@warintel4u The so-called tensions with Turkey is an exit strategy from Iran without losing face. Erdogan knows that he's helping a friend (Israel) to conceat defeat without public humiliation. Iran won the war fair and square.
In 1992, Kenneth Matiba of Kiharu may not have known what was happening, but Ndindi Nyoro knows the history. In 1992, Moi knew he was going to lose the election. He told Njiru and his advisers, “Let’s pack and go home. We cannot win against a united Mt Kenya.”
At the time, Kibaki had formed the popular DP party, just as Rigathi Gachagua has now built the popular DCP.
Moi’s advisers told him to use money to divide the Mt Kenya vote by encouraging Matiba to run for president against Kibaki. Matiba was then in the UK. Moi’s people went to the government printer and ordered thousands of posters saying “Matiba for President,” even though Matiba was not in Kenya and did not know what was happening.
When Matiba returned from the UK, he found a huge crowd waiting for him at the airport. Many of them were Kalenjin who had been brought in by buses. Matiba was excited by the reception and did not question where the crowd had come from. When journalists asked him whether he would run for president, he said, “Let the people decide.”
From that point, Matiba’s campaign began. Moi's team told someone to go and tell Matiba to go and Start his Campaign in Nakuru. They took him to Nakuru, Rift Valley, where huge crowds turned up to welcome and cheer him organized by Moi. When people from Mt Kenya saw the reception Matiba was receiving, they became convinced that he was loved across the country.
Today, the same strategy is being used with Ndindi Nyoro to divide the Mt Kenya vote. That is why I say Matiba did not know he was following a script created by Moi, but Ndindi Nyoro knows this history. If he does not know, then he has certainly heard about what happened during Matiba’s 1992 presidential campaign.
When Ndindi Nyoro launched his party, he said he would start his campaigns in Uasin Gishu, Bomet, Nandi and Kericho. Why start there? Because large crowds will be brought to his meetings to cheer him, creating the impression that he is extremely popular in the Rift Valley.
The people of Mt Kenya will then see those crowds and say, “Look, Ndindi Nyoro is loved everywhere. When other leaders go there, they are chased away or attacked, but Ndindi is welcomed. Therefore, we should support him here at home because the whole country loves him.”
That is why I believe history is about to repeat itself.
In 1992, Kibaki received about 1 million votes, while Matiba received about 1.4 million votes. Together, they had about 2.4 million votes, while Moi received around 1.9 million. The lesson is clear: Moi won because he successfully divided the Mt Kenya vote.~ Senator Karungo Thangwa.
@Foxxy667@SprinterPress The best way forward is for the 2 countries to agree on a new sharing formula because if there's going to be war, Israel/USA and their lapdogs in Europe will sabotage Egypt to weaken it & take the Sinai region and control the Suez canal. The Greater Israel dream is on course.
@Foxxy667@SprinterPress The artificial lakes may give some sort of remedy for the flooding but what about the other functions of the Aswan if it gets flattened? Any war on Egypt that can weaken it will complicate the geopolitics of the Sinai region which Israel is salivating for. My thoughts...
@Foxxy667@SprinterPress If that happens, how do you plan to protect the Aswan High Dam? That would be a foolish step to take on the part of Egypt. Plus the downstream flooding will devastate Egypt itself
My cousin drowned when we were kids. At least that’s what everyone believed because nobody actually saw him die. They only found his slippers near the river and assumed the current took him. Three days later, during his funeral, someone knocked on the door. My aunt opened the curtain and screamed so loudly people outside heard it. It was him. Wet. Barefoot. Smiling like nothing had happened. Everyone panicked except my grandmother. She looked at him once and quietly said, “Don’t let him inside.” My uncle thought grief had made her lose her mind and tried opening the door, but grandma grabbed his arm and whispered, “We buried him yesterday.” The thing outside kept smiling for a few seconds… then its face slowly changed. The smile disappeared. Its voice became deeper, wrong somehow, and it said, “You weren’t supposed to notice.” Immediately the lights went out. The entire night we heard footsteps circling the house while it whispered, “Let me in.” Nobody slept. Nobody moved. By morning, grandma was gone. The front door was wide open, and outside in the mud were two sets of footprints. One belonged to her. The other looked human… except the toes pointed backwards....
@JCarhire If you have a sizeable piece of land at home, do some padocking for grazing, plant nappier grass say 1 acre, then buy 6 good quality dairy cows, do a shed for them and hire someone to take care of them full time. You won't miss 90k per month.
@C_NyaKundiH The only thing I'm afraid of is the people who want to create a rift between millennials and Gen Zs. On a keener look, this looks more like a divide and rule tactic meant to ensure that the 2 groups don't vote in one basket. Guess who will benefit. The debate should STOP ASAP !