My heart is heavy with emptiness and sadness. Though we’ve got a good new constitution, games of betrayal in Kenya have not ended. However, I know I am very courageous. There are few in Kenya who are courageous as well. Shakespeare said, “Cowards die many times before their deaths, The valiant never taste of death but once.”
In our midst, there are still powerful evil doers. They are very powerful because they are close to the center or are the center themselves. I looked about me during the promulgation and something did not stand out right. I regretted leaving Kenya before promulgation. As a matter of fact, I smelt a rat, though I am holed way out in Sacramento, California. I began noticing that things were a mock when little tell tale signs gave away to the evil doers intentions. First I thought these signs were just a coincident but as time went by I found myself saying hapa pana walakini! Here are the signs in brief:
Did you notice that Kofi Anan was mostly ignored and was not even recognized following attainment of a key Agenda 4 item in the NARA? Did you see that Lucy refused to shake hands with PM Raila Odinga? You can of course blow this away that the 1st Lady has her own mood swing problems, but the more I thought about it the more I ruled out mental illness as a reason for her actions. Sitting in my study, I found myself in a dilemma as to whether to celebrate promulgation or worry. Though nothing was big enough to take away the joy of Wanjiku’s Katiba, I noticed that some in government were out to hand over mateke ya punda. I noticed that the live feed kept going off whenever PM Raila Odinga got the chance to speak during the swearing in and during his speech. I am also sure you noticed that the government did not disclose the names of all invited guests, and it turned out one of the government invited guest was indicted war criminal El Bashir. Why may I ask, was Bashir’s invitation important to this government?
Surely, people, what is happening?
The government sent a message to Koffi Anan and Moreno Ocampo, ‘Leave us alone, you got on the way in letting us enjoy our second term in government. With this constitution, we have got the power and the rights to order you to leave us alone. And please, forget this ICC case Ocampo has with Kenyans. Screw you, you cannot tell us how to run our country.”
You still confused? Well, the National Accord & Reconciliation Act states on Section 8 that the Act shall cease to apply upon dissolution of the 10th parliament, if the coalition is dissolved, or a new constitution is enacted, whichever is earlier. Once the new constitution becomes effective in accordance with the National Accord Act, the Act ceases to apply! The President can by law dissolve the coalition.
Because of this some folks in a certain school of thought are whispering the rise and fall of Raila Odinga. Let me ask you, do you think this was their plot? Mutahi Ngunyi was admonished for his prophetic warnings, was he right?
Come on, let me ask it like it is for this is the reason I was born. Was Raila Odinga out foxed again?
Wajameni, hapa pana walakini. I predict here that there is a storm brewing. I predict here now that we will very soon see alliances changing very fast. In fact I dare say that Rail will get out of the center, because he knows when to hold, when to fold, when to walk away, and when to run though he never does nor will! Someone is making a gross miscalculation.
This Katiba is not a sanctuary for impunity. Folks need to urgently learn about county arithmetic. As broke as the treasury is, we may be going for elections much earlier than we envisioned.
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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! (You may be my relative, but it doesn’t matter any more. This is New Kenya)