The Last Kicks of a Dying Political Warhorse

I direct this to none other than Cord’s supremo, one Raila Amollo Odinga. By all means, this is a mentally endowed Kenyan, but intellectually demented. No apologies for this.

The self-proclaimed godfather of reforms in Kenya is at it again. He, fanatically followed and misguided by his kupe-like sycophants in Cord, is pursuing a referendum. His aim? Seeking to change the constitution from the current presidential system to a parliamentary one.

Good sir, you never cease to amaze us by showing us how gullible you could be! You are on your political deathbed and these are your last kicks as a political warhorse. Indulge me in this in depth analysis as to why this is the case.

Many a time, since time immemorial, you have constantly surrounded yourself with cunning if not sly henchmen. These include the likes of Orengo, Kajwang’ and Anyang’ Nyong’o among several others. Just the other day you added a ‘feather to your cap’ in the name of Kalonzo Musyoka. The latter is undoubtedly the most politically lost and confused sheep, ‘watermelon’ and ‘kinyonga’ in the post-2010-constitutional-referendum era. These are the kind of guys whom you, son of Odinga entrust for guidance and inspiration.

Sir, I am not a preacher, neither am I a priest, but the sacred Christian library has one line that goes: show me your friends, and I’ll show you what kind of person you are. Well, you are a direly confused political element, who, if not well advised, will go into political oblivion sooner than later.

Further, the Englishmen, say that bad character ruins good morals. You are a great man, by virtue of all the good deeds Kenyans celebrate you for. But this is the straw the broke the camel’s back. For all you’ve done, you might be kicked in the ass because of this one thing; this thing that you are pushing for, called a referendum.  Now this is why:

What you seem to be oblivious to is that by so doing (associating with these fellows), you are wallowing in ‘shark’ infected waters. These ‘kupes’ are and have slowly been suckling at your political career’s blood and will sooner the later bring you down. They are the Grey Man’s Toolbox that Robert Green talks about in his book, ‘48 Laws of Power’.

Deftly, they are always looking for leverage and advantage and where these two are in operation in their lives. Their tactics pay off when these your fanatics openly follow in your shadow but behind the scenes, they artfully manipulate and consolidate power in their backyards, without helping you gain any political mileage. Instead, they heap up praise on you to flatter you.

I read loads of realpolitik at play on their side…a classic case of scratch my back; I bite yours!!

But sir, I know you only understand the vitendawili language. To help you understand how they are fooling and toying around with you, here is a kitendawili for you.

A young mosquito went out flying for the first time in its life. When he came back, his father asked him how was out there and how he felt. The young mosquito replied that it was great and everybody was clapping for him. Shocked, the father responded by telling his son that no one was clapping for him. Instead, those claps were meant to kill him.

You act like a young political mosquito on its maiden flight…and have escaped political death severally by the skin of your teeth. You could be a cat, but you are on your ninth life. Just one more miscalculation and you succumb!

As proof of my point, reflect on the myriad of pit holes that you have found yourself in your political career, and you will see what I am saying….most recently, your failure to clinch the presidency in the March elections despite shooting the works since 2007.

It leads one to the question, if you could not garner enough votes to propel you to the highest seat in the land, what makes you think that you can move enough crowds this time round, to help you win the referendum?? Only fallacious thinking and misguiding can, all credit to the ‘kupe wanyonyaji’ around you.

Typically, these, coupled with your genetically ingrained and inherited arrogance, blind you to the extent that you cannot see such simple logic. Even with all your eyes-physical, emotional, spiritual and political-wide open. Rubbishing any advice that reveals the truth has become part and parcel of you.

I know you are an avid reader of the Bible. Remember the fool Solomon describes in the book of Proverbs? Sorry but this happens to be you in this case by virtue of the fact that you despise wise counsel. For that, you deserve to be publicly laughed at.

Two, your personality trait as described by people who have worked with you previously, is wanting. To further elucidate on this, I borrow from their sentiments.

On November 29^th, 1995, you convened a quick General Council meeting in which you temporarily dethroned the late Hon Kijana Wamalwa as the chairman of Ford Kenya. The next day, Mr. Wamalwa instructed Dr. Khaminwa and Mr. Makhandia (now a Court of Appeal judge) to rush to the High Court for an injunction against Raila and his group. As the latter was coming out of court, he was confronted by blood thirsty youths paid by you after the injunction was granted against you. Mr. Makhandia was rescued by his fellow learned friends, one being Mr. Mbichi Muroki.

Later in the same year, during an interview dubbed ‘Crossfire’ by the Nairobi Law Monthly, Wamalwa had the following to say about you on your capability as a leader: “I do not think he has any leadership capabilities because he is a very dictatorial fellow. Whenever he talks in the National Executive Council meetings, he always says, “We must do this” and people answer back, “You cannot force us to do this.” (Courtesy of the Nairobi Law Monthly, No. 59, Nov/Dec 1995)

Now, my Swahili dictionary of ‘methalis’ has one that goes like, ‘lisemwalo lipo, kama halipo, laja.”

In 2012, one of your PAs now turned fierce critic, one who you casually called Janyando (read Miguna Miguna) also launched a scathing public attack on this your dictatorial trait, but it was not enough for you.

Fast forward to the run up to the 2013 general elections; key members of the 2007 ODM Pentagon left the ‘movement’ citing your dictatorial manner in handling the ODM party affairs and members alike. These were the likes of the current VP, Hon William Ruto, former Mvita MP Najib Balala, and Ukambani lady of steel-Charity Ngilu inter alios.

Finally, lililokuwa limesemwa na Wamalwa, lilifika with these ‘defections.’

The manner in which you are pushing for the referendum is just augmenting my belief in the above assertions. And the problem with that is the picture it is depicting of you: a slow learner, precisely…is it not ironical for a civil engineer of your caliber to be that??

I see you with a scowl on your face and drawing swords at me…well, the truth hurts, or doesn’t it?

If truly you aint a dictator in the pursuit of political resurrection, revival and possible revenge via that referendum, answer these on your own. Be completely honest with yourself-remember you can lie to everyone else, but not to yourself. Had you won the presidency, would you still be pursuing this course, or would you be jealously guarding it like bees guard their hive against ‘thegeres’ or honey badgers if you may? With regard to the defectors from your camp, do you think that they are working on some crazy herd instinct, probably fuelled by some loose nut in their heads?

Further compounding your current predicament is your failure to read the public mood. At the moment, Kenyans are merrily chanting to the tune of bread and butter on their tables. They are tired about politics which will not give any morsel of food to their hungry kids.

This reveals your tender political underbelly; one that has continually haunted and plagued you severally. Over time you have come up with impeccably noble ideas, this referendum included. But sir, you lack strategy, a defining characteristic of the em oh one (read Moi) guard.

I don’t blame you, but if you could borrow a leaf from the words of the late Steve Jobs, you would be wiser on that front. He said: “one of the things that really hurt Apple was that after I left, John Sculley got a very serious disease. It’s the disease of thinking that a really great idea is 90 per cent of the work. And if you just tell all these other people “here’s this great idea”, then of course they can go off and make it happen. And the problem with that is that there’s just a tremendous amount of craftsmanship in between a great idea and a great product. To me ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.”

That is where you lose out on the millions, which in this case are public support.

Tinga wuod Nyalego, what you need is some digital advice or rather, ‘reverse mentoring’ if you are to survive the harsh political times ahead.

This concept was developed around a decade ago by “grey-haired revolutionaries”.

Their leader was Jack Welch, the then CEO of General Electric. These wazees were frustrated by a new discovery: the Internet. It was fast; it was furious. And only young people understood it. Mr. Welch hated this. He therefore ordered his 600 top executives to be mentored by the youth in their 20s.

It was painful listening to an ignorant and youthful “earthling”. But the more he listened, the more his eyes were opened. The novice showed him the future; made him understand “pop culture” and coming trends. It changed his life.

Precisely that is your remedy. And you need the largest dose of this medication. Reason? You need to have your eyes opened to the fact that you are have been brought down to the level of a cow politically. Too bad for you, you have voluntarily allowed yourself to be brought down to this level, to be used by these ticks.

Your life has long been based on lies and betrayal. But you have always asked it upon yourself. This being the case, I can assure you that you will continue being sucked dry till the day you fall to the ground, politically subdued. Hence, like those wazees, you need a youngster to revamp and revitalize you, to sharpen your foresight. To help you see when you are being misused, more so by your very own cronies.

Secondly, power hungry as you are, I’d urge you to specially heed to Laws number 2 and 8 of power to the letter. Never put too Much Trust in Friends; Learn how to use Enemies and Make other People come to you – use Bait if Necessary, respectively.

In so far as you do not heed this, Sod’s Law that “things/plans fail where there is any possibility of them doing so”, will continue to work on you. Omera, the choice is yours.