10/17/2007 |
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Moi tells ODM to prepare For several times former president Moi have said that ODM leaders did not go back to address the contentious sections that were rejected in the referendum but has gone ahead to transform the movement into a party. He want paint a picture that these leaders (ODM) are not worth the offices they are campaigning for but I beg to differ. First, Moi is forgetting that if such issues were to be debated upon, then it should have been president Kibaki accepting peoples' verdict, act upon peoples' choice by providing mechanism upon which such debate could take place. ODM leaders as it were, had no powers to facilitate such discussions and being a former president he is in a position to know better that nothing can happen in Kenyan politics unless the president accent or is forced to accent to it. The president killed the debate by incorporating opposition in the government especially the official opposition party KANU. Did Moi utter any word? Secondly, Moi campaigned with the ODM leaders for the rejection of the referendum as a KANU member and KANU as a party was in the thick of it and given that KANU was/is the official opposition party what did he, Moi, or by extension KANU as a party (official opposition party) do to address the section of the constitution that was/is not compatible. Why does he (Moi) now consider himself a leader who want to advice his region (Rift Valley) on who to vote for yet he (Moi) could not spearhead the campaign for the resolution of the questionable sections of the draft constitution after its defeat in the referendum. Thirdly, devolution is all about fairness where wealth of the nation is distributed equally. There is no rationale in having, for example, Fisheries headquarters in Thika, Tea headquarters in Nairobi, Sugar board in Nairobi. It would make sense if such offices were in local areas where the commodities come from so that the communities can benefit from other secondary trade, employment and infrastructure development that come with such offices. In that way not every job seeker would be heading for Nairobi in search of an ever elusive job. Decentralisation of wealth/power being championed today has very little to do with land as it was in the times of Moi, it has all to do with inequality where for example, Nyanza province is the second poorest province in the nation (Kenya) yet it is the second highest tax contributor province in Kenya. It just does not add up. So, when you see Mr. Moi please ask him for me what is wrong in addressing such ambiguity. Haggai Joluo.com Akelo nyar Kager, jaluo@jaluo.com |
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