IG Kimaiyo bans political rallies and effectively mangles Raila homecoming party

Kenya my country is a funny country. It is a country where its people pride themselves for democracy but still continue practicing primitive politics. Case in point is when a bunch of politicians in their late 50's, 60's and 70's suddenly become champions of the people and engage in very irresponsible behaviour.

As it is, Kenyan government is in a tight spot in all spheres. It is a young government, barely 18months in office, which is trapped between electral promises and the day to day operations of government.

Western nations especially United Kingdom and the United States have put travel advisories and for the case of Great Britain, gone further and airlifted  their citizens who were on holiday therefore crippling the tourism industry. Most Kenyans unfortunately did not read between the lines in this whole "travel advisory" saga.

The travel advisories are the new sanctions and what the western nations did was equivalent to economic sabotage on Kenya. Reason being that President Uhuru in his character dismissed the imperialist slave masters as blood suckers while hosting the Chinese prime minister. The China premier visit caused a lot of diplomatic discomfort in the Western consulates in Nairobi - The case of a jilted lover.

It is a shame that most africans still believe Africa cannot do without a whiteman.

Raila Odinga in a past event

Other than the economic sabotage, the jubilee government is also facing an outcry over the payments to Anglo leasing merchants. There also reports of a "rift" in the rift valley due to perceived short-changing of the rift valley constituency in the ruling coalition.

CORD has capitalized on this situation and what better time to express themselves and convince Kenyans that they are the better option than when "baba" comes back home from an academic sabbatical in the United States of America. Fortunately or unfortunately CORD's bigotry has gotten ahead of them and the inspector general of police David Kimaiyo has banned all political rallies indefinitely and effectively thrown into dissarray Raila's homecoming party plans.

The biggest problem in Kenya is not the ban of political rallies but that of politians both in ruling party and those in the opposition always engaging in primitive politics. Ever since the retirement of Daniel arap Moi, Kenya has always been in a consistent political tag of war. If it is not the MCA's agitating for the impeachment of Governors, it is a group of MP's calling for the impeachment of a Cabinet Secretary for transferring their kinsmen from one position to another.

Leadership (Senators and MP's and MCA's) priority is not uplifting the life of Kenyans but endless wrangles and unnecessary politicking. It is as if politicians are always under pressure to appear on TV or in the dailies talking about useless things that dont help the mwananchi in any way.

The media on the other hand is so unprofessional that one can easily tell that a presenter is biased towards a certain political leaning. A good example is a journalist on KTN who hosts the breakfast show. The guy was so gloomy in the morning after IG Kimaiyo's order. Indeed, even in interiews where politicians are invited, these bunch of dump journalists will always get carried away by the politicians bigotry and hate speech that they grin like children when the politician spews tribal comments or baseless and untruthful facts.

I hope that Raila's homecoming will not be marred up by riots or worst still casualties from police vs. masses battles. Yes, Kenya is facing challenges but elected leaders should be working towards solving problems and not inciting the people to hate each other on tribal or political basis. tolerance is critical. Mp's and senators should be busy formulating legislation and championing their constituencies development agenda.

Why Raila's homecoming would be the last nail to his political coffin

There is no doubt that Raila Odinga has had an illustrious political career. For the past three decades, Raila has been a thorn in the flesh to the ruling elite in Kenya.But a closer look at his politics reveals a man who has perfected the act of political rhetoric sometimes boudering on incitement and reckless declarions.

However, who can blame the man. Raila is an animated character with knack for captivating huge crowds especially those of the labour class. The labour class are the majority in Kenya and are usually the first in society to bare the brunt of inflation and high interest rates. In Raila, people see the messiah. The one who will take them to the promised land.

Personally, in my private thoughts, i imagine what a Raila Presidency can be like. Sometimes i think Kenyans will be judged harshly by a superior force for never giving Raila a chance. Its like when you are fresh graduate and not apply for certain vacancy and the feeling that maybe that one opportunity you ignored might have  been the one to end you joblessness.

So, Raila has been on a sabatical in Boston USA. He has been busy lecturing in Universities in the USA on matters of leadership in Africa.Meanwhile his psycophants back at home led by senators Orengo, Muthama and Wetangula are busy spoiling Raila homecoming party by leaking information on the plans of that "big" day.

This is my prediction on how the homecoming will effectively end Raila's career. The rhetoric that the Jubilee government has failed and Kenyans made a blunder to vote for UhuRuto will backfire. Indeed, if CORD's activity will slow down Kenya's economy then that will be it. It will prove true what Raila phobia antagonists have always preached. That Raila will go for power no matter what. Bloodshed included. And this time even Raila's supporters might wake up to this reality.

Anyway, i hope Raila's homecoming will brighten Kenya's news. We are tired of MCA's and thei impeachment song. We are also tired of grenades and IED's.

Illicit brews in Kenya proves fatal than a cholera outbreak

If there is one disease that all of you avid readers of this blog should watch out for when in Africa or any other region with tropical climate, then it should be Cholera.Forget HIV/AIDS, Malaria or Gornorrhea/Syphillis for those of you who cannot resist on landing. Cholera is the real deal.

Cholera is caused by a dormant bacteria - bacterium Vibrio cholerae. (thank God for Wikipedia). A cholera outbreak can kill more than 100 people within hours, before the usually demotivated health personnel( i speak of Kenyan ones) realize what is happening.Its not cholera that i will be talking about today, but its competitor in the killing business - illicit brews.

Kenyans are still coming to terms with the death of atleast 80 people and a similar number critically ill in hospital. This departed men, women, boys and girls were victims of a poisonous alcoholic drink that they consumed on Sunday 4th May 2014. The deaths were reported in atleast 6 Kenyan counties, where the drink aptly named "countryman" with an illustration of a cowboy on top of horse was supplied.

As expected Kenyan media houses mishandled the whole issue and as per tradition sensationalized and even tribalized the matter given that these 6 counties are in close proximity to the blessed mountain of God from which the noun KENYA was coined. Comparisons of how residents from Western Kenya drink busaa, how Coastals love their palmwine and tribal undertones of how a certain community is afflicted by illicit brews were awash in mainstream media as well as gutter press.

Facebook and twiiter pundits were not left behind, and one facebooker commenting on a photo of president Uhuru inspecting a guard of honour while on official visit to the Federal state of Nigeria, asked why the president looked jovial mood while his "voters" were dying of chang'aa (Kenyan speak for Nubian gin).

President Uhuru Kenyatta inspecting a guard of honour mounted by Nigerian defence force

The victims interviewed, stuck to the old tired line of, we-are-poor-and-we-need -alcohol-to-forget-that-we-are-poor. NACADA, an institution with the mandate to ensure Kenyans are not junkies and led by the able former alcoholic John Mututho, kept to the Kenyan tradition and quickly convened a crisis meeting. In this meeting,  they came up with statistics of how may pubs were in Nairobi, and specifically Juja area in the outskirts of Nairobi. They also in haste cobbled-up obscure laws that supermarkets should not display or sell alcohol, that liquor stores should open up at 5pm. One law, that caught my attention was that of making alcohol expensive with an aim of deterring people from accessing it. This to me was a very silly law which obviously will lead to the proliferation of cheap liqour.

The solution to the problem is let Kenyans be. I love my kwang kwang and i want to drink it when that demon in my mind demands it. Reduce the tax on Senator (Obama) Keg beer and legalize safe and hygienic distillation of Nubian gin.