tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:36:24 +0000william ruto2012raila odingauhurukalonzo musyokamediaODMchurchillarap sangparliamentPeter Kennethbalalagooglejeff koinangejeremiah kionikhalwalekiunjurimutula kilonzoocampoole kiyiapisamuel wanjiruthe startobikoThe Back Story of Kenya's Politicshttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-1269301559285100083Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:29:00 +00002012-10-10T15:11:26.309-07:002012raila odinga The elections cannot get any dirtier. National Politico has reasons to believe that the issuance of national identity cards is been manipulated in favour of a particular candidate. Immigration minister, Hon. Otieno Kajwang is in prime minister's camp and chances are they are working together to deny youths from particular constituencies/ counties their constitutional right of owning an http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/10/raila-kajwang-denying-central-youths-id.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)95tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-6542879495581834637Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:33:00 +00002011-09-16T05:04:00.833-07:00 A lot has been happening over the last couple of weeks. The first 3 suspects converged at the Hague, and completely made a fool of themselves. First was one William Ruto. This guy is said to be super intelligent but going by his choice of witnesses, that is no longer the case. Cheramboss, a total failure. All he did was tell the judges to lock up Ruto. He confirmed what Ocampo had alleged and http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/09/worst-witnesses-you-can-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-6851081771019169311Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:38:00 +00002011-08-13T02:39:57.682-07:00raila odingaThe plot thickens. Miguna Miguna, prime ministers adviser on constitutional matters has been fired and left for the dogs. Apparently Miguna is not one to walk out quietly. He has gone on a revenge mission and the media is having a field day. Persons close to the prime minister and specifically Jakoyo Midiwo and Isahakia were never pro Miguna and according to Miguna, they are the ones responsiblehttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/08/could-miguna-miguna-have-been-anti.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-996953227193105887Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:59:00 +00002011-09-16T05:05:01.923-07:00ole kiyiapi I don't usually do this but today i will give you why this man is the most suitable for the presidency. Before anyone reminds me that he was recently accused of corruption in his ministry, let me state here that I believe, he in fact inherited those scandals from his predecessor Karega Mutahi. The loss of those amounts of money occurred not during his tenure as PLO wrongly put it but during http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-i-would-vote-for-ole-kiyiapi-any.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-7123006805701954261Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:38:00 +00002011-08-03T06:48:16.306-07:00arap sangwilliam rutoWilliam Samoei Ruto, should finally understand the gravity of the charges Ocampo has prepared against him. For the past several months, the Eldoret north member of parliament has displayed a very confident posture, completely disregarding the Hague process in public. Privately, it is quite certain that the same cannot be said. The charge sheet prepared by Ocampo and his team was enough to silencehttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/08/near-zero-ruto-survival-at-hague.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-8497735186857452000Tue, 02 Aug 2011 05:59:00 +00002011-08-01T22:59:29.469-07:00googlePolitics aside, Google has given Kenya and Tanzania the best gift yet. On today's google homepage, (02/08/2011), the doodle is all about the great wildebeast migration between the Masai Mara and the Serengeti. Clicking on the amazing doodle that has the wildebeast's horns forming the name google, will take you to the search results of of the phrase wildebeest migration. The doodle is available onhttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/08/google-celebrates-great-wildebeast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-8034911688426563263Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:25:00 +00002011-07-27T08:25:32.602-07:00Peter KennethuhuruDeputy prime minister, finance minister and king of the slopes, Uhuru Kenyatta has visited Murang'a county over the recent past, more times probably than any other place in Kenya. The most memorable visit was the mammoth crowd where he was proclaimed King in Murang'a town in late March. It was during the run up to the Hague appearance and since the momentum was nationwide, it was only fair for http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/07/is-muranga-uhuru-and-peter-kenneths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-4425911437930040472Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:43:00 +00002011-07-06T23:43:12.256-07:00parliamentThe small matter of taxes keeps coming up. This is the first time that mps have come closest to paying their taxes but closest isn't good enough, whether they will pay or not is still not clear. Bravo to those of them who have paid, among them, President Kibaki, Prime minister Raila, Vice president Kalonzo, Ferdinand Waititu, Mutava Musyimi, Sonko,Margaret Wanjiru and any other not highlighted http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/07/mps-who-have-refused-to-pay-taxes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-8989797519960359935Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:46:00 +00002011-06-20T22:33:34.848-07:002012khalwaleFor impunity to end at the treasury, Kimunya must go.Those were the words of Bonny Khalwale, the former chief prefect in Parliament. Impunity was the order of the minute in Kenya and 'IMPUNIZED' politicians tried their best not to cross Khalwale's paths. Just the thought of siphoning public money into foreign accounts was enough pressure on Khalwale's toes and few stepped his toes and failed to http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/06/rest-in-peace-bonny-khalwale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-671054590075461384Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:06:00 +00002012-01-09T07:57:00.046-08:002012churchillwilliam ruto William ruto finally appeared on the popular show Churchill Live. This comes just two weeks after his frenemy Raila Odinga did the same and several weeks after Uhuru Kenyatta pioneered the list of serious presidential hopefuls joining Churchill on stage. Just like the others, Ruto looked for the attribute he is not really known for and brought it out fully. Prior to the show, very few people http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/06/ruto-finally-appears-on-churchill-live.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-6735573553714011459Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:33:00 +00002011-06-14T12:34:53.727-07:002012raila odinga2012 draws closer and the politics get interesting. Before 2002, the politics revolved around Moi and KANU. In 2007, they arguably revolved more on tribe than Kibaki. In 2012, they will certainly revolve around one Raila Amollo Odinga, better known as RAO, to the online society. Here is one man who has generated unprecedented amount of love, hate, suspicion, phobia and charisma within and http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/06/ingredients-for-president-raila-amollo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-1064677363248212480Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:01:00 +00002011-06-10T04:01:16.694-07:00tobiko The heat on one Willy Mutunga seems to have cooled down and now turning to DPP nominee Keriako Tobiko. An intelligent man by all measures, Keriako was appointed or nominated for the director of public prosecution in a less than transparent way we must admit. As opposed to the nomination o f mutunga and Baraza, the name of Keriako Tobiko only surfaced from almost nowhere.That makes me ask the http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/06/do-you-want-keriako-tobiko-as-your-dpp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-2615585783573602800Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:17:00 +00002011-12-05T08:20:10.148-08:00churchillraila odingawilliam rutoQuestions have started been posed as to whether prime minister Raila Odinga's praise for the song KIGEUGEU by Jaguar on Churchill Live carried more meaning. Raila was responding to Churchill's question on his type of music. The prime minister candidly gave the song kigeugeu as one of his current day favourite. When time came to dance to its tune, the prime minister could clearly be seen to be in http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/06/raila-hides-behind-kigeugeu-to-hit-at.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-6792672160653989631Sat, 21 May 2011 08:49:00 +00002011-05-22T02:50:03.957-07:002012With 2012 around the corner, politicians have now taken their battle to social media. By their numbers, they are taking facebook by storm and are most probably competing for the largest fan base. Perhaps they learnt a lesson or two from Obama's 2008 presidential campaign or they have realised the number of votes laying idle in facebook and twitter. Martha Karua is probably one of the first http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/05/kenyan-politicians-on-facebook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)217tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-3200394911117164522Wed, 18 May 2011 12:43:00 +00002011-05-18T05:48:01.378-07:00mediaraila odingauhuruwilliam ruto 2012 is calling and politicians are getting ready. With no exceptions, any mp with plans of been in parliament post 2012 is clearing the way for himself or herself. As with any country, Kenyans are influenced so much by the media that the media now literally thinks for Kenyans. A case example is Citizen TV which has a religious following upcountry. Anything appearing on the station is law and ifhttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/05/kenyan-politicians-who-own-media.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-8366543906704245642Tue, 17 May 2011 11:20:00 +00002011-05-17T04:20:54.375-07:00william rutoThe remarks by Eldoret north member of parliament William Ruto concerning the appointment of Willy Mutunga shows some form of phobia for this man. Ruto commented that Mutunga's wearing of an earing shows a rotten society that can only be saved by prayers. True to his tradition, the mp also added 'salt' to the wound by claiming that Mutunga communicates with some evil spirits with the earing. Thishttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/05/ruto-afraid-of-willy-mutunga.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-9094103096177934413Mon, 16 May 2011 10:02:00 +00002011-05-16T03:04:34.218-07:00samuel wanjiruThe world, on 16/5/11,  woke up to the news of the death of olympics gold medalist Samuel  Kamau Wanjiru. Various accounts of his death are already in circulation but the most credible one is actually the wikipedia version which claims that his wife came home from an undisclosed location only to find his husband with in the bedroom with another woman. She apparently locked them in http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/05/samuel-wanjiru-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-5973981025794540173Sun, 15 May 2011 10:31:00 +00002011-05-15T03:31:17.761-07:002012 That fuel money is been raised in anticipation for a hot race come 2012 is obvious. No matter how rich this greedy politicians are, they still don't want to use their money for campaigns. So what do they do, they raise the price of fuel by about ten shillings in a month and make sure it remains there till 2012. Assuming one million litres are consumed daily, that's 10 million shillings daily. http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/05/kenya-fuel-money-conspiracy-for-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-4214167393977173579Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:38:00 +00002011-04-25T05:38:04.988-07:00mediaSince the Ocampo six arrived from the Hague and attended their home coming bash, there has been very little politics in the country and the silence is deafening. Every week, we were all glued to our screens listening to the bickering of our politicians. Until two weeks ago, watching news was fun. Whether or not you like the uhuru and ruto alliance, you most probably loved listening to them. Now, http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/deafening-silence-that-is-lack-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-9062767263125812767Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 +00002011-04-19T05:00:49.984-07:00uhuruwilliam rutoAccording to Rev. Timothy Njoya, Kenyans are mistaking the two thieves on the cross for Jesus Christ and the two thieves are working hard to make people believe that they are in deed the sons of  God, going down because of the sins of others and will eventually come out heads high. According to Njoya, they are making us believe they will have suffered not for their sins but for the sins of http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/ocampo-two-are-not-jesus-as-they-claim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-1464614446886736040Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:09:00 +00002011-05-22T02:55:09.503-07:00kiunjuriFestus Mwangi Kiunjuri, the three times mp for Laikipia East constituency is thirsty, thirsty for power. For long he has been plotting his kingship of the cetral region post Uhuru Kenyatta. He is one of the mps quietly, praying for the confirmation of charges against Uhuru and co. at the ICC. With the prince around, Kiunjuri will never make it past a member of parliament and he knows that. He mayhttp://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-thirsty-for-power-is-this-man-kiu.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-7446826442313902878Tue, 12 Apr 2011 11:00:00 +00002011-04-12T04:00:20.525-07:00uhuruHow much does it cost to hold a political rally in Kenya. It can be looked at in different perspectives depending on the influence of the politicians and the intended gains from the rally. A political rally two years after an election will cost far less than one two years before an elections. In this calculations, the latest political rallies by PNU wing are case examples and particularly two http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/math-behind-political-rally.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-6303185492907413151Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:01:00 +00002011-04-12T03:08:54.850-07:00ODMThis is a copy of the letter that was allegedly supposed to have been written by prof Anyang Nyong'o to the Luis Moreno Ocampo. It is note worthy that the prof had raised concerns of the circulating letter before it was read out to the crowd at Uhuru park. http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/odm-letter-supposedly-written-to-icc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-383250334875174737Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:25:00 +00002011-04-10T03:25:24.982-07:00arap sangJoshua arap sang, the most famous venercular radio presenter in Kenya, I greet you in the name of the true God. The God who does not eat ugali in anyone's house, and the God who does not let his children suffer in camps while those responsible are driving posh cars. I have no right to judge the religious you but I have reasons to believe we don't worship the same God. I apologise if I have gone http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-case-against-arap-sang.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7826916148203270970.post-4363514745147720660Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +00002011-04-09T06:06:55.482-07:00churchill As seen on izvipi.com Kenya's top comedian is taking a break from his highly rated show to re-energize and re-strategise the show's future execution. In his absence, the comedian will be replaced by MC Jesse, who takes over from next week, in the show's Season three premiere. There will be no break as was earlier scheduled due to new sponsors who have come in, among them PSI and Del http://nationalpolitico.blogspot.com/2011/04/churchill-to-take-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0