Kenya's Political Circus
Things have happened. A lot of things. For starters, only this morning, Wiper's office was wiped. As to why someone might decide to wipe such an office belonging to such a humble man might never be known given the nature of investigations in the country. But then, maybe with the new Inspector General of police,some changes might be in the offing.
Honestly speaking, in the last fewmonths,alot of unprecedented changes have come about.Who,for instance, knew that one Alfred Mutua, the former government spokesman will ever sail in the same boat with Raila AmoloOdinga? Rumour too has it that one Kiraitu Murungi of the bus party is now Corded. This is after one Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta refused to give him money to finance the operations of the bus, which until recently, had no driver. From reliable sources, good old Kiraitu had hopped that the son of Jomo would change his mind and support him, but instead he called him a beggar. How dare the boy call a meru eldera beggar? Kiraitu could not stomach that, so he bolted to CORD.
In western, the politicians are as divided as ever. The problem is that everyone wants to be the president. Am sure some people are still full of smiles when they see this. They know that by dividing the western vote, no one stands to win. One Eugene Wamalwa does not seem to have learned anything. Not even from his late brother, Michael Wamalwa Kijana. Michael learned too late that it was only when the opposition was united that they would be able to drive Daniel Arap Moi out of power. And they did so after coming together. He should have taugght the young man and his friends this lesson, but he made the mistake of dying too early. So they have to go through the same experience once more for them to learn.
Down coast, Najib Balala, Chirau Mwakwere and the others are in the Jubillee alliance, headed by Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. They believe that these young men will solve their land problems. And I agree with them. Uhuru willteach the squattersat the coast how to acquire land like his father, Jomo Kenyatta did. Ruto has, so far, done well for himself. He has a court case to answer for the farm that he assumed ownership of, having used his connections to get the genuine ownerout of the way. He too will, perhaps, give the coastal people, particularly thosewithout farms, some lessons on how to acquire big chunks of land.
And the circus continues.
