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Much Know
#1 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 12:46:11 PM
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Sounds great from Uhuru Raila brothers !Applause
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muganda
#2 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 12:47:21 PM
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Thank you the US of A.


innairobi
#3 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 12:56:18 PM
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politically, this meeting and press conference was good for raila and a setback for uhuru.

i'm not sure if it is naivety or trump pressure but uhuru has virtually revived agwambo's dwindling fortunes which were all but dead.

i wouldnt be surprised if this becomes the launch pad for a new wave of ODM/NASA protests a few weeks or months from now with odinga claiming uhuru has 'reneged on what they agreed on at harambee house'.

also, ruto's absence was a little curious.
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alma1
#4 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:04:39 PM
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You should spend time on wazua in the proper forums. Hardwood and co are crazy people

If you have been reading Wukan, Erikson, Kularaha and Obiero's post, there was no way out.

There's no money. Pesa onge. Gutire besha.

The Americans knew and sent the IMF and now T-Rex. Mpende msipende, mtapendana ama no money for you.

Now who's going to pay the mbroggers?
Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?

kaka2za
#5 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:05:27 PM
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Wrong forever on the throne
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Much Know
#6 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:06:24 PM
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innairobi wrote:
politically, this meeting and press conference was good for raila and a setback for uhuru.

i'm not sure if it is naivety or trump pressure but uhuru has virtually revived agwambo's dwindling fortunes which were all but dead.

i wouldnt be surprised if this becomes the launch pad for a new wave of ODM/NASA protests a few weeks or months from now with odinga claiming uhuru has 'reneged on what they agreed on at harambee house'.

also, ruto's absence was a little curious.

Ruto is well involved, he briefed the press beforehand, seems like no hidden agendas from Raila, he looked and sounded very frank to me, Kenyans need to think hard!
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masukuma
#7 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:08:00 PM
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interesting outcome! uhuru is looking at his legacy! the loser in this one my be machozi...
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Much Know
#8 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:09:42 PM
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alma1 wrote:
You should spend time on wazua in the proper forums. Hardwood and co are crazy people

If you have been reading Wukan, Erikson, Kularaha and Obiero's post, there was no way out.

There's no money. Pesa onge. Gutire besha.

The Americans knew and sent the IMF and now T-Rex. Mpende msipende, mtapendana ama no money for you.

Now who's going to pay the mbroggers?

We must think how to unite wazuans! d'oh!
A New Kenya
innairobi
#9 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:10:13 PM
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Much Know wrote:
innairobi wrote:
politically, this meeting and press conference was good for raila and a setback for uhuru.

i'm not sure if it is naivety or trump pressure but uhuru has virtually revived agwambo's dwindling fortunes which were all but dead.

i wouldnt be surprised if this becomes the launch pad for a new wave of ODM/NASA protests a few weeks or months from now with odinga claiming uhuru has 'reneged on what they agreed on at harambee house'.

also, ruto's absence was a little curious.

Ruto is well involved, he briefed the press beforehand, seems like no hidden agendas from Raila, he looked and sounded very frank to me, Kenyans need to think hard!


a frank kenyan politician? lol that would be a whole new species.
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masukuma
#10 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:11:12 PM
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Let's hope it is a genuine thing... my kids keep on asking which tribe they are and it's not funny!
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alma1
#11 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:16:48 PM
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Much Know wrote:
alma1 wrote:
You should spend time on wazua in the proper forums. Hardwood and co are crazy people

If you have been reading Wukan, Erikson, Kularaha and Obiero's post, there was no way out.

There's no money. Pesa onge. Gutire besha.

The Americans knew and sent the IMF and now T-Rex. Mpende msipende, mtapendana ama no money for you.

Now who's going to pay the mbroggers?

We must think how to unite wazuans! d'oh!


lazima tutatii.

Wait for the 2pm gang. Otoyos went quiet a long time ago.

2pm gang will say how Raila has now got to recognize Uhuru. Otoyos will say that Raila was right that he forced dialogue.

Fact is the President of Kenya is officially Donald Trump. Hardwood was right again.
Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?

Realtreaty
#12 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:23:26 PM
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Sad Sad Sad Sad d'oh! d'oh! d'oh! Shame on you Shame on you Liar Liar
I am off to SCK to seek orders to prevent 'Mach Know from using "MY PROJECT" verbatim as his own .

Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly It is not a laughing matter as my Lawyers start working on it!!!
kaka2za
#13 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:23:43 PM
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Peter Tosh

All who signed that peace treaty
Now rest in peace in the cemetery
All who signed that peace treaty
Is now resting in peace in the cemetery
And this one have a gun
And that one have a gun when it pass everyone run
I say this one have a gun
And that one have a gun when it drop another weakheart drop
Truth forever on the scaffold
Wrong forever on the throne
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masukuma
#14 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:35:10 PM
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All Mushrooms are edible! Some Mushroom are only edible ONCE!
alma1
#15 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 1:58:38 PM
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I can see that Ruto has called Uhuru and Raila "statemen".

I'm waiting for harrydre to call Raira a stateman very soon.

I tell you, following a politician with all your heart is a calling. Who is going to tell Miguna Miguna?

In other news. The real news. The NYS suspects have been released. Bado pesa zenu zinakulwa na hawa watu.
Thieves are not good people. Tumeelewana?

limanika
#16 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 2:06:15 PM
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Although we know its 1997 reloaded, I like I like I like...
kaka2za
#17 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 2:50:59 PM
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Raila is a political animal. Only Moi could match his wizardly.
He has broken up NASA and left them wounded and looking bad and now he is the peace maker, Safi kama Pamba.
Weta,Mdvd na Watermelon watalilia choo
Truth forever on the scaffold
Wrong forever on the throne
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thuks
#18 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 2:53:53 PM
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kaka2za wrote:
Raila is a political animal. Only Moi could match his wizardly.
He has broken up NASA and left them wounded and looking bad and now he is the peace maker, Safi kama Pamba.
Weta,Mdvd na Watermelon watalilia choo


They are Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
It wouldn't have dragged on this longLaughing out loudly
I care!
muganda
#19 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 2:57:11 PM
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PSCU, NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 9 – Read in full, a joint statement by President Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga on their partnership.

The statement titled ‘Building Bridges to a New Kenyan Nation’ outlines their shared vision.



1. Background.

In the fifty-five years since independence, Kenya has constantly sought to live up to its promise and the dreams its founding mothers and fathers had for us. We have strived to build a great nation that is responsive to the urgent need for prosperity, fairness and dignity for all Kenyans. We have achieved a lot but also fallen short of our goals. Our people are crying out for leadership that shows the path to dignity, prosperity and security.
There are changes that are required in our system of governance for us to succeed, and we have been in a process of reform to deal with them for the last 20 years. Yet despite all the reforms, we continue to have deep and bitter disagreements. Ethnic antagonism and divisive political competition have become a way of life.

2. Where we came from

Just a little over a century ago, the country that would become independent Kenya was made up of different nations and peoples, organised along different linguistic and ethnic lines, and that traded and had rich relationships with each other. Unfortunately, they were colonised and brought under the yoke of a foreign power. Their subsequent agitation for freedom came through a nationalist anti-colonial struggle. They became Kenya. A country of diverse peoples committed to rising to greatness together.
We are grateful for our fathers, we stand on their shoulders. Yet we can also see that the promise of our nation has not been met as fully as it should have been; we know there are different measures our founding fathers should have taken as they forged this young nation.

Over the last fifty-five years, since independence, the people, and their leaders, have sometimes taken sharply differing positions regarding the best road to travel towards this commonly agreed destination. This has led to the lack of a collective approach in the management of public affairs, and has fostered feelings of exclusion, and, ultimately, animosity.

Kenya has come full circle and appears to be re-living the same divisive experiences the country underwent after 1963. In this respect, the political leadership in Kenya today is thrust into the same dangerous political dynamics that have played out over the years, and that if not altered will result in the same kinds of calamities we have experienced in the past.

3. Where we are going

We must courageously face our challenges, and openly and honestly discuss our successes and failures if we are to formulate and implement the necessary corrective measures.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga are the two leaders who symbolise the many ways in which the country has gone full circle in its divisions. They were witness to the unity and hope that was followed by discord and division.

Intent on not witnessing the country suffer similar future cycles of the same tribulations it has since 1963, they are determined to offer the leadership that prevents future generations inheriting dangerous division and offers them a path to a bright future for all. Both H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga have agreed to launch this initiative that aims to create a united nation for all Kenyans living today, and all future generations.

4. The issues

a. Ethnic antagonism and competition

Kenya is witnessing a continued deterioration of relationships between ethnic communities and political formations. These relationships are too often characterised by aggressive antagonism and competition. A strong nation cannot develop in this way. H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga are standing together to urge every Kenyan, every political leader and formation to compete without using ethnic profiling or by promoting disdain for any group.

The two leaders respect one another. They have been competitors and even used hard language at times, but they have always been friends and respected one another. They respect each other as individuals and as as leaders,. They respect each other’s communities. They respect Kenyans, and they respect our nation. Every single Kenyan knows and needs respect. Respect should not mean that we tolerate what is wrong. However, the two leaders want to say to all Kenyans: the sins of individuals should not be visited on groups. We must reject and censure anyone who conducts themselves in a negative and hateful way.

b. Lack of a national ethos

Kenya is today increasingly being defined internationally by its negative politics and the challenges that they create. Corruption and violence are the main characteristics by which Kenyans are defined by the international community. Despite the many positive attributes of our country, we are yet to define and promote its national ethos. Nationhood and patriotism requires that people feel they enjoy a commonality beyond the sharing of residency in a country, and that they feel they have common characteristics, beliefs and aspirations.

c. Inclusivity

Inclusivity is one of the greatest challenges Kenyans face. We as Kenyans have failed to appreciate our God-given differences in how we think, the languages we speak, the regions we come from, and the way we worship. We have failed to appreciate that we are as the fingers of the hand: weak alone, and as strong as a fist when folded together. Our political system has been unable to respond to feelings of alienation in sections of our people. Many feel alienated from the mainstream national development initiatives and political activity. Such real and imagined exclusion is anathema to effective nation-building.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga commit themselves to make the strongest efforts to find the right skills and attitudes from as many backgrounds and identities as possible.

They both commit to fight hard for inclusivity and to make sure, in an accountable and impactful way, that public institutions work to deliver to all Kenyans at the national and county level. And, crucially, they will work together to guarantee that all Kenyans are served equally by public institutions, no matter who leads them.

d. Devolution.

Devolution has so far been the most successful story in the recent process of building a strong nation. Yet a lot remains to be done in enhancing its political viability and economic sustainability.

Politically, devolution has led to exclusivity in counties where some local communities have found themselves isolated and excluded by the more populous ones creating marginalisation.

Economically, the viability of counties is a matter of concern. It is imperative that the recent efforts by counties to coordinate their development plans in clusters defined by geography and economic sectors should be strongly encouraged both politically and practically.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will work together to bring counties together regardless of the political affiliation of their Governors, Senators and MCAs. They will make sure that counties are delivering to the people. They will work together to hold all county governments accountable to the people.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will continually promote a common approach that helps citizens understand the role of devolution in creating the Kenyan nation and its significance to their development.

e. Divisive elections.

Elections in Kenya have now become a threat to lives, our economy and our standing as a nation. Every four years, the country almost comes to standstill as elections are prepared for. Investment and economic activity slow, losing Kenyans precious jobs and livelihoods, while political competition often escalates beyond vibrant debate into ethnic polarisation. Personal security becomes uncertain, and often there is violence.

Kenyans need to overcome this negative cycle by acting on the understanding that elections on their own are not the solution to our national challenges. By faithfully adhering to the Constitution and the law, halting ethnic antagonism and profiling, by promoting inclusivity, by strengthening devolution, by fighting corruption, and caring about safety and security, we will have elections that are not marred by mistrust and conflict.

We have been in institutional reform mode for many years now, and for sure that there will be more to come in the future. But today, it is time to acknowledge the other critical items we have not put enough work into. We must seek to shift our terms of engagement as leaders, as individuals and as citizens, if we are to have competitive and constructive elections. That should be our first priority.

f. Safety and Security

Too many Kenyans lives are afflicted by natural and man-made disasters. Today, there is a long drought that has settled over the country, risking the lives of many Kenyans and their livelihoods. H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will come together to aid Kenyans at this time of great need. They are asking all leaders, no matter at what level, in every part of the country, to stand up and demonstrate their leadership by making a practical effort to ensure that those who are hungry or in distress are aided. The two leaders will work together to to ensure that all warring communities in Kenya reject violence as a way of settling inter-communal conflict or advancing any political, ethnic or religious cause. They urge every leader to join us in this critical work.

For those who launch terrorist attacks on our people, H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will work with Kenyans to unite them to stand against terrorists as a united people.

g. Corruption

Corruption is an existential threat to our Kenya. It is destroying lives, public trust and prosperity. It is being passed to the young generation, making a mockery of their hopes and their need to forge an honest and proud living. It is undermining our public and private institutions, and will destroy them and our aspirations as a nation. The fight against corruption has to be carried out from a wide and common front to eliminate any sanctuary for perpetrators.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will strongly support efforts to support whistleblowing from all Kenyans, and they urge all of you to loudly report the corruption you witness no matter where it is. Our fighting and reporting corruption should itself not be corrupt, it must not be a witch hunt but instead should reflect integrity.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will stand together to ensure that political affiliation shall not be used to shield those who are found to be corrupt.

h. Shared Prosperity

In parts of the country, there are many who are doing well, and Kenya continues to be a leading destination for investment into the region. Yet too many Kenyans lack decent income, and our investment lags behind those parts of the world that have developed broadly shared prosperity in the last few decades. We have to do much better. There are blockages, and perverse incentives against innovation, growth and job creation in our economic system. The two leaders will work together to clear them from every part of the country so that prosperity comes to us all.

Every level of government should be pressed to properly integrate and regulate value and supply chains if every Kenyan, in every part of the country, is going to be lifted out of poverty.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga will stand together to ensure that the shared prosperity agenda is never forgotten and that it is mainstreamed as a priority objective in our development.

i. Responsibilities and Rights

Kenyans must have their human and civil rights respected and enforced. There is no Kenyan whose rights should be compromised no matter the interests against them. Kenyans have struggled hard for these rights and they are not for anybody to take for granted. At the same time, to attain and protect our rights, we must embrace our responsibilities. The two can never be separated if we are to have either.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga standing here before the country today reflects their responsibility as leaders, as parents, and as friends. They urge every leader, and every Kenyan, to embrace the responsibilities you know are yours.

5. How it will work

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga have agreed to roll out a programme that will implement their shared objectives. The programme shall establish an office and retain a retinue of advisors to assist in this implementation. They have mandated both Ambassador Martin Kimani and Mr. Paul Mwangi to oversee the establishment of this programme. An official launch shall be held soon.

H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. Raila Odinga are proud to be Kenyans, to stand here together as friends and compatriots in the great work of building a strong and united Kenya.
muganda
#20 Posted : Friday, March 09, 2018 3:03:31 PM
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STATEMENT BY H.E RAILA ODINGA AT THE LAUNCH OF BRIDGE TO NEW KENYA INITIATIVE:

Fellow Kenyans,

In the life of any nation, a time comes when the people and their leaders must audit the progress made towards the attainment of the goals and prayers laid out at the founding of the nation. Abraham Lincoln said… “If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.”

When such times come, the leaders entrusted to secure the goals; in our case; justice, unity, peace, liberty and prosperity for all; have a duty to reflect on their performance in the search for these hallowed goals. Such a time has come for Kenya.

Fifty four years into independence, we are challenged to audit our progress towards the ideals for which our fathers fought to establish a free and independent country and for which many of our compatriots died. We, the leaders are equally summoned to reflect on our performance towards the achievement of our nation’s aspirations. This audit and introspection has been a long coming.

Throughout our independence history, we have had doubts on how we have conducted our affairs in the face of growing divide along ethnic, religious and political lines. Regrettably, we have responded to our challenges by mostly running away from them. We have moved from year to year, election to election, never pausing to deal with the challenges that our diversity was always going to pose to our efforts to create a prosperous and united nation. Consequently, the ties that bind us are today under the severest stress. Our diversity appears destined to be a curse to ourselves today and to our children tomorrow.

In the past, we have given a lot of attention to institutional reforms in the hope that these could lift us to the next level of nationhood and make us a blessed land. Seven and a half years ago, we gave to ourselves a new Constitution. We put our faith in it as the instrument to revolutionize our nation. In this and many other ways, we created some of the best hardware any country has ever possessed to engineer their affairs. We must be courageous enough to admit that it has not worked. It has failed because we are yet to upgrade our software. We have been pouring new wine into old wine skins. The Gospel tells us that new wine needs new wine skins.

The time has come for us to confront and resolve our differences. These differences are becoming too entrenched. No two Kenyans agree on the origins of the differences and what they portend. Millions of our children continue to be born and married into these differences. People are dying out of these differences. Many of these differences are already well entrenched in the third generation of Kenyans and are currently leaking into the fourth generation in primary and secondary schools. Yet in many instances, Kenyans cannot remember why and where they disagreed in the first place. As we fight ostensibly to save ourselves from each other, the reality is, we need to save our children from ourselves.

My brother and I have therefore come together today to say this descent stops here. We refuse to allow our diversity to kill our nation. We refuse to be the leaders under whose watch Kenya slid into a failed nation. This is a call to self-reflection. We have to look into ourselves and challenge our readiness to make the changes that will allow our institutional reforms to work. So long as we remain divided, acrimonious, selfish and corrupt, no amount of institutional reform will better our lives. The reform process will become an exercise in diverting attention from our own failings and taking refuge in blame game.

We therefore seek your partnership in this initiative fellow Kenyans. We are all sailing in this one ship. We must come together to scoop out the water that has been sipping in or we shall capsize. We have travelled too far to turn back. We would never make it back to the shore. Yet, we can't make it to our destination either. Our only option is to come together and scoop out these waters of animosity that we have been pouring into the boat before we all sink. Once again, as Lincoln said… “The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail -- if we stand firm, we shall not fail.

God Bless Kenya.

Thank you.

H.E Raila Odinga; EGH
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