They say...."great expectations make frustrated men" and thats exactly what happened in the much hyped and much anticipated Raila's homecoming party. As with all huge rally's the event was marred by heckling, chaos and public disorder evident by the fact that most of the speakers spent more time quelling the crowds rather than addressing the masses.
As predicted in this blog, there were subtle hints that Raila Odinga the man is now but a pale shadow of his former self. For an unknown reason Raila seemed to be an angry man. He addressed the nation with bitterness and his overall tone was that of ultimatums to the ruling regime, falling short to calling for mass action. Indeed, he suggested mass action or political instability if the government does not convene a national dialogue conference and invite the opposition.
It seems that certain people flourish in creating political crisis in the republic and this is never good for the economy of the nation atleast at the macroeconomic level. The argument or rather the justification for all this tension has always been that the opposition represents half the population of Kenya and therefore Jubilee cannot rule alone.
What a fallacy this is. Absolute hog wash. As it stands, CORD has no legal mandate to govern Kenya. More bluntly, they lost the election. It is only fair if they let the ruling coalition exercise their mandate in their constitutional term. All this bickering only derails the nations economic agenda and therefore affecting the common mwananchi on the ground not only economically but also socially in the sense that this politics always have a way of awakening the tribalism monster, which some of us wish could be slaughtered and buried in the deepest hole on earth.
Endless politics will not put food on the mwananchi table but will raise tensions between friends since in Kenya, tribe = politics. Yes your tribe can give a hint of your political affiliation even if you are not concerned. Ethnic profiling is rife and CORD thrives on it.
Raila homecoming was short of expectation.
As predicted in this blog, there were subtle hints that Raila Odinga the man is now but a pale shadow of his former self. For an unknown reason Raila seemed to be an angry man. He addressed the nation with bitterness and his overall tone was that of ultimatums to the ruling regime, falling short to calling for mass action. Indeed, he suggested mass action or political instability if the government does not convene a national dialogue conference and invite the opposition.
It seems that certain people flourish in creating political crisis in the republic and this is never good for the economy of the nation atleast at the macroeconomic level. The argument or rather the justification for all this tension has always been that the opposition represents half the population of Kenya and therefore Jubilee cannot rule alone.
What a fallacy this is. Absolute hog wash. As it stands, CORD has no legal mandate to govern Kenya. More bluntly, they lost the election. It is only fair if they let the ruling coalition exercise their mandate in their constitutional term. All this bickering only derails the nations economic agenda and therefore affecting the common mwananchi on the ground not only economically but also socially in the sense that this politics always have a way of awakening the tribalism monster, which some of us wish could be slaughtered and buried in the deepest hole on earth.
Endless politics will not put food on the mwananchi table but will raise tensions between friends since in Kenya, tribe = politics. Yes your tribe can give a hint of your political affiliation even if you are not concerned. Ethnic profiling is rife and CORD thrives on it.
Raila homecoming was short of expectation.
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