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.
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.
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.
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