Why Kibaki Reappointed Saitoti And Kiraitu To The Cabinet

I felt pity for Kiraitu watching him begging the president for his job back when he led elders and constituents to State House not too long ago. I mean the man has even been writing poetry about his being in the cold (how sweet a cabinet post in Kenya must be).

It seems to have worked because as you read this Kiraitu has a flag fluttering in the wind, in front of his chauffer-driven ministerial car complete with a minimum of two bodyguards. In return he has no illusions of what is expected of him. To keep ODM out of Meru, traditionally President Kibaki's stronghold.

President Kibaki actually has two close allies in Meru, namely former Finance Minister Daudi Mwiraria and Kiraitu Murungi. The thinking must have been as follows; to minimize the inevitable fall out, he should bring back only one corrupt Meru rather than two. Despite the fact that Mwiraria is a very close friend of the President for many years, the choice was not too difficult. It was a question of picking the one with a larger following. So Kiraitu got the nod.

The way the Kibaki camp has started doing such precise voter sums, seems to support the Ngunyi claim that we could be headed for early elections.

George Saitoti is also a very popular man, no doubt useful in limiting the damage that Ole Ntimama of ODM is bound to cause for Narc Kenya amongst the Maasai's when election campaigning starts. But even more important, George has to be in the cabinet to write a few cheques that will go towards the Narc Kenya campaign (if he will repeat a little of what he did for the National Rainbow coalition in 2002). Read his lips to find out the amounts on the cheques.

So there you are! George and Kiraitu are back in the cabinet. Neither the Goldenberg mega-scandal nor the Anglo-leasing mega rip off will go away. Not even the taped evidence against Kiraitu. But you can complain as much as you want, the two "mzees" are there to stay, at least until the general elections. Upende, usipende. Utafanya Nini?

I will throw in my lot with the eloquent analyst who quipped "Kenyans are watching these developments closely with their voter cards in hand."

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