TWELVE REASONS WHY RAILA IS NOT A LOSER/FAILURE IN ANYTHING!!!! YESTERDAY, Dennis Itumbi REFERRED TO RAILA AS A LOSER/FAILURE IN ONE OF HIS ANNOYING FACEBOOK POSTS. RAILA HATERS ARE INCREASINGLY CALLING HIM THE SAME. HERES WHY RAILA IS NOT A LOSER: 1. HE IS STILL ALIVE DESPITE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ON HIS LIFE. MANY LIBERATORS OF HIS CALIBRE: JOHN GARANG, YASSER ARAFAT, AGOSTINO NETO, STEVE BIKO AND KEN SARO WIWA HAVE BEEN KILLED. 2. HE SURVIVED THE DUNGEONS OF DETENTION FOR NINE YEARS AND EMERGED FROM IT EVEN MORE STRONG-WILLED. HIS COLLEAGUES KENNETH MATIBA AND CHARLES RUBIA AMONG OTHERS DISAPPEARED FROM LIMELIGHT AND ARE STILL BATTLING AILMENTS. 3. HE HAS REMAINED POLITICALLY ACTIVE AND RELEVANT FOR DECADES WHEREAS CERTAIN NAMES OF HIS CONTEMPORARIES LIKE WANYIRI, GATABAKI, KATHANGU HARDLY RING A BELL IN PEOPLES MINDS TODAY. 4. HE HAS AMASSED WEALTH TO THE TUNE OF BILLIONS TO THE CHAGRIN OF HIS TORTURERS WHO WANTED TO CONFINE HIM TO PERMANENT ECONOMIC LIMBO. 5. HE HAS FATHERED DEVOLUTION AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITH THE NEW CONSTITUTION AND NOW ALL KENYANS INCLUDING ITUMBI ENJOY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. 6. HE RETURNED FROM EXILE IN THE EARLY 90S AND HAS SHAPED DEMOCRACY IN KENYA WHILE OTHERS LIKE NGUGI HAVE LIVED IN EXILE FOR HALF OF A CENTURY. 7. HE IS PROPERLY EDUCATED, MULTILINGUAL, THOROUGHLY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND HAS VERY SHARP MEMORY. 8. HE REMAINS IN GOOD SHAPE, IN ROBUST HEALTH, LOOKING YOUNGER THAN HIS AGE AND WITHOUT ANY UNUSUAL PHYSICAL DEFECT LIKE RED EYES OR BLACK LIPS LIKE OTHER POLITICIANS. 9. HE HAS HITHERTO KEPT THE NAME OF JARAMOGI ALIVE WHEN OTHER HISTORIC NAMES SUCH AS NGALA, MURUMBI, GICHURU AND KARUMBA ARE ONLY MENTIONED ONCE A YEAR DURING MASHUJAA DAY. 10. HE IS LOVED, ADMIRED, ADORED, RESPECTED AND ACCEPTED IN KENYA THAN THE PRESIDENT. 11. HE IS THE MOST POPULAR AFRICAN WORLDWIDE. IN FACT MANY PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW AFRICA WELL THINK RAILA IS A COUNTRY. 12. HE IS AN INSTITUTION.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 10:50:34 +0000
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