SECOND DAY OF NEW PARLIAMENTARY SESSION APRIL 26 WAS MARKED BY HIGHLY UNUSUAL SHARP EXCHANGE BETWEEN VICE PRESIDENT MOI AND ATTORNEY GENERAL NJONJO, WHO FOR YEARS HAVE BEEN CLOSE POLITICAL ALLIES. 2. ISSUE AROSE WHEN MOI, AS LEADER OF GOVERNMENT BUSINESS, INTRODUCED MOTION TO REVIVE SELECT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE, FIRST ESTABLISHED THREE YEARS AGO TO LOOK INTO ISSUE OF LAND OWNERSHIP IN COASTAL STRIP. COMMITTEE’S REPORT IS VIRTUALLY COMPLETE NOW, BUT UNDER PARLIAMENTARY RULES COMMITTEE MUST BE FORMALLY REVIVED IN THIS SESSION SO THAT REPORT CAN BE PRESENTED. TO SURPRISE OF MOST MP’S AND OTHER OBSERVERS NJONJO STOOD AND OPPOSED MOI’S MOTION. MOI THEREUPON REMINDED NJONJO THAT THERE COULD BE ONLY ONE GOVERNMENT POSITION, AND THAT HE, MOI, HAD SPOKEN FOR THE GOVERNMENT. NJONJO RETORTED THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE TO OPPOSE MOTION, AND THAT IF HE DID NOT PREVAIL IN PARLIAMENT, HE WOULD FIGHT IT ELSEWHERE. NJONJO’S POSITION WAS SUPPORTED IN DEBATE BY G.G. KARIUKI, ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR LANDS AND SETTLEMENT, BUT ALL OTHER SPEAKERS BACKED MOI. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIALNAIROB 06550 271145Z 3. PRESS ACCOUNTS APRIL 27 MADE NO MENTION OF THIS EXCHANGE. HOWEVER, IT WAS NOTED THAT MOI’S MOTION WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. ASSUME THAT VOTE TOOK PLACE LATE IN AFTERNOON AFTER BOTH NJONJO AND KARIUKI HAD LEFT CHAMBER. 4. COMMENT: CONVERSATIONS WITH MP’S CLOSE TO MOI AND NJONJO LEAVE DISTINCT IMPRESSION THAT ALL IS NOT WELL BETWEEN THEM. ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER MWANZANDI TOLD EMBOFF THAT “LITTLE EXPLOSION HAD BEEN BREWING FOR SEVERAL WEEKS” BETWEEN THESE TWO. APPARENTLY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM ARE NOT RELATED TO SUCCESSION STRATEGY BUT ARE RATHER OF PERSONAL NATURE. WE KNOW THAT BOTH NJONJO AND G.G. KARIUKI HAVE LAND HOLDINGS ON COAST WHICH MIGHT BE ADVERSELY EFFECTED BY REPORTED. AS IS SO OFTEN THE CASE HERE, PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND POLITICS BECOME INTERTWINDED. HOWEVER, LOGIC AND REASON SUGGEST THAT MOI AND NJONJO WILL FIND A WAY TO RESOLVE WHATEVER PROBLEMS THEY HAVE BEFORE POLITICAL OPPONENTS EXPLOIT THEM. LE MELLE CONFIDENTIAL
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LETA HEKAYA FULL What happened after Njonjo and Moi had an exchange in parliament over coastal land?
So, Njonjo kutumwa Siberia ilikua extension ya hizo feuds, sio?
Na ikiwa Moi kweli akiwa VP alikua anataka kusuluhisha historical injustices, why did he suddenly forget all about it when he suddenly became president, a powerful president, very very powerful, and remained so for 24 years, but forgot all about the land problem at the coast the whole time?