The Weekly Observer "For many voters this has been the decisive moment. People are now speaking of Raila in the future tense, and Kibaki in the past. One immediate former minister on prime time news, admitting that the previous government had done little about wiping out corruption, started speaking about what Raila “should” do, as if he already occupied State House. What is 10 per cent now could be a much larger figure on election day.
I was in Nairobi last week. Within minutes of arriving, two security guard acquaintances came to tell me they had been retrenched, and had to start “tarmacking” from January 1, 2008. Their families are up-country, their wives trying to cultivate a tiny piece of infertile land, and their children in school. They themselves live in one room in the Kibera slum, which takes up a sizeable portion of their pay."
I was in Nairobi last week. Within minutes of arriving, two security guard acquaintances came to tell me they had been retrenched, and had to start “tarmacking” from January 1, 2008. Their families are up-country, their wives trying to cultivate a tiny piece of infertile land, and their children in school. They themselves live in one room in the Kibera slum, which takes up a sizeable portion of their pay."