Kalonzo Musyoka On NTV: More Questions Than Answers Remain On The Minds Of Kenyans

NTV's Julie Gichuru was a great disappointment last night when she hosted presidential hopeful Kalonzo Musyoka on her TV show, On The Spot. That coupled with the fact that Kalonzo supporters jammed the telephone lines, in what was most probably a well-orchestrated pre-planned strategy, resulted in the sort of show that made it difficult for anybody to remain awake.

All the right questions were either avoided altogether or asked in a very superficial way and the answers from Mr Musyoka left wananchi even more puzzled. For instance there was no mention of the scandal involving Kalonzo's law firm where a prime piece of land changed hands as a high court judge issued a warrant of arrest for Musyoka (we will cover that bizarre scandal in more detail later.) Nobody talked about Kalonzo's true background including the fact that his father is a known and feared witchdoctor. Or the fact that former PS in the office of the president, Philip Mbithi is on record for accusing Kalonzo of practicing witchcraft. Or the fact that Kalonzo's Mwingi constituency is one of the least developed in the republic. So how will Kalonzo succeed nationally and yet he has failed in his constituency?

Mercifully the ODM presidential campaign, let alone the final race, proper, will not be decided on a TV show. What all our presidential candidates fail to see is that this is not the time to play games. Kenya has reached a critical place where one wrong move could mean catastrophe.

Most important of all, Kalonzo did not come across on the show as being sincere and the sort of person we can trust with the presidency. Kalonzo tried to say that as a lawyer president, he would have certain advantages, however those who have dealt with lawyers are well aware what most of them are made of. But what is even more worrying about Kalonzo is that he does not seem to want a scrutiny of his past. What is he scared that Kenyans will find?