Re: Odinga - Do Not Betray Those Who Have Died for Your Country

Ronald,

You are spot on. 40 years is such along time not to learn anything.

Oto

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Ronald Edari wrote:

Sang:

You have spoken and we hear you! It will be difficult to see how the displaced Agikuyu can return to the their homes in the Rift Valley in the light of of the intrasigency of the Agikuyu hard liners in the Kibaki government!

Leaders may make political deals, but this will not change anything for wananchi. They are fed up and they want a real "change" and that is to get rid of Kibaki and his "thugs"!

Here is the real story: Act I
It was Jaramogi Oginga who orchestrated the installation of Kenyatta to the presidency of Kenya by refusing to form a KANU government without Kenyatta! The chant then was "No uhuru without Kenyatta"!

When Kenyatta was released and formed the KANU government, he eventually marginalized Jaramogi Oginga, jailed him and finished his political career. The person who orchestrated this development was none other than Tom Mboya.

After Tom Mboya had outlasted his usefulness, he was assassinated!

Act II
It was Raila who orchestrated the dislodging of Moi from power through the so-called "Rainbow Coalition". After that there was the expectation of power-sharing and constitutional reforms. But all that did not happen.

Act III
ODM was formed from a multi-ethnic formation that saw an incredible co-operation of the different tribal groupings from Mombasa to Kisumu! Last year, I was in Kenya from December 20th to January 28th, and I was both: depressed by the pathetic state of the country and uplifted by the resolve of the wananchi in taking matters in their own hand in changing the conditions of their existence!

We have reached a critical turning point and I would urge Raila and ODM not to yield an inch in anything that smells like a "compromise"! 40 years from the Kenyatta era are enough for some people to learn that things have indeed changed! If they cannot accept that then they have to be made to accept that the hard way!

Mw. Edari