opposite of their men.[/quote] Prof Podp,Just like in term paper, thesis, dissertation etc etc, we provide our sources on this board just so that all are on the same page! So, what is that up there? Some latest hot gossip from downtown River Road? Uh? |
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Post by podp on Aug 13, 2012 12:01:43 GMT 3
spectators always have wise counsel.. Let us suppose the above is gospel truth. Here is something that started an hour ago alread has 20+ counsel. So which one is wise? My pick is in red 1.Just got a confirmation from an MP and member of ODM Reloaded. Things are not good as Ida Odinga elbows everybody out. Ida Odinga is trying to control Raila Campaign Secretariat especially the finances. Few are happy with most of her moves. Keem David huyo mama anataka kuharibia jakom kura ! awe mpole... Eric Akanga c u also knw she(idda)..is envious of Shebesh..u knw y??..(squeexes)..if u knw wat i mean..heheGovernor Doddie Van Soddie Ida Odinga is going to be Jakom's downfall. Raila should control his wife. Gichuru Davids She has gone through lots of problems and she doesn,t want any thing go wrong,her keeping finances in check is not wrong, she has done it b4.campaigns are not a joke Charles Otieno Akudo Washing Dirty linen in public gives the like of Itumbi Dennis ammunition? Adede Owalla If u fail to control & manage ua wife,then she will succeed in managing u..shida si ya Idda,ni ya baba..... Herbert Dola Managing finances closely with the secretariat may not be a bad thing considering that during campaigns, people are bent to misappropriate. But if it is a question of strategy that she is interfering with then that would be worrying. Wangunungu Dennis Such happenings brings credence to migunas assertion.Dann Adika Not strange as a campaign secretariat requires persons you can really trust: not every Miguna, Gachoka et al. Nabwera Nabii To all of you i want to share something you may not know. The battle in ODM is between people who want the party to reform and a select Mps who want preferential treatment. They fronted candidates in the youth and women league and were defeated. Ida is an excuse. As for Reloaded they are costing the Party and Raila support. The ODM party machinery to the sublocation have little room for them as they were using ODM reloaded to want to grab party national leadership for themselves. Ida is a scapegoat. It is about people mentioning themselves. We are seeing some pple using the unorthodox means like the one Mbeki and team used to edge out Winnie 1 Raila's handlers are not allowing for open communications channels. Sisi tutasema tu. Otiebo Joel ODM MASHINANI Nani napinga jamaneni Emmanuel Waswa She is practising exactly what she will be doing in state house, Martha Tsisika ida is doing what a woman in state house should do and so just give her time Paul Mwangi Ida is the only presidentials candidates wife behaving as if winning the seat would be a family affair or family property. She is desperate than her man to have a foot in statehouse. Poor woman she ought to know wives of big people behave the opposite of their men.Just like in term paper, thesis, dissertation etc etc, we provide our sources on this board just so that all are on the same page! So, what is that up there? Some latest hot gossip from downtown River Road? Uh? Yes we are at Modern Green (between RR and Tom Mboya)and I have my blue berry hence the updates. Come and join us the drinks are on Maina Njenga |
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Post by enigma on Aug 13, 2012 12:04:27 GMT 3
Its hypocritical of Oloo to claim that he was taken aback by POA's dalliance with G7 when Tuju was flirting with G7 long before Hoja came along. Everyone knows that the G7 mantra is 'Everybody but Raila'. I think Oloo is not comfortable endorsing the butcher of Kiambu, hence his fast retreat. Where did he think Hoja was heading in the first place. The rules of engagement will not yake you anywhere if your ultimate goal is hazy. You first identify your goal, milestones and signposts for success before defining the rules of engagement. Its like drawing a battleplan before you define what a victory would be. Your alliance was dead before you dreamt it up.
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Post by enigma on Aug 13, 2012 12:08:19 GMT 3
Tuju = Onyango Oloo's strawman.
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Post by nalinali on Aug 13, 2012 15:43:09 GMT 3
Podp
It is great to see you grow and begin to make sense-in an informed way. Somewhat!!
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Reading your blog, one detects case of buyer's remorse, albeit one which is firmly anchored on ambivalence. Continuing to remain a member of HOJA even if on ad-hoc basis, bears you out as simply one who is comfortable--within the limits of the alliance--a deceptive ornery poise. That is an ambiguity that mustn't stand. That is definitely chancy on your part.
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Post by podp on Aug 13, 2012 16:15:42 GMT 3
Politics is very dynamic in Kenya and full of opportunists. But a good politician is also a good tactician, and will move fast to take advantage of an emerging opportunity to further their political goals. And there is the opportunity for the likes of Tunjuu and the like. If you can't be the King, you can be the King maker! Would you hate to be made King if you can still keep hold of your political agenda? For now it appears that things are headed this way, at least on the political front, and with the General Election approaching. Members of Parliament, with the help of the State Law Office have ensured that the Bill on integrity is watered down to the bone, rendering it almost useless. How did we get here. It is a journey that began with the sham of a General Election in 2007 in which most of those now in Government benefited from incompetence by the then Electoral Commission of Kenya which allowed various forms of rigging to take place right under its nose. Having been elected to Parliament, their sole goal has been to benefit from the old corruption networks and use them to stay in power. www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/440808/-/3jx0lg/-/index.htmlLiberals often advocate for activism because they partly believe the law must be used to advance social ends, especially in favour of the vulnerable in society. That brings me back to our situation. At the outset, it is critical to understand that our Constitution is different from the western liberal model that is minimalist because it largely preoccupies itself with assigning and checking power among state organs. |
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Post by Mukwhasi on Aug 14, 2012 0:09:39 GMT 3
As a serious political commentator that you are reputed to be im very suprised that you bought Tuju's claim that he is his own man and that he was serious in his bid ,it should have never got here.
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Post by podp on Aug 15, 2012 8:04:00 GMT 3
spectators always have wise counsel.. Prof Podp,Just like in term paper, thesis, dissertation etc etc, we provide our sources on this board just so that all are on the same page!So, what is that up there? Some latest hot gossip from downtown River Road? Uh? One of Prime Minister Raila Odinga's campaign teams, ODM Reloaded, is facing uncertainty with fears it may have been disbanded. Several sources in the Orange party indicate that Raila may have caved to pressure from his wife Ida to disband the team, after tension emerged between Reloaded and Ida's Sibandunki lobby. According to the sources, Reloaded has been replaced by ODM Mashinani. "When the party Parliamentary Group met last, it announced the formation of ODM Mashinani. Unknown to many this was a polite way of disbanding the Reloaded team," a senior ODM member said. A member of the Reloaded team also further claimed that Orange House and the presidential campaign secretariat have not been facilitating the team's programmes as they had been doing before, saying this was proof it has been wound up. The Reloaded brigade comprises MPs Margaret Wanjiru, Ababu Namwamba, Rachel Shebesh, Manson Nyamweya, Millie Odhiambo, Hassan Joho, Josephat Nanok, Joyce Laboso, Magerer Lang’at and John Mbadi. Some members of the team, especially women MPs, claim Ida is seeking to control Raila's campaign machinery after a group of women allied to her won the disputed ODM women league elections last month. Ida has since refuted this claim. Yesterday Raila Odinga Presidential Campaign secretariat director of communications Barack Muluka denied that Reloaded has been disbanded. "You should treat this report as rumours. Whoever is giving you this should be ready to be quoted," Muluka added. He also denied that there was a rift between Ida and some members of Reloaded, saying that Ida was only interested in promoting her Sibanduki lobby, which is supplementing campaigns for Raila. "Ida is not interested in any campaign strategy except her Sibanduki initiative. Through Sibanduki, Ida will perform campaign duties that can only be done by a spouse," Muluka added. The last time Reloaded team was engaged in a campaign activity was last month when they attended the homecoming party of EALA MP Judy Pareno in Mashuru, Kajiado Central. Since then, the team has been dormant leading to speculation. Reloaded even missed last week's trip by Raila to Nyandarua and Laikipia counties. The group has normally been preceding the PM on his tours across the county with road shows a day or two before Raila's trip. "We have retreated for strategic reasons and you shall see us back soon," Muluka said of Reloaded. However, he declined to reveal the next campaign activity for the MPs' team. Ida does not have a formal role in the PM's presidential campaign team but according to Miguna Miguna in his book, Peeling Back the Mask, she is the most powerful of the Raila's advisers. ODM supporters fear that should these turf wars among the various campaign lobby groups escalate, Raila's campaign will be hurt. |
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Politics is very dynamic in Kenya and full of opportunists. But a good politician is also a good tactician, and will move fast to take advantage of an emerging opportunity to further their political goals.