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ONE MAN JOHO IS WORTH MORE THAN ALL OF THE NYANZA GOVERNORS  AS IT STANDS  NOW By Armstrong K. Abala Rt Hon. Raila Odinga I was shocked when I heard that a click of governors from the Luo Nyanza are infact demanding for Direct ODM nominations so that it would be easy to defend their seats to continue doing NOTHING in their offices. These clicks of governors led by Rasanga, Obado and Awiti, must realize that their time to go is long overdue. We cannot have “Pumpkins” in offices as governors and then reelect them in the name of them completing “PROJECTS” that have never ever started anywhere in the Luo Nyanza. One of the goons said and I quote. “"Mbadi, I am sending you to plead with ODM leader Raila Odinga so that the incumbent governors of Siaya, Homa Bay, Kisumu and Migori counties be given direct ODM tickets’ I believe that the people of Nyanza are now beyond Parties and anyone who thinks a direct nomination by ODM hands them an office to do no...

EXACT AND ON POINT ; WORDS BY DAVID NDII David Ndii           PHOTO; COURTESY   A decade ago, Prof Bethuel Ogot, one of the country’s towering intellectuals, pronounced the “Kenya project” dead. Kenya has never been a more distant idea than it is now at the beginning of the 21st Century. Nationalism is dead, replaced by sub-nationalism. The tribe has eaten the nation. Few years ago, the country exploded into an orgy of political violence. There may be some people who will be wondering why Prof Ogot is talking about Kenya in terms of projects and ideas. Is Kenya not a concrete reality, an internationally recognised sovereign state? Although the notion of a nation as an idea is an old one, it is Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism that offered the most cogent articulation of the concept, and in so doing shaped the contemporary study of nationalism. Anderson defined nati...

PRESS STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR MOMBASA AND ODM PARTY LEADER HON. JOHO By Armstrong K. Abala ODM Deputy party leader and Mombasa Governor  during a press conference PHOTO; Courtesy  For about one month now, particularly since a by-election was declared in Malindi, I have been at the center of state sponsored machinations targeting me individually and businesses linked to me. These acts that amount to persecution, intimidation and blackmail have taken more dramatic and scary turn after the by-elections. Suddenly, the government realized I have excess body guards that have to be taken away. It was after Malindi was won by ODM that the National Government decided that I have guns that I no longer deserve and that I need to surrender. These misgivings have been communicated to me in a most uncouth and unprofessional manner. Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery and Mr Nelson Marwa, the Regional Coordinator for Coast, have chosen to speak to me throug...

WHAT ARE JUBILEE INTENTIONS; MVITA MP’S SECURITY REMOVED By Armstrong K. Abala Mvita Mp       AbdulSwamad                                 PHOTO; Courtesy Barely Eight hours after the withdrawal of Hon. Johos security details has it emerged that that Mvita Mp AbdulSwamad security has been withdrawn I am inclined to write this after talking about Joho’s i ntimidation because, it seems that the Jubilee administration has taken upon itself to ensure that all the coast leaders and mostly those allied to the opposition do not live a comfortable life The mvita Mp wrote on his official page wrote “This morning my only bodyguard has been withdrawn. I wish to remind them I’ve never owned a gun so I’m surprised to be asked to return the same. This is nothing but sheer intimidation by the government after the Malindi by election. No amount of suppression shall allow us to shy away...

WITHDRAWAL OF JOHO SECURITY SO JUVENILE OF MARWA AND HIS MASTERS Armstrong K. Abala H.E Hon. Hassan Joho, ODM party leader and Governor Mombasa County  PHOTO; Courtesy  I have never stopped wondering who this so called Marwa is or who he thinks he is in the Jubilee government. His move that I will not hesitate to term as stupid and juvenile to withdraw the security detail of H.E Hon. Hassan Joho is uncalled for. In as much as the so called county commissioner whose position is in any case unconstitutional is acting on behalf of the government, there is need to have sanity in how we conduct matters relating to the security of our leaders. Joho is a leader and a high profile one for that matter, his security is a must give and not a privilege. This is politics that is playing here and I charge the Jubilee government to stop being cowards and to stop behaving like their friend in Uganda Mr. Museveni. Kenya is a free state and intimidation of our leaders...

ODM STAMPS AUTHORITY AS JAP IS SHAKEN By Armstrong K. Abala Relax we got your back:  Prime minister Raila Odinga , Malindi MP elect and Govern Amason Kingi  Now that JAP has clinched the Kericho by – election I hope it will not be a new platform for the Deputy President to start beating his chest, I hope it does not give him so much bragging rights. It is evident that even with JAPs win, a strong and I mean a very strong message has been sent to the ruling coalition that indeed it will not be business as usual when it comes to the rift valley politics anymore. Even with the tensions that had been witnessed, it in Kericho the people of that county have proved that indeed a peaceful election can actually happen even with tensions all over, indeed this was not a case of Kericho electing their leader but it was a supremacy battle between Ruto, Gideon Moi and Governor Ruto. Interestingly, this has taken another Swift after the Former President who is al...