Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:09:48 +0300 [02:09:48 AM CST]
From: Franklyne Terewa
Subject: Re: Raila is wrong.

Judy,u possed the question to jeff,but before he comes in,let me point out that raila got some votes during the elections obviously from his voters,one of them from jeff as he puts it in his messege,but am hoping that this does not spark another thread of tribal reactions in form of information and or clarifications.am tired of this arguements whether healthy or not. I have a suggestion….!

On 11/19/08, judy kaiguire wrote:

l have refused to get into this political debate but the bug bit me….Jeff please tell us who Raila’s voters were since your text suggests some definition

Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:49:08 -0800 [12:49:08 AM CST]
From: odhiambo okecth
Subject: Re: Raila is wrong.

Jeff,

We did not sing haki yetu to entrench impunity.

We did not sing haki yetu to protect thieves and murderers.

We did not sing hai yetu to undermine the rule of law. I will explain.

If you are old enough to have witnessed the regime of Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, you will agree with me that he planted the seeds that have today blossomed to full and active tribalism. Kenyatta was best suited to set Kenya on the right track but he missed it.

Instead, he became a victim of tribal chauvenists and his reign will go down in history as having failed Kenya to steer clear in the right path. He pressided over segregated economic policy. His economic policy did not take into account the oneness of Kenya.

He came up with the help of Kibaki and Michuki with a sessional paper that crowded all industries in Thika. Fish was harvested in Nyanza and sent to Thika for processing. Maize was planted in Kitale but sent to Thika for drying. Macademia was planted in Mombasa but sent to Thika for processing….

This meant that Kenyans worked had enough, but ended up spending their well earned money in Thika with the attendent results of Thika developing at the detriment of the rest of Kenya.

This was a bad economic paper.

When kenyatta died, Mzee Moi had all the time to rectify these mistakes and put Kenya on the right track. He failed miserably. And all Kenyans know the disastrous consequences of his reign.

Kenyans said enough was enough and in 2002, we all voted as a nation for Mzee Kibaki, a son of the status quo. We had mistakenly believed that he could achieve what Moi and Kenyatta had failed to achieve before him.

We were mistaken, for in only 8 months, Kibaki’s administration had come up with the mother of all scums, the Anglo Leasing Scandal. Therein, Kenya lost money that was unbelieveable. And under Kibaki’s watch, life has become unbearable for the common man.

It is with this in mind that Kenyans from all corners of the country joined in the ODM wave to sing haki yetu. We were convinced that we must take charge of Kenya and shape it to what we want.

We wanted a Kenya with equal access to all opportunities. A Kenya where you apply for a job and you win on merit, not on the persuation of your tribe.

We wanted a Kenya where we all look at each other as brothers and sisters, not a Kenya where I look at you as a Kikuyu, a Luo, a Luyha, a Kamba, a Kalenjin et al.

We wanted a Kenya where all government contracts are spread across the country, not just concentrated in a few known hands.

We wanted a Kenya where state jobs are dished out across the country, not like the currently obtaining situation.

That is why we all sany yote yanawezekana.

Are we being truthful when one threatens to move out of ODM because his people are not being protected? Being protected from what?

I bet The Rt Hon Raila Odinga must protect all Kenyans from the effects of Mau destruction.

I bet Raila has to protect all Kenyans from the effects of bad governance.

I bet Raila must shoulder all our burdens in achieving one Kenya where all have equal access to all opportunities.

If Raila must protect all of us, he must also protect all of us from the thieves of yesterday.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Komarock Nairobi.

— On Tue, 11/18/08, Jeff wrote:

From: Jeff
Subject: Raila is wrong.
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 9:34 PM

A friend of mine called me in the morning lauding the move Raila has taken on the Mau and Waki report.

I maintained my stand that you cannot betray your kids, in this case, your voters. We all sang “Ni haki yetu” and “No Justice No Peace”. And Now the choir master is telling us he was not with us and all was NOISE.

Raila should being a sycophant to Mt. Kenya and represent his voters.