Re: Moi's Vengful Uchawi Broth for ODM-K

Onyango Oloo has captured the scene fairly well. I have been thinking about Uhuru Kenyatta, and his recent antics, and I sympathize with him.

Uhuru picks the ODM-K nomination papers, thinks deep with them, decides not to return the same until some questions are answered. When the questions come, I wonder where Uhuru has been all along.

Then I remember 2002. Raila led the genuine forces of change in rejecting Uhuru being imposed on Kenyans. In that process, some politicians who had sang baba na mama ever since, hope into the train, because they wanted not to miss being in government, not because they believed in what most Kenyans wanted.

Uhuru sees his pay back time has come, but the only problem, he has not done it well. He has exposed himself rather too early to Kenyans; that deep down, he is just like all of them, those tribalists. People who believe that it is only them who were born to lead, and not any other Kenyan.

I want to believe that after the referandum, Uhuru must have known when ODM-K became a party. Because there must have been an application for the same, an application which was initially denied until we hit to the streets. First at Sheria House, then at Anniversary towers.

In both instances Uhuru was absent, but what transpired was instant news for that evening and for the dailies the following day.

Uhuru must have been in outer Mongolia to miss all that news. But if he missed that, I bet his close aids never missed the same. If they all missed it until now for Uhuru to demand to know if ODM-K is a party, then God save his presidential bid.

He might miss many things as our president, with disastrous effect.

On the ODM-K youths, I am happy that the scenario Onyango paints is not there any more. Our youths, like all other youths, love the party, and they accord all the presidential same respect and support. Of course, we must choose to see through the Kenyan struggle, and identify more with one who can stand the test of time.

If recent re groupings is anything to go by, we do not have leaders who believe in Kenya. Most of the leaders who are gunning for the presidency are doing so not for the good of Kenya. They believe in nothing other than politics of maintaining the status quo.

This is what Kenyans must dismantle.

Kenyans must come up, all of us, and claim our rightful share of Kenya. We only do this by identifying the bridge that can lead us to that prosperity that we have all been dreaming about.

We only have one sure bridge to ending tribalism, corruption, inefficiency in government, nepotism and bad governance.

I shudder with rage when a senior politician says that Raila cannot be ellected president because he will end tribalism and corruption, and jail a few thieves.

That is the Kenya they all want. I stand out and for Kenya.

Odhiambo T Oketch
Komarock Nairobi