[I]Cord leader Raila Odinga has started a resource mobilisation drive as he prepares to make his fourth stab at the presidency next year.
Irked by what Cord terms “massive corruption” by the Jubilee administration, Raila aims to pool funds as he prepares to face-off with President Uhuru Kenyatta in the August 7, 2017 elections.
The Cord leader has appointed former Kisumu West MP Ken Nyagudi as the director of E-Fundraising and Resource Mobilisation. In a letter dated May 23, Raila told Nyagudi: “This appointment requires you to liaise with many stakeholders in and outside Kenya.You will also be required to brief me regularly and work closely with my secretariat.”
The largest fund-raising effort JaKuon ever had was in 2007.
Then, he shocked Kenya with a slick, US-style campaign for the first time ever, with billboards, posters, scripted media appearances and Dick “pro bono” Morris. He had collected millions from the US diaspora and ‘investors’ who had regime-change in their minds. Some were known mercenaries.
In 2013, with less foreign money and local campaign staff that excelled in eating and in-fighting, the campaign was worse than some done by aspiring MCAs. The official branded vehicles looked like this:
This time, the foreign donors have decreased even more, and not many are willing to be fleeced for the third time. I think that JaKuon will just collect his fat nomination (anointment) fees, mount another hopeless effort, and then call it quits.
I have inquired 4 times on the RAO website about the funds that were raised, but no answer is forthcoming. I believe that JaKuon uses such campaigns to finance the globe-trotting lifestyle that he got addicted to as PM.
If you know how to research, you will find me everywhere JaKuon is. I really enjoyed watching his mess in 2012/2013, and it looks like he’s going to do a sequel next year. JaKuon is a mission: he must be stopped!
Have you ever seen how a cornered cat behaves?
That’s babuon right now, he will throw tantrums, curse, use all illegal means but at the end of the day he knows he’s done .
And it’s long since we had/heard of a poll from Ombitho saying how babuon is closing the gap.
Bottled!
Which 36 bloggers? I have no personal blog, but have been on boards since before JaKuon’s first official thumping in 1997. We laughed at the way he bent over after that to let MO1 slide in. It is known as the 'helikopta yawa!" incident, or ‘mambo bado’.
[SIZE=6]Kenya: A Hero’s Welcome for Raila[/SIZE]
By Kipkoech Tanui and Churchhill Otieno
Newly-appointed Energy Minister Raila Odinga yesterday arrived in his hometown of Kisumu to a colourful welcome and declared that the Luo should expect more “pleasant surprises”.
At the same time, he hinted that his National Development Party and the ruling party Kanu were working on a common strategy for the next General Election.