Malice

Dear Dr. Ruttoh,

Please take another look at the piece of virtual journalism you have responded to. It is purpodely from a TAMMY KIM of APN (NORWAY). The Author one JOSEPH-OBIERO ADAM (what kind of name is that?), a Walmart Clerk of Denver, Colorado. Ask youself: Who is KIM? Does this Joseph-Obiero Adam exist? How come neither Adam nor Kim have joined the ongoing debate their cheap propaganda ignited? Is there a link to the original posting?

My good friend Ruttoh, there are a lot of fictitious characters with destructive agenda in the virtual world. Unlike you and I, the so-called Adam Joseph-Obiero and Kim do not exist. The interview did not take place.

RAILA is running on an Equity, Anti-corruption, Good-governance agenda, but he is not a Saint. He eats ugali, and walks this world among imperfect men like him. Some of these people are his friends, others are his cousins. That is the reality around him. But all that should not prevent Hon. Odinga from calling corruption what it is--A MORAL CANCER: it demoralizes every tax-payer; it makes an otherwise intelligent man an utter fool; discourages the virtue of hard work; it scares away investors.

It is unfortunate that your letter is directed at the Kalenjin readership.

Why? The ordinary Kalenjin farmer takes ODM to be an idea, a good idea for the moment; an idea that has the potential to save their agriculture, and calculated marginalization. Don't you ask yourself why some Constituencies are attracting 42 contestants for the ODM Parliamentary ticket.

It is obvious that neither Mr. Odinga nor the Pentagon owns ODM, the people own ODM. Now, Hon. Odinga, happens to be one of the most visible proponents of the "good idea" known as ODM. For being the most visible proponent of the idea known as ODM, some PNU politicians, and the likes of the fictitious Joseph-Obiero Adam, have directed extreme verbal vitrol and malicious propaganda at the person of Hon. Odinga. I am very unwilling to join their malicious scheme to separate Hon. Odinga from the people (and their good idea, ODM).

Joseph Ramogi Alila (I am a real man, this is my full name).