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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: RV Pundit on June 02, 2019, 02:31:18 PM
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I think he is leading contender with Waiguru & Gov Wairia of Muranga to deputize Ruto. What might against him is the fact that he comes from Laikipia (RV). Wa Iria of Muranga has stronger case...but he is clueless politically.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001328128/kiunjuri-i-am-ready-for-deputy-slot-in-2022-poll
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Just another failed prediction among your many. Outside the tribal excel uko down.
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Moses Kuria’s seeming ‘insanity’ is just a facade
Suleiman Shahbal 04th Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMT +0300
In early 2006, I walked into the lobby of a bank I was up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and saw two Africans sitting at the reception. I immediately recognized them as Kenyans and I greeted them in Swahili. They were stunned. Dressed in my suit, they had not expected a Kenyan to set up a bank in Saudi Arabia.
I welcomed them into my office. The two gentlemen had come to lobby for a consultancy job. I asked the manager what happened to the contract and he replied in Arabic that I had signed it that morning to a Saudi company. I told him I had changed my mind and we were going to give it to the two Kenyans. The manager, speaking in Arabic said “they don’t have experience’’.
I retorted that neither did he, yet I had taken the risk to promote him. Was I wrong? I tore up the contract to the Saudi company and signed a new one for the Kenyans.
Arabic-speaking man
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To our great shock, one of the Kenyans thanked me in fluent Arabic and promised that he would not let me down. That Arabic-speaking man was Moses Kuria. He reminded me of this incident ten years later, long after I had forgotten about it, telling me that it was his first contract.
Let me start with a disclaimer. Moses Kuria is a friend of mine. I have been on the campaign trail with him for many months all over Kenya. He is intelligent, articulate and connects so well with the common man. In a way he reminds me of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Few politicians can bond with the people the way Raila does. When he speaks to the Kikuyu in their language, they just melt. He similarly connects when he speaks in Swahili. But there is a thin line between genius and insanity, and Kuria has been accused of behaving like an insane person so many times. So, is Moses Kuria in the latter category as many people claim?
Moses Kuria left his lucrative career in Saudi Arabia and returned home to become a propagandist and a self-appointed spokesman for PNU and later, TNA. He comes across openly as an ethnic Kikuyu chauvinist. This ferocious tribalism he propagates is a deliberate and calculated act.
He is an educated man acting in a tribal play, appealing and singing to his tribe. What he implied by recent his call to violence with pangas was; a man who would fight for them. They call him “Njamba ya ruriri” (warrior of the people). To the rest of us, he was a disturbed man. But he wasn’t singing to us. He didn’t care what we thought of him. We were not his audience.
SEE ALSO :Moses Kuria: I will front Matiang’i as running mate
This is definitely not the Arabic-speaking Kikuyu technocrat I gave a contract in Saudi Arabia. He is on a different mission. With a flourish, he reaches out to Raila and visits Kisumu to wild applause. What is going on here? Following charges of incitement, he is locked up in a police cell and comes out friends with his enemies.
Doesn’t this remind you of Jomo Kenyatta and the Kapenguria Seven? Jomo Kenyatta spent seven years and Kuria spent seven days but the parallels are there. It is as if Moses Kuria is scripting his own play.
Recently, he put up billboards all over Central Kenya welcoming Kenyans to the Governors’ Devolution Conference in Kirinyaga County. He simply upstaged everyone and thereby announced there was a leadership vacuum in Central Kenya after President Uhuru Kenyatta, and that he was calmly walking into it.
Party rigging
Uhuru Kenyatta is part of the Kikuyu royalty and Moses Kuria, while a product of the Kenyattas, is not part of the royal household. To quote Malcolm X, he is a “field nigger”. More importantly, he is positioning himself as a major political mover and shaker in Central Kenya who can deliver a large portion of the Central vote. As protector of Kikuyu rights, he promises to deliver the best deal for them.
SEE ALSO :MPs clash over 'intimidation' to back Ruto bid
Last month he set up the new TNA party. He is creating a platform for himself with leaders appointed from across the country to create a national outlook. After reaffirming his home credentials, Moses is positioning himself as a national leader.
More importantly, by creating his own party, he has unshackled himself from the control of his current masters and the political elite. He stands ready to receive any political refugees fleeing from party rigging.
Next, he will run for president but will eventually throw his weight behind the front runner in exchange for a position at the high table. This was the Ruto strategy in 2013. Ruto supported President Kenyatta hoping for his support when his time came. Moses Kuria will use the same strategy and hope that the woes of Ruto do not come back to haunt him as well. Political debts are bouncing cheques.
Moses Kuria is maturing as a politician. Gone are the uncontrolled utterances of his earlier days. He speaks issues now; of agriculture and commerce, jobs and national competitiveness. His Twitter handles are often sharply sarcastic, but the focus is national and populist. Kenyans have short memories and will forgive and forget his youthful indiscretions. Are these the ramblings of a mad man? Moses Kuria is sane, smart and coming up for air as a national figure.
Mr Shahbal is Chairman of Gulf Group of Companies. ss@gcaf.co
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Okay uko juu Sana.
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Moses kuria is carving his own niche . He's not part of tangatanga group or the dynasty. Among the youth he's beloved. He's the only one who has actually confronted uhuru in central. There's already a leadership vacuum in central. Primarily because residents are disillusioned with Jubilee government. Uhuru clout has really waned https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Ours-is-a--ruling-class-that-exists-to-fleece-its-underclass-/440808-5141170-v4it9e/index.html . I just wish kuria wasn't advocating for populist policies like banning export of green coffee.
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Okay uko juu Sana.
Damn right, we huniwezi.
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Moses kuria is carving his own niche . He's not part of tangatanga group or the dynasty. Among the youth he's beloved. He's the only one who has actually confronted uhuru in central. There's already a leadership vacuum in central. Primarily because residents are disillusioned with Jubilee government. Uhuru clout has really waned https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Ours-is-a--ruling-class-that-exists-to-fleece-its-underclass-/440808-5141170-v4it9e/index.html . I just wish kuria wasn't advocating for populist policies like banning export of green coffee.
Yes Kuria is nailing it but I would wager he's in cahoots with either Uhuru or Ruto, more likely the former. People don't like sheeple like Waititu or Ichung'wa - or that bimbo Nyoro - following a foreigner blindly.
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Kwa ufala siwezi - I mean you have Phd in that - all the way from Palo alto. Siasa wewe bado jua.
Damn right, we huniwezi.
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He lacks the depth - of leadership. He is just a demagogue. You need to do more than that. I mean my friend Alfred Keter does a better job at that. kiunjuri has what it takes to take over Uhuru. Waiguru has the charisma - but I think she is running short of friends. Wa iria of Muranga is one confused fellow.
I think my money is on Mwangi Kiunjuri emerging as one of key Kikuyu leaders - at least of the RV & Nyeri brigade. Moses Kuria & Waitutu & Kabogo will fight for Kiambu. Muranga will look likely like Wa iria & PK contest.
Anyway post-Uhuru - it will take time to get a leader that can unite Kikuyus.
Moses kuria is carving his own niche . He's not part of tangatanga group or the dynasty. Among the youth he's beloved. He's the only one who has actually confronted uhuru in central. There's already a leadership vacuum in central. Primarily because residents are disillusioned with Jubilee government. Uhuru clout has really waned https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Ours-is-a--ruling-class-that-exists-to-fleece-its-underclass-/440808-5141170-v4it9e/index.html . I just wish kuria wasn't advocating for populist policies like banning export of green coffee.
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He lacks the depth - of leadership. He is just a demagogue. You need to do more than that. I mean my friend Alfred Keter does a better job at that. kiunjuri has what it takes to take over Uhuru. Waiguru has the charisma - but I think she is running short of friends. Wa iria of Muranga is one confused fellow.
I think my money is on Mwangi Kiunjuri emerging as one of key Kikuyu leaders - at least of the RV & Nyeri brigade. Moses Kuria & Waitutu & Kabogo will fight for Kiambu. Muranga will look likely like Wa iria & PK contest.
Anyway post-Uhuru - it will take time to get a leader that can unite Kikuyus.
Moses kuria is carving his own niche . He's not part of tangatanga group or the dynasty. Among the youth he's beloved. He's the only one who has actually confronted uhuru in central. There's already a leadership vacuum in central. Primarily because residents are disillusioned with Jubilee government. Uhuru clout has really waned https://www.nation.co.ke/oped/opinion/Ours-is-a--ruling-class-that-exists-to-fleece-its-underclass-/440808-5141170-v4it9e/index.html . I just wish kuria wasn't advocating for populist policies like banning export of green coffee.
What depth of leadership does mwangi kiunjuri have? Mwangi kiunjuri can't even win governship in laikipia . He's probably the most despised cs in mt.kenya region. Beacuse he has done nothing as cs for agriculture and to make it worse his ministry has been proposing dumb policies e.g banning sale of unprocessed milk, banning usage of manure etc. And it doesn't help that the agriculture sector is struggling except horticulture. Waiguru has done nothing as govern and she'd be beaten hands down by martha if there were an election today. Ruto needs to disabuse himself of the notion that he can select leaders in mt.kenya region. People are looking for an alternative voice due to jubilee failure and they are getting it in kuria.
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Good question. Pundit's is a self-serving narrative. Moses Kuria is doing a good job - attacking Ruto indirectly at every turn. That's how to line up folks - lead the charge against the ogre.
What depth of leadership does mwangi kiunjuri have? Mwangi kiunjuri can't even win governship in laikipia . He's probably the most despised cs in mt.kenya region. Beacuse he has done nothing as cs for agriculture and to make it worse his ministry has been proposing dumb policies e.g banning sale of unprocessed milk, banning usage of manure etc. And it doesn't help that the agriculture sector is struggling except horticulture. Waiguru has done nothing as govern and she'd be beaten hands down by martha if there were an election today. Ruto needs to disabuse himself of the notion that he can select leaders in mt.kenya region. People are looking for an alternative voice due to jubilee failure and they are getting it in kuria.
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Kiunjuri failed to get governorship but his party had decent show including winning Nyeri governorship.That was when he ran against Jubilee in 2013.Kiunjuri under Jubilee was responsible for the tour of central MPs and related...who wrongly blamed Ruto.Its Kiunjuri machinations that saw many old and tried political players fell on the way.Kiunjuri is now arguably the senior most leader in central who has the political and economic muscle for VP.Moses kuria is nothing even in Kiambu.Kiunjuri straddle Laikipia and Nyeri.My money is on him deputising Ruto.Waiguru could be a wildcard ..butwe shall see.Uhuru still the man to say.
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Moses kuria is nothing but Rutos plan B.
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How come only Pundit has the 411? I mean all those MPs are not that dumb. Kiunjuri has made no headway anywhere or we would know about it as is clearly the case with Moses Kuria - warning against threats to Kikuyu diaspora.
Kiunjuri failed to get governorship but his party had decent show including winning Nyeri governorship.That was when he ran against Jubilee in 2013.Kiunjuri under Jubilee was responsible for the tour of central MPs and related...who wrongly blamed Ruto.Its Kiunjuri machinations that saw many old and tried political players fell on the way.Kiunjuri is now arguably the senior most leader in central who has the political and economic muscle for VP.Moses kuria is nothing even in Kiambu.Kiunjuri straddle Laikipia and Nyeri.My money is on him deputising Ruto.Waiguru could be a wildcard ..butwe shall see.Uhuru still the man to say.
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Moses kuria is nothing but Rutos plan B.
What makes you say so? His strategy is undermining Ruto as seen in his various speeches. Ruto is paranoid and cannot create an upstart as Plan B. I agree with the author (Shahbal the Chairman of Gulf Group ) that Kuria is a schemer playing the chauvinist.
Wapi Moses Kuria?
MPs clash over 'intimidation' to back Ruto bid
Julius Chepkwony And Caroline Chebet 13th Apr 2019 00:00:00 GMT +0300
(https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/images/friday/xojipkd1tut9dg2c8or5cb0c8fd973a3.jpg)
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria with Nakuru Senator Susan Kihika at a fundraiser for Nakuru traders at Wakulima Market, Nakuru yesterday. [Harun Wathari, Standard]
Two Jubilee MPs yesterday clashed in Nakuru over allegations that some leaders have been trying to intimidate people in Rift Valley to back Deputy President William Ruto.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria expressed his displeasure towards some leaders he said, have been warning a section of Rift residents that they have to reciprocate in the 2022 elections by standing with Ruto.
“Leaders should not intimidate other communities that there will be violence should they not support Ruto’s 2022 bid. That is not wise,” said Mr Kuria.
But Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri quickly dismissed the assertion made by Kuria, saying no one was being intimidated with violence should they fail to vote for Ruto.
SEE ALSO :Ruto: I will not let Raila split Jubilee over handshake
“I want to dissociate myself from sentiments by Kuria. What he has said in this meeting is his own views and I should not be associated with that,” he said.
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You're mere Regular Joe posing as genius. Ati 'Pundit' kitu gani :D
Kwa ufala siwezi - I mean you have Phd in that - all the way from Palo alto. Siasa wewe bado jua.
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Moses kuria is running on TNA - URP script of 2013. Isolate GEMA, take the leadership mantle then last minute merge with Ruto camp. Moses kuria is nothing but a creation of Ruto, let us leave it at that.
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Kiunjuri failed to get governorship but his party had decent show including winning Nyeri governorship.That was when he ran against Jubilee in 2013.Kiunjuri under Jubilee was responsible for the tour of central MPs and related...who wrongly blamed Ruto.Its Kiunjuri machinations that saw many old and tried political players fell on the way.Kiunjuri is now arguably the senior most leader in central who has the political and economic muscle for VP.Moses kuria is nothing even in Kiambu.Kiunjuri straddle Laikipia and Nyeri.My money is on him deputising Ruto.Waiguru could be a wildcard ..butwe shall see.Uhuru still the man to say.
So kiunjuri couldnt win yet Gachagua won using GMU party going against TNA wave. At the time kiunjuri was 3 term mp, what has he accomplished to get this influence you're inferring? Kiunjuri can't now even beat nderitu murithii in laikipia. Last election he was supporting the incumbent and they lost to nderitu murithii one of two independent governors in the country.
central is in a revolt mood cause of the economy.
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Uhuru pleaded personally to Kiunjuri not to contest
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Nderitu mureithi, kibaki nephew never won, he was rigged in by uhuru and IEBC. On kiujuri you are 100% correct the man has zero traction in centro...nothing out of Nanyuki town limits.