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Post by commes on Aug 5, 2011 22:26:40 GMT 3
Where is the petition to get Miguna back in ODM. This is a brilliant idea! Kathure, OO, and Adongo could you please organise for us to sign a petition to get MM back? We got nothing to lose especially when the reasons for suspension do not even add up!! I mean, he does not have to be the PM's advisor, but he's got to be largely visible in the PM's office! What do you guys think? Or we wait for the PM to say something first!? genius einsteinI think a petition in this case is asking for too much from jukwaa members. We should however condemn the likes of Midiwo, whom I have a personal grudge against for (for dislodging my father-in-law J.D. off the gem MP sit –Narcissism) and saluting the like of Ababu Namwamba for standing up for MM during the infamous deliberation meeting. |
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Post by adongo23456 on Aug 5, 2011 23:15:43 GMT 3
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 5, 2011 23:32:33 GMT 3
No need for a petition.
This will get sorted out soon, for the Rt Hon Prime Minister does not allow wounds to fester a la keguoya.
Many of the comments above (apart from the ridiculously foolish ones about Midiwo playing monkey games with The mind of the Rt Hon Prime Minister) are spot on.
Hon Miguna has made a very clear explanatory statement, that as usual cant be found wanting.
Its still not clear who gave the OK to suspend Hon Miguna and on what basis.
AO has asked the pertinent question why those working in Hon Miguna office were just summarily axed. What did they do? And exposing his family by withdrawing security just like that on a whim, while we know extra judicial killings are the mainstay of the mafiya wa mt kenya is scary!!
Hon Miguna will be back
He has not been sacked. For someone to be sacked there must be cogent reasons. None so far has been given. He has not stolen money, or subverted the Govt he serves.
This is a silly human made crises that only serves the purposes of the mafiya wa mt kenya propaganda, and the anarchists hell bent on stopping reform.
Hon Miguna has been the only fellow in ODM who had the vision to see through the hazy cloud of tricks played by the mafiya, he had the courage and intellectual fortitude to engage the mafiya at each and every point, he never once allowed the mafiya and their water carriers to intimidate him into silence and servitude.
This saga also goes to show that Hon Miguna is now a household name with its own brand.
I am proud that I have met him, know his associates and friends, that we are kindred spirits in this long unending fight against injustice.
Take heart Hon Miguna, these silly attempts to humiliate you arent new. We have seen them before. All they do is build you up, and strengthen your brand. Yes you are now a brand name which covers a commodity called justice and fairness for all. Guard it jealously!
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Post by politicalmaniac on Aug 5, 2011 23:37:16 GMT 3
The high traffic here in Jukwaa is a strong testament that this forum is no joke. Hata mafiyan mouthpiece like DN pay attention. I wont read the DN link as you have indicated their patent bias. Bure kabisa! These idiots from the 4th estate are foolish to celebrate these small road bumps Hon Miguna is experiencing. Hon Miguna is the single most vociferous supporter of free speech. I guess they are just envious of his penmanship. |
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Post by tnk on Aug 5, 2011 23:40:48 GMT 3
so finally the DN is coming "clean" and indirectly conceding that they do get some of their articles and analysis from jukwaa now isn't that a surprise? ;D |
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Post by adongo23456 on Aug 5, 2011 23:45:55 GMT 3
Here is the cut and paste story for those allergic to the DN website. The issue I have with the DN is why they call Miguna's very soberly prepared response a TIRADE against Midiwo. The gist of that story actually has very little to do with Jakoyo Midiwo. www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Midiwo+and+PS+are+to+blame+for+my+suspension+asserts+Miguna/-/1064/1214264/-/2d7hjrz/-/index.htmlMidiwo and PS are to blame for my suspension, asserts Miguna By NATION REPORTER Posted Friday, August 5 2011 at 22:00 Prime Minister’s adviser on coalition affairs Miguna Miguna blames two people for his suspension. Mr Miguna launched a tirade against ODM Chief Whip Jakoyo Midiwo and permanent secretary in the PM’s office Mohammed Isahakia, saying they were responsible for his predicament.
In a bare-all statement, Mr Miguna stated that he had not been told of the charges against him. The statement, titled “Miguna’s Side of the Story”, was posted on a social blog, Jukwaaa. According to him, the decision to suspend him was made at a meeting in Nairobi attended by among others Mr Midiwo and Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba. He says only Mr Namwamba and another un-named MP defended him. He said he was neither alerted of the impending suspension nor given an opportunity to respond to the accusations. “I don’t know the charges against me. I haven’t been given notice of the allegations. Neither have I been accorded an opportunity to respond to them. “But I’m completely disappointed that under the new Constitution that I played a pivotal role in drafting and having ratified, I would be treated with such callous disregard to my legal and constitutional rights, including simple human decency,” he said. Mr Miguna claims in the article that when he contacted the PM’s spokesman, Mr Dennis Onyango, about the suspension, he told him to treat the story as rumours. The suspended official vowed to carry on with the struggle for “a democratic, equal and humane Kenya” despite the drawback. “I am going to stand upright up to the end,” he writes. Mr Miguna said he got the news of his suspension while attending a party retreat at Enashipai Resort and Spa in Naivasha. Gross misconduct He was suspended on Thursday for “gross misconduct” and ordered by Dr Isahakia to leave office immediately and hand over government property to the administration secretary, Mr Caroli Omondi. The abrasive lawyer is accused of misrepresenting the Office of the PM, possibly a reference to his having aired strong views which may have embarrassed the PM. Mr Miguna, a regular commentator in the Star, recently wrote stinging criticisms of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission in his column, particularly its chairman, Mr Isaack Hassan, whom he accused of unfairly taking all the credit for the commission’s good work so far. The abrasive lawyer is accused of misrepresenting the Office of the PM, possibly a reference to his having aired strong views which may have embarrassed the PM. Mr Miguna, a regular commentator in the Star, recently wrote stinging criticisms of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission in his column, particularly its chairman, Mr Isaack Hassan, whom he accused of unfairly taking all the credit for the commission’s good work so far. |
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Post by Luol Deng on Aug 5, 2011 23:50:29 GMT 3
I have never been an admirer of Miguna's methods, but the execution of this 'suspension' absolutely stinks. At the moment the stories of this fallout are at best chaotic and I therefore can't weigh in until I get more detailed information.
PS...Have the Nation just misspelled Jukwaa as Jukwaaa?
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Post by adongo23456 on Aug 5, 2011 23:54:54 GMT 3
I have never been an admirer of Miguna's methods, but the execution of this 'suspension' absolutely stinks. At the moment the stories of this fallout are at best chaotic and I therefore can't weigh in until I get more detailed information. PS...Have the Nation just misspelled Jukwaa as Jukwaaa? They didn't just misspell Jukwaa, they misread the story. Nation readers who actually get a chance to read Miguna's story here in Jukwaa will be surprised at how little and misleading angle they got from the DN. And we are NOT a social blog. We are a political blog. |
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Post by phil on Aug 6, 2011 0:14:44 GMT 3
I have never been an admirer of Miguna's methods, but the execution of this 'suspension' absolutely stinks. At the moment the stories of this fallout are at best chaotic and I therefore can't weigh in until I get more detailed information. PS...Have the Nation just misspelled Jukwaa as Jukwaaa? They didn't just misspell Jukwaa, they misread the story. Nation readers who actually get a chance to read Miguna's story here in Jukwaa will be surprised at how little and misleading angle they got from the DN. And we are NOT a social blog. We are a political blog. @ luol and good old adongo We need not have waited to hear Miguna's side of the story so as to take a position. I believe I was the the first to take a position in solidarity with Miguna on this matter and I took it because I have been reading Miguna's articles and actually look forward to them each week since I am yet to come across anyone who has successfully countered his arguments. And because Miguna makes legal jargon so understandable to any average english language person. All factors considered, Raila is clearly wrong in the manner of meting this punishment. . Nation Media is anti-ODM. It is not a secret, perhaps it is only to a desperate Raila. |
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Post by jakaswanga on Aug 6, 2011 0:39:40 GMT 3
adongo,
where is this Luo bashing of yours in my post? And since when did a swipe at Jakoyo become a bash on all of us? Maybe you are not aware there is a kind of intellectual civil war in Luoland, like is in every nation, however homogenous. I was looking at little Norway and thinking O! that level of fury in such a problemless land? what then does my own hot backyard portend?
Forget the permanent secretaty firing Miguna. That one is a hired assassin in this case. Raila has refused to answer or phone Miguna [back], his advisor on coalition affairs. That is the modern equivalent of an execution! unless you do not understand political code! I know you are in a conundrum of divided loyalties here, and instinct is to find a scapegoat. But..
How long must Miguna beg for him to contact him? Adongo, there is something called dignity, and after such a treatment, it would be imperative for MM to tell Raila: Even if you are God Almighty, have your heaven without me! Kwani?
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Post by b6k on Aug 6, 2011 2:50:42 GMT 3
Jakaswanga, you're fighting a losing battle here. Your earlier reference to Shakespearean olfactory senses, odd as it may have seemed, is closer to the truth than you may think. It is a scientific fact that some people with offensive body odor are immune to smelling themselves. So how do you expect one Adongo, who is so close to the Midiwo crowd that he can't sniff them in the wind, to find their actions offensive? If anything, his Luo bashing tirade against you confirms your theory. He can't see the woods for the trees. He is sadly very quick to identify nepotism emanating from the chairman in waiting for the IEBC. Just don't expect similar olfactory powers in sniffing out rats in the office of the PM from him.
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Post by okolowaka on Aug 6, 2011 2:53:17 GMT 3
Thoo, Rabet Miguna....bad aora Nyando mwomo to ywero...Too many questions left unanswered...too many lose ends...I have at least half-a-dozen conspiracy theories why this is hapenning... It is local Nyando constituency or Kisumu County politics... (Miguna tried out for Nyando but was not nominated) It is internal ODM wrangles.... (Non-MP occupying a high place in pecking order) It is coalition politics... (remove Miguna for standing up to Muthaura and Kibaki) It is a personal vendeta... (Anything from petty jealousy to "private" family affairs) It is a kitchen cabinet "coup-de-tat"... (Mafia style machinations among ODM mafioso families) PNU, KKK, TAI, UDM, UDF, etc, has infiltrated ODM (Pull strings on behalf of Muthaura, Kibaki,..) Is the PM pulling the strings? (Please not this one sir, you need Miguna on the inside)  The unfolding circus feels like we are back in the Moi era when people got hired and fired on VOK 1 PM news... This does not feel right and it seems to me that this "mission" to remove Miguna has been in the works for some time... they (whoever they are) have been planning this for some time and it looks like they got the nod from "above" to proceed... How about waking up in the morning to find that the AP guards have been withdrawn? I would take the next flight to Toronto.... The problem for those involved like Jakoyo Midiwo and Mohamed Isahakia is that Miguna speaks his mind and pens articles on the same issues without fear... I hope to hear more... I know there is more to come.... I know something big is brewing... |
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Post by kamalet on Aug 6, 2011 5:18:25 GMT 3
In the wider scheme of things, Miguna is a tiny fly whilst his boss is the dragon fly. So when the IEBC plot was discovered, something had to give and poor Miguna ended up being the fall guy.
Some complain about the high drama of sacking him and I wonder whether they just came back from Mars! Treating Miguna with kids gloves was never going to convince the "offended" that it was not a joint enterprise, so the high handed manner this was done was to convince some wajinga Kenyans that it was lone ranger Miguna on the prowl to control the IEBC for ODM come 2012!
Totally aware that Miguna is impervious to good advice, I will still try....when you are in a hole, stop digging. The "tirade" by Miguna is equivalent to digging that hole. My view is that he should have held his counsel until he had the opportunity to meet the PM and fully understand when it started raining on him!
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Post by patriotism101 on Aug 6, 2011 5:19:24 GMT 3
I am bemused at the rivers of crocodile tears flowing at Jukwaa and other fora for MM. That MM has eloquently represented the wishes and aspirations of many voiceless Kenyans is in no doubt and in my opinion the purpotted suspension gives him a larger platform to continue playing the role he has been playing in shaping the vision and the promise of a new Kenya.
The manner the suspension was carried out - the recall of his AP officers ( Just curious who gets govt security and on what basis) dismissal of his staff etc indicates cordination among the PNU and ODM operatives in GNU. In the year 2011, RAO cannot be allowed to behave worse than Moi in the 90's. The era of Kenya Telecomunication Co. changing the direct line to state house once you are fired on the 1.pm KBC news are over. I condemn the carelessness with which RAO has handled this matter.
Now I have argued on this board and elsewhere that MM should be eased out from his position as the official advisor to the PM. My position has always been that as an advisor, you need not be louder than your principle especially when your principle is a politician. I am therefore surprised that many people on this forum are shedding croc tears did not see this coming. MM has all the credentials of what Kenyan needs, unfortunately he got the wrong Job. It is obvious that if you know someone you may negotiate with in the future is a rabid dog, you dont tell them in their face they are rabid dog- you lose leverage when you do that. Wise thing to do is you go into the negotiations with the knowledge that whoever you are dealing with is a rabid dog and try use your knowledge to your advantage. MM has on many occassions helped the ODM and PMs case. It is also true that on several occasions he has embarrassed his boss and the govt- his employer (Lets be realistic-even though the other half has behaved worse, ODM should not use them as the yardstick- FYI I hate Jakoyo) MM should have been the secretary general ODM- and could still have been RAO's advisor with minimal exposure risk.
MM has had it coming for a long time- so stop with this charade! Everyone and MM has eloquently indicated on several occassions that no one in the struggle is indispensable- MM can serve Kenya in other capacities so lets stop the drama!
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Post by merkeju on Aug 6, 2011 6:24:09 GMT 3
In the wider scheme of things, Miguna is a tiny fly whilst his boss is the dragon fly. So when the IEBC plot was discovered, something had to give and poor Miguna ended up being the fall guy. Some complain about the high drama of sacking him and I wonder whether they just came back from Mars! Treating Miguna with kids gloves was never going to convince the "offended" that it was not a joint enterprise, so the high handed manner this was done was to convince some wajinga Kenyans that it was lone ranger Miguna on the prowl to control the IEBC for ODM come 2012! Totally aware that Miguna is impervious to good advice, I will still try....when you are in a hole, stop digging. The "tirade" by Miguna is equivalent to digging that hole. My view is that he should have held his counsel until he had the opportunity to meet the PM and fully understand when it started raining on him! Just wondering how was ODM planing to control IEBC, i am saying this because the way for example the committee to vet the election body comprises of nominees from the president, the prime minister, equally and the other from Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, the Judicial Service Commission and the Professional Association of East Africa, so how was ODM trying to take control of IEBC again? |
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Post by kamalet on Aug 6, 2011 8:37:11 GMT 3
In the wider scheme of things, Miguna is a tiny fly whilst his boss is the dragon fly. So when the IEBC plot was discovered, something had to give and poor Miguna ended up being the fall guy. Some complain about the high drama of sacking him and I wonder whether they just came back from Mars! Treating Miguna with kids gloves was never going to convince the "offended" that it was not a joint enterprise, so the high handed manner this was done was to convince some wajinga Kenyans that it was lone ranger Miguna on the prowl to control the IEBC for ODM come 2012! Totally aware that Miguna is impervious to good advice, I will still try....when you are in a hole, stop digging. The "tirade" by Miguna is equivalent to digging that hole. My view is that he should have held his counsel until he had the opportunity to meet the PM and fully understand when it started raining on him! Just wondering how was ODM planing to control IEBC, i am saying this because the way for example the committee to vet the election body comprises of nominees from the president, the prime minister, equally and the other from Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, the Judicial Service Commission and the Professional Association of East Africa, so how was ODM trying to take control of IEBC again? Merkeju Surprised you could not see it, more so when it the reason being given for Miguna's fall. It is actually very simple. The IIEC commissioners have done a pretty good job and the natural expectation was the they would be transformed into the IEBC commissioners. What this woud have meant is that there would be little control in determining who would in the commission for ODM. Now that was the role to be played by O, O & M! |
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Post by mzee on Aug 6, 2011 9:39:02 GMT 3
Over 4000 hits in 24 hours. Wow!!!!
That is this years record. We have had higher hits before but Jukwaa seem to be THE place to get THE news.
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Post by merkeju on Aug 6, 2011 10:12:13 GMT 3
Just wondering how was ODM planing to control IEBC, i am saying this because the way for example the committee to vet the election body comprises of nominees from the president, the prime minister, equally and the other from Kenya Anti Corruption Commission, the Judicial Service Commission and the Professional Association of East Africa, so how was ODM trying to take control of IEBC again? Merkeju Surprised you could not see it, more so when it the reason being given for Miguna's fall. It is actually very simple. The IIEC commissioners have done a pretty good job and the natural expectation was the they would be transformed into the IEBC commissioners. What this woud have meant is that there would be little control in determining who would in the commission for ODM. Now that was the role to be played by O, O & M! I still don't get your logic, if IIEC was going to be transformed directly to IEBC then what was the point in appointing the vetting team? are they going to interview interested people for those slots or only Hassan and his team?, still i don't see how ODM will control the election body, just tell me how because you and IIEC CHAIRMAN Hassan have floated this lies around and it seems no one is questioning the practicality of this scheme, try and elaborate the sequence of events so that ODM can control the election body. |
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Post by b6k on Aug 6, 2011 10:23:22 GMT 3
Patriotism101, thank you for telling it as it is. No one is indispensable, regardless of how important (or self-important) they may seem to be. MM should take Jakaswanga's Retrenchment Survival 101 course to heart & move on. ODM will move on with or without MM. At times poetry puts these lessons in life in perspective so here goes...
The Indispensable Man
(by Saxon White Kessinger)
Sometime when you're feeling important;
Sometime when your ego 's in bloom;
Sometime when you take it for granted, You're the best qualified in the room:
Sometime when you feel that your going, Would leave an unfillable hole, Just follow these simple instructions, And see how they humble your soul.
Take a bucket and fill it with water, Put your hand in it up to the wrist,
Pull it out and the hole that's remaining, Is a measure of how much you'll be missed.
You can splash all you wish when you enter,
You may stir up the water galore,
But stop, and you'll find that in no time, It looks quite the same as before.
The moral of this quaint example, Is to do just the best that you can,
Be proud of yourself but remember, There's no indispensable man.
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Post by okolowaka on Aug 6, 2011 10:32:52 GMT 3
I am beginning to believe that someone up there believed that MM has become larger-than-life and so he had to be cut down to size... control as a function of management is being abused here....by whom may I ask? At this point it could be "all the above"...!
This may have nothing to do with "gross misconduct"; whatever happened to internal coaching and show-cause warning letters...?
There must be a good reason why this has been done to Miguna......... ODM without MM to face Muthaura and Kibaki head-on...?
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Post by abdulmote on Aug 6, 2011 15:38:52 GMT 3
If anything is to be amazed about, it is indeed how long Miguna had survived in his position considering his well-known stand on matters politics viz-a-viz his boss. In my opinion if you ask me, Miguna should have been fired long time ago, but thanks to the obvious naivety and or laziness of our PM and his handlers, Miguna slipped the net for so many moons to enjoy his perks undisturbed to the disadvantage and detriment of the same.
I say this not because I dislike or hate Miguna. Indeed I do admire his guts, courage and effort he generously offers every day to his good old motherland. Miguna has his talents, strengths and weakness like any other human being we can think of. Miguna may in fact have his own special and unique abilities, but like many if not all of us, indeed he equally bears his natural blemishes as a creature of want whose ego is never too far away from his reach.
I say what I say about Miguna because I have always maintained that his position was simply and clearly incompatible with what he seemingly desired or enjoyed to state for others to read or hear. Many a times and frequently Miguna wrote things which were showing glaring contrasts against the views or stand known or taken by his boss Raila. The meanings behind his scripts openly and clearly portrayed his boss in rather negative light and in fact many times exposed Raila’s weakness out of what he intentionally and deliberately declared. It was indeed foolishness of the highest order for Raila to indefinitely bear and for us to expect him to endure!
Now that Miguna has been freed from some of his wants and desires, I think he should exploit such an opening or unseen and yet to be declared opportunities, with equal zeal and courage and continues to move on with living.
There is no pity to be felt or mercy to be given for I also believe that Miguna is fairly capable than many could have been, of exploiting his naturally and God given abilities and opportunities to sustain and maintain his wellbeing as well as his loved ones, and hopefully this time, without compromise or selfishness attached to his principles and integrity of mind.
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Post by akinyi2005 on Aug 6, 2011 17:09:17 GMT 3
There is no pity to be felt or mercy to be given for I also believe that Miguna is fairly capable than many could have been, of exploiting his naturally and God given abilities and opportunities to sustain and maintain his wellbeing as well as his loved ones, and hopefully this time, without compromise or selfishness attached to his principles and integrity of mind. |
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Post by abdulmote on Aug 6, 2011 19:04:26 GMT 3
The term ‘Priciple/s’ can be easy to define or attribute to a person’s standing but can also be difficult at times to uphold or sustain against challenges which one may be confronted with. Maintaining firm and good ‘Principles’ can be a costly exercise and where one is prone or likely to be overwhelmed by personal and selfish desires or wants, such principles become vulnerable to compromise and consequently may lead to questionable integrity of one’s mind.
In that respect, I perceive brother Miguna as one who strongly desires to uphold certain good principles, which without doubt he intends that they may benefit our good old mother land and its citizens. I say may God almighty bless him for that. It is indeed on public record and plain for everyone to see that many times and frequently so, Miguna Miguna courageously and publicly stood up against questionable characters in our governance field, and as a result raised fundamental and critical issues which would otherwise have been left to pass to the detriment of our nation’s good. The list of those good deeds is obviously long but nevertheless well-known and there is no need for me to repeat it all here.
Where I find fault with Miguna amidst all the good work he has been committing himself to, is my perception and belief that many a times he must have found himself going against the principles, and indeed actions of the very person whom he was contracted to ‘advise’ and in a way represent in the public forum.
In this respect, it does not escape my mind that Miguna always ‘tried’ to disassociate or disconnect the link between his ‘personal views’ and those which may be perceived as coming from his employer, the Prime Minister of our republic, Raila Amolo Odinga. That is well said and done.
However, where one is closely connected as an ‘Advisor to the Prime Minister…’, a connection which obviously and clearly offered some very close proximity to the said public leader, a connection which can only be interpreted as one that can play a very significant role of influence in the inherent political decision making by the said PM, it consequently and naturally becomes difficult to separate one’s publicly declared views as independent of and unconnected to the said employer, particularly where those views have clearly and fundamentally gone against e employer’s very own publicly declared views on the same issues! And this is where the two can be said to have become one!
This is a debate that we had indulged on in this very Jukwaa during the days bygone but that is now history and we had to agree to disagree.
My point of contention which I am trying to raise is influenced to being when the views expressed by Miguna in his noble and honourable capacity as the PM’s advisor, absolutely and clearly appear to be going against his employing ‘advisee’, for want of better term, in a manner that observations therein, fundamentally and critically, can be perceived as going against the honourable employing PM, resulting in adverse or detrimental effect upon the very same employer one was contracted to serve otherwise!
More in a mo.
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Post by abdulmote on Aug 6, 2011 20:43:06 GMT 3
Now then, I am not naïve enough to imagine that everything the ‘Advisor’ suggests should be accepted and adhered to by the employing ‘Advisee’. Indeed this follows to be more so if such advice is of political nature and besides, any advice given would necessarily be optional to be followed by the employing PM.
Having said that, and this is another critical point; where the ‘Advisor’ feels that his position or views on any given issue touches upon his own fundamental principles and strongly held beliefs, and where the ‘Advisee’s’ response or behaviour out-rightly go counter to such fundamental and personal principles, then one ought to start thinking on how their position can be sustainable from that point on.
The point we should not miss is that Miguna frequently and publicly demonstrated holding views which are very political and serious in nature and touching upon our nation’s critical wellbeing in one form or another. Similarly it was observable that the PM, Miguna's contracting advisee, at times held completely opposing or counter views, opinion or position to that of his ‘Advisor’!
What followed then as a result is that Miguna’s views had an obvious effect of undermining and painting his contracting employer in a very baaad light! So, if that was the case then, Miguna’s position becomes untenable and in principle, hypocritical and unbearable to his contracting and political employer to be at any level sustainable.
And this is where the issue of “selfishness†and questionable “integrity†comes in! It follows that for a person in Miguna’s position then cannot and should not remain blind to his obvious ‘clash’ with his boss and therefore continue to pretend as if nothing is the matter. For Miguna to continue to reap his pay and perks through the courtesy of his employing boss, who do not see eye to eye on some fundamental political issues, principles or view,s becomes cheap, hypocritical and selfish act and therefore should have otherwise resigned his position without further delay.
On the other hand, for Miguna to continue holding his position in the situation and circumstances as given, if only for the sake of perceivably continuing to maintain his position and so gain his earnings, would have necessarily exposed him to inevitable compromise of actions and principles he so strongly held and therefore should not have been sustainable. Such a situation then would thus lead to some of us to raise questions about his personal integrity as stated above.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2011 20:53:19 GMT 3
Miguna himself would tell you that there’s no love lost between us. That aside and because right is right and wrong is wrong; I will say that I’m flabbergasted by the way he has been suspended from his position.
Having worked tirelessly he should have at least been accorded due process and basic manners. How does Raila justify not doing it himself? He seems to have been acting at the behest of others who needed for Miguna to take a vacation, and go on a retreat away from the epicenter of the plotting and concomitant action. Being suspended in the media in this way is deplorable. No pay. No notice. Withdraw of security with no warning. Those behind his suspension really wanted to tie his hands. How for instance does one maneuver without an income? It’s not like he is in Canada and is eligible for Employment Insurance. They really wanted to stick it to him and for what? For being out spoken and challenging the power barons in and out of ODM. Isn't that the sorts of rights and freedoms that the PM has purportedly been fighting for all his life?
It isn’t like ODM power players just woke up and discovered that Miguna pens a weekly critique of top ranking officials. For Jakoyo Midiwo to claim that Miguna’s opinions are unknown to Raila Odinga is to show Odinga himself in bad light. Raila would have to be sleeping all of the time not to know what Miguna was up to. I want to think that Raila is much smarter and more in touch than that. In which case if he had qualms with Miguna he should have had a heart to heart with him and reined him in a long time ago. If he did that he should have followed up with another heart to heart to suspend him. But now he isn’t even tough enough to answer his phone calls and texts?
You know, it isn’t the way people treat me that informs me about their character but rather how they treat people with less power than they have; which tells me everything about them and how they’d treat me if they perceived me to have less power than they do. Principled loyalty is a notion that I value greatly. People who walk away from you at a drop of a hat leave a lot to be desired and aren’t to be trusted. Now, I do not want to play into the hands of those who claim that Raila is wishy-washy and can’t ever be trusted even when you think he is closest to you. If he wanted to fire people at his office he could have started with the mumbling fumbling Carolin Omondi. Remember him trying to explain away Raila’s homophobic inciting comments? At that moment I wondered what sorts of people Raila has around him. I thought gosh, I should be working for him for I have way more sense and am much more articulate than mumbling fumbling types such as Omondi.
PNU strategy with its people is to delay and or to never deal with long over due suspensions, firings or sanctions of any sort. People indicted by the ICC continue to serve as high-ranking government officials without so much as a squeak from the executive at whose behest they operate. That is all wrong but at least the thugs stick by their friends.
Does Raila find it OK that Miguna who has contributed to his recent success and who has dependants is without an income? Nowhere do they do that. People are suspended with pay until further investigation reveal the direction the process is to take. Unless Omondi, Isahakia, Midowo have evidence of really serious nature that they have not revealed to us, what they have put out thus far amounts to nothing really. As others have pointed out where are the warning letters, minutes of supervision meetings where concerns were raised. That is called due process. Oh come on Mr. Odinga you could actually do better than this.
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