New election the best way forward

Submitted by Ralph Murage

The post-election violence that rocked Kenya was a spontaneous reaction to the blatant-rigging and irregularities in the vote-tallying process and not incitement as some PNU members would like people to believe.

Raila: Thursday rally is on

Despite government draconian rules against freedom of speech and expression by gagging the press, ODM leader and Kenya’s president-elect Raila Odinga has declared that the one-million-man rally planned for Uhuru Park Thursday Jan. 3 is still on.

Please avail yourselves in large numbers and let’s start the process of reclaiming our government by sending the illegal government of Mwai Kibaki home.

Kibaki is squarely to blame for all the deaths that have occured in Kenya in the last few days. The shameless rigging and arrogant hasty swearing-in ceremony in the presence of a few enemies of our democracy cannot be allowed to stand.

While any loss of life is regrettable, we’re urging Raila not to relent in his quest to wrestle power from the corrupt elite that have plunged our beautiful nation in chaos. They can run but they cannot hide from the law.

Kibaki should step down

There is overwhelming evidence that the just concluded Kenyan election was rigged in favor of President Mwai Kibaki. Election observers from all over the world have decried the flaws in the election that was obviously stolen from ODM candidate Raila Odinga. In reaction to the rigging and subversion on the democratic process Kenyans have taken to the streets leading to the deaths of more than 250 people.

The violence and the glaring flaws during the election have lead the U.S. and the E.U. to decline sending congratulatory messages to Kibaki. Kenyans want the U.S. and E.U. to pressure Kibaki to respect the people’s verdict and step down.

Did Kalonzo betray the opposition

ECK Chairman shocking revelation that he declared Kibaki president after pressure from PNU and ODM-K raises a lot of questions, one fundamental question, however, is who in ODM-K pressured Kivuitu into plunging Kenya into such a turmoil? Did Kalonzo Musyoka betray the opposition with an aim of gaining favors from Kibaki’s hapless PNU?