The Milayi Curse

In Joseph R. Alila's "Milayi Curse" (Lulu(http://www.lulu.com))%20centuries-old/centuries-old bigotry, prejudice, unresolved wrongs, spiritual curses, and intraclan rivalry meet the reality and power of frienship between two boys, and the power of charity from one rich man to a boy from the other side of clan divide, with Fr. James O'Kilgor as a witness and Keeper of Secrets. Mrs. Milayi's prejudice must be cleansed by her Priest in her self-made spiritual deathbed. She would live as a witness and agent of peace, understanding and intraclan healing in this spiritual drama.

Joseph R. Alila (Author)

POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY IN KENYA

FANS,

You want to join other Kenyans and friends of Kenyan in mourning the victims of the current political stalemate in Kenya which followed the bungled vote count after the Kenya 2007 Election. We should all pray for Divine intervention in the hearts of our politicians.
The immediate change of the Constitution (as a first Item in the New Perliamentary Business) and the creation of a Prime Minister's Post for Hon. Raila Odinga (or anybody else acceptable to ODM--the party with a parliamentary majority) may help difuse the current stalemate. This proposal may be unpleasant to some politicians, but it would help disperse power to the agrieved (Hon. Odinga and ODM) and ease pressure on the Nation which remains ours and requires urgent healing.
Of immediate importance is an end to the bloodletting in Kenya, a return to political sanity among politicians, and the creation of the "Judicial Review" proposed by Commissioner Tumwa and his co-commissioners to sort out what happened during vote-tallying at KICC, and offer remedial action to agrieved parties; if some ECK members and Staff must go to jail over the bungled electoral process, so be it.
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You want to read the "WISE ONE OF RAMOGILAND" by Joseph R. Alila (published by Lulu(http://www.lulu.com/) for a meaningful reflection on the ethnicized Kenyan electoral politics, and some of the author's fascinating prophetic lines on the "The (Preeminent) Ramogi Warrior" (Chapters 20-23)

Joseph R. Alila

New Political Posturings

Bloggers,
Aren't things hot in the Kenyan Presidential race. Mzee Matiba (Ford Asili) is in the race. How will this affect the Kibaki effort? I say, a lot. Muran'ga is not at peace for all the reasons you know; coffee farming is not doing well and so is the general economy.
The last I checked NationTV Hon. Odinga and his ODM Pentagon had a Mr. Dick Morris by their side. Now, that is interesting. Dick Morris is an an American Political Wizz credited with having guided President Clinton to two consecutive terms. Since then he became , a mong other things, a Republican political pundit; but once a democrat always a Clinton.
To a Kenyan like me, such credentials could have meant nothing until a few years back: Political Opinion-Polling is with us, and so is everything expected in an open democratic space, including interprating Opinion Polls. Steadman's Wolf runs biweekly polls to which a lot of Kenyans have either heaped praise or anger depending on whether their candidate is on top or not. There are other polls out there too being run by The Sunday Nation. A wise man (like Hon. Odinga) needs a Wizzie like Dick Morris to help him separate real sociopolitical trends from human errors and inexplicable euphoria in poll-taking. I told you that ODMhad hired a lot of psychologists to handle candidates who lose in the party parliamentary nominations. That how a professional political party operates. Mr. Morris is a psychologist, but with a higher mandate, which is to offer round the clock to the ODM Pentagon. I hope he will not attempt to advise Agwambo (aka Arap Mibei, Jamba, Nabongo) to tone down on his rich football imagery.
That is how I see it.
PNU pundits cannot embrace Steadman Polls and question why Hon. Odinga needs Mr. Dick Morris, nor scoff at his Americanness. The times have changed, and the kind of political Wizzardry, which a lot of our politicians have embraced during these trying times, and which I talk about in the novel, The Wise One of Ramogiland, is not enough to see any politician to either state House or Parliament. If PNU has not hired a Morris (local or international) they should look for one.
Joseph R. Alila
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It is a Ball Game

Readers,
The Kenyan 2007 Presidential contest is under 60 days away. The man known as Hon. Agwambo Raila Odinga with his ODM Party and his 6-person council of wizzies appear to be running away with the ball with 15 minutes left in the football game (I mean soccer game). Pundits say that it is 2005 referundum all over, except the top echolons of the local Catholic Church have joined the anti-Majimbo side of the debate, in which PNU, President Kibaki's just-off-the-production-line reelection vehicle is king. The last time I checked, PNU was in and out of the pits with internal mechanics problems.
JR Alila

Spirituality and Kenyan Politics

Spirituality and Kenyan Politics
the last time I checked on Kenyan politics from my remote location in the diaspora, every politician was in a church or Mosque, and sometimes in both in the same week. And our brothers in Bungoma appeared to have been reading my most recent book, The Wise One in Ramogiland (ISBN 14303-2554-3). There is no doubt Kenyan politics has taken a spiritual dimension as projected in my book. There is a Priest running for President; a senior APK Priest has joined the Gachoka parliamentary race. And our brothers in Bungoma and Luyialand believe that Masinde's Prophesy has been fulfilled---the man known as Agwambo (the mystique), a dedicated fan of both political football and real football, is their answer and vehicle to the promised land.

Joseph R Alila.
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Of Wizzards and Magicians: Politicians in Political Peril

Fans,
Students of Kenyan politics, and the general readers in African Literature and political satire, must read Joseph R. Alila's latest book to have hit bookstores worldwide, "The Wise One of Ramogiland," ISBN 1-978-14303-2554-3. With elections about the corner Kenyan's are witnessing politicians in panic mode. Wizzards, Seers and prophets are doing brisk business, and Chief's of Major Houses are dealing their kindred's votes day and night. Did I mention that the birds of flight are awaiting the dissolution of Parliament before making strategic party defections.

J.R. Alila

Agwambomania is here

Guests,
The pangs and perils of multiethnic, multiparty democracy have caught up with Kenyan political wise men. Their crytal balls are getting muckier by the hour; thanks to a phenomenon known as Agwambomania. The illusive winning formula is being sought by major parties, each of which is trying to woo and swallow the smaller parties in marriages of convenience. Will it be ODM, ODM-K or HIBAKI TENA PARTY?
Read The Wise One of Ramogiland by Joseph R. Alila (ISBN 14303-2554-3) for essential orientation in the game of wise men and tribal chiefs in Kenyan Politics.


Joseph R