From: David ochwangi

I am elated that Vice President Musyoka has got some kahunas to finally stand up and make a very compelling case against this incredibly wrong piece of literature. By standing up to ODM and opposing making permanent this confused government, Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka is acting like a serious leader, not subject to the whims of political expediency, and that is commendable.

Please note that mine is not a blanket endorsement of Kalonzo the candidate, but very strong support for his stance on the subject matter i.e. the so called “revised Harmonized draft constitution”. Standing up to these jokers i.e. called “Committee of Experts”, who are nothing more than a bunch of conceited self aggrandizing, arrogant prim donnas is perhaps the best example of leadership I am seeing from this man. Someone is finally standing up to this nonsense!

It is laughable that ODM is suddenly crying foul, contending that PNU jumped the gun, when in fact it was just a month ago when Miguna Miguna characteristically jumped the gun, and presented ODM’s position to the jokers at the CoE, giving their position ahead of PNU; when the self righteous genius walked out of a consensus group meeting with juvenile bravado like a spoilt brat, because he didn’t get his way with the rest of the committee members. I mean, the disdain this man has for the rest of us who may not see things his way is just UNBELIEVABLE! Even ODM’s own MPs have come out strongly opposed to Miguna Miguna, they just can’t stand the man. This liability of a person is the man the Prime Minister wants to spearhead the constitutional debate on behalf of ODM? Really? OK!

Is Prime Minister Odinga listening? This is how you lose followers sir, the kind of company you elevate in public life is ruining your career. It was Ruto in 2007, it is Miguna today, who is next.

The “Committee of Experts” received almost two million views from Kenyans, majority of which were opposed to the draft as it is written. The committee, to preserve their own legacy, and please a few special interest, simply ignored all our views, and submitted a replica of the original flawed document to the PSC. And as chairman Kitonga said, this was done “in principle”; really? So it is no longer what the people want, but the “experts” principle? That is what we the people must vote on! Kitonga’s principle, Imagine that.

Further, they refuse to provide or make public the comments from the public, as required under the guidelines they are required to follow, thus making a complete mockery of what was supposed to be a collaborative effort between the public and these folks. What a croak of horse manure!

Kalonzo is right; we have not expressed any interest to bequeath our power to a few in parliament; we want to directly elect our president and to hold him/her accountable to his/her actions; we want to have recourse in case we become disillusioned with our choice. These geniuses couldn’t even fix the infighting in the current coalition government and instead, in their infinite wisdom, chose to defer it to a “council of State”.

I mean, if you are drafting a constitution, a blue print of how and who does what, and yet still, cannot resolve an immediate and present impasse before you; are you really and truly an “EXPERT”?

This was a simple test for the “experts” and they failed miserably! This is just a waste of valuable resources and the public’s time; I say disband this committee, start all over. This is just a complete disgrace and a sham. Shame on you people!