The countrywide party primaries nomination just ended and for the winners it’s all systems go as they prepare to roll out their next campaign machineries, in a bid to clinch the coveted seats. However I am bemused and outraged at the political arithmetic, tactics and balancing, that marred these party nominations.
Topping my list is the postponement of the nomination dates. Seems our
new crop of politicians have borrowed a leaf from some of our
institutions; the word ‘postpone’ seems to have miraculously found its
way into their political arena.
It’s no doubt Kenyan politics has never had room for political jokers and joy riders. But taking a look at events preceding the recently concluded primaries, several elements and traces of jokers might have been on board. That party A had to wait for party B or D to fix a nomination date or alter it at a later stage to suit their own equations was a trying, boring and dodgy ploy that political schemers and their teachers alike should learn from and shun.
For a serious politician who has grasped the ideology that politics is a seasonal game, with time as an intervening variable, playing your cards on time is always safe. And for those to whom the adage might have escaped their attention, during the hour of need, the season is over and time has proven them wrong.
Allegations flying around of the so called political bigwigs having sinister hands during the nomination exercise should not be treated as a passing cloud. Indeed it deserves sanctimonious outrage. The orgy of blood-letting that marked the disputed 2007 general election, is something that any patriotic and peace loving Kenyan would wish and pray away.
Democracy cannot be bought or sold. On the contrary, the world's best democracies were attained after major revolutions, and as we speak they are the bastions of democracy. Kenya has for a long while travelled through that rough path. These post primary nomination knee-jerk reactions, should not be treated as political sideshows or propaganda blitz. The voice of the wananchi ought to be respected, lest these politicians plunge the peaceful country into anarchy again.
As campaigns enter their final stretch, it is paramount that we remain steadfast in promoting harmony amongst ourselves. Let's elect leaders based on merit, capacity and aptitude. The germane point being that this country is greater than all of us, and I just wish our politicians could also learn that.
It’s no doubt Kenyan politics has never had room for political jokers and joy riders. But taking a look at events preceding the recently concluded primaries, several elements and traces of jokers might have been on board. That party A had to wait for party B or D to fix a nomination date or alter it at a later stage to suit their own equations was a trying, boring and dodgy ploy that political schemers and their teachers alike should learn from and shun.
For a serious politician who has grasped the ideology that politics is a seasonal game, with time as an intervening variable, playing your cards on time is always safe. And for those to whom the adage might have escaped their attention, during the hour of need, the season is over and time has proven them wrong.
Allegations flying around of the so called political bigwigs having sinister hands during the nomination exercise should not be treated as a passing cloud. Indeed it deserves sanctimonious outrage. The orgy of blood-letting that marked the disputed 2007 general election, is something that any patriotic and peace loving Kenyan would wish and pray away.
Democracy cannot be bought or sold. On the contrary, the world's best democracies were attained after major revolutions, and as we speak they are the bastions of democracy. Kenya has for a long while travelled through that rough path. These post primary nomination knee-jerk reactions, should not be treated as political sideshows or propaganda blitz. The voice of the wananchi ought to be respected, lest these politicians plunge the peaceful country into anarchy again.
As campaigns enter their final stretch, it is paramount that we remain steadfast in promoting harmony amongst ourselves. Let's elect leaders based on merit, capacity and aptitude. The germane point being that this country is greater than all of us, and I just wish our politicians could also learn that.
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