President Kibaki’s “Yes” is not the same as Mr Odinga’s “Yes”. And the difference is unclear. What we must record, however, is this: One of them is more “No” than “Yes”. But we do not know which one. We must record another thing. All along, Mr Odinga supported a Parliamentary [...]
This is a letter to Members of Parliament. Greetings and a good Sunday! I write to you for one reason: You must stop the referendum. You must review the law that created the ‘‘rushed’’ reforms. This is our last chance at peace; maybe our last chance at a negotiated constitution. I [...]
Last week I was labelled an anti-reformist for saying a fat “No” to the draft law.
Allow me to put the record straight. Without a doubt, I am an anti-reformist. No apologies, no guess work, just anti-reforms. Besides, being anti-reforms is not a disease. And if it is, I am happily infected. [...]
My name is Mutahi Ngunyi, citizen number 4855678. I am previously from the Gema Nation, before becoming a Kenyan. And my vote is a big fat No.
I am not ambiguous; I am not thinking about it. It is a No. If I can be allowed, I want to vote tomorrow. No point [...]
The man who inserted ‘‘things’’ in our draft constitution was inspired. Call him a criminal; call him a saint. The man is a patriot. Seriously!
Because we refused to negotiate, we invited madness. And madness happens when “… the relationship between a nation and the truth is disturbed”.
In my view, therefore, the [...]
Sometimes I think we ended the post-election violence too soon. Maybe we should have allowed the country to reach ground zero.
And, from the ashes, a new order would have emerged. But we aborted it. Now the country is pregnant again. We do not know who the father is, but I suspect [...]
This is a letter to the people of Kenya. Greetings, brothers and sisters! Now I will get to the point. I think this referendum is healing the nation.
For the first time in our politics, we are united. And our unity is not tribal. The “Yes” brigade is full of colour. It [...]
Our constitutional moment is now. And, if this is true, we must make it a negotiated moment. Instead of a ‘‘win-lose’’, we can make it a ‘‘win-win’’ situation. A negotiated referendum; not a zero-sum referendum. But there is a problem. The moment is ripe for change, but there is no midwife.
The [...]
Revolutions come in small instalments; little by little. They begin with MPs losing their seats higgledy-piggledy. From Juja to Matuga; from Starehe to Mugirango “something”. No explanation, no clarity! Just loss. This is followed by a religious uprising: A “rebellion of bishops”.
They reject the draft law. In response, the [...]
Recently, I was on mission to a ‘banana republic’. Then from nowhere, I bumped into one of our Cabinet ministers. He was loitering in a mall.
We drank coffee and talked politics. To my surprise, he was clever. In fact, he asked me to read a certain book. I almost died. I [...]