Uhuru Kenyatta is a “common” man

This is a case pulling evidence to whether Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta the former minister of finance is indeed a “common” man as is thought in the public domain. I intend to lure you to the thought that even if he was in real life, that would either still be in a dream or an illusion of the dream. The evidence to my statements were first hand information obtained from the minister before during and after the Kenyan presidential debate. I do not intend to make you believe me  but I need you to agree with me and nothing else matters.

Uhuru Kenyatta, the deputy prime minister is the richest man in Kenya and he is the 26th richest in Africa as the forbes magazine states. If this is the “common” or in other terms the average mwananchi, then Kenya really is more than just a first world developed country. In fact we sure deserve a new rank far away from the bragging so called developed world. His source of wealth is land and this is primed to be at least 500,000 acres of land. This is the same country where we have reports of up to 400,000 internally displaced persons. Ideally he could offer them land and save 100,000 acres. Indeed he is a common man.

He is the leader who is at the forefront claiming to be speaking on behalf of the common mwananchi and he echoed that he wants resources to distributed equally. He is also campaigning on the ideal of his enormous ability to understand the common man. He does not in any way look uncommon. Kenya is not this world and cannot accommodate one person acquiring this large amounts of wealth just to himself and family. I do not in any way dispute his claim that he got this land from “willing seller, willing buyer basis” only because I do not have evidence to prove a negative.

There is no way to dispute the fact that “Kenya is bigger than all of us” as Peter Kenneth reiterated in the debate. The thing is with high levels of poverty, 40% of the people being unemployed, many working in the informal sector (of those employed) and the 20 year disappointment of schooling only to fail to get employed based on your ethnic background, there is a mismatch between who should be the common man. Uhuru is in Business and has large shares in K24 and commercial bank of Kenya. He is also a politician and this job is the highest paying job among equals all over the world. This is not common but then again maybe I am wrong.

Maybe it is just that these mosquitoes keep buzzing and to add up my poverty is extreme that I cannot even afford sleep. I will not forget to replace the candles and insecticide that I have run out of as my privileged source of light and energy in these thought provoking times. This compost here in Dandora slums likes to attract insects often. My stomach churns but that is not a problem of mine. I live to eat the fruits of my labour one day or else I could ponder on the fact my neighbors live in worse conditions than mine and there is nothing common with that.

I am “Miguna Miguna”, there is no problem with that

 

I have been a witness of the ongoings of this statesman with a dream to inform people of the failings of, his once was, friend the prime minister of Kenya Raila Omollo Odinga. He seeks justice, at least, he says. There is no problem with that. His reception among the political class and the Kenyan people is appalling and there has not been any interference of the president. People caught on the media have made him a coffin, abused his personality, strongly rejected his presence as an individual and nothing has been done about it. Seems like, there is no problem with that too.

Kenya is a democracy, not Kenyans. Get the difference. They never talk about it only when an election has been done and the results are out. I thought that this was a synonym for elections for sometime. Miguna Miguna represents me, and all of us Kenyans. Those of us who have ideas of truth and whose freedom of expression is being suppressed by the political elite. We fight for them, while in essence they manipulate us. They manipulate me and you. Who am I to say no? I do not live on a good wage and surely that bribe would feed me tonight.

Yet we are the ones who are the first to hush him, throw stuff at him, tell him how wrong he is in his fight for us, for a better Kenya. Irony. There is no problem with that.

Miguna Miguna is a man whose destiny, dreams and desires to promote truth have failed. He makes me think of myself and how my criticisms in good detail of the government can lead to my close death. This is a democratic Kenya we live in, there is no problem with that. It reminds me of the era of His excellency former president Daniel Arap Moi. He was another man who could not stand the truth in criticisms towards him. Yet we all say we have a right to an opinion. Perhaps, “we” does not include “Us”, the Kenyan majority, just the political community.

This is a wake up call for us Kenya!!! Every harm on Miguna Miguna is a direct harm on me and you. He is Kenyan, we are Kenyan. I would not be cheated into violence against such a man, neither should you! I am him and he is me/us. I am tired of seeing violence against him because more than a human being he is me.

I want to fight for justice for Kenya one day and this is not the treatment I envision.  I envy his brevity and respect him because of what he is ready to die for. It is the only measure of a man that I can use. Everyday it is my hope that we will come back to that dream of a democratic Kenya, “Come baby come”. And yet there will be no problem with that.

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Kenya should have a presidential debate?

Henceforth let us ponder so that when we can’t and won't, we will at least remember what we pondered about when we did.  I realise that for too long Kenya has played one game far too many times. This game has breed greed, corruption, separated long lived neighbours and left a lot of children homeless. Hence let us ponder and pretend even if it is just for a moment about peace, reuniting, selflessness and more peace. Let us at least debate so that when we can’t or won’t we will at least remember what we pondered about when we did.

The makers and breakers of Kenya and those of Africa are still alive. Our boundaries were determined by the greedy, corrupt, separated long lived neighbours who cared less about children. They call this the scramble of Africa. We were not consulted or even aware of people working day and night to kill our originality. They succeeded and now let us ponder. Let us have access to our own intelligence and originality that which is truly ours since we have not lost it. Let us worry about peace and unity. This is the primary reason for why we should have a presidential debate.

Our politics has been woven by tight tribal threads. We care less about substance but, worse than the color of the skin, just a name? These names divide us, create allies and foes, gives them rage, gives us rage, we strive to see our own devil in power, so long as he is not a saviour with a name that does not match our little own lineage. We miss the point, even the scramble for Africa had better motives than these. So let us ponder, do we want peace or everlasting animosity, hell.

Now that we ponder, should Kenya have a presidential debate? Yes. Why?

To mimic the west

Let us move from our definition of democracy being the ability to hold a general election to that which mimics the makers. Lets us carry it out in a more proper way. Let us give all candidates who wish to lead this nation the ability to air their views and dreams of a Kenya better explained by them. We shall not deny other candidates as the west but we shall head for ideas that are more powerful than fame.

We have to reveal the real personalities behind the campaign photos

Let us aim for the real other than the suited men and woman who in reality contain naked souls filled with something close to that which seeks to divide us. Let us go beyond the smile that has been manipulated  by Photoshop to evoke a sense of hope. I n brief, let us fight Photoshop head on.

We have to go beyond tribal politics

Let us never use anything other than issues and substance to judge. How many people that you know have died in the past due to this? How many people have died because of this in nations that go beyond this? Almost none. We are never going to reach heights unless we kill this devil in us, never. Remember me when you can.

We have to really know why we are one country

Self explanatory.

We have to know the work of a president

Other than wearing a suit, bearing a name that has the majority tribe and declaring public holidays we want to know what he/she does. We never see, smell, hear or even taste.

We ought to be given some figures to work with

Unemployment is at 40%. That means almost 20million of the 41 million Kenyans are unemployed. The unemployed youth are 70%. Let us get these figures to be known by at least all of us so that we can ponder of their truth, or even their future, if they are true. “If we are now hungry at 41million, what will we be at 53million” ~ Peter Kenneth.

For the love of the peace of young nations and continents that are our homes or not, we should promote  peace. I hope to kick start dialogue. Why should Kenya hold a debate? Why do YOU think so or not?