RE: William Ruto is Threat to Kenya - A REBUTTAL

    Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 20:42:46 -0800 (PST)
    From: Sande Olocho

Dear Countrymen,

The piece on Ruto is as a result of people coming to their senses even though very disturbing. That is why I keep saying, that the Kibaki group is so naïve about the politics of Kenya and they are bound to make the most atrocious political blunders on record. It is frightening really, just like being driven by a first time driver at 120 miles!!! Now, that is chilling.

The message here is a thinly veiled threat to lock up Ruto. Oh my God! Could somebody please send these chaps to history and political school urgently!!

Bill Ruto is the anointed Kalenjin leader in a special ceremony at Eldoret. The Kalenjin community looks up to him. Even though he has such great influence, he has no control over the spontaneous reaction of the Rift Valley community who feel disenfranchised. Ruto is the Orkoiyot of the Kalenjin community.

And why does Kibaki and his ilk suppose Jomo Kenyatta kept lackluster Daniel Moi as Vice president and eventually president. The current events in Rift Valley will shock the Kibaki – Michuki axis into total wakefulness over the same.

To try and take drastic measures against Ruto will take an army from outside Kenya top resolve the resultant effect. And this is not a threat; it is a common sense reality.

The authors of the piece on Ruto are desperate who have no socio-political skills. They should be thankful to the OTHER communities whom they need so much in charting a political discourse. In the Kenyatta days Jaramogi was there to handle the political dynamics, followed by Tom Mboya among others.

But for the group that are the authors of this piece on Ruto the only ‘political’ language they understand is assassinations, detentions and crude force. J.M. Kariuki, Tom Mboya, Pio Gama Pinto, Tito Adungosi, Bruce MacKenzie. Kungu Karumba, Ronald Ngala and the many others who were detained with trial. They suppose that this is the way they can stay in power in 2008??!!

To the authors of the Ruto piece, these crude methods will not work in the Kenya of 2008; sorry, No. We have come to know you and your games too well now. We shall not take it lying down as you try to send this country back to the 70’s and 80’s. Sorry, No.

Go to political school and learn how to handle and manage political situations politically. Learn how to discuss and debate issues. Master how to argue your points out. Have an open mind and most of all; be accommodative and accepting of other communities.

We know they are targeting Bill Ruto because of his eloquence and huge influence in the Rift Valley, the backbone of the ODM support and force.

The bringing back of the Orkoiyot’s staff from London is symbolic – And God asked Moses: “What is it you have in your hand?”

If I may ask here:

Bill Ruto, why do you have in your power??

Perhaps it would help the Ruto critics to ask themselves two questions, why are people doing what they are doing? And two, is there something they have done wrong?

Get the log from your own eye before you go for the speck in your neighbours eye.

And Jesus asked them:

“Let he who has no sin, throw the first stone ..”

Sande
HR Activist
VIHIGA