Monday Mix

But do not worry, Immigration minister Otieno Kajwang’ has promised that the campaign to register new voters will start in March.

Similarly, until a new electoral body is formed, no election can be held in Kenya. Even the Court of Appeal said as much on Wednesday last week when it suspended the hearing of two election petitions because... you guessed right… there is no ECK.

Of course, there is no Kenyan who is interested in another election just now. There is only one hitch, though. If the need for a presidential succession were to arise, well, you are likely to find yourself in a spot of bother.

The Constitution says that in such an event, the vice-president would take over and elections should be held in 90 days. But do you believe that such a thing will happen?

If your answer is “no”, then pray that the need for a succession does not arise.

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As Obama gets busy, ministers will be partying

The year was 1861 and the 15th US president, James Buchanan, was leaving the White House.

A few days before, he met his successor, Abraham Lincoln, and said: “If you are as happy, my dear sir, on entering this house as I am in leaving it and returning home, you are the happiest man in this country”.

On Tuesday, as George W. Bush hands over to Barack Obama, he could consider repeating these famous words. For Obama, his cup is already running over with the global economic crisis, millions of US jobs at risk and with two unpopular wars that his predecessor started.

Even as Mr Obama searches for a puppy for his daughters, Mr Bush is mourning the death of his black cat, which died last week, an ironic symbol of the end of his White House years.

Although Mr Obama has made history as the first black tenant of the White House, he might score another first by getting down to work on his first day in office.

Interestingly, several Cabinet ministers from Kenya — which considers itself a working nation — will be in America for informal celebrations as the new president gets busy.

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Should we be afraid for Stars?

Congratulations to Harambee Stars for bagging the silver trophy in the just-concluded East and Central Africa Challenge Cup.