[laboso]

I will have to agree that kimunya didn't want to go down easily nor without the enemy's collateral. Thats politics. The key thing, however, is that kenyans are coming out the winners. What I find encouraging is the fact that the concept of collective responsibility even during the commission of a crime or fraudulent transactions is being done away with (albeit slowly). I can smile and say that there is tangible light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to accountability and transparency in the running of affairs related to government property and assets.

Whether kimunya is from pnu or odm should be irrelevant. We need people involved in theft or shady deals to be subjected to scrutiny and made to step aside or resign,and that should apply to all across the board. We should all be held accountable and if found guilty should be criminally prosecuted.
This, hopefully,may encourage many of our brethren and sisters to step up and stand up against the theft of the citizens assets. That is the key point I take out of this saga. We can keep focusing on 'siasa ya pesa nane' and we will go nowhere. Lets talk community empowerment i.e knowledge wise and economically then we will be able to deal with the politicians who have ensured that we remain stuck in an underdeveloped status.

Lets get rid of this pnu or odm mentality otherwise we are still headed nowhere. What have you done for your brethren? Better some lady in the US living paycheck to paycheck going to school and having an NGO supporting 12 orphaned kids! When will most of us stop writing irrelevancies and instead take a look at their inner personalities and their contribution to society. If we died today what will we be remembered for? What will you be remembered for? Ma-posts kali kali kwa mashada?

[htsoft]

Kenyatta: When Kenya’s first president’s bakora ruled

Published on 12/07/2008

By Saturday Standard Team

The founding father of the nation, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, had two permanent companions—his traditional walking stick and the flywhisk. At face value, they symbolised his status as an elder statesman. But what was unknown to many was how the bakora (walking stick) would in moments of rage be used to whip sense into politicians and aides who infuriated or failed him.

One such incident took place on the Easter Holiday of 1967 when Mzee invited wrangling Kanu branch leaders to a meeting at State House, Nakuru. When it turned out there were more than one ‘chairman’ per branch, he unleashed the bakora on those in the room. Those who witnessed the old man’s rage included retired President, who had earlier beseeched them to strike a compromise before meeting Mzee.

"Whenever MPs were dissatisfied with answers given in Parliament, we would meet with Kenyatta at State House to get his guidance and sort out such issues," says 91-old Oselu Nyalik, a former Assistant minister who says Mzee was a master of ‘instant punishment’.

"At one time, JM Kariuki said some unpalatable things about Kenyatta’s Gatundu home. Kenyatta caned him in our presence," reveals Nyalik, now in his sunset days at the lakeside town of Kisumu.

Veteran politician Ezekiel Barng’etuny recalls that Kenyatta never hesitated to use his walking stick whenever it was necessary. He says Kenyatta detested political disputes, which he saw as a waste of time for serving Kenyans.

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