The 41.3 Million KNH Mututho Fraud Case

The Mututho mis-law MR Mututho could easily pass for a very straight forward guy. I mean he is the man behind the famous alcohol laws that change the way people consume and buy alcohol in the country. The laws that were even christened Mututho laws.The dude is a law on his own right.So who would have though prior to this famous laws that i suspect were meant to be a cleansing act that corruption could be associated with a law in this way.Mututho is alleged to have fraudulently acquired 41.3million shillings as reimbursement for import duty and VAT.This fraud was committed through his company Countryside suppliers. It is alleged he forged receipts between August and December 2001. An interesting twist that many media houses have shunned is the death of two people associated with the case. One magistrate Stella Muketi and a KRA cashier. So how much of the Mututho law do you like?

2011 KCSE RESULTS~TAKE HEART GUYS

To day is the day of reckoning for over 413 000 students who sat for their KCSE last year. They will know the fate of their four years struggle, some will triumph yet others will feel disappointed. There is one thing for certain though, this results DO NOT determine your fate. For those who pass with A's very well,your options are many. For those who haven't any A's,going to university is not the only path to success. People have done well joining polytechnics and collages. Those who put their heads in it end up doing even better than those that went to university. Do not despair my sisters and brothers this is the beginning rather than the end of the road. Last year some of the KCPE candidates decide to end their lives for the simple fact that they failed,we ask you to be sober and also request parents to go easy on their kids. Accept their results and encourage them,life is more than nice grades. The guys at Bert&Rich indicate that the KNEC website is down. Go the SMS way then:- TO GET YOUR RESULTS SMS YOUR INDEX NO TO 5052.

The 14 seater Matatu snag...who is to blame?

I can't help but wonder, why does it seem too hard for the government to implement simple policy matters. Is facing out of the 14 seater matatu a matter to debate really? Dint we do this already 50 years a go when we saw that they are the cause of the congestion in our roads-at least in part. It's time for the ministry of transport to act tough like when Michuki was at the helm and not back down on the initial idea: de-congesting the city. The Swahili say "Amani haiji ila kwa incha ya upanga"(peace does not come but by the sword).Like wise development isn't a bed of roses> Some people will surfer the brunt of the new measures but only for the greater public good. In the end we intend that all will be smiling.

The War of Our Time

There is a new war our here.Hush! There is a new war out here, brothers and sisters; it’s the war of survival, the war of putting food on our tables and clothing our families. It is a hidden war, fought every day by everyone. And just like the rat trap the casualties are those that know and those that don’t know they are fighting it. (waliomo na wasiokuamo) I know am at war every morning a wake up and I can not afford to buy the morning newspaper. I know am at war when all I do about improving myself is pray and hope that God will be generous to me. I know am at war when I wake up and find that there is nothing I can do to help my ailing mother or grandfather. It is a war between those that have and the have not’s. This is the war of our lifetime. Before you read too much into it, don’t think am asking you to take arms and shot down the enemy. No, am only asking you to watch. Watch as your MP says nothing about the high fuel prices, watch, when food prices are so high and all he does is…. nothing. And remember also to watch when he so too quick to take the first flight to The Hague and sing a national song without shame in support of criminals. You just watch and do nothing, just like your MP. Watch as your neighbor drives the biggest car in the world, yet you have the same education and they call him bright .Just watch brothers, just watch sisters, for your lot is cast in stone and no matter how hard you try you will remain what you are ….a watcher. The truth is i have done enough of my watching. How long should it take a collage graduate to find a meaningful job? How long are you supposed to kiss peoples feet? There are many things I wish I could do and time is running out. I know many are out there like me. I do not know what they are thinking, but I think the system is working so hard against us. We can not match its might, but we can start building our capacity. Small steps, baby steps will get us there. There is been a lot of talk about using our talent, but what do you do when you don’t even realize what talent you have. So I tell you boys and girls. Forget the talent; use your brain, your hands, your feet, it’s all you got. I mean what more ability do you need than the ability to move around and do things. Get moving!

Mother and Son to Marry in Zimbabwe-what next?

The headline alone is enough to leave you fearing the worst, thinking this cant be possible? Unfortunately it is. A Mother and Son from Zimbabwe in a Place called Masvingo are not only getting married but Betty Mbereko the mother to Farai Mbereko is 6 months pregnant. In a fair society it’s safe to say that this by all means “Abnormal” and ludacris. Mbereko (40), was widowed 12 years ago and has been cohabiting (living together in an Intimate relationship) with her first child, Farai Mbereko (23). She confirms that she is six months pregnant and that she has decided it is better to “marry” her son because she does not want to marry her late husband’s young brothers, whom she says have shown desire and interest for her. Betty stunned a village court last week when she said the affair with her son had begun three years earlier. She said after spending a lot of money sending Farai to school following the death of her husband, she felt she had a right to his money and no other woman was entitled to it. She told the village court : “Look, I strove alone to send my son to school and no one helped me. Now you see that my son is working and you accuse me of doing something wrong. “Let me enjoy the products of my sweat”. Farai said he was more than prepared to marry his mother and would pay off the Lobola (dowry) balance his father had left unpaid to his grandparents. ”I know my father died before he finished paying the bride price and I am prepared to pay it off,” he said. “It is better to publicise what is happening because people should know that I am the one who made my mother pregnant. Otherwise they will accuse her of promiscuity.” A spokesperson of the village said “We cannot allow this to happen in our village, “mashura chaiwo aya” (This is a bad omen indeed). In the past they would have to be killed but today we cannot do it because we are afraid of the police”. He warned them to break off their marriage or leave his village. They chose the latter and have left the village for an unknown destination.

Replica Konza City coming up in Ethiopia-as we wait

Ethiopia stealing The ICT park Thunder from Kenya

As kenya plays in the mud that is the ICT park idea Ethiopia came from behind and has already comenced costruction of a replica Konza city. The action by Ethiopia will certainly steal the thunder from the Kenyan idea as we watch. Investors that would have come to Kenya will opt to go to Ethiopia and we may be left with a shell city.

Fare thee well John Njoroge Michuki

The bio bellow is a story of the stern yet controvercial son of Kenya.We will remember him for many things but above all else are the Michuki rules. Those that changed the way Kenyans travel. As a young District Commissioner, aged only 27, John Njoroge Michuki watched in dismay and anger one afternoon as a white couple stormed out of his office on realising that he, a black man, was the very Government official meant to attend to them. The couple had anticipated to find a white administrator. This incident of 1961 at Nanyuki, Laikipia District, nearly 44 years ago, has remained a painful sore in the Internal Security minister's mind. Mr Michuki, who has severally recounted this scene, is furious for having been rejected by some of the people he was meant to serve. So as it were, the Minister was baptised by fire from the word go. And from that time, Michuki who largely answers to the old colonial mentality, having schooled, raised and worked under the colonial Government has proved a no-nonsense firm and tough-talking man, more like the colonial governors. Described by many as ruthlessly efficient, Michuki has presided over his ministries successfully emerging as one of the best performing ministers in President Kibaki's Government today. Only last month, he was declared winner of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights' Waziri award. Michuki received the award in recognition of his efforts to reform public transport. Born in 1932 at Iyego, Kangema in Murang'a District, Michuki went to Nyeri High School and then Mang'u High School where he and Kibaki did their "A" Levels. He later joined Worcester College, UK, where he studied administration and finance. On returning to Kenya, he became a D.O in 1958 in the colonial administration. He served as D.O in the then Fort Hall of Murang'a District, Vihiga Division and Busia Division in western Kenya between 1957 and 1961. At independence, President Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, appointed him an under-secretary and then a permanent secretary in the Ministry of Finance in 1965. Here again, aged 33, he stepped in the shoes of another white man, Mr John Butter, who was just retiring. The link between his past and his current tough stance is clearly evident. The reforms in the transport sector, for instance, were initially perceived as radical and impossible. But today, matatus are fitted with speed governors, seat belts, have a single colour with a yellow strip and uniformed personnel! The implementation was not a rosy affair and any weaker soul would have thrown in the towel. Ugly scenes of people trekking long miles to work, sleeping on pavements for lack of transport were the order of the day. In more serious cases, two or three commuters escaped death after dropping off from a moving train, for lack of alternative transport, and sustaining injuries. One of them, Christopher Waweru, even lost an arm. But the minister dismissed the victims as "adventurers": "Kenya Railways has no standing commitment with anybody hanging onto the train without a valid ticket. We must all observe necessary safety measures," he said. Before getting into active politics, Michuki served as chairman of the Kenya Commercial Bank from 1970-1979 when he attempted to capture the Kangema seat but lost to Joseph Kamotho. He won it in 1983 and was appointed to various assistant minister positions. He has been Kangema MP since the multi-party era in 1992. Story by OSCAR OBONYO Written sometime in 2005.

The Mombasa Republican Council

"Coasterians" will never stop to amaze.I could not help but to wonder what the so called chairman of the MRC thinks he is doing. On one hand he speaks as though he has no association with Kenya at all and on the other he runs to the Kenyan courts to lift the ban on their grouping. Who runs the Courts? This is not the real issue though. The issue is, does this guy and MRC know what they are about to bring to their people? Is he ready to run with the rhetoric all the way? Does he think, even minutely that he can give the Kenyan government a run of their money? Secession in not a matter of vegetable vendors that have no power connection. Secession will be fought with all means by the original government. Secession in not his cup of tea. Youth can be organised differently to advance political and development agendas.

Wiper Has Been Wiped

Kalonzo Musyoka thinks he is clever. He pulled what we would like to call "A kalonzo" on Raila when he hijacked ODM Kenya. Now his would be allies have pulled A Kalonzo on him and he now spills the beans. What is that i heard him say about G7? Time is now rife for the real political games. Smear campaign and all is what we like most. Me thinks there is noT much hope in the Kalonzo campaign anymore. There is nothing much he can pull by himself or is there? Yeees! nooo! THE ANSWER IS WATERMELONISH!