Author: eigesa
Thu Jan 17 06:03:32 2008

I agree with Pro. Mazrui for his boldness of standing up for what is right despite the fact that he is an appointee of Kibaki's regime, i.e Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University College of Agriculture and Technology. I watched him last week on VOA in interview with Shaka Ssali and he was candid that the so called 'kibaki win' was a hoax as their was no correlation in numbers. Half of his arrongant cabinet was dismissed by the people and he recieved votes only from one province and a half i.e central and upper eastern province. Raila beat him with huge margins in 6 of the 8 Kenya's provinces. Kibaki who is an economist should easily discern that numbers don't add up. I've heard that he has refused to hand over power to Odinga who's a Luo and that if it was someone else he would. This is shame as I recall Dr. Martin Luther King when he said that he had a dream that one day his children will not be judged Not by colour of their skin but by the content of their character. This is the scenario beckoning in Kenya today and in the past where Kenyans have missed out on employment, project development such as roads, electricity etc on grounds of religion and ethnicity. This has resulted in economic sanctions by the government on her subjects and has generated a lot of resentment in the country. Large parts of Kenya lags behind and we thought Odinga had promised to address these issues beginning this year but this has been postponed by Kibaki's hold onto power. What we are witnessing in the country today is the fact that people cannot wait anymore for 2012. Some regions in the country are not partcipating in the mass action called to address these issues simply because 'Kibaki is one of our own. If this wrong was done by somebody else how would they react? This is a fight for a better tomorrow and all Kenyans with conscience should stand up to be counted just like our good professor. We should stand up for what is right.

Let me join my fellow Kenyans in the mass action to eject Kibaki from power for his theft.

Author: snyamuus
Thu Feb 7 12:19:21 2008

I have read news about Professor Mazrui agreeing with the allegations that president Kibaki stole the elections. He actually states categorically that Kibaki stole the elections. This is of course what is claimed by Raila and his ODM. With due respect, one who was in Kenya during the run up to the elections would testify that Raila, through the media, especially the KTN tried very hard to show that the poll will be rigged. There were two incidents of stage managed incidents of alleged admnistration police being ferried to places to mark ballot papers. No one was able to establish these allegations. On the eve of the polls, a man was allegedly arrested carrying what the TV station said, were 2 million Kenya shillings to buy or bribe voters. It might have appeared that the TV station was at the spot and knew a man was coming with the amount mentioned. Those who allegedly arrested him were even aware of the money he was carrying. This was clearly stage managed to try and prove plans to rig the elections. When the results were being tallied at KICC, there was also an ocassion when the ODM presented a man alleged to be a returning officer of Molo, but again on being interviewed by the press, could not identify himself clearly or prove his allegations:The idea apparently was to give the media, both local and international a picture that the poll was being rigged. Again this was another failed attempt to show that the poll was being rigged. There was total confusion at KICC during the reading of the results and at one time one, orengo attempted to manhandle the Chairman of the Commission. I have not had anyone provide any tangible revealations. In the absence of this, a respectable professor cannot repeat such as an activist would, that Kibaki rigged the poll. Of course Mr Mazrui, you can only do this if you are an activist of Raila. In the absence of any prove, and if you have made your statement depending only on the press or the European Union, who also appear to be backing Raila, I submit this is unscholarly. In fact it is also immoral.




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