Kenyans,

Since the monotonous reign of Daniel arap Moi many of us, including Kibaki and his ilk have yearned for reforms. However, the reforms have been brought and also slowed down by the current political elite. For Kibaki, the urgency stopped once he got the presidency. For Raila, frustration led to stupidity, then confusion and finally wisdom.

The commoner, like you and I, have wondered whether Raila or ODM will out-wit Kibaki or PNU and vice versa. Many have wondered what their plan B will be. Of course, the lawyers are currently working like hell to prepare for the legal repercussions. I am certain that Kibaki will dissolve the cabinet and reconstitute it with another as he masquerades firing all Raila sympathizers. He will constitute another cabinet of the deceased Government of National unity. Raila on the other hand is hoping to stamp his majority authority and shut down parliament. He is even prepared to engage mass protest, which will very well entice Kibaki to quell, a precursor to rule with an iron fist. Naturally, Kibaki being a Mungiki himself will even bypass parliament what with all his cronies in central bank, he will attempt to manage Kenya like he would his wives and pocket.

Whereas I do not hide the wish that I would rather Raila was president {Hello, he won the last elections hands down}, and whereas the constitution seem to favor Kibaki in appointing Kalonzo leader of Goverment Business and Chairman of HBC, the National accord and the political mood of the country favor Raila.

I put it to you that neither Kibaki and his group nor Raila and his group have plan B for tomorrow. The two were given one last chance to work together and save Kenya. After one year, they have realized that what they signed is not in their personal interest. They have put the interest of the commoner second to theirs.

The commoner has watched in the periphery, unable to do anything. The commoner has doubted and second-guessed their own capability. Hungrier, poorer, bereaved, invaded and raped, the commoner has been unable to change the destiny of the Kenyan nation. Okoiti Omtatah, Mutahi Ngunyi, and many others have tried to inspire us to identify the next leader from the common, but we have had cobwebs in our eyes. That is, until tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Kenya’s day of reckoning. The commoner will begin to take back Kenya from the political elite, because the political elite have screwed up. The commoner will use no guns, no threats or machetes, yet tomorrow we will identify Kenya’s 4th president. What is certain is that tomorrow will not be usual. It will be unusual because the commoner will outsmart the veteran politician. What is not certain is what the commoner will do with the power they will hold in thier hands tomorrow. Is it possible that the power is so hot that the commoner might just thow it back to the political elite? If the commoner is Kenneth Marende he just might. But to who? Maybe to the non-violent Okiya Okoiti Omtatah Obangonamasese.

May God, Bahaula, Ngai, Allah, Were, Nyasae, Nyakalaga, bless our nation, Kenya.

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Joram Ragem
wuod Ndinya, wuod Onam, wuod Amolo, wuod Owuoth, wuod Oganyo, wuod Mumbe, wuod Odongo, wuod Olwande, wuod Adhaya, wuod Ojuodhi, wuod Ragem! (Are you my relative?)

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Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:48:15 -0400 [04/27/2009 09:48:15 PM CDT]
From: Joram Ragem
Subject: C I V I L – R E V O L U T I O N