The Waki report is one document that will not fade from our national radar in a hurry. It has rattled many political interests and true to Kenya’s tradition expediency has taken centre stage with the two major political camps swapping positions. In the process more heat is generated leaving no trace of light in the whole process.
The Hague Express is patiently waiting to be flagged off with nobody ready to board. Well, they may not willingly board but all the kicks won’t deter ICC from claiming its scalp when the right time comes. The stakes are high and the two principals are held hostages by their sub-principals whose are hands are believed to hold the political asset of votes. So who will blink first?
Kibaki cannot afford the unforgivable and politically blasphemous act of dragging Jomo’s name in murk. With Jomo Jr topping the list in Waki’s envelope, leaving him exposed to face the laws of nature and vultures amounts to Kibaki aiding communal political suicide. The tower of Babel and economic hegemony thriving on his presidency would crash tumbling down like a pack of cards. Jomo’s skeletons must be rattling next top Parliament building at the prompting of the worms threatening to escape the can enmasse.
Then enter Bill Samoei and the stakes hit the skies. To him Waki’s margin of error is so large that he missed the boat by a whole river. And true to Kenya’s time tested gimmicks he has the Rift Valley brigade breathing fire with flaming brimstone. Now Waki’s report has been trivialized into a mere list hosted in an envelope.
Postponing inevitable apocalypse
With State House named as a principal address where the massacres were planned, can Kibaki afford to place his own head on the chopping block? And while at it, can Raila afford top purchase the politically expensive option of doing what is right no matter the fallout? Well, your guess is as good as mine and Kenya’s history bears us out. We haven’t seen anything yet.
The truth is that the present political theatrics are mere motions cleverly crafted to create impressions of movements. We have been up these roads and our smart politicians are aware of our naivety and short memory. Not this time. The average Kenyan is in such a foul mood and the world has changed so much so that Kenya will never be the same.
Even such high-sounding calls for a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission will be clearly seen for what it is smokescreen to buy time. The lives of over 1500 Kenyans were not lost in vein. The masks are off and the politicians may thumb their chests all they want but the cheap tribal games are definitely over. They will only succeed in postponing the inevitable.
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The Cummulative Steep Price of Electoral Theft Posted: October 22nd, 2008, 5:57pm EDT