Kalenjin community is not far from committing a heinous mistake that will come to, and forever haunt them. This would possibly begin no later than after the 4th August referendum.
The top engineers of this unfortunate fate are the current largely assumed leader of Kalenjin William Ruto, former President Moi, whose legacy speak little than what he’s animatedly saying now of the proposed constitution, and the heavily unknown Samuel Phogisio- he who oversaw the gagging of the media immediately after the disputed 2007 general election- among other self-elected lieutenants traversing the vast region.
These leaders are hell-bent on misleading the widely known ferocious-especially on land matters- ethnic grouping in rejecting the hugely progressive proposed constitution. And they seem to have succeeded in doing this considering the information collected by pollsters pertaining expected voting trends at the referendum.
It seems to be a huge achievement for them now but in essence they are readying their names so they can be among those thrown into the abyss for isolating, the not so outgoing and poor ethnic entity, from the rest of the country when Kenya’s history is reflected back 50 years from now.
When a single tribe rudely rejects a document stamp-okayed by other 41 tribes, then it conveys its eccentric cockiness which will in the long run chart its (the tribe) painful downfall.
What is more tragic and every Kalenjin planning to vote No should know is doing so invites profound isolation which might take a millennium to be cleansed from. This would happen either way. If the proposed draft passes, all but none will always mark out Kalenjins as the group which tried but failed to stop Kenyans from getting a new set of rules.
Such is not a position to be just wished away. Resources, as in almost the whole of Africa, are distributed largely based on levels of loyalties by those in power-Moi for example, is well documented to have perfectly done this- and therefore they would always be the last group to receive the very least piece of the national cake.
If they succeed in their quest to reject the 41-tribe backed document then the same fate awaits them too. Though, on this, they will be the good scapegoat to every coming president. They will be vilified for being the huge wall which stopped Kenyans from getting a non-colonial allied constitution. They will always be seen as the resurrected black sheep of the family. And furthermore, pushed aside in nation building!
By the way...
*When Kalenjin history is written, don’t put me among those who heartily campaigned against the proposed constitution. It will be a big mistake because I decided long time ago to be on the right side of history by voting for it next week Wednesday. Hope you have done so too.
* The two leading television stations in the country, KTN and NTV, should declare who they are serving as far as campaigns on the proposed constitution is concerned. The former is fond of fronting NO campaigns and lengthening it in their news than Yes campaigns which come last and in a fraction of a second. Moi is given like a whole section of the campaign news! The later, is seemingly excited about Yes campaigns and grants it long periods while No noise making comes last in a fraction of a clip.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Some Women Are Just Poor Tutors
Evidence is there for all to confirm. It’s abundant.
It’s a beautiful day at Multimedia University. The cold breeze, largely present in this place, slowly stroke our faces and our lungs received it without complains- it’s the fresh air, often essential after inhaling, in continuity, exhaust excretions from mostly diesel-powered jalopies in the city.
Class time. And we are psyched up for learning what we were told it was gonna make us the next big thing in the broadcast media- the Robert Nagilas and Lilian Mulis of the industry.
Such talks attracted my mind towards this showbiz profession I have always considered a worthy loud-talk to a monthly salary. Don’t u think so? Or emptying one’s throat in front of a camera.
Ms Mwania, I’ll use her one name for purposes of secrecy, was the one to whet our appetite in achieving this dream. I had closed this door long time ago but as I was told an intelligent man is always open to new things.
It was not going to be a nice try. I knew this.
Mwania entered and before I could take the next breathe to waft my dry lungs, she asked about five questions in rapid succession-all related to shooting pictures and a camera-rookie like me could only stare at her; dumfounded and lost. She did this after bragging out her otherwise cold CV.
In my mwania-inflicted lost status, my mind decided to take a stroll backwards to some other not-so-friendly encounters with other female tutors I have met since my mum taught me in nursery school. If you don’t mind I never attended any kindergarten, lucky are they who did.
Anyhow. High school. And you don’t have to be told of my poor English. That high- class madam, Ms Nuguti, was a no nonsense woman. She taught me English for the all time I was in high school. The high-octane female being came to class at her own time and those who cared to question her got not less than 100 words of rebuke all downloaded in few seconds. Her tiny skirts exposing her, you know, attracted my colleagues’ eyes. They generously squeezed them on her exposé. In response, she would not hesitate but whack their backs without care or better still implant lots of pure insults on the teenager’s minds.
The madam, who once dared God to strip her of life before her septuagenarian years, used the same lethal tongue to dare us report her laziness to the school’s principal. Nobody ever did, I’m sorry. I though passed fairly in her subject.
In came Ms Munoko at the university. She lectured Communication Skills to me. If you mind my poor communication skills, I would not mind extending the phone call to her. She would be in a better position to respond. The short-woman, you could easily mistake for a school girl, was not fond of jokes.
The 'lecturess' dictated notes at an electric pace. “You don’t call a married woman in the middle of the night and expect her to pick,” she rebuked some hot-blooded first years who tried to test their calling manners on her.
Ms Moseti kind of taught me some Information Technology in second and fourth year of university. This is one tutor, whose emotions would only rival Usain Bolt’s pace in 100m running. I never saw her smile and if you asked me her teeth colour, I’ll request another question. I escaped Sups (short for supplementary exams) but most of my colleagues drank them at will. She didn’t care though and employed the same rude skills throughout.
Lastly, to put records straight, I’m not a male chauvinist but experience has taught me this!
By the way...
•To those Facebookers who are gender insensitive. It’s unacceptable and awkward to respond to one person’s comment (often of opposite sex) and leave other comments. If you choose to respond then do it to all comments.
It’s a beautiful day at Multimedia University. The cold breeze, largely present in this place, slowly stroke our faces and our lungs received it without complains- it’s the fresh air, often essential after inhaling, in continuity, exhaust excretions from mostly diesel-powered jalopies in the city.
Class time. And we are psyched up for learning what we were told it was gonna make us the next big thing in the broadcast media- the Robert Nagilas and Lilian Mulis of the industry.
Such talks attracted my mind towards this showbiz profession I have always considered a worthy loud-talk to a monthly salary. Don’t u think so? Or emptying one’s throat in front of a camera.
Ms Mwania, I’ll use her one name for purposes of secrecy, was the one to whet our appetite in achieving this dream. I had closed this door long time ago but as I was told an intelligent man is always open to new things.
It was not going to be a nice try. I knew this.
Mwania entered and before I could take the next breathe to waft my dry lungs, she asked about five questions in rapid succession-all related to shooting pictures and a camera-rookie like me could only stare at her; dumfounded and lost. She did this after bragging out her otherwise cold CV.
In my mwania-inflicted lost status, my mind decided to take a stroll backwards to some other not-so-friendly encounters with other female tutors I have met since my mum taught me in nursery school. If you don’t mind I never attended any kindergarten, lucky are they who did.
Anyhow. High school. And you don’t have to be told of my poor English. That high- class madam, Ms Nuguti, was a no nonsense woman. She taught me English for the all time I was in high school. The high-octane female being came to class at her own time and those who cared to question her got not less than 100 words of rebuke all downloaded in few seconds. Her tiny skirts exposing her, you know, attracted my colleagues’ eyes. They generously squeezed them on her exposé. In response, she would not hesitate but whack their backs without care or better still implant lots of pure insults on the teenager’s minds.
The madam, who once dared God to strip her of life before her septuagenarian years, used the same lethal tongue to dare us report her laziness to the school’s principal. Nobody ever did, I’m sorry. I though passed fairly in her subject.
In came Ms Munoko at the university. She lectured Communication Skills to me. If you mind my poor communication skills, I would not mind extending the phone call to her. She would be in a better position to respond. The short-woman, you could easily mistake for a school girl, was not fond of jokes.
The 'lecturess' dictated notes at an electric pace. “You don’t call a married woman in the middle of the night and expect her to pick,” she rebuked some hot-blooded first years who tried to test their calling manners on her.
Ms Moseti kind of taught me some Information Technology in second and fourth year of university. This is one tutor, whose emotions would only rival Usain Bolt’s pace in 100m running. I never saw her smile and if you asked me her teeth colour, I’ll request another question. I escaped Sups (short for supplementary exams) but most of my colleagues drank them at will. She didn’t care though and employed the same rude skills throughout.
Lastly, to put records straight, I’m not a male chauvinist but experience has taught me this!
By the way...
•To those Facebookers who are gender insensitive. It’s unacceptable and awkward to respond to one person’s comment (often of opposite sex) and leave other comments. If you choose to respond then do it to all comments.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
We are just Poor Dreamers
The final verdict is Kenyans’ dreams are too boring. And it will take spiritual intervention to rescue them from wallowing longer in this miasma of ‘tasteless’ dreams.
From our top, middle to bottom leaders, old and young, sick and healthy, learned and illiterate, their future life is around visions too blurred and will take several millenniums to make them clear.
Musicians
Our so-called artists lead this pack. The hugely over-publicised men and women of the voice have never had dreams beyond their one-step boundary. Their music, for secular artists, borders only around western love, money, fame and bling bling, and others keroro. Others who have tried to wade differently have not gone so far. They have either been consumed by immorality or embroiled in beefs and Dismissals and its cousins (dis...).
For gospel singers, it’s about how fast they can emulate their secular counterparts; the only difference is that their stock-in-trade is warped songs, meant to offer spiritual nourishment but which fail terribly in this duty.
MPs
They don’t often dream. Fortunately they try to when raising their salaries in parliament, thumps up for them for frequently succeeding in this pseudo-dream- Someone may wonder where their idle minds roam to when they are taking quick naps in the House during important occasions as Budget Reading.
Voters
They dream alongside their dreamless politicians. So when an Mp dreams of repairing a road, for instance, in two years, they will dream along into the fifth year and vote him back without fuss.
University Students
They dream a lot. How to get luxurious jobos, when to oust Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph, how to land a job with leading corporate institutions comprise their dreams. They are good dreams, aren’t they?
However, a lapse in these castles built in the air lies in their oblivion of the damage caused their wishful thinking by their stoning of cars, destroying buildings- including their classrooms, incessant chanting of comrade’s power! These actions, often not sweet music to GSU, have led to some of them being clobbered to wheelchairs or to the world of the blind, raise eyebrows among employers. The hundreds of jobless graduates speak well of the twisted dreams.
When you are not busy please try to think of ways we can dream better. All the best! I will too.
By the way...
*Media Houses seem not to have learnt enough lessons from the recent post-election violence. If they had, they wouldn’t show clear preferences for either of the sides campaigning for or against the proposed constitution. I wish they paid more attention to fair and balanced reporting.
*The ukweli-meter is the most daring move to confront chameleon-like politicians in Kenya, though it’s more like a copy from CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Anyway it’s a good way to mum opponents. I would have preferred if they distanced themselves from politicians to avoid soiling this creative design. That would have enhanced their fairness!
From our top, middle to bottom leaders, old and young, sick and healthy, learned and illiterate, their future life is around visions too blurred and will take several millenniums to make them clear.
Musicians
Our so-called artists lead this pack. The hugely over-publicised men and women of the voice have never had dreams beyond their one-step boundary. Their music, for secular artists, borders only around western love, money, fame and bling bling, and others keroro. Others who have tried to wade differently have not gone so far. They have either been consumed by immorality or embroiled in beefs and Dismissals and its cousins (dis...).
For gospel singers, it’s about how fast they can emulate their secular counterparts; the only difference is that their stock-in-trade is warped songs, meant to offer spiritual nourishment but which fail terribly in this duty.
MPs
They don’t often dream. Fortunately they try to when raising their salaries in parliament, thumps up for them for frequently succeeding in this pseudo-dream- Someone may wonder where their idle minds roam to when they are taking quick naps in the House during important occasions as Budget Reading.
Voters
They dream alongside their dreamless politicians. So when an Mp dreams of repairing a road, for instance, in two years, they will dream along into the fifth year and vote him back without fuss.
University Students
They dream a lot. How to get luxurious jobos, when to oust Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph, how to land a job with leading corporate institutions comprise their dreams. They are good dreams, aren’t they?
However, a lapse in these castles built in the air lies in their oblivion of the damage caused their wishful thinking by their stoning of cars, destroying buildings- including their classrooms, incessant chanting of comrade’s power! These actions, often not sweet music to GSU, have led to some of them being clobbered to wheelchairs or to the world of the blind, raise eyebrows among employers. The hundreds of jobless graduates speak well of the twisted dreams.
When you are not busy please try to think of ways we can dream better. All the best! I will too.
By the way...
*Media Houses seem not to have learnt enough lessons from the recent post-election violence. If they had, they wouldn’t show clear preferences for either of the sides campaigning for or against the proposed constitution. I wish they paid more attention to fair and balanced reporting.
*The ukweli-meter is the most daring move to confront chameleon-like politicians in Kenya, though it’s more like a copy from CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Anyway it’s a good way to mum opponents. I would have preferred if they distanced themselves from politicians to avoid soiling this creative design. That would have enhanced their fairness!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Ruto, Poghisio and Company Would be Jobless after Referendum
Whatever the outcome of next month’s referendum, cabinet ministers in the No camp would be stripped of their ministerial jobs.
In fact the errant ministers are lucky they are still flying the flags months after expressing dissatisfaction with the proposed constitution. They better flew them with purposeful pride and egoism for the remaining days because they will be having none come August.
It’s amazing how the No ministers have failed to realise the game plan employed by President Kibaki to harpoon votes from their regions.
In letting them retain their positions while opposing a government-backed constitution Kibaki is just playing mind games with Ruto and Associates. He knows that allowing them stick around casts a positive picture among voters and allies represented by these lone-ranging Mps and possibly vote for the passage of the proposed document. After the referendum, Kibaki will not be interested any longer in votes and consequently the ministers.
Otherwise what do you expect when you lampoon the same government you are serving? One thing for sure is you will not suck from it for long.
It would have been better if they had surrendered their jobs and plunge totally into No campaigns. Firstly, doing this would have given them a strong position in pushing for the rejection of the new laws.
Secondly, Ruto would have had a poignant point in accusing Kibaki and Raila for chasing them out because of their contrary choice. And better still they would have had all the time in this world (though even now they have) to traverse mountains and valleys to seek support for their stand.
The proposed constitution is a government project. Period. Therefore those campaigning for it are justified to do it all day and night, Monday to Sunday each week. After all they are working for their employer. More so, these ‘good’ servants should receive salaries without any delay. However, those opposing it better not take a cent from the government coffers because doing this is abusive irony of the highest order-just like refusing to sell a butcher your precious bull and in the evening you rush to his butchery for a piece of meat-pure irony!, or someone kicking your face and asking for your pay at the end of the day for booting your naked face. It’s unimaginable. Isn’t it?
Anyway the point is, after the referendum whether Yes or No wins, Ruto, Poghisio, Shaban and company will not be in cabinet. Why? First it would be difficult for them to gel with fellow government-patriotic colleagues and therefore might be forced to quit. Life will be difficult for them after a long time straying in ‘prohibited’ bushes. Secondly, the sheep (good men and women in cabinet) may refuse to interact with the warthogs (opponents) in sheep’s clothing leaving Kibaki with little room but to expel the ‘warthogs’.
YS: Okiyah Omtatah should not bring more matatas to Kenyans. It’s clear his favourite modus operandi-demonstrations- isn’t working at all. Furthermore, when he complains about everything he bores and appears monotonous with his ranting in our televisions. Silence sometime is key to expressing unhappiness and he better learned this trick soon.
YS2: Congratulations people of Matuga for choosing to retain Ambassador Chirau Ali Mwakwere as your Mp. You took the right decision most of Kenyans would have made. It’s better the ‘crowned’ devil you know than the angel you don’t!
In fact the errant ministers are lucky they are still flying the flags months after expressing dissatisfaction with the proposed constitution. They better flew them with purposeful pride and egoism for the remaining days because they will be having none come August.
It’s amazing how the No ministers have failed to realise the game plan employed by President Kibaki to harpoon votes from their regions.
In letting them retain their positions while opposing a government-backed constitution Kibaki is just playing mind games with Ruto and Associates. He knows that allowing them stick around casts a positive picture among voters and allies represented by these lone-ranging Mps and possibly vote for the passage of the proposed document. After the referendum, Kibaki will not be interested any longer in votes and consequently the ministers.
Otherwise what do you expect when you lampoon the same government you are serving? One thing for sure is you will not suck from it for long.
It would have been better if they had surrendered their jobs and plunge totally into No campaigns. Firstly, doing this would have given them a strong position in pushing for the rejection of the new laws.
Secondly, Ruto would have had a poignant point in accusing Kibaki and Raila for chasing them out because of their contrary choice. And better still they would have had all the time in this world (though even now they have) to traverse mountains and valleys to seek support for their stand.
The proposed constitution is a government project. Period. Therefore those campaigning for it are justified to do it all day and night, Monday to Sunday each week. After all they are working for their employer. More so, these ‘good’ servants should receive salaries without any delay. However, those opposing it better not take a cent from the government coffers because doing this is abusive irony of the highest order-just like refusing to sell a butcher your precious bull and in the evening you rush to his butchery for a piece of meat-pure irony!, or someone kicking your face and asking for your pay at the end of the day for booting your naked face. It’s unimaginable. Isn’t it?
Anyway the point is, after the referendum whether Yes or No wins, Ruto, Poghisio, Shaban and company will not be in cabinet. Why? First it would be difficult for them to gel with fellow government-patriotic colleagues and therefore might be forced to quit. Life will be difficult for them after a long time straying in ‘prohibited’ bushes. Secondly, the sheep (good men and women in cabinet) may refuse to interact with the warthogs (opponents) in sheep’s clothing leaving Kibaki with little room but to expel the ‘warthogs’.
YS: Okiyah Omtatah should not bring more matatas to Kenyans. It’s clear his favourite modus operandi-demonstrations- isn’t working at all. Furthermore, when he complains about everything he bores and appears monotonous with his ranting in our televisions. Silence sometime is key to expressing unhappiness and he better learned this trick soon.
YS2: Congratulations people of Matuga for choosing to retain Ambassador Chirau Ali Mwakwere as your Mp. You took the right decision most of Kenyans would have made. It’s better the ‘crowned’ devil you know than the angel you don’t!
Saturday, July 10, 2010
An Octopus-led Kenya will be Suicidal
The 2010 World Cup has dishearteningly degenerated to an unbelievable low level-Octopus world.
It’s now not the much hyped event finding its ways in a black country, but a cephalopod’s predictions in a far European country- I guess Germans are happier now focus has shifted to an invertebrate in their country from football in South Africa, sorry Africa.
Football is a game of opportunities and when a team fails to capitalise on them they will live to regret the missed chances, especially if they are punished by swift and opportunistic opponents.
There is no relationship whatsoever between Opportunities and Octopuses unless you are opportunistic enough to get a plate of it in a country, say Kenya, where feasting on them is next to a taboo, or if a keen grammarian their first ‘O’ characters.
So those people who are trying as much as possible to create non-existent telepathy between football and octopuses have missed a football-size point.
That aside. Imagine a Kenya being driven by octopuses. Hope you have taken a moment to figure out how our beloved country depending on an octopus will be like.
At the Attorney General office, a couple will be asked first to cast their lots with an octopus kept at the far corner before taking their vows. A tense man and a wife to-be looking from short distance lowers two ‘plates of food’, differently emblazoned with something like ‘I do’ and ‘I don’t’. Imagine what would happen if the invertebrate picks ‘I don’t’! Only a man with a heart of stone will not faint, otherwise most will lose consciousness as the octopus rests joyously on the ‘I don’t’ plate.
What of an eager and hard-line supporter of Raila Odinga? He goes with all glamour to an octopus at say Orange House to seek prediction before he casts his vote. With all its intelligence the hydro-animal likes a Fail over True, a result obviously not welcomed by the guy. Do you think the guy would still think of seeing another sunset without a Raila presidency especially if opinion polls say the opposite to the octopus?
Furthermore, will elections be essential, and if yes, who will be ready to let their vote ‘go to waste’ if they oppose the octopus.
How many job seekers will still remain alive after seeking assistance from the octopus several times and all they get from the sea-animal is ‘No’. Who will? I guess none and the government will surely be overworked by the number of suicides which will come its way.
In a maternity hospital an expectant mum is subjected to an octopus fate. And the animal excited with disappointing all, even pregnant Kenyans, decides to land on a Still baby other than on Alive glass box. Besides a gradual rise of abortion in the country will be huge numbers of unconscious pregnant women lying next to the octopus.
It’s good none of our Kenyan leaders has thought of engaging Octopuses in day to day activities, otherwise Kenya would be rating next to Rwanda in its citizen-death list, though the death will be put in different list titles: Genocide and Octopus-related respectively.
YS: it’s foolishness of the rankest order to let a tiny-eight legged invertebrate chart a human being’s way of living. Though scientists say an octopus is one of the most intelligent invertebrates, it’s still not in order to allow such animals, without great abilities as a humans, decide the way we think.
YS2: Spain has played good and flowing football in South Africa and therefore deserves to play in the finals, better still to make history by being the first country to lift the Trophy on the first time of asking. I support Spain, and this is not in any way related to the Octopus prediction. I have been behind this team since 11th June.
It’s now not the much hyped event finding its ways in a black country, but a cephalopod’s predictions in a far European country- I guess Germans are happier now focus has shifted to an invertebrate in their country from football in South Africa, sorry Africa.
Football is a game of opportunities and when a team fails to capitalise on them they will live to regret the missed chances, especially if they are punished by swift and opportunistic opponents.
There is no relationship whatsoever between Opportunities and Octopuses unless you are opportunistic enough to get a plate of it in a country, say Kenya, where feasting on them is next to a taboo, or if a keen grammarian their first ‘O’ characters.
So those people who are trying as much as possible to create non-existent telepathy between football and octopuses have missed a football-size point.
That aside. Imagine a Kenya being driven by octopuses. Hope you have taken a moment to figure out how our beloved country depending on an octopus will be like.
At the Attorney General office, a couple will be asked first to cast their lots with an octopus kept at the far corner before taking their vows. A tense man and a wife to-be looking from short distance lowers two ‘plates of food’, differently emblazoned with something like ‘I do’ and ‘I don’t’. Imagine what would happen if the invertebrate picks ‘I don’t’! Only a man with a heart of stone will not faint, otherwise most will lose consciousness as the octopus rests joyously on the ‘I don’t’ plate.
What of an eager and hard-line supporter of Raila Odinga? He goes with all glamour to an octopus at say Orange House to seek prediction before he casts his vote. With all its intelligence the hydro-animal likes a Fail over True, a result obviously not welcomed by the guy. Do you think the guy would still think of seeing another sunset without a Raila presidency especially if opinion polls say the opposite to the octopus?
Furthermore, will elections be essential, and if yes, who will be ready to let their vote ‘go to waste’ if they oppose the octopus.
How many job seekers will still remain alive after seeking assistance from the octopus several times and all they get from the sea-animal is ‘No’. Who will? I guess none and the government will surely be overworked by the number of suicides which will come its way.
In a maternity hospital an expectant mum is subjected to an octopus fate. And the animal excited with disappointing all, even pregnant Kenyans, decides to land on a Still baby other than on Alive glass box. Besides a gradual rise of abortion in the country will be huge numbers of unconscious pregnant women lying next to the octopus.
It’s good none of our Kenyan leaders has thought of engaging Octopuses in day to day activities, otherwise Kenya would be rating next to Rwanda in its citizen-death list, though the death will be put in different list titles: Genocide and Octopus-related respectively.
YS: it’s foolishness of the rankest order to let a tiny-eight legged invertebrate chart a human being’s way of living. Though scientists say an octopus is one of the most intelligent invertebrates, it’s still not in order to allow such animals, without great abilities as a humans, decide the way we think.
YS2: Spain has played good and flowing football in South Africa and therefore deserves to play in the finals, better still to make history by being the first country to lift the Trophy on the first time of asking. I support Spain, and this is not in any way related to the Octopus prediction. I have been behind this team since 11th June.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Please, Keep your Mouths Shut
It is now in public domain. And all but inanimate inhabitants in Kenya know that Members of Parliament have yet again demanded for a monthly pay increase. It is a known fact that they gave the Finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta a seven-day ultimatum to Bill all their more money demands or else...
In the wake of the unquestionably gruesome demands by the already heftily paid members are some croaking voices who are desperately distancing themselves from the unanimous passage of the proposals.
The Mps now trying to back-bite their colleagues have no locus standi in doing so. If they had issues with the proposals they should have present themselves in parliament last week and objectively ridicule the Akiwumi pay report.
When the regular absentee honourables speak with glee and pride about misdemeanours their ‘parlimates’ committed when they were away, they not only expose their utter disunity in the august House but seek also to hoodwink Kenyans about their supposed sacredness.
The proposed constitution should not be tainted by these not-so-honourable members. The Mps’ enormous pay perks should not be associated in any way with the ongoing referendum campaigns. Firstly, the two, now monstrous situations facing Kenyans, do not relate whatsoever apart from a considerably distant section in the proposed constitution indicating that an ‘independent’ Salaries and Remuneration Commission tasked to, according to article 230 (3) (a), set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State Officers.
The clause is human enough from what most legislators are heavily exploiting now-legally it is possible for them to corner the president into agreeing their salary increases but if the draft constitution is adopted, the legislators who the constitution expects to be among the State employees, would no longer have the prerogative to determine their monthly pay checks.
Secondly, this special-money-hungry group of employees who have escaped the taxman for quite a long time and to further ascertain their arrogance, are non-repentant of their actions, have no moral ground discussing what they have already agreed on and passed in parliament.
The Finance minister played good music to Kenyans when he categorically refused to heed to the demands. And President Kibaki will even excite Kenyans more if he refused to assent to the exploitative bill.
Media reports that legislators are planning to arm-twist the Treasury boss so he could surrender their money are unfortunate enough. If true, then such desperate tricks by respected people in society are archaic and idiotic enough. They are representative of a five-year-old kid tantrums; who when refused to have a bite of Mandazi because of his bulging stomach would resort to unorthodox behaviour like refusing to sleep so that his parents change their mind.
YS: It’s dumbfounding to hear Ikolomani Mp Dr Bonny Khalwale asking Finance minister to be answerable to parliament as far as the salary increase is concerned. What other answers does he want apart from what Uhuru said? If he is not frightening the minister into the House of Intimidation so he could threaten him with what he is only famed for- Censure motions, then another is much welcome.
YS2: If Mps succeed in their quest to have Sh1 million plus-salary every month then it will mean one member’s package is enough to pay 67 primary school teachers each receiving sh15, 000 per month. How disgraceful is this?
In the wake of the unquestionably gruesome demands by the already heftily paid members are some croaking voices who are desperately distancing themselves from the unanimous passage of the proposals.
The Mps now trying to back-bite their colleagues have no locus standi in doing so. If they had issues with the proposals they should have present themselves in parliament last week and objectively ridicule the Akiwumi pay report.
When the regular absentee honourables speak with glee and pride about misdemeanours their ‘parlimates’ committed when they were away, they not only expose their utter disunity in the august House but seek also to hoodwink Kenyans about their supposed sacredness.
The proposed constitution should not be tainted by these not-so-honourable members. The Mps’ enormous pay perks should not be associated in any way with the ongoing referendum campaigns. Firstly, the two, now monstrous situations facing Kenyans, do not relate whatsoever apart from a considerably distant section in the proposed constitution indicating that an ‘independent’ Salaries and Remuneration Commission tasked to, according to article 230 (3) (a), set and regularly review the remuneration and benefits of all State Officers.
The clause is human enough from what most legislators are heavily exploiting now-legally it is possible for them to corner the president into agreeing their salary increases but if the draft constitution is adopted, the legislators who the constitution expects to be among the State employees, would no longer have the prerogative to determine their monthly pay checks.
Secondly, this special-money-hungry group of employees who have escaped the taxman for quite a long time and to further ascertain their arrogance, are non-repentant of their actions, have no moral ground discussing what they have already agreed on and passed in parliament.
The Finance minister played good music to Kenyans when he categorically refused to heed to the demands. And President Kibaki will even excite Kenyans more if he refused to assent to the exploitative bill.
Media reports that legislators are planning to arm-twist the Treasury boss so he could surrender their money are unfortunate enough. If true, then such desperate tricks by respected people in society are archaic and idiotic enough. They are representative of a five-year-old kid tantrums; who when refused to have a bite of Mandazi because of his bulging stomach would resort to unorthodox behaviour like refusing to sleep so that his parents change their mind.
YS: It’s dumbfounding to hear Ikolomani Mp Dr Bonny Khalwale asking Finance minister to be answerable to parliament as far as the salary increase is concerned. What other answers does he want apart from what Uhuru said? If he is not frightening the minister into the House of Intimidation so he could threaten him with what he is only famed for- Censure motions, then another is much welcome.
YS2: If Mps succeed in their quest to have Sh1 million plus-salary every month then it will mean one member’s package is enough to pay 67 primary school teachers each receiving sh15, 000 per month. How disgraceful is this?
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