I had a mind to respond to Mutahi Ngunyi’s Sunday column once again in this space, and then I decided I wouldn’t. I don’t want to make a habit of it. I now realise that he’s been baiting me for weeks on end, and that, to his delight, I’ve been biting time and again.
Not so today. I’m the wiser.
I will repeat a comment I made in class a couple of weeks ago, however.
There was a time when Raila Odinga was difficult for me to understand and therefore to relate to because he was an unknown quantity. The more I see of him and hear from him, however, the more I like him. And, even, grow to admire him. I’ve been surprised a number of times in the recent past when he’s side-stepped the opportunity to make a politically-calculated move and opted instead to display a steady statesmanship.
Sometimes I cannot help but be afraid for him. Kenya being what it is, his courage may very well be the thing that trips up his political career. I certainly hope not. I hope and I pray and I watch.
So Raila, where Mutahi Ngunyi berates, I applaud you.
But you know, there’s one issue on which you could show leadership where instead you’ve been conspicuously silent: the stubborn refusal by our selfish Members of Parliament to pay taxes on their benefits. Now there’s a place where you could show real leadership, even though in this instance you’ve already been upstaged by Johnstone Muthama.It's my window, but I don't own the view.
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The Raila Mutahi Ngunyi Sees, The Raila I See Posted: November 24th, 2008, 2:25am EST