GEMA played Mobutu like isukuti

[Nefertiti]

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When Tangatanga whine about Raila or Matiang’i or Murathe all we see are pots and cattles


Will Raila survive Kibaki’s Mr Fix It?
Saturday, February 26, 2011



FILE | DAILY NATION
President Kibaki is welcomed to 64 Stadium in Eldoret for a rally in January this year by Eldoret North MP William Ruto.

Eldoret North MP William Ruto is President Kibaki’s new Mr Fix It. And the suspended Higher Education minister’s mandate in the new assignment is clear: Keep Prime Minister Raila Odinga in check.

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In January this year, Mr Ruto organised a presidential rally in Eldoret within a week. A day before the rally, Mr Ruto used a police chopper to fly MPs from the North and South Rift regions to Eldoret to prepare the ground for a rousing reception of the President.

During the rally at 64 Stadium, all protocol was ignored and Mr Ruto sat next to the President and took the honour of welcoming the Head of State to address the gathering. Never mind there were several Cabinet ministers in attendance.

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And, this week, Mr Ruto is reported to have “summoned” PNU top brass including Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Energy minister Kiraitu Murungi to a meeting at a city hotel. He reportedly chaired the meeting and later delivered the message to the President. Arising from this, the President called a press conference to announce that he had “consulted widely” and decided to withdraw the names of his nominees.

It is clear what President Kibaki wants to extract from this arrangement. Mr Ruto is perhaps the only politician at the President’s disposal who has the courage and the numbers to take on Mr Odinga.

https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/will-raila-survive-kibaki-s-mr-fix-it--758158

[Nowayhaha]

Can see you are back to a learning trip  through archives .
Gema is firmly behind Ruto . or when you mean GEMA is it  Uhuru that  you mean ?

Do you know UHURU was not in GEMA when it was being revived back in  circa 1999/2000

[Nefertiti]

Well until the thud cheque clears hope springs eternal Bwana Nowayhaha.

[Kichwa]

There is an art or a formula to Kenya's political stability. Its not necessarily the raw numbers as Ruto thinks. Its a very delicate formulary and the dynasties cannot be left out of it. Ouru and RAO both NOW understands it while Ruto is way off.  Everything else is a joke.

Well until the thud cheque clears hope springs eternal Bwana Nowayhaha.

[Nefertiti]

Indeed. In a word Mobutu is HAREBRAINED - which makes him his own worst enemy. A know-it-all self-important persona whose cunning repels rather than attract partners. Ideas like mlolongo - locking a sitting president out of his backyard - was hard-nosed backstabbing guaranteed to blow up in his face: they fell out long before the Handshake. Even this hustler vs dynasty is a sure way to self- alienation in a bizarre hope that Kenyans will suddenly shed tribalism. Very shortsighted.

There is an art or a formula to Kenya's political stability. Its not necessarily the raw numbers as Ruto thinks. Its a very delicate formulary and the dynasties cannot be left out of it. Ouru and RAO both NOW understands it while Ruto is way off.  Everything else is a joke.

Well until the thud cheque clears hope springs eternal Bwana Nowayhaha.

[RV Pundit]

Kiingereza mingi saying nothing. Ruto is playing with cards he has beend dealt with. That is the nature of the game.

Indeed. In a word Mobutu is HAREBRAINED - which makes him his own worst enemy. A know-it-all self-important persona whose cunning repels rather than attract partners. Ideas like mlolongo - locking a sitting president out of his backyard - was hard-nosed backstabbing guaranteed to blow up in his face: they fell out long before the Handshake. Even this hustler vs dynasty is a sure way to self- alienation in a bizarre hope that Kenyans will suddenly shed tribalism. Very shortsighted.