Another Retrenched Kenyan Worker Speaks

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KENYA SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (KSDA) http:\\www.kenyasocialist.org email: harakatips@hotmail.com ++++++++++++++++++++ KSDA SITE UPDATE +++++++++++++++++++++ #Kenya News And Analysis: -------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Narc government facing zero political opposition --------------------------------------------------------------- Since the National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) came to power six months ago, organized opposition politics in Kenya has fizzled out. The former ruling Kenyan African National Union (KANU) party which was defeated after 39 years in power, is the “official opposition”. In reality, KANU is in no position to oppose the new Narc government because majority of top KANU politicians including its aging Chairman, former President Daniel arap Moi, are in a permanent State of panic because of possible prosecution for corruption, human rights violations, embezzlement of public funds, political assassinations and other crimes that the party committed during its brutal reign. http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/oppositiononthewane.html ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Another Retrenched Kenyan Worker Speaks ----------------------------------------------------------- I, Peter Maina Mbugua residing in Mombasa, Kenya has worked for 19 years with Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC), the only distributing and transmitting company of electricity in Kenya. I was employed as a junior staff after which I joined the Trade Union. For 13 years I was rank and file Member of the Union where I was also active in various industrial struggles. In 1996 I was elected Branch Committee member of the Union and two years later, I was elected Branch Chairman. I became vocal in campaigning for the rights of workers in Coast Province. I was later elected Regional Vice Chairman of our Central Organization of Trader Unions (COTU). http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/retrenchedworker02.html #Africa News And Analysis: ---------------------------------------- 3. Mugabe Hangs On To Power ---------------------------------------- By brute force, Robert Mugabe’s regime has for the moment survived the longest and most successful stay-away in Zimbabwe’s history. The ‘Final Push’, called by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), did not topple Mugabe, but the brutal suppression revealed the isolation of a regime with no support in the urban areas. http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/Africa/zimbabwecrisis.html ----------------------------------------------- 4. Congo Peace Deal On The Balance ----------------------------------------------- As President Robert Mugabe continues to hang precariously on to power in Zimbabwe, a major catastrophe is looming in Liberia where President Charles Taylor is on the brink of being overthrown by a rag tag rebel army that has reached the outskirts of the capital city Monrovia. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DCR), a peace deal that was signed between rebel forces and the government continues to be threatened by sporadic bouts of violence as rebel forces that were left out of the deal try to capture territory. http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/Africa/congopeacedeal.html #Interviews: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Audio Interview With Raila Odinga (Kenya's Minister For Roads and Public Works) by Onyango Oloo (MP3 format) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://kenyasocialist.org/kswsfiles/newsupdate.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ KSDA is a revolutionary Socialist Alliance which fights for Socialism in Kenya and the World. The Alliance believes that the fundamental social, economic and political crisis facing Kenya today requires a democratic Socialist revolution with Kenyan working class taking a leading role in the struggle. The Alliance advocates for the formation of a Workers' Party in Kenya and the abolition of capitalism in the country. Contacts: KSDA Box 74, 123 22 Farsta, Sweden. website: http://www.kenyasocialist.org. Tel: 00 46 736533068. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++