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Post by jakaswanga on Feb 4, 2014 22:54:29 GMT 3
A comet comes in a mad rush, burns beguiling bright, but is soon spent. A star stays, radiant, sometimes dim, but always shining.www.nation.co.ke/news/politics/I-have-the-drive-to-take-ODM-to-the-next-level/-/1064/2169528/-/rqfy84z/-/index.htmlNereah wa Amadi, since you insist on being absent, copying shall be the best form of tribute. I want to steal some wisdom from you and start a thread to interrogate  -------(as when you fingered Ouru Kenyatta on this thread: jukwaa.proboards.com/thread/7432/jukwaa-watch-on-uhuru?page=3&scrollTo=128973 )----- and put the search-light on this woman Zani. You see she is billed to be the SG (Secretary General) in becoming of the popular party! the popular party with a pretense to representing the left on the political landscape of Kenya. Not only is she the choice of the party establishment, she has assured herself of the personal support of ODM strongman Amollo.Agnes Zani is the woman who, if all goes to plan in succession politics, will replace the mulfunctioning Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o; the woman effectively charged with propelling Raila’s party and its prospective candidate to the helm office. Yes, Dr. Agnes Zani, nominated senator from Digoland Kwale, Coastal Kenya, must be brought to public focus, and scored. The woman set to slay the sleeping ODM giant Ababu Namwamba.Good question why the talented Mr. Namwamba has unnerved the party establishment. We should talk about that, Tawfiq. From close quarters I saw inferior courtiers, --many a fellow Luos, systematically alienate a man some of us thought was a greater talent,and asset than Musalia Mudavadi. That man was William Ruto. An finally he had enough of being bullied by lesser, fearful men, became recalcitrant and finally bolted. So a good answer must be found why the popular party is pledged to sideline its most fearsome young talent, once again. That is what we have to talk about, Tawfiq, and 2. muse whether Agnes Zani is the re-incarnation of Me Katilili.So, sister Nereah, who is Dr. Zani? we will build a slow picture until every facet and aspect of her is mega-pixeled. For instance, as a sociologist, has she ever developed a consistent, coherent proposal to the MRC (Mombasa republican movement); and how about the coming launch of the Coastal party? Can she mediate for us as a nation, the rising radical Islamic tendency at the coast? ---I was checking some Islamic sites for undertones from Kenya, following the altercation at the Mombasa mosque, and what I saw was the caption of an armed christian Kenyan policeman kicking an unarmed muslim boy as if to break bones. It read: Christian police brutalise Muslim after storming Mosque. Super imposed on looted, arsonised and destroyed Mosques from the CAR, there was a dark message being passed. Coast is therefore hot, and Zani is welcome to mediate, ODM SG or not. www.nation.co.ke/news/GSU-officer-killed-in-Mosque-chaos/-/1056/2170386/-/12lacdtz/-/index.htmlI don’t mind the secular state showing God/Allah who is boss even within the holy places of prayer, but in Kenya, the secular state and her paramilitary forces are not pillars of civilisation. Invading a mosque or church at gun-point, cuts more a picture of a primitive, punitive and vindictive animosity akin to marauding crusaders, than good old law and order. www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000103720&story_title=agnes-zani-the-political-newcomer-who-has-rattled-odm-s-rank-and-file
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Post by nowayhaha on Feb 5, 2014 10:38:45 GMT 3
Jaka, Having interacted closely with the Zani family .Its buffling why ODM elite has settled for her .One she has no political experience two she has no political clout in Kwale leave alone Coat province and thirdly shes carries the family name of Zani which is infamous in Coast and was one of the reason his brother lost in ODM primaries and also in the General elections , ask yourself why she had to be nominated to enter the senate . Below is her biography . sociology.uonbi.ac.ke/sites/default/files/chss/arts/sociology/Dr.%20Zani.pdf |
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Post by jakaswanga on Feb 5, 2014 19:59:37 GMT 3
Noway-,
Do you not find her academic credentials posh enough to have seduced the ODM mandarins? Of course academia is really not the qualification to be a party S-G, seeing how Prof. Nyong'o was lackluster to put it mildly. A party SG is a street-fighter, a razor-sharp debator, a ruthless power schemer and an instinctive killer [closer of deals on the up is what we would say in the sales market]. The the SG must of course be a formidable organiser and propagandist.
May be they saw all that in her!? Because I am sure the verdict out there is Onyango Oloo of TNA is not your push-over. And one never wants to underestimate the opposition, --usually. Haha!
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Post by phil on Feb 11, 2014 15:23:50 GMT 3
Dr. Zani is a former research Director at TJRC commission, and also an individual who served behind the scene in the presidential campaign teams. It goes without saying the most passionate ODM block support is from the Coast. Ababu, Mungaro, Kidero, Mbadi, Orengo all have their solid credentials when it comes to gauging their loyalty and asset value to ODM as a political party. Watch how the media deliberately ignores the CORD PG meeting resolutions (reproduced here cordkenya.blogspot.com/2014/02/resolutions-of-cord-parliamentary-group.html unedited) and insteads opts to hype on IEBC which was an off-cuff comment prompted by a question from the fourth estate representative. WHEN MEDIA purposefully censors information, they greatly deceive the public. Proposed reforms at IEBC is something CORD leadership talked about one year ago. How that ends up being headline news, at the total expense of the entire resolution statement beats me. I do not regret stopping to buy newspapers in Kenya. As you can see mainstream media deliberately fails to highlight very useful resolutions of the CORD parliamentary group. When media thrives on misinformation, it is the public that is disenfranchised: Here's the full unedited official SEVEN POINT statement that DAILY NATION and other Kenya mainstream media ignored. Again, there is the propaganda about moles in ODM. This is politics not beauty contest or a race to the finish line. How you end up receiving heavy financial, material and emotional support from top echelons of a coalition that you do not belong to, openly coalesce with their MPs and openly criticize your leaders; then shamelessly come back and start demanding for key position in your coalition that you have all but abandoned, smacks of treachery of the highest order. NSI is in action and this time around, we are thinking ahead of them. ODM shall survive this and emerge stronger. |
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Post by kamalet on Feb 11, 2014 20:15:45 GMT 3
Poor Phil is running about making a case for one that is nothing more than a political failure! First she was in the background of a failed campaign bid and that should be enough for the party leader to be wary of her being any where near power in the party he leads.
But there is good reason to sideline Ababu. the young chap is ambitious and would have added lustre to the party following a moribund leadership by the ailing professor. Simply the ODM leadership lost an election and the right thing is for them to step aside.
So why Zani? Being a political neophyte ensures that she will be what Robert Matano was to KANU during the Kenyatta days and that ensures that she can at no time overshadow one Raila Odinga in the party which was a risk the party faced with people like Ababu int he party.
Sadly and as Jakaswanga notes, ODM never learns even after the loss of people like Ruto or even Miguna. ODM lives for today and tomorrow hopefully ends up taking ca of itself.....like is happening today!
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Post by phil on Feb 12, 2014 15:23:07 GMT 3
Poor Phil is running about making a case for one that is nothing more than a political failure! First she was in the background of a failed campaign bid and that should be enough for the party leader to be wary of her being any where near power in the party he leads. But there is good reason to sideline Ababu. the young chap is ambitious and would have added lustre to the party following a moribund leadership by the ailing professor. Simply the ODM leadership lost an election and the right thing is for them to step aside. So why Zani? Being a political neophyte ensures that she will be what Robert Matano was to KANU during the Kenyatta days and that ensures that she can at no time overshadow one Raila Odinga in the party which was a risk the party faced with people like Ababu int he party. Sadly and as Jakaswanga notes, ODM never learns even after the loss of people like Ruto or even Miguna. ODM lives for today and tomorrow hopefully ends up taking ca of itself.....like is happening today! You obviously need a little more research before trying to belittle and disparage Senator Zani. The fact that she won a nomination to senate is statement enough. I am not buying that crap of sidelining ABABU. Media hype has worked on the intelligence of many but ODM remains united. Do not mistake competition for positions as internal disagreement. Departure of Ruto and Miguna remains good for ODM in the longer term. |
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Post by kamalet on Feb 12, 2014 15:39:34 GMT 3
Poor Phil is running about making a case for one that is nothing more than a political failure! First she was in the background of a failed campaign bid and that should be enough for the party leader to be wary of her being any where near power in the party he leads. But there is good reason to sideline Ababu. the young chap is ambitious and would have added lustre to the party following a moribund leadership by the ailing professor. Simply the ODM leadership lost an election and the right thing is for them to step aside. So why Zani? Being a political neophyte ensures that she will be what Robert Matano was to KANU during the Kenyatta days and that ensures that she can at no time overshadow one Raila Odinga in the party which was a risk the party faced with people like Ababu int he party. Sadly and as Jakaswanga notes, ODM never learns even after the loss of people like Ruto or even Miguna. ODM lives for today and tomorrow hopefully ends up taking ca of itself.....like is happening today! You obviously need a little more research before trying to belittle and disparage Senator Zani. The fact that she won a nomination to senate is statement enough. I am not buying that crap of sidelining ABABU. Media hype has worked on the intelligence of many but ODM remains united. Do not mistake competition for positions as internal disagreement. Departure of Ruto and Miguna remains good for ODM in the longer term. Phil Until you realise that YOU are one of the problems of and at ODM, the party with people like you will continue to thin out and will die. Nomination to the senate by ODM or any other party for that matter is no sign of criteria to lead! Zani serves no purpose but to fill in the roll of officials of ODM as she cannot make any independent decision for the party! Any party secretary general is the mouth and engine of the party and having a person like Zani there only goes to lie to people that the party is national! Do you think anyone believes that Oloo and Sakaja with their high sounding titles are anything in TNA? It is a pretence to a national party and that is what is happening to ODM! Sidelining Ababu for his likely ambitions is nothing but a daft move! |
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Post by jakaswanga on Feb 12, 2014 20:17:46 GMT 3
Poor Phil is running about making a case for one that is nothing more than a political failure! First she was in the background of a failed campaign bid and that should be enough for the party leader to be wary of her being any where near power in the party he leads. But there is good reason to sideline Ababu. the young chap is ambitious and would have added lustre to the party following a moribund leadership by the ailing professor. Simply the ODM leadership lost an election and the right thing is for them to step aside. So why Zani? Being a political neophyte ensures that she will be what Robert Matano was to KANU during the Kenyatta days and that ensures that she can at no time overshadow one Raila Odinga in the party which was a risk the party faced with people like Ababu int he party. Sadly and as Jakaswanga notes, ODM never learns even after the loss of people like Ruto or even Miguna. ODM lives for today and tomorrow hopefully ends up taking ca of itself.....like is happening today! You obviously need a little more research before trying to belittle and disparage Senator Zani. The fact that she won a nomination to senate is statement enough. I am not buying that crap of sidelining ABABU. Media hype has worked on the intelligence of many but ODM remains united. Do not mistake competition for positions as internal disagreement. Departure of Ruto and Miguna remains good for ODM in the longer term. 1st colour spot: needs upgrade as it does not compute. May be she could not get to the senate coz electorate thought her trash? Like I do not think Najib Balala's entry into the cabinet was because he is a super talent! Being nominated, is likely to mean beholden to ... 2nd colour: Raila himself was forced at the caucus/retreat to call on Otieno Kajwang' to explain his defamation of Ababu. So it is for a fact that a strong defamation campaign has been raging in the ODM to thwart Namwamba. Perhaps if you want to deny this fact, this blog is not the place for you, phil. |
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Post by podp on Feb 12, 2014 23:25:52 GMT 3
Being nominated, is likely to mean beholden to ... 2nd colour: Raila himself was forced at the caucus/retreat to call on Otieno Kajwang' to explain his defamation of Ababu. So it is for a fact that a strong defamation campaign has been raging in the ODM to thwart Namwamba. Perhaps if you want to deny this fact, this blog is not the place for you, phil. That’s why ODM has distinguished itself as the only African political formation with a Permanent Supreme Leader. The ODM Party Leader is more permanent than Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe or Uganda’s Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Mr. Odinga is a leader into perpetuity; akin only to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. In a totalitarian outfit like ODM, competition and ambition is not just checked; it is purged before it can show its face. This is the context within which to understand why bizarre scenes of raw threats, intimidations and pure blackmail have been used to scare a galaxy of timid Luo politicians like James Orengo, Dalmas Otieno and Evans Kidero from taking part in open, fair, transparent and democratic competition within ODM. www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-154861/dalmas-orengo-kidero-should-fight-rightsplease spare phil |
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Post by b6k on Feb 13, 2014 0:08:21 GMT 3
That’s why ODM has distinguished itself as the only African political formation with a Permanent Supreme Leader. The ODM Party Leader is more permanent than Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe or Uganda’s Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Mr. Odinga is a leader into perpetuity; akin only to North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. In a totalitarian outfit like ODM, competition and ambition is not just checked; it is purged before it can show its face. This is the context within which to understand why bizarre scenes of raw threats, intimidations and pure blackmail have been used to scare a galaxy of timid Luo politicians like James Orengo, Dalmas Otieno and Evans Kidero from taking part in open, fair, transparent and democratic competition within ODM. www.the-star.co.ke/news/article-154861/dalmas-orengo-kidero-should-fight-rightsplease spare phil Interesting Podp. Why are you now demonizing, or is it antagonizing, the "dear leader" of the premier "national" party in KE? |
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Post by nowayhaha on Feb 13, 2014 18:56:09 GMT 3
Noway-, Do you not find her academic credentials posh enough to have seduced the ODM mandarins? Of course academia is really not the qualification to be a party S-G, seeing how Prof. Nyong'o was lackluster to put it mildly. A party SG is a street-fighter, a razor-sharp debator, a ruthless power schemer and an instinctive killer [closer of deals on the up is what we would say in the sales market]. The the SG must of course be a formidable organiser and propagandist. May be they saw all that in her!? Because I am sure the verdict out there is Onyango Oloo of TNA is not your push-over. And one never wants to underestimate the opposition, --usually. Haha! Jaka , The only thing that has made ODM elite route for her is because they see amongst all the candidates of the SG post she is the only one they can manipulate. With this move they dont know that they are alienating the Coast electrate as you know Joho is teaming up with Namwamba so essentially they see that its Ok for Zani to replace Joho as long as they both come from Coast province so it can be perceived that Coast interests will be represented in the new ODM line up , wrong first Zani comes from the minority Digo community even though a part of the Mijikenda but larger Giriama/Chonyi(You can see the Kajwang/Raila group want to do away with Mungaro) group always charts its path independently . Secondly Zani is a Christian and its for this reason his brother lost both in the ODM primaries , religion comes to play especially in Mombasa/Kwale politics. Unlike Jubilee which is made up of regional parties with huge populations and reliable voting blocks TNA and URP and thus can confidently go for the top price , ODMs best bet for the top price is to galvanize the smaller communities and in so meaning having leaders from the smaller communities with political clouts in the party structure (thus automatically eliminating the Zanis ) lest they find out in as much as they have tried to imitate TNA and URP by having party officials without political clout to represent the face of Kenya but become unpopular in those regions when the political leaded realign (as is the Case with Coast province ) |
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Post by mwalimumkuu on Feb 13, 2014 19:22:27 GMT 3
B6K, Kamale, Noway, Jakasawanga et al,
'The Zani project' seems to have died a very natural death. Interestingly, it died even before it started. The current state of affairs in the ODM can very well act as a lens through which one can interpret and understand why ODM despite all the color and pomp is never a threat when it matters most. Poor strategy or lack of a real strategy is what ails the latter day baba na mama party. They have an idea of where they want to go, but badly fall short when it comes to mapping out how to exactly get there.
As Nowayhaha has ably explained above, the kitchen cabinet (led by Oburu Odinga), as always took so many things for granted in this race. It is eating them badly. Its hard to imagine how the young and inexperienced Ababu Namwamba has outwitted them on this one. As it stands, not unless there is a major shift,which can only happen via rigging of untold proportions, Ababu/Joho clique seem set to sweep the seats across board. Give him credit, Namwamba learnt a few things from Mudavadi's debacle in ODM and reworked the script. The party honchos never saw it coming. It will be interesting to see how and where the MOLES will lead the party.
~~ Mwalimumkuu @nyumbakubwa ~~
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Post by b6k on Feb 14, 2014 0:10:31 GMT 3
B6K, Kamale, Noway, Jakasawanga et al,'The Zani project' seems to have died a very natural death. Interestingly, it died even before it started. The current state of affairs in the ODM can very well act as a lens through which one can interpret and understand why ODM despite all the color and pomp is never a threat when it matters most. Poor strategy or lack of a real strategy is what ails the latter day baba na mama party. They have an idea of where they want to go, but badly fall short when it comes to mapping out how to exactly get there. As Nowayhaha has ably explained above, the kitchen cabinet (led by Oburu Odinga), as always took so many things for granted in this race. It is eating them badly. Its hard to imagine how the young and inexperienced Ababu Namwamba has outwitted them on this one. As it stands, not unless there is a major shift,which can only happen via rigging of untold proportions, Ababu/Joho clique seem set to sweep the seats across board. Give him credit, Namwamba learnt a few things from Mudavadi's debacle in ODM and reworked the script. The party honchos never saw it coming. It will be interesting to see how and where the MOLES will lead the party. ~~ Mwalimumkuu @nyumbakubwa ~~
Mwalimumkuu, ODM needs to adapt or die. Namwamba may be young but he's not inexperienced, nor daft. They could do a whole lot worse than having Namwamba at the helm. The PNU side had its generational change & even had a total makeover party wise. It's high time ODM allowed the same to occur in their stable. If the old guard cling on to power indefinitely they will only have themselves to blame in the next election cycle when even more youth will be of voting age than in the last election. |
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Post by nowayhaha on Feb 23, 2014 10:00:46 GMT 3
B6K, Kamale, Noway, Jakasawanga et al,'The Zani project' seems to have died a very natural death. Interestingly, it died even before it started. The current state of affairs in the ODM can very well act as a lens through which one can interpret and understand why ODM despite all the color and pomp is never a threat when it matters most. Poor strategy or lack of a real strategy is what ails the latter day baba na mama party. They have an idea of where they want to go, but badly fall short when it comes to mapping out how to exactly get there. As Nowayhaha has ably explained above, the kitchen cabinet (led by Oburu Odinga), as always took so many things for granted in this race. It is eating them badly. Its hard to imagine how the young and inexperienced Ababu Namwamba has outwitted them on this one. As it stands, not unless there is a major shift,which can only happen via rigging of untold proportions, Ababu/Joho clique seem set to sweep the seats across board. Give him credit, Namwamba learnt a few things from Mudavadi's debacle in ODM and reworked the script. The party honchos never saw it coming. It will be interesting to see how and where the MOLES will lead the party. ~~ Mwalimumkuu @nyumbakubwa ~~ Mwalimu, A few days and we will see the outcome . It will be an interesting event and period but one thing is for sure .This is the begining of the end of ODM as a party and CORD as a coalition . See the below article...... Ali Hassan Joho, Dr. Agnes Zani camps draw battle lines Read more at: standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000105278&story_title=joho-zani-camps-draw-battle-linesMombasa, KENYA: Nominated Senator Agnes Zani’s support for the ODM Secretary General’s post in the Coast region has shrunk to her native Kwale County. Political analysts say she has fallen victim to peer jealousy and machinations of Mombasa basedpowerbrokers. Most delegates from the county — about 100 of ODM’s 328 delegates in the region — had previously vowed to stick with her. The Standard on Sunday has learnt that the last straw against Dr Zani came from her own backyard where no ODM leader — including Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya, Senator Boy Juma Boy and local MPs — supports her candidature. Iddi Omar Boga, the deputy majority leader in the Kwale County Assembly, lamented that “women leaders in Kwale and the Coast” were opposed to Zani for no clear reason. There are reports the nominated senator’s brother Nicholas Zani, who is eyeing the national deputy organising secretary post, also had the support of Coast leaders. A member of the Kwale assembly, who asked not to be named, suggested yesterday that Zani was a victim of rivals, including fellow female leaders, who fear her rising political star. Pwani University lecturer Dr Hassan Mwakimako said most ODM leaders support Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho’s bid for the deputy party leader’s post in the belief that it makes him close to vying for the presidency in Raila Odinga’s absence. “Senator Boy Juma Boy might be having fears that Zani might run for senatorial seat, while others like Women’s Representative Zainab Chidzuga do not want a powerful lady. Others just think Zani cannot be manipulated in party primaries,” said Boga. His claim is supported by analysts who say rich power brokers in Mombasa fear Dr Zani’s ability to rally the Miji Kenda vote outside their control and are the biggest winners in the short term. Early last year, Nicholas (Zani’s brother) was nominated to the Cabinet of the Kwale County government and controversially removed. The Transport docket he had been allocated has been filled by the deputy governor. But the Coast leaders have also withdrawn support for Nicholas’ bid for the national deputy organising secretary’s post. Lacking support The Standard on Sunday has also learnt that local ODM leaders ran away from Zani, who was campaigning in North Eastern yesterday, on the pretext that she lacks nationwide support of her own at the behest of powerful Mombasa based power brokers. A political analyst who did not want to be mentioned, predicted that the Miji Kenda vote will now be controlled by Mombasa Governor Hassan Ali Joho, who has successfully rallied all ODM leaders in the region to his side and thwarted Zani’s ascendancy. Dr Mwamiko predicted that Zani might still emerge from this contest morally and politically stronger with a backlash expected against those perceived to have hanged her out to dry. When we spoke to Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi seeking to find out why he and his colleagues in the region prefer Budalang’i MP Ababu Namwamba to Zani, he claimed the nominated senator is a “product of borrowed support with no base of her own” in apparent reference to reports that the nominated senator was enjoying Raila’s support. Mwinyi was a member of the committee of five appointed by local ODM leaders to explore Zani’s and Joho’s candidature and negotiate deals with other regions. When it was created, the committee chaired by Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu appeared to support Zani’s ambition. But on Friday, it had repudiated her totally and warmed up to Joho and Namwamba. Boadroom decision On Friday, many of the committee members claimed it held no meetings, fuelling fears that withdrawal of Zani’s support was a boardroom decision. Mombasa Women Representative Mishi Mboko said they withdrew Zani’s support because “she has not come to us to seek support directly”. Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi said Zani “had turned down our invitations.” Madzayo, who on Friday declared that all delegates from Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa will stand with Zani regardless of the outcome of the committee, dutifully and happily attended the meeting of ODM leaders from the region which resolved to support the Joho-Namwamba line up. “He (Joho) is young, ambitious and charismatic enough to lead this party. But we will cross that bridge when we get there. But for Zani, it was bound to happen because we had to trade in one of the post,” said Mazadyo in an interview. Significantly, other leaders like Kilifi North MP Gideon Mungaro, who recently appeared to be on the same “persecuted side” as Zani, attended yesterday’s meeting in Mombasa where he happily joined Joho, Kingi and Mombasa, Kwale and Kilifi County MPs Chidzuga, Mboko and Aisha Katana. Also present were Kilifi South MP Mustafa Iddi, Matuga MP Hassan Mwanyoha and Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori. When they spoke to the press, the leaders claimed they had sacrificed Zani to strengthen Joho’s chances of clinching his desired post. “We had to sacrifice Zani’s candidature so that Joho can win the Deputy Party leader’s post,” said Mwadeghu. Mwinyi was more categorical and ruthless, saying Zani should not expect unfettered local support because “she is not representing change on her own” and that local leaders should not be lynched for their political strategy. e claimed that Zani did not impress the committee after two meetings in Mombasa and Nairobi and denied reports that local ODM leaders were compromised by the Joho-Namwamba group. According to Mwinyi, the committee had discovered that the Joho-Namwamba line up was very popular across Kenya. “We oppose the proposal to split some party positions to reward failures. As Coast leaders, we want election for the posts that were advertised and we will oppose any move to create new positions,” said Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi. Mwadeghu said “it was clear that we had to either sacrifice Zani or Joho as the two leaders were both in agreement that whoever will be told to step down for the other will do that”. Laughable move But a section of delegates from Kwale, Taita Taveta and Mombasa criticised the MPs and governors for ditching Zani. Mvita sub-county chairman Abdulhaman Abdulhamid accused the leaders of falling victim to the region’s political tycoons acting as political brokers. Dr Mwakimako said the leaders’ stated reason for supporting Joho and ditching Zani are laughable given that they gave up an influential position of Secretary General. “It is true that without the support of the Coast region, Zani will have lost a crucial bloc. But I think the region’s leadership should think twice because they should have preferred the secretary general post,” he said. He said there was no guarantee that Joho will be an automatic party leader in the absence of Raila. The don said Zani might emerge from the mess morally stronger for she is the first woman from the region to express interest in a senior position. Boga, who is also Kwale County ODM Secretary General, lashed out at the leaders for “undermining our own sons and daughters.” He noted this was the only opportunity to get a Coastal woman to a high position since Mekatilili Wa Menza. |
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-------(as when you fingered Ouru Kenyatta on this thread: jukwaa.proboards.com/thread/7432/jukwaa-watch-on-uhuru?page=3&scrollTo=128973 )----- and put the search-light on this woman Zani. You see she is billed to be the SG (Secretary General) in becoming of the popular party! the popular party with a pretense to representing the left on the political landscape of Kenya. Not only is she the choice of the party establishment, she has assured herself of the personal support of ODM strongman Amollo.
