Tim Murithi

The referral by the United Nations (UN) Security Council of Muammar Gaddafi and his regime to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for possible crimes committed in suppressing the ongoing uprising is perplexing.

The statement by Afrikaner author, Anneli Botes, that one group that she still does not like are ‘black people’, reveals a deeper malaise that continues to permeate the post-apartheid psyche among certain sectors of our society.

Following the recent African National Congress (ANC) National Governing Council (NGC), convened in September in Durban, Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe called for the introduction and implementation of programmes that would increase the party’s ballot share from six to 50 per cent of white voter

The official adoption of the new Constitution was greeted with a collective sigh of relief following the tumultuous series of events that had plagued the country over the last five years.

The recently concluded African Union assembly of heads of state and government elected Muammar al-Gaddafi as its chairperson for the next year.

Through an unexpected confluence of events Kenyans currently find themselves faced with a political conundrum. The spectacular abdication of responsibility by the Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK), Mr.

Dr. Tim Murithi, Senior Researcher, Direct Conflict Prevention Programme, Institute for Security Studies (ISS-Addis Ababa Office).