BIG, GREAT LIABILITY IN ODM

01/18/2007
GRANTS ARCHIVES AGAJA KUYO BARUPE WECHE DONGRUOK MBAKA NONRO JEXJALUO NGECHE LUO GI GWENG' THUM TEDO LUO KITGI GI TIMBEGI SIGENDNI LUO THUOND WECHE ;	BIG, GREAT LIABILITY IN ODM It was nice reading your article on Otieno Kajwang at www.jaluo.com link: http://www.jaluo.com/wangwach/200701/Leo_Odera_Omolo010207.html An excerpt from your article.. " ...For the first time in Luo Nyanza, Raila Odinga came face to face with hecklers by rowdy youths who protested against Kajwang', saying the legislator had abandoned them for the good comfort of Nairobi City. Raila deployed all the tricks in the books to persuade the hostile crowds both at Mbita point and in Mfangano, telling them that he needed good team players in the next parliament and that, he needed the experienced players like Kajwang' and others. At one time the Migori MP Charles Owino (Jalikowa) who kicked off the public debate on the issue was forced out of the podium as he took a lot of unprintable insults from the youths. The situation was even worse in Mfangano when the elders in the audience told Raila Odinga in his face that their loyalty to him was direct and not through proxies. They pleaded with him to create a democratic space in Luoland so that they could elect someone of their own choice to join him in the fight for the presidency... " And hence my concern that Otieno Kajwang might be a big liability, in my opinion, to our cherished ODM. If the people on the ground feel disconnected with him to the point of heckling Raila for trying to force Kajwang on them, then the "Raila's tricks in the books" as you call them won't work. And don't forget that Narc has a very potent arsenal of portraying Kajwang a key ODM player as corrupt and a thief having been deregistered by Law Society of Kenya for stealing his clients' money some time back. I wonder what Mbita people would say. Regards Keya ===================================================== Joluo.com Ka in gi mari moro ma di wandik ka to orni Akelo nyar Kager, jaluo@jaluo.com Daher winjo dwondi in bende, iwinjo?	IDWARO TICH? INJILI GOSPEL GALAMORO : Riwruok mar JOLUO e Piny Ngima, orwaku uduto mondo ubed e kanyakla mar burani. Ornwa nyingi gi nondi kaka obedo. Riwruok e teko joka Nyanam. WENDO MIWA PARO OD PAKRUOK

BIG, GREAT LIABILITY IN ODM

It was nice reading your article on Otieno Kajwang at www.jaluo.com link:

http://www.jaluo.com/wangwach/200701/Leo_Odera_Omolo010207.html

An excerpt from your article..
" ...For the first time in Luo Nyanza, Raila Odinga came face to face with
hecklers by rowdy youths who protested against Kajwang', saying the legislator
had abandoned them for the good comfort of Nairobi City.

Raila deployed all the tricks in the books to persuade the hostile crowds both
at Mbita point and in Mfangano, telling them that he needed good team players in the next parliament and that, he needed the experienced players like Kajwang' and others. At one time the Migori MP Charles Owino (Jalikowa) who kicked off the public debate on the issue was forced out of the podium as he took a lot of unprintable insults from the youths.

The situation was even worse in Mfangano when the elders in the audience told
Raila Odinga in his face that their loyalty to him was direct and not through
proxies. They pleaded with him to create a democratic space in Luoland so that they could elect someone of their own choice to join him in the fight for the
presidency... "

And hence my concern that Otieno Kajwang might be a big liability, in my
opinion, to our cherished ODM. If the people on the ground feel disconnected
with him to the point of heckling Raila for trying to force Kajwang on them,
then the "Raila's tricks in the books" as you call them won't work. And don't
forget that Narc has a very potent arsenal of portraying Kajwang a key ODM
player as corrupt and a thief having been deregistered by Law Society of Kenya for stealing his clients' money some time back. I wonder what Mbita people would say.

Regards
Keya