Once upon a time there was a powerful or perceived so, Head of Civil Service, called Ambassador Francis Kirimi Muthaura. He was ‘feared’ by all and other civil servants trembled when he walked passed. However, one time he was bugged by some burgers and almost brought him down to his knees even after he, Muthaura, handsomely tipped them.
That’s how the tale will go ten or so years to come. I would love to hear it when it comes. It will be very hearty and interesting I can foresee. Before then though, the latest revelation, christened a big blow to the former ambassador’s power by some media houses, is a sham of its kind. It’s cheap. From its taping to publishing.
So some strangers went to Muthaura, told him to unwind by storytelling, put on their bugs, and the old man sat there, supported his chin with his right hand, scratched his white head with his left middle finger, and downloaded his ‘candid’ thoughts. Should we believe this? I mean honestly, should we? A bright old man like him who did some courses on Politics at the University of Nairobi, has worked as Secretary General for East African Community, being fooled into revealing such fine details?
Then another thing. Where was this bugging done? It’s not clear but the fact is these people passed Muthaura’s security checks, gained access to him and recorded him without raising suspicions. Unless this was done in some dungeon in Meru, how can his security, which I guess is not a group of some poorly Kiganjo-trained APs, but serious police trained abroad or somewhere better within, let ‘strangers’ in without searching for such taping equipment or anything similar. Then let them, Muthaura and 'Strangers', hold intimate conversations alone without keeping an eye on their progress. It beats logic.
And of course the amount of the tips he gave the ‘student leaders’. My wild guess is the money, substantial as he himself confirmed, could be in hundreds of thousands, from 100k and above. You know, 10k or 20k or even 50k for someone earning a seven figure salary is nothing really and Kenyans won’t mind about it if he generously gave out such small amounts but if the tip goes into six figures then they will be after you neck.That could have informed his silence on it.
Then that flash disk. That cheap computer auxiliary device. How can it be the carrier of such ground-breaking information?A flash disk cannot record. Definitely something else, presumably a tape recorder, can. So to make this revelation believable that original tape recorder should be made available to all and sundry. Kenyans are knowledgeable now. They know such things could be doctored or better still computer generated. To make this authentic, individuals who taped it should come forth if they are truly honest and say the motive of doing it like what John Githongo did when he secretly taped Kiraitu Murungi and Chris Murungaru plus Aaron Ringera. Not doing it assumedly and expecting Kenyans to consume it without question.
It’s hard not to believe this is the work of detractors of the head of the civil service. And those who want to force him to eat a humble pie and let go of his powerful position.
And why oooh why did these imaginary people let co-Chief whip, Jackoyo Midiwo solely give out the recordings to the media. You know, Midiwo represents the other section of the coalition government not happy with how they are being treated by the former sole government. So anything done associated with them is ever seen as politically motivated and set to achieve certain targets.
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