I do not know how many wake-up calls Kenyans will need to realize that we are NOT headed for a brighter future with our current leadership. We should collectively be embarrassed that so many of us have consistently voted for these people and then loudly complain about their actions afterwards. A vote for Kibaki (yes, I am not yet sure that he will be gone in 2012!), Raila, Kalonzo, Uhuru, Ruto, Mudavadi, Karua, or Ngilu at the next elections will be a further endorsement of this madness. Today, Karua stands out from this crowd for "doing the right things", but we should not forget her past. When she had the power to keep Kibaki honest as a member of his inner circle, she did not!
Kenyans have the ability to quickly forget the dark side of their leaders and embrace their lip service to democracy and good governance. If this was not true, would we have forgotten Kibaki of the Mugumo tree, Anglo Leasing, and Artur brothers infamy? Would we have forgotten how he reneged on the spirit of IPPG to kill the trust of many Kenyans in the ECK? What of Raila? The one who in the time of "Cooperation" and "Merger" forgot all about the ills of Moism. The one whose hooligans roughed up his opponents including Orengo in Ugenya. The one who acquired financial take-off during "Cooperation" and "Merger". The one who blames Saitoti and Mudavadi for Goldenberg only when they are in the opposing camp but when in his camp finds fantastic explanations to exonerate them. The one whose slip of the tongue at many public meetings perhaps has given as a window into who he truly is as compared to Kibaki who shies away from talking to Kenyans on a regular and unscripted basis.
I will not go on about the others as I am getting more enraged by the minute. We only need to look at their records in the public domain. I guess what I am trying to say is that there are credible Kenyans out there, but we have refused to give them a chance. When we change our old guard, we bring in the Sonko's of this world. When we luckily get in good people in parliament, we refuse to support the Mwiria's and Abdikadir's until they succumb to the whims of the Big Men.
Finally, many of us see the log in our MPs eyes but refuse to seek treatment for the speck in our eyes that form the collective log of our nation's eyes.............and yes, that speck slowly grows into a log in our individual eyes!
