234
People

 

By
Geoffrey Okelo, USA

 

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

 

Have you ever wondered why, if both the ODM and the PNU are against deficits, we have deficits?

 

Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

 

You and I don’t propose a state budget. The president does.

 

You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. Parliament does.

 

You and I don’t write the tax code, Parliament does.

 

You and I don’t set fiscal policy, Parliament does.

 

You and I don’t control monetary policy, The Central Bank does.

 

Two hundred and ten elected parliamentarians, 12 nominated parliamentarians and eleven Supreme Court justices and 1 chief justice – 234 human beings out of 34+ million – are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

 

I excluded the chief executive officers of state corporations and the Governor and board of the central bank because that problem was created by the parliament. In 1963, the black dominated parliament delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a state chartered but private central bank.

 

I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority.

 

They have no ability to coerce MP’s or a president to do one cotton-picking thing.

 

I don’t care if they offer a politician Ksh.1 million in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

 

Those 234 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

 

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.

No normal human being would have the gall of a MP, who stood up and criticized the President for creating dysfunctional or rather bogus election results.

 

The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the parliament to accept it.

 

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of legislative council for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.

 

Who is the speaker of the House? He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

 

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 34+ million cannot replace 234 people who stand convicted — by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.

 

I can’t think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 234 people.

 

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 234 people exercise the power of the government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

 

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair.

 

If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red.

 

If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it’s because they want it that way.

 

There are no insoluble government problems.

 

Do not let these 234 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power.

 

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like ‘the economy,’ ‘inflation’ or ‘politics’ that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

 

Those 234 people and they alone, are responsible. They and they alone have the power.

 

They and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses – provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees.

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Date:  Fri, 8 Aug 2008 12:39:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:  geoffrey okelo
Subject:  Article – 234_People.doc