I’ve just gotten back from a quick trip to Magarini constituency, I’ve never seen such extreme poverty in my life (but that’s a story for another day.)
After the visit and interviewing quite a number of locals on the ground, I have no option but to fully agree with the sentiments of our regular commentator, Phil who recently wrote;
Chris, instead of analyzing the stakes at this by elections, you have conveniently forgotten to tell us that state resources are being abused in campaigning for the NARC -K candidate and that government ministers are abusing their official privileges to openly campaign for Mr. Kombe Harrison?
Don’t you think we already know who the winner will be? And that our own ECK is a complete toothless bulldog, especially when the ECK Chairman is himself campaigning to have his own tenure renewed by the President?
This can hardly be called democracy but they are the same tricks which sustained Moi for 24 years (including 10 years in multi-party era) as a minority president.
It is difficult to see how the government will lose when so much money has been poured (even title deeds distributed).
Still there are a number of very strong anti-Kombe forces and now the big question is if they are enough in number to turn the tables on the incumbent. My personal opinion from my visit yesterday is, probably not.
President’s Kibaki’s handlers are many things, but they are not stupid and it is clear that they want to giove the impression that most of the country is with them.
I’ll be delighted if I’m proved wrong in this assessment. So delighted. Well, Monday’s just a few hours away and many of you will be reading this when it is already Monday.
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The Government did NOT win in Magarini because they had unending resources. Uhuru had that in 2002 and still lost. The govt won because the opposition are divided. How can you have 9 people competing against one? It seems we are going to have a repeat in December where Kibaki will run against all the presidential candidates in ODM-K(Yes all of them will run in different parties, KPP, Kenda etc. Kibaki will have a nice time going back to state house. Then they will all join in singing the usual stale chorus of rigged. I am a bitter man against opposition. They will give Kibaki an opportunity to entrench tribalism. Shame on oppostion. Sasa kina Pius Muiru anatakia nini Presidency when he knows kabisa he cant win.
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