The fire of political war-mongering is fast
engulfing the entire nation. Politicians and their followers are caught up in
the deadly game.
No one cares to hide the bad habits and politics is
once again exposing our ugly faces. Gatundu South legislator Moses Kuria, Ferdinand
Waititu of Kabete, Kimani Ngunjiri from Bahati in Nakuru County are flying high
the intolerance from JUBILEE.
From the CORD wing are legislators Johnstone
Muthama, legislators Junet Mohammed, Timothy Bosire, Aisha Jumwa and former
Nairobi City Council supremo George Aladwa.
Both camps are riding high on the fanatical
following from their strongholds in Gatundu, Nakuru, Kibera and Migori.
One of the legislators under hate-speech
investigation is alleged to have made the statements at a prayer meeting! Loose
cannons that are never scared to defile the church in the name of politics.
We are setting the perfect stage to burn our country
in the name of politics. No one is responsible. In the name of two political
sides solely guided on tribal bigotry and no ideologies, peace is fast turning
out to be slippery treasure.
Maybe we never learn, not even from the fire that
burnt our fingers in 2007-08! That is how deep cheap politics continue to ruin
this great nation.
The nation is busy walking itself into fire, and
this time, it might not be as short-lived as the 2007-08 bloodbath. Led by the
careless politicians, we like daring fate and testing the gods!
Politicians show off their lack of political manners
and Kenyans jubilate and cheer them on.
Do we stop to think about our economy, increasing
the population of internally displaced Kenyans, the possibility of a full-blown
ethnic cleansing and undoing the socio-economic gains made over time?
The national police service should act on these
loose tongues, our courts must expedite justice in hand with the office of the
Director of Public Prosecutions while the National Cohesion and Integration
Commission should show us value for our money!
Judging from the past reactions to these men and
women, the above institutions have never acted enough.
They have never set a
precedent by way of punitive action. That is why the politicians have a field
day on the stage of hate-speech and war-mongering.
The nation too has abdicated its responsibility in
sieving the cadre of national leaders. Every five years, men and women of
questionable character are elected.
The electorate and politicians have joined hands to
defile the noble seat of leadership in Kenya!
We never learnt from the blood bath about nine years
ago. The victims too still struggling under tents, displaced on their own land
have never touched our conscience too.
We are a nation that is simply eager to taste fire
once more due to political competition. But why do choose to destroy our
nation?
Few sober politicians, free from ethnic bile that is
oozing all over can answer that question and so can millions of Kenyans who are
regarded to carry light political influence due to their numbers.
Time is fast running out. The drum of ethnic
intolerance and violence are beating so loud.
The whole world is watching as the region’s economic
giant fast seeks its destruction on account of political competition.
All Kenyans can act now and avoid finger-pointing
when fire visits us next year. We can all save our country.
