Once again, a rally at which Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto were feted, has seen the hurling of insults and other unpalatable stuff from the podium.Despite the two striking a conciliatory tone, their fellow leaders saw the huge crowd and lost the plot. Is it that our politicians’ memories are so short?
It is exactly such kind of language that is not needed at a time when the country is trying to heal from wounds exposed by the anti-ICC rallies the two poll chaos suspects held prior to their initial appearance at The Hague.
We said on Mondaythat there is nothing wrong with leaders forming new alliances, but the two cases at The Hague should not be used as campaign platforms because of their divisive nature. It would be far better for the 70 MPs that hosted Uhuru and Ruto to have conducted a real prayer rally rather than a campaign meeting disguised as one.
There are still internally displaced persons in camps because the warring factions in the Grand Coalition Government cannot agree on how to deal with the matter, but instead spend time scoring political points by blaming the other over their plight.
We have Bills pending in Parliament that need to be passed to anchor the new Constitution that Kenyans passed by a majority in the hope that it would herald the dawn of a new republic.
Without those Bills being passed, the Judiciary, State Law Office and Civil Service will remain playthings of vested political interests with no inclination for reforms.
This obsession with blocking opponents from State house in the next elections is grossly misplaced because it is built on the assumption that tribal arithmetic alone will ensure victory.
In the process of pursuing this vain agenda, ethnic schisms are being created with each successive rally. For heavens sake, give Kenyans some peace!
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