I Weep Not For The Ocampo Six But The Spell Of Negative Ethnicity They Have Cast On The Nation
Listen With Ocampo’s issuance of summons to The Hague Six, their followers are shocked and panic stricken. The bravado of Uhuru and Ruto has flopped and will not protect those who perpetrated crimes against humanity during the post election violence. In the eerie silence following the summons, the Ocampo Six seem deflated and off balance, [...]
Kenyan ODM party disowns govt decision to challenge ICC cases
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -One arm of Kenya’s Grand Coalition government on Thursday disowned an announcement that the Government will challenge the admissibility of the Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The move by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party came a day after a statement signed by three members of Cabinet stated Kenya [...]
Kenya PM Raila’s family involved in maize scandal; US cables
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Wikileaks claim Prime Minister Raila Odinga attempted to suspend former Agriculture Minister William Ruto to divert attention from his family’s involvement in the Sh2 billion maize scam. Secret cables sent by US Ambassador, Michael Ranneberger, to Washington and now released by WikiLeaks allege Raila wanted to create confusion when he said he [...]
Somali President sends congratulatory message to Uganda’s Museveni
Listen Mogadishu (Alshahid) –Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) president Sheikh Sharif Sheik Ahmed has congratulated his colleague, Yoweri Museveni on his resounding reelection for another term as president of Uganda. The Somali president said the people of Uganda have expressed their confidence in their new leadership of Yoweri Museveni by handing him a landslide win [...]
We have got it wrong on Abidjani
Listen The common phenomenon around Africa that leaders are clinging on to power might not be the ultimate case in Cote d`Ivoire. It’s a hyperbole. Why do I say that? First, the Ugandan case five years ago. The winning president Museveni against an opposition strong candidate Kissa Besigie was regarded as a mockery of democracy. [...]
Kenya President summons AU commission boss to clarify Raila’s task
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -A senior African Union official is expected in the country to calm jitters in the coalition government caused by the appointment of Prime Minister Raila Odinga as mediator in the Cote d’Ivoire crisis, the Daily Nation Reports. Mr Jean Ping, chairman of the AU Commission, will meet President Kibaki during his visit. [...]
Kenyan minister close to PM Raila steps aside over graft
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Cabinet Minister Henry Kosgey a close ally and party chairman of Kenya’s PM Raila Odinga’s ODM on Monday offered to step aside and said he was ready to face corruption charges, Daily Nation reports The move by the Industrialisation minister came only a day after the Attorney-General Amos Wako approved his arrest [...]
Kenya Police stop generation change rally over US envoy link
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) –A public prayer rally organized by Saboti MP Eugene Wamalwa and former Mungiki sect leader Maina Njenga in Nairobi’s Kamkunji was violently dispersed by police who claimed “orders from above”. The charismatic and eloquent Eugene Wamalwa is fast becoming a preferred candidate for the now politically active massive voting block of youths [...]
Kenya President and PM to send away US envoy
Listen Nairobi (Alshahid) -Kenya will ask America to recall its Ambassador Michael Ranneberger, whose top-secret communiques to the US Department of State have provoked a furore in Government. This is only the second time since Independence for Kenya to demand the recall of an envoy. The first was during the old Kanu regime of former [...]
Suspected Kenyan violence sponsors to be named next week
Listen New York (Alshahid) -The names of suspected Kenyan post-election violence sponsors will be known on next week. The International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will on December 14 unveil the names as he presents his case to the Pre-Trial Chamber. The prosecutor told journalists in New York that he was ready with his [...]