Bill: What went wrong for the Big Guns?

Brief:

President Kibaki, Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka teamed up but failed to push through a Bill that sought to establish a local special tribunal to handle post-election violence cases. ...more

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1. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 16:46 PM , kewa amchikoris, United States wrote:
  These leaders have reached political menopause. We shouldn't expect nothing new from them. They are impotent! I urge fellow Kenyans to shop around for a true anointed leader from among ourselves. Dear Kenyans we are so unlucky; our greatest misfortune are these thugs in power!

 
2. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 11:54 AM , jose eric, Kenya wrote:
  There is nothing wrong with the three big guns of Kenya. Its dream coming true for Kenyans. These politicians have pushed wananchi to the corner for many years and always get away with it. Let the implicated ones be screwed by ICC at the Hague so that they can feel what common man feels when he is at remand after steeling chicken/egg to save his/her life from starvation.

 
3. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 10:25 AM , Paul Kuria wainaina, Kenya wrote:
  The more fundamental question is: What does the future hold for Kenya as a nation? Our future as a national should not be based on what the future holds for Kibaki, Raila and Kalonzo or all the three put together. We have to realize that the three politicians are our own creation as citizens of kenya as a nation. We can afford to go back to the drawing board without making any reference to them.

 
4. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 10:03 AM , Caleb Essajee, Norway wrote:
  What went wrong with the big guns,the answer is as President Obama mentioned and I quote: "I am asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about change in the lives of Americans but I am asking you to believe in yours." I truelly believe the top guns have lost their Vision in bringing about changes in kenya according to the wishes of the majority! In short THEY HAVE FAILED!

 
5. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 9:44 AM , ndirangu, Australia wrote:
  If the warlords are tried in Kenya, they will walk free. Show me where the in Kenya any tribinal completes successfully its job and the guilty jailed? NONE

 
6. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 8:02 AM , Joseph Mwanjilwa, Sudan wrote:
  The die is cast. The utterance from some senior Ministers, seen to be above the law, gave precedence. No Kenyan of the present generation trusts our current high office. What happened in December 2007 still lingers in the minds of Kenyans. IDPs are in the camps. What good will come out of the already manipulated Kenya tribunal? We want a higher step, "The Hague".

 
7. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 5:12 AM , Kennedy Ghetubba, Canada wrote:
  The man who is crafty and believes the Kenyan will finally accept him as the next president and his soul is for Hague is the Current Vice President who was chosen by the President to humiliate the Prime Minister. A lawyer he is and his resume is big but Kenyans saw his true side in the last General election. Nothing happens by chance. Do not be fooled.

 
8. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 4:46 AM , Mlanguzi, Kenya wrote:
  Kibaki still has the tramp card. He can choose to teach these rebellious MPs a lesson they'll never forget. Let him dissolve parliament and let these people seek fresh mandate from an electorate that is equally angry and ready to rebel against them. There is nothing the MPs dread like facing the electorate especially after they refused to pay taxes. Although this would be equally expensive for the president because it would mean the end of his presidency, it would be better for him to do it the Samson way and "die with the Philistines" but save the nation!

 
9. On Sunday February 15, 2009, 4:13 AM , Timothy Macharia, Canada wrote:
  Bravo, those that voted Hague know that life is precious. Over 1000 innocent people dead and IDPs still in camps and yet somebody says Kenyan issue was not grave enough!!! Life lost is life lost whether for 10 or 10,000 people. Our justice administration tendencies are so corrupted that we have no confidence in expecting a clean piece of work from this system. Let the culprits face the The Hague.

 
10. On Saturday February 14, 2009, 23:35 PM , Jeff K., United States wrote:
  Kibaki, Raila, Musyoka, Karua, and all the other ministers are the problem. How can we expect to get a resolution from the problem? If it were maths, we would derive a formula that will work. All the formulas derived so far only gives a hint to a possible solution but not the real solution. The real solution will be arrived at when we manage to turn the heart of the nation to the side of love.

 
11. On Saturday February 14, 2009, 23:10 PM , Taram, Kenya wrote:
  This entire circus is hinged on 2012 or Kibaki succession, irrespective of which party you are looking at it from. For once how could a Minister of Karua's calibre and experience approve and table such a bill with all the loopholes in it to be considered by MPs? I reckon having declared herself a 2012 candidate, she has also has interest to curtail ODM opposition. Only time will tell.

 
12. On Saturday February 14, 2009, 21:53 PM , david karanja, United States wrote:
  When will the politicians in Kenya grow up? The country in hurting and needs a leader. Raila, Kibaki and Kalonzo and are not that category. We watch with disbelief when we witness some things happen in Kenya 45 yrs after declaration of independence. Do Kenya's leaders have a genetic defect?

 

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