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Friday, October 21, 2011
GADDAFI - WHAT WENT WRONG?
The end of one man, yes, one man, not God, not Satan (well, some may say so), not superhuman, but one mortal man came today, thanks to the NATO backed NTC fighters. But how he died is not of much importance now.
As everyone celebrates, or so it seems, at the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, many questions linger in the minds of those who don't just take things at face value, like the events that led to the uprising, not by the people of Libya, but by rebels opposed to Col Gaddafi, and supported by NATO in their pursuit to overthrow his 42 year hold of the leadership of this oil rich country.
The reason I say that I think it is not the people of Libya who rose against their Leader will be explained later. I used to believe that Muamar Gaddafi was a good, necessary dictator. I almost changed that, but then, I thought, before I make such a drastic shift, I had to revisit the reasons behind my first belief. I outline them hereunder:-
Gaddafi used Libya's oil revenues to improve the lives of his people by:-
- Providing free Healthcare and Education.
- Providing housing. Each Libyan family was entitled to a state grant of $50,000, equivalent of over KES 5 million towards buying a new house.
- Access to credit and at very affordable repayments. Bank loans were given as per Islamic anti-usury laws, interest free.
Apart from taking care of its people, Gaddafi maintained a debt free state.
So, how were these very strong ties between Gaddafi and his people fractured?
BIG QUESTION.
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As everyone celebrates, or so it seems, at the fall of Colonel Gaddafi, many questions linger in the minds of those who don't just take things at face value, like the events that led to the uprising, not by the people of Libya, but by rebels opposed to Col Gaddafi, and supported by NATO in their pursuit to overthrow his 42 year hold of the leadership of this oil rich country.
The reason I say that I think it is not the people of Libya who rose against their Leader will be explained later. I used to believe that Muamar Gaddafi was a good, necessary dictator. I almost changed that, but then, I thought, before I make such a drastic shift, I had to revisit the reasons behind my first belief. I outline them hereunder:-
Gaddafi used Libya's oil revenues to improve the lives of his people by:-
- Providing free Healthcare and Education.
- Providing housing. Each Libyan family was entitled to a state grant of $50,000, equivalent of over KES 5 million towards buying a new house.
- Access to credit and at very affordable repayments. Bank loans were given as per Islamic anti-usury laws, interest free.
Apart from taking care of its people, Gaddafi maintained a debt free state.
So, how were these very strong ties between Gaddafi and his people fractured?
BIG QUESTION.
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Friday, April 30, 2010
SOME INTERESTING FACTS...
I RECEIVED THIS ANALYSIS FROM A FRIEND, AND THERE ARE QUITE SOME INSIGHTS IN IT, ESPECIALLY IN THE BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATION FROM THE STORY OF JACOB AND ESAU. READ ON...
The bill of rights is a great thing.But the rights of the Christian Church far outweighs any other rights.
In my research I have discovered the follwoing,
The Coast Mombasa was occupied by the Portuguese who build the Fort Jesus and inside Fort Jesus set up a Chapel as a place of worship to Jesus the Name above all other names in 1593-1596.
The Sultan of Zanzibar latter ganged up with the Sultan of Oman to invade the Portuguese and subsequently congured the Fort Jesus and Killed all the portuguese. http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/48/76/
They also destroyed the Chapel that was inside the Fort Jesus.
Fort Jesus was latter remodelled and the current face of the mosque was put in place.
This part of the History is being ignored by the pro kadhi proponents and the signing of the mou between the Sultan and Jomo Kenyatta to justify why it was necessary to sign the MOU.
Tanzanians didnt sign the MOU but rather overthrew the Sultan on January 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sultans_of_Zanzibar and therefore they were not forced to sign the MOU.
IN Short the Sultan didnt own the Coast not even the 10 miles as the mou that was signed.It was originally owned by the people of the coastal region when the Portuguese settled there and therefore no Arab/Sultan should have claimed ownership of the region just as the Britons never claimed ownership of an inche of Kenya after setting us free.Its therefore important to collect this error and historical injustice to the Church and probably rebuild chapel at/inside Fort Jesus.
If we reject this constitution shall we remain with the Kadhi Courts?NO.How and Why?The Bishops went to court to challenge the legality of the Kadhis Courts in the current Constitution the submissions were made but the ruling have not been made while legally the ruling should be made I think within 48hours.The reason for the delay The lawyers I interacted with are not able to explain.If the ruling is made in favour of the church and the bishops then we wont have the Kadhis courts.
A jsutification of the Kadhis Courts has been done by Isaah Hassan in this link http://www.commonlii.org/ke/other/KECKRC/2002/11.html and he says "The Kadhis Courts were entrenched in the constitution as a measure of safeguarding the integrity of the agreement reached on them."One might want to know the integrity in question.Kenyatta was under pressure to get us to independence and we thank God we got it.Now we are under another level of pressure to deliver a new constitution.Should we bow to this pressure or soberly as a country discuss this issues further.So I applaud the President for indicating that he will meet the Church leaders when he comes back from China and discuss the way forward though they have said its practically impossible to affect the timeliness set by ourselves.
In the justification above examples of countries with kadhi courts listed are Pakistani,Nigeria,Gambia,Jordan and Uganda.I wont discuss the level of reliosius intolerance in these countries but we all know whats happening there with the exception of Uganda.
This week a media house (Nation Newspaper) reported that A sheikh in Mandera has banned watching DSTVs there.Is it a taste of things to come.
Anyway for the rights of church and the future of the Christian Faith my vote is a resounding NO.
To quote Bishop Oginde's comment today on Hope FM, Esau signed off his constitutional rights to the position of the first born because he had toiled the whole day(waited for 20years to get a new constitution) and got nothing in his hunting trip and a plate of Food/Mukimo was better than sleeping hungry. He hoped to make the amendments later after eating but lo it was too late. It was not possible to make the amendment of his father's constitution.
The Lord Bless Kenya.
The bill of rights is a great thing.But the rights of the Christian Church far outweighs any other rights.
In my research I have discovered the follwoing,
The Coast Mombasa was occupied by the Portuguese who build the Fort Jesus and inside Fort Jesus set up a Chapel as a place of worship to Jesus the Name above all other names in 1593-1596.
The Sultan of Zanzibar latter ganged up with the Sultan of Oman to invade the Portuguese and subsequently congured the Fort Jesus and Killed all the portuguese. http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/48/76/
They also destroyed the Chapel that was inside the Fort Jesus.
Fort Jesus was latter remodelled and the current face of the mosque was put in place.
This part of the History is being ignored by the pro kadhi proponents and the signing of the mou between the Sultan and Jomo Kenyatta to justify why it was necessary to sign the MOU.
Tanzanians didnt sign the MOU but rather overthrew the Sultan on January 1964 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sultans_of_Zanzibar and therefore they were not forced to sign the MOU.
IN Short the Sultan didnt own the Coast not even the 10 miles as the mou that was signed.It was originally owned by the people of the coastal region when the Portuguese settled there and therefore no Arab/Sultan should have claimed ownership of the region just as the Britons never claimed ownership of an inche of Kenya after setting us free.Its therefore important to collect this error and historical injustice to the Church and probably rebuild chapel at/inside Fort Jesus.
If we reject this constitution shall we remain with the Kadhi Courts?NO.How and Why?The Bishops went to court to challenge the legality of the Kadhis Courts in the current Constitution the submissions were made but the ruling have not been made while legally the ruling should be made I think within 48hours.The reason for the delay The lawyers I interacted with are not able to explain.If the ruling is made in favour of the church and the bishops then we wont have the Kadhis courts.
A jsutification of the Kadhis Courts has been done by Isaah Hassan in this link http://www.commonlii.org/ke/other/KECKRC/2002/11.html and he says "The Kadhis Courts were entrenched in the constitution as a measure of safeguarding the integrity of the agreement reached on them."One might want to know the integrity in question.Kenyatta was under pressure to get us to independence and we thank God we got it.Now we are under another level of pressure to deliver a new constitution.Should we bow to this pressure or soberly as a country discuss this issues further.So I applaud the President for indicating that he will meet the Church leaders when he comes back from China and discuss the way forward though they have said its practically impossible to affect the timeliness set by ourselves.
In the justification above examples of countries with kadhi courts listed are Pakistani,Nigeria,Gambia,Jordan and Uganda.I wont discuss the level of reliosius intolerance in these countries but we all know whats happening there with the exception of Uganda.
This week a media house (Nation Newspaper) reported that A sheikh in Mandera has banned watching DSTVs there.Is it a taste of things to come.
Anyway for the rights of church and the future of the Christian Faith my vote is a resounding NO.
To quote Bishop Oginde's comment today on Hope FM, Esau signed off his constitutional rights to the position of the first born because he had toiled the whole day(waited for 20years to get a new constitution) and got nothing in his hunting trip and a plate of Food/Mukimo was better than sleeping hungry. He hoped to make the amendments later after eating but lo it was too late. It was not possible to make the amendment of his father's constitution.
The Lord Bless Kenya.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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