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D’banj is losing at home, how can he win away?

…D’banj is not a great Singer, but he is the most successful. Anybody that is complaining now is actually late ‘cuz if he were as bad as they say, he wouldn’t become as big as he is. …we know we cannot Rap. We know we cannot sing;  but we know we can entertain you in our own way.”
– Don Jazzy (Punch Newspaper, 8th October, 2011)

“Every Artiste’s work, unless he be a hermit, creating solely for his own satisfaction and with no need of sales, is to some extent socially conditioned; he depends upon the approval of his patrons.”
– Unknown

Music is a tool for change. Music is everything. Music is a panacea, and above all can buffer the pressures from the many bustling of our daily pursuits. To ignore the power of music would be akin to unmasking an ancestral spirit.
Since the D’banj-Jazzy imbroglio, I have tried hard to detach myself from subjective stands. I have watched and observed both parties keenly and I think it’s safe to write on my analyses thus far. The summary of my discourse is that D’banj is waning.

Now, let’s get down to brass tacks, for it appears the Koko master isn’t (or has found it impossible) recording anymore great songs, without his erstwhile team mate- Don Jazzy, and anyone who saw their matchless combination before now would be as worried as I am. Banga Lee isn’t recording anymore major pop/street anthems, as he used to, yet he continues to feed on his past glory; by still managing to sell out shows and cover magazines. Can we safely say then, that his musical career is loitering on the brink of a collapse? As much as I am amongst the pro Mo’hits vanguards, having faulted the D’banj-Jazzy break up forcefully and objectively, especially in respect to their dwindled musical representations subsequently, let me make two things clear: First, Don Jazzy has quite succeeded in delivering major, attention-grabbing materials; even without D’banj, and I can count from top of my head 7-8 major hits he has scored, to substantiate.

Secondly, my criticisms are borne out of my concerns for good music and formidable entertainment empires – empires that can quake the nation and go on to stun the world. Nothing more. I have nothing whatsoever against D’banj personally, but the fact that ‘Oliver Twist’ is still his biggest single since he parted ways with Jazzy is thought-provoking. How can an old Jazzy-produced single be bigger than the entire D’banj post Mo’hits album? I am worried. You should be. It should disturb real D’banj fans and music pundits in general. He is not hoisting his flag (on same musical high as before), he stays playing into the hands of Don Jazzy faithfuls, who believe strongly that Jazzy is the muse behind his music.

In the light of this, I implore D’banj to please wake up and clear rife doubts. There is no better time than the present, considering his track record, and I suppose; his understanding of the yearnings of teeming fans, supporters and critics.

D’banj is NOT Denrele, Uti Nwachukwu or Saka. Stage performances are only a sequel to good songs. Performances should feed off and complement wonderful studio projects. He is a self-acclaimed entertainer, and I have not a drop of doubt about that; but what is his entire ‘acting’ and ‘theatrics’ and shirt-pulling-bragadaccio without some heavy club/pop anthems for the people to nod to? If, like an Obi Asika for instance, I don’t fancy being outdoors much, does it imply I’d never get to connect with a talent in D’banj’s mould, because I would have to wait for him to make up; on stage, for lapses on his tape? This illustration is an aside, by the way.

I don’t know the terms of the G.O.O.D Music deal with D’banj but I know that it will never serve to position his career fully, if he doesn’t deliver to his patrons; his home-based patrons. The fans and listeners at home are his major patrons. International recognition and acceptability only flow from hits -multiple hits- that must have been endorsed by the industry pundits, fans and critics at home; at least to a large extent if not in its entirety.

Another option before us is hoping D’banj switches styles and goes completely international in his pattern of music. But there are pitfalls. He can’t switch styles today and get around with the American genres tomorrow. D’banj is not the best singer or rapper or dancer. He would hardly scratch any surface there, with or without G.O.O.D Music. Even a Banky W, Bez, Dare or an MI Abaga, with their much seemingly up-to-foreign-standards deliveries wouldn’t dare go that route; that would be the musical equivalence of taking coals to Newcastle.

Godwon won Eminem’s freestyle battle, he hasn’t achieved anything in the American Industry afterwards. Matter of fact, he is struggling to find balance in our industry, and until his recent annihilation of Sauce Kid, was going on with a just-about-average name in Nigeria. Well, except in Hip-hop circles, which is a relatively small chunk of our ‘listenership’ base. Craig David -in his heyday- tried it, he left Southampton and went ahead to test new waters in America. He is still licking his wounds.

The home turf is any artiste’s bedrock, he mustn’t screw with it. It is his best bet and must be served right. If he loses at home, he will never win away, this is not Premiership or Champions League. See, prolific and seasoned entertainment writer, Jon Caramanica, struggled to write a piece on ‘D Kings Men’. He wrote a paltry work on NY Times, like he was lost for words or he was paying for each alphabet with his blood. I was tired. D’banj is our own, they don’t know him like we do. They never will.

Amidst all these though, Banga Lee has a strongpoint, and we must admit. He commands respect and captivates a titanic audience. He is still killing it, I must also add. Only thing is he can only go so far if he doesn’t begin to coal the fire. Whilst I’m not saying Don Jazzy is the beginning and the end of his career, I’m saying he is giving critics plenty reasons to posit thus.

‘Oyato’ -obviously hastily done, in a bid to announce that he was still in charge- was a terribly weak song. The ridicule in its wake was just as sick. I got it online the day it was released, I had been chilling for a post Mo’hits material from the Koko master. I played it a couple of times on that cold evening. I was outdoors, my headphones on. At some point, I flung my head back and laughed aloud. It was a bitter laugh, the type that could make a passer-by stop and stare. My expectations were dashed.

Some one year plus after, nothing has changed, save for ‘Top of The World’, and perhaps ‘Cash Flow’ and ‘Bachelor’. The Koko master stays releasing music that leaves much to be desired. And gradually, his arsenal is depleting, his monster hits thinning out, his fire smothering and our musical cravings ebbing. My outlook of his career, at present, is positively dispirited.

On ‘Scape Goat’ Remix, his GOOD Music benefactor, Kanye West, spat some of his most insipid lines ever. I was nearly teary-eyed upon hearing those. I wonder if that says anything about what value Mr. West places on his huge Nigerian signing. I truly wonder. Fally Ipupa lends further credence to my suspicions of D’banj’s nosedive on the ‘D Kings Men’ Project. ‘Nous Les Meilleurs (We The Best)’ was one helluva fiasco, it reeked of nothing but rambling sounds. I am also thinking something is wrong on the parts of his A&R team, otherwise that song had no business on the album.

I might have been opinionated all article long. Let me share with you what Ayomide Tayo, a music critic, wrote in his review of ‘D Kings Men’: “…Fans wouldn’t give D’banj’s new songs half a chance because they lack Don Baba Jay’s magic touch. D’banj is aware of this and fights back on several tracks on DKM.”

My question now is, have these fight backs delivered the goods? Are there major hits as a result of the fight backs?

Ayomide writes further: “…On DKM there are no huge pop anthems like the ones crafted by Don Jazzy in the Mo’hits period. What we have on this compilation are strong pop songs hinged on D’banj’s personality and amazing instrumentals.”

At this point, I’d implore us all to minutely dissect Ayomide Tayo’s postulations vis-a-vis my aforementioned analyses, then figure if the Koko Master is still breaking grounds (musically). As we digest these words in silence, can we also ask that the real Koko master stands up? By ‘stand up’ I mean rise up and take the lead, as it was.

I understand and respect that D’banj has great fortunes (possibly than he knows what to do with them). It is musically that he is (almost becoming) destitute, and any true supporter would be pained. This is what necessitates my writing. I want some carefully done and structured songs, I need him to orchestrate hits upon hits like we used to have, monster hits like Wizkid, Olamide and Ice Prince have done in the last 10-12 months. I want no more of his forceful, hasty attempts at foisting his music upon us.

In any case, I don’t expect Banga Lee to read this and bite his thumb nail (I know that he does bite his nails and stuff) and lose sleep, with his mind hovering over problems of how to conduct his music so as to establish proof of his genius (with or without Jazzy).

I also do not intend to excoriate his brand and person, in the least. Candidly.

But I believe that this piece will have served its end, should it succeed in the minimal task of rousing the Koko master from his pseudo-American dream, into a reality where he takes on the mantle, as one of Nigeria’s biggest music exports of the 21st century, and churn out works that should have oppositions bowing in awe.

I challenge D’banj to blaze the trail once more, and have me re-editing my already typed works. I need him to clear my doubts so I can probably beg a few of my closest, kindest friends; to help me into a state of temporary oblivion, by shutting my door, whilst I sedate myself with a measured doze of Gin and Juice, as I fade slowly with R. Kelly’s ‘Turn Back The Hands of Time’ playing quietly in my background. I am waiting. I know a million people who also are.

Shekau Comes Out Alive In Video; Shames Jonathan, Soldiers

Leader of the dreaded Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, who was declared dead by Nigerian military on August 19th 2013 has just appeared in a new video, saying he is alive. In the video, Shekau also claimed full responsibility of the recent attacks that killed several soldiers and civilians in Borno State.

“They said I am dead, but here I am. Everybody should be judged according to the dictates of his conscience. What I am doing is written in the Holy Qur’an and the Hadith and I will not stop. I challenge all the clerics of the world to question my deeds." 

“Nigerian soldiers are late. After killing many of them in Monguno and Benisheik, we have snatched their armoured carriers and a Hilux van and then hoisted Islamic flags on them. We now move freely with them.”

Sekau boasted in a video believed to have been released by him in Maiduguri on Wednesday. He debunked earlier claims by the Nigerian military that he died from gunshot wounds on August 19, 2013.

JTF spokesman in Borno State, Lt Col Sagir Musa, had in a statement said, “Intelligence report available to them revealed that Shekau, the most dreaded and wanted terrorists’ leader, may have died.

“He died of gunshots wounds received in an encounter with the JTF in one of their camps in Sambisa Forest on June 30. Shekau was mortally wounded in the encounter and sneaked into Amitchide, a border community in Cameroon for treatment from which he never recovered.”

But in the video, Shekau said the world “should know that he could not die except by the will of Allah.”

According to British Broadcasting Corporation Hausa Service, the Boko Haram leader is seen in the video wearing a camouflage, seated and surrounded by dozens of hooded lieutenants.

“The concept of government of the people by the people for the people will never be possible and will never exist. Democracy shall be replaced only by the government of Allah, from Allah and for Allah............ Those underrating my capacity should have a rethink. I will never allow democracy to thrive," he declared.

ICC : Uhuru Lying to Kenyans That No Other Presidents Have Been Tried At Hague

What we cannot understand is why Uhuru and his cronies are lying through their teeth that no president has ever been tried. This son of a gun Uhuru is truly terrified of doing the right thing.
This circumsized shithead coward who once called our former Prime Minister names based on the penile foreskin should now show his penile superiority and do the following:
1. Step down from the Presidency.
2. Get a friendly and manipulable clown like Musalia (who, by the way still has a working signed up protocol with Jubilee), to be acting Head of state.
3. Finish up this Hague thing then come back to a rousing welcome by Kenyans and Musalia. This worked well for Ramush Haradinaj in Kosovo
And he should remember that we can still ship some sheep and goats to him at the Hague since sexual relations are allowed. Or better still Maina Kageni can visit him.
After he won the Premiership of Kosovo and ruled for 100 days, Mr. Ramush Haradinaj together with other Kosovo Liberation Army fighters Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj ended up in The Hague to answers charges of “War Crimes”, their best friend Mr. Hashim Thaçi took over the Premiership of the Country and continued to intimidate Prosecution witnesses, in the end there was a classic “miscarriage of justice”, but not until the guy was tried and acquitted twice and his co-accused a record three times.
Ramush Haradinaj, born 3 July 1968 is a Kosovo-Albanian politician,a former officer and leader of the paramilitary organization UÇK, and the former prime minister of the disputed Kosovo. He leads the AAK party.
Following the dissolution of Yugoslavia Haradinaj was the KLA/UÇK commander for western Kosovo. Following the conflict, Haradinaj went into politics but soon resigned after becoming one of the KLA commanders charged by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with war crimes and crimes against humanity against Serbs, Roma and Albanians between March and September 1998 during the Kosovo War.
He was acquitted of all charges on 3 April 2008, ironically, shortly after the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, and then the recognition of the self-proclaimed country by the United States of America. The prosecution appealed against the acquittal and argued that it was not given enough time to secure the testimony of two critical witnesses.
In 2010 the Appeals Chamber agreed and ordered a partial retrial in The Hague, Netherlands. The re-trial took just over two years and on 29 November 2012, Haradinaj and his co-defendant were acquitted for a second time on all charges
It is important to note that, as Kosovo PM Mr. Ramush Haradinaj was effectively the Head of State, but unlike Uhuru, when he was indicted, he quickly stepped down and traveled to The Hague for his trials knowing that he had already dealt a death blow to all the witnesses and therefore his case would fail even after having decimated the population of that area to near zero through murder

ACCIDENT ALONG MAZERA KALOLENI ROAD MOMBASA

Minister blames rape on indecent dressing Updated Sunday, October 13th 2013 at 2

Did you know that indecent dressing is ‘an open invite to rapists’, at least according to Ugandan Youth Affairs Minister Ronald Kibule, who is also Mukono North MP?


He was addressing youth in Ntungamo District and perhaps did not appreciate the dress code of the females in the crowd.
During his speech, he said; “I have talked to the Inspector General of Police and the police in Kampala to see that if a woman is raped, they first look at how she was dressed! Most women currently dress poorly, especially the youth. If she is dressed scantily and got raped, no one should be arrested!”
I just wondered whether he knows that rape is against the law? This is not the Idi Amin era where government has prescribed a specific skirt length.
Defilement
The State Minister for Primary Health Care Sarah Opendi, has also been smoking from the same pipe as Kibule. During a breakfast meeting organised by the Ministry of Health to address maternal mortality, she said government is in preparations to avail contraception to girls aged between 14–18 years at convenient places within their schools, hospitals, where they will get condoms, pills and counseling.
She says girls in this age bracket get pregnant and try to procure backstreet abortions, and this measure will ensure their education is not curtailed. Is she aware that the Child Protection Act states that anyone who engages in sex with a minor shall be guilty of defilement and is liable to get a death sentence?
Wayward
Our leadership appears to be more concerned with personal accumulation of wealth as the leaders of tomorrow go to the dogs!
First they did away with caning in schools, now they want to give our children pills and condoms. I believe if government prosecuted all defilers — male and female —it would reduce the teenage pregnancy rates by at least 50 per cent. Government should go a step further and arrest parents of wayward children and give both the parent and child community sentences like cleaning up the neighbourhood.
It would bond parent and child, and also ensure parents perform their role of nurturing their offspring, thus bringing up a better crop of future leaders, to avoid immediate and future embarrassRecently, a HIV positive man pleaded guilty of defilement and therefore, only got 150 days in prison, because the 16-year-old victim had willingly followed him to his home!
Young lass
What law was applied? Didn’t the judge understand that she is a minor and knew no better? Perhaps the young lass were dressed in tights or a mini skirt and a crop top, and thus were judged to be of loose morals. Little wonder then that teachers are having a field day with all the fresh guileless pretty young things. And it seems, it’s their mothers who dress them in the latest fashions, but do not instill a sense of decorum and restraint before releasing them into the big bad world.
The police are no better. They are trying to close down saunas because they are chief cause of increased HIV prevalence as they encourage infidelity.
Apparently when two strangers of opposite genders share a hot enclosed space while only clad in a bath sheet, temptations overtake them and an assignation must be engineered. And again, that if a person is not happy in a relationship, they always seek fulfillment elsewhere doesn’t make it any better.

14/10/2013 Share Man Punishes His Wife by Ordering Nephew to R*pe He

A woman was betrayed by her husband in the worst possible way.Not only did he have s*x with his wife against her will, he also told his nephew to r*pe her. The 24-years-old husband of Rushinga, Zimbabwe, invited his nephew to his house for dinner. The young woman cooked dinner for her husband, her nephew and for herself.
After spending time together, the husband told his wife that it was too late for their nephew, 22, who lives in Bulawayo, to go home. The husband then offered the nephew to stay at their house and sleep in the couple's room. It is alleged that the three slept in the same room when the husband began to demand s*x from his wife. She refused to have s*x with him, saying it was inappropriate to have s*x in full view of their nephew.
The husband became angry for being rejected and began raping his wife in the presence of his nephew. The woman tried to leave the room, but her husband held her back. He then ordered his nephew to have s*x with her while he held his wife’s legs. The next day, the woman told her aunt about the incident, and was advised to report the incident to the police.
The police report indicates that the husband and nephew spent the night taking turns raping the woman. Mashonaland Police spokesperson Petros Masikati confirmed the incident, saying that investigations were ongoing. Police said the two men were on the run and were still at large. Police have launched a manhunt to locate them.
Masikati appealed to members of the public that whoever knows the whereabouts of the men to report to their nearest police station

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Busted’ ward rep to refund dowry ohh nyeri nyeri

There was drama recently at Ngangarithi Estate in the outskirts of Nyeri town after a ward representative was caught in an intimate position with a policewoman in her matrimonial bed
The arrogant ward rep, best known for his I-don’t-care-attitude had been romping with the woman for several months. The husband to the police woman had his suspicions and decided to lay a trap with the help of neighbours.
They tipped the man when they saw the ward rep entering the house. The husband returned home unexpectedly and caught the two in the act.
The politician asked for a silent resolution, but the husband refused and instead demanded a refund of his dowry. He said he was no longer interested in the woman.

The kenya one tribe which will never let goat sleep what a shame nyeri mens in cental province kenya lol

A 23-year-old man is being held at Nyeri police station after he was allegedly caught sexually assaulting a goat at Ngagirithi village.
The man is said to have tethered the animal to a tree at night and committed the unnatural act.
The goat belonged to his grandmother. “I was asleep when I heard a commotion as someone struggled to remove the goat from the house,” she said.
When she woke up, she found her grandson clad in only a shirt. When she asked him what was happening, he said he had come to check on the goat after he heard the commotion.
Wangui said she didn’t know her  grandson was planning  to do the unspeakable.
She, however,  revealed that he has been behaving badly since he ran away from Kitale two years ago.
“He tried to strangle his father before he came to live with me. I believe he has been smoking bhang,’’ she said.
The suspect was caught in the act by a neighbour, who was awoken by the goat’s cries.
The suspect fled after he was accosted but was captured a short distance away by a mob after the neighbour raised alarm.

Jilted boyfriends are uploading the nude videos of their former girlfriends

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Pastor asks Uhuru Kenyatta to attend ICC trial

A Seventh Day Adventist pastor on Monday urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to honour his appointment with The Hague based International Criminal Court to avoid getting Kenya into social economic problems.

“Irrespective of the African Union summit resolution that the President ignores The Hague’s trials until his term in office ends, I urge him to honour his date with the International Criminal Court to avoid international economic partners from severing their relations with our country,” Pastor Nichodemus Kebaso said.

Speaking in Nyamira Town, the pastor said the President and his deputy William Ruto had promised Kenyans before they ascended to power that they will cooperate with ICC on the cases they faced and Kenyans were watching to see whether they will keep their word.

He praised Mr Ruto for ignoring those agitating that they stop attending the ICC trials.

Pastor Kebaso said neither Kenya nor communities that the two top Kenyan leaders come from that were in trial at The Hague and wondered why there was hue and cry all over.

“In fact the two leaders are facing the cases as individuals irrespective of the offices they currently hold. I believe that they have been using personal resources in attending The Hague sermons,” he said.

At the same time Pastor Kebaso scoffed at the decision taken by Parliament to pull out of the Rome Statute saying Kenya has been unable to prosecute those behind 2007-2008 post-election violence.

He said the ICC was the only option where victims of political instigated crimes can get justice since the government did shoddy investigations leading to the arrest and prosecution of a few suspects by local courts.

“Those who suffered during the 20007- 2008 post-election violence want justice. This justice can only be realised if those implicated in the atrocities and destruction of properties stand before court,’ Pastor Kebaso added.

The Sierra Leonean girl who met Gaddafi 'in hell'

Sierra Leone's over 50 years of religious harmony is under threat thanks to the bizarre revelations of a young woman.

Sister Linda Ngaoja's ‘heavenly journey’ a few weeks ago has turned her into the equivalent of a movie star, but at the risk of destabilising a country renowned for its religious tolerance.

The 28-year-old (some say 26) college student claims to have "died" and gone to hell before being taken to heaven.

While in hell, former Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi told her he wanted the mosque he built in Sierra Leone destroyed and replaced with a church.

She also has a message from the late president of neighbouring Guinea, Lansana Conte, who wants all the mosques in his country brought down and replaced with churches.

Sister Linda "died" after a brief illness. She said because of her worldly crimes in her previous life, she suffered a harrowing experience in hell, where she met her parents and a host of other renowned people including a renowned Sierra Leonean lawmaker, and the late US star Whitney Houston, “who are all suffering in Hell.”

All of these people had messages for their relatives and friends who are alive.

Sister Linda said if a “rapture” had occurred at that moment only five people in Sierra Leone could have survived it (meaning going to heaven), and these included three of her pastors and two other people.

While her audio tape comes across as a rich blessing for cassette sellers, religious leaders are left with the unenviable task of cleaning the mess Linda`s revelations left in their wake.

Breeding confusion

“We take and consider this our responsibility to judge every such revelation by the standard of the written words of God,” said Bishop Archibald Cole, president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Sierra Leone (PFSL).

He told a press conference on Tuesday that since the young girl was purportedly speaking from a Pentecostal platform, Catholics might think her revelations were the views shared by all Pentecostals “and so we consider her statements.....will create confusion and breed division among the Christian community in Sierra Leone.”

According to Linda's revelations, all Catholics and Muslims are going to hell.

She also had a message for President Ernest Bai Koroma (a Christian), to replace all mosques in Sierra Leone, which is a Muslim-dominated country, with churches.

“We consider such statements to be inflammatory among the Christian and Muslim communities,” said Bishop Cole.

“The revelation has the capacity to undermine the peace and security of this nation. We want to maintain the peace and security that God has given us, as Christ is an author of peace and not confusion.”

But already Linda's "revelations" are causing confusion as there are reports of bitter arguments over them.

Two people stabbed each other over an argument as to whether the revelations were true or not, reported the Awareness Times of Freetown, a daily.

But it is not just Muslims and Catholics who have reasons to be offended.

Linda is critical of the "born again" pastors in Sierra Leone who she said are more into money than spreading the message of God.

Her story broke on a popular religious radio called Believers Broadcasting Network (BBN), with the aid of her pastor.

Custodians of Truth

A member of the Faith Healing Bible Church, one of three churches that were endorsed in the revelations, told Africa Review that there is concern about her security because of her testimonies.

The Church has cancelled a special open prayer at the national stadium on this ground. The intention was to pray for Sierra Leone in light of the revelations.

They will be holding instead a 7-day fasting and indoor prayer session. This, according to sources, is backed by President Ernest Bai Koroma, who is said to have met with the young woman to receive his message.

A majority of pastors in the country see Linda as “of the devil” and they say she needs deliverance.

A few others express fear that her testimonies could spark forth a new sect, with reports of calls for a ban on the circulation of her tapes.

“The real reason is that Sister Linda had threatened to go over the radio and expose some of these pastors who refuse to change in line with the message she brought,” said Bernard Wilson, a member of the Faith Healing Bible Church, obviously a staunch supporter.

“It could be why the pastors are against her,” Mr Wilson said.

But others read into the whole thing infighting among Sierra Leone's small but powerful Nigerian-inspired ‘born again’ churches.

“We as Ministers of the gospel are called to be watchmen and to be custodians of truth, and to be sure that the integrity and accuracy of the gospel is maintained… we are charged to address this issue that has the potential to bring distraction and obstruct the peace of the nation,” said Apostle Akintayo Sam Jolly, Secretary of PFSL.

My daughter was a virgin', says Mugabe's wife

Zimbabwe's First Lady Grace Mugabe Saturday shocked many when she told a church meeting that her 24-year-old daughter was a virgin and had never been raped as claimed in media reports.

She termed as "mischievous" the coverage a few years ago claiming that Bona Mugabe was raped while studying in Hong Kong.

The First Family’s only daughter had a traditional marriage with a local pilot in August.

“That is (rape allegations) utter rubbish, it never happened and to those detractors shame on you for dragging an innocent girl into all this,” Mrs Mugabe said.

“It is not fair that politics should go this far, my daughter is obedient.”

The First Lady said she had sat down her son-in-law, emphasising to him the need to remain a virgin until marriage.

“I summoned Sam [Chikore, Bona's husband] ) and told him in person that it was my wish as Bona’s mother that she remains a virgin until her wedding day,” Mrs Mugabe said.

She said she had also strongly advised Bona to remain a virgin in honour of her future husband.

“I was not shy to tell her that she was not supposed to allow any man to touch her body in an inappropriate way,” Mrs Mugabe said. “I am happy she complied.”

She also took a swipe at people who watch the 'Big Brother Africa' reality television show saying it had corrupted people’s morals.

“Why do people watch such nonsense, how does it benefit us as a nation?” Mrs Mugabe asked.

Wrinkles and divorces

Ironically, her own husband President Robert Mugabe, in 2011, presented Zimbabwean Munyaradzi Chidzonga with $300,000 after he came second in the competition.

The veteran ruler also feted 2012 Big Brother co-winner Wendall Parson and another Zimbabwe representative Vimbia Mutinhiri at State House.

President Mugabe has spoken glowingly about his daughter and openly gave advice to his son-in-law when the affair became pubic in August.

“It must be a person of her own choice. My hope would be first, qualities of a good husband will live with her, because he loves her through thick and thin and not just look at her now as she still is that flower, attractive, blooming,” he said in an interview with SABC early this year.

“She will have kids and quite a lot of what is now the real charm will disappear and the face will start having wrinkles.

“So he should not pity her at that time against up-and-coming younger ones, which is what most people do and as a result we get lots of divorces.”

Bona graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) degree in Accountacy at a Hong Kong university in 2011.

Her father had visited her there several times.

Museveni sends Generals out of meeting with soldiers

President Museveni has met thousands of soldiers who recently returned from Somalia where they have been serving under the African Union peacekeeping mission (Amisom).

The meeting held last Thursday in Singo, Nakaseke District, however, began on a dramatic note when the soldiers told the President that they could not speak freely in the presence of their commanders for fear of retribution.

Sources that attended the meeting but sought for anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter told the Daily Monitor yesterday that the President then immediately ordered the commanders present to leave. Among those asked to leave were Maj Gen David Muhoozi, the commander of Land Forces, Brig Charles Otema, the chief of logistics, Brig Diiba Sentongo who heads the General Court Martial, Brig Leopold Kyanda, the chief of staff Land Forces, Brig Charles Bakahumura who heads military intelligence and Col Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF chief political commissar.

The President, however, asked the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, to stay behind and listen to the soldiers. Our sources say once the commanders were out, the soldiers opened up, telling the President about mistreatment by their commanders. Among the resounding accusations, the Daily Monitor has learnt, were that soldiers had been underfed as top commanders sold their food while fuel meant for operations against Somali insurgents was also sold off.
 

Mismanagement allegations
President Museveni last month ordered the recall and investigation of over 20 soldiers, accused of mismanaging the mission’s logistics. Among those recalled was Brig Michael Ondonga, who was heading the unit of Ugandan soldiers in Mogadishu.

The soldiers, according to the sources, scrambled for the microphone as they told the President of how they had eaten rotten food while several times they had to go on patrol missions on empty stomachs. Others said their colleagues injured at the frontline would not be transported to hospital in time because of scarcity of fuel reportedly sold by their commanders to private companies in Mogadishu.

A furious Mr Museveni, according to sources, promised to punish whoever was involved in the scam, which he said threatened to tarnish the image of UPDF, a force credited for helping restore sanity to war-torn Mogadishu. He also asked the soldiers to write down all the complaints, promising to meet then again in the near future for a detailed discussion.

After meeting the soldiers, President Museveni then called an Army High Command meeting at State House, Entebbe before he flew out to Addis Ababa for the African Union summit. Details of the meeting were still scanty by press time.

The Thursday meeting was the first time in many years that the President, who is also Commander-in-Chief, sat down with ordinary soldiers and listened to their complaints face-to-face. UPDF spokesperson Lt Col Paddy Ankunda confirmed the meeting took place but said he was ignorant of its details because he was not present. “I can confirm there was a meeting but I do not know what was discussed because I did not attend. That (controversy over food selling) is not a new story but we are investigating and we will not leave any stone unturned,” he told the Daily Monitor.

During the Independence Day celebrations last Wednesday in Rukungiri, Mr Museveni said the major weakness of the previous government of Milton Obote was failure to control the military. The President’s Thursday meeting also came on the heels of reports that several soldiers upon return from Somalia were deserting the UPDF.

The UPDF in its earlier years had an open-air debate culture where soldiers would meet weekly (barazas) and their voice concerns. The practice is no more

NHIF AT IT AGAIN NHIF 4.3 BILLION SCANDAL FULLY EXPOSED

NHIF is at it again, this time with the 22 billion Karen Hospital scandal and the Meridian Saga at the Anti-corruption court. The current CEO accused that he has no previous experience or academic qualifications is now working vigorously to retain his job. The new Cabinet Secretary having promised a cleanup at NHIF is having an uphill task to prove he can indeed run a public office.

According to sources, officers at NHIF have since been cleverly sharing the 4.3 billion Civil Servant Scheme between themselves and medical providers who came in to replace Clinix and Meridian. Now with an angered Meridian filing a strong suite in court, likely to cost NHIF senior managers their jobs, heinous but tactical strategies are put to place by NHIF's CEO and legal advisor.
The 4.3 Billion CivIl Servant Scandal Fully Exposed in detail

The 4.3 billion Civil Servant Scheme was a move by the Ministry of Public Service, which initially decided to approach insurance firms to offer comprehensive health services to civil servants as opposed to the previous system where medical compensation was included into civil servants salaries. The scheme would give civil servants more comprehensive services including provision for family members.

Insurance firms bid for the scheme, with most bids ranging from 7 billion shillings to 12 billion shillings. These bids were not responsive because the Ministry of Public Service had only 4.3 billion to spare. Left with no choice, the Ministry approached NHIF which had 150,000 civil servants covered under their scheme B and C. In total the civil servants are 220,000 and together with their families they came to approximately 900,000.

NHIF had just carried out a pilot study on a new system called capitation, where medical service providers would be paid beforehand to offer services to a given number of people. This system meant NHIF would minimize all their risk, which instead would be bared by the medical service providers.

Seeing the opportunity to launch the capitation system, NHIF decided to offer medical service providers a payment of Sh2,850/= per person per year for unlimited outpatient services to the Civil Service Scheme, including specialists, radiological examinations, laboratory tests, drugs, treatment of chronic conditions, and even family planning.

Many clinics and hospitals refused the figure of Sh2,850 claiming it was too low for comprehensive services. Over 300 public medical service providers were included and a few private providers that included Clinix, Meridian and Thika Nursing. The three had participated in the pilot project. These clinics took the opportunity to enlist having already tested the system and seeing that even at Sh 2,850 per person, the scheme could still be feasible, while other medical service providers were uncommitted seeing it as too risky and unprofitable.
The award of the scheme by the Ministry of Public Services to NHIF angered many. The insurance firms were furious having lost their bids of up to 12 billion to the NHIF capitation scheme. Also angered were the other medical service providers who had initially refused to enlist into the project, only for it to turn out as a huge success.

A vendetta against NHIF was now being put to action as the different groups (insurance firms and disgruntled medical service) tried to punch holes into the successful scheme. The targets were the two main private medical service providers in the scheme, Meridian and Clinix.

Given the slow licensing procedure of clinics and hospitals by the Kenya Medical, Practitioners and Dentist Board, it was obvious that some of the many operating clinics registered by Meridian and Clinix were still awaiting their licenses to be released. The groups against the scheme used this inefficiency to create the Ghost Clinic Scandal. 

The negative publicity that hit NHIF from then brought in many cartels eyeing the 4.3 billion shillings scheme. This resulted in a split of the Management and Board at NHIF. The Board on one hand trying to replace the CEO and the Management on the other fighting succession battles and control of the 4.3 billion shillings scheme. With everyone trying to get a piece of the pie, a struggle emerged at NHIF. The CEO was sacked as the two service providers Meridian and Clinix lost more than they had bargained for, as their contracts were terminated, . The 4.3 billion shilling scheme however still remained at NHIF.

The cartels of medical service providers and split management at NHIF picked their own medical service providers to replace Clinix and Meridian. This was difficult because the two had a large network and over 200 new medical service providers had now to be enlisted. This included non-existent facilities that are currently being used to siphon out part of the 4.3 billion. In Nairobi Acacia Medical Centre, Afya Royal and Nairobi Outpatient were used in the replacement process. Agha Khan and Karen Hospital came in but on a fee for service scheme that proved to be very expensive.

A parliamentary committee was assigned to investigate into the purported ‘ghost clinic’ scandal. Their report indicated no wrong doings but recommended more investigations into the late registration of clinics by the Director of Medical Services.

The Efficiency Monitoring Unit conducted a thorough investigation giving Meridian and Clinix a clean bill of health however indicating a level of incompetence in the Legal Services and the Benefits Departments at NHIF.

The Kenya National Audit also carried out their investigations and warned NHIF of serious losses if they refused to pay the two clinics. The same was noted by the Attorney General, who noted that the fund would suffer dire consequences from the cancellation of the contracts of Meridian and Clinix.

In September 2013 Meridian filed a suit claiming in excess of 800 million shillings from NHIF. This created panic at the fund, which quickly sought legal advice on possible ways to deal with the case.




 According to sources from the current NHIF Management, the Legal Officer and Managing Director approached the EACC to coerce them to create a criminal case against Meridian, as that was the only way to hinder the civil suit of 800 million shillings, and protect their jobs. They actively forced employees to sign witness documents to sacrifice some of the junior officers and incriminate the former CEO for abuse of office. A lot of money was spent at EACC and also in the media.

The level of corruption in the Kenya Public Sector is so high that it will take decades to completly eliminate. The Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Health promised to overhaul the whole of NHIF but has found himself caught up in the mix of scandals. Unless he makes radical decisions he will also be implicated in the ongoing scandals such as the current utilization of the 4.3 billion Civil Servants Scheme, which is currently being dished out to some nonexistent providers. The 22 billion Karen hospital scandal might also end up eating more of the tax payers money. It is more than clear that NHIF requires major reforms and unless the public takes a stand, gorvernment officials will continue to abuse office and misuse the media to feed the nation lies and bullsh**.

The seized paranephilia seized belongs to embattled former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula. Credible sources reveal that Wetangula was said to have ordered for the strange goods early last month. His motives remain unknown but some quarters reveal that a Mombasa based witch-doctor had ordered him to buy the goods so as to save his dwindling political career..Keep it here for more - container-skeleton-human-bones-belongs-moses-wetangula

The seized paranephilia seized  belongs to embattled former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula. Credible sources reveal that Wetangula was said to have ordered for the strange goods early last month. His motives remain unknown but some quarters reveal  that a Mombasa based witch-doctor had ordered him to buy the goods so as to save his dwindling political career..Keep it here for more. - See more at: http://www.jobopeningkenya.com/news/revealed-seized-container-skeleton-human-bones-belongs-moses-wetangula/#sthash.MeyOEMtr.dpuf

The seized paranephilia seized  belongs to embattled former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula. Credible sources reveal that Wetangula was said to have ordered for the strange goods early last month. His motives remain unknown but some quarters reveal  that a Mombasa based witch-doctor had ordered him to buy the goods so as to save his dwindling political career..Keep it here for more. - See more at: http://www.jobopeningkenya.com/news/revealed-seized-container-skeleton-human-bones-belongs-moses-wetangula/#sthash.MeyOEMtr.dpuf

The seized paranephilia seized  belongs to embattled former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula. Credible sources reveal that Wetangula was said to have ordered for the strange goods early last month. His motives remain unknown but some quarters reveal  that a Mombasa based witch-doctor had ordered him to buy the goods so as to save his dwindling political career..Keep it here for more. - See more at: http://www.jobopeningkenya.com/news/revealed-seized-container-skeleton-human-bones-belongs-moses-wetangula/#sthash.MeyOEMtr.dpuf

He did what I never imagined my father would, girl recalls

On Friday, UNICEF led the world in marking the second International Day of the Girl Child, highlighting the power of innovation to get more girls in school and improve the quality of learning for all children.
But as the world came together to honour girls, and indeed all children, defilement of minors is becoming a big problem in Kenya. From central Kenya to the Rift Valley, an increasing number of girls are being defiled by their fathers, teachers and relatives.
Kenyans must unite to defend these girls and give them an opportunity to pursue and realise their full potential in life.
Cases of fathers defiling their daughters are on the rise. In Nyeri, two girls – aged nine and 14 – were defiled by their 55-year-old HIV positive father. His stated intention was to infect them with the virus.
Monstrous father
The two girls are at a loss and unable to comprehend how the man who is supposed to protect them suddenly turned against them in such a beastly manner.
Then man defiled his daughters in the presence of his bedridden HIV-positive wife, who had no strength to rescue her helpless children. And although the man was recently convicted and jailed for 50 years, the children are traumatised and living in fear. They painfully recall the days when their father repeatedly defiled them, telling them he wanted them to die of HIV like their mother who was helplessly squirming on her deathbed as he did the unthinkable.
“I arrived home from school and found dad in the sitting room. Mum was sleeping in the bedroom,” starts the nine-year-old class four pupil.
“I did not expect that my own father would do what he did to me. He stripped me and dragged me to the sofa and forced me to do tabia mbaya with him,” she says, tears tickling down her cheeks.
“He wanted to infect me with HIV. That is what he told me, yet there was nothing wrong I had done, neither do I have anything to do with him contracting the disease.”
The father did not stop there; he defiled her yet again when her mother was admitted to hospital, before turning to his elder daughter aged 14.
She, too, is struggling to forget the ordeal she suffered in the hands of the man she says she is embarrassed to call father.
“I did not know he had also defiled my sister, because he threatened to kill us if we ever disclosed to anyone what he had done,” recounts the Class Eight pupil.
“My mum was bedridden at the Nyeri Provincial General Hospital, and I was all alone with him at home. He followed me to the kitchen and defiled me,” the older daughter said.

“He told me he wanted to infect me with the virus so that I would die just like his two former wives and my mum who was on her death bed,” she adds.
So traumatised were the girls that they never told anybody what they went through even after moving to their grandmother’s place following their mother’s death.
Their mother took the secret to her grave. The man all along prevented the in-laws from visiting her in hospital and even attempted to rape a sister-in-law who had come to visit her while she was bedridden at home.
Ironically, it is the same man who broke the news that he had defiled his children, through a text message he sent to the children’s grandmother.
Sigh of relief
In the message written in poor Kiswahili, the man told the granny to visit a VCT centre and purchase anti-retroviral drugs for the children since he had defiled them. Even after their father had confessed to having defiled them, it was not easy to get the traumatised children to open up.

“They remained mum when I asked them about it. In fact, I had to threaten them with a thorough beating,” says their granny. They were taken to a VCT centre and counselled before undergoing an HIV test.
The family heaved a sigh of relief when the tests returned negative resultsPolice Constable Brenda Okwach, who handled the case, narrated to The Standard On Sunday how angry she was as she investigated and eventually prosecuted the case in court. “It dawned on me then that I was not only an investigating officer but also a mother who should redeem the lives of those innocent children. I steadily counselled them and vowed to serve them nothing but justice,” recounts Ms Okwach.
The younger girl aspires to be a lawyer and eventually a judge so that she can serve justice to girls who have gone through what she and her sister went through 

Her sister, who will be sitting her Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examinations this year, and who topped her class in the last end of term tests, wants to be a doctor and a children’s rights crusader so that she can help young girls to speak out on sexual offences.
In an interview with The Standard On Sunday, Nyeri County director of children services George Kibuku, said the rising cases of defilement of children, some as young as five years old, was worrying.
“The community needs to be sensitised that violence against children is violence against the entire society,” Mr Kibuku said.
According to him, the 2012/2013 annual report shows Nyeri County reported 98 cases of children defilement, higher than the 69 cases reported in 2011 in the entire central Kenya region.

23-year-old gang-raped by ‘investors’

Kampala-Pain is written all over her face. Tears run down her cheeks as she complains of severe abdominal pain. The discharge of faeces and blood is ceaseless and she can neither sit nor stand without support.
The 23-year-old [names withheld], has endured this agony for two months.

She was gang raped by five men and sodomised too. Her tormentors claim to be investors. The Pakistani nationals lured her into their trap under the guise of getting the victim a new job.

“I was a waiter at Savannah Bar and Restaurant in Kiwatule [Kampala] when one of the men, who came as a customer, lured me into taking up a better job in a car selling plant in Kampala,” the woman narrates with teary eyes.

She says that in July, the man, who claimed to be an investor, took her to a house in Kiwatule for two days, purportedly to prepare her for the new job. She says he instead organised his friends to gang-rape her.

“On the third day, he returned home with friends speaking a language I didn’t know. He then called me into the bedroom and locked me there while his friends entered and pounced on me one by one,” she says with tears rolling down her face. “I tried to shout and fight them but they over- powered me.”

The girl says the following morning, she escaped from her captors and reported the case to Kiwatule Police Post and she was later admitted to Mulago hospital for about a month.

While in hospital, the girl claims that doctors advised her to go for an operation because both her private parts and anus had been severely raptured. But she had no money for the operation. She was compelled to return to her former workplace to seek assistance.

When she returned to Kiwatule Police Post, the officer in-charge, told her the case file had been submitted to Kira Road Police Station for further investigations.
“On reaching Kira Road Police, I got information that the file was being handled by a police officer (names withheld) who shelved it after getting a Toyota Nadia vehicle [registration number withheld) from the suspects who work at Yuasa Motor Agency in Kampala,” she said.

She sought redress in the media and when Kampala Metropolitan Police Commander Andrew Felix Kaweesa learnt of it, he intervened.

On Friday, Mr Kaweesa held a press conference where he disclosed that he learnt of the matter through a local radio station and instructed the deputy crime investigations officer, Mr Geoffrey Musana, to carry out fresh investigations and ensure the culprits were brought to book.

“Using the woman, we managed to arrest two of the culprits and efforts are under way to have the remaining three arrested,” Mr Kaweesi said.

He said the act was not done by the Pakistani community but individuals. Mr Kaweesi added that managers at Yuasa Motor Agency will help police to identify the suspects.

Mr Kaweesa said police had received reports that many Ugandan girls are being subjected to such acts of sexual violence.
“These vices are being heard of in areas of Bunga, Kiwatule, Muyenga but affected people should come up to report the matter,” Mr Kaweesa advised.

He also promised to investigate the information that one of the police officers who handled the file at Kira Road Police Station had been compromised by the suspects to kill the case.

He said if the officer is found culpable, he would be punished accordingly. Mr Kaweesi said the suspects face charges of unnatural sex, rape and abduction.
He alerted all border posts to ensure the suspects do not sneak out and escape justice.

NAIROBI, KENYA: A man who had been held in secret custody on suspicion that he was one of the Westgate terrorists now says he will sue the state for wrongful confinement.

Ali Kiai Gitonga was released on Thursday evening, a few hours after his family moved to court demanding that he be charged. The family had expressed fears over his life, saying they had not spoken to him for two weeks. They said they feared he could be executed by the police.
Mbugua Mureithi,  the family’s lawyer, told the court that he had received confirmation from the police that Gitonga had been released without any charges being preferred against him.
“Following this development, he is now interested in suing the state for what he endured during the 14 days he was unlawfully held,” the lawyer told the court.
Gunshot wounds
Gitonga’a wife Khadija Mutuli Mohammed, who was in court, confirmed that her husband had been released.
She said he was still recovering from gunshot wounds sustained during the Westgate attack.
Khadija said her husband now walks with a limp following the incident.
The family had on Tuesday told the court that Gitonga was shot by police during the rescue operation at Westgate, before being framed as one of the terrorists.
Meanwhile, a Mombasa court has ordered that a terror suspect who was found in possession of explosives be remanded in police custody for four days.
Mombasa Senior Principal Magistrate Richard Odenyo ordered Swaleh Abdallah Said to be remanded at Makupa Police Station to allow Anti-terrorism police to complete their investigations.

 Abdallah, who was arrested at Likoni on Thursday at 7am, has denied that on October 10 at 7.40am in Likoni he was found in possession of explosives.

Two men lock horns over double-dealing lady

Business at a busy trading centre in a Bahati Village in Nakuru County came to a standstill recently when two men almost came to blows over a woman
The woman parted ways with her lover following a domestic tiff. The woman, a single mother of one is said to have used one of her other lovers to settle scores with Peter — the man she had disagreed with.  The second lover got Peter’s phone number from the lady and made abusive calls to him.
He followed the calls with abusive text messages, which unsettled Peter greatly. The latter  requested for a meeting to iron out their differences.  “I’m the one you’ve been abusing through the phone; may I know what dispute I have with you?” Peter calmly asked the other man.
The fellow claimed Peter was disturbing his ‘wife’ and that he should keep away from her. This commotion attracted a crowd. Peter loudly refuted the man’s claims before he realised the woman was playing him. Casually he turned and walked away

Popular Gospel Musicians Involved in Lesbíanism

Call it the biggest scandal to hit the Ghanaian gospel music fraternity and you will not be far from right.
Disgraceful? Reprehensible? Outrageous? Shocking? Or simply scandalous liaisons? All will be apt when the news is finally made public.
Host of Peace FM’s -Entertainment Review- Kwasi Aboagye dropped the hint on the Saturday June 1 edition of the show on his return from a recent trip to the United States of America.The dreadful and appalling news, according to the host of Accra’s most widely-listened to entertainment show is that, some female gospel musicians are involved in the act of lesbíanism.

According to him, he has a list of the names of the gospel musicians involved in the practice. Moments after dropping the shocking exposé, several of his colleagues including panel members on the show and listeners who had their dials locked on the 104.3 frequency, flooded him with text messages with some even daring him to go public or cease speculating.

“Well, I’m not speculating. I’m saying that some female gospel musicians are involved in lesbíanism and I don’t think that is speculation”, he stridently said.

Asked when he will reveal the identities of the gospel musicians involved in the practice, Kwesi Aboagye indicated that at the “right time I will disclose their identities on radio but I know what I’m saying...and I stand by it that some gospel musicians not all gospel musicians. I said some female gospel musicians are involved in lesbíanism and I have evidence to support that”.

Pushed further to disclose whether they are budding artistes or veterans in the industry and or whether they based in Ghana or practice the act with other gospel musicians or ordinary women in the country, the “Entertainment Review” host simply said “I can only state that I got privy to the information in America and the gospel musicians are Ghanaians.”

The revelation has certainly raised eye brows in the industry with tongues wagging as to which one among them practices lesbíanism. But some believe it’s just a crude way by Kwesi Aboagye to gain more listenership.

However, considering his reputation in the entertainment industry and the niche he has carved for himself over the years, it will be highly inconceivable that a professional of his caliber will be so tactless to indulge in hearsay or peddle falsehood regarding such a sensitive issue without any shred of evidence.

For now, it remains to be seen as we keep our fingers crossed whether the “Darling Boy” as he is affectionately called, will make good his promise of disclosing the identities of the female gospel musicians involved in the practice of lesbíanism after the completion of his investigations into the matter or it will be just another “expensive all fool’s day” joke; despite the fact that we are in the month of June.

I Am A Prostitute And I Am Now Dating One Of My Clients, But I Think He Is Ashamed Of Me

I’m dating a man 18 years older than me. He’s been very good to me. I love him so much!! And I know he loves me.

But, I’m confused about knowing whether or not if he sees me as long term or short term. First off, I met him on an escorting site, (Yes, I did escort because I was desperate in finding a job). But, as I was leaving the industry, telling him I’m moving to another state and get my life together, he offered to come to see me.

He paid me for the first few visits, until I caught feelings for him and didn’t want to accept his money. Now, it’s a year later. We’ve still been seeing each other, and we’ve gotten sort of serious. He feels very strongly about me seeing other people due to it being called cheating! So, we are in a relationship.

I’ve met his close friends but not his mom and daughter (he is divorced). And, he hasn’t met mine yet either. I’ve asked him about being introduced to his mom and daughter, and he said he would, but when it came down to it he reneged on it.

I love him so much, but I don’t want to waste my time. I’m on my feet now. I have a good job. But, I just want to know from a man’s perspective how would you view me? Is he ashamed of me? I’m so confused.

Pulling out of the ICC would be tragic for Africa

African leaders behind the move to extract the continent from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court are effectively seeking a licence to kill, maim and oppress their people without consequences.

They are saying African leaders should not allow the interests of the people to get in the way of their personal ambitions. Being held to account interferes with their ability to act with impunity. Those who get in their way should remain faceless and voiceless. They are arguing that the golden rule of reciprocity should not apply to them. And nor should any legal system.

But they know that they cannot say these things in public, so they say that the ICC is racist.At first glance, when one tallies the number of African leaders versus European and North American leaders prosecuted by the court, their argument appears as if it might be plausible. When one considers the facts, however, one quickly realises that the number of Africans put on trial is an indictment of leadership and democracy in some countries, not of the court.

When thousands of people are murdered and displaced in any country, one would hope that country’s systems of justice would kick in to right the wrongs. But when that country is unwilling or unable to dispense justice, who should represent the interests of the victims?

Those accused of crimes proclaim their innocence and vilify the ICC as racist and unjust. The eight matters brought before the court were initiated by African countries and their leaders. There was no witch-hunt or imposition, the judges and investigators were invited in.

So while the rhetoric of leaders at the AU may play both the race and colonial cards, the facts are clear. Far from being a so-called “white man’s witch hunt,” the ICC could not be more African if it tried.

More than 20 African countries helped to found it. Of the 108 nations that initially joined the ICC, 30 were African. Five of the court’s 18 judges are African, as is the vice-president. The chief prosecutor, who has huge power over which cases are brought forward, is from Africa. The ICC is literally Africa’s court.

Leaving the ICC would be a tragedy for Africa for three reasons. First, without justice, countries can attack their neighbours or minorities in their own countries with impunity.

Two years ago, when the warlord Thomas Lubanga was arrested to face charges of conscripting child soldiers, the threat of the ICC undermined his support from other militia. In Cote D’Ivoire, since Laurent Gbagbo was taken to face justice in The Hague, the country has rebuilt. Without it, there would be no brake on the worst excesses of criminals. And these violent leaders continue to plague Africa. Perpetrators of violence must not be allowed to go free.

Second, without justice there can be no peace. In South Africa, it has taken a long process of truth and reconciliation for the wounds of apartheid to begin to heal. In Kenya, the post-election violence wounds will take a long time to heal. Put simply, where justice and order is not restored, there can be no healing, leaving violence and hatred ticking like a bomb in the corner.

Third, as Africa finds its voice in world affairs, it should be strengthening justice and the rule of law, not undermining it. Everyone has a duty to adhere to these principles; they are part of global collective responsibility, not a menu we can choose from as and when it suits us.

Right now, thousands of people from across the planet are joining a campaign hosted by Avaaz, an international advocacy organisation calling on Africa’s leaders to stay in the ICC and stand behind international justice and what it means for so many vulnerable citizens everywhere. They represent our global commitment to working together to make the future brighter and safer for the next generations.

The alternatives are too painful: Revenge, like what happened in Rwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia; or blanket amnesty, a national commitment to amnesia like what happened in Chile. The only way a country can deal with its past is to confront it.

We need loud voices in Addis Ababa to deliver the message of the world’s people, to shout down those that want us to do nothing. At the front, we need the heavyweight champions of Africa – South Africa and Nigeria – to exercise their leadership and stop those that do not like the rules from attempting to re-write them.

If Africa’s democracies truly believe in justice and the rule of law, they must stand up against this attempt by their least democratic brothers and sisters to undermine those values.

The Addis meeting is a contest between justice and injustice. Far from a fight between Africa and the West, this is a fight within Africa, for the soul of the continent.

Shock As Africa Dictators Cheer And Abandon Uhuru Just Like They Did To Muamar Gadhafi, No Mass Pullout From ICC!FROM threat of withdrawal to a kick of a dying horse called ultimatum By Gordon Teti Did we not say that the threat of withdrawal from ICC was a mere grandstanding and useless intimidation to ICC by frogs and lame donkeys who are known as butchers and murderers of their own citizens for political power. The African dictators led by Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe met on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and instead of withdrawing en-mass as they had threatened before the meeting, the cowards backed-off abandoning and throwing Uhuru Kenyatta under the bus like they did before to the late Muamar Gadhafi of Libya

FROM threat of withdrawal to a kick of a dying horse called ultimatum
By Gordon Teti
Did we not say that the threat of withdrawal from ICC was a mere grandstanding and useless intimidation to ICC by frogs and lame donkeys who are known as butchers and murderers of their own citizens for political power.

The African dictators led by Kaguta Museveni of Uganda and Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe met on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and instead of withdrawing en-mass as they had threatened before the meeting, the cowards backed-off abandoning and throwing Uhuru Kenyatta under the bus like they did before to the late Muamar Gadhafi of Libya

After cheating and beating the drums of war to Uhuru Kenyatta that he should defy the ICC, the dictators have now abandoned Uhuru at the last minute by asking him to carry his own cross. Uhuru was asked to write a letter to the UN Security Council seeking deferral as provided for in Article 15 of the Rome Statute.

Sources inside the closed-door deliberations of the Council of Ministers disclosed that Kenya had placed two requests for consideration – that the ICC cases be deferred and that the ICC be substantially reformed. Members agreed on the first request but were apprehensive on the latter noting that ICC was an independent institution and besides Africa lacked the necessary numbers to push for such changes.

It was resolved, among other agreements, that a five-member committee of the executive council, including one Kenyan, be formed to deliver the AU resolution and ultimatum to the UN next month. And to ensure this, the AU has given the United Nations Security Council an ultimatum of up to November 12 – the same day Uhuru trial is scheduled to begin – to defer the Kenyatta case

If by November 30 the African leaders would not have received any communication from the UN, the AU will reconvene yet again to deliberate on the way forward. It is presumed that the plan of action may involve mass withdrawal by African nations from the Rome Statute.

The decision, arrived at by the African Heads of State during a special session in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, is also meant to benefit Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir who is an earlier ICC indictee. And as if to make sure other similar Kenyatta and Al-Bashir cases do not come up, it was also resolved that any African country wishing to refer any cases to ICC must first refer to the AU for guidance and possible approval.

While to those with heads in the sand who think that Uhuru secured a breather, the fate of his Deputy William Ruto was swept under the carpet, as AU’s proposed privileges are did not cover deputy or vice presidents. Once again, the African dictators pledged to embark on their own mechanism of trying their own cases of crimes against humanity, mass murder and rape by strengthen the African Court of Justice and Human Rights as the first step.