What President Kibaki's Security Briefings May Be All About

Let us for a moment focus on what would currently be a threat to president Kibaki’s government. If we can, then we'll have a pretty good idea of what the President's almost daily, security briefings these days are usually all about.

Of course by now, we understand very well what Kenyatta’s intelligence briefings were all about. They must have dwelt a lot on characters like Tom Mboya, JM, Ronald Ngala etc. We also understand what Moi’s were like, especially after the 1982 failed coup.. Raila Odinga, Ben Gethi etc.

Early in the Kibaki administration, retired President Moi and his activities seem to have been viewed as a serious threat.

One Madaraka day, this came out in the open at Nyayo stadium when wananchi starting to get disillusioned by the Narc administration, greeted President Kibaki in a rather luke warm manner but gave retired President Moi a rousing greeting with chants of "Nyayo", "Nyayo". Matters came to a head when the retired President publicly stated that he was against the proposed new constitution in the November referendum which was fully being backed by the Kiobaki administration after extensive doctoring by the same.

You will remember that there was a time that Moi even came out publicly and complained about security personnel trailing him all over the place. Since then a lot has changed and it is now clear that both Moi and Kibaki are firmly on the same side.

So whose the current threat to the security of the state. Raila Odinga of course, just like his father was before him for many years. And (it gets even more ridiculous) anybody with a chance of defeating Kibaki in the 2007 is a threat to state security. And whatever that was going to be published in the Standard was also clearly a threat. That is why the “snake had to bite” (Hon Michuki’s words). Notice that very little has changed since the Kenyatta days. Michuki is now clearly playing the role of Mbiyu Koinange. A role that the late Hezekiah Oyugi also played as one of the most powerful PS’s in the history of Kenya. Incharge of internal security of course. Moi preferred to use PS Oyugi who in this case had more powers than the minister who was supposed to be his boss at the ministry. Note that Oyugi was named as a prime suspect in the Ouko murder. The Ouko murder had a few differences which we shall deal with on another day.

In shutting down the torture chambers of Nyayo House many Kenyans were convinced that we had seen the last of this state sponsored terror. They were wrong, the Standard Raid happened.

There is only one way to end this nonsense and to free up our intelligence service for much more productive pursuits. And that is to strengthen the key institutions like parliament and the judiciary. The inclusion of a prime minister would have helped a great deal here.

The wounds and sufferings of the families of those who lost their lives allegedly because they were a threat to state security, need an explanation, that's why a truth and reconciliation commission is the only answer for Kenya.

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