Let me start by coming clean, I am an ODM supporter, a Raila man, who believes that that a serious injustice has taken place and this has set Kenya’s electoral process back to the stone age. I believe that the current administration is at best improperly constituted and at its worst illegitimate, and what has happened is unforgivable and the responsible individuals must stand and account for their actions. Having said this I am appalled at the lack of leadership, wisdom, and sincerity displayed by our so called leaders, where is our Mandela, Mahatma or Martin Luther King Jr.? Who will stand and be counted amongst the greater men/women in society for a time as such as this?
The Aggrieved
I have heard PNU members shout in their characteristic arrogance that they won the elections, advising the 'aggrieved' to go to court for resolution. My anger burns against this group for the aggrieved are not Raila, Mudavadi or Ruto for they will be fine with or without the presidency. The true aggrieved are the Kenyan people who have lost their brotherhood, their innocence and their lives. We will never be the same again. Ms. Karua, Uhuru, Nyamweya - please note I have left out the honorable because there is nothing honorable about these individuals - tell me, which court of law will restore brotherhood, what judge will confer trust back to us, and can even chief Gicheru in his highest court resurrect our fallen? So let us be clear, what is at stake here is more than your little egos, this puny competition or your war of words. Remember humility is hard and arrogance is easy.
The Prime Movers
For Kibaki and Raila I reserve my highest disdain - one is like a hyena on a stolen carcass he sits on his throne unaware of the stench and filth around him. He is like a pillar of salt cursed by God. You are the alleged president so act like one, even if it is just a performance, the EU, the US, the UK, the LSK, the AG, the ECK and even that ECK chairman who announced you king, all say something is amiss. Observers both foreign and local all say all is not well, but like the proverbial ostrich you bury your head thinking, "if I close my eyes long and hard enough, I will truly live in my dream." Wake up, put a plan on the table, negotiate, have mediators foreign, local, rural anything to stop the madness. Didn't you just swear on the good book protect the citizens? I say again, humility is hard and arrogance is easy.
And to Raila please follow your own words. Where is the 'Mandela like figure' you so often mentioned? Were these just words? Did you just want to charm us? Remember Nelson was "aggrieved" for 27 years yet he sat and negotiated with his foes, for the good of the masses. How can you be the people’s president if you cannot look beyond your own pain and see the people are suffering, the people are scared, and the people are lost in a wilderness? You are like a man walking backwards, a Paul turning into Saul. Shake off the scales from your eyes, before we find you hurling rocks at Stephen. Wake up and lead your people to safety and the 'Voice of God' will call you forward. Remember, anyone can claim their rights and be brave about it, but one who lays down his rights for his fellow man and is humble in doing so, shall be exalted for humility is hard and arrogance is easy.
The Father Figure
One other 'leader' who has squandered his inheritance on worldly pleasure is Moi. They say wisdom comes with age, but this is not always the case. Like him or not, President Moi is the one man in Kenya uniquely placed to act as a father figure at this time, when the nation desperately needed a father to give kind words of advice and counsel, but fearing irrelevance and like an alcoholic who just cannot have enough Moi had to involve himself in partisan politics in this election. "Just one more drink, this will be the last" you said, but now you have lost it all. Remember to whom much has been given much will be required. What will you say when you are before the Judge, when he asks " I raised you for such a time as this" Woe unto to you, for you set out to build a lasting legacy, but now that you look back all you see are ruins, with both you and yours rejected and irrelevant.
The Cheerleaders
Uhuru, Kombo, Mudavadi, Kalonzo, Saitoti, Kaura, Ruto the list is endless, - a group of non-leaders sitting on the sideline, and like the proverbial hyena following and watching as the arm swings hoping it will fall off, so that they can have a bone to gnaw on. Like cheerleaders in their little skirts they jump up and down and all their words just say "look at me, look at me". Be careful! You will go in the way of Gideon and Nyachae, leaders who refused to read the times and be relevant. Here is my advise, you have less to lose in comparison to Kibaki and your pain is not as great as Raila's, you have an opportunity to whisper a third way into their ears. "Let us consider the people, let us think of those in the cold, the grieving, the hungry," you should say. Pull them down from their hard-lines, help to make a way where there is no way. And maybe you may raise and be counted in their stead.The Worst Kenyan Ever
The winner of this repulsive title is Mr. Kivuitu, the ECK chair, big boss, earning top dollar from the taxpayer. This man does not realize what he and his 22 witchdoctors have done. Let me make it plain for you - the 300 plus lives lost are for you to account for. Kenyans are taxed every month, money that they could feed and educate their children. This money is given to you and your brood of 22 vipers to avoid what just happened in Kenya. How dare you say 'you were pressured' into announcing fraudulent results. Did the pressure from the phone calls hurt as much as the church fire in Eldoret? Was your fear of being called 'a coward' more than the grief of the mother who lost her three children? What were you thinking? How were you thinking? Were you thinking at all?
It is, or at least was, your job to set up structures to stop election fraud. So when you say there was rigging, who are you telling and what do you expect us to do about it? When you announce that you do not know if Kibaki won, who do you expect to know, if not you. It would have been okay if we were disappointed, if we knew you tried, but failed, but we are disgusted, for it was out of personal consideration that you sold your country, like Judas, and for what, so that we do not see your cowardice? So that the TELEPHONE PRESSURE can stop? Take my advice, go to your God and ask for forgiveness, that he may show you mercy, plead with the Kenyan people for forgiveness, refund all the income you have earned as ECK chair, then visit each of the 300 families that lost their lives and commit to restoring the country's faith in the electoral process. Such is your lot and that of the 22 you lead.
That Silly Spokesman
I could not end this post without mentioning that silly spokesman. Can someone do us a favor and silence that government spokesman (no violence please). His comments and statements are extremely infuriating. Like a robot, he follows his basic play book as though he was talking about the budget. If you cannot find it in you to stop the spin when the nation is in turmoil, then you lack judgment. It was insulting for you to stand before the Kenyan people and trivialize this tragedy. You claimed that there were, I quote "few trouble spots.....that the government is dealing with ..... and we are in control". For your information we do not care about the perceptions you want to create, these are well good, and part of your job in times of peace, but at this time find it in yourself to serve the people and tell the truth. Can you console a mother who has lost a child by telling her there are many other children. Please! learn some empathy. We are learning of this grave situation from BBC, CNN, Al jazeera, while you flap your gums peddling lies like a paid professional. Stop reading from your playbook and empathise with the situation.
The Violent
To the violent causing mayhem my only words to you are stop, repent and turn from your wicked ways.
