Just checked your profile and saw you actually studied at Harvard. The intellectual distance between your education and your thinking is so wide, a person could die trying to jump across.
Rumour has it that when President Moi visited Nigeria in 1981, he signed a special deal to honour Nigerians in a unique way.
In 1985 he launched the 5 bob coin shaped exactly like a Nigerian head. Kenya kept its word.
A number of Kenyans at a matatu stage held a mock election between President William Ruto and Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna.
In the mock election, President Ruto reportedly received fewer than 20 votes, while Senator Edwin Sifuna garnered more than 50 votes. The counting of Sifuna’s votes was eventually stopped before all the votes could be tallied, with the organisers declaring him the winner of the mock election.
I personally underestimated Sifuna, but if this momentum continues, Western Kenya and the youth could move completely out of Ruto’s voting basket.
Even NIS appears increasingly uncomfortable, with narratives now being pushed that Sifuna is being used by other political interests. The opposition only needs to remain united, maintain the momentum and keep widening the numbers needed to beat Ruto.
Ruto is clearly worried about Sifuna and the political energy building around him.
Most of us are still asking what the opposition’s actual plan is on public debt, youth unemployment, the cost of living and the economy. Maybe they are keeping those cards close to their chest and will present the full plan when the political contest gets serious.
OPEN LETTER TO THE LUO NATION
As a Kalenjin, a cousin to the Luo, I say with all conviction that one indisputable truth is the Luo Nation has been in the forefront in our liberation struggle ab initio.
When England wanted to gift us independence (that we fought for independence is debatable), they offered Jaramogi Oginga Odinga to be our first Prime Minister. He demurred & said Jomo Kenyatta must be released & made the Prime Minister instead. Jomo became our first Prime Minister. In 1964,he became our 1st President & made Jaramogi his Vice President. Their fallout is well known. And “marginalization” of Nyanza begun. Or so some say. Jomo had powerful Luos in his government,
Fast forward. Luo Nation led Kenya in its 2nd liberation that made Kenya multi party. Then President Daniel Arap Moi co-opted LDP & gave Luo luminaries powerful positions in government! Moi who had been demonized was praised as holier than Moses!
Then in 2002, Luo Nation said KIBAKI TOSHA. After three years, Luo Nation teamed up with Kalenjin Nation & others to form Orange Movement. 2007 was our lowest moment. Kenya descended into tribal anarchy. The world saved us!
Then Mwai Kibaki entered into a Coalition Government with Raila Odinga. Luo Nation were happy to be part of the Government & Kibaki was praised to the high heavens.
2013 came. Luo Nation found themselves out for five years. Then in the second term of UHURUTO, there was handshake. Uhuru was praised as the messiah! Even Nyanza leaders danced on Uhuru’s birthdays!
Now, Uhuru is the devil incarnate. Nyanza is part of the BroadBased government & everything before today was Luo Marginalization! Now Luo say they are in paradise.
MAYBE, it is time Luo Nation enters into genuine self-introspection. Is co-opting of few Luo leaders in every government since 1963 good for them or beneficial to the few only? Why is it every time few are co-opted,the entire tribe is happy for that moment. It has been same for over 60 YEARS!
What does the Luo Nation want? If they have agreed that ODM & UDA come together,then they must dissolve their parties into one. A political marriage works if all feet are inside. Luo Nation must risk all or lose everytime then complain. They must stop being a flower girl in every wedding. They must be the Bride or Groom!
Any other arrangement will always have same outcome. Ending immediately after elections.
Fellow Kenyans, see what the outgoing president's friends led by Gladys Wanga & Oburu Odinga have done to their opponents who their only crime is to tell Kenyans the truth that, Ruto's regime has failed terribly. Poleni sana team Sifuna. Watoto wamefunga shule kama hauna headphones na uko karibu na mtoto don't open this clip, watu wamejaa ngori sana.
Ruto just spent 40 minutes trying to create a false equivalence between our national values set out in the constitution and his so called “development”. Kenyans, please trust me when i tell you there is a reason the Preamble comes before Article 43. You don’t get to the “development “ clauses until and unless you have taken into account the reasons we passed this constitution in the first place. Democracy, Human Rights, Freedom, Equality, Rule of Law and Social Justice.
I am not worried about Kenya in 2022. I am extremely worried for Kenya Post 2022 because a Ruto presidency post 2022 looks like it's inevitable and Ruto isn't someone you'd want to give a country to lead.