Hey friends.
I think as at this moment, Kenya is seconds away from disaster, not legal but political and no one knows how it will end. I think it will end in disaster and we will be none the wiser.
There will be, like in war, no winners or losers but those who are left. Whoever they will be, they will be so divided they will not be able to recognize each other.
So we wait. The clock is ticking. 26th is the date.
The article below paints the picture in more words than I can generally muster.
Against second rate democracy in Kenya
Random thoughts 
What a horrid position to be in!!!
I head off for my hip replacement on the 26th, so will be out of touch for a bit. Hopefully the hospital has wifi so I can catch up later.
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All the best my friend. At least finally you get the care you have been waiting for
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Thanks, long time coming!
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I can imagine.
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I just hope this is not going to develop like 2007. 😦
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It has potential of being worse.
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What is the deeper cause of the conflict. Is it single power hungry individuals, is it tribalistic ideology, scarcity of resources, old inherited conflicts…?
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All those combined but mainly wounds inherited from the colonial days that haven’t been addressed. All successive governments have not sought to deal with the colonial history and their paymasters prefer it that way.
America wants infrastructure projects so they are supporting the status quo. And we discovered oil.
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Damn Mak. I hope for you and yours, and your people, all gets resolved in some favorable fashion.
I can’t tell from here how bad things are there, but my instinct is if it looks bad stock up on rice/beans/flour/ and water. Just in case. We usually have 2-3 weeks worth of dry goods on standby here just because. Should have more…
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The electoral body, the US, Eu and ruling party are committed to having any election, credibility can jump into the ocean. A big section of us want a credible, verifiable poll. That’s the state of affairs.
I will do that on 25th. There are many days before that.
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Hate to ask, but is the military brass neutral in all this?
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I wish it were but no. The military, police have all their top brass from the chief clown and his deputy’s backyard. You well know where their loyalty lies.
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Not good.
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I know.
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It’s a sad state of affairs quite literally.
– Esme sending her best from upon the Cloud
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Hello Esme, howdy? Good to see you here.
It is very sad. And we know why there is a problem.
Our former colonial masters would want Uhuru to stay in power whether the election is shambolic because of fear that Raila will change the way of doing things. So the British government together with the US and France are pushing for any election. We are demanding an election held to the standards set by our constitution and that is free, fair, credible and verifiable.
Mak expressing his frustrations at her majesty’s government.
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Express away dear mak, frustration is rife and understandably so. x
– Esme nodding sadly upon the Cloud
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Keep well Esme upon the Cloud.
I hope your assistant monkeys are doing well by you
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They want a pay rise. They can have more bananas and like it.
– Esme falling about and waving at mak upon the Cloud
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Do they have a union?
If not, promise one a salary rise and the others instead of fighting you will fight the one who gets the raise and you still get your work done 🙂
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You’re a canny business man Mak!
– Esme laughing upon the Cloud
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Haha haha
Mak happy to make Esme laugh in the cloud
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What a mess.
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Yes, a fucking mess
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My Kenyan brother, I hope your sense of impending doom and gloom is unfounded. I cannot fathom how this situation resolves itself, but I trust that all the Kenyan people will make the better choice. Best wishes and naked hugs!
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Unfortunately it isn’t. Only those who have buried their heads in the sand think things will be alright. The country is divided in the middle: those who want any election and those who insist on no reforms no election.
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I wish you the best, my friend! May better minds and sensibilities prevail! Naked hugs!
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I hope for the best, and will be anxiously monitoring the news.
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Well, eventually we will find a way.
Part of the problem is the international community. They pretend they are champions of democracy but are only concerned with contracts. So to the US, EU any election will do. We on the other hand have insisted the election have to be above board.
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I support the people’s insistence that the election must be above board.
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I provided a link in the post that does a good job at analyzing the current state of affairs
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You’d disappeared! I thought you’d been arrested, or got ill from your smoke signals machine!
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There was a problem with wood fuel. I couldn’t get enough smoke.
How are you doing? Did someone eat your twitter handle?
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We had lots here you could have taken for free…….
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I wish I had known early.
How are you doing today?
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Lots of anxiety….leaving Tuesday to go for pre-op on Wednesday, back home Thursday, then leave again the 26th, for the surgery on the 27th..
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Some years back there was a military coup in Fiji. Australia and New Zealand as the local influential countries sought to pressure the military regime to restore democracy. But what happened is that the Fiji military authorities responded negatively and snuggled up to China who is now dominating foreign influence in the country.
China has no love for democracy.
So I struggle at times to know how Western countries should react in these situations, sometimes they are dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t.
I notice that a Kenyan election official has resigned fearing for her life. Looks like a difficult situation:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41660880
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I understand you Peter. While China has no love for democracy, it makes no pretenses of advising the political players, at least not in the public view.
The EU, the US have been giving us lectures while propping a despotic government. So if we must decline into an ungovernable state, those states will have played a big role in it.
The situation was difficult from 1st September. It is now either worse or worst. It is slowly moving to beyond recovery
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