President Uhuru Kenyatta’s move to urge his Jubilee legislators to unite to help him fulfil his agenda for the nation is both short-sighted and detrimental. It brings with it a weird assumption that only Jubilee can deliver national development and growth. Cherry-picking or what is called “selective breeding” in the play Betrayal in the City is not good for our country. It will polarise the nation once again. It will divide the nation along ethnic lines once more and, worst of all, development will remain a pipe dream. And even if the President was spot on, we are not sure whether Jubilee alone can make a good government or make the life of an ordinary Kenyan better. The Government (Jubilee), more than ever before, needs the will of the people for it to make a positive difference; not the will of their torch- bearers and staunch supporters. We should know it is futile to trifle with basic democracy principle of “government of the people for the people and by the people” to become government of the party for the party and by the party. That is why industrial actions have become commonplace. That is why cases of “civil disobedience” are rampant. That is why proposals and projects that lack the support of the ordinary Kenyan have failed and will fail. Remember “the voice of the people is the voice of God” (Vox Populi, Vox Dei). The voice of Kenyans is to have squatters and IDPs settled on own land; teachers, nurses and doctors well-paid and serving us dutifully; terrorism and tribal clashes relegated to the archives of history; the VAT Bill 2013 rejected at the floor of the House; basic infrastructure built and improved upon; and the universal free education dream extended up to the university level. These dreams, Jubilee alone cannot deliver. {Omuso
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:01:01 +0000
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