vigilance

Vigilance is what we need now in Kenya the next battle will be economic.In the media of late emphasis has been laid on covering the human rights organizations and the ncic under Mzalendo Kibunja and Ms Ooko.The constitution has been passed as was expected without acrimony. The current naysayers should be ignored for the major problem we will be facing now will be economic.That is why i wish the media could cover more of the mars group who have definitely cut their teeth in economics matters in Kenya.I wish every middle class kenyan will be as conversant with the foreign debt in Kenya as they are currently with the constitution. The soviet Union did not collapse because Reagan said tear down those walls,it collapsed because Gorbarchev brought political change without economic change.An economic turn around is what is needed and i hope vision 2030 is taken very seriously henceforth. Vigilance is required otherwise i am afraid strikes,tear gas and running battles will be the order of the day in Kenya.And with the police under one command Kenya may soon turn into a police state.

Lohan vs Kagame

No doubt Rwanda and its people have been through alot. The media was there to cover the genocide and ultimately rebuilding of Rwanda to become a beacon of hope in Africa.So you ask what are the similarities with Lyndsay Lohan and President Kagame. Well ms Lohan was a child star and the media has documented her rise to fame with unparalleled zeal. Her fortunes started declining once reports of drug abuse and law problems caught up with her and now the media is dismantling her like an old unwanted car ready for recycling to china.

President Kagame has been the poster child of the media as a model of what an African president should be all about. Need i say he has transformed Rwanda to become a fast rising country.well now he is on the defensive in the court of opinion and this is no "gacaca" court. It is alimony court for the wallets of western countries eager to atone for their complacency in going back on the "never again" in our lifetime.All they seem to care about now are the problems of democracy or lack thereof of the same in Rwanda. Granted a little murder here or an exiled army general assassination attempt coupled with gagging of the press does not help Kagame's defense.

Kagame should learn from our very own prof of politics Moi. Remember his pronouncements "democracy gitu gani hi" and its bro "human rights nini hii?"well we all know how that went down as we say in the Bronx. The media will chew you then spit you like old gum. I bet you the next 7 years will be the worst for him and he better come up with a good PR team otherwise in the tough neighborhood that is East Africa ..let me just quote the wisdom of that famous dusty foot philosopher from Dandora "hii system niya majambazi!"