All is not well with the one political party where most Kenyans have placed their hopes on. Indeed the main problems now threatening the stability of this political force all point to one basic and fundamental principal of a democracy which the government of the day continues to ignore for obvious reasons and nobody wants to address.
The issue is wrapped up in the following simple question;
Can democracy thrive and mature when the electorate and its' leaders are allowed to belong to more than one political party at the same time?
The answer to that question should be obvious. It is a resounding "NO".
But what can anybody do when even the President has been linked to several different political parties who all claim that he is their candidate for 2007?
ODM Kenya is a political party. But at the same time it is a coalition of sorts bringing together a number of political parties including LDP, a faction of KANU, numerous MPs formerly linked to NARC etc. Yet in the dictionary political party does not mean the same thing as political coalitions. Coalitions of parties are usually hastily put together after an election that produces no clear winner.
The biggest thorn of contention with ODM Kenya right now is whether the party should accept corporate membership or insist on individual membership. Raila Odinga believes that individual membership is the way forward.
It will be ironical if this issue of membership and not the presidential nominations does the most damage in the widely predicted demise of ODM. In my view the cause will still be Narc Kenya.
Quick Question:
Why are all these grand plans about the future of the Kenyan economy, blah blah, coming out now and not in 2003 when there was enough time for us to have seen the implementation being carried out?
It is the general elections, stupid.
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ReplyDeleteI think the referendum is a way for NARC (or whatever they call themsleves now) to screw kenyans all over again!
For kenya to show a real development we must leave the leadership to President Kibaki. The reat are making noise coz the are hungry for leadership.
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