Showing posts with label Charity Ngilu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charity Ngilu. Show all posts

Monday, September 17, 2007

ODM’s fatal flaw and Kibaki’s masterstroke

Even the neutral observer must have felt that the laid-back campaign style of the Kibaki team was denying us a true contest in the election year.

While ODM went about the country winning converts in mass rallies, the forces around President Kibaki seemed destined for another performance like the 2005 referendum where they waged an incompetent campaign and doomed themselves to an easy defeat.

Read more from Amir Ibrahim here.

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

March to Parliament-- before and after

Led by Mars Kenya, hundreds of wananchi marched to parliment to protest members' of parliament proposed gratuity.

In what could be seen as an attempt on the lives of Mwalimu Mati, Ouma Odera and Okoiti Omtatah; and an egregious assault on Ann Njogu and Hon. Charity Ngilu Minister of Health who was roughed up when she went to Njogu's rescue, the five leaders were removed from Central Police Station without the knowledge of their families, colleagues and friends. The police alert to the media indicated that the civil society leaders had been released when in fact they had not.

Read here accounts by Mars Kenya before and after the march.