9th Parliament Now Has Record For Number Of Deaths Of Sitting MPs…
…But Why?
As I was posting today's commentary, news was still trickling in about details for the burial of six members of parliament who lost their lives in the Marsabit plane crash.
The MPs were on a mission to reconcile warring local factions.
Those killed in the crash were assistant ministers Mirugi Kariuki and Titus Ngoyoni; Dr Bonaya Godana who was deputy Leader of the Official Opposition, MPs Guracha Galgalo and Abdi Sasura and regional Assembly member Abdullahi Adan.
The 9th parliament now holds the record for the highest deaths of sitting MPs which started very shortly after the elections with a Plane crash in Busia which killed a cabinet minister. It has been followed by scores of other deaths including that of a sitting Vice president, for the first time in the history of the nation. This was the death of Michael Kijana Wamalwa at a London hospital.
The superstitious ones will say it is because this is probably the parliament that has disappointed the electorate the most after such high hopes when they started off in January 2003.
The latest tragedy has had one very positive result, and that is to unite all Members of Parliament in grief. We can now have a little peace as it will take quite some time for them to start going for each other’s jugular again.
Meanwhile Parliament has been adjourned until all MPs who lost their lives are buried.
READ FULL DETAILS ON MARSABIT PLANE TRAGEDY
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Moody Awori: Foreign Powers Want To Bring Down This Government
..."That would be nice and long overdue, Kenyans reply"
Embattled Vice President Moody Awori recently brought up the issue of foreign powers bent on bringing down the Kibaki administration.
To many Kenyans this will now already be a tired topic, the kind that solicits yawns. And not without reason. There is a simple fact that the current administration has never been able to grasp. And that is, no foreign power can have any influence if majority of the people are happy with their government.
If it is indeed true that foreign powers are trying to influence the political situation in Kenya, then they have only been able to get a foothold because of the current government's gross incompetence. In fact as has often been proved before, the ordinary Kenyan now worse off than they were during the darkest hours of Kanu rule does not really care where their help comes from. What matters most to them is that they find a solution to some of their current pressing problems and one way of doing this is by being able to influence change and voting out a government that has been a terrible nightmare.
The Kenyan voter feels very much like the girl who gave in to the tall handsome stranger because she believed him when he said he loved her and would marry her. Several months down the road, it becomes clear that the stranger was lying, not only is he not interested in marriage, but he's also not prepared to pay for the upkeep of the love child.
Sadly the Narc government will be best remembered for a string of unbroken promises and Anglo Leasing. All the other achievements that have been made will be overshadowed by the feelings of the majority of Kenyans about a government that has been remote and insensitive to their suffering.
The saddest thing about this whole affair is that Moody Awori is right and there is plenty of evidence of foreign influence which should alarm Kenyans. But who cares? Kenyans have plenty to occupy their minds at the moment and some of them are even thinking about the Armenian so-called mercenaries (the Artur brothers) and are wondering to themselves, "Whose complaining about foreigners now?"
Most Kenyans can hardly wait to deal with these jokers at the ballot box and if foreign influence can help bring those elections sooner rather than later, so be it.
Embattled Vice President Moody Awori recently brought up the issue of foreign powers bent on bringing down the Kibaki administration.
To many Kenyans this will now already be a tired topic, the kind that solicits yawns. And not without reason. There is a simple fact that the current administration has never been able to grasp. And that is, no foreign power can have any influence if majority of the people are happy with their government.
If it is indeed true that foreign powers are trying to influence the political situation in Kenya, then they have only been able to get a foothold because of the current government's gross incompetence. In fact as has often been proved before, the ordinary Kenyan now worse off than they were during the darkest hours of Kanu rule does not really care where their help comes from. What matters most to them is that they find a solution to some of their current pressing problems and one way of doing this is by being able to influence change and voting out a government that has been a terrible nightmare.
The Kenyan voter feels very much like the girl who gave in to the tall handsome stranger because she believed him when he said he loved her and would marry her. Several months down the road, it becomes clear that the stranger was lying, not only is he not interested in marriage, but he's also not prepared to pay for the upkeep of the love child.
Sadly the Narc government will be best remembered for a string of unbroken promises and Anglo Leasing. All the other achievements that have been made will be overshadowed by the feelings of the majority of Kenyans about a government that has been remote and insensitive to their suffering.
The saddest thing about this whole affair is that Moody Awori is right and there is plenty of evidence of foreign influence which should alarm Kenyans. But who cares? Kenyans have plenty to occupy their minds at the moment and some of them are even thinking about the Armenian so-called mercenaries (the Artur brothers) and are wondering to themselves, "Whose complaining about foreigners now?"
Most Kenyans can hardly wait to deal with these jokers at the ballot box and if foreign influence can help bring those elections sooner rather than later, so be it.
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