Facilitate Remedial Measures or Suspend the Process.

By Kimaru Boiywo, This article was made on 4/4/2010,
(The contributor made is an Associate Director of Rift Valley Development Association (RVDA) )

On 23/09/2009 we made observations on the political development with
Vision and Mission. Our prediction has been vindicated.

The Parliament has endorsed a draft constitution that does not represent
the prayers and the contributions of the people. The Standard Newspaper
of 3/04/2010 gave a hint of what went on. Whichever way the end results
were bad news or indeeed a calamity.

The 2010 daft constitution is basically a deceptive document. It can
only be salvaged in one of the two ways namely;
1) facilitiating remedial measures
2) or suspending the entire processes.

There are valid reason for this position. While a few politicians see
improved document, the draft locks out the prayers and the contributions
of the people, Period! It does not even recall that there was a Bomas
Draft that even had a little bit of the people participation.

Even more horrifying, possible remedial mesures have been locked out again
by politicians with combined use of legal provisions and treacherous tactics
as witnessed in Parliament.

We are therefore back to square one and particuarly 2005. It is said that
history repeats itself. This time round it came too soon. A replay of
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 has been set in full earnest.

It is imperative therefore to appeal to the Principals to facilitate
remedial measures (some improvements) or to suspend the entire process for
the sake of the country. There are after all equally more important issues
to address than to antagonize the country with total expediency.

Of course, the 3rd option will be to reject it. Large part of the
population is already training their minds on this option.

Let us put our heads together for the sake of this Great Nation - Kenya!
Politicians have so far shown a very high level of irresponsibility and this is totally un-acceptable.

Kalenjin Beyond 2012

It appears the ground has been set for campain for 2012 General election. On Saturday, Honourables Ruto, Keter(Belgut), Simam, and announced that Kalenjin should vote as a block, come 2012 general election. They tore into the ODM Chairman Hon. Kosgey saying he should stop supporting a party which punished the community. They accused the Prime Minister of riding on the back of the community to ascent to power and on entering the power seat; he banged the door on the nose of the commnuity. With the over three million votes delivered as a block  against the PM's 600,000 from his community, this was not a loughing matter. The quatet spitting fire, cautioned that the community will no longer be taken for a ride and that this time round they will field their one of their own. They told Raila that he had lost in the Kalenjin vote and that he should not waste time in the region for his is a gone case.

It remains to be seen whether this reaction by the quartet reflects the feeling of the entire community or just one of those fireworks errupting out of emotional quandary!

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Pictures of current Politicians - September 2009

Hon. W. S. Ruto