MIGUNA MIGUNA was right, RAILA ODINGA is a political conman …. LOOK at what he did in 2009 -10 Tuesday August 13, 2013 - Last weekend, former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, was in Luo Nyanza calling for a constitution referendum in order to change the current mode of governance from a Presidential System of governance to a Parliamentary mode of governance, where greedy MPs will be choosing the Head of State instead of Kenya’s electorate. The controversial call for a referendum has renewed political rivalry between CORD and Jubilee alliances which was partly buried after the hotly contested March 4th election. Many have been calling renowned author, Miguna Miguna, names for calling Raila Odinga a “political conman”. If you abused him you need to think again! In his world acclaimed memoir, Peeling Back the Mask: A Quest for Justice in Kenya, Miguna paints Raila Odinga as incurable flip flopper who does not have a permanent stand on things that touch on the common Mwananchi. In one of the pages of the incisive book, Miguna who was Raila’s political advisor during the constitution negotiations in 2009-10, ODM leaders were rooting for a Parliamentary System but it was Raila who changed that position at the last minute. Here is an excerpt of Miguna’s Miguna’s memoir. “It was in the course of the Harambee House negotiations where these documents were tabled that Raila dropped the ball. As people were debating and discussing, Raila suddenly said: “Your Excellency, I have a suggestion to make. I’m not sure if the suggestion will be accepted or rejected, but I get the feeling that we are not making progress. What would the PNU team’s response be if we, the ODM side, suggested that we adopt a pure presidential system?” Raila finished and fiddled with his pen. There was complete silence. Everyone was shocked. Uhuru was the first to recover and he said: “Your Excellency maybe our side need time to consult briefly before we can comment on the suggestion. But for the record, the PNU team appreciates the ODM’s realisation that the presidential system is best for this country.” “OK, OK. We can break for a few minutes,” the President said. The President and his PNU team left the room. The ODM team talked in hushed tones, mostly agreeing with Raila. I held my tongue briefly. I knew that Raila had betrayed us again. When the PNU team returned, they stated that they were grateful for ODM’s climb-down and would support the decision. Raila, Mudavadi, Ngilu, Mutakha and I then proceeded to his Treasury Building office for a prognosis. And it was there that Raila really shocked me. As soon as we sat down and started discussions, with Mutakha and I pointing out the “difficulties we will face trying to convince our people to support a presidential system that had all along been identified with the PNU team and which ODM had criticised before,” Raila became agitated and growled: “Miguna, you can’t win all the time; ok? Henry [Kosgey] complained to me that you were rude to him the other day. In your so-called classical examples, you had removed all power from the President and gave it over to the Prime Minister. This is an elected President, yet he has no power. Leave this to politicians…We will explain the decision to the people.” Raila was clearly angry with me” Based on Miguna’s book, it was Raila who called for a Presidential System of Government. So what favors Raila is good and national, but what works against him is bad and tribal. Do you now agree with Miguna Miguna that Raila Odinga is a political conman?
Posted on: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 18:21:52 +0000
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