http://www.marsgroupkenya.org Watching Out for You en-US http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/rss/Logo.png http://www.marsgroupkenya.org/ 100 72 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 18:03:02 -0300 MANN-4-MGK http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231460 By Standard Team Chief Mediator Kofi Annan has asked the Government to implement the Kriegler Commission recommendations immediately. Speaking after meeting Prime Minister Raila Odinga at his Treasury office in Nairobi on Thursday, Dr Annan called for immediate overhaul of the Electoral Commission of Kenya, and amendment to the electoral laws as recommended in the report. Annan spoke as 27 diplomats announced they would support the implementation of the report by the Independent Review Commission... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:20:29 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231463 By David Ohito Peace negotiator Kofi Annan returned to the country with nostalgic memories of the difficult times he waded through before sealing the power sharing deal. "I am happy to be back and to see a lot of progress being made," remarked Annan in response to a query from KTN. Dr Annan had a busy day reminiscent of the shuttle diplomacy he did while brokering the peace process that paved way for power sharing between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:25:54 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231469 By Lucianne Limo Prime Minister Raila Odinga has reiterated the Government's commitment to save Mau Forest. Raila said the forest, which is the largest water catchment area, is under threat from human encroachment. The Government, he added, is willing to resettle thousands of people allocated land in the forest. "It is unfortunate that politicians have taken advantage of the situation by inciting settlers to resist resettlement for their own selfish interest," he said... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:24:12 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231476 By KITAVI MUTUA Women may soon cry foul - justifiably. First, National Social Security Fund managing trustee Rachael Lumbaso was shown the door. And in quick succession, Central Bank deputy governor Jacinta Mwatela was moved in controversial circumstances to become a permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Northern Kenya, a job she snubbed. Now, Kitui district commissioner Lydia Hiuko Muriuki has been moved to head a department dealing with the displaced in the Office of the President after just six months at her new station... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:01:08 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231479 By Vitalis Kimutai A week before by-elections in Bomet and Sotik, politicians have pitched tent in the region to campaign for their candidates. Prime Minister Raila Odinga, his deputy Musalia Mudavadi and Agriculture Minister William Ruto are expected to tour the region this weekend to campaign for ODM candidates in the two constituencies. Former Health Minister Paul Sang has for the last week been leading campaigns for the Kanu candidate in Sotik, Mrs Eunice Kirui... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:44:27 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231483 By LUCAS BARASA and DAVE OPIYO Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan yesterday called on all parties to implement the recommendations of the Kriegler commission report. Speaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Mr Annan, who helped broker a peace deal that ended two months of post-election violence, said electoral reforms were some of the issues that should be implemented quickly... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:02:38 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231498 By Kipkoech Tanui As Justice Johann Kriegler handed over his report, which says nobody can tell who should be at State House, an old joke crossed my mind. It is about a man of God, old and emaciated, who called in his lawyer and doctor on sensing his time had come. He had the medic sit on one side of his bed, and the lawyer on the other. The lawyer, being ever the inquisitive one, asked the old man why he had chosen to be with them as he exited the world... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:38:49 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231504 By Martin Mutua The President's son Jimmy Kibaki has said his father will retire from politics in four years. He told politicians under Party of National Unity umbrella to heed his call and form a strong party. Jimmy said Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga agreed the country should adopt a parliamentary system of government. "The President and Prime Minister have agreed that Kenya is to move towards the parliamentary system, as the way forward... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:23:45 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231506 By SAMWEL KUMBA The Government will not relent until all the people who had encroached on water catchment areas, including Mau forest, are resettled, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. He told participants at the Africa Commission Conference on Climate in Nairobi that Kenya knew that price of not protecting the environment. "With hydro power accounting for over 80 per cent of our electricity output, our manufacturing growth prospects being intertwined with rainfall patterns which have compounded food security in the country which depends on rain-fed agriculture, we have no option but to resettle the people who have inhabited these areas," Mr Odinga told the meeting at Inter-Continental Hotel... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:05:37 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231532 By LUCAS BARASA The Electoral Commission of Kenya should as a matter of urgency develop a secure tallying and data transmission system. This is one of the recommendations in the Independent Review Commission report handed over to President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Wednesday. The Johann Kriegler-led commission report said the system would allow computerised entry and tallying at constituencies and secure transmission of data from polling stations to the national tallying centre... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:02:14 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231544 By LUCAS BARASA Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has called for the implementation of a report on last year's disputed elections. Mr Annan said following the completion of the Kriegler Report, what matters was implementation of the issues that had been raised. At the same time, the Heads of 24 diplomatic missions based in Nairobi have also called for the speedy implementation of the report... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:10:20 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231548 By DAVE OPIYO Former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan has endorsed the recommendations of the Kriegler report describing them as bold, comprehensive, constructive and wise. At a news conference Friday, Mr Annan said time for radical reforms on the Electoral Commission of Kenya to be conducted was now and called on the Government to fully implement the contents of the report. "It must not be brushed aside or left to gather dust in shelves... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:11:18 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231552 By Tom Mshindi By a fortuitous twist of fate, the Kriegler Commission rules it is impossible to tell who the real winner of last year's disputed election in Kenya. This is a good thing as it is not in this country's interest now to know who the winner or loser was, as this will only re-open wounds still festering just below the surface of the uneasy calm. It could not have been very far from the minds of the worthy ladies and gentlemen comprising the Independent Review Commission (IREC) and especially that of its chairman, Mr Justice Johann Kriegler, that Kenya is still trying to calm very many unhappy internally displaced people... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:51 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231557 Why in the first place was the Kriegler Commission formed when they could not find anything of importance to tell Kenyans? It only wasted money and time, then fooled Kenyans because we all know in every competition there's a winner. It should stop giving shady excuses and taking Kenyans for ride. DOROTHY JUMA, Nairobi. A letter by Kwamboka and Nyambura on Wednesday made interesting reading... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:38:11 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231560 A while ago the media highlighted a new political initiative by youthful politicians called the Grand National Unity (GNU) party. But it's been long since we last read, or heard about the party associated with former Mathira MP Nderitu Gachagua and Laikipia East legislator Mwangi Kiunjuri, among others. The interest in GNU at this time is vital because of the premature electioneering mode PNU and ODM have put the country in... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:39:59 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231562 Prime Minister Raila Odinga and other leaders have expressed no reservations about their commitment to the war against Aids, which is good. However, the anti-Aids crusade is now creating a hysteria of sorts. For instance, aggressive campaigns are planned to popularise male circumcision, based on some scientific evidence to the effect that one is twice as likely to contract HIV if he has not been circumcised... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:40:25 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231565 THE Independent Review Commission's (IREC) report better known as the Krigler report yesterday elicited mixed reactions with four Cabinet ministers calling for a tribunal to expedite the dismissal of the Samuel Kivuitu led Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK). But Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli thrashed its findings explaining it should have put Kenyans on the know who between ODM's Raila Odinga and PNU's Mwai Kibaki won last year's election... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:06:00 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231567 HOUSE operations will be overhauled once the new Standing Orders are adopted, Speaker Kenneth Marende has said. Marende said the live coverage of the House would be extended to Parliamentary Departmental Committees in the impending changes. He added that following the approval of the new Standing Orders by legislators during a workshop at Safari Park Hotel last month, a Sessional Paper will be tabled in the House for approval... Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:04:10 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231279 By Ben Agina and Beauttah Omanga It was flawed through and through - that is the verdict of a team of experts probing Kenya's bungled 2007 General Election. "Even if you wanted a re-tallying of the results, still you won't have sorted out the mess. It would have been impossible to tell who won or who lost between the two of you. The decision to work together was the best for this country," South African judge Justice Johann Kriegler, who chaired the commission, told the then Big Two presidential combatants, Messrs Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:54:14 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231286 By John Oywa The Nyanza Provincial Hospital, popularly known as 'Russia' is to be renamed after Kenya's first Vice-President, the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. The biggest referral medical facility in western Kenya, whose official opening in 1969 turned chaotic and left several people dead, will now be called Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Memorial Hospital, in honour of the country's most controversial opposition party leader... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:28:56 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231294 By David Ochami The US Government will sustain pressure on Kenya to reform its institutions regardless of the outcome of the November US presidential elections. Mr Michael Ranneberger, the US Ambassador to Kenya, told Kenyatta University students in Nairobi on Wednesday America's future relations with Kenya would be determined by evidence of commitment to effective reform and democracy. He said the US seeks to entrench historical relations with Kenya and support generational change in leadership... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:05:43 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231325 It's been more than six months since the Coalition Government was formed in a power sharing deal to end post-election mayhem brought about by discredited presidential elections. We celebrated and hoped that after putting their heads together, President Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka would steer Kenya towards prosperity. How mistaken we were. This coalition has nothing to show in terms of development, and one wonders whose interests it is serving... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:02:33 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231331 By DAVID MUGONYI, OLIVER MATHENGE and DAVE OPIYO Kenyans will never know the real winner of last year's Presidential election. That was the verdict as the Independent Review Commission (IREC) presented its final report on Wednesday. Prime Minister Raila Odinga was looking on as South African Judge Johann Kriegler presented the report to President Mwai Kibaki, with the major finding being that it was impossible to establish which of them won the election... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:32:33 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231336 By ALPHONCE SHIUNDU Impunity and inequality are to blame for the violence that hit the country following last year's General Election, former Ethics and Governance permanent secretary John Githongo has said. He accused politicians of uttering statements that built a "deep sense" of resentment among the electorate. "The resource imbalance has far-reaching political consequences than poverty... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:36:23 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231363 By NATION Team The Kriegler report is recommending that the Electoral Commission be granted more powers to oversee operations of political parties regarding polls. The report says the ECK should have powers to bar parties from competitive politics if they violate their constitutions and nomination regulations. The Kriegler team has also recommended that consideration be given to the establishment of a special election court to expeditiously receive and deal with disputes arising from party primaries... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:50 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231364 By ZULEKHA NATHOO Media reports on opinion polls showing President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga neck-and-neck prior to elections were among contributors to the post-election violence. According to a report compiled by Mr Justice Johann Kriegler's Independent Review Commission, the polls sent mixed signals to voters. Supporters of President Kibaki's PNU and those of Mr Odinga's ODM were made to believe that their candidate was assured of victory in the General Election... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:24 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231385 By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO BOYS WILL ALWAYS BE BOYS. A few weeks ago, some male-dominated African lists on the Internet circulated the photos of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona, and that of his opposition rival Morgan Tsvangirai's, Rubi (Zimbabweans have such wonderful names!) Members were asked which one of them they thought was the more beautiful. Also, which one of the two they would like to marry... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:41:14 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231394 Story by: Emmanuel Onyango and Kipngeno Cheruiyot THE current Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) under the leadership of Samuel Kivuitu should immediately be disbanded and a new one constituted.At the same time Kenyans will never know who between ODM's Raila Odinga and PNU's Mwai Kibaki won the last year's controversial presidential election. This verdict was made by the Independent Review Commission (IREC) tasked to investigate the electoral process following the controversial December 27 presidential elections... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:57:00 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231399 Story by: Times Reporters US Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger says the Grand Coalition Government made up of President Mwai Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) must start tackling all issues that led to the violence that was sparked off by the dispute over last year's presidential election results. Speaking yesterday when he delivered a public lecture to students of Kenyatta University, Ranneberger said the violence brought into focus many underlying issues that divided the Kenyan society and which, if not tackled, would drive the country into another round of chaos... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:07:22 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231402 Story by: Anthony Ndwigah THE United States government has allocated over Sh38 billion this year for the war against HIV/Aids in Kenya. Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger said his government would keep monitoring aid to the Grand Coalition Government to ensure it fulfills the National Accord signed between President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga early this year. Ranneberger said the US was determined to work with the Government to help fight diseases and poverty that form a key target for the aid... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:11:10 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231403 THE Kriegler report on post election violence that left this country disfigured and drenched in blood is a stinging indictment on just about everybody--- leadership that was self-seeking and visionless and mechanisms that were manipulated . Adding to these were institutions which malfunctioned with connivance from those charged and thus ended up failing to insulate us from subsequent bloodletting. Although still to be officially released to the public the comments by Commission chairman Johanan Kriegler as he handed the report to President Kibaki were insightful and candid --- the 2007 general elections were a costly farce and a fraud... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:13:48 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231426 BY FRANCIS MUREITHI AND PPS YOU will read the report by the Independent Review Commission tomorrow after the Cabinet discusses it today, President Kibaki has said. The report was handed to Kibaki by the commission's chairman and South African retired Judge Johann Kriegler yesterday. Kibaki said the coalition government will examine all issues and recommendations contained in the report for implementation... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:16:28 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231444 BY HILTON OTENYO TEACHERS have threatened to go on strike to press the government to increase their pay and improve working conditions. Assistant national treasurer of Kenya National Union of Teachers Benson Kithuku said they were prepared for a long-drawn war. They gave the government five weeks to come up with a solution, failure which they would boycott class. Their patience, they said, was running out and told the government to expedite the implementation of a proposed new pay... Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:39:12 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231149 By Susan Anyangu The Sh10 billion Constituency Fund allocations were unveiled on Tuesday, with figures little changed from last year. The Government buckled to pressure and used old poverty indexes to make the allocations, shelving those contained in a new report that recently kicked off a storm among MPs. Legislators had claimed that the Kenya Integrated Household Budget survey 2005/2006 had been doctored to favour certain areas... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:00:48 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231160 By Mary Ombara and pmps The Government shall repossess more than 150 acres of its land grabbed at Mavoko just off Mlolongo, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said. Raila said the land that had been preserved for the Ministry of Housing for the Kenya National Slums Upgrading Project was grabbed between October and December last year. Raila said about 15 companies had even acquired title deeds for the land... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:04:35 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231174 Peter Opondo If you believe the prognosis from political pundits, the former baba na mama party, Kanu, is headed for extinction. That analysis is not without basis: Kanu has morphed from hegemonic political machine of the Moi years to a fringe party with only 14 members in the Tenth Parliament. Many of those are only in Kanu by association, they actually belong to PNU. The lifeline of any political party is membership... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:08:49 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231213 By LUCAS BARASA MPs pushing for the formation of a grand opposition want the Government to list all appointments made since April. The MPs are interested in knowing the "number, manner, and ethnic spread of all public appointments made since the Grand Coalition Government was formed." The appointments are among the 10 key issues the MPs have listed as their agenda when Parliament resumes on October 7... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:54:37 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231251 The Nation Media Group has issued a public integrity memo requesting evidence of its staff who may have stepped out of the straight and narrow. In our considered opinion, the integrity search must start at the editorial office to ensure that tribal considerations are not the requirement before publishing. From the run-up to the 2005 referendum and up to 2007 elections, articles were never balanced and tended to favour Raila Odinga of ODM... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:35:55 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231263 Grand opposition group will table motion when Parliament resumes on October 7th make the state publish list of people killed BY FRANCIS OPENDA MPs supporting the formation of a grand opposition want the government to compensate the families of the people killed in the post election violence. They also want all IDPs paid alongside the families of people lost without trace. To push for this, they will table a motion when Parliament resumes on October 7 seeking to have the government publish the official list of the people killed, the displaced, missing persons and property damaged for purposes of full compensation... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:11:59 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231059 By Standard Team The much-publicised PNU recruitment drive failed to take off, weighed down by internal rebellion, confusion and defections by MPs from the party's strongholds. The drive, which was scheduled to kick off on Monday, was postponed at the last minute due to what national officials termed logistical hiccups. PNU national coordinating committee chairman Dr Noah Wekesa said the exercise would start today in all constituencies... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:30:06 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231060 By Paul Mutua A bundle of joy is often all the reason a family needs to celebrate. However, three call for something more elaborate. The three top Government principals may not have been to Ukambani together, but their names are being mentioned in the home of a peasant farmer, who has named his triplet babies after them. The homestead of Mr Simon Munyasya Kivelenge, 41, in Kyuso District has attracted visitors since July when the triplets were born and he named them after President Kibaki, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and Prime Minister Raila Odinga... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:30:20 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231064 By Beauttah Omanga The Kriegler Commission will on Wednesday hand over a report to President Kibaki, after concluding investigation into events that clouded last year's General Election. Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who brokered a truce between President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's parties is expected in the country to receive the report. The commission, which conducted an investigation for three months, compiled the report based on views presented by experts and the public... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:31:09 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231065 By Peter Atsiaya Former Attorney-General Charles Njonjo has accused MPs agitating for a grand opposition of being used to sabotage the coalition Government. Mr Njonjo said some external forces were using proponents of grand opposition to ensure the coalition fails so that Kenyans could blame President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. "I am confident Raila and Kibaki would ensure the Government holds on, but their spirited efforts are being distracted by disgruntled MPs," he added... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:34:56 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231095 As the post-election political landscape continues to unfold each day, it ushers in new dimensions with respect to challenges and opportunities that confront our leaders. It is now dawning on people that politicians will always remain unpredictable, no matter what they preach. They promise one thing with regard to accountability, performance and the war against high-level corruption and do exactly the opposite for political expedience... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:37:28 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231098 By Joseph Murimi And Kepher Otieno The old rivalry between political parties and the headache of running party affairs in hostile territories are set to return as grassroots elections take off in a matter of weeks. With the country not fully recovered from post-election violence, parties are required to not only recruit members, but to also open offices. The run-up to last year's General Election saw the country divided into regions, with some parties failing to get votes in some areas... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:40:16 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231107 The internal political rows ravaging our political parties have been simmering for months as the succession debate continues to generate more heat than light. This disquiet comes as politicians take vantage positions with their eyes on 2012. Political dissidents have always existed since time immemorial. However, it is the resilience to weather such storms that separates levelheaded leaders from pretenders... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:38:22 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231147 Our Reporter The relationship between First Lady Lucy Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga's wife Ida is far from cordial months after President Mwai Kibaki and the PM agreed to share power. So bad is the relationship, it is said, that Lucy has at times kept off public functions that she expects Ida to attend. Sources reveal that when Kibaki was in Mombasa to officially open Agricultural Society of Kenya show, Lucy was visibly jittery With the presence of Ida... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:23:38 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231148 Citizen Team All is not well at National Social Security Fund days after the appointment of James Akoya as the acting Managing Trustee The acting Managing Trustee's appointment is being fought by Albert Odero, a deputy General Manager who is a close associate of Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Public Service Minister Dalmas Otieno. Odero brags it is just a matter of time before he lands the plum position once it is advertised... Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:26:12 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=231265 BY STAR REPORTER THE first day of the scheduled PNU recruitment exercise at party headquarters at Lenana Road failed to take off yesterday. A junior protocol officer could not explain why senior party officials had not shown up and just said recruitment would start later. Why the flop? Constituent parties are shunning President Kibaki's Party of National Unity because they fear that Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta are being groomed to take over the party leadership before the 2012 election... Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:29:26 +03:00 http://multimedia.marsgroupkenya.org/?StoryID=230902 By Moses Njagih Central Kenya is shaping up as the next political battle ground as President Kibaki succession contenders trooped to the region to reach out to voters. Leading the brigade were top 2012 presidential contenders - Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka and Prime Minister Raila Odinga - who extended an olive branch to the Kikuyu with messages of reconciliation and calls for unity. Also present at the homecoming party of Mathira MP Ephraim Maina were PNU's top brass, including Internal Security Minister George Saitoti, another likely 2012 contender... Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:57:17 +03:00