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Post by phil on Aug 17, 2012 17:32:36 GMT 3
Finally a new brand of young energetic and vibrant crop of leadership in Ndhiwa Constituency. Let all in one accord rise up and do a honourable duty to Ndhiwa and elect this humble servant of Ndhiwa. May God bless you all People of Ndhiwa
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Post by mwalimumkuu on Aug 17, 2012 17:56:57 GMT 3
Finally a new brand of young energetic and vibrant crop of leadership in Ndhiwa Constituency. Let all in one accord rise up and do a honourable duty to Ndhiwa and elect this humble servant of Ndhiwa. May God bless you all People of Ndhiwa Very interesting choice of words there 'finally a new brand of young energetic and vibrant crop of leadership' vis-a-vis the picture. Is this only good for ndhiwa especially given that the much appreciated young leadership is sitting shoulder to shoulder to a 70 year old grandpa seeking to lead Kenya? Dont you think whats good for ndhiwa is good for Kenya too?
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Post by phil on Aug 17, 2012 18:18:20 GMT 3
NEWS BREAKING: UHURU'S TNA suffers setback after court stops the party from presenting Moses ole Sakuda to the IEBC for Kajiado North poll
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Post by raiswakesho on Aug 17, 2012 22:11:16 GMT 3
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Post by tnk on Aug 17, 2012 22:36:21 GMT 3
hehehe ati the voting was not done in a transparent manner what about those display screens and laptops we were told about that were going to ensure transparency. == On Friday, Parsimei told Justice Mabeya that the exercise was not conducted in a transparent manner because most of those who voted for Sekuda were not TNA members. He also argued he was denied an opportunity to participate in the nomination as there was “blatant contravention of the Political Parties Act and the Constitution.” Justice Mabeya ruled that pending the hearing and determination of the petition, IEBC should not receive Sekuda’s nomination papers. Parsimei, through his lawyer Rose Mbanya, had further argued the exercise was a mockery of the electoral process. ==
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Post by phil on Aug 18, 2012 10:14:52 GMT 3
Caravan currently at park place rongai awaiting to start today's caravan twende kazi!!!
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 19, 2012 2:45:05 GMT 3
Mkuu Phil, nami naongeza hizi hapa....
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 19, 2012 2:49:58 GMT 3
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Post by Titchaz on Aug 19, 2012 2:56:00 GMT 3
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Post by phil on Aug 19, 2012 12:27:51 GMT 3
@mkuu Titchaz
Safi kabisa!
Eti kuna washenzi wanao sema picha zetu za chama zetu ni upuuzi. Pili pili wasiyo ila ya wa washia niii?
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Post by phil on Aug 21, 2012 11:15:57 GMT 3
Moses ole Sakuda, the imposed TNA candidate for Kajiado North has expressly endorsed fellow Maasai James Ole Kiyapi for president in 2013.
What's more, Sakuda opines that he (and his supporters) did not defect from ODM, rather it is the party ODM that abandoned the people of Kajiado North supposedly when Raila Odinga signed a not-so-secret MOU with the late George Saitoti.
My take: TNA is not the second alternative party in Kajiado North and nor for the wider Maasai land, and Uhuru Kenyatta is not considered as a viable candidate for president in the eyes of the Maasai.
2013, here we come!
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Post by phil on Aug 21, 2012 16:15:56 GMT 3
2013 presidential poll has started early, and the judiciary is going to be very very busy.
News just in: The ODM has apparently been barred from forwarding the name of Ndhiwa by-election aspirant Agostino Neto to IEBC
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Post by kmdo on Aug 21, 2012 20:00:50 GMT 3
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Post by b6k on Aug 21, 2012 22:47:14 GMT 3
This looks purely like an ODM internal matter yet when you read Phil's earlier post it creates the impression that the interference is coming from outside of ODM. 2013 has commenced for real ;D
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Post by jeff on Aug 22, 2012 15:59:50 GMT 3
High court Judge David Majanja has dismissed Application stopping TNA's Sekuda from presenting papers to the IEBC AND Orders blocking ODM from presenting nomination papers of its Ndhiwa mini-poll candidate, Agostinho Neto, to IEBC are lifted.
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Post by jeff on Aug 23, 2012 13:05:27 GMT 3
It is interesting that some parties which have marketed themselves as popular countrywide have given these by-elections a wide berth. These include URP, UDF, NARC-K, WIPER, etc. With the by-elections so close to the elections, I think this presents a golden opportunity to these parties to test their strength, and not necessarily to win. How then are they going to convince anyone to vote for them if they chicken out?
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Post by phil on Aug 23, 2012 13:23:54 GMT 3
It is interesting that some parties which have marketed themselves as popular countrywide have given these by-elections a wide berth. These include URP, UDF, NARC-K, WIPER, etc. With the by-elections so close to the elections, I think this presents a golden opportunity to these parties to test their strength, and not necessarily to win. How then are they going to convince anyone to vote for them if they chicken out? Thank you Jeff. It's an observation our friend @mwalimumtukutu has refused to accept. Two culprits stand out here. William Ruto and his URP, and Musalia Mudavadi and his given UDF. It's all hype and no substance. These are the flower girls escorting TNA to the wedding. Hakuna kitu, bure kabisa. Then you will see them attending TNA campaign rallies and asserting themselves as partners with TNA. They are so desperate to be toshwad as running mates yet they are unable to be courageous enough to defect to TNA and campaign from within TNA. This is not just a violation of the political parties act, it is going to cost TNA big time in the next parliament. It gives a false sense of security in the legislature. It also encourages tribalism because TNA, URP and UDF are nothing more than ethnic briefcases for Uhuru, Ruto and Mudavadi.
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Post by b6k on Aug 31, 2012 10:37:07 GMT 3
Phil goes into damage control mode as things go pear shaped for ODM in Ndhiwa... Raila reaches out to poll losersBy ISAAC ONGIRI iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com and JUSTUS WANGA newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Thursday, August 30 2012 at 22:00 Prime Minister Raila Odinga has called a crisis meeting with 22 ODM aspirants who lost in the party nominations for the Ndhiwa by-election to rally their support behind winner Augustinho Neto. This is after some of them threatened to support the Kanu candidate, Mr Tom Alila, to protest the alleged bungling of the nominations. The rebellion against Mr Odinga’s party was on Thursday building after some of the aspirants told the Nation they will boycott the meeting called by the party leader in Kisumu. ODM is facing an unusual threat from Kanu candidate Mr Alila after 16 of the 22 who contested declared they will support him against the ODM nominee Mr Neto. Insiders revealed that the party has run into panic following a political situation report from the National Security Intelligence Service indicating that the Kanu candidate may have a head-start if the protests persist. Campaign for candidate Mr Odinga will also tour Ndhiwa to campaign for Mr Neto. On Thursday the Homa Bay County ODM branch secretary, Mr James Rege, confirmed that the PM will be meeting all the aspirants on Friday to brainstorm on the Ndhiwa by-elections. “We are not calling them because we are losing but because we want a united approach by all our supporters in these by-elections. The NSIS report is propaganda and we are not worried about it,” Mr Rege said. Mr Ogutu Kale and Mr Jeremiah Owiti who are among the protesting losers said they would not attend the meeting in Kisumu. “We cannot be coerced to support an unpopular candidate hand-picked against the will of the people,” Mr Kale stated. On Thursday Mr Alila confirmed he was working with the protesting candidates. “ We all support Mr Odinga’s quest for presidency. But today we are requesting him to allow the people of Ndhiwa to decide,” Mr Alila said. But ODM communications director Philip Etale said the meeting was meant to “discuss in-house issues”. “There are outstanding party issues the Premier will be discussing with them. He will also seek to dispel media reports that this group had resorted to supporting an individual sponsored by another party,” he stated. Mr Etale said all those who had expressed interest in the Ndhiwa parliamentary seat had confirmed attendance to the closed door meeting today. www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+reaches+out+to+poll+losers+/-/1064/1491088/-/xx39re/-/index.html
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Post by jakaswanga on Aug 31, 2012 16:47:49 GMT 3
Phil goes into damage control mode as things go pear shaped for ODM in Ndhiwa... Raila reaches out to poll losersBy ISAAC ONGIRI iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com and JUSTUS WANGA newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Thursday, August 30 2012 at 22:00 “We cannot be coerced to support an unpopular candidate hand-picked against the will of the people,” Mr Kale stated. On Thursday Mr Alila confirmed he was working with the protesting candidates. “ We all support Mr Odinga’s quest for presidency. But today we are requesting him to allow the people of Ndhiwa to decide,” Mr Alila said. But ODM communications director Philip Etale said the meeting was meant to “discuss in-house issues”. www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+reaches+out+to+poll+losers+/-/1064/1491088/-/xx39re/-/index.html b6k, When Ndolo, --I have forgotten his name now, was imposed on Makadara, young party activists on the ground in Eastlands besieged Nyong'o and Okundi (not sure whether that was the guy then) to stop the chicanery. They did not and Sonko Mbuvi went home run. Perhaps they are taking homeland Nyanza for granted. The arrogant kenchic&chips Jaluos of Nairobi. Would be a mistake.
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Post by podp on Aug 31, 2012 17:10:23 GMT 3
Phil goes into damage control mode as things go pear shaped for ODM in Ndhiwa... Raila reaches out to poll losersBy ISAAC ONGIRI iongiri@ke.nationmedia.com and JUSTUS WANGA newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Thursday, August 30 2012 at 22:00 “We cannot be coerced to support an unpopular candidate hand-picked against the will of the people,” Mr Kale stated. On Thursday Mr Alila confirmed he was working with the protesting candidates. “ We all support Mr Odinga’s quest for presidency. But today we are requesting him to allow the people of Ndhiwa to decide,” Mr Alila said. But ODM communications director Philip Etale said the meeting was meant to “discuss in-house issues”. www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Raila+reaches+out+to+poll+losers+/-/1064/1491088/-/xx39re/-/index.html b6k, When Ndolo, --I have forgotten his name now, was imposed on Makadara, young party activists on the ground in Eastlands besieged Nyong'o and Okundi (not sure whether that was the guy then) to stop the chicanery. They did not and Sonko Mbuvi went home run.Perhaps they are taking homeland Nyanza for granted. The arrogant kenchic&chips Jaluos of Nairobi. Would be a mistake. Do you know the current TNA candidate? When hayati Saitoti was in the race in 2007 on PNU ticket the chap was on ODM ticket. Why did he switch over? RAO had a not so secret MoU with hayati Saitoti. It is a similar game that was played Ndolo in Makadara. When it appeared he was unstoppable on ODM ticket good RAO made an MoU with Narc-K presidential candidate. Poor Ndolo never knew what hit him. Madam Ngilu resuscitated him to mark time in one of the water boards in her Ministry. And in MM's Peeling Back the Mask its clearer Ndolo is not liked for also squeezing RAO's squeeze initially. And like in Mo1's script, of fuata nyayo, all the kings men before he becomes king have to be cut to size. Ndolo is still nostalgic but he better consult MM. I somehow agree with how you see the lakeside folks! Chips funga when it comes to RAO dealing them, except Tuju and MM recently! And our OO to is no Chips funga. And maybe you if you really belong. But do I say?
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Post by mwalimumkuu on Aug 31, 2012 18:04:33 GMT 3
b6k, When Ndolo, --I have forgotten his name now, was imposed on Makadara, young party activists on the ground in Eastlands besieged Nyong'o and Okundi (not sure whether that was the guy then) to stop the chicanery. They did not and Sonko Mbuvi went home run.Perhaps they are taking homeland Nyanza for granted. The arrogant kenchic&chips Jaluos of Nairobi. Would be a mistake. Do you know the current TNA candidate? When hayati Saitoti was in the race in 2007 on PNU ticket the chap was on ODM ticket. Why did he switch over? RAO had a not so secret MoU with hayati Saitoti. It is a similar game that was played Ndolo in Makadara. When it appeared he was unstoppable on ODM ticket good RAO made an MoU with Narc-K presidential candidate. Poor Ndolo never knew what hit him. Madam Ngilu resuscitated him to mark time in one of the water boards in her Ministry. And in MM's Peeling Back the Mask its clearer Ndolo is not liked for also squeezing RAO's squeeze initially. And like in Mo1's script, of fuata nyayo, all the kings men before he becomes king have to be cut to size. Ndolo is still nostalgic but he better consult MM. I somehow agree with how you see the lakeside folks! Chips funga when it comes to RAO dealing them, except Tuju and MM recently! And our OO to is no Chips funga. And maybe you if you really belong. But do I say? You nailed it buddy. Where my mother was born, they have a saying that chickens feed on each other's intestines. That is ODM for you.
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Post by b6k on Sept 9, 2012 0:59:17 GMT 3
Meanwhile the fallout at Ndhiwa shows cracks beginning to appear in Agwambo's grip on the aspirants who lost the ODM ticket for the by-elections: Excerpt: Those with an interest in the politics of “Luo Nyanza” cannot have failed to notice a rather unusual development reported last weekend. This was that of the 23 losers in the ODM internal party selection process for the Ndhiwa parliamentary seat, only 13 turned up for a “reconciliation” meeting called by the Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The other 10, who reportedly “snubbed” the PM, were said to be actively campaigning for a candidate from another party. Their objective is to frustrate the alleged “winner” of the controversial ODM nominations – an election in which the only tally initially released was that of the winner, with no indication of the total number of votes cast, or how many votes each of the other candidates received. Raila is of course the ODM presidential candidate, and has been – for over a decade now – the unquestioned political leader of the Luo community. And just a few years ago, this kind of open defiance in his political backyard, would have been inconceivable. In the end, the PM was able to persuade the rebels to back down. But given ODM's history of highly irregular internal party elections, his problems in this respect are far from over. We could in fact say that they are just beginning. www.the-star.co.ke/opinions/wycliffe-muga/93200-political-dynasties-on-their-deathbedWhen it rains, it pours....
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Post by kamalet on Sept 9, 2012 9:08:42 GMT 3
Meanwhile the fallout at Ndhiwa shows cracks beginning to appear in Agwambo's grip on the aspirants who lost the ODM ticket for the by-elections: Excerpt: Those with an interest in the politics of “Luo Nyanza” cannot have failed to notice a rather unusual development reported last weekend. This was that of the 23 losers in the ODM internal party selection process for the Ndhiwa parliamentary seat, only 13 turned up for a “reconciliation” meeting called by the Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The other 10, who reportedly “snubbed” the PM, were said to be actively campaigning for a candidate from another party. Their objective is to frustrate the alleged “winner” of the controversial ODM nominations – an election in which the only tally initially released was that of the winner, with no indication of the total number of votes cast, or how many votes each of the other candidates received. Raila is of course the ODM presidential candidate, and has been – for over a decade now – the unquestioned political leader of the Luo community. And just a few years ago, this kind of open defiance in his political backyard, would have been inconceivable. In the end, the PM was able to persuade the rebels to back down. But given ODM's history of highly irregular internal party elections, his problems in this respect are far from over. We could in fact say that they are just beginning. www.the-star.co.ke/opinions/wycliffe-muga/93200-political-dynasties-on-their-deathbedWhen it rains, it pours.... Railas advisers are not clever when it comes to deal with a crisis. When the Uhuruto suit on integrity was filed and the extensions on Raila Kalonzo and Mudavadi added, it turns out that one of the applicants was a Ndhiwa aspirant. So do a deal with him to "win" the nomination and he will withdraw his name from the suit killing it as it were. So the fools went ahead and rigged the election and anyone should have noticed that all the top honchos of the Orange electoral board were there to make sure that the nomination would be handed as per agreement. The chap withdrew his name from the plaint a few days later!
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Post by phil on Sept 11, 2012 16:14:54 GMT 3
Uhuru surprised by 'warm' welcome in Kisumu. TNA team was on its way to Ndhiwa to campaign for its candidate in the by-elections. Now that Kibaki has made his intentions clear ona preferred successor, the grapevine is rife with talk of a 'possible alliance' between with TNA and ODM, a possibility that has taken everyone back to the drawing board.....including URP, who now want to link up to ODM before TNA does the same. WDP is still reeling in shock! Seems to me - all factors remaining constant - Kibaki is set for a similar farewell as Daniel Arap Moi in 2002! Watch this space.
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Post by phil on Sept 15, 2012 15:08:09 GMT 3
Poor attempt by KANU to gain relevance by purporting to align itself to ODM and support Raila's bid in 2013, and in the process dupe ODM supporters to vote for its candidate to win the Ndhiwa by-election. The pronouncement, though, may have an impact on the presidential polls in 2013. orange-democratic.blogspot.com/2012/09/kanu-endorsement-of-raila-and-kibaki.htmlIt is a commendable effort by on Tom Alila (an adoptive son of the late Hezekiah Oyugi) but lets face facts. KANU MP in Ndhiwa is a far fetched dream. I can predict here that Agostino Neto will emerge victorious in the Ndhiwa polls while Kajiado North remains uncertain for both ODM and TNA who are deemed as front runners. TNA faces a run for its money in Kangema especially from youngster Gathogo of Mzalendo Solidarity. PNU has since abandoned PNU and this is a seat that could go either way. Here's PM Odinga earlier today in Ndhiwa: 10 civic seats are also up for grabs during these by-elections and like in other recent by-elections provisional results will be transmitted electronically from polling stations to tallying centres at the constituency level and to a national observation centre to be set up in NAirobi by the IEBC from 5pm on the elections day. Full results should be known same day.
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