Realistic Plan to Save Somalia
Listen By Abdulrahman Idow: Congratulations on the recent approval of your new cabinet by the parliament. I am sure that with your impeccable credentials you and your cabinet team stand in a good position to lead the country on the road towards Somali to come back as nation. We Somali diaspora are proud of you. [...]
Somalia: Establishing the Federal System and Moving the Capital City, Mogadishu
Listen The draft constitution issued by the Independent Federal Commission on July 30, 2010 is flawed but the Commission continues running advertisements through different Media outlets to promote and condition the Somalia people. The draft raises many questions without answers and it is contentious and controversial and it is the product of Sharif Hassan Sheikh [...]
Tanzania-USA Bilateral Relations
Listen Tanzania and United States of America (USA) enjoy good cooperation and collaboration in various fields of development over the years. The administrations of the two countries through their respective foreign affairs ministries link very well and promote their common interests for the mutual benefit of their citizens. The USA president Barack Obama and his [...]
Brazil’s radical policy shift embraces Africa
Listen Brazil, a Latin American country, is vigorously establishing trading partners, viable sources of investment and a route to strengthen its policy options in Africa. It has so far engaged 25 African countries and is geared towards strengthening diplomatic relations in those countries. Brazil in the last ten years has made diplomatic inroads in the [...]
Rwanda’s Elections: Strong economic growth earned Kagame clear victory
Listen Kagame’s clear victory in the recent concluded Rwanda’s elections was due to improved and sustained economic growth after 1994 genocide in which more than 800, 000 were killed in a violence which lasted for about three months. Analysts argue that since 2001, Rwanda has registered 6.4 per cent growth and this economic achievement enabled [...]
Celebrate new law If You Must but We Are Not In Canaan Yet
Listen By Koigi Wa Wamwere: On 8th August, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said “We are now in Canaan, the bigger task of building Canaan now begins” – conquering the Amelekites and Canaanites and taking over their lands and cities! This statement implies Kenyans must work hard to realize Canaan which is a figurative for freedom [...]
Celebrate new law If You Must but We Are Not In Canaan Yet
Listen On 8th August, Prime Minister Raila Odinga said “We are now in Canaan, the bigger task of building Canaan now begins” – conquering the Amelekites and Canaanites and taking over their lands and cities! This statement implies Kenyans must work hard to realize Canaan which is a figurative for freedom and prosperity. Simultaneously and [...]
Kenya’s New Law: What is there to celebrate tomorrow?
Listen As President Kibaki promulgates the new Constitution tomorrow, should Kenyans celebrate or not celebrate? On December 12, 1963, Harry Thuku boycotted Uhuru celebrations because he believed independence was not real. Two years later, Jaramogi Odinga and others like Bildad Kaggia joined him in saying “Not Yet Uhuru’’. Of necessity, any order in society will [...]
History will soon judge Kenyans harshly
Listen On account of the contentious issues, errors, fundamental omissions and disagreeable articles, the new constitution is not the basic law I fought for. I am glad I voted no. Though Tom Mboya had argued against the wisdom of defining “independence” to people in order not to lose support from the poorest of society that [...]
America’s Interests in Kenya and the horn of Africa
Listen It is not a secret that America is indeed interested in Kenya’s affairs and the Horn of Africa. Of-late the Obama administration is involved in the regional affairs openly. The United States Vice-President Mr. Joe Biden visited Kenya recently while the US Secretary for African Affairs Mr. Johnnie Carson has visited Kenya on several [...]