[Leleshwa]

It was extremely shocking and disgusting to watch on the 9 o’clock news that Raila will slaughter 500 bulls, 4000 goats and has ordered 20,000 fish for his homecoming party in Kisumu this weekend. This raises very many questions:

1. how can he afford this kind of extravagance when the country is reeling from the terrible effects of post election violence and in country where 70% of the population have little or nothing to eat. Isn’t this a big insult to the poor and also the IDPs (including thousands of Jaluo IDPs in Naivasha and Nakuru)

2. isn’t this the classical sick behaviour of dictators like Mobutu, Canaan Banana of Central Africa republic, Idi Amin etc. Is this road where he wants to take us?

3. why hold the party in kisumu when his constituency is in kibera? Is he a PM for jaluos only? What message is he trying to send to the country?

4. how come we never heard of Kibaki slaughtering thousands of bulls and goats in Nyeri to celebrate being elected president in 2002, 2008?

5. now that this is coming barely a week after arriving from south Africa in a private jet what message is he sending? Is it that there was no KQ, BA or South Africa Airlines flight from Jo’burg to Nairobi?

6. how come he is the only kenyan driving hummers, using private jets and holding lavish parties in Kenya while wananchi are trying to adjust to the harsh economic realities caused by his actions? He also represents the poorest constituency in kenya. Why not use the money to uplift the lives of his constituents? Is this his version of servant leadership?