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Spin-Digest: November 2008

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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Change, Missing the Mark. Reflections from a Kenyan in Oz. Not to provoke anyone, but I’m truly tired of hearing about what Barack Obama is going to do for us. We, Kenyans, are hoping that on the basis of his roots, Barack Obama will look favorably this way. But can his life lessons and integrity be associated with the place we call home? I am vexed honestly, to see a country that I love miss the mark like it has. By Vincent Tshaka, Sydney, Australia. Change, Missing the Mark.

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Spin-Digest: March 2008

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Tuesday, March 25, 2008. A Bungling Exams Council and the Illogical Professor. I certainly hope the latter. The forcefulness with which the education minister defended the council’s ineptness, explaining it away as a computer error was just bizarre. Sometimes when I listen to the old man speak, I find it painful to accept that he is actually a Professor of medicine. Or a Professor of anything at all! 8230; That the council’s computer made an error? Moi under whom he was tutored in the ways of tyranny.

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Spin-Digest: July 2008

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008. Yangshan Sea-Port: An Inspiration for KPA? We’ve got to hand it to the Chinese for boldness in setting development targets and the absolute self-confidence and innovativeness with which they go about meeting them. It is no surprise that they regularly put up world beating mega-structures which continue to move forward the frontiers of technology. The development of Yangshan sea-port is the kind of inspirational stuff that should spur our infrastructure managers with their humble...

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Spin-Digest: June 2008

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Thursday, June 26, 2008. The Waste in Kimunya's Budget. It is quite obvious from the dissonant noises they are making in and out of the House that the single item from the entire budget that has caught their attention is the proposed taxation of their unjustifiably high allowances. I actually think that if Kimunya hadn’t mentioned it in his speech but instead tuck it somewhere in the supplementary documents, it would have passed without as much as a hiss! Ksh 49 billion for servicing loan towards the con...

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Spin-Digest: August 2008

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Monday, August 18, 2008. Mombasa Port Management: MPs talking with feet in their mouths. His company provides entry passes to the port. The good people of the Coast deserve much better leadership. Saturday, August 9, 2008. Mombasa Port: Crossed Fingers for Security. Ironically, the man said to have been in charge of reforms at the Port has now taken over as the Managing Director. He could well argue that external forces and internal politics may have hitherto hindered him from implementing tangible r...

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Spin-Digest: Change, Missing the Mark.

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Thursday, November 27, 2008. Change, Missing the Mark. Reflections from a Kenyan in Oz. Not to provoke anyone, but I’m truly tired of hearing about what Barack Obama is going to do for us. We, Kenyans, are hoping that on the basis of his roots, Barack Obama will look favorably this way. But can his life lessons and integrity be associated with the place we call home? I am vexed honestly, to see a country that I love miss the mark like it has. By Vincent Tshaka, Sydney, Australia. I pray for this country.

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Hapa Kenya: 2/1/08 - 3/1/08

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No mincing of words. THE DEAL and ITS REALITY! Posted by Ego Trip. In deed February 28. One such clause is the section on what the holder of the PM should be. Below is an excerpt from the signed agreement that touches on the holder of the position of the Prime Minister:     . 2) The person to be appointed as Prime Minister shall be an elected member of the National Assembly who is the parliamentary leader of -. A) the political party that has the largest number of members in the National Assembly; or.

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Spin-Digest: December 2007

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007. Govt spokesman too clever by half. Government spokesman, one hapless Dr. Alfred Mutua, must surely be holding the most thankless of jobs in the country, albeit well paying. I do not know what his job description entails but why a supposedly learned fellow would go out of his way to spew nonsense in defense of political party shenanigans is beyond me. That the relocation of the policemen was normal practice, like in previous elections, to provide security at the poll stations.

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Spin-Digest: December 2008

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008. The avoidance of taxes is the only intellectual pursuit that carries any reward. - John Maynard (Lord) Keynes, Economist. A fool and his money are soon parted. It takes creative tax laws for the rest. - Bob Thaves (. or Speaker Kenneth Marende). A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing something right. – Anonymous. I wouldn't mind paying taxes… if I knew they were going to a friendly country. - Dick Gregory (. or ODM Chairman Henry Kosgey). The Government that...

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Spin-Digest: May 2008

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Thursday, May 29, 2008. Is The Electoral Commission Now Competent? Only a few weeks ago, the ECK was under a barrage of fiery criticism for its shoddy handling of last year’s general election. Samuel Kivuitu, the aging face of the commission, even faced the ignominy of being hounded out of various facilities by crowds in. Probably the comforts of high office in the ungainly coalition have blunted their discernment and shifted their loyalties. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Our Ministers Don't Know. Ministers and...