Is The Government Using Delaying Tactics Again Over Constitutional Reforms?

Time is moving pretty fast. Can you imagine that we are already rapidly heading towards the end of April?

Yesterday the reforms talks ground to yet another halt when the opposition rejected the appointment of Martha Karua as co-chair. Just the right tactic to further delay the process as the clock continues to tick.

In fact there are those analysts who see the inclusion of Karua as co-chair as part of a grand time-wasting plan. Karua is extremely intelligent and will always come up with just the sort of technicalities that will bog down the committee endlessly.

The last time the government sat with the opposition to iron out proposal details concerning the constitution, there were many areas where both sides did not agree. This time there is only one bone of contention and it is the issue of the controversial 50 per cent plus one requirement for a candidate to be declared duly elected as president of Kenya.

Political analysts believe that there is no way president Kibaki’s team will succumb to pressure and allow the new proposed rule to become law.

Personally, I have carefully looked at both sides of the coin and agree with many readers that it could be just the remedy to help us de-tribalize the presidential elections as much as possible. My problem is with the motive behind the proposal. The man really pushing for the new legislation is Raila Odinga and his motive is clear—he sees it as the only chance for him to become president. The thinking is that in a field that has to be whittled down to two candidates, Raila and his handlers are virtually sure that son of Jaramogi will qualify for the finals. And they are equally confident that in a Kibaki versus Raila final contest the rest of Kenya will unite against Kibaki and the Kikuyu. On this last point, they urgently need to re-do their homework.

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Can Raila Odinga Overcome Years Of Jomo Kenyatta’s Very Effective Propaganda?

Many readers of this blog get very angry when I bring up the facts about the deliberate peddling of anti-Luo propaganda by the Jomo Kenyatta administration that began in earnest shortly after the assassination of Topm Mboya in July 1969.

Most Kenyans today have no information about this critical time of Kenya’s history and many are not interested. They just “know” that Raila cannot make a good president of Kenya and that’s that.

The truth is that of all candidates so far, Raila is best suited and surely no other Kenyan deserves the presidency more. While Kalonzo Musyoka was busy harassing his preserved opponents for supremacy in Kamba politics; folks like Prof Philip Mbithi, Raila was getting kicked in all the wrong places in torture chambers in Nyayo House.

But alas, that is exactly what effective propaganda is supposed to do. It is clear to me that a significant number of Kenyans if faced with the narrowed choice of either Raila or Kibaki for the presidency, will opt for Kibaki. Not because Kibaki is the better man, but simply because of effective propaganda over the years. Now the big question is, will there be enough numbers left on Raila’s side for him to still win the presidency? That is the area where opinion is sharply divided between the analysts. Those whose answer to this question is “Yes” point top the referendum results and insist that the votes will come in more or less the same way. Those who say “No” insist that the referendum was basically a vote against Kibaki but when two candidates face off and especially Raila versus Kibaki, then the results will be totally different.

What does Kumekucha think? I think both arguments have merit but if Raila were to win such a contest, it would be too close to call. But then may I remind you again that we have our candidate for president in this blog and it is NOT Raila.

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