Dispatch from Mombasa

The location is the Chief’s office Likoni. The time is 11.00a.m. The sweltering Mombasa heat makes you feel like you want to go topless. *wink. Being a Monday, a crowd has already built at the office waiting to be served by the Chief. And he does not disappoint. His office keeps spitting out client after client. However, the number of service seekers doesn’t seem to dwindle and are increasing by the minute. When it is my turn to be served, I cheerfully greet the chief who responds with an air of indifference. He already looks tired. He momentarily puts his hands behind his head and yawns. Behind him is an open window from where not less than three metres away is a roadside hotel. Whenever the lazy wind changes it direction, smoke mixed with the smell of chapatti wafts into the Chief’s office distracting his attention. His office, a residential house turned office must be the most uninspiring place to work in. The last time it saw a coat of paint must have been when it was occupi...

MOVE TO JOIN JUBILEE PRESSURES GOVT TO DELIVER IN ORDER TO SECURE POLITICAL LIVES OF THE MUNG’ARO GROUP. Mung'aro with Deputy President William Ruto. Source: www.nation.coke Two major political happenings took place in Coast within the last one week. One, the media reported that six MPs from Kwale and Kilifi Counties had expressed their desire to work with the Jubilee Government and if need be decamp to the party so that they can be “part and parcel” of Government.  Two, efforts by Likoni MP Masudi Mwalimu Mwahima to have residents allocated the Waitiki land bore fruits when it was reported that finally they would formally possess the land because they were to be issued with title deeds. The two happenings though political can be seen and interpreted differently. In the first happening, the six Mps Gunga Mwinga (Kaloleni, Kadu Asili), Peter Shehe (Ganze Federal Party (CORD), Harrsion Kombe (Magarini, Jubilee ), William Kamoti (Rabai ODM), Mustaffa Iddi (Kilifi South ...