Monday, April 30, 2012
The Kibaki Succession: Kalonzo Musyoka's
Kalonzo has promised to quit politics if he fails to become the 4th president.
Dr. Raila Odinga
Prime Minister Raila Odinga (second left) after the Florida A&M University, US, honoured him with a degree, last week. [PHOTO: pmps/STANDARD]
Wamalwa: Respect Our Institutions
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Justice and constitutional affairs minister Eugene Wamalwa has called on all Kenyans including the politicians to respect the institutions created by the constitution.
Wamalwa said that this will help Kenya conduct the forthcoming general elections in a free and fair manner adding that this will only be achieved by respecting all the created institutions to work.
The minister added that the public and the political class should not be worried saying that the independent electoral and boundaries commission is ready to conduct the elections in a free and fair manner.
He noted that the constitution implementation is in top gear and appealed to all to have a positive perception of the institutions laid down by the constitution.
Wamalwa was speaking in Kigumo constituency, Murang'a county during a homecoming ceremony for Nairobi Metropolitan Minister Jamleck Kamau which was attended by among others Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Special Programmes Minister Esther Murugi, Finance Minister Njeru Githae, Local Government Assistant Minister Lewis Nguyai.
During the ceremony, Deputy Premier Uhuru Kenyatta appealed to all Kenyans to embrace peace and shun ethnic hatred for the economic growth of the country and avoid a repeat of the 2007/08 chaos.
Uhuru said that he is happy for the support that Kenyans are giving to peace and co-existence of all the tribes in the country.
He urged the voters to elect credible leaders based on track record and not mere talk adding that those are the people who do not hold the interest of Kenyans at heart and assured the gathering that the next government will be formed by the G7 team.
The DPM and all the leaders present urged the Prime Minister to show his support for the transfer of the ICC process back to Kenya saying that Kenyan cases should be settled by Kenyans since all the judicial mechanisms are now in place.
Eldoret North MP William Ruto on his part said that the G7 government will ensure that agriculture is revived since it is the backbone of the Kenyan economy promising tea and coffee farmers better prices of their produce.
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PM hails American youth
Prime Minister Raila Odinga Saturday paid tribute to America's youth for their campaign that put President Barack Obama in the White House in 2008.
He said the youth-driven campaign set a trend that could see young people create the changes they want across the world in the coming years.
Odinga said the energetic campaign by America's young people inspired the younger generation across the world, and expressed hope that their example will be taken up in Kenya in the coming election.
Addressing a graduation ceremony at the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, in Tallahassee, Florida, Odinga said that Kenyans keenly followed the campaign and election of President Barrack Obama in 2008, they hoped that President Obama would win and celebrated his victory.
The PM however said Kenyans did not sympathise with President Obama just because of his Kenyan roots.
"Kenyans were inspired by his message of hope and change. Young Kenyans were awed by the energy and activism of their American counterparts. They saw young people apply their power and have their way. And the young Kenyans promised themselves that next time, in the elections we are set to hold, it would be their turn," Odinga said.
He said the 2008 US elections will have long lasting positive ramifications across the world adding that it was already inspiring an unstoppable wind of democracy across Africa and beyond.
If the trend continues, it will end the vice of negative ethnicity and racism and lead to more accountable leadership across the world.
At the graduation ceremony, the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University conferred a doctorate on Odinga citing his push for a new constitution and its implementation, the struggle for justice, freedom and civil rights and his role as Prime Minister.
The PM challenged young people to know that change never comes easy.
He cited the continuing mistrust among the races in the US many years after the civil war as indication that change takes long to come and has to be fought for daily.
"Here in Florida, even half a century after the Civil Rights Movement, the ghost of racism refuses to give way," the PM said.
"Half a century after my late father, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, was detained in Atlanta together with Dr Martin Luther King Jr,
Rev Jesse Jackson; Ambassador Andrew Young, Mr. Raph Abernathy and other Civil Rights leaders for what was declared as unlawful assembly, extracting justice and opportunity still seem to require a struggle."
He cited the recent shooting to death of a young African American Trayvon Martin, in a neighbourhood in Florida and the reluctance by police to arrest the killer, as indication that racial suspicion persists in America.
Odinga said he took the honorary doctorate conferred on him as a "the triumph of the will of the Kenyan people, the battles we have fought together and the many more we are yet to face."
Florida A&M was instrumental in developing the Egerton Agricultural College in the 1970s and 1980s.
It has begun a relationship with the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology (RIAT) in Kisumu County.
The PM called for the strengthening of educational ties between Kenya and the US saying such collaboration in the past produced very positive results.
He said the airlifts initiated by J.F. Kennedy and Tom Mboya produced leaders like the late Prof Wangari Mathaai, Africa's first Nobel laureate and one of a few female Nobel laureates in the world.
He challenged the young graduates to think of pursuing careers in Africa which he said needs the scientific knowledge to advance agriculture, produce clean energy and conserve the environment.
The PM challenged the academia to demystify biotechnology so that it becomes a source of food for the hungry instead of myths and fears.
He asked academicians to device ways of making green energy cheaper and commercially viable and to inspire confidence in nuclear as a safe source of power once again.
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Groove Awards list from http://www.thisiscreme.com
Below is the complete list of Groove Awards 2012 which took place at The Nairobi Baptist Church. The event which awards the best acts in the Kenyan gospen industy was filled with pomp and glamour. Some of the performers included Anthony Faulkner from the US, Uche Agu from South Africa, Kambua, Emmy Kosgey, M.O.G, B.M.F, Kriss Eeh Baba, Man Ingwe, Kingsley & Philla, Eko Dydda, Jimmie Gait, DK among others. The MCs for the event were Kambua and Uche Agu.
The complete winner list :
MALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Daddy Owen
Eko Dydda
Holy Dave
Jimmy Gait
Juliani
Man Ingwe
FEMALE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Emmy Kosgei
Gloria Muliro
Kambua
Mercylinah
Mercy Wairegi
Sarah Kiarie
GROUP OF THE YEAR
Adawnage
B.M.F
Kelele Takatifu
M.O.G
Maximum Melodies
Tetete
NEW ARTIST/NEW GROUP OF THE YEAR
Dan Gee
Everlyne Wanjiru
Kelele Takatifu
Maximum Impact
Willy Paul
Zipporah Eric
SONG OF THE YEAR
Exponential Potential – Juliani
Furifuri Dance – DK & Jimmy Gait
Ghetto – Ekodydda
Liseme – Sarah K
My call – MOG
Ololo – Emmy Kosgei
WORSHIP SONG OF THE YEAR
Liseme – Sarah K
Nakutazamia – Mercy Wairegi
Niongoze – Mercylinah
Nisizame -Tumaini
Umetenda mema – Kambua
Waweza – Everlyn Wanjiru
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Ebenezer – Mercylinah
Kibali – Gloria Muliro
Liseme – Sarah k
Ololo – Emmy Kosgei
Pulpit kwa Street – Juliani
Utamu wa Maisha – Daddy Owen
HIPHOP SONG OF THE YEAR
Exponential Potential – Juliani
Ghetto – Eko Dydda
Mara hiohio – Bantu & Holy Dave
Mmh Baba – Kriss Ehh Baba
Ni msoo – Kelele Takatifu &Holy Dave
Press on – Izo & Holy Dave
AUDIO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Billy Frank
Gittx
Jacky B
John Nyika
Papa Emile
Saint P
VIDEO PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Eagle Films
Eyeris
J Blessing
Prince cam
Sakata
Washamba Unlimited
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Exponential Potential – Juliani
Holy Ghost fire – BMF
My Call – MOG
Safari – Adawnage
Umetenda Mema – Kambua
Am Walking – Alemba & Exodus
COLLABO OF THE YEAR
Fresh and Clean – Kevo Juice& Jimmy man
Furifuri Dance – DK & Jimmy Gait
My call – MOG & Julaini
Ni msoo – Kelele Takaifu & Holy Dave
Am Walking – Alemba & Exodus
Welwelo – Mr Seed& Danco
RAGGA/REGGAE SONG OF THE YEAR
Birthday – BMF
Fill me – Mr T & Samukat
Love came me way – Verbal
My Call – MOG Ft. Juliani
Number 1 – Kevo Yout
Am Walking – Alemba & Exodus
DANCE GROUP THE YEAR
Alabaster
Altamin
Detour
Iced
Saints
Zionists
GOSPEL RADIO SHOW OF THE YEAR
Gospel Sunday – Milele FM
Pambazuka – Citizen Radio
Route 104 – Hope FM
Shangila – Hope FM
Trinity Connect – Homeboyz Radio
Tukuza – Radio Maisha
GOSPEL TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Angaza – KBC
Crossover 101 – NTV
Gospel Garage – K24
Kubamba – Citizen TV
Tukuza – Radio Maisha
Rauka – Citizen TV
RADIO PRESENTER OF THE YEAR
Allan T – Homeboyz Radio
Amani Aila – Hope FM
Anthony Ndiema – Radio Maisha
Eudias – Radio Jambo
James Okumu – Hope FM
Mike Gitonga – Radio 316
DJ OF THE YEAR
DJ Krowbar
DJ Jonny Celeb
DJ Mo
DJ Sadic
DJ Sanch
DJ GeeGee
CENTRAL SONG OF THE YEAR
Nissi – Lois Kim
Agiginyani – Shiro wa GP
Marurumi – Wakabura Joseph
Mahindi Momu – Charles King’ori
Munduiriri – Carol Wanjiru
Muturire – Jane Muthoni
EASTERN SONG OF THE YEAR
Ameru – Rosemary Njagi
Elote – John Mbaka
Jicho Pevu – Phylis Mutisya
Ngiti Sya Kisala – Scholla Mumo
Nzui Mbai – Jeremiah Mullu
Uu Ni Mwaka Wakwa – Peace Mullu
NYANZA SONG OF THE YEAR
Batimayo – Douglas Otiso
Jaherana – Dr. Patrick Oyaro
Kendo Nisango – Geraldine Odour
Kinde kinde – Pastor Marvelous
Okumbana – Naomi Otiso
Ruoth Opaki – Tetete
RIFT VALLEY SONG OF THE YEAR
Bong’o Longit- Gilbert Chesimet
Inet kei- Lilian Rotich
Kamura Tanet – Edina Kosgei
Kararan Chamet – Moses Sirgoi
Narue Tengek- Gilbert Segei
Ololo- Emmy Kosgei
PWANI SONG OF THE YEAR
Ameniita – Ambrose Dume
Ayeiya – Kimsa
Ebenezer – Mercy D Lai
Heshima – Anastacia Mukabwa
Upanga – Mtawali
Sela Sela – Rozina Mwakideu
WESTERN SONG OF THE YEAR
Bolela Yesu – Gloria muliro ft Man Ingwe
Buyansi – Wepukhulu
Omusango Kwanje – Jeff King Ft. Man Ingwe & Rufftone
Luhya Medley – Masinza
Yesu Anyala – Judith Wandera
Yesu ni Omuyeti – Naomi Nyongesa
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (UGANDA)
Coopy Bly
Exodus
Holy Keane Amooti
Kingsley & Philla
Marc Elvis
S4J
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (TANZANIA)
Bahati Bukuku
Bonny Mwaitege
Christina Shusho
Neema Mwaipopo
Neema Nushi
Rose Muhando
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (RWANDA)
Aline Gahongayire
Beauty for Ashes
Dominic Nic
Eddy Mico
Lilian Kabaganza
Patient Bizimana
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (BURUNDI)
Allelua Music
David Nduwimana
Fabrice Nzeyimana
Mutesi Anne Marie
Samuel Nvuyekure
Senga Dieudonne
ARTIST OF THE YEAR (SOUTH SUDAN)
Daniel Lasuba
Jazi Rock
Mary Boto
Lam Lungwar
Silver X
Star Eagles
SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
Kambua
Kambua