Good morning,
Have you read the BBI report or are you waiting for Raila Odinga aka Baba to read it for you like our good friend Junet Mohammed?
Speaking of Junet! A lot has been said about the way he ran the BBI report launch at the Bomas of Kenya on Wednesday. But do you know the last time ODM took charge of a national function? Well, it was during Raila’s swearing-in as the People’s President in January 2018.
Wednesday’s event was not an ODM function as some grumbled politicians have alleged. It was a national function, presided over by ODM, which is now part of the government.
The BBI has proposed the establishment of a robust opposition that will put the government on its toes. So if ODM is in government, then who is in the opposition?
It was a tough day for DP William Ruto and his tanga tanga team at the event. There is a video doing rounds on social media where Uhuru is laughing uncontrollably, while his deputy has a stone face beside him. This video summarizes what the event was all about.
Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen was booed when he complained about what was happening while tanga tanga blogger Dennis Itumbi was chased from the VIP dais “like a rat on the highway”.
Is Tanga tanga the official opposition in this regime?
Here are the stories making headlines on Opera News
Uhuru: My Tense 45 Minutes With Raila
For the first time, yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga lifted the lid on the awkward and tense session that led to the public handshake outside Harambee House on March 9, 2018.
“Kukutana kwetu haikuwa kitu rahisi… tulikuwa na hofu… ilikuwa unajiuliza… huyu mtu tukikutana tutaambiana nini? [Our meeting was not an easy one. We were worried. Everyone was asking themselves, what will we talk about when we meet?], President Uhuru said at the Bomas of Kenya on Wednesday.
Tanzania Minister Lectures Kenyans on Tribalism
Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs Minister Palamagamba Kabudi has challenged Kenyans to shun tribalism and ethnic antagonism that accompanies every electioneering period.
Kabudi, a former University of Dar es Saalam law lecturer, spent more than 10 minutes addressing Kenyans, urging them to shun tribal politics to achieve development and economic growth in the country.
BBI Brings Bomas to Life
To a majority who have followed the treacherous road of political reforms in the country, Bomas of Kenya, or ‘Bomas’, as it is simply referred, has been a theatre of dreams.
It has over the years been the stage where bitter political duels have been contested, leaving some parties badly bruised and nursing wounds (some literally) that have taken decades to heal.
Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has come under criticism for the way he conducted the BBI event at Bomas. Junet allegedly left out leaders allied to DP William Ruto from addressing the function. Do you think it was the right thing to do owing to the fact that this was supposed to build bridges?