DEAR EDITOR—The alliance between the Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai and Kenya’s new Prime Minister Raila Odinga is a threat to unity talks in Zimbabwe and only serves to infuriate the current leadership of Zimbabwe.
If the two main parties in Zimbabwe are going to find a lasting solution, the MDC-T has to denounce some of the misguided statements that are coming out of Mr Odinga.
He speaks more like a thug rather than a Head of State.
He seems to talk more about Zimbabwe than his own Kenya and one would have thought he was an opposition leader in Zimbabwe.
This is a man who is fighting to offer an amnesty to thugs who were responsible for 2 500 deaths in his native Kenya after the elections, yet he talks about Zimbabwe being an ‘eyesore’ to the world.
Mr Odinga is allowed to comment on Zimbabwe and express his opinion, but his misguided and undiplomatic statements make him look unstatesmanlike.
This is time for rational and sober talk, not the thuggish talk and behaviour of the Kenyan Prime Minister.
For the MDC-T to be seen to support such type of talk is not a good position. It threatens chances of peaceful and amicable talk in Zimbabwe.
If future leaders are going to be in the mould of Raila Odinga, who seems to be angry about something all the time, I hate to think what the future will be like for all of us.
Mr Odinga should learn from the diplomacy of tried and tested leaders on the continent.
We need rational statesmen, not thug-like leaders, in power and MDC-T leaders should quickly dissociate themselves from this man if progress is going to be made in Zimbabwe.
Odinga seems to think Zimbabwe is a province of Kenya. He should know that his backyard is dirty and he should deal with that first before expending too much energy on Zimbabwe. He is allowed to comment; but throwing insults is child-like and intolerable.
Davy de Verteuil • ghifarix@gmail.com Subject: Odinga resorts to tribal war and Africa again is colonized, what a fool. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:56:55 • Davy de Verteuil
Trinidad & Tobago
Should an election be carried out when a country is under sanctions and it has been made clear to the electorate that the sanctions will be lifted only if the opposition party is elected?
Should a political party which is the creation of, and is funded by, hostile foreign forces, and whose program is to unlatch the door from within to provide free entry to foreign powers to establish a neo-colonial rule, be allowed to freely operate?
Should the leaders of an opposition movement that takes money from hostile foreign powers and who have made plain their intention to unseat the government by any means available, be charged with treason?
These are the questions that now face (have long faced) the embattled government of Zimbabwe, and which it has answered in its own way, and which other governments, at other times, have answered in theirs.
— Zimbabwe at War by Stephen Gowans
Son wekwaSoil • n/a Subject: a puppet period! Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:59:16 • the man has NO Moral authority to speak about our elections like that.
Those in houses of glass should not start throwing stones.
Odinga's hand are dripping with blood of 2500 plus kenyans and now he wants to play holier than thou thats just sick!
i wonder what kenyans saw in that excuse of a human being!
Patrick. A • christsanctus@yahoo.com Subject: Raila Odinga Speaks the truth!! Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:54:59 • I am baffled that the writer of this article failed to listen to the words of Raila Odinga. Instead chose to condenmed him by name calling but ignores the facts of the problem happening in his country Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe derserves better and Raila speaks the truth.
James Ngovali • jnoogo@yahoo.com Subject: Odinga should just shut up Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:53:10 • Let Zimbabweans deal with their own issues. I dont think that Odinga has deealt with every problem in Kenya. We have very able Zimbabweans who will deal with this issue.
He is going to become an eye sore to Africa. I in no way support Mugabe, but i will not have my nation lectured on democracy by another African, least of all Odinga. He is trying to make Kenya the USA of Africa.
If this man had become president he would have sent troops into Zimbabwe. I also have listened to him speak and i dont know why people follow him. He is a poor orator and his recent remarks are brutish.
Mr. Odinga shut up and concentrate on Kenya.
bachinche, george • bachinche@mail.com Subject: Odingas nuisance Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:57:22 • Odinga is becoming a nuisance. Who asked foreign troops into his country when his very own supporters went on a killing orgy tom get him into office.
We remember Chamisa stating that if MDC lost the elections, the Kenya experience would look like a picnic (words to that effect).
Omugabe • Dziva@sanandresano.com Subject: Look Inward & Look East for Self-development, Zim Patriots! Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:38:40 • Oh Zim Patriots
Knowing of another traitor among Africans IS NEVER going to be surprise!
During the righteous War of Liberation, did not the Patriots of Zimbabwe have to deal with THEIR OWN self-hating Africans at home, who were fighting on the side of the racist invaders, robbers, rapists, colonizers and sodomizers?
How many pieces of silver are promised to the murderous PM of Kenya for his treachery?
The Prime Minister of Kenya is obsessed with Zimbabwe; because of jealousy!
Zimbabweans are intent on the kind of Self-determination of which, Kenyans under their present crop of leaders, can only dream.
Imagine, after so many decades of so-called independence, Kenyans ARE STILL Divided and Ruled by colonialists!
And most of Kenya's choice lands ARE STILL controlled by the European thieves!
When murderers are not persecuted and prosecuted for their crimes, then they become filled with foolish pride and delusion to do even more harm.
Compare the destructive attitude of Kenya's Prime Minister with that of the warmongers who invaded and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of Iraqis?
BOTH have not been prosecuted for their crimes; and so they live free in the delusion that they can promote even more criminality!
Chief Negomo (aka oliver mtyambizi) • chiefnegomo@yahoo.com Subject: ODINGA IS A ZEALOUT Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:10:19 • This man never seizes to amaze me.I witnessed one of his campaign rallies at Uhuru park in kenya and i am still amused how the kenyans came about this fellar.Well having been aware of his father's political career,you would have mistaken him of a seasoned thug,despite his impressive academic background.
The man's seems to be on a campaign of rebuilding his credibilty that has been torn apart by his supporters by demonising the legitimate govt of zimbabwe.It is some of the things that worries us fair minded people on how and why MDC would associate themselves with this fella.I still wonder the logic behind his postulations.What a sickening hypocricy.Kenya was up in flames because of him and today he says zimbabwe issue is an eye sore
The reason he wants the thugs and murderes of innocent civilians pardoned is sorely because he was maybe still the head of these thugs.300 people died before elections in kenya and why did he not opt out and advocate for postponment of the december elections.If his condemanation of zim elections is propotional to the number of deaths,then in his country elections should have beed indefinitely postporned.The piety sermons from the unholy preachers,people who have offended democracy a million times.He is simply demonstrating his naivity to reality.NGATIBVIRWE
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