I campaigned and voted for him as my Governor. I bought into both his alluring promises and belligerent polemics on how he will change Nairobi for better. He mesmerised me with his booming voice, youthful energy and sheer audacity to revolutionise Nairobi. His agenda was seductive. I bought into it big time. I, like many voters in Nairobi genuinely but naively thought he will herald a new dawn of bright new day... innovation and change were the buzz words. I refused to interrogate his agenda or lift the veil behind the man. I saw his short resume as strength. I even celebrated question marks about his academic background and dismissed it as attempts by the political elites to pull down to the gutters a young and visionary leader. 4 years later, Nairobi under his calamitous tenure is a shithole, the comfortable miasma for rats and rodents of similar genre. Yesterday and without having the common decency to inform the voters of Nairobi, my Governor, timorous and trembling surrendered his mandate to the National Government on a silver platter. I did not see a gun on his head. I saw a happy smiling governor, flashing his signature dimples. He left me bitter, betrayed and stranded. He showed me the middle finger! As his loyal voter, I feel cheap and without a voice in the transaction. I was used and dumped like trash. Why do elected leaders like my Governor treat us as trash once they assume office and start wallowing in the luxury of power and the attendant filthy wealth that easily comes with public office? What remedy do the voters have when their Governor without consultation and consent tranfers his executive powers to a stranger in the name of National Government? How can executive abdication and change of power be a secret elopement between State House and City Hall? And when will STUPID voters like me know a snake oil salesman from a distance and refuse to upgrade him to something he can never be? For all our chaos and problems, the stupid charlatans we elect to offices in Kenya, the buck stops with a STUPID voter like me. I'm ashamed of SOME of the choices I habitually make when I vote on polling day!
All these talk about Singapore and development is because the tutam choir wants to extend the presidential term limit to 7 years. So, watch the house of debate in the next few weeks. Re-election is slippery but a 2 year bonus is feasible.
@EstherPassaris The only reason you are talking about the future is because you want to extend presidential terms to 7 years. Nations that changed did so in 1 presidential term. CHINA, INDIA, INDONESIA, etc. Secondly, changes are known by policies. Not a single policy is in place for change
The IMFβs insistence that Kenya devalue its currencies for an unfavorable balance of trade is blatant economic bullying. Africa will remain perpetually underdeveloped if it is continually forced to play second fiddle to Western interests. The IMF should never be allowed to dictate policy for sovereign nations; its role must be limited to that of a lender, not a puppet master dragging African economies back into the Stone Age while the rest of the world speeds ahead into the future. Until Africa rejects these shackles, it will never truly know development or independence