Njung'e

you are right Raila was snubbed by US officials. At the same time Jakaya Kikwete was strutting the white house to discuss issues with Obama. Reports indicate that part of the agenda for JK and obama was the state of affairs in Kenya!! Why would RAOs cousin require updates from a neighbour when RAO is in town? Nice one though sukuma.


God is good

I have no idea where this feeling of Kenya being such an important country comes from.

We are an impoverished country of limted strategic importance,probably in the same league as Somalia,Ethipia and Eritrea. Shocked? Look,let me give you a few facts:

Ugandans are 'poorer' than Kenyans but the common Ugandan is far healthier than the average Kenyan. He or She eats more calories than a Kenyan.

Soon,we'll be importing water and power from Tanzania. At the current water levels,we'll have dried our water sources by 2017,power by 2020.

Our power potential is 13 GWh/Yr but Tanzania's is 53.

Uganda has discovered oil,and after PEV,Rwanda is seeking an alternative route for its goods.

Also,the UN is a joke. When the Security Council vetoed the Iraqi Invasion,Bush just ignored them. Thus the UN became null and void.

About Iran,there nuclear programme is a joke. The only reason Ahmedinejad is in power is becasuse the US allows him. Barack Obama works for the corporates and only them,as long as the are happy with the way things are going,we can can be left 'free'

I might sound like a conspiracy theory kind of guy but ask yourselves why Obama would send Raila when he can send Jimmy Carter,Hilary Clinton or a number of Nobel prize winners.

So my dear Kenyans stop these illusions of might,because you have none. If I sound too harsh please tell me.

@sage,

the thing is that Kenyans are resilient,educated,hardworking but due to misrule Kenya is dragging behind.It is like Usain Bolt riding a donkey,this will defnately slow even the fastest man on earth.

ojwang

did anybody really expect raila to meet obama? and as who? . Raila is not head of state nor government and therefore i doubt Obama can meet him officially.

Inany case I believe obama has honest genuine feeling and interest of kenya's unity and it would not do any good by meeting raila and not kibaki - as first official engagement. everybody knows this would have stirred some not so good reaction in many quarters.

This is a case of misplaced priorities.As I quote 'hiyo ni uvumi na porojo'.

ojwang