barack abonyo
date Nov 3, 2009 3:11 AM
subject THE QUESTION THAT OUTWITTED RAILA

Just one week ago I listened to my prime minister talk about “His request for France to establish nuclear technology in Kenya” and I said, not bad sir, not really bad. Ambition is the mother of invention or the reason for life. Those who have no ambition have no life. Indeed ambitionless individuals in the US are the so called beggars or in plain language “wellfare begots” or those who live in the “projects”. Wrong for me to castigate a hard working folk who just lost his job, however, I am not the one who did it, the society did. The same for my prime minister. His request was great but as far as where he comes from and the society that judges him, this was a misplaced request. Indeed if I was in the delegation which in some instances I have had the previlage to be in I would have loughed it off.
But Raila Odinga is not Barack Abonyo. Raila is a visionary who fought for multiparty when just printing a leaflet was a death sentence and for that I will excuse his request for nuclear power. “For those who dont understand my scinisicism, Kenya cannot make even a bicycle as of the time I am writting this piece, why didnt Raila ask for a bicycle making company”. Sory for reducing his request to that level, but you must understand I am trying to make a point here.

What I would not excuse Raila Odinga for is Raila’s failure to answer the question he was asked at Havard or in other words Raila’s lack of seriouseness about what the young man who aaked the question was afraid of or what the young man foreso in his dreams or what the young man had envisioned. If Raila’s mind is not preoccupied with this then he is no more than Mobutu who even after his palce was taken over by soldiers was still calling himslelf some King.

You see life is not about you but about all of us. A friend of mine once told me a story of a man who went to a new planet and took with him the most beautiful and expenisve everything but still failed to enjoy life. The reason being that without me you are nobody. You need a human failure to brag of your achievement. A dog’s failure means nothing.

I am sorry but the young man’s issue is my issue. ” How the hell are we going to stop the war, catastrophy and death that occured in 2007 immediately after 2012 election” .
“Please Mr Prime Minister how do you plan to stop this war? Please do not tell me it will not happen because that is what you told me before we had the 2007 election. Just tell me how you are planning to stop it”.

Ladies and gentlemen from the prime minister’s answer, his solution was that he hoped the constitution will be changed and uprunning by 2012 and that this constitution will actually stop a fight in Kenya. Are there any Kenyans in the house? Can this do st? I doubt and I do have a problem with this premise. The PM need to come up with something better than this if he is not looking forward to excile in 2012.

Many will ask me why are you not asking the same of Kibaki. And my answer is, Kibaki’s time is gone but he has left behind troubled leutenants who are goons. The goons that led us into the previous war. The goons who would not wink to start another war as long as they can make a buck. The goons who will never know a tail from a head. The goons who do not know the value of human life leave alone theirs. The evil ones. The only thing that can stop them is righteousness. Dakkness can only be consumed by overwhelming light.

If you read Mutahi Ngunyi’s article you will know what I am talking about. The ground is set. Kibaki is changing the DC’s, PC’s, commanders, and even the electoral commision. He is changing the constituency boundaries. Do you know what that means? Please check the newly elected electoral commision and remember even these individuals are likely to be replaced last minute because their terms of service will be over just one or less years before election.

The myopic core Kibaki leutenats have strategised for either the military takeover or for a possible unsuccessful run off because there is a possibility of lack of outright winner. Because they are drunk with power, they believe they will quiten the situation through the barrel of the gun.

Yes I am out there. Yes many will say all these is rubbish. But remember it is the same that we talked about in 2007.
There is a solution that I thought Raila Odinga should have tackled fair and square. The cat is not out of the box yet. I hope he sees what the young man at Havard saw and I hope he is working it out.
Dr. Barack O Abonyo

hands of the old man

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Lee Makwiny
date Nov 3, 2009 6:34 AM
subject Re: THE QUESTION THAT OUTWITTED RAILA

Barrack, I think if Raila talked of a new constitution, then he answered you. Kibaki will not be in the race, so he will not try to rig himself again. I know he may be tempted to “rig” in his friend Uhuru but Kenyans will not allow him. Another fact that you pointed out correctly is that you are away. If you were around, you would appreciate that there are alot of “reforms” being undertaken for example the disbandment of ECK, the police reform and we are still asking our brother Obama and Annan to pile more pressure so that we can have an independent judiciary, where the chief justice will not swear a loser at night. I think will all those in place, the war may not re-occur, but again, I don’t think whether its possible for Raila alone to stop war to re-occurring. Its you and me to educate the masses. That’s where the civil society comes in.

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Margaret Gichuki
date Nov 3, 2009 10:41 AM
subject Re: THE QUESTION THAT OUTWITTED RAILA

Greetings Nd.Lee,

Mmmmmmhhh…Interesting debate.I had to LOL.

Nd.Barack, I’am on welfare…And BTW, its not a bad
idea.Imagine a country like Kenya that does not take care of their
own? Look at the femine and what it has coused.I read close to 3
million kids are out of schools today?The PM and others who are are
for ”REAL” change ought to be thinking on our behalf but not their
own stomachs, their families, top lobby JOBS,( Kazi kwa vijana)????
where they live, their PASSATS and BIG- Marcs na sijui nini!

My Qs has always been: How deep were the good leaders sleep when the
2007/8 madness was taking place?….I’d like to know.

And what did Mutahi say again?….Me thinks he’s wrong.But do I say.

Ok folks, I’am still half asleep.Wake me up in 2012.