Greatest threat lawyers face in Kenya after JurisPESA judges is from "Gumbaru" lawyers who went to law schools at night, as grandfathers under Kibaki's Adult education module. They jumped various natural stages of evolution in the profession and are unstable & unable to adjust.
Olkalau has exposed the truth: this is not chess, it is raw numbers. The outcome confirms what many have refused to admit the Kikuyu vote will not carry President Ruto in 2027. But Kenya is bigger than one region. Across the country, millions who are seeing real development and feeling the impact of his leadership will have the final say and they will vote him back.
Danstan Omari,
The boycott has been called by the President of LSK on behalf of Advocates. It has not been called by me. I support it.
I left the helm of leadership of LSK five years ago. Between Charles Kanjama, SC and I there have been two Presidents.
Your fascination with me confirms that you are a buffoon! This is the problem of studying law at the age of fifty five, to compete with people young enough to be your sons and who studied law at the age of nineteen years.
He adds nothing useful to any ticket. He is a dwarf in multiple senses. He is lightweight in more than one way. He is liability personified. He is well past his sell by date. He is a dead stock. He is dead as a dodo. His Mt. Kenya people ridicule and loathe him...and rightly so. He is a political freeloader taking complimentary ride at the back of his Boss. President Ruto MUST LET HIM GO!
It was obvious from day one that the UDA candidate will be soundly beaten by Wamunyoro's candidate in the Ol Kalou by election. Only the margin was being debated in low tone. The conventional wisdom seemed to suggest that UDA's candidate will garner between 25 to 35% of the vote. In otherwords, he will mount a respectable fight and validate the propaganda peddled by political minnows from Kiambu that President Ruto still retains significant support in Mt. Kenya region. Now that the dust has settled, the postmortem by political pathologists give a dire prognosis of the dismal performance of UDA. 13% of the vote was an awful return for the billions spent and the false promises so recklessly made to the voters. Of course, the divorce between President Ruto and the Kikuyu community provided the background melody in UDA's calamitous showing in Ol Kalou. A number of other factors played significant role in the horror show too. First, gooism and violence played a significant role in the death and demise of UDA in Ol Kalou. Kenya's loathe violence unleashed on them and their homes by politicians enjoying state patronage. Historic experience taught them that violence begets violence and leads to death and destruction. Goonism which is flourishing as a powerful and well resourced department in the Minstry of Internal Security Office of the President has lately scared Kenyans to death. Ol Kalou voters strong repudiated the thesis that voters can be forced by goons and other violent characters to vote for a preferred candidate. Going foward, Politicians must know that gooism and violence will cost them votes. Second, "development" on wheelbarrows, wooden boats, gas cylinders and electric poles on the roadside annoyed Ol Kalou votes. UDA flashed the discredited "development card" as if it was doing a favour to the Ol Kalou voter. Surely aren't these voters Kenyans entitled to development? The fake promises of unrealistic "development" turned many voters in Ol Kalou against UDA. Voters rightly saw the lies and false promises made just to get their votes. Going foward, Politicians must know that voters aren't stupid and they see a lie from distant. Ole Kalou voters told our politicians "Just be truthful, you fucking idiots!" Third, the leadership of UDA was lightweight and not credible. The face of UDA's campaign in Ol Kalou was Hon. Moses Kuria. Moses is a good man with many qualities but I don't think he is a good trusted salesman. A salesman speaks with measured tone/seriousness. Moses speaks too fast and playfully for a rural audience like Ol Kalou. Moses is effective/impressive in Live tv shows like Jeff's @KoinangeJeff on @citizentvkenya but he didnt come out credible in rallies in rural Ol Kalou. More importantly, as a Kiambu gentry what could he really tell a third generation Mau Mau offspring who grew up hearing the heroics and eventual death of JM Kariuki in the hands of Kiambu mafia led by Jomo? Lastly, UDA arrogantly refuses to come to terms with the political reality shaping the 2027 elections. In Kenya, we vote along tribal lines. Nothing inherently wrong with that. The Kikuyu community has made up its mind as have the Kamba, Somali, Luo etc. Our Kikuyu brothers right from H.E Rigathi Gachagua, H.E UHURU down to the pickpockets and pimps in River Road have said loud and clear that their sole agenda in 2027 to send H.E WILLIAM RUTO to Sugoi. That is a right those who support Ruto's reelection like MYSELF must respect and strategize to defeat...but we must respect their choice nonetheless. Ol Kalou voters cried that their choice be respected...
@thechelanga Wakili, the Mountain is one and solid. The False dichotomy of Mt Kenya East and Mt. Kenya West was invented by political elites from Kiambu while milking the cow.
Yesterday's vote in Ol Kalou doesn't sugarcoat for President William Ruto the plain and transparent truth on the torturous road to 2027. It gives him a binary choice. Continue listening to the effusive and praiseful lullabies by Kiambu politicians whose support is in single digit and not beyond immediate family members, stick with Prof Kithure Kindiki and believe their false narrative that he will get 40% of the Mt. Kenya vote and know that a humiliating defeat is certain. Or act the political fox you always have been, pick a Luo or a Luhya runningmate(preferably the latter) and hit the read running. The choices are clear. And President Ruto must smell the coffee...by force.
Moi tried to buy Kikuyu votes in the 1990s with "Central Kenya Development Group" of SK Macharia (of @citizentvkenya) as chairman and spent billions in vain. Ol Kalou told President Ruto not to follow the Moi manual. In Mt Kenya it's the people that show where their leaders must take them. Those light featherweight politicians from Kiambu telling President Ruto that Kikuyus will vote for him in 2027 are rent seekers wanting to feed on his fodder ala SK Macharia of the 90s.
Early returns are showing the UDA candidate in the Ol Kalou by election getting between 11 to 13% of the votes...a disaster of the Titanic proportions for the ruling party. Is tonight the night of the long knives for Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki? Is his position as President Ruto's running mate come 2027 no longer tenable?
Here is how much damage the blatant selling of Kenya’s passports is doing to our standing
1/ On a recent trip to Capetown, the immigration officer asked me why there are many Kenyans of Somali origin visiting South Africa but can’t communicate in English .
This matter has come to our attention only because its being litigated by the social media savvy SC @ahmednasirlaw If it were other advocates, we woudnt know about this.
Not sure it will achieve the intended consequences, which was to use social media to arm twist I&M into settlement negotiations, with a gun on its head. The bank should dismiss it with contempt!