The Other Side Of The Coin...

Warren Kizza Besigye Kifefe (Dr.) is inherently bright but politically, he either is just a fish, a ridiculously insane idealist, or has all the wrong advisors around him. If he really was serious that he was the president elect, immediately he was sworn in, he should have issued an arrest warrant for Museveni. That would only have worked though, if he had worked to prop up his power base first, by getting the security forces behind him. Seeing that that is  now a strategy overtaken by events, and he is now in police custody, (and he is likely to be found guilty of treason and jailed for a handful of years,) the next most sound alternative would be for him to pull a Mandela: consolidate his support from there, no matter how long the time period he will be there, then build on that base once he is freed. His freedom would provide the impetus for the revolution UG so badly needs. However, bearing in mind the prevailing circumstances, as well as Museveni's dictatorial repute and

The elections had already been done by the time I was through with Part 1 of this my bi-part free-for-all advice to Maseno University students. And deciding to withhold my wisdom was well thought out: it would seem unwise and senseless to speak as I am about to so soon after a new government had taken the reigns. I had to give the new ‘government’ time to settle and not poison the electorate and cause unsolicited upheavals. A whole academic year down the line and I am ready to pen down everything I had in store then, because in my view, nothing has changed-not in the behaviour of those at the helm of the students’ organization, nor among the inebriated voters. In fact, if anything, they have all changed for the worse, and the institution’s politics are metamorphosing towards the negative-retrogression-as the students of statistics would say. Lessons have been learnt by any wise and uncontented observer and believer in politics as a way to a better life. Parrots and hoi polloi ar

Caroline Mutoko, some time ago, in reference to our beloved Maseno University, said that it was a “Bush Campus.” There was public outcry from comrades in reaction to her sentiments, some even hurling insults quid pro quo. On Facebook, Maseno students have on several occasions been shamelessly called “washamba”, just as if to confirm Mutoko’s word. But I am yet to hear, let alone see any concrete action being taken, so as to correct the circumstances leading to these occurrences. Worse still, despite being a proud student of the school, I do not foresee any changes to such “matusi” any time soon. In fact, the situation is even more likely to deteriorate – what with the high rate of enlightenment into social networking and the conservativeness of Maseno University folk?!  Call me a pessimist or a prophet of doom if you will, but I have reasons as to why. I seek to explain myself. Within the school, barely does any sensible conversation go beyond the exchange of a f

I direct this to none other than Cord’s supremo, one Raila Amollo Odinga. By all means, this is a mentally endowed Kenyan, but intellectually demented. No apologies for this. The self-proclaimed godfather of reforms in Kenya is at it again. He, fanatically followed and misguided by his kupe-like sycophants in Cord, is pursuing a referendum. His aim? Seeking to change the constitution from the current presidential system to a parliamentary one. Good sir, you never cease to amaze us by showing us how gullible you could be! You are on your political deathbed and these are your last kicks as a political warhorse. Indulge me in this in depth analysis as to why this is the case. Many a time, since time immemorial, you have constantly surrounded yourself with cunning if not sly henchmen. These include the likes of Orengo, Kajwang’ and Anyang’ Nyong’o among several others. Just the other day you added a ‘feather to your cap’ in the name of Kalonzo Musyoka. The latter is undou

Surely, what has become of my beloved country? Has she degenerated into a country of sheer crime and impunity? Has she lost all value and regard for morality and our good African socialism? Has taking the life of a fellow human being become such a simple act? What happened to the respect for each other as humans? To answer these questions, I will begin from where I stopped last week: that society produces what it has. If this premise is anything to go by, then the Kenyan populace is squarely to blame. But is this really the case? A political analogy first: once there was a philosopher by the name John Locke. He sought to explain the origin of government. In this undertaking, he came up with the Social Contract Theory. In it he begins by explaining the nature of the pre-political state. This state was characterized by “peace, goodwill, mutual assistance and preservation. Men were free and equal. They were also subject to the vague law of nature; that is they enjoyed

Last time I wrote in condemnation of the greed our beloved MPs are arrogantly exhibiting by asking for higher salaries. And I said that I do not sympathize with the Kenyan voter. My reasons are as follows: For starters, it is you the voter who is helping to propagate the ‘hyena regimes.’ I can already see that curious and furious face with the question ‘how’ screaming out loud. This is how you are doing it. Elections time in Kenya have proved to be a battle time. Not real battles for land or freedom, but battles for power. Each aspirant will be trying to outdo the other, not in terms of wits and ideology, but in terms of ‘financial muscle’. This leads them to getting down and dirty so as to outshine the rest; the result of which is more votes.  It is like a peacock mating game, where the most beautiful cock gets a female with which to mate. Surely, Kenyans, have you reduced your status to that of ‘mere birds’? Let us dissect the political behavior of the Kenyan voter and