Today let's discuss politics....Many Kenyans were surprised a while ago by the comments of Raila
Odinga on the judiciary. People were shocked to imagine that the
self-proclaimed high prince of reform and democracy would go to an
extent of branding our courts as fake courts. Those of us who have keenly watched Raila and listened to him were not
surprised. Those who have had the
opportunity to work with Raila Odinga since the clamour for
multi-partyism have been warning this country that this man appears good
from far but he is actually far from good.
We have been accused
of being obsessed with Raila, or suffering from Raila-Phobia, or being
driven by hate for Raila. Luckily the true Raila is now standing up in
the eyes of Kenya and the world. The same Raila who refused to go to
court in 2008 claiming that the courts were not free is now branding our
courts as fake despite all the judicial reforms undertaken in the last
four years. The same man who claimed that Kivuitu stole his victory is
now intimidating Isaak Hassan’s Independent Elections and Boundaries
Commission that was created as a result of a rigorous, inclusive and
consultative process as part of our reform package. Truly all can see
that it is not true that we hate Raila Odinga. We just love Kenya and
care for her future. It is succinctly clear that the more Kenya changes,
the more Raila Odinga remains the same.
To many Kenyans, the
onslaught against the judiciary and IEBC by the Prime Minister may
appear like isolated cases. That is far from the truth. If you go back
to history, you will realize that Raila survives on crisis. In 2002, his
politics was given a fresh lease of life by the fiasco he created at
Kasarani. In 2003, he created a crisis through the alleged MOU with
Kibaki to galvanize the country using the 41-againist-1 ideology, which
then propelled him to another crisis—the post election crisis of
2007-2008. That crisis then gifted him with the Prime Minister’s slot in
the grand coalition government. Recently, the Prime Minister has been
trying to create a new crisis in vain. The recent attacks on President
Kibaki over the appointments to the National Police Service Commission,
the mountain he has created out of the mole hill that is the date of
elections are part of this well choreographed plan to rejuvenate his ill
fated third attempt at the Presidency.
Perhaps Raila’s unbridled,
raw ambition is getting the better of him. In his quest to create a new
crisis that will propel him to State House, he is making unbelievably
simplistic blunders. If he were in a game of tennis, he would lose a
whole set from unforced errors only. Just when his propaganda team was
struggling to convince the country, against national and now
international consensus, that he has nothing to do with the trial of
Kenyans at the International Criminal Court, the man displays his true
colours by asking for the suspects to be arrested. By doing so, he
becomes the first person to publicly call for arrest warrants, something
even the cantankerous Ocampo has not done. Unfortunately for him, none
of these seeds of crisis has germinated. Like the ones that Jesus talked
about in the Bible, Raila’s seeds of crisis are all falling on rocks,
an amazing pointer of how Kenyans have grown wiser. Truly, there is a
God and he looks after this country
Perhaps it is about time that
Raila Odinga embarks on a personal journey towards repentance and
absolution. He can do so now before his list of victims grows any
longer. He can start by apologizing to Mwai Kibaki, the man who is
supposed to be partner but by all means is a victim of Raila’s
machinations. I propose that he then moves to Musalia Mudavadi, the man
whose blessings he is trying to steal using Bibilical Jacob’s trickster
strategies on Esau. Daniel Arap Moi, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto,
Miguna Miguna and the people of Kenya would also be worthy of Raila’s
remorse and apologies. Unfortunately, I do not expect him to do so soon.
What I expect him to do is make more blunders and deny with the same
breath. . That’s Raila, the man for you!.
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