Over the past months with the introduction of the ICC chief Prosecutor Louis Moreno Ocampo into Kenyans’ lives, politicians especially those named as the perpetrators of the PEV have been sent running helter skelter. As much as they would like to make Kenyans believe that all is okay, they are hurting inside and yes, they are panicking too. They are very afraid, even more so now that they’ve been there at least for the preliminary standard procedures.
Since December, we’ve seen and heard all kinds of unnecessary insults hurled from one group to the other. I must admit that here the Prime Minister should have tried real hard not to be sucked into all this but unfortunately it is done. After all, he is a man and one can only take in insults for so long. I do not blame him. The group that annoys me most (yes, even Raila let me down too) however is the Ruto – Kenyatta alliance. This would have been the time for them to show to the world how ready they are for leadership. This is the time they should have shown the world how ready they were to deliver Kenya into the Promised Land. However, they choose to do this in the most juvenile of ways. With emotions running high and attacking the Honorable Prime Minister in more ways than one and hitting below the belt from every angle which only help to reduce their credibility.
How can I be expected to vote for someone who only knows how to use profanities to put his word across? Cursing and swearing as to how ‘Raila will never occupy the state house’ is to say the least, very inciting. How can I be expected to vote for one who instead of showing me his strengths only knows how to point at the weaknesses of others (which most times do not even hold water anyway) while at the same time insulting the very persons? I may sound tribal here (which I rarely am) but let me stick to having the Prime Minister’s back.
Kenyans are not ready to have an emotional and juvenile lot ruling the nation - and may it be known that am not necessarily advocating for a Raila presidency here. But hey, let it be anyone else BUT those two who’ve been doing nothing but creating pandemonium wherever they go. Let them be young but not juvenile in their undertakings. Let them be young but ready for leadership. There is no need for doing something just to prove a point. It is this kind of thinking that will take Kenya into the depths of darkness and heights of escalated State failure. Threats don’t work any more. My advice to Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr. William Ruto (who I really sympathise with on the ongoing case with the ICC) is to take a step back and read the moods of the Kenyans. There is no way you will be saying this today then change it 24hours later just to suit your interests. We are more enlightened now. Do not insult Kenyans’ intelligence. We refuse to be hoodwinked.
And to those Members of Parliament who claim to swear allegiance to the Ruto- Uhuru alliance, you are even most annoying. While I have never heard you sing patriotic songs on any other day on your motherland you now know how best to do that in the Netherlands. It does not work like that my friends. Go get busy in parliament and pass the necessary laws that will ensure the proper implementation of our new Constitution. That is time wastage that really does not help us Kenyans much. Pretense is the worst form of betrayal. It cuts deep.
