Prof Makau Mutua
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SUNY Distinguished Professor; Margaret W. Wong Professor; Former Dean @UBSchoolofLaw ; Sunday Columnist @NationAfrica ; Global Citizen.
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KENYANS need to know that the numbers of MPs published in the Sunday Nation are plainly WRONG. Thus far AZIMIO has 147 MPs. UDA is at 131. FACTS.
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ANY results
@IEBCKenya
Chair
@WChebukati
announces are INVALID because he had no quorum of commissioners to hold a plenary and make such a weighty decision. The ongoing process at Bomas is now ILLEGAL.
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RUTO has played the Mountain like a fiddle. My beloved cousins will only realize the worth of water when the well is dry.
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Is it POSSIBLE for 300K people in a county to vote for President, but only 200K vote for Governor? Yes it is possible, but it’s not PROBABLE. It CANNOT happen in the REAL world. Unless you live on Mars.
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You KNOW your TRUE friends not in GOOD times, but in BAD.
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TWO thieves running for President and Deputy President. Bring it on!
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Can you get the girl if the other guy buys her a Bentley?
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SOME people wonder why the Azimio Spokesperson isn’t talking. Be assured he’s working hard. When he has something to say, he will do so. In the meantime, let’s all watch, follow, and verify what’s happening. Let me assure Kenyans and our supporters that we remain OPTIMISTIC.
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The Ruto/Chebukati legal team in DISARRAY. Because of Azimio’s overwhelming performance yesterday FOUR things have happened to them (1) last minute disastrous change of strategy (2) lack of preparedness (3) they don’t believe in their defense (4) have given up on their clients.
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Kisii Governor
@SimbaArati
could one day become President of the Republic of Kenya. The man is principled, fearless, progressive, brilliant. Watch out!
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For the avoidance of doubt, KK/UDA has ONLY 131 MPs to AZIMIO’s 147 thus far. It’s not even close.
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WHO was the QUEEN when the British EMPIRE committed UNSPEAKABLE mass atrocities against Kenyans during the Mau Mau ANTI-COLONIAL liberation struggle (1952-1960)?
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No state should recognize
@WilliamsRuto
as President-Elect until all constitutional and legal processes are done in Kenya. Doing so prior to the exhaustion of the processes is tantamount to subverting the rule of law. Very disappointed some African states have jumped the gun.
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NO ONE should imagine that the Kenyan presidential election is over. We’ve NEVER conceded ANYTHING. Stay tuned.
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We are now under direct attack by water cannon trucks and tear gas. Our windscreen has been badly damaged. A bullet has hit our vehicle in which Baba
@RailaOdinga
and are riding.
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A report reaching me from the inner sanctum of HINB confirms that even
@WilliamsRuto
is NO LONGER a Doubting Thomas.
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TOMORROW will be the END of UDA as we know it. The END.
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True, or false? Why hire a lawyer in Kenya when you can buy a judge?
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My advice to
@WilliamsRuto
— please pick
@skmusyoka
as your running mate if you care so much for him. Your hypocrisy is rich. Leave Azimio matters to us. Stop poking your nose where it doesn’t belong, and is unwanted. Our process is inclusive/participatory. Yours is OPAQUE.
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TANITE at the BIRTHDAY PARTY of my Deputy President
@MarthaKarua
and my President
@RailaOdinga
with my First Lady
@IdaOdinga
and Azimio’s
@skmusyoka
. Just beautiful!!
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Kenyans beware a test tube Idi Amin is in the making in Uganda. It’s not a joke.
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LIFE imitates ART. See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil — and SMOKE no evil.
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DP
@WilliamsRuto
was confident, thoughtful, bold, and articulate in his interview with
@LinusKaikai
on
@citizentvkenya
. The man is ready — for anything. Watch out!
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CORONAVIRUS won’t DISCRIMINATE between the RICH and the POOR, the ELITE and the HOI POLLOI, the POWERFUL and the OPPRESSED. It will HIT all EQUALLY hard. That’s why RESUMING direct CHINA flights is FOLLY. It puts EVERY Kenyan a SNEEZE, COUGH, and HANDSHAKE away from DEATH.
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SC
@OAmollo
and
@DonaldBKipkorir
have joined the Azimio Supreme Court election petition legal team. We are honored to have these legal eagles join the extant top and brilliant legal brains in the quest for justice. We will keep you updated on further developments
@orengo_james
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Chemistry. Simpatico. Beauty. Congruence. Class. Hip!
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Down memory lane — as a dreadlocked POLITICAL REFUGEE of the KANU dictatorship in Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA in 1981.
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Although I knew this, I shed a tear when I heard it again at the Kasarani Sports Centre today.
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KENYA needs to recognize
@OkiyaOmtatah
as the country’s most EFFECTIVE public interest litigator, and declare him a national social justice treasure.
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As a matter of my freedom of conscience and thought, I can't accept, or recognize, William Samoei Ruto as President of Kenya. I can't and won't.
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The High Court has spoken on BBI. Let the rule of law prevail.
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We don't recognise Ruto as president-elect, says Makau Mutua
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THE legal arguments were completed yesterday. NOW everyone MUST let the Supreme Court deliberate in PEACE. Let the rule of law prevail on Monday.
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WHEN the KIEMS failed to identify
@rigathi
— the
@IEBCKenya
returning officer didn’t wait for a replacement. He was immediately allowed to vote with the manual register. That’s how EVERYONE should be treated. EVERYONE. Anything else is voter SUPPRESSION.
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Justice Julia SEBUTINDE of Uganda is an embarrassment to Africa and the world. What a shame!
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STOP calling the COURAGEOUS and PATRIOTIC 4
@IEBCKenya
Commissioners “dissenters.” By definition, a majority CANNOT dissent. It’s only the
@WChebukati
3 — a minority — who were the DISSENTERS. Only minorities can dissent. The media should stop this FALSE and LAZY propaganda.
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ANYONE who thinks they can govern a country where more than 50% of the population is against him needs psychological care.
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Today the police attempted to assassinate Azimio La Umoja One Kenya leader
@RailaOdinga
during our demonstration as he sought to exit Outer Ring Road. They directly fired SEVEN live bullets at his vehicle. He escaped unhurt. We know they don’t love The Rt Hon Odinga, but they…
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I am not impressed by how Governor Kawira Mwangaza has run Meru County thus far, but she hasn’t committed a single IMPEACHABLE offense. The Meru MCAs are out of line, and the Senate must call their bluff. Impeachment is a nuclear option that must be exercised with great care.
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Garissa Township MP
@HonAdenDuale
took his sacking as Leader of Majority with CLASS like a man. Unlike
@kipmurkomen
who’s been KICKING and SCREAMING since he was DISPATCHED as Leader of the Majority in the Senate. Your future is bright Mr Duale!
@ahmednasirlaw
@DonaldBKipkorir
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THE clearance by
@IEBCKenya
of WAJAKOYA — the weed-smoking and snake-farming advocate — to run for President is proof all dreams are valid and that Kenya’s democracy is slowly coming of age! The man has even vowed to abolish the same constitution that has permitted him to run!
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Does my friend PLO Lumumba have anything more than the grating SOUND + FURY of the English language? Justice is PLAIN SPOKEN, not BOMBASTIC.
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BBI judges Joel Ngugi and George Odunga have been denied elevation to the Court of Appeal. Mr. Kenyatta can’t choose which provisions of the CONSTITUTION to OBEY, or DISREGARD. Gazetted judges should DECLINE their appointment until ALL JSC-recommended judges are included.
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My “Mountain” brothers and sisters must remember it’s Baba
@RailaOdinga
who said “Kibaki Tosha,” not the hypocrite. And it was Jaramogi who said “Mzee Kenyatta Tosha.” Don’t forget who’s associated with the Kiambaa Church.
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DEEP THROAT in HNIB has never LIED to me. EVER. He confirms utter PANIC within. DISCOMBOBULATION.
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A SITTING Deputy President travels to the US and tells American officials his government is planning to rig the August 9 elections. He asks Americans to stop Nairobi from rigging the elections. The DP and his 40-person junket is funded to the tune of $1 million by taxpayers.
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Tonight’s “debate” is a big JOKE. A monologue of one.
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Mr Gachagua’s remarks about the DCI are shocking. Governors and senior state officers aren’t above the law, and any qualified detective or police officer should investigate or arrest them for cause. But Mr Gachagua believes crime investigation should have a hierarchy. IMPUNITY.
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The grandson of Nabong’o Wanga and the daughter of Mumbi have taken the country by storm. Leo ni Leo!
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POLITICIANS and their acolytes must STOP all attacks on Justice (Prof) Joel Ngugi for the BBI ruling. He and his fellow justices (Odunga, Mwita, Matheka, Ngaah) are BRILLIANT. Presiding Judge Ngugi — a former student of mine
@Harvard_Law
— is the best jurist in Kenya. PERIOD.
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A GROWN man shouldn’t tweet 10 times a day unless he’s being paid to do so. Otherwise, it’s an obsessive compulsive disorder.
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TODAY I had the great pleasure of calling on my BFF
@ahmednasirlaw
at his immaculate law firm — Ahmednasir Abdullahi LLP — at the FCB-Mihrab. Of course we discussed politics. Funny how much we agree on! There’s hope for Kenya.
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Let me get this straight. Why should MPs be paid “sitting allowances” for every single committee meeting? Aren’t they being paid a monthly salary? Imagine if my university paid me for every faculty meeting, or its committees? This isn’t right in a poor, or rich, country.
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Ruto will be unable to make Kenya a republic of fear, a police state. He can’t successfully block peaceful citizens from converging in Nairobi to evict him to vindicate their constitutional rights. We have crossed the rubicon. His Waterloo is nigh. People Power is…
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Two-thirds of Kenyans voted for Odinga by boycotting the election. Less than one-third voted for Kenyatta. Who’s the president?
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Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua now knows how painful it is to be rigged out in an “election.” The man from Sugoi is no joke!
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I’ve never heard of Andrew Sunkuli, but I know one Rigathi Gachagua is NOTORIOUS!
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SOMEONE please tell UDA and
@WilliamsRuto
they can’t drop DP nominee Rigathi Gachagua unless he’s physically no more, ineligible, mentally incompetent, or incapacitated. They are STUCK with him. They made the bed, and are now condemned to lie in it — thorns, bugs, and all!
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The appointment of
@MarthaKarua
as the Azimio DP running mate by
@RailaOdinga
is the real EARTHQUAKE of the 2022 elections. Everything — and I mean EVERYTHING — has totally changed. It’s a true political masterstroke.
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TODAY Kenyans have seen for themselves the brutality of Mr. Ruto’s police state against peaceful demonstrators. Our supporters were completely peaceful and in a celebratory mood until Mukuru Kwa Njenga when without provocation the police shot suffocating tear gas and water…
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Huge congrats to my daughter — now Hon Mueni Mutua — who’s just been sworn in as Resident Magistrate in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
@WMutunga
@bettymurungi
@admutua
@DonaldBKipkorir
@ahmednasirlaw
@thekhrc
@TanganyikaLaw
@IDLO
@MarthaKarua
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BREAKING NEWS — I am told that DP
@WilliamsRuto
will likely drop out of the presidential contest and endorse
@MusaliaMudavadi
for the top seat. The idea is to lock out
@RailaOdinga
should he choose to run.
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I didn’t know Chris Kirubi was actually the one running Kenya until today. RIP.
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He “debated” himself and lost BIG. Incoherent. Stumbling. Mumbling. Unable to explain himself. A liar. Exposed — as a bitter man without substance, or vision. A demagogue consumed by the evil within himself. I knew I would have the last laugh, and I did. I rest my case.
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WAIT. I am told
@WilliamsRuto
DIDN’T allow a single soul on his US tour two months to drink alcohol. Under Mr Ruto’s watchful GAZE, a former VP who imbibes a single malt was reduced to drinking plain water. A female Governor ordered gin/tonic to fake a glass of water. VIRTUOUS!
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The arrest and attempted prosecution of
@MutemiWaKiama
for the
@IMFNews
anti-loan poster is LAUGHABLE. Everyone knows the Kenyan state is corrupt and profligate. FREE the patriot now. Every Kenyan must rally behind him
@MarthaKarua
@WMutunga
@thekhrc
@Paul_Muite
@RailaOdinga
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Those who are in power TODAY should remember they won’t be in power TOMORROW. They should be AFRAID — very AFRAID.
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There’s nothing in UDA for Mt Kenya. DP
@WilliamsRuto
is a political genius. He’s played an entire region — like a flute!
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I wish my BFF — the eminent lawyer
@DonaldBKipkorir
— a quick and full recovery from Covid-19. Thanks to the great staff at the Aga Khan University Hospital who’ve been giving him excellent care. He will completely recover and come back even stronger.
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In his eulogy of President Kibaki, DP
@WilliamsRuto
called him the “best President Kenya has ever had.”No matter its veracity, it was contemptuous and gratuitously belittling of his boss. Don’t forget it was said before the whole nation and foreign heads of state and dignitaries.
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Dr. Ekuru Aukot wants to be Leader of Opposition without even a SINGLE MCA. 15 minutes of fame are truly dangerous.
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FRANKLY, I don’t UNDERSTAND why Michael Joseph — a white guy — keeps on being APPOINTED and REAPPOINTED to chair the boards of virtually every critical company in Kenya. Are there no Black people who can steer any of these companies? SMH!
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At Bomas as the vote tallying continues. Blue smoke?
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The KING always slays the KINGMAKER. Think of Mzee Kenyatta and Odinga. Moi and Njonjo. Kibaki and Raila. Uhuru and Ruto. It’s not rocket science who’s next.
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Two RATS can’t live in the same hole. Rigathi Gachagua and William Ruto won’t — and can’t — co-exist for long. They will CANNIBALIZE each other sooner than later. It’s a marriage made in hell.
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