Some people define politics as the art of telling lies successfully. I am certainly not one of those people and if that is what politics really is, I want no part in it.
But yesterday his Excellency President Kibaki told a blatant lie in full view of TV cameras and the world. His Excellency the occupant of State House Nairobi and all the other palatial presidential residences countrywide, the man whom I voted for with my whole heart that memorable day of December 2002 called several of his own cabinet ministers liars. Indeed he even called me a liar, but alas, who am I?
Cabinet ministers Musikari Kombo (who was very close to the late VP Wamalwa Kijana) could be lying and so could cabinet Minister Noah Wekesa. But the clip of former VP Kijana Wamalwa giving an eloquent speech describing the turning point for opposition unity is not a lie. According to the now dead man, it came when the opposition king pins all selfishly gunning for the presidency decided to put their personal interests aside for the good of the country and decided that they would give each other brief 5 year terms and within a short time the presidency would go round all of them. Insiders add that it was Kijana who observed that candidate Kibaki was the older man and by virtue of that fact needed to be given the first turn.
Let me add another undeniable fact. Let us for a moment assume that the President is telling the truth and that this blogger hasn't the faintest idea of what he is talking about. Let us even assume (for the sake of all those government moles who read this blog every day) that this blogger has been paid by some unknown person or people to spread fitina. Even then, president Kibaki is still morally wrong in seeking re-election.
It is sad that today President Kibaki is a very different man from that easy-going politician who went round city hotels with the late Kijana Wamalwa and Charity Ngilu promising to deliver Kenyans from the clutches and tentacles of the evil Kanu. After a brief stint in power, he does not have the interests of the country at heart gunning for a second term, which will see him leave office when he is close to 82 years old.
Mr President, apart from telling lies in public, if you really had the interests of this country at heart, you would quietly retire to your Othaya farm and give somebody else a chance to take up the mantle from where you left off. As it is your clear statement that "you will never give it up" until you have done "your 10 years" is a confirmation in my book that you need 5 more years to do things that are not in the interests of the Kenyans who elected you. Like bring back senior Kanu people like retired President Moi who we elected you to deal firmly with. And maybe you also need the additional 5 years to clean up loose ends, and especially those to do with Anglo Leasing.
Kenyan voters please take careful note.
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Friday, February 02, 2007
More Lies For Gullible Kenyans From Finance Minister Kimunya
Last night during a popular talk show on KTN (Kenya Television Network) TV, finance minister Amos Kimunya openly lied to Kenyans over the Anglo Leasing scandal that has haunted president Kibaki's administration for the past three years.
Kimunya said in front of TV cameras that he did not know who returned Sh 1 billion to the treasury during the height of the scandal and the only information was that of the bank in Germany where the money was wired from.
This answer was not only an insult to the intelligence of the person who asked the question but also to the thousands of viewers who were watching the show.
For starters how was it not possible to know the identity of the person or organization you have given a multi million shilling security contract in the first place? Remember how sensitive security contracts are? They are so sensitive that open tendering is usually avoided and that is why they are so popular with those intent on dipping their hands into the cookie jar. And again, can a government fail to be interested in an organization or individual who has returned a billion shillings to the treasury?
It is clear that the government has failed on its war against corruption but what is more annoying is the blatant lies that senior government officials are peddling as they go about defending an increasingly unpopular regime.
These lying tactics were popular in the 1970's when the state radio and TV, Voice of Kenya those days, would release a bulletin claiming that the then president was on a busy working holiday at the coast without thinking twice about the contradiction of their statement. Is it possible to be on holiday and to be busy at the same time? We now know the terrible truth. The heat favored the aging president's life and as he drifted in and out of his comas, so he went to the coast to pass out even as his kitchen cabinet robbed the country blind and as AG Charles Njonjo ruled Kenya.
It seems the Kibaki administration is stuck in some kind of time warp of the 70's where Kenyans were generally considered gullible by the ruling class who fed them with ridiculous propaganda, which was never taken with 'a pinch of salt'
The common excuse that the government of today is using in its attempt to cover up corruption deals and make Kenyans forget about is the phrase that 'investigations are still ongoing'. I can assure you that at this rate investigations will never end een by the end of this century.
A former planning minister in Kibaki's administration, Prof Anyang' Nyong'o was a delight to watch on the TV talk show last night as he took Kimunya to task over corruption and wondered aloud whether these so called investigations will ever be completed.
The subdued minister also failed to answer the disturbing question on the minds of many Kenyans as to why his colleagues implicated in the Anglo Leasing scandal have been reinstated in the cabinet yet it is claimed investigations are ongoing.
At some point, Kimunya got so worked up and with no defense, he kept on repeating himself without knowing it, after his face broke into a sweat as he came to pains in his fruitless attempt to defend the government over corruption. He sounded ridiculous and poor Beatrice Marshall, the show's host had a difficult time stopping him from dominating the proceedings with his gibberish and repeated lies.
President Kibaki said yesterday while launching the youth enterprise fund that he has faith in Kenyans as he goes about his re-election bid. What he failed to ask himself is, do Kenyans have faith in him?
But even stranger was the SMS vote taken about whether the government is winning or losing the fight against corruption. Miraculously and mysteriously a whole 43% of the respondents felt that the government was winning.
My fear is that these are the same banana-voting-Hutus-of-Kenya rearing their ugly heads and putting tribal sentiments (ni mtu wetu) ahead of clear logical thinking.
Very sad, this and definitely not good news for the country. My 7-year old knows without promoting that this government is full of liars. How a grown person misses it smacks of only one thing—blatant tribal sentiments.
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Kimunya said in front of TV cameras that he did not know who returned Sh 1 billion to the treasury during the height of the scandal and the only information was that of the bank in Germany where the money was wired from.
This answer was not only an insult to the intelligence of the person who asked the question but also to the thousands of viewers who were watching the show.
For starters how was it not possible to know the identity of the person or organization you have given a multi million shilling security contract in the first place? Remember how sensitive security contracts are? They are so sensitive that open tendering is usually avoided and that is why they are so popular with those intent on dipping their hands into the cookie jar. And again, can a government fail to be interested in an organization or individual who has returned a billion shillings to the treasury?
It is clear that the government has failed on its war against corruption but what is more annoying is the blatant lies that senior government officials are peddling as they go about defending an increasingly unpopular regime.
These lying tactics were popular in the 1970's when the state radio and TV, Voice of Kenya those days, would release a bulletin claiming that the then president was on a busy working holiday at the coast without thinking twice about the contradiction of their statement. Is it possible to be on holiday and to be busy at the same time? We now know the terrible truth. The heat favored the aging president's life and as he drifted in and out of his comas, so he went to the coast to pass out even as his kitchen cabinet robbed the country blind and as AG Charles Njonjo ruled Kenya.
It seems the Kibaki administration is stuck in some kind of time warp of the 70's where Kenyans were generally considered gullible by the ruling class who fed them with ridiculous propaganda, which was never taken with 'a pinch of salt'
The common excuse that the government of today is using in its attempt to cover up corruption deals and make Kenyans forget about is the phrase that 'investigations are still ongoing'. I can assure you that at this rate investigations will never end een by the end of this century.
A former planning minister in Kibaki's administration, Prof Anyang' Nyong'o was a delight to watch on the TV talk show last night as he took Kimunya to task over corruption and wondered aloud whether these so called investigations will ever be completed.
The subdued minister also failed to answer the disturbing question on the minds of many Kenyans as to why his colleagues implicated in the Anglo Leasing scandal have been reinstated in the cabinet yet it is claimed investigations are ongoing.
At some point, Kimunya got so worked up and with no defense, he kept on repeating himself without knowing it, after his face broke into a sweat as he came to pains in his fruitless attempt to defend the government over corruption. He sounded ridiculous and poor Beatrice Marshall, the show's host had a difficult time stopping him from dominating the proceedings with his gibberish and repeated lies.
President Kibaki said yesterday while launching the youth enterprise fund that he has faith in Kenyans as he goes about his re-election bid. What he failed to ask himself is, do Kenyans have faith in him?
But even stranger was the SMS vote taken about whether the government is winning or losing the fight against corruption. Miraculously and mysteriously a whole 43% of the respondents felt that the government was winning.
My fear is that these are the same banana-voting-Hutus-of-Kenya rearing their ugly heads and putting tribal sentiments (ni mtu wetu) ahead of clear logical thinking.
Very sad, this and definitely not good news for the country. My 7-year old knows without promoting that this government is full of liars. How a grown person misses it smacks of only one thing—blatant tribal sentiments.
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