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When Moody Awori came out of his political cocoon in 2002, he did it in style, with Starehe School uniform to boot. Then he took to the podium with jigs and sombrero. On Christmas Day, he was in coloured shorts and stockings. What a mercurial old man!.....Je hio ni kwajili ya siasaaa? nauliza..Je..
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The Christmas season is meant to be a happy and merry one — and it was largely so. But the world’s hotspots refused to bow to the goodwill of the festivities. In Somalia, Ethiopian forces claim to have killed 1,000 Islamists, 500 died in a fuel blast in Nigeria, 14 lives were cut short in Baghdad and in the Philippines, a fire at a store consumed 24 people.In Darfur, carnage went on.
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And staying with matters Ethiopia. An African George W Bush has been born in the name of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The man has sent troops to Somalia to fight the Islamic Courts Union that had not only gained ground, but also acceptance after establishing some semblance of order. Like Bush in Iraq, Zenawi is backing a transitional government that has failed to stand. Who told Zenawi he is Somalia’s watchman?
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Musalia Mudavadi is on the warpath. His answer to accusations of chickening out in 2002: Those who joined Narc stood down for Mwai Kibaki. Are they, too, cowards?
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And finally …
South Korea has come up with a novel way of fighting prostitution, and male one at that. Men employees who vow not to pay for sex during the end-of-year celebrations will receive cash prizes from the Ministry of Gender Equality.
