The Man Who Would Be President

He uses the poor and lies to them that he can help them when he gets into power, yet he hasen't done anything to his constituency sins he was elected, what change can such a parson bring to a country when he is being sponsored by corrupt people eg deya a child smuggler, dictator obasanjo,ruto and ntimamas both tribalist of highest class, the guy also name his son after cuban dictator who has forced half of his countrie's population into exile.can someone tell what changes we expect from such a parson. by gathura

Odinga has 5 luxury cars in a country where the people have so little. This tells me all I
need to know about this man..

All is well that ends well. What does it profit my grandfather of 77 years of age to hang on to power and to preside over the death of over 1000 Kenyans and more every hour. Kibaki has done many good things for Kenya but all that has come to nothing over the past 3 weeks. I would like to appeal to the world to prevail over my grandfather to spend time with his grandchildren and allow them to have a bright future in Kenya by doing the right thing. Finishing Well.

should the aggrieved native indians in both north and south america, the mauris in new zealand, aboriginals in Australia or all other start killing the "settlers"? ,please give as i break,what is happenning in Kenya is a destruction of a capitalist system by a man and family indoctrinated with communism revolution theories,to a large extent the tribe also, the names given to the children telll u all,they have never had respect to private property,those old enough should remember the days of gor-mahia and the destruction that took place after football matches, America beware .

Mrembo, it is the national cake that is supposed to take care of the citizens and not their MP. Anything under or beyond that is corrupt. How do you expoect a person whose hands have been tied by the Mt. Kenya maffia to be able to do anything for his people. Why do you think we have a government? I know you think the government is there to serve the president of the day and his tribe. Anyway, assuming your way of thinking is correct, why then did the the Mt. Kenya maffia steal the chance he had for doing something for his people just like Kenyatta and Moi did, and now Kibaki is doing. You don't expect a person whose hands have, for many years, been tied and marginalized by the politial maffias of this country to help his people anyway. It
can't happen. If he was to ape those who had gone before him (God forbid) he would have done it but you know the maffias stole the electoral chance from him by rigging the presidential. By the way, it is completely mathemaically wrong for any one to win a presidential election after losing in 7 out of 8 provinces; and even a moron will tell you that.

Why is everybody writing that there are ethnic 'clashes' yet the details of your articles show that it is only Kikuyus who are being attacked by other tribes? Why is everybody praising Raila Odinga when all he has done is to preside over the death and destruction of poor peasants whose only crime is to belong to a hated tribe? Is it only in Kenya where people are not allowed to buy land or any other asset and work hard and prosper in any part of the country that they choose? Be careful that you do not become the type of journalists who hailed Hitler (and at one point Osama Bin Laden when he was fighting against the Russians in Afghanistan!)

I am surprised by the shallow articles that the international press are publishing about Raila Odinga. If you really want to understand the crisis that Kenya is going through right now you need to study this man more carefully. Even if it is too much work to study his past, why don't you carefully anyalyze ALL of his recent statements and comments to understand how much you need to reverse his name?

Fair enough Mteule.. It might have been out of line for me to paint such a grim picture by asking anyone to smell the blood.. especially since there has been and still is a lot of suffering going on. For that out of line remark I apologize
I have a question for you though... You very eloquently mentioned that you were protected by the blood of Christ.. Covered by it is what I believe you said. I wonder... were you covered by the same blood when you were preaching that little message of hate back there? I mean stupid people doing the killing here and there and asking us concerned citizens of the world to compare the ever so vibrant features of them to the people residing in Rwanda.. I am interested - don't take this as being flippant.. I am just looking for some sought of consistency on your part. Are you always covered by The Blood of Jesus Christ or does it maybe come and go leaving room for lovely messages of hate?

Thank you Fauxmutu. When someone mentioned the need for Bush to recall Bellamy, I said to myself: I thought this guy was replaced some time ago. So when someone implicated his name I thought he had gone back to help solve the current political clashes. I aplogize for the confusion. Anyway, Shukuti has told me to wake up and smell the blood. I can't and God won't let me because He Himself hates the shedding of human blood leave alone the smell of it. He has kept me away from it and I will let it continue that way. The blood of Jesus Christ was and and is still enough for God and for me; and even though I can't smell IT, I know I am fully covered by IT. Fauxmutu, thanks for being a man of a few words. You are a very wise person. Peace!

Mteule.... did you re-read what you just wrote? I mean seriously think about what you are saying..."they all look the same so they must act the same". Your theory and and as an extension everything else you have to say is deeply flawed and thus to be ignored. Case and point - The great biologist Watson who came up with the double helix (with Crick) was recently quoted as saying that black people are inherently inferior... ( I completely disagree with this).. I assume that you are black - do you think you are an inferior person just because you have different color of skin? Hey... the name Hitler ring a bell?? Remember how his ultimate goal was to get rid of anyone different from him and his people? Does that make anyone that did not look like him or was non-Christian an inferior race?
Seriously you have to learn to think and speak so that you are taken seriously.. word said just to inflame the issue only serve to take away to what little you have to say. First off realize that in todays world we cannot afford to think ourselves different because that kind of thinking leaves us as a country behind. Realize that the Kenyan people, not the Luo, not the Kikuyu and not the other 40 tribes BUT the KENYAN people have been wronged by the few rotten tomatoes. That at the end of the year the KSH was at 63.0 and today its at 69.50. It took us a whole year to get it that down... What I am trying to say is that our economy relative to the world is being slowly and systematically being decimated.. and who gets to suffer? I will tell you who is not worried - It is not Odinga or Kibaki with their fancy homes, padded bank accounts and fast cars... it is the common mwananchi... Luo, Kalenjin, Kikuyu, etc etc ALIKE!!
What you need to be asking is not whether other people can tell the difference between the Hutus/Tutsis and the Kikuyu... but rather you as an individual can block out the politics and get down to the fact that there is a gashing bleeding wound that is threatening the lives of KENYANS... and what you should do about it.... Drop the stones, drop the anger, drop the hate.... Because at the end of the day will you still be proud to call yourself KENYAN?
Wake up and smell the blood!

Are you people serious? Kikuyu's and Hutu-Tutsi look alike. First off, you ignoramus, Hutu's and Tutsi look alike like Bantus and Nilotes can.
Second, freedom of speech is not more inportant than the right to life. If you freedom of speech is being used to kill and destroy others, then it has to take a back seat to their right to life. Ask your friends at the ICTR. Kangura radio station was also not jammed by the US because it too would have violated the genocidaires freedoms, please do not preach to me about Bellamy and co.'s care for people's rights.
As to this puff piece on a man who has not been a tribalist, and was jailed by the dictator Moi. AS even Human Rights Watch has noted, Raila, Ruto and ODM have been fanning the flames of tribalism with emphasis on the anti-Kikuyuism to win the elections. I know Kikuyu's were expedient at this time but it will probably be Luhyas or any other group in the future. How is that not divisive? Kibaki has as many people around him from other tribes as Raila does. Do not forget that his VP was a Luhya, now a Kamba. His Cabinet had Luo's, Maasai's, as well as other tribes. That Raila currently gives the illusion of having all of Kenya behind him is a public relations ploy for which a lot of people have fallen. Kenya is falling apart because of it.
Raila is charismatic, so was Hitler and Amin and so iare Castro and Chavez. Does that make them good leaders? I think not. He has a brilliant public relations team around him including, Salim Lone who up and till a little while ago worked for the UN and to me explains, why it is that the UN can be so innefectual- really shameful the people working for them!
Newsweek should stop acting as Raila's cheerleading squad and look a little more deeply at the man.
P.S. Moi was by many account not a dictator until after Raila's coup in 1982, if anything, it is said that they thought they could overthrow him because they considered him a weak leader, well, he sure showed them and Kenyans suffered for another 20 yrs because of it- thanks Raila.
Kibaki is by no means an angel, but I'm convinced that he's a better leader for Kenya because he does not have personal vendettas to satisfy at the expense of the nation.

I agree with you Musungu. It takes realistic people to speak out against tribalism. I completetely differ with the one that is demanding that Mr. Bellany be recalled. First, Mr. Bellany has the right to defend the people whose democratic rights were stolen - whether Kalenjin or not. Secondly, Bellany is simmply and practically emphasizing the urgent need for freedom of speech and press for all Kenyans - period. I also would like to say something about Kenya relative to Rwanda. I wouldn't be surprised if Kenya turned into another Rwanda because people who are causing problems in Kenya - the Kikuyu - have been originating from Rwanda-Burundi for many years and they are still coming. Compare the Hutus-Tutsi's physical features and tribal attitudes and those of the Kikuyus and you will see what I mean. All of them are geedy - thinking their tibes are everything and other tribes aren't anything. What a shame? Look at thier looks, faces, ears, noses, teeth, and general physic; they just look alike that one doesn't have to a biologist to be able to tell the resemblence. What the Hutus-Tutsis do is both cause problems and kill people back home, run to Kenya, get assimilated/absorbed by their Kikuyu uncles and cousins, and carry on with their bloody/genocide curse against faithful and innocent Kenyans. No wonder one of their sympathisers just said that Kenya is about to turn into another Rwanda. Cursed in Kenya are the discendants of those that originated from Rwanda. Lord have mercy!

MR President G W Bush. kindly recall you envovy rto kenya mr M . B allamy before he make kenya another rwanda. first of of he played partisan to the opposition ie ODM when he should be a neutral diplomat on the election period in kenya which has seen 300,000 people evicted and over 600 killed by the very tribes he supported. when kenya is trying to cool down and tribe reconcilling this same guy has gone to the rift valley tribe radio the very same tribe that torched 100 worshippers in church including women and children from a minority trbe and violated a gorvament burn of engaging in incitingpolitics in such a tention packed time. recall him before he drags your good name and that of your country in trble genocide.

wachira
kenya

Economic growth that benefits the goldenbergers, the anglo-leasers, political mafias , and abive all less than 10% percent of a countries people is defiled, filthy, and useless. So is an economic powerhouse; whether in Africa or the whole world. Stability riddled with tribalism, favoritism, and oppression is an eye sore in the eyes of God. So long as the national cake of nation ends up in the pockets of thieves, the thieves stand harsh judgement form God if they don't repent. The Bible says that who ever oppresses or makes the little ones of God stumble, they deserve a millstone being tied around their neck and dumped in the sea. Therefore so long as we continue supporting the gluttony of the rich over the needs of the poor, the best we will have sleepless nights as punishment from God. He will not give them rest until they repent. He is patiently watching and pleading with the oppressors. Also we should remember that the days of thieves are forty, and they are closing in. If they don't repent, they will perish. That is for sure.