Restaurant gains popularity after Uhuru’s lunch visit - Barka Restaurant

Tucked away at the entrance of
the Old Town – one of the oldest
towns in Mombasa’s history –
Barka Restaurant is popularly
known for its Swahili and Arabic
traditional dishes that attract both
locals and foreigners.
It was here that President Uhuru
Kenyatta decided to pay a surprise
visit and enjoy his lunch on
Saturday afternoon August 30,
2014.
Since then, it has become a bee
hive of activity.
President Kenyatta together with a
few MPs from the coast stopped
over at the restaurant while he
was in Mombasa last week, to the
surprise of many who were
present at the eating point.
“I was at the cashier going on with
our normal business when all of
sudden I saw the President
walking in and greeting everyone,”
Said Ms Saada Hamid the manager
of the restaurant.
FRIENDLY
She added, “At first I was
paralysed with shock, but I
managed to overcome it and I was
further surprised at how friendly
the President is.
“He talked to everyone as if they
were his equals. After the
greetings he went straight to the
VIP lounge.”
At first his order was only for
snacks but later sampled more of
the meals that were available –
with his security detail not being
left behind in the sampling.
“After the meal he stayed for a
while. We took some pictures with
him and his people paid the bill,”
Ms Hamid said.
Although Barka Restaurant was
opened four years ago the VIP
lounge was opened in December
2014 and has a sitting capacity of
30 to 50 people.
“Since the opening of the VIP
lounge we have had several
distinguished guests – but none of
them have been of his stature,” Ms
Hamid said.
A few days after the President’s
visit, the restaurant has witnessed
an increase in sales and in the
number of customers visiting it.
“The President’s visit also shows
how humble he is,” said Ms
Hamid.

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JUNE RUTO TO JOIN KENYATTA UNIVERSITY K.U

DEPUTY PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER SET
TO JOIN K.U
The deputy president of Kenya H.E
William Ruto's daughter, June Ruto is
set to enroll for an undergraduate
programme in Kenyatta University
main campus along Thika Super high
way. Speaking exclusively to KU-
COMRADES FORUM, June revealed
that it had always been her dream to
pursue a Bachelor of science
Biochemistry degree in the world
class Kenyatta University. "I look
forward to meeting Vee Vicy who has
always been my role model,'' she
further revealed.She is set to report
in two weeks time alongside other
first years. June Ruto promised
comrades that she will co-operate
with them alongside her father to
ensure no comrade starves in school.
How much money should William
Ruto give Timon Oginga to ensure
June enjoys a peaceful stay in K.U?

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ksh.18billion thrown in the arm just "for health purposes"

Its reported that Danish Government has
committed Sh18 billion to support
various projects in Kenya, with
focus on improving health in 47
counties.
Speaking at a business network
forum in Nairobi on Monday, the
country’s Trade and Development
minister Mogens Jensen said the
amount will be disbursed over a
four-year period.
The governments of Kenya and
Denmark are currently in talks on
how best to direct the funds to the
devolved units. They are also
working on widening the scope of
the project to include green energy
and regional security apart from
devolution.
“Implementation of the project will
kick off next year through the
corporation policy programme
between Kenya and Denmark,” Mr
Jensen said.
Over the last 10 years, Kenya has
received support from the country
through the Danish International
Development Agency with over Sh7
billion going to health.
Danish Ambassador to Kenya Geert
Andersen last month said health is
a priority to them noting that they
will support Kenya to achieve its
goal in the sector.
He said through the third phase of
the Danish funded health sector
support programme, the country
will aggressively fund the sector in
Kenya this year.

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Kenyan Governors and MCA's accused of sidelining their office deputies

A deputy governor has launched
an attack on governors over the
running of county governments.
Nyandarua Deputy Governor
Waithaka Mwangi Kirika said his
counterparts had been sidelined in
most county affairs.
“Our role is purely bridal. Some of
us have no job descriptions despite
being the second in command at
the county,” Mr Mwangi said
Monday.
He said a majority of the deputy
governors were chosen as running
mates for political expediency
during the 2013 General Elections.
He said they were totally in the
dark in regard to the affairs of
county governments.
“We have become mere stooges.
We can’t even tell when the
governor is away and we are not
involved in consultations in case an
issue arises,” Mr Kirika added.
He said many governors were
suffering from the ‘‘big man’’
syndrome.
“When we go out of our way to do
other politically-related duties, we
are accused of undermining the
governors,” Mr Kirika said.
COUNTY CEOS
The Fourth Schedule of the
Constitution and the County
Governments Act 2012 say
governors and their deputies are
the CEOs and deputy CEOs of
counties respectively.
Mr Kirika said the Act was not
being followed and there were icy
relationships between governors
and their assistants in many
counties.
“I was recently admonished for
offering advice which is my role as
the second-in-command. My
contribution was seen as
offensive,” he said.
Mr Kirika supported the county
development boards to be chaired
by senators saying they would
bring sanity in the management of
counties.
He said the boards would bring
together local political leadership,
ensure inclusivity as well as
transparency and financial
prudence.
Mr Kirika said he was opposed to
calls for referendum by the
governors, terming the clamour
self serving.

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University intake 2014-2015 kenya, helb

Kenyatta University (KU) has been
allocated the highest number of
university
students with 5,480 admissions.
The
institution's declared capacity is
5,454.
The University of Nairobi (UoN)
will admit
5,053 candidates against a
capacity of
5,031 while Moi University has
been
assigned 5,030 students. Egerton
is
allocated 2,767 while Jomo
Kenyatta
University of Agriculture and
Technology
(JKUAT) will take 2,597 against the
institution's capacity of 2,583.
Maseno
University will enrol 2,926 and
Technical
University of Kenya is assigned
1,827.
A senior official who attended the
board
meeting Monday said some
institutions
were allocated more candidates as
a
result of affirmative action.
"Issues of gender, persons with
disability
and marginalised groups were
considered
and this saw some institutions get
slightly
more candidates," said the source
who is
not authorised to speak to the
media.

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Hospitals move to a standstill, coast Senator Godliver Omondi responsible

Godliver Omondi, the Senator, addresses
public health workers from  Mombasa County in August 2014. Medical practitioners in Coast
public Hospital threatened to go on another strike over delay in salary payments.

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Kiala Benard urges ukambani senators, Alfred mutula to blame

Famously new Machakos Deputy
Governor d Kiala Bernar
defended himself before a Senate
committee, saying he was being
crucified for exposing wrongs
committed by the county
government.
Mr Kiala presented himself as an
innocent whistleblower made to
pay for lifting the lid on ills going
on in the government.
Mr Kiala accused Machakos
Governor Alfred Mutua, saying he
was behind his troubles.
He used the 40 minutes given him
to make an opening statement to
reveal what he termed “issues
behind my problems”, although he
focused mostly on the wrongs
allegedly committed by the
governor.
“I wish to respectfully submit to
this committee that I am a victim
of witch-hunt and a sacrificial
lamb at the altar of merchants of
impunity and a county executive
led by the governor keen to haunt
me out of office for whistleblowing
against acts of corruption and bad
governance,” said Mr Kiala.
However, the county assembly
lawyer Kioko Kilukumi defended
the governor and accused Mr Kiala
of derailing the county
government’s activities and
undermining Dr Mutua.
“The deputy governor has been
unable to perform his functions, he
has contravened the Constitution
and abused his office. The people
he has worked closely with,
interacted with have passed a
resolution that he be removed
from office,” said Mr Kilukumi.
At one time, Mr Kiala’s lawyer
Harun Ndubi questioned whether
the committee should entertain
new evidence to support the
allegations against his client and if
doing so amounted to unfair trial
for his client.
The committee retreated for
consultation before its chairman
Mutahi Kagwe who is also the
Nyeri Senator, ruled that the
evidence was admissible so long as
it did not make fresh allegations
that were not discussed when the
MCAs impeached the deputy
governor.
The hearing continues.

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Steve kariuki Mathare constituency MP ODM

ODM's Steve Kariuki
Monday won the Mathare
parliamentary seat with 14,966 votes,
beating his close rival George
Wanjohi who garnered 14,082.
Kariuki's supporters broke into song
and dance, soon after the provisional
results were announced, celebrating
the win of their candidate.
Independepent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission had a hard
time controlling the crowd that was
dancing in the tallying hall at St.
Teresa's Girls Primary School.
Former MP George Wanjohi (TNA)
whose election was nullified in a
court ruling was fighting to defend
the seat that was also being
contested by seven other candidates.
Other candidates in the poll were
William Omondi (Independent) who
came in third with 194 votes,
Crispus Fwamba Nyangangali
(Maendeleo Democratic Party) 66,
Mariam Muthoni Macharia
(Independent) 39, Sammy Jentruo
Mudanya (Progressive Party of Kenya)
37, Barack Obat Blasto
(Independent) 19, Billian Okoth
Ojiwa (National Labour Party) 15 and
Nixon Kavai Inziria (Independent)
with 11 votes.

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We are ready to handle Ebola, state says

Kenya is prepared to deal with
Ebola, the deadly viral disease
which has sparked worldwide
panic, according to medical
authorities.
Isolation beds have been set up at
the Kenyatta National Hospital,
diagnostic areas have been
prepared at the Kenya Medical
Research Institute and 50 health
and mortuary workers have been
trained to handle Ebola patients.
Kenya was by Monday one of the
countries still allowing direct
flights to West African countries
where the World Health
Organisation has declared the
disease out of control.
On Monday, Ivory Coast banned all
flights from countries hit by Ebola
as part of steps to prevent the
spread of the deadly disease from
its neighbours.
British Airways, Emirates Airlines,
Pan African airline Aruj and ASKY
and Chad have all suspended
flights to and from the affected
destinations.
At the weekend, Nigeria stopped
the Gambian national carrier,
Gambia Bird Airlines, from flying
into the country, alleging
“unsatisfactory” measures by the
airline to contain the spread of
Ebola.
'LITTLE RISK'
The current Ebola outbreak started
in Guinea in March and spread to
Sierra Leone and Liberia. Nigeria
is the latest to report cases of
Ebola.
Kenya Airways maintains direct
flight to Monrovia, Conakry and
Freetown, the capital cities of the
disease-hit countries. The airline
says there is little risk of the
disease making its way to Kenya.
The disease spread to Lagos
through a Liberian who flew to the
Nigerian commercial capital on
July 20. He died five days later but
had already infected eight people
one of them a nurse, who died last
week.
In total Nigeria has 10 confirmed
cases but of great concern is the
people who came into contact with
them, and other secondary
contacts. The country has 177
people under observation and has
declared a medical emergency.
So far, 961 people have died in the
four countries with Ebola and
more than 1,700 are infected.
Africa has had several outbreaks of
Ebola in the past, but they have
mainly been in remote villages
where the virus spreads from wild
animals to human beings.
The current outbreak is in the
cities where there is heightened
contact between people and where
a patient can travel virtually the
entire globe in a matter of days.
ISOLATION WARD
On Monday, the Director of
Medical Services, Dr Nicholas
Muraguri, said the isolation ward
at KNH has a capacity of 16 beds
ready for any Ebola cases.
In a week’s time, he said it would
be expanded to 30 beds. “We have
20 doctors trained to deal with
Ebola at Kenyatta National
Hospital. We want, in the next few
weeks, to train about 100 health
workers,” he said by phone.
They will include doctors, nurses
and even mortuary attendants
“since information we have from
West Africa shows that if it is not
the doctor who dies, then even
guys at the mortuary who handle
bodies of Ebola victims die,” he
said.
The DMS said they had also come
up with a plan B in case KNH is
overwhelmed.
“We are looking at county facilities
here in Nairobi, Mombasa and
Eldoret. At Kemri, he said, there is
an advanced viral diagnostic
laboratory built a few years ago
after the country was ravaged by
Rift Valley Fever. We learnt a
lesson at that time and resources
were invested to build the
laboratory. We also have our own
trained virologists.”
Dr Muraguri said the government
had formed a multi-agency
taskforce which has been meeting
since the Ebola outbreak was
confirmed. It draws membership
from the Ministry of Health,
Department of Immigration, Kenya
Airways and Kenya Airports
Authority.
“We will have a briefing on
Wednesday and after that we will
go to the JKIA to see the measures
the government has taken.”
Dr Muraguri said they had trained
an adequate number of doctors,
bought enough drugs and
protective gear and installed a
surveillance system.
“We have the required capacity to
deal with any Ebola case if such
(an) eventuality was to occur in
this country,” he assured the
public.
A 43-year-old passenger who
arrived on Friday and rushed to
KNH was found to have been
suffering from food poisoning and
not Ebola. The passenger had
arrived from Uganda

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The day RAILA ODINGA was chased by a …. KOSGEY was there in Bureti (VIDEO) , Bureti Assistant County Commissioner, Richard Nyanamba.

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Metho kilonzo issued warrant of arrest

Just in Nairobi, a court has lifted a
warrant of arrest against lawyer
Kethi Kilonzo issued today.
The lifting of the order follows an
urgent application by the lawyer at
the magistrate's court.
In her application, Ms Kilonzo said
she relied on the orders on
Monday by the High Court
stopping the trial at the lower
court, and apologised for not being
present.
Read: Court blocks Kethi’s voter
card theft trial )
On Tuesday, while issuing the
arrest warrant, Chief Magistrate
Hannah Ndung'u ruled that
although she was aware of the
High Court order, Ms Kilonzo
should have been present in court
for the mention.

MODERATE TRIAL
Ms Kilonzo is charged with
stealing a voter registration
document belonging to the
Independent Electoral and
Boundaries Commission.
She, however, sought to have her
prosecution over the matter
stopped on the grounds that the
failure by the Director of Public
Prosecutions to supply her with
documents she would rely on in
her case violated her right to fair
trial.
On Monday, she succeeded in her
bid, with High Court Judge Msagha
Mbogholi stopping the trial
pending a determination on the
application.

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3 Kenya Navy officers sacked over attending CORD Rally

Three Kenya Navy servicemen
have been sacked after allegedly
attending a political rally in
Mombasa two weeks ago.
They are identified as Senior
Sergeant John Apollo (33502),
Corporal George Ong’onyi (34094)
and a corporal only identified as
Nyambok (34906).
The three are accused of
associating themselves with
politics, contrary to the code of
ethics governing the military and
other discipline forces in Kenya.

Article 239 (3) of the Constitution
states that:
In performing their functions
and exercising their powers,
the national security organs
and every member of the
national security organs
shall not—
(a) act in a partisan manner;
(b) further any interest of a
political party or cause; or
(c) prejudice a political
interest or political cause
that is legitimate under this
Constitution.

TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS
Military sources indicate that the
three were spotted by Intelligence
officers who were covering the
rally and took their photographs.
“Last week they were told that
their services are no longer
required and ordered to vacate the
Kenya Navy premises within two
hours,” said a source who spoke on
condition of anonymity.

On Monday, the three soldiers
returned to the Navy headquarters
at Mtongwe, Mombasa to process
their release documents from the
Kenya Defence Force (KDF).
“They also moved their families
who have been residing within the
Navy servicemen quarters,” added
another source.

KDF spokesman Bogita Ongeri
requested for more time to
comment on the issue.

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UHURU, "RAILA ODINGA SHALL BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT OF KENYA"

Just recently is when Raila Odinga arrived to kenya from Boston, USA. In his arrival, he held a rally at Uhuru park and days later, he gave the government alot of pressure until the president told him, "hold on, am still the president".
In short, The President of the republic of Kenya meant that he should wait until the next election.
If Raila Odinga fails in 2017, he shall be sworn Inn as the Opposition President of the country, for another term.

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We are coming, UN says about Al-shabaab to Nairobi Kenya Residents

based in
Nairobi has warned of a looming
terror attack in Nairobi which will
target specifically overcrowded
places, malls and places renowned
to be frequented by foreigners
warning its staff to keep off those
places for their safety.
The UN Intel office specifically
pointed Yaya Centre, Junction Mall
and Hurlingham in Nairobi as the
major targets.
This warning has come when Kenya
witnessed the second most deadly
attack (since Westgate) in
Mpeketoni, Lamu County which left
more than 60 people dead and
hundreds displaced.
Earlier, Al-Shabaab had warned
tourists planning to visit Kenya to
cancel their visits or risk putting
their lives in jeopardy of terror
attack. They urged the government
to remove their troops in Somalia
as long as they want to enjoy
peace.
Earlier, the President dismissed
claims by Al-Shabaab that they are
responsible for the attack terming
the attacks as well orchestrated
and planned by politicians for
their egocentric gains, a statement
that was dismissed by CORD
leader, Raila Odinga.

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Raila accepts defeat in 2013 but says Dialogue is his major concern (security and graft)

Former
Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, on
Friday agreed that lost the last
year’s Presidential election to
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his
Deputy, William Ruto.
In a long letter adressed to the
President, Raila through his
communicaction adviser Eliud
Owalo said all that he only wants
is dialogue to adress pertinent
issues affecting the country such
as insecurity, corruption and
nepotism.
The former PM also assured the
President that he is not out to
interfere with his tenure after
accepting defeat in the 2013
General Election.
“Last year after the Supreme
Court heard and determined my
petition challenging the
presidential elections, I accepted
the verdict. I did that as a true
believer in constitutionalism and
the rule of law and declared that
Kenya is greater than any one of
us,” Raila said.
“However, since then, Kenya has
been faced with major problems
and challenges that may tear the
country apart if not immediately
addressed. I have chosen the
path of dialogue as the lawful and
sensible way of dealing with what
the country faces today.” Raila
added.
In the letter, Raila also reiterated
that his planned rallies ahead of
Saba Saba are peaceful and only
aimed at highlighting what he
describes as genuine concerns on
issues affecting Kenyans.
He begged the President to accept
his grievances saying the country
has one Head of State and he is
ready to accept any word from
the President who he described
as his brother.

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Jicho pevu on Mpeketoni saga

Amid Kenya’s trying times,
investigative journalist Mohamed
Ali wrote the president a letter in
Swahili to ail his sentiments on
behalf of Kenyans. Much has been
said and done about the insecurity
issue in the country, take time to
go through the letter below:
Rais,
Habari ya siku nyingi?
Jina langu ni Mohammed Ali,
mwandishi wa habari ya
runinga ya KTN. Mara ya
mwisho kuonana naye ilikua
wakati wa kampeni za
uchaguzi mkuu uliopita huko
Mombasa katika shule ya
msingi ya Khadija. Ulikua
mchangamfu kando na ahadi
chungunzima kwa Wakenya.
Ahadi za tarakilishi za bure
kwa wanafunzi wa darasa la
kwanza, kutoa nafasi za kazi
milioni moja kila mwaka kwa
vijana, kuekeza katika
usalama wa kitaifa miongoni
mwa ahadi zingine. Lakini,
kwa hivi sasa bwana rais
nahofia ahadi hizo zimekua
tasa.
Barua yangu inaanza na
maswala ya usalama ambayo
nimeyapa kipau mbele.
Kwanza kabisa nauliza, “Uko
wapi? Hatukuoni bwana
Rais.”
Wakenya wanashabuliwa kila
mara na kuuliwa kinyama.
Walioponea wamebagi na
vilema vya maisha.
Shambulizi la Westgate na
ahadi ya serikali yako
zilionekana kama hekaya za
Abunuasi. Uliowapa
majukumu ya kutulinda wako
wapi? Kuanzia Mkurugenzi wa
NIS, Michael Gichangi,
Inspekta Jenerali wa Polisi,
David Kimaiyo, Mkurugenzi wa
CID, Ndegwa Muhoro,
Kamanda wa GSU, Kitili
Mboya, Waziri wa Usalama wa
Ndani, Joseph Ole Lenku na
Mkuu wa Majeshi, Julius
Waweru Karangi.
Ukweli wa mambo ni kwamba
Wakenya wanahisi kuwa nyote
mmelala.
Usalama umegeuzwa na kuwa
mchezo wa tufe. Tumejisahau
kiasi cha hata kuonyesha siri
zetu za ndani kwa maadui
zetu. Hatujui tunapigana na
nani.
Katika kazi yangu ya uandishi
wa habari, nimezungumza na
wadadisi wa maswala ya
usalama na bwana Rais wengi
wao wanahisi twapigana
wenyewe kwa wenyewe. Na
iwapo si wenyewe kwa
wenyewe basi twafukuzana na
kivuli cha fimbo ambacho
hakisitiri jua.
Badala ya kuua magaidi
tunajiua wenyewe kwa
wenyewe. Kwa kweli hatuwezi
shinda vita hivi ikiwa
twaumizana wenyewe kwa
wenyewe badala ya
kuungana. Mara tunaambiwa
ni MRC, mara ni Mungiki,
mara magaidi, maragodoro na
sasa waziri wako Ole Lenku
ana mapya zaidi.
Waswahili wanasema “Bata
ata umlishe mawe bado
atahara”. Bwana Rais,
tumwamini nani?
Bwana Rais, majuzi uliingia
na taswira mpya kabisa katika
uwanja wa Nyayo; magari ya
kujikinga na risasi na
usalama zaidi. Hii, si kawaida
tangu uongozi wa Hayati
Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel
Toroitich arap Moi na Mwai
Kibaki. Iwapo wewe unahofia,
je sisi walalahoi tutahisi vipi?
Mauaji ya Mpeketoni ni sawia
nay ale ya Tana River. Damu
ya wana Mpeketoni inalilia
haki. Kina mama wamechwa
bila watoto na waume huku
watoto wakisalia mayatima
kwa kosa la serikali
walilolichagua ki katiba,
serikali iliyowaahidi
kuwalinda pamoja na mali
zao. Mauaji ya kiholela
yanazidi kugonga vichwa vya
habari, baadhi ya walinda
usalama wameamua wao ndio
majaji na mawakili kwa
Wakenya wanyonge wasio na
mtetezi.
Bwana Rais, wakenya wanalia;
kuanzia Easatleigh, Baragoi
hadi Mandera.
Nina machungu na mengi ya
kukueleza lakini muda
hauniruhusu. Kumbuka Kenya
ni jina, nchi ni sisi.
Ni hayo tu kwa sasa.
Shukran.

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Ugandan TV station banned from covering presidential by Museveni

Kampala, Uganda: Uganda's
government on Wednesday banned
one of the country's main television
stations from covering presidential
events after it aired images which it
said showed President Yoweri
Museveni having a snooze in
parliament.
"The president has habits, he
meditates and they know it, and still
they go out and say he was
sleeping," government media centre
manager Dennis Katungi told AFP.
Government spokesman Ofwono
Opondo confirmed that NTV Uganda,
part of the Nation Media Group and
east and central Africa's largest
independent media house, would be
punished.
"We have suspended their coverage
of the president as we reconsider
our relationship with them," he said,
accusing NTV of a "lack of
professionalism and biased
coverage".
"The suspension should not be
permanent, it's temporary, to make
them think," Katungi added.
Museveni, aged 69, is one of Africa's
longest-serving leaders, and has led
the impoverished east African nation
since 1986.

NTV Uganda said they had not been
informed of the suspension.
Last year the government shut the
country's two main independent
newspapers for 10 days after they
reported arguments among army
generals over whether the
president's son should succeed him.

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Bigfoot Toyota Prado Spotted along Mombasa Road, Ulalaaah

Unlike any other time in our
history, many Kenyans can now
afford big and expensive cars.
We’ve seen luxury vehicles that
cost upwards of Sh50 million on
our streets, and more keep coming.
Yesterday, this big foot Toyota
Prado was spotted along Mombasa
road.
Definitely a pleasant surprise for
motorists.
The owner has gone further and
gotten it a customized number
plate..’Mr Karanja’.YOLO!

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Al-Shabaab,"It was us at Mpeketoni attacks"

Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab rebels on Monday said
they carried out an attack on a
town on Kenya's coast that left over 50 dead.
A statement from the group said
the attack in Mpeketoni, near
Lamu was revenge for the "Kenyan
government's brutal oppression of
Muslims in Kenya through
coercion, intimidation and
extrajudicial killings of Muslim
scholars."
It also condemned the "Kenyan
military's continued invasion and
occupation of our Muslim lands
and the massacre of innocent
Muslims in Somalia."
"To the tourists visiting Kenya we
say this: Kenya is now officially a
war zone and as such any tourists
visiting the country do so at their
own peril," the group said.
"Foreigners with any regard for
their safety and security should
stay away from Kenya or suffer
the bitter consequences of their
folly. You have been forewarned!"
it added.
Around 50 heavily-armed gunmen
drove into Mpeketoni, near Lamu,
late on Sunday.
Witnesses said they first attacked
a police station, before starting to
randomly shoot at civilians, some
of whom had been watching the
World Cup in local bars and hotels.
The Al-Shabaab statement vowed
more attacks would follow.
"We hereby warn the Kenyan
government and its public that as
long as you continue to invade our
lands and oppress innocent
Muslims, such attacks will continue
and the prospect of peace and
stability in Kenya will be but a
distant mirage. Do not ever dream
of living peacefully in your lands
while your forces kill the innocent
in our lands," it said.
Kenyan troops crossed into
southern Somalia in 2011 to fight
Al-Shabaab, later joining the now
22,000-strong African Union force
battling the militants.

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Mutahi Ngunyi talks about Lamu killings and Raila

Renowned political analyst Mutahi
Ngunyi has rubbished the claims
that Al-Shabaab may be behind
the Sundays night terror attack at
Mpeketoni, Lamu County that has
left at least 48 people already
confirmed dead.
On his twitter account, Ngunyi,
who is credited for his hypothesis
duped “tyranny of numbers” that
disoriented the current opposition
victory in the last general
elections, argued that MRC are the
ones to blame for the attacks.

#MutahiNgunyi - To blame Al
Shabaab on Mpeketoni attacks
is NAIVE. Al Shabaab taking
blame is fake (can't verify).
THIS is MRC re-loaded. Rented
Terrorism!
This has followed his recent media
interview where the celebrated
political analyst raised a red flag
warning President Kenyatta and
his Deputy, that Raila Odinga was
reviving and marshaling militias in
the country to overthrow the
government.
He claimed that the outlawed
Mungiki sect, Mombasa Republican
Movement (MRC) as well as Al-
Shabaab are among the militia
groups the opposition leader is
marshaling.

#MutahiNgunyi - MRC
regroups.Then 'baba' consoles
Mungiki leader. Afterwards, he
sets Eastleigh on fire. Lately,
there are no bombs. Is this
national dialogue?
Whether he is right or wrong, time
will tell.
Mpeketoni is 40 kms inland in
Lamu County.

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