Author: staff reporter

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) — Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi recently made a provocative visit to China’s Taiwan region in disregard of China’s strong opposition and serious representations. The visit is a serious violation of the one-China principle and the provisions of the three China-US joint communiqués. It has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-US relations, seriously infringes on China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

By visiting Taiwan, Pelosi has made six mistakes: reneging on past commitments, trampling the rule of law, undermining peace, meddling in China’s internal affairs, political manipulation and abusing power for selfish purposes. The visit is bound to face the judgement and punishment of history.

Reneging on Past Commitments

The visit is a gross violation of the US commitments in the three China-US joint communiqués. In 1972, the US made a clear commitment in the Shanghai Communiqué that “the United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States Government does not challenge that position”. In 1979, the US clearly pledged in the Sino-US Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations that “the United States of America recognizes the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China. Within this context, the people of the United States will maintain cultural, commercial, and other unofficial relations with the people of Taiwan”. In 1982, the US clearly promised in the Joint Communiqué of the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America that “the United States of America recognized the Government of the People’s Republic of China as the sole legal Government of China, and it acknowledged the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China”, and that “the United States Government … reiterates that it has no intention of infringing on Chinese sovereignty and territorial integrity, or interfering in China’s internal affairs, or pursuing a policy of ‘two Chinas’ or ‘one China, one Taiwan'”. The three joint communiqués constitute the political foundation of China-US relations.

In recent years, the US, with its double-dealing, has kept fudging and hollowing out the one-China principle and challenging China’s red line with salami tactics. The US Congress keeps making toxic rhetoric on Taiwan and proposed and adopted many negative bills regarding Taiwan. These have seriously undermined the political foundation of China-US relations.

Since the Biden administration took office, rather than undo the serious mistakes of the previous administration, it has gone further in ganging up with US allies to play the “Taiwan card”, spreading the idea that “the status of Taiwan is undetermined”, and attempting to make the Taiwan question an international issue, thus sending a very wrong signal to “Taiwan independence” separatist forces.

There can be only one foreign policy of the US as a country. The House of Representatives of the US Congress, as part of the US Government, is obliged to strictly follow the one-China policy of the US Government and not engage in any official interactions with China’s Taiwan region. Pelosi is the third-highest ranking political figure in the US and second in line following the Vice President to succeed the President. Her visit to Taiwan, in whatever form and under whatever pretext, carries high political sensitivity, and marks a major political provocation upgrading the official interactions between the US and Taiwan, and a breach of the political commitment of the US.

Trampling the Rule of Law

Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is a serious violation of the one-China principle. This principle is the prevailing consensus of the international community and a widely-accepted basic norm in international relations.

In October 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 2758, which decided to “restore all its rights to the People’s Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place which they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it.” This resolution has not only solved once and for all in political, legal and procedural terms the issue of representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the United Nations, but also made it clear that there is but one seat of China in the United Nations, not two, and that there has never been an issue of “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan”. The one-China principle has been an integral part of the post-WWII international order. To date, 181 countries around the world have established diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China on the basis of the one-China principle.

Pelosi argues that the visit does not contradict the long-standing US policy guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the China-US Joint Communiqués and the Six Assurances, citing that as the excuse for the visit to Taiwan. As a matter of fact, both the so-called Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances to Taiwan are unilaterally concocted by some forces in the US. This is, in nature, putting US domestic laws above international law and international obligations, and ignoring and infringing on international law and norms of international relations.

Undermining Peace

The root cause to the current tensions across the Taiwan Strait is that the Taiwan authorities have kept seeking US support for their independence agenda, while some in the US intend to use Taiwan to contain China. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is the latest example of the US conniving at and supporting “Taiwan independence” separatist forces. It gravely undermines peace across the Taiwan Strait and regional stability. The US should and must bear all responsibilities for that.

Over the past few days, many countries have issued official statements condemning Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, which leads to escalation of situation in the Taiwan Strait, and constitutes a deliberate political and military provocation as well as a malicious act that undermines peace and security in the region. They have expressed firm support for China to take all necessary measures in defence of its sovereignty, security and development interests. Pelosi’s provocative visit to Taiwan is also opposed and criticized by many sensible people in the US. Many publicly stated that Pelosi’s grandstanding visit was extremely dangerous and irresponsible. A poll conducted inside the Taiwan island shows that nearly two thirds of the respondents believe this visit has undermined peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

The one-China principle is the anchor for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. History and practice have proven time and again that when the one-China principle is fully endorsed and earnestly observed, the Taiwan Strait would remain calm and tranquil, and the two sides across the Taiwan Strait would enjoy peace and development; but when the one-China principle is willfully challenged or even sabotaged, there would be dark clouds or even fierce storms in the Taiwan Strait. The position of the Chinese Government and people on the Taiwan question has been consistent. It is the firm commitment of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people to resolutely safeguard state sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Whoever acts against the overwhelming historical trend of peace and development will become a huge disgrace in history.

Meddling in China’s Internal Affairs

While visiting Taiwan, Pelosi exploited various occasions to make outrageous slanders against China on issues including democracy, human rights, Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang and religion, which reflected her long-standing, anti-China position.

Over the years, Pelosi has been using the anti-China card and China hate for political gains, and grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs. In 1991, Pelosi disturbed public order by grandstanding in the name of supporting so-called “democracy” during her visit to China. In 2008, she went out of her way to stir up trouble on Tibet, and urged President George W. Bush to boycott the Beijing Summer Olympics. In 2019, she met in D.C. with anti-China, destabilizing forces from Hong Kong, and described the violent demonstrations in Hong Kong as “a beautiful sight to behold”. In 2019, she met with Rebiya Kadeer, a principal figure of “Xinjiang independence” separatists. In 2021, she played the same old trick by advocating a US “diplomatic boycott” of the Beijing Winter Olympics. On the Taiwan question, Pelosi’s influence is surely behind all the so-called “Taiwan-friendly” bills passed by the US Congress in recent years.

Pelosi has turned a blind eye to the myriad domestic challenges in the United States and shown little interest in the welfare of the American people. Instead, she is obsessed with repeating what have been repeatedly proven to be lies of the century. This fully reveals how far she is prepared to go only to pursue her anti-China agenda. She may well choose to make a show in whatever form, but what she does will end up in vain. If anything, it will only go down in history as additional evidence of the US’s gross interference in other countries’ internal affairs.

Political Manipulation

Pelosi claimed that “today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy” and that “Our congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy.” Yet in reality, what Pelosi has done is by no means for the sake of defending democracy, but to infringe on China’s sovereignty, undermine China’s stability and hold back China’s development in the name of democracy. It is political manipulation out and out.

Democracy is a common value of humanity. It is an entitlement of people in all countries, not a prerogative of only a handful of countries. Whether a country is democratic or not can only be left to its own people to decide. It should not be subjected to the finger-pointing of some people from outside. Pelosi and some other American politicians, styling themselves as champions of “freedom, democracy and human rights”, have defined other countries as a democracy or otherwise simply based on their own liking, and spun the “democracy versus autocracy” narrative in the international community. Their behavior is, in essence, an anachronism of the Cold War mentality and zero-sum mindset. It features the use of ideology and values as a tool to create confrontational blocs and advance a geopolitical agenda, for the purpose of protecting the vested institutional power of the US and other Western countries and defending Western-centrism and White Supremacy centering on Anglo-Saxon culture.

Over the years, the US has used democracy as a label, a political tool and a weapon to advance “democratic transformation” and orchestrate “color revolution”, causing disastrous consequences. Since 2001, the wars and military operations that the US waged under the pretext of democracy, in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria, have claimed tens of thousands of lives and left millions injured and tens of millions displaced. What Pelosi is doing now is no different. It is just another example of the US’s despicable pursuit of hegemony under the guise of democracy, which will be strongly condemned and opposed by the international community.

Abusing Power for Selfish Purposes

As pointed out by American media, with the upcoming US midterm elections and a declining Democratic Party, Pelosi seeks to win political points by playing the “Taiwan card” and leave behind so-called political legacy. But “Pelosi’s achievements in Taiwan are largely personal, symbolic and short-term.” The regional security tensions thus caused, as well as other serious consequences, are to bring long-term impacts and inflict profound damage on China-US relations.

US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene censured Pelosi on Twitter, pointing out that Pelosi’s going to Taiwan, putting so much under risk, is only for her husband Paul Pelosi to profit from his recent investment in the chip industry. “Americans have had enough with a woman obsessed with her own power she’s held for decades while our ENTIRE COUNTRY CRUMBLES.”

Greene’s words do not come from nowhere. Recently, Pelosi and her husband have had repeated scandals and come under severe skepticism. Multiple pieces of media coverage in the US have revealed that Paul Pelosi, having become a prominent figure in the US stock market in recent years, is always able to make the right investment decision just ahead of the government’s policy roll-out. In 2020, the couple’s investment return was as high as 56 percent, compared to the legendary Warren Buffett’s 26 percent during the same period. As a result, the Pelosi family’s net worth is now over US$100 million. Before she went to Taiwan, when asked at a press conference “has your husband ever made a stock purchase or sale based on information he received from you”, Pelosi was quick to deny and rushed to leave.

Pelosi’s reckless Taiwan drama is another debacle of US politics, diplomacy and credibility. It is doomed to be despised by the world and swept into the dustbin of history.  ■

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — The political nature of Tsai Ing-wen and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities was exposed by the clumsy performance of the visit to China’s Taiwan region by Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to experts on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

Fawning on the United States, seeking “Taiwan independence,” and betraying Taiwan’s interests. These are the nature of Tsai and the DPP, the experts said.

Liu Xiangping, an expert on Taiwan studies at Nanjing University, listed Tsai’s misdeeds in U.S.-Taiwan collusion, including flattering visiting U.S. officials as “distinguished guests” regardless of their rank and intentions, and “shedding tears of gratitude” for U.S. support.

More than once, Tsai offered U.S. politicians a so-called “award” to showcase “friendship,” Liu said. These politicians included not only Pelosi but also former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

“The fact cannot be changed that the United States takes Taiwan as its ‘pawn’ and ‘ATM’ no matter how the DPP authorities cover things up with so-called Taiwan-U.S. friendship,” Liu stressed.

The obedience of Tsai and the DPP authorities to the United States has also prompted criticism in Taiwan. Chang Ching, a research fellow from the Taiwan-based Society for Strategic Studies, said such compliance would only make Taiwan a minion or pawn of the United States.

Experts said they believe Tsai and the DPP authorities had multiple purposes in staging the show: to mislead the public to gain advantage in upcoming local elections; to express obedience to the United States in return for more support on “Taiwan independence”; and to resist reunification through taking shelter with the United States.

“Out of their selfish motives, Tsai and the DPP authorities bent their knees and betrayed the Chinese nation in exchange for external support,” Liu said.

Echoing the anti-China forces in the United States, the DPP authorities have whitewashed its separatist agenda by acting as a so-called defender of democracy.

Since coming to power in 2016, Tsai and the DPP authorities have spared no efforts in promoting “Taiwan independence,” which posed the biggest threat to peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.

“For the sake of its own agenda, the DPP authorities do not hesitate at dragging the people of Taiwan into the abyss of disaster,” Liu said.

Tsai and the DPP authorities actively served as Washington’s foot soldiers to contain the Chinese mainland in political, military and economic domains, regardless of the price the people of Taiwan would pay for their actions.

The huge amount of public resources the DPP authorities have spent on arms deals and in lobbying U.S. politicians should have been used to improve the welfare of people in Taiwan, according to Liu.

“Pelosi’s visit revealed clearly that Tsai and the DPP authorities put the interests of their party over the interests of the Chinese nation, and election gains over the wellbeing of the people,” Liu said.  ■

BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) — U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China’s Taiwan region earlier this week despite Beijing’s strong opposition and stern representations.

Out of her self-interests, Pelosi staged such a pure political stunt. Insisting on going to the island, she apparently does not care about harming China-U.S. ties, or putting peace across the Taiwan Strait on the line.

This unscrupulous farce has only laid bare in front of the international community the nature of Washington politicians: a bunch of egoists, opportunists and hypocrites, who prioritized their own political calculations ahead of and above everything else.

It is certainly not that Pelosi was not clearly aware of the fallout ahead. She just wanted to make global headlines. She has no regard for Washington’s promises or due responsibilities in global affairs.

The sneaky visit has already stirred sharp criticism both inside the United States and around the world.

For sober minds worldwide, the move is merely a political gamble for the scandal-ridden Pelosi herself, and for the Democratic Party, whose outlook in the coming midterm elections does not augur well.

The China Times, a Taiwan-based Chinese-language daily, commented recently that Pelosi is using Taiwan as a bargaining chip for the Democratic Party’s midterm race, which is “not only immoral, but also likely to generate terrible war risks.”

“The intention of directly roasting Taiwan on the stove regardless of Taiwan’s interests is really sinister,” it argued.

U.S. media have analyzed that with a visit to China’s Taiwan region, Pelosi intends to turn the tables for Democrats and deflect popular attention from the scandal of her family. Her husband Paul Pelosi has recently come under fire for a stock insider trading scandal and involvement in a drunk driving accident.

An experienced opportunist, Pelosi is clear-eyed about an anti-China countercurrent surging in U.S. politics. She knows all too well how she can cash in on China-bashing or CPC-bashing for political gains.

Pelosi’s provocative visit capped her three decades as a veteran China hawk, who has been at the forefront of Washington’s anti-China campaigns.

In 2008, she urged then U.S. President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. In 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a so-called bill on Tibet-related issues, a gross interference in China’s internal affairs. In 2021, she picked up the same old trick again by boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

During her sneaky visit to Taiwan this time, she rehashed the unfounded “human rights” and “democracy” charges against Beijing.

As the third highest-ranking U.S. government official, Pelosi has been bent on finding fault with other countries while turning a blind eye to the backsliding democracy and deteriorating human rights conditions back in her own country. What a ruthless hypocrite!

Within its borders, the United States has been plagued by ever rampant and bloody gun violence, a botched COVID-19 response leading to the death of more than 1 million Americans and deeply entrenched racism that can arbitrarily take away the lives of people like George Floyd.

Beyond, bloody wars and conflicts pushed by Washington have wreaked appalling havoc on Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, among other regions.

The world will not forget how back in 2019, she thumbed up to the disruptive, violent activities in Hong Kong as “a beautiful sight to behold,” seeking to whitewash the illegal demonstrations and cheer up the anti-China rioters.

In fact, many in Taiwan are well aware of her hypocrisy and evil intentions. The local United Daily News reported that a recent poll showed 63 percent of Taiwan netizens clearly did not welcome her to the island.

Throughout her conscienceless political career, Pelosi believes nothing but political showmanship. In her eyes, politics is just a business. Although Washington does not lack such politicians, she is so much more prominent for being an egoist, opportunist and hypocrite at the same time.

While she was betting on her visit to Taiwan as a highlight moment of her political career, the world has already seen through the preposterous stunt as well as the true and ugly face of her and her like. 

By Fred Maingi
Kenyans have been urged to give Hon. Raila Odinga a chance to wipe out Corruption in the country and bring peace.
Former Mayors and councilors who served the country in the late 1980’s-2000 led by former Nairobi Mayor Professor Nathan Kahara, Habib Omar Kongo, Joe Aketch and Cllr Peter Oduor who is the Coast region cordinator among others said the only reward Kenyans should accord Hon. Odinga is to elect him as the 5th Kenya President.
Kahara who is also the patron of Kenya veterans for peace and also president of Golden rule further pleaded with Kenyans to maintain peace and harmony even after the General elections.

Joe Aketch said Raila deserves to be given a chance to steer the country to another level owing to his experience and sacrifice to liberate the country.
The well attended meeting held at the Nairobi’s Clarion hotel unanimously endorsed the former opposition leader by comparing him with Nelson Mandela or Martin Luther King.
They defended Odinga from accusation that he was a non christian and does not fit to lead the country.
Kahara said Odinga has been preaching peace and unity all along adding that he had a chance in 2002 to lead the country but instead opted to declare the late president Mwai Kibaki “Tosha”.
“Odinga is a transparent and clean man who has never been involved with corruption . He has fought for the poor and the second liberation that brought that freedom of speech we are enjoying” observed Kahara who is also the 5th Mayor of Nairobi.
The members urged Kenyans to turn up in large numbers during election day and vote for Hon. Raila Odinga.
Habib Kongo lauded Hon. Odinga adding that he had sacrificed his life to liberate the country and freedom of speech.
” Odinga is a true democrat He is not greedy like some current leaders seeking for power, Im urging Kenyan’s to turn up in large numbers on Tuesday by voting for Hon Raila Amolo Odinga”observed Kongo.
“This members you are seeing here, added Kahara, are patriotic. They ave never been involved with any corruption malpractice. Their aim and vision is to see Kenya remains peaceful under Hon Raila Odinga “
Those who attended the meeting included cllr Joseph Ogut from Kisumu, Cllr Stephen Kaberia(Meru), cllr Peter Oduor(Coast regional coordinator),and cllr. Hamson Odiyo from Homabay.
Others were Cllr Salat Garacha(Tana river), Benson Munga(West Pokot),Francis Ole Koriate(Narok coordinator ), and Cllr Abubakar Arache from Tana River among others.

Greater investment in State institutions is critical to counter peace and security challenges in Africa, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Monday. 

Cristina Duarte, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Africa, briefed ambassadors during a debate to examine capacity building for sustaining peace on the continent, and to explore the way forward. 

She highlighted how African countries’ efforts to both prevent and address violence are being undermined by external factors such as competition over natural resources, which fuels conflict, to the increasing presence of global terrorist networks that are gaining footholds in some regions. 

These efforts are also being thwarted by internal factors, including discrimination in the delivery of public services, corruption, and non-inclusive planning and budgeting processes. Furthermore, in areas where the State is absent, service delivery is being provided by non-State actors such as criminal and terrorist groups. 

 United States Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield visited Ghana August 5-7, 2022 to discuss food security Africa and meet with civil society and government leaders.

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Honorable Shirley Botchwey on August 5. She thanked Minister Botchwey for Ghana’s leadership in the region and as a member of the UN Security Council. More here.

At a lunch with human rights defenders, including member of the LGBTQI+ community, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield congratulated them on their stand for human rights of all Ghanaians.

Later, at the University of Ghana, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield delivered a keynote speech “A Vision Peace and Progress on Food Security in Africa” where she highlighted U.S. support for the African continent, including more than $127 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Africa to provide for lifesaving support to refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons, stateless persons, and persecuted people across Africa. With this funding, the United States has committed $6.6 billion of humanitarian assistance to Africa since October 2021. Watch the full speech here.

Visiting the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Center (KAIPTC), Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield met with Commandant Major General Francis Ofori to discuss Ghana’s strong and continuing support for peacekeeping missions worldwide. She also planted a peace tree during her tour of KAIPTC. 

The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has called on youths not to sit back, but take interest in the existing opportunities.

Among said that there are so many opportunities in the country, like the Parish Development Model and asked them to work hard if they are to benefit.

Among said this at that the opening of the Fifth National Youth Parliament held in the Parliament of Uganda Chambers on Friday, 05 August 2022.

The youth Parliament provides young people with a platform to express their legislative ideas, concerns and expectations. The resolutions of the debates then become part of key policy-making processes in the country.

The youth  elected their speaker, Speria Nakigudde and Deputy Speaker Francis Shaa Rubangakene who presided over the sitting.

Anita Among said that as a country with over 75 per cent of the population that is below the age of 30, it is critical that different approaches are used to address challenges faced by the youth.

She also cites the high population growth rate which greatly affects living standards and creates urban slums, land ownership issues, accessibility to loans for development, lack of access to social services and  skills among others.

AUDIO Speaker Among

She however, said that youths should not simply sit and wait, but need to be active in search of opportunities.

She said that foras like the Youth Parliament are supported to foster involvement of young people in key civic decision-making spaces, influence the policy and legislative agenda and nurture positive leadership development opportunities.

Among pledged parliament’s full support to the resolutions from the Youth Parliament and said that they will also ensure that the issues raised are shared with the relevant ministries for action.

Hon. Boniface Okot, the Youth MP for Northern Uganda who represented the Minister of State for Youth Affairs said that the mock parliament helps in building youths whose participation is entrenched in the constitution.

He encouraged the young people to seek ICT skills, and innovations to build an intergenerational solidarity.

“Take advantage of your numerical strength, your vibrancy and innovation to progress our continent,” Okot said.

Gonze Nicolas, the European Union Delegation representative said that the EU and Germany Government are committed to support the youths and that is seen from their support to the youth Parliament.

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Ethiopia announces that some online and print media are misinterpreting the content of the recent statement issued by the conference in July.

The statement never states about the fleeing of Priests and Nuns or closing of Churches in Tigray. The intention of the statement is reflecting the major challenges in Ethiopia in different conflict affected areas. It deals not with any specific condition in Tigray.

The conference didn’t receive any official report from Adigrat Dioceses, which is in Tigray, about the fleeing of Priests and Nuns or closing of Churches so far.

Therefore, we request all media to revert any publication related to the aforementioned information and take a quick corrective measure.

Kura Yangu! Maisha Yangu! Initiative on Monday urged the IEBC to conduct credible general elections.

Fredrick Ogweno exective director of Interregional Peace Network told journalists in Nairobi that whatever voting method is used, the system must be simple, accurate, verifiable, secure and transparent.

Ogweno noted that the IEBC should ensure that votes cast are counted, tabulated and the results announced promptly by the Presiding Officer at each polling station.

“The election results from polling stations should be openly and accurately collated and promptly announced by the Returning Officer,” Ogweno noted.

The IEBC has registered over 22,120,458 registered voters  for the general elections scheduled for August 9, 2022  voters are expected to cast their ballots for the six elective positions – 1450 Members of County Assemblies; 290 Members of the National Assembly, 47 Senators, 47 Women Representatives, 47 Governors and their deputies; and the President and Deputy President.

Churchill Suba, convenor of Kura Yangu! Maisha Yangu! Initiative said that

The management of Kenya’s public affairs for the next 5 years will be in the hands of those  individuals in whose hands, Kenyans are set to delegate their sovereign authority through the electoral process.

Suba observed that the Supreme Court heavily censured the IEBC on the elections processes and the hope is that the Chebukati-led commission got its learning from its previous mistakes, and will do a better job this time around so that the election process can be concluded in the first round to release Kenyans to more gainful social and economic pursuits.

Kura Yangu Maisha Yangu submits that there is no better time than now that our beloved motherland, Kenya has bestowed on the IEBC the solemn duty to ensure the realization of these constitutional ethos and aspirations for the people of the Republic of Kenya.

Boost for Raila as clergy support his presidential bid

The churches from different religions have come out to support his presidency.

Bishop Mr.Sam Odek ‘Director of clergy operations under Azimio la umoja have urge Kenyans to keep peace as we nesrs elections next week.

“Raila the leader has qualities and honesty for this nation and that’s what our county id needed “, he added that Kenya is an advanced economic system that needs a mature leader.”,

“We urge the IEBC to be transparent and fair for the peace to prevail after the election”, he added.