RAO and a dead faith

Mr_Black · August 7, 2017, 8:48pm

In 2007/08 all our hopes as a family were pinned on him, we had family and friends in the rift valley and Nairobi in real danger and things were only getting worse, I honestly expected he would go around the country to appeal to guys to stand down, I expected more concern from him, hapo ndio niliona he does not really care

Jemedari · August 7, 2017, 9:06pm

Woah! kweli gashui you really went through insane experience at the hands of the ‘savior’ politician

4makind · August 7, 2017, 9:10pm

I just pray that the authorities are well prepared to nip any form of violence in the bud before it escalates. Hii kitu wanasema kama mbaya ni mbaya sijui ni nini. Mtu akishindwa aende kotini. Why would anyone attack a fellow citizen? Kwani ndio amekuibia? Pathetic old men that would sacrifice other people’s lives just to get power.

Delus · August 7, 2017, 9:17pm

gashwin:

Why do you guys hate Raila? This is a question that has been posed here many times. In fact, one weekend i had promised @Abba that i would write a hekaya, nay, a story from a while ago that killed something in me about the man.
I do not hate the man. he simply does not inspire me and i happen to know something about him that is behind the facade.
In 1993, we had just come from the first multiparty elections. The elections had come through the blood and tears of many of us who braved Saba Saba at Kamukunji and several other demos. we were idealistic young men and women who believed in a better, more just Kenya. we had our heroes in the likes of Matiba and Rubia, Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro who passed on before the elections and the young Turks that included koigi, muite, RAO, Kijana wamalwa, Orengo, Imanyara, Kiraitu and many others. They were our generals. I was 28.

The elections in December 1992 found me in Bungoma. we had put in a lot of work to see a number of mps get to parliament on the Ford-Asili and Ford-k ticket, something we considered an achievement considering the kanu juggernaut we had had to fight. In any case, we felt that we were robbed of the ultimate victory through Kanu rigging.
It was therefore with a feeling of betrayal that we received the news of defections of several of the Ford-A MPs from Western in March of 1993. One such MP was Apili Wawire of Lugari who had beaten a former Kanu Secretary General Burundi Nabwera during the 1992 elections.
It followed therefore that in July there was a by-election in Lugari. The entire opposition young turks were there leading us the foot soldiers in a dust and mud campaign that we believed we had won only for the traitor Wawire to be declared winner at dawn in the Mautuma Secondary school hall.
During the campaigns, Alfred Sambu, who had contested the Webuye seat on a DP ticket and lost to Musikari Kombo, had been armtwisted by the Moi machinery to lead the KANU troops alongside Cyrus Jirongo, the YK92 chairman. He was our chief adversary.
We licked our wounds and repaired to Webuye. While us wakeleketwa went to Park Villa Hotel, the MPs and other leaders went to Musikari Kombo’s home near the Uganda Highway junction, and about 200 meters from Park Villa.
I had just polished a steak and fries and was drowning my disappointment in a tusker when Alfred Sambu walked in in the company of three other people. The moment he spotted us he started taunting us with shouts of Jogoo while waving the one finger salute.
In the parking lot of park villa were two battered landrover 109 caravans. in them and under them catching some sleep were Raila’s goons from Kisumu; the infamous Baghdad Boys. The shouts of Kanu awakened them and they were like a swarm of bees. Soon they were swarming into the restaurant with shouts of “erego,erego?”(Where is he?). They were armed with truncheons, nyahunyos, a fanbelt and other butu weapons. Sensing danger, Sambu attempted to get out of the restaurant and came face to face with the goons. One of them who was unarmed picked a metal mud scrapper and hit Sambu on the forehead and he fell backwards into the restaurant. as the goons tried to squeeze through the door hotel staff picked Sambu and whisked him into a pantry or the kitchen.
Meanwhile the commander of the gang had with military precision detached some of his combatants and ordered them to go round to seal any exit. It was then that i came out of my stupor and decided to go to a callbox that was at the gate and called Kombo’s Place. As i made the call, one of the three people with Sambu (who happened to be his outside son who also served as his driver) shot out of one of the doors and clambered over the perimeter wall. The goons ran out of the gate to pursue but one of them confronted me and asked if i was calling the police. he grabbed the phone after i told him i was calling mheshimiwa and he confirmed. That is how i survived to write this story.
I realised talking on the phone wasn’t going to save lives and got out and ran very fast to Kombo’s place. He was telling akina raila what i had told him and on my arrival they were all eager to hear what i had to say.

I quickly narrated what had transpired but it was RAOs reaction that surprised me. while i had expected him to dispatch one of his minions to go cool down the goons to at least save some lives, Raila just nonchalantly said " Hm, Hm, anatufuata nini?" and he went back to his beer. It was the victims’ fault for being in the wrong place.
That one act, or lack of one, helped me see those who seek power, RAO my hero among them, in a completely new light. these were people devoid of humanity. The ideals of justice and equality they preached in rallies were alien to them. Other acts such as the violent disruption of a ford-kenya delegates meeting in Thika a few years later, the PEV and the MIB saga at Kasarani have not helped repair the negative impression of him i picked at Webuye that sunny afternoon. my faith in him died there…

P/S - Sambu’s son while fleeing misstepped, fell and broke his neck, dying promptly…may he rest in peace.
-By the time the goons were returning to the hotel after the fatal chase police had arrived and they scattered into nearby villages. they were hunted down and at least eight of them were arrested. they went through a gruelling murder trial in Bungoma and most of them did not survive remand. by the time i was leaving Bungoma two years later only three were remaining to continue with the trial…

This has all the marks of Kamau Ngotho, The daily nation columnist. @gashwin :D:D ni wewe?

Abba · August 7, 2017, 9:30pm

gashwin:

Why do you guys hate Raila? This is a question that has been posed here many times. In fact, one weekend i had promised @Abba that i would write a hekaya, nay, a story from a while ago that killed something in me about the man.
I do not hate the man. he simply does not inspire me and i happen to know something about him that is behind the facade.
In 1993, we had just come from the first multiparty elections. The elections had come through the blood and tears of many of us who braved Saba Saba at Kamukunji and several other demos. we were idealistic young men and women who believed in a better, more just Kenya. we had our heroes in the likes of Matiba and Rubia, Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro who passed on before the elections and the young Turks that included koigi, muite, RAO, Kijana wamalwa, Orengo, Imanyara, Kiraitu and many others. They were our generals. I was 28.

The elections in December 1992 found me in Bungoma. we had put in a lot of work to see a number of mps get to parliament on the Ford-Asili and Ford-k ticket, something we considered an achievement considering the kanu juggernaut we had had to fight. In any case, we felt that we were robbed of the ultimate victory through Kanu rigging.
It was therefore with a feeling of betrayal that we received the news of defections of several of the Ford-A MPs from Western in March of 1993. One such MP was Apili Wawire of Lugari who had beaten a former Kanu Secretary General Burundi Nabwera during the 1992 elections.
It followed therefore that in July there was a by-election in Lugari. The entire opposition young turks were there leading us the foot soldiers in a dust and mud campaign that we believed we had won only for the traitor Wawire to be declared winner at dawn in the Mautuma Secondary school hall.
During the campaigns, Alfred Sambu, who had contested the Webuye seat on a DP ticket and lost to Musikari Kombo, had been armtwisted by the Moi machinery to lead the KANU troops alongside Cyrus Jirongo, the YK92 chairman. He was our chief adversary.
We licked our wounds and repaired to Webuye. While us wakeleketwa went to Park Villa Hotel, the MPs and other leaders went to Musikari Kombo’s home near the Uganda Highway junction, and about 200 meters from Park Villa.
I had just polished a steak and fries and was drowning my disappointment in a tusker when Alfred Sambu walked in in the company of three other people. The moment he spotted us he started taunting us with shouts of Jogoo while waving the one finger salute.
In the parking lot of park villa were two battered landrover 109 caravans. in them and under them catching some sleep were Raila’s goons from Kisumu; the infamous Baghdad Boys. The shouts of Kanu awakened them and they were like a swarm of bees. Soon they were swarming into the restaurant with shouts of “erego,erego?”(Where is he?). They were armed with truncheons, nyahunyos, a fanbelt and other butu weapons. Sensing danger, Sambu attempted to get out of the restaurant and came face to face with the goons. One of them who was unarmed picked a metal mud scrapper and hit Sambu on the forehead and he fell backwards into the restaurant. as the goons tried to squeeze through the door hotel staff picked Sambu and whisked him into a pantry or the kitchen.
Meanwhile the commander of the gang had with military precision detached some of his combatants and ordered them to go round to seal any exit. It was then that i came out of my stupor and decided to go to a callbox that was at the gate and called Kombo’s Place. As i made the call, one of the three people with Sambu (who happened to be his outside son who also served as his driver) shot out of one of the doors and clambered over the perimeter wall. The goons ran out of the gate to pursue but one of them confronted me and asked if i was calling the police. he grabbed the phone after i told him i was calling mheshimiwa and he confirmed. That is how i survived to write this story.
I realised talking on the phone wasn’t going to save lives and got out and ran very fast to Kombo’s place. He was telling akina raila what i had told him and on my arrival they were all eager to hear what i had to say.

I quickly narrated what had transpired but it was RAOs reaction that surprised me. while i had expected him to dispatch one of his minions to go cool down the goons to at least save some lives, Raila just nonchalantly said " Hm, Hm, anatufuata nini?" and he went back to his beer. It was the victims’ fault for being in the wrong place.
That one act, or lack of one, helped me see those who seek power, RAO my hero among them, in a completely new light. these were people devoid of humanity. The ideals of justice and equality they preached in rallies were alien to them. Other acts such as the violent disruption of a ford-kenya delegates meeting in Thika a few years later, the PEV and the MIB saga at Kasarani have not helped repair the negative impression of him i picked at Webuye that sunny afternoon. my faith in him died there…

P/S - Sambu’s son while fleeing misstepped, fell and broke his neck, dying promptly…may he rest in peace.
-By the time the goons were returning to the hotel after the fatal chase police had arrived and they scattered into nearby villages. they were hunted down and at least eight of them were arrested. they went through a gruelling murder trial in Bungoma and most of them did not survive remand. by the time i was leaving Bungoma two years later only three were remaining to continue with the trial…

Let me sleep I’ll respond in the morning after elections.

stunner · August 7, 2017, 9:39pm

Guru:

RAO’s followers are the ones that deny him votes
On Saturday as I was going to shaggs in Muranga, I stopped to fuel at National Oil petrol station along Thika Rd. There was a queue and a Ford Escape car was before me while others queued after me. Only that one pump had Super. Now, the owner of this Ford, a dim eye, when he was done, he decided he isn’t going anywhere. Even after the attendant knocked on his window asking him to pull forward, he didn’t. When I asked the attendant why he isn’t moving, I was told he is on phone and he has signaled until he finishes that’s when he will move. There was a man behind me with a Prado and he.got impatient and went to request the mofo to clear the.jam. Weuh! Ile scuffle ilitokea usitake jua. Real fight. My daughter recorded the fight but she is asleep now I would have uploaded here. Just imagine if RAO was prezzo!

So you concluded he is a RAO supporter or would be voter?

stunner · August 7, 2017, 9:42pm

:eek::eek: Railaphobia symptoms…
Includes delusion and hallucinations.

system · August 7, 2017, 10:00pm

I hate him coz he has been holding us, luhyas kambas kisiis na watu Wa coast as hostages ndio apate power.

stunner · August 7, 2017, 10:06pm

Wake up early mark a big X on the ballot against Raila as a protest then insert in the correct ballot box.

123tokambio · August 7, 2017, 10:18pm

Muthee gashuin, yaani ulikuwa member wa yk92? Na saa hii wewe sio politician? Kweli jakuon alikuharibia career… Noma hio stori…

123tokambio · August 7, 2017, 10:19pm

The fact that he’s been playing Musalia makes me understand why he’s power hungry

inzhener_otmetka · August 7, 2017, 10:22pm

Jakuon made me incur a repair bill of about KES 1M during the PEV. His pronouncements on land during the campaigns could make me lose about KES 4M. and when I say RWNEBP, some guys seeing through the prism of tribe call me traitor.
Why should I go seeking for help when I’m fully able to fend for myself and my family? I’m sure there are many guys silently suffering due to direct and indirect actions by Jakuon and their only weapon is RWNEBP…

inzhener_otmetka · August 7, 2017, 10:26pm

gashwin:

Why do you guys hate Raila? This is a question that has been posed here many times. In fact, one weekend i had promised @Abba that i would write a hekaya, nay, a story from a while ago that killed something in me about the man.
I do not hate the man. he simply does not inspire me and i happen to know something about him that is behind the facade.
In 1993, we had just come from the first multiparty elections. The elections had come through the blood and tears of many of us who braved Saba Saba at Kamukunji and several other demos. we were idealistic young men and women who believed in a better, more just Kenya. we had our heroes in the likes of Matiba and Rubia, Martin Shikuku, Masinde Muliro who passed on before the elections and the young Turks that included koigi, muite, RAO, Kijana wamalwa, Orengo, Imanyara, Kiraitu and many others. They were our generals. I was 28.

The elections in December 1992 found me in Bungoma. we had put in a lot of work to see a number of mps get to parliament on the Ford-Asili and Ford-k ticket, something we considered an achievement considering the kanu juggernaut we had had to fight. In any case, we felt that we were robbed of the ultimate victory through Kanu rigging.
It was therefore with a feeling of betrayal that we received the news of defections of several of the Ford-A MPs from Western in March of 1993. One such MP was Apili Wawire of Lugari who had beaten a former Kanu Secretary General Burundi Nabwera during the 1992 elections.
It followed therefore that in July there was a by-election in Lugari. The entire opposition young turks were there leading us the foot soldiers in a dust and mud campaign that we believed we had won only for the traitor Wawire to be declared winner at dawn in the Mautuma Secondary school hall.
During the campaigns, Alfred Sambu, who had contested the Webuye seat on a DP ticket and lost to Musikari Kombo, had been armtwisted by the Moi machinery to lead the KANU troops alongside Cyrus Jirongo, the YK92 chairman. He was our chief adversary.
We licked our wounds and repaired to Webuye. While us wakeleketwa went to Park Villa Hotel, the MPs and other leaders went to Musikari Kombo’s home near the Uganda Highway junction, and about 200 meters from Park Villa.
I had just polished a steak and fries and was drowning my disappointment in a tusker when Alfred Sambu walked in in the company of three other people. The moment he spotted us he started taunting us with shouts of Jogoo while waving the one finger salute.
In the parking lot of park villa were two battered landrover 109 caravans. in them and under them catching some sleep were Raila’s goons from Kisumu; the infamous Baghdad Boys. The shouts of Kanu awakened them and they were like a swarm of bees. Soon they were swarming into the restaurant with shouts of “erego,erego?”(Where is he?). They were armed with truncheons, nyahunyos, a fanbelt and other butu weapons. Sensing danger, Sambu attempted to get out of the restaurant and came face to face with the goons. One of them who was unarmed picked a metal mud scrapper and hit Sambu on the forehead and he fell backwards into the restaurant. as the goons tried to squeeze through the door hotel staff picked Sambu and whisked him into a pantry or the kitchen.
Meanwhile the commander of the gang had with military precision detached some of his combatants and ordered them to go round to seal any exit. It was then that i came out of my stupor and decided to go to a callbox that was at the gate and called Kombo’s Place. As i made the call, one of the three people with Sambu (who happened to be his outside son who also served as his driver) shot out of one of the doors and clambered over the perimeter wall. The goons ran out of the gate to pursue but one of them confronted me and asked if i was calling the police. he grabbed the phone after i told him i was calling mheshimiwa and he confirmed. That is how i survived to write this story.
I realised talking on the phone wasn’t going to save lives and got out and ran very fast to Kombo’s place. He was telling akina raila what i had told him and on my arrival they were all eager to hear what i had to say.

I quickly narrated what had transpired but it was RAOs reaction that surprised me. while i had expected him to dispatch one of his minions to go cool down the goons to at least save some lives, Raila just nonchalantly said " Hm, Hm, anatufuata nini?" and he went back to his beer. It was the victims’ fault for being in the wrong place.
That one act, or lack of one, helped me see those who seek power, RAO my hero among them, in a completely new light. these were people devoid of humanity. The ideals of justice and equality they preached in rallies were alien to them. Other acts such as the violent disruption of a ford-kenya delegates meeting in Thika a few years later, the PEV and the MIB saga at Kasarani have not helped repair the negative impression of him i picked at Webuye that sunny afternoon. my faith in him died there…

P/S - Sambu’s son while fleeing misstepped, fell and broke his neck, dying promptly…may he rest in peace.
-By the time the goons were returning to the hotel after the fatal chase police had arrived and they scattered into nearby villages. they were hunted down and at least eight of them were arrested. they went through a gruelling murder trial in Bungoma and most of them did not survive remand. by the time i was leaving Bungoma two years later only three were remaining to continue with the trial…

And someone will call you a shiny eye tribalist for saying RWNEBP!
It’s obvious Jakuon worked overtime to make you lose all the faith you hadtin him.
Pole sana.

jerrydubiz · August 7, 2017, 11:07pm

Guru:

RAO’s followers are the ones that deny him votes
On Saturday as I was going to shaggs in Muranga, I stopped to fuel at National Oil petrol station along Thika Rd. There was a queue and a Ford Escape car was before me while others queued after me. Only that one pump had Super. Now, the owner of this Ford, a dim eye, when he was done, he decided he isn’t going anywhere. Even after the attendant knocked on his window asking him to pull forward, he didn’t. When I asked the attendant why he isn’t moving, I was told he is on phone and he has signaled until he finishes that’s when he will move. There was a man behind me with a Prado and he.got impatient and went to request the mofo to clear the.jam. Weuh! Ile scuffle ilitokea usitake jua. Real fight. My daughter recorded the fight but she is asleep now I would have uploaded here. Just imagine if RAO was prezzo!

Woman! You’re so fuckin dumb…

Riva · August 7, 2017, 11:37pm

This is uncalled for, have some respect.

Patrome · August 8, 2017, 12:05am

repaired to Webuye.
"retired to Webuye".

…in them and under them catching some sleep
catch some zzz’s, or catch up on some sleep

they were like a swarm of bees.
“they were as a swarm…”

face to face with the goons. One of them who was unarmed picked a metal mud scrapper and hit Sambu on the forehead and he fell backwards into the restaurant.
“on of them…unarmed, picked up…restaurant”

. as the goons tried to squeeze through the door hotel staff picked Sambu and whisked him into a pantry or the kitchen.
“as the goons…,the door, hotel staff…into the pantry/kitchen…”

which one was it, the pantry or the kitchen?

15/50

*see me after class

Soprano · August 8, 2017, 12:22am

Why now?!!!

bouss · August 8, 2017, 12:39am

Swali ni moja tu…how do you go from that to a sycophant?

Soprano · August 8, 2017, 12:44am

Vintage Raila. He is completely unable to denounce violence and will sacrifice the blood of his minions for his selfish ambitions!

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system · August 8, 2017, 1:03am

Guru:

RAO’s followers are the ones that deny him votes
On Saturday as I was going to shaggs in Muranga, I stopped to fuel at National Oil petrol station along Thika Rd. There was a queue and a Ford Escape car was before me while others queued after me. Only that one pump had Super. Now, the owner of this Ford, a dim eye, when he was done, he decided he isn’t going anywhere. Even after the attendant knocked on his window asking him to pull forward, he didn’t. When I asked the attendant why he isn’t moving, I was told he is on phone and he has signaled until he finishes that’s when he will move. There was a man behind me with a Prado and he.got impatient and went to request the mofo to clear the.jam. Weuh! Ile scuffle ilitokea usitake jua. Real fight. My daughter recorded the fight but she is asleep now I would have uploaded here. Just imagine if RAO was prezzo!

This is the reason we want him out but when we say something, we are accused of being breastfed hate by our parents.