Tuesday, September 16, 2008

The Lion King In Bow Tie

President John Kufour of Ghana is entertained at the White House during his three day visit.

Ain't that presidential?

And when will Kibaki ever be invited anywhere? Even Moi used to fly out once in a while…you know making us proud with his scrappy 'English' and coming back with cow feed. Although Kalonzo was received and hosted by obscure assistant ministers and sub chiefs in Beijing, at least he flew the Kenyan flag. As for Raila, even though he's a perennial pest at the Obama residence in Chicago, he's read some good speeches in a few places.
While world leaders wine and dine for the benefit of their countries, Kibaki is sitting on a stool under a mango tree in the State House back yard.

What I'm asking is this, when was the last time a Kenyan political leader made you feel proud?

Fellas, if we leave it up to these mad men (no offence to real mental patients) masquerading as leaders, we will reduce our status to equal countries like Chad or Equatorial Guinea (no intended offense to Chadians or Equatorial Guineas).

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Pattni: King of Industry, Master of Deception

The circus presently going on at Central Bank cannot be divorced from Kenya’s version of industry and hard work. CBK forms the nerve centre of all past and present mega scams and hence the need to sanitize it with the right officers in anticipation of unfavourable Majid Cockar’s verdict on Prof Joseph Ndungu. The stubborn and LAZY Mwatela must give way no matter the price for the RIGHT candidate at the helm of CBK.

That the Cockar commission is proving to be Goldernberg probe II with same cast of lawyers and clients but reversed loyalties is no surprise. You only ned to master Kenya’s unique script on how to work hard and remain industrious as other lazy bones cling to unbankable honesty clothed as principles.

Give it to one Kamlesh Pattni aka Paul. The smart Kenyan will go down in Kenyan history as the public face of grand corruption. And no amount of religious gymnastics appears to extricate Brother Paul from the intricate web of fraud spanning across decades. Pattni story epitomizes everything bad with Kenya. The more things change the more they remain the same or in our case degenerate to worse levels. Pattni made his hay when the sun was still up during the ruinous Moi ERROR when smart Biwott knew whom to use as fraud conduit.

You see more than five years since Moi vacated Kenya’s centre of power, Pattni is still fighting enmeshed in corruption with the new owners. Poor Kimunya must be cursing what hit him. While Amos is cooling his political heels in Siberia, Pattni is at his best spilling the beans on KACC and its director Aaron Ringera. The infamous dragon slayer couldn't have his name more besmirched. Justice Ringera is a living paradox. Otherwise how do you reconcile his penchant to waxes Shakespearian with everything to do with radical surgery while on the same breathe he fails to eradicate the heap of warts threatening to blind him.

Well, double standards can surely reign supreme especially if you are politically untouchable and and enjoying the right patronage. Ringera and his team of liars are so shameless they lie on camera and continue to shout from the rooftops about sins they have no intention to stop committing themselves.

Commercial conscience
We are ruled by scoundrels whose blurred vision can not illuminate anything outside their selfish spheres and schemes. All the complaints during Moi’s time must have been borne from jealousy with cries to inherit the reigns to power and the singular intention to perfect GRAND DECEPTION. No wonder they readily avoid challenges with a litany of commissions whose principal objective is to have crones feather their nests at our collective good while ridding on our short memory.

Granted, religion has been misused to whitewash unforgivable sins against humanity and Pattni has mastered the pulpit theatrics that preys into our emotions at the expense of our national good. The painful truth however is that behind every grand corrupt move driven by Pattni lurks the ruling class smiling all the way to the bank as they suck Kenya’s last drop of blood.

Leaves you wondering when Pattni goes as far as revealing April 9 as the date Ringera and Prof Ndungu granted him GLOBAL AMNESTY on surrendering Grand Regency whether the two gentlemen have any trace of conscience. But again within our borders conscience is not a commercial item worth investing in. You need lessons on industry to succeed and only few have compatible DNA.