The fear was justified because credible reports that even I received indicated that there was a lot of pressure on then then President Daniel Moi to find a way to hang onto power. Kenya also had no history of a peaceful handover of power from a living president.
Then in the midst of all these uncertainties an arrogant Briton came into the country for prayers and started making predictions and prophecies on the country's political future. Few Kenyans had ever heard of the London based preacher. But he spoke with such authority that some Kenyans even got annoyed.
He predicted that there would be a peaceful change of guard. Mwai Kibaki was going to be the new president and he would usher in a new era in the country. His role was to prepare the country for take off, putting all the structures in place and in readiness for Kenya to prosper so much so that many will jealously ask; "why Kenya?" I drunk in all his prophecies and implemented the only known test for prophets, to wait and see if what he had said would come to pass. You know what happened next.
Then in 2007 the man was back again. This time I was really shocked. He predicted that Mwai Kibaki would be back in office. he was going to finish his work of preparation. This contradicted all the information I had on the ground which clearly showed that Raila Odinga was headed for a landslide victory in those presidential elections. The prophet had to be wrong this time round, I was sure.
That election resulted in post election violence and weeks of uncertainty over what was going to happen next. But the truth is that the man was right once again.
In the run up to the just concluded 2013 general elections I deliberately chose to not read his prophecies because I was sure they would influence my analysis and writing. And so immediately after the elections, I rushed to his website and read what he had been saying.
He predicted that Uhuru would be an important President in ushering the future divine calling of the nation called Kenya. Will this come to pass? Only time will tell.
