Kenya Imagine
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Be nice to articulate fundamentalists
Posted: March 11, 2008, 11:25 pm
Yes, you should be nice to religious fundmaentalists who defend their beliefs reasonably. Here's why.
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Of hierarchies, powers and privileges
Posted: March 11, 2008, 11:24 pm
It was perhaps to be expected that a document as vague as the national accord signed by President Kibaki and ODM head Raila Odinga should soon run into a stream of different interpretations. Kamale T had already written a perspicacious article here, highlighting exactly how vague both the National Accord and the Act of Parliament that would entrench it in law were regarding not just the intended hierarchy but also the powers, duties and responsibilities of the offices newly created. It also shows,and the president's speech when opening parliament underlines, that while the signatories to the accord were President Kibaki and Hon. Odinga, the wording of the pact is such as would admit the ODM-K, KANU, Safina and other parties into the pre-accord PNU coalition.
Read more from Stephen Wanyama here.
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Delivering on the President's speech
Posted: March 11, 2008, 11:22 pm
The president set out in his speech opening parliament, what is truly a most ambitious legislation agenda. However, given the present unity in the house, it is ambition that has every chance of success. Of the agenda announced, these stand out not just for their courage, but also for the potential benefits that the Kenyan people can enjoy from their implementation.
Read Peter Ndiangui's analysis here.
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Fish cakes
Alas a fish cake.
Yet more fish cakes
Guess what ... yeah ... fish cakes.
The end of the fish cakes