The Wisdom of ODM: “Traditionally, a Family of an Incompetent Child Adopts the Neighbor’s”

On Sunday of February 12, 2012, I stopped at a shoeshine boy’s at Machakos town were the so-called G-7 alliance of Eldoret North MP William Ruto, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and several others were camped in a rally to push their presidential campaign. The town was abuzz with stories of how much cash people were being given to attend the rally.

How President Mwai Kibaki has Bungled the ICC Cases of Uhuru, Muthaura

Kenyans have complained about President Mwai Kibaki’s inability to listen and take account of the public sentiment. To President Kibaki and his supporters, this frowning on Kenyans may appear as strength of character. But now it is threatening the careers (and lives) of his closes allies – Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and the Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura. And even worse, it is threatening suck Mr. Kibaki himself into the fire.

Add Value in the New Year, 2012!

It is of course, not easy to say “Shana tova,” (New Year in Hebrew) to every one of readers in their own languages. But we do hope that wherever you are, the New Year will be, “Mwaka Mzuri” which is our very own Kiswahili (spoken in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi, Congo, South Sudan and many other countries in Eastern, Central and southern Africa) for Happy New Year.

Kenya: Change in Coffee Drinking Habits May Bring Fortune to Investors

It is heartening to hear that Kenyans are now turning to coffee drinking. According to the Chinese news agency Xinhua, Kenyans are opening up coffee selling cafes all over the city of Nairobi. “A walk on the streets of the capital Nairobi reveals that coffee drinking is turning out to be big business for investors as coffee shops aggressively compete for customers.”

Happy Holidays to Our Readers Worldwide!

In Nairobi central business district, the sun it is cool and bright. Human and vehicular traffic is however decreased in the streets as the city residents start leaving for their countryside homes or holiday destinations. It is a reminder that Christmas Day is here with us.

Amending the Kenya Constitution: The Case for Cultural Federation Restated

There is much to be said in praise of those like MP for Ndaragwa Mr. Jeremiah Kioni, who want to have the senate scrapped from the constitution. The function of the senator is obvious superfluous It is also true, a senate would be best suited to federal system of government, for which we argued, but were defeated. But since we were told the constitution would not be cast in stone, maybe its time for all those of us who had different view points to bring them out.

Uhuru Kenyatta’s New Presidential Campaign Strategy: How to Create 10 Billionaires and 40 Million Beggars

Uhuru Kenyatta, now undisputedly the richest person in Kenya, has found a fresh line for his campaign as next President of Kenya. Uhuru who is the son of Kenya’s first President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, outlined his new vision to reporters who questioned his and the Kenyatta family’s massive wealth as reported in the American business magazine, Forbes.

Industrialization: Africa’s Wrong Method

Monopolistic accumulation in commodity markets takes the form of superior information and know-how, a limited number of buyers and a general ability to manipulate use of capital in the manipulation of stocks. In Africa, contact with this process started when European sailors made themselves middlemen in African trade – taking gold from the South or West and exchanging it for cloth in the north, west or east of the continent.

Harassed Commercial Bank Customers in Kenya Have Choice of Savings and Credit Cooperatives

If this were a primary school debate, I would end with the regular statement: With those few remarks, I am sure I have convinced you to cross the floor to savings and credit cooperatives. But this isn’t. It is matter of life and death – death through financial dehydration by banks.

How Africa Can Develop Itself and Challenge the Economic Giants of the World

The key lies in large populations. Without doubt, small populations and tiny, unviable states are greatest challenge to economic and technological progress that Africa faces is today. Progress and development are the outcomes of a successful solution to problems. And bands of small tribes wandering all over the place in the vast plains of Africa create few challenges and few needs that can stimulate innovation and progress.

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