USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: A short note on the up-coming Kenyan elections

A beautiful message from President Obama to the people of Kenya:

http://kenyastockholm.com/2013/02/05/president-obamas-message-to-the-people-of-kenyan/

On Feb 4, 10:49 pm, Cornelius Hamelberg <corneliushamelb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Things are heating up in Kenya and from here I can hear the pot
> percolating:
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=K...
>
> Africa, the British Commonwealth, the European Union and not least of
> all, as to be expected the White House will also be focused on Kenya's
> presidential election which is slated to take place on 4th March this
> year  - a straight fight –  between the representatives of the main
> rival tribes  - a fight to the finish between the Kikuyu's Uhuru
> Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta and
> representing the Luo an equally well known front runner in the person
> of  the current Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Amollo Odinga  - the
> son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya's first vice-President.
>
> The  urbanised Luo are reputed to be Kenya's intellectuals – the more
> " up country" Kikuyu – the entrepreneurs.
>
> After watching the al-Jazeera interview of Uhuru Kenyatta, the
> following dialogue took place between me  and a Kenyan commentator :
>
> Me : "So Uhuru Kenyatta was Minister of Finance ?"
>
>  Kenyan Commentator  " You see, these guys stole elections and seized
> power illegally in the middle of the night before embarking on massive
> theft of public funds while promoting impunity. Uhuru once stole Ksh 8
> billion (about SEK 800 million) and got away with it by telling
> Parliament that the missing billions was the result of "a computer
> error".
>
>  Me: "So he wants to come back to as president and Commander-in-
> Thief ?"
>
> Kenyan Commentator : "Yep. And maintain the status quo of theft,
> impunity and tribalism. "
>
>  Three of Africa's perennial problems. I thanked him for his insights.
>
> His reply : "Thanks for expanding the sphere of debate on the issue.
> Despite the dismal picture painted, I do think that in the Kenyan
> case, the democratic process has moved forward. Theory ought to hang
> alongside practice but back home, theory is missing while the practice
> is guess-work."https://www.google.com/search?q=Kenyatta+%3A+%22Computer+error%22&ie=...
>
> Prophet Dionny Baez, a Venezuelan Bible-thumping Pentecostal pastor
> turned prophet, is confident that Uhuru Kenyatta is going to be
> elected Kenya's next president.  As I watched this video (as pure
> theatre) and reminiscent  of similar gatherings  I once attended in
> Umuahia,  Owerri and Port Harcourt, I couldn't help thinking of  Poet
> Chidi Anthony Opara and some not so kind poetic remarks that would be
> likely to issue from him if he were to also be consumed by Baez's
> fervour :
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA1SSszy0_Y
>
> http://www.nairobiwire.com/2013/01/uhuru-kenyatta-is-kenyas-next-pres...

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