Baba has systematically exploited poverty to mint millions and stay in power and his loyal minions have nothing to show for their decades of unwavering support and commitment to whatever cause he was committed to.
Soon Kenya becomes the regional headquarters of‘ Abductistan’ and Baba is silent, apparently busy campaigning for his bid to become the chairman of AU. He can’ t put off a bushfire in Kenya but is apparently well qualified to put out infernos in Africa.
Unfortunately, this is not where the story ends. As the abductions are in full flight in this law-abiding country seen by many as the last bastion of democracy in Africa, a new concept of governance is hoisted on us. The broad-based government.
This is not to be confused with previous hand-shakes that created a mongrel democracy when the opposition was coopted into government or the infamous Nusu-Mkate that saw the explosion of government as all functions were duplicated.
This time Baba, magnanimously offered to‘ donate’ expertise from his ranks of trusted lieutenants to help a faltering government to stabilize. All this was done for the sake of a country which had not asked him to do so.
If this is the non-consultative type of politics that he intends to introduce to the AU then all we can advise the continental body is to strap up and get ready for a very bumpy journey should he succeed in his bid.
What was however shocking and alarming was how fast the party hawks lent to the government changed their tune from bashing the government to defending the very issues that they were previously screaming about.
This attitude is not any different from the stone thrower who was throwing missiles in one direction and switched to another at the behest of Baba. Ideological stones are more damaging than physical stones.
Ochieng wonders if this is blind loyalty or a well thought out exploitation scheme in which the pawns are not even aware that they are robots in a sick greedy game. Is the stomach the only ideology that a Kenyan understands?
Before long all the rejects that had been expunged from the government were reassigned new duties where they would
Kenyan youngsters have shown that there’ s power in diversity and that a man should be judged only for his contribution to the Kenyan general good and this includes his character and integrity. In a country of liars, truth is dangerous, in a country of greed, sharing is a travesty and in a country of self-seekers, patriotism is a crime and in a godless country, Satan sets up his kingdom.
continue to pillage the country and offer no commensurate service to justify their reappointments.
Just when Kenyans thought they had seen it all, more was in the offing. The new talk is about a super broad-based government where even more of the government critics have now been appointed into government.
This raised two fundamental issues. The first one is on the ethical level. If a critic is silenced by appointment into government, does it mean that he now espouses the agenda of the government that he opposed.
If one is sworn into government, doesn’ t it mean that you have to support the agenda of the leader despite your personal inclination. How are you going to help a government whose faulty agenda you now espouse?
The second one is on patriotism, are Kenyans first loyalty to the country or to an individual. For sixty years we have had political musical chairs involving the same players. Isn’ t it about time that Kenyans queried their blind loyalty to these politicians.
If they haven’ t taken you far in six decades how many more decades do you propose to entrust to them so that they can dig you deeper into the morass. Haven’ t Kenyans suffered enough to decide to vote for Kenya first.
If Kenyans are able to defend the country vehemently against outside bullying, how can we galvanize that same energy to sort out our country and be rid of these bloodsucking parasites that never seem to get enough our blood.
The last word has to be that this blind loyalty to selfish and clueless leaders has
to end and soon. It cannot be that we are approaching a century of independence yet we are less free now than we were at independence.
It is unfortunate that everything in Kenya is seen through the prism of tribalism and all our alignments are a game of numbers to maintain a hegemony we call the tyranny of numbers. Our blind loyalty to tribal outfits is a concept that requires an urgent rethink.
The only real positive thing in the above comments is that the Kenyan youngsters have shown that there is power in diversity and that a man should be judged only for his contribution to the Kenyan general good and this includes his character and integrity.
Ochieng shudders to even mention those words. In a country of liars, truth is dangerous, in a country of greed, sharing is a travesty and in a country of self-seekers, patriotism is a crime and in a godless country, Satan sets up his kingdom.
The leadership is unable to look itself in the mirror and see its hypocrisy. In Kenya we worship Baal, a false god, where riches are exalted, no matter how acquired. One just has to share some of the riches at the appropriate altar to be pardoned by the church.
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