If recent events are anything to go by, Kenyans should be bracing themselves for Political alignments like never before. The persistent and apparently inherently stubborn of our Leaders will be breathing fire preaching ethnicity and trivializing every other national issue they can lay their mouths on(sic). What began as an act of courage in the fight against Impunity has been gradually washed down to mere politicking. I do not claim to be learned like my learned friends, but allow me to infer that this learned friends are getting us all lost. Each has his own interpretation of the accord and it does not help that they too, have their own vested interests in this matter. But that aside, at least for the moment, who do we blame for the persistent scandals and wrangles in this coalition government?
To answer this question, let me engage your mind a little bit:
When Kenyans went to the polls to elect a president, we never chose a coalition government. It was imposed on us for obvious reasons. Three more weeks of the anarchy we witnessed in 2007 and the Americans would have taken over. Our options were either we sort out problems or they do it for us. And we did. We went to Serena Hotel, called each other names, swore on national TV against foreigners trying to interfere with us...and did a lot more other unmentionable things. BUT, we got a document and aptly called it The National Accord. What we did not know was the fact that we had created our biggest problem yet.
Back to Raila and the unfolding drama: Can we trust our learned brothers to give us an interpretation of the accord that we can at least follow? If anything I do not suppose out learned brothers have the interests of Kenyans in mind. But I may be wrong. What does the Accord say on power sharing? We have made it seem like one of the most vexing questions that no Philosopher nor lay man alike has been able to answer. So Annan and his friends will continue to nanny us, as long as we cannot decide whether what we have is candy or its wrapper.
Therefore,the question of whether Raila was right or not is best answered by the accord. But how do you answer this question when very lawyer friend in town has his own interpretation, including the AG. A constitutional crisis is not at the least a choice for us.But even so, Raila's action can best be looked at from their moral and ethical inclination. I am not a learned friend and I certainly do not want to invite their wrath, so I will stay off interpretations before somebody says I am foreign. In the war against impunity, our president has been very reluctant to take action against his ministers or high ranking officers. Public opinion has never mattered to our president. When Raila takes throws the first stone against this vice, Kenyans are but glad to support him. Whether it is a machination of the government or anybody to bring him down, being on the right always triumphs and Raila is playing at that.
Political analysts may suggest a ploy to kill him politically, but the fox knows when to lie down and when to pounce. Taking his fight to the house was such a courageous act. But at what cost. For those who think ODM is going to break, think again. Here are my reasons:
To begin, Ruto is not going anywhere. At least not now. The Kalenjin have cleared said they will go into an alliance with the other two K's as he wanted. The question is; Where is Ruto taking the Kalenjin after quitting ODM? KANU, I don't think so. Thus his options are fairly limited. Even Franklin Bett had to backtrack from going against the grain. My point is, it does not matter what happens to ODM, at least Raila has shown us. National interest must always come first.
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