From: Ouko joachim omolo
The News Dispatch with Omolo Beste
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Moses from Kilgoris, Kenya writes: “Omolo Beste you have really mastered Kenyan politics. In your article entitled, will arrogance of mama Ngilu save her this time? You said that even though in Kenya democracy is defined in terms of numbers, the fact that Ngilu has fallen out with sections of Jubilee leadership, she may not get enough number to defend her.

The fall out came about after Ngilu accused some Jubilee leaders of betrayal and plotting her downfall. This did not go very well, particularly with the leader of majority in parliament, Aden Duale, the one Uhuru listens than any other Jubilee member.

You also mentioned that because of that fall out with Jubilee, Ngilu’s effort to corrupt her way by meeting the President and Deputy separately to state her case was not fruitful either. This is after Uhuru and Ruto also met officials from the PSC led by chair Margaret Kobia and NLC led by Chair Muhamad Swazuri to independently verify the claims against her.

Your conclusion was categorical, the because of this loop hole Members of Parliament would definitely adopt a parliamentary report touching on the conduct of Cabinet Secretary Charity Ngilu at the Lands ministry and this time along Ngilu must be shown the door”.

Thank you Moses for raising this issue-tyranny of numbers still exist in Kenyan politics, that is why, even though the amendment was introduced by Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandai and Busia County MP Florence Mwikali Mutua who urged the House to overcome political, tribal and regional interests and punish impunity, in the case of Ngilu is not.

It is not because the Jubilee MPs united with CORD to adopt parliamentary report touching on the conduct of Ngilu at the Lands ministry due to fall out and not because they want to end tribal and regional interests and punish impunity.

Tyranny of numbers is used according to the interest. Jubilee MPs used it to pass controversial media bill because it exposed them demanding that their salaries must be increased. Media exposed how MPs are compared with pigs because they are greedy.

The demand for salaries increments was spearheaded by Jubilee leader of majority Aden Duale. Before the bill they were to hurriedly pass another bill which barred media from parliament.

Another reason is because of Mohamed Ali Jicho Pevu exposure of how KDF looted from Westgate shopping mall. This is after the Jubilee had categorically denied that no soldier looted- also the exposure of white widow terrorist who has been staying in Kenya for almost 8 months without security agents noticing, just to mention a few.

The contentious Media Bill seeks to impose strict controls on radio and TV broadcasts and huge fines against journalists and media houses that violate the government’s set code of conduct.

Then came the VAT Act 2013 that was passed by Jubilee legislators against the wishes of most Kenyans- Then the removal of Kenya from Rome Statute because the ICC cases are involving President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.

The move by Jubilee Alliance to unite against foreign interference though politically attractive has been perceived to be in bad faith by many locally and internationally. The Jubilee coalition arrogantly supported this motion in both houses and outnumbered there CORD counterparts who sensing defeat walked out in both instances when the motion was tabled in both houses. Jubilee Coalition has the majority in both National Assembly and the Senate.

The media become a threat here because it has demonstrated that organised groups can fend off onslaughts from the tyranny of numbers. The Jubilee MPs’ primary aim here was to punish the media for exposing their greed for power.

The problem of Jubilee and media began with Mutahi Ngunyi’s “Tyranny of Numbers” article in which he exposed how Uhuru Kenyatta would merge the winner of March 4 presidential election.

Mutahi Ngunyi said that the Jubilee Alliance of Uhuru Kenyatta was going to win the 2013 presidential election in the first round with a substantial majority over the Cord Coalition of Raila Odinga.

This inevitable victory he said was going to come from the Jubilee Coalition’s “bankable” ethnic vote of 6.2 Million (or 43.2% of the total vote). This number he said was basically a totting up of the registered GEMA and the Kalenjin voters. On that same ethnic logic, Mutahi reckons that CORD Coalition starts off with 19.2% of the vote or 2.74 million votes.

For CORD to win, he said, they needed to double their support. Or as he put it, for CORD to catch up with Jubilee, it must multiply each of its Kamba and Luo vote by 2.3. Virtually impossible was the implication.

If Ngilu were to stop her arrogance and trade well with Jubilee MPs she would have not been in this problem since the tyrant of numbers would have saved her. The argument that Ngilu is on the spot for contravening the Lands Act by creating the director general’s position and further appointing an office holder would mean absolutely nothing to Jubilee MPs.

Fr Joachim Omolo Ouko, AJ
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Real change must come from ordinary people who refuse to be taken hostage by the weapons of politicians in the face of inequality, racism and oppression, but march together towards a clear and unambiguous goal.

-Anne Montgomery, RSCJ
UN Disarmament
Conference, 2002