Without justifying Kidero’s alleged slapping, what Rachael Shebesh did was highly unacceptable. The governor’s office is not a tomato stall where any Tom, Dick or Harry can come and go at pleasure. What happened to appointments, itineraries?
My first thought was if Shebesh was really a good leader and genuine about solving the staff crisis in the County Council, she should have arranged for a meeting with both the governor and senator and discussed the issue. Ambushing the governor with such a big crowd portrays Shebesh as a politician with an “I-must-always-have-it-my-way” attitude and not as a team player.
{Emmanuel Ngala, Mombasa}
A slap might not be that painful, but it is extremely humiliating and intimidating. Kidero might think he slapped some troublesome woman who was trying to overstep her mandate, but the reality is that Kideroslapped the hearts of all the Kenyan women whom Shebesh represents both directly and indirectly. How a man of his stature and age could raise his hand beats all logic. The law was made for man and the best thatKidero could have done was to pursue this law.
When such an assault is carried out against a women’s representative, the message we are sending to the world is that in this country, in this century, in this government, women have got neither place nor voice over anything.
In any developed country, he would have not only been forced to resign, but also spent the night in a cold police cell.
{Dennis Omondi Otieno, Nairobi}
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