We Have No Idea Who To Vote For, Frustrated Kenyans Say

Talking to ordinary Kenyans these days, there is no mistaking their determination to vote out most of the jokers currently polluting the August house with their presence which has brought hardly any benefit to anybody except to themselves with high salaries and perks.

One Kenyan told this blogger of several cases of MPs in their home area who were paupers when they were voted into parliament in 2002 but whose lives have changed rather dramatically. Another Kenyan even pointed to the case of Anania Mwaboza, the Kisauni legislator (Coast province) who went to parliament to replace the late Karisa Maitha. He has hardly been in parliament for two years and yet he seems to have acquired plenty of wealth very swiftly. Mwaboza's election is currently the subject of a dramatic court case in Mombasa.

Awareness amongst the Kenyan voters even in rural areas has dramatically been heightened and it is clear that this time round, money will hardly influence the proceedings.

Still the worry of many Kenyan voters, is who to vote for. Interestingly out of the 10 odd wananchi that this blogger spoke to at a major cosmopolitan town in Kenya which is populated by many different tribes hailing from diverse parts of the country, all agreed on one thing; that they will prefer to vote for outsiders and people who have never been to parliament before.

Fortunately it is still very early and things are bound to get clearer as the polls draw nearer towards the end of the year. It seems that Kenyan voters can hardly wait for their chance to speak loudly and clearly to the ninth parliament.

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