The Jubilee Government should stop playing populist politics with the land equation.Having lost the support of the Muslim community and failed to gain foothold in the coast Province despite attempts at artificial development initiatives,President. Uhuru Kenyatta has now resorted to futile populist public utterances aimed at not only hood winking Kenyans but also diverting the attention of Kenyans from the Referendum. The President no longer has powers to allocate land or revoke any titles,which is the preserve of the National Land Commission.There can be no short cut to arriving at a solution to the land equation.The remedy is full implementation of the Ndungu Report and the ORIGINAL TJRC report. The history of land grabbing is well-documented and already lies in the public domain.The real land grabbers are well-known. It starts with Jomo Kenyatta and ends with William Ruto.
By Dr.Paul Bundi Karau I arrived at Kanyakine High School on 18th February 1999 a small village boy. I had never been to a boarding school, and certainly this is the furthest from home I had ever gone. The boys who were assigned to escort me to Mungania dorm looked at my stunted height and loudly wondered how I would survive in Beast's school. "Who is Beast?" I asked in bewilderment. "You will know." Musyoki answered curtly. It didn't take me long to know who Beast was. The following day, as the 10 o'clock tea was being served, I heard a commotion, with boys leaving their tea and running helter-skelter towards the classrooms. I was a fresh mono, so I didn't know what was happening. I ran along the pavement, and came upon a mighty man, who appeared to be adjusting his trousers. He yanked his belt and thrust one whip towards me. I had encountered Beast himself. He was tall, imposing, burly and endowed with a thunderous voice that could re...
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