FAILED LEADERSHIP TO BLAME FOR OUR WOES
From Donde Bill,came Michuki Rules and now Mututho laws.These are names associated with individuals who have sought to seek legislation of various laws to improve the livelihoods of Kenyans.To change the current non-efficient policies to more effective and vibrant ones.
But do Kenyans learn?This is the biggest question of all.From the Sinai tragedy to Nyahururu and Ruiru ill-fated drinking sprees,all these are demonstrations of a reckless if not a flippant populace.
When John Mututho,Naivasha legislator sought to put in place tough measures to regulate the beer industry in Kenya,he was greeted with every fury.He was branded every name-a traitor with no touch with the the commoners' economic woes and even some went ahead to accuse him of seeking self-glorification and sheer publicity.He remained firm and steadfast in the midst of all these unbearable reproofs.
But moments later,a country he sought to redeem from the yoke and servitude of drunkenness is mourning the repercussions of the same jeopardy they greatly opposed to be delivered from.It is like removing a moth from the flames of a burning lamp and willingly,it flies back there! There is no any help that can be extended to such behaviour.
At his time,John Michuki,the then transport minister stood to his ground during the imposition of 'his rules' in the public transport sector.After his transfer,the ghost in the sector leapt back! Carnage in our roads has become an every day tale.Thousands of lives continue to succumb to the dontcareism of our drivers,most of whom are unqualified.
Two weeks are not over,since the completion of the Kenyans-for-Kenya initiative.Tear-breaking images of malnourished children struggling to keep death at bay through the poisonous and inedible willdfruits filled television screens globally.This prompted the international community and the corporate world in Kenya to come to their rescue-amazingly,from Kenyans themselves.
Numerous questions lingers:where was the government all this long?What do our leaders demonstrate when they 'join' the victims of any catastrophe at the very hour of need?These are difficult questions within any critical self.
Firstly,it is the government that is mandated to formulate and enforce effective policies that drives a country every day within all spheres.The government consists of our leaders at the legislative,executive and judicial levels,not the corporate world.
It is very hypocritical when leaders,wearing very 'dejected' and 'sympathizing' faces visit catastrophic scenes and hospitals to 'sympathize' with the victims.This is because most Kenyan disasters are man-made.Their likelihood of occurrence is known,in some instances even by the commoner but the degree of institutional laxity in Kenya is marveling.Some of the repercussions,like the Sinai deaths is what we have to pay for failed action.
The media has been always on the frontline to play its rightful role as a watchdog,surveillance among other roles very keenly.But,do our leaders and institutional heads listen?Had not been the Sinai disaster been predicted as a 'time-bomb' if anything happened?The recent famine-had not the meteorological department warned of an impending drought?What was done?Everybody sat down and watched and now-we had to 'misappropriate' over Sh.700 million to repay the government's failed action
Another take:given the current disillusionment is being experienced at the new dispensation,why is the reason?
The current coalition government was formed,not on the fundamentals of democracy.It was one of the many 'ways' to heal and quell the tension that had gripped the country,following the bungled 2007 election that erupted into an orgy violence that claimed over 1300 lives.
It is a mixture of all elements;the meagre percentage of of reform-minded selves to the bulk of anti-reformist clique,most of which are remnants of the past regimes which have been associated with every form of abyss that Kenya has been plunged into.
In a tug-of-war,it is impossible for the side with the few to over-power the side with the most people.Thus,with the current composition in the current government,it will be very difficult(until after 2012)when a new breed of leaders-if Kenyans will open up their eyes,assume leadership portfolios to come up with vibrant working rather than documented policies.
It is more than obvious that most leaders did not embrace the passage of the new constitution.This was the reason why they came up with over ninety amendments on the eve of its passage by the parliament.Most of the anti-reformist clique and the crusaders of status-quo felt threatened by this new law.That is why the implementation journey will remain bumpy and filled yapping and bickering of retrogressive psyched politicians.
Why are they fixing the election date to 19th December,while the law is very clear?These are the prices that Kenyans have to pay for electing non-reformist politicians who hoodwink and blindfold them with monies.
Let all the woes that the country is undergoing through be an eye-opener to Kenyans,so that in 2012,they will elect leaders,not on the basis of ethnicity,creed or wealth but on character and their potential to deliver.
Wanderi wa Kamau,
A journalism intern,
Egerton University-Nakuru.
From Donde Bill,came Michuki Rules and now Mututho laws.These are names associated with individuals who have sought to seek legislation of various laws to improve the livelihoods of Kenyans.To change the current non-efficient policies to more effective and vibrant ones.
But do Kenyans learn?This is the biggest question of all.From the Sinai tragedy to Nyahururu and Ruiru ill-fated drinking sprees,all these are demonstrations of a reckless if not a flippant populace.
When John Mututho,Naivasha legislator sought to put in place tough measures to regulate the beer industry in Kenya,he was greeted with every fury.He was branded every name-a traitor with no touch with the the commoners' economic woes and even some went ahead to accuse him of seeking self-glorification and sheer publicity.He remained firm and steadfast in the midst of all these unbearable reproofs.
But moments later,a country he sought to redeem from the yoke and servitude of drunkenness is mourning the repercussions of the same jeopardy they greatly opposed to be delivered from.It is like removing a moth from the flames of a burning lamp and willingly,it flies back there! There is no any help that can be extended to such behaviour.
At his time,John Michuki,the then transport minister stood to his ground during the imposition of 'his rules' in the public transport sector.After his transfer,the ghost in the sector leapt back! Carnage in our roads has become an every day tale.Thousands of lives continue to succumb to the dontcareism of our drivers,most of whom are unqualified.
Two weeks are not over,since the completion of the Kenyans-for-Kenya initiative.Tear-breaking images of malnourished children struggling to keep death at bay through the poisonous and inedible willdfruits filled television screens globally.This prompted the international community and the corporate world in Kenya to come to their rescue-amazingly,from Kenyans themselves.
Numerous questions lingers:where was the government all this long?What do our leaders demonstrate when they 'join' the victims of any catastrophe at the very hour of need?These are difficult questions within any critical self.
Firstly,it is the government that is mandated to formulate and enforce effective policies that drives a country every day within all spheres.The government consists of our leaders at the legislative,executive and judicial levels,not the corporate world.
It is very hypocritical when leaders,wearing very 'dejected' and 'sympathizing' faces visit catastrophic scenes and hospitals to 'sympathize' with the victims.This is because most Kenyan disasters are man-made.Their likelihood of occurrence is known,in some instances even by the commoner but the degree of institutional laxity in Kenya is marveling.Some of the repercussions,like the Sinai deaths is what we have to pay for failed action.
The media has been always on the frontline to play its rightful role as a watchdog,surveillance among other roles very keenly.But,do our leaders and institutional heads listen?Had not been the Sinai disaster been predicted as a 'time-bomb' if anything happened?The recent famine-had not the meteorological department warned of an impending drought?What was done?Everybody sat down and watched and now-we had to 'misappropriate' over Sh.700 million to repay the government's failed action
Another take:given the current disillusionment is being experienced at the new dispensation,why is the reason?
The current coalition government was formed,not on the fundamentals of democracy.It was one of the many 'ways' to heal and quell the tension that had gripped the country,following the bungled 2007 election that erupted into an orgy violence that claimed over 1300 lives.
It is a mixture of all elements;the meagre percentage of of reform-minded selves to the bulk of anti-reformist clique,most of which are remnants of the past regimes which have been associated with every form of abyss that Kenya has been plunged into.
In a tug-of-war,it is impossible for the side with the few to over-power the side with the most people.Thus,with the current composition in the current government,it will be very difficult(until after 2012)when a new breed of leaders-if Kenyans will open up their eyes,assume leadership portfolios to come up with vibrant working rather than documented policies.
It is more than obvious that most leaders did not embrace the passage of the new constitution.This was the reason why they came up with over ninety amendments on the eve of its passage by the parliament.Most of the anti-reformist clique and the crusaders of status-quo felt threatened by this new law.That is why the implementation journey will remain bumpy and filled yapping and bickering of retrogressive psyched politicians.
Why are they fixing the election date to 19th December,while the law is very clear?These are the prices that Kenyans have to pay for electing non-reformist politicians who hoodwink and blindfold them with monies.
Let all the woes that the country is undergoing through be an eye-opener to Kenyans,so that in 2012,they will elect leaders,not on the basis of ethnicity,creed or wealth but on character and their potential to deliver.
Wanderi wa Kamau,
A journalism intern,
Egerton University-Nakuru.
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