from: GEOFFREY AJIKI

A look at the current events in Kenya leaves one with many a question to ask and at the same time give answers to some of the frequently asked questions.One of the commonly asked questions is who is the most likely candidate to take after Kibaki?

Several people will answer this question diffrently but majority from my luo tribe would certainly give one answer, Raila. May be they could be telling the truth as per their analysis. However,there is little truth to their answer and the earlier they embrace it the better. I want to state categorically that i am not anti Raila or anti Luos as others might suggest. I am a Kenyan from the Luo tribe of which i am very much proud. I am entitled to my opinion and credit this to non other than Raila andd co. who fought to realize this democratic space that we now enjoy.

Back to who is the most likely candidate to take after Kibaki,i would want to make it clear that Raila is the least likely of them all. History has it that of all the three presidents Kenya has ever had, only Kenyatta did not serve as vice president. His was a different case because Kenya had just attained her independence.

Both Mwai Kibaki and Daniel Moi served as vice presidents.If history could repeat itself, then Kalonzo could be the next president.

Another fact that will almost certainly lock Tinga out is the tribe factor.We lack the numbers to win any election in Kenya.Uhuru is sitting pretty because he knows that when it comes to numbers, he has them.
All he needs is to get support from one more tribe and he will be there. The mount Kenya flock is not ready to lose power and would try to retain it at all costs.They want to protect their wealth from the luos whom they describe as arrogant and lazy. As such, they would rather have a Kalonzo or a Eugene at the expense of Raila.

Moi at one time said that KANU will rule for hundred years. If anybody doubted him then look at what is happening to his children whom he nurtured to take after him. They are all together in the so called G7 alliance which would be impossible to beat unless they is a walk out.

We must also admit that as much as we claim that Kenyans are nowadays enlightened,we must appreciate the fact that tribalism is so deeply entrenched that it will take centuries to end. The current and subequent generation of Kenyans carry with them the heavy luggage of tribalism cultivated and harvested by their fore fathers. A young boy born in a luo family would know first thing that Kikuyus are bad people. The asme applies to a Kikuyu. Get to the ground and talk to a five year old kid and you would verify this.

Factors are many but the few mentioned are enough to confirm to you that Tinga is just as far from the presidency as i am.

from: GEOFFREY AJIKI

There are lots of rumors doing rounds that Prof. Nyongo will be vying for the Kisumu senate seat. I have not heard it from him but am seriously concerned that if this could be anything closer to the truth, then we are once again facing a bleak future as youths who hail from the county.To begin with, Nyong’o is a non performer who has failed to develop his own Kisumu Rural constituency for the two terms he has been in parliament. His immediate neighbors at home rarely see him and when they do, either Raila is spending in the Lakeside town or elections are nearing. Am not ashamed to say that his big brains should be taken to our lecture rooms to help develop the next generation of intellectuals for the country. Politics is not his game and i think a post as a lecturer at Kenyatta University would do for him.

So pathetic is the development record of Nyong’o that if he by chance gets to be the senator of Kisumu county, then we should be ready to lose the many resources we have to outsiders like it has been. For the hundreds of thousands of youths who have remained jobless and without proper education, it will be the beginning of another five years of suffering.

Let the truth be told: if he were to run for a councilor in his constituency, he would be beaten hands down like it has alwys happened. Of course everybody knows that were it not for Raila, Nyong’o would now be out of parliament because his main opponent in the last elections who also happens to be a alerned friend would have beaten him hands down. We respect you Prof but we need development minded people and not those who yell at orange house instead of serving people. You already made your future and what remains is ours. If we fail to secure it by electing a competent and able senator, we are certainly going to increase the number of school drop outs and boda boda riders. Take your good brains out of politics or wait to be a minister in the next government.

Before that, we need you people to come clear on who benefits from the factories around Kisumu like Kibos Sugar. It is in the public domain that these companies contribute money to you politicians so that they continue misusing young people without proper pay. So you eat what is not yours. If the next senator is not going to address this, then be ready for a long drawn street battle. Why has Joshua Nyamori suddenly gone silent on his criticism of Kibos Sugar? Has he also been paid?

Mr. Prof you people must know that this county is ours and if it means going to the streets to secure it, we will do it. There will be certainly no rigging or direct nomination for you this time round. If by mistake that happens, then you and Raila will never come back to Kisumu. Our suffering has reached boiling point and we are not ready for another term of failures like you.

The recent revelations from wikileaks gave us a sneak preview of the other side of our leaders,what they say in public and what they do when in the dark.

A perfect example is the utterance by Mr. Kalonzo Musyoka of the pitia katikati fame. His assertion was not ready for a Luo president tells it all. Considering that Kalonzo is one of the people aspiring to lead this country it therefore leaves many more questions to be asked than the answers available for them and no doubt he refused to support prime minister Raila Odinga’s bid for the top job and even joined Kibaki when Kenya was in turmoil.

Now my question: is this the man we want to entrust with the leadership of this country? Are Luos not part of the larger Kenyan population or what criteria did Kalonzo use to come to the conclusion that Kenyans could not elect a Luo president?

I know for sure that these questions might remain unanswered but Kenyans can now know who are the real leaders and those who want to divide them. If a leader of Kalonzo’s calibre can make such stupid comments, what about a grandmother who lives hundreds of kilometres away in his dry Mwingi South constituency? What about my grandmother living thousands of miles away from Nairobi?

I beg to be heard and answered because while we claim to unite our people, behind our backs we seek to see them as divided as possible to help us propel our selfish gains in the name of tribalism. No one therefore needs to be told why Kalonzo left Kenya burning and joined his former Kanu ally to protect the results of a disputed election. His actions justified Moi’s assertion that Kanu would rule for a century because true to his words, his lieutenants have regrouped and are spearheading his agenda.

Don’t forget that they are the very same people who joined forces to ensure that Kenya never became a democracy and the very people who sowed the seeds of discord that is now affecting the country. Now they feel threatened when the people who fought for the fruits Kenyans are now enjoying want to lead the country to the next level.

Kalonzo’s true colours have finally been unearthed and no one can deny that he is but a chameleon of a leader.