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• 1. David  |  December 31st, 2007 at 8:17 pm

  Thanks for the reliable information - for a change! Too many rumors flying around.

• 2. JohnM  |  December 31st, 2007 at 8:38 pm

  Very good update. Lets hit the street guys.

• 3. mshairi  |  December 31st, 2007 at 8:54 pm

  I would like to echo what David has said. Keep it up, Mr.Acrobat!

• 4. Ptochos  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:13 pm

  It would seem rather hypocritical that David is bemoaning the dissemination of unreliable information when he, the Mashada proprietor, has been the principal agent of rumormongering and hate speech.

• 5. reggie_woic  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:31 pm

  ptochos, i think its better to allow everyone free speech than to show bias by denying to some. I’m glad no one was restrained in Mashada, like the people’s choice was in the last elections.

  I won’t be able to participate in Uhuru Park, but I will be carrying a placard in my heart and protesting along with my fellow kenyans on the 3rd.

• 6. Observer  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:32 pm

  I was beginning to feel dejected with all that is going on. I know innocents are dying just because of affiliations. I can see people that have practically surrendered to the cops being beaten down with rungus. Others have their hands up in surrender but there were still gunshots ringing in the background. I am praying for the best. There has to be something that can be done to allow the people’s voice to be heard and honored! I know it is a dream that seems fleeting but I pray that it is realized. God knows this has gone on long enough and I pray this will be when He says, “Enough is Enough!” for our sake and betterment.

• 7. Ngugi  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:33 pm

  Democracy has to be fought by all means. Michuki, Kibaki, Kiviuti have Kenyan blood in their hands.Just like Saddam ordered the massacre of his people, time is nearing. You cannot rule democrats by force.

• 8. Josephine  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm

  In Kenya, legal redress will not work. Only mass action can speak. The court system is flawed by Kibaki’s people from top to bottom who have been poisioned by corruption and will always support Kibaki.

• 9. JJ  |  December 31st, 2007 at 10:39 pm

  Kibaki should stop this bloodshed in Kenya. We are not in undemocratic country like Iraq. And why butcher only one tribe? There is chaos every where, why only Kisumu to instigate shoot on sight order?

• 10. mkenya  |  December 31st, 2007 at 11:46 pm

  I sympathize with the losers, but regardless of what one’s affiliation is, We are all Kenyans, and violence won’t solve anything — ? — Why doesn’t Hon. Odinga just go the way of the courts instead of fueling the hatred/ emotions that anre now rife.

  There’s no way a sitting government is going to give up power so it’s in the best interests of Kenyans and peace to cool down and he (Raila) and Kibaki discuss this issue out as gentlemen.

  Otherwise, however right it may feel to poke fingers into the government’s eyes, it’s a bad idea, and there’s no good that will come about. Besides, it’s only 5yrs and another election will come up.

  We have a right to opinion and that’s mine..

  P/S Am not a politicko person, so I don’t have a dog in this fight.

• 11. NIMC ASIRIKA  |  December 31st, 2007 at 11:46 pm

  HOW CAN YOU PROVE ODM DIDN’T STEAL VOTES? DON’T YOU THINK IT’S PROPAGANDA? WHO TOLD YOU THAT THE ONE WHO LEADS AN ELECTION IN THE BEGINNING IS THE SUPPOSED WINNER? REMEMBER 97? 92? WHY DIN’T WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? SOME PLACES LIKE SIGOR HAD 115% VOTER TURN OUT, ELDORET NORTH 116% EMGWEN 103% NAROK SOUTH 120%, BONDO 102% ….WERE GHOSTS VOTING? PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA PROPAGANDA…RAILA GO TO COURT NOW AND OBEY THE LAW. THAT’S WHY IT WAS PUT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE TO CATER FOR SUCH PROBLEMS……NOT LOOTING AND STUFF……OBEY THE LAW RAILA OBEY THE LAW NOT MOBILIZING PEOPLE TO STEAL AND LOOT AND CAUSE CHAOS….GO TO COURT…………………………

• 12. Moto Kama Pasi  |  December 31st, 2007 at 11:51 pm

  We will fight the good fight.. I am not in Kenya but i understand the why people are up in arms.. The slaves in america did it, the people in Iraq and afghanistan are doing it and worldwide its pretty obvious you cant impose a government on a people. It always turns upside down. This is Kenyas turn and i urge all to get out and fight for the democratic space we got the hard way… But please dont touch your neighbour, even kikuyus are kenyans. Respect human life.

• 13. Oduor  |  December 31st, 2007 at 11:53 pm

  Mr. Odinga needs to know that he lost the elections and let Kenya move on. He can go to parliament and pass a vote of no confidence in the government which is much easier than watching as his supprters kill people and destroy and burn businesses.

  Kenya is not made up of Kikuyus and Luos. Kenya belongs to all of us and when he sayd KENYANS HAVE SPOKEN, does that mean that the millions who rejected him are not kenyans?

  200,000 votes is a large margin to lose by in such a tight race. So Mr. Odinga and his people need to realise that even if he lost by one single vote, that must be respected.

  And those encouraging the poor and jobless to riot need to do a lot of soul-searching. Mr. Odinga is a man who NEVER EVER accepts a defeat.

  Some of you may remember the violence he instigated when he was fighting with Mr. Wamalwa Kijana for the leadership of Fork-K after the death of his father - Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.

  Through-out his political career, it has either been his way or he destroys a party and moves on. Mr. Odinga now wants the ultimate prize - destroying Kenya through a people pusch.

• 14. mwananchi madhubuti  |  January 1st, 2008 at 12:00 am

  Saddam and his cronies paid the hard way. Kenya too will soon find justice. Kenya is a free country and no small clique of crooks will lead this democracy by use of force. It is sad that these crooks have taken the country 50years back. It is upto Kenyans and the media to fight for their rights and freedoms. Kenya does not belong to just one tribe. And, the other rmaining tribes are not renting Kenya from this one tribe. May all the forces of natural justice prevail.

• 15. steven  |  January 1st, 2008 at 6:31 am

  Idont think its a tribal issue as much as it is a democracy issue - kenyans feel cheated esp. After 70% of them came out to vote.anyone else agree?

• 16. Minkia  |  January 1st, 2008 at 9:05 am

  I have to agree that Mr Odinga is coming across as a power hungry person, he has been in politics for a long time and if he cannot trust the judiciary and laws of the land which I would imagine he has had plenty of opportunity to “reform” then he cannot take the high horse here. His rhetoric sounds like recycled western political speak (Orange House?). I couldn’t believe it when I heard him admitting to having a gang of thugs around him and worse saying it has come to be a part of Kenyan politics with no sense of disgust, just an oh, well!
  It is easy for leaders of all stripes to say that freedom and democracy will be achieved by any means, they have security details and the where with all to get out if things get hot. Divide and concur is an old trick from a dirty book.
  This is not a tribal issue as much as it is a class one, it is easy to divide The People by getting them to turn on each other, if their backs a turned then you can carry on with your dirty business with relative impunity.
  As for Kibaki, not taking the oath of office in front of the very people who elected him does cast him in a suspicious light and his failure to condemn police brutality is inexcusable and furthers the idea of him as a strong man in the making.

• 17. Mik  |  January 1st, 2008 at 5:10 pm

  Hey,
  Have you seen that your comments, along with those of other Kenyan bloggers, have been published by France 24 ??
  See :
  http://www.observers.france24.com

• 18. bmklong  |  January 2nd, 2008 at 12:17 am

  We have a friend who is an elite Kenyan runner in the USA. He is home in Eldoret now with his family. We are trying to help him start an orphanage in Eldoret. His name is Linus Maiyo. Is there anyway i can find out if he and his family and the orphans are ok? Please pray for Linus. He is such a good man and trying to help the aids orphans. Please help us find news of him.

• 19. Peace4Kenya  |  January 2nd, 2008 at 2:45 am

  I have just visited GoPetition and found the following page very interesting:

  http://gopetition.com/petitions/arbitrate-allegations-of-election-maleficence-in-kenya.html

  Regards

  Ongoro

• 20. THERESA SISKIND  |  January 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 am

  I fear for the safety of the park rangers who work for Wildlife Direct ! One ranger reported that the violence is spilling over the boarders to neighboring countries…my prayers are with them, the innocent children, the elderly, and the wildlife…

• 21. oluoch j ochieng  |  January 19th, 2008 at 9:22 am

  The kenyan situation is not a tribal issue. It is a political one that can best be adressed in a political fashion. The best way is by mass action. It is therefore imperative that the people be allowed to exercise their democratic rights of association. I think that the government’s attempts to stop the demonstrations is the cause of violence. I also think that the govt. is looking for public sympathy by perpetuating violence with a hope to discredit the opposition. I feel strongly that the govt.should act more responsibly and allow for peaceful demonstrations. They must take full responsibility of the deaths in our streets and the destruction of individual property and stop blaming the opposition.

• 22. Lulu Oyigah  |  January 24th, 2008 at 1:59 pm

  Good day,

  My name is lulu Oyigah, I am an Editorial Assistant with Farafina Magazine, based in Lagos, Nigeria.

  Farafina Magazine provides a high quality medium for people all over the world to freely express their world view without pandering to the existing global power structure. It is dedicated to the best in contemporary ideas; intelligent
  without being pompous, well researched without being academic and opinionated without being pedantic. Farafina presents the complexities in Africa as they exist; the good, the bad and especially the progressive.

  The next edition of Farafina, slated for February, is a special issue on Kenya, with a focus on the current crisis in the nation. We want to show Kenya in a way that people from outside may not know it. We want our readers to be provoked or stirred into trying to imagine what ordinary Kenyans, or sections of Kenyan society, might be feeling at this time.

  We came upon this link and were impressed with the photos we saw on your Flickr page. Would you permit us to publish some of them in our Magazine?

  We look forward to hearing form you.

  Best regards,
  Lulu Oyigah.

  Farafina,
  Kachifo Ltd.
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