I usually laugh when readers of this blog fall short of swearing on their dead relatives that such and such a candidate has NO dictatorial tendencies while another one has. It is funny because not a single presidential candidate can claim to be immune to being a dictator once they are safely inside State House.
Kenyans have very short memories and many have forgotten the way one Emilio Mwai Kibaki humbly came hat in hand in 2002 knocking on our doors and begging us to cast our votes for him. As soon as the man was inside State House, he did not even return to thank us for voting for him but ignored us and went on with his business. When oush came to shove he would send emissaries to tell us this and that thing. Predictably, now that elections are around the corner all manner of goodies (Teachers salary hike etc.) are being released so that we forget the horror and nightmare of the last 5 years and cast our vote once again for Mwai Kibaki.
Admittedly the problem has more to do with the piece of paper we call our constitution which gives the President of the republic of Kenya colossal powers. The president in Kenya is as powerful as the Kings of old. Usually a king in those days owned everything including their subjects and his word was law.
In recent years efforts have been made to clip those powers but there has been so much grey area conveniently left by some of these amendments that to be honest very little has changed.
So what do you expect when any of the self-seeking guys standing for president has such power at their disposal? My bet is that many of them (if not all of them) will do exactly what Emilio did.
The whole lot are Idi Amin under the current situation. Period.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Musalia Mudavadi’s Idi Amin Comment
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Ever since former Vice President Musalia Mudavadi lost his parliamentary seat in the 2002 elections most Kenyans have mostly ignored his political coments which have been on the increase in recent times.
That was until his latest quip where he claimed that there was an “Idi Amin-Like-dictator” within the ODM high command.
No other statement by a politician in Kenya in recent times has been discussed so much as that particular remark. Kenyans have also been kept bust trying to guess who Mudavadi is referring to.
Many people seem to think that he is talking about Raila Odinga. But those are people who do not understand ODM politics and some of the behind-the-scenes goings-on.
Those are people who are not aware that Musalia Mudavadi stands a high chance of being the compromise ODM candidate, the ODM secret weapon that could throw the Narc-Kenya ship into chaos and a serious crisis. It is just the card that Raila Odinga would like to throw in the direction of the increasingly noisy Kalonzo Muyoka supporters.
What all this means is that chances are much higher that Musalia was talking about Kalonzo or Ruto rather than Raila. But maybe he should just stop us guessing and show the courage we expect in a presidential candidate and name the person.
Over to you Musalia.
Ever since former Vice President Musalia Mudavadi lost his parliamentary seat in the 2002 elections most Kenyans have mostly ignored his political coments which have been on the increase in recent times.
That was until his latest quip where he claimed that there was an “Idi Amin-Like-dictator” within the ODM high command.
No other statement by a politician in Kenya in recent times has been discussed so much as that particular remark. Kenyans have also been kept bust trying to guess who Mudavadi is referring to.
Many people seem to think that he is talking about Raila Odinga. But those are people who do not understand ODM politics and some of the behind-the-scenes goings-on.
Those are people who are not aware that Musalia Mudavadi stands a high chance of being the compromise ODM candidate, the ODM secret weapon that could throw the Narc-Kenya ship into chaos and a serious crisis. It is just the card that Raila Odinga would like to throw in the direction of the increasingly noisy Kalonzo Muyoka supporters.
What all this means is that chances are much higher that Musalia was talking about Kalonzo or Ruto rather than Raila. But maybe he should just stop us guessing and show the courage we expect in a presidential candidate and name the person.
Over to you Musalia.
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