05/28/2007
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Re: Nothing works in Kenya, despite all the denials
Odhaimbo Oketch,
Habari ya masiku Ndugu,
I have read your excellent piece like I have been reading all the other
mails you post.
I have come to the conclusion that those of us who seriously want Kibaki
out have run out of ideas.
In politics, let actions speak not arguments. The chief campaigners of
Mr. Mwai Kibaki are Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka. Mr. Kibaki has not
done anything new to make him, look good. The problem is that the oppositionists
in ODM are so hopelessly un strategic. They spend all the time arguing
with Kibaki and destroying their credibility.
They then quickly create a doubt in the minds of Kenyans and Kenyans
begin to ask questions like if so and so is doing this kind of thing without
power, what will he do if he was to capture power as president?
The people then develop doubts about what the alternatives to Kibaki
real are.
A friend recently asked an ODM presidential candidate why Kenyans should
vote for him, as usual the answer is because Kibaki has done the tribal
things and failed to achieve all the things you have outlined herein. Of
course that is not convincing. People want leaders who show that they believe
in process and integrity even in the opposition. The chaos in ODM are so
serious and they are casting the leaders (I am told they are called Luminaries)
in bad light. But they will not accept it.
NCEC was the engine of the opposition coalition of 2002 and we were operating
on certain assumptions. One of them was that Moi was so dislikable and
Kenyans were in a mood to teach him a lesson. And so Uhuru was taught
a lesson for Moi to hear and see.
Can I be this candid- Kenyans do not Kibaki as much as you think! And
then the opposition are indeed doing the campaign for Mr. Kibaki. I feel
so sad about this.
Let me share this, ODM has not demonstrated that they are better leaders
and managers than the mediocre Kibaki leaders. They are so immature in
the management of processes that they lose seriousness. Who are they fooling?
The way Kalonzo has been conducting himself is so immature, all of us
know Balala is a pretender. Nazlim Umar is a joke (Nazlin to be
Kenya
My recommendation
- All the ODM guys should quickly overcome the referendum ecstasy and plan for elections 2007. There is no Wako draft on the table.
- Throw out of the ODM ranks sycophants and campaigners and bring in hard nosed strategists. With great respect, My friend Odhiambo Oketch falls in the categories of campaigners for Raila, not even ODM and the country does not require them yet. Wanted is a team of strategies who capable of asking difficult questions like;
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How May ODM lose the 2007 elections? What should be done to deal with
this?
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What may make Kibaki win elections? What does ODM do to stop this curse
from befalling the nation again?
In all honesty and as some one who works with these ODM guys at another
level, there are no known strategists in ODM but individuals who are dying
to become the next MPs and councilors are therefore ready to align themselves
and shout hardest to be recognized by their tribesman and therefore get nominated
or appointed as a reward to their clownish behaviour. This phenomenon is
the reason Kenyan has social workers for MPs and idiots for leaders. It
is the reason why Kenya
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These guys (ODM luminaries) should sober up, present a common vision
to the nation as a political entity, put in place a credible Nomination
process for both the Presidential and Parliamentary candidates, and show
that they have
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