Now Amos Kimunya Encounters Angry Constituents At His Kipipiri Constituency

Predictions to the effect that most of the current members of parliament will be shown the door come the general elections later this year seem to have been confirmed yet again yesterday when Finance Minister Amos Kimunya faced angry constituents at his Kipipiri constituency.

This latest incident comes hot in the heels of yet another one involving Kamukunji legislator Norman Nyagah who was booed, heckled and embarrassed by his angry constituents only last week during what was supposed to be a triumphant tour of development projects in the constituency.

Kimunya's problems seem to have stemed from the 9-member constituency electoral panel which a cross section of his constituents felt was unfairly formed giving the incumbent legislator a clear edge over any would-be challengers within Narc-Kenya. In fact the constituents, most of them supporters of a former MP of the area Mr Mwangi Githiomi, stormed out of the heated Narc-Kenya function. It is clear that Mr Githiomi is standing once again in this year's general elections and he intends to do so on a Narc Kenya ticket. Last time round Kimunya enjoyed the anti-Moi Narc wave that swept right across the entire country and easily enabled him to sail into parliament. One thing is certain, the same thing will not happen again this time.

Kimunya's cause will not be helped by his spirited defense of the government against corruption allegations leveled at it by former ethics PS John Githongo. In a recent TV show no doubt watched with keen interest by many of his constituents, Kimunya repeated the ridiculous government assertion that Githongo was not recognized by law as an investigator and claimed that the Kibaki government was winning the war against corruption despite this mega scandal over which no cabinet minister is yet to be prosecuted. This is apart from the victimization of mere PS's over the scandal, some of whose cases are still pending in court, the government has continued to add insult to injury by getting TV camera crews to record the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission arresting traffic policemen for receiving kshs 50 bribes for matatus and motorists. A big joke when this apparently toothless organization is consuming taxpayers funds at a very crazily high rate.

These are just some of the questions Kimunya will be hard pressed to answer when the campaigns finally kick off in earnest, closer to December this year. But perhaps the most challenging of all issues he will have to explain to the village folk will be how the economy is said to have grown at a whooping 5.8 per cent this year, and yet many of his constituents have continued to wallow in poverty.

Challenger Mwangi Githiomi promised to raise a complaint at the Narc Kenya party headquarters over the issue of contention at Kipipiri.

Interestingly, although Narc Kenya has been observing the numerous challenges facing rivals ODM-Kenya with lots of glee, it is now clear that the party seems to have even more serious problems of its' own and right at the grassroots level where many aspirants have said that the party structure clearly favors the incumbent MPs. If the usual Narc Kenya arrogance and complacency that saw them lose the referendum prevails, then chances are that the party will create a stiff challenger for itself in its' strongholds, mainly consisting of disgruntled but popular challengers who will end up not find justice within Narc Kenya.

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