Burying your head in the sand, Mr President, won’t solve the impasse

Wanyonyi Wambilyanga

Where are you Mr President? The other day you said no one will deter you and the Prime Minister from the course you are charting for the nation. Whatever course that is; it has paralysed Parliament from carrying out its duties. From the high seat in State House, just point to the direction the country should be taking.

It is irresponsible of you and the Prime Minister to hit out at critics yet perpetuate the same ills the critics are pointing out. What else would be the reason for the standoff between the Prime Minister and the Vice-President, if not a case of bloated egos and selfish ambitions? Why should the country be on a standstill because of these egoistic minds? On the one hand, VP Kalonzo Musyoka knows he will be relevant as long as he hangs on to the seat and on the other hand Prime Minister Raila Odinga knows he will gain political mileage by being seen to be in control of the national agenda. Mr President, the country does not want a furtherance of the despair that is being institutionalised.

As Head of State and Government, why is it so hard for you to rise to the occasion and let Parliament engage in business that is of benefit to the nation? Indeed if the PM is to be consulted before the Leader of Government business is nominated, then do exactly that and push aside the hardliners who may advise otherwise. Innocent blood is still soaking the soil of Karatina, the IMF has issued a warning the global recession is far from over, malaria is wiping out thousands and the best we can do is fight over who will chair the House Business Committee.

Who will stand for the bereaved families in Karatina? Who will watch over them to deter another bloodshed if not you, Mr President and the Prime Minister?

There are calls for the country to go to elections but those making the calls are the same people who are supposed to endorse the names of the Interim Independent Electoral Commission.

We do not have a valid voters’ register and officials to conduct elections, so how can Kenyans go to elections? Displaced people are yet to find footing in their new environment or to gel with their foes. Are these the people who are to vote in a snap election? Our territorial sovereignty is in jeopardy and the country has become a laughing stock.

The views of the Government Spokesman are viewed as those of a party and all we do is to puff our chest with the vigour of a boy deep in adolescence and ask wataa do?

The populace is getting fed up at a faster rate than imagined and if you two do not do something drastic and fast, then the consequences are unimaginable.

Either way the vote goes, the other side will feel shortchanged and will definitely be hell bent on thwarting any plans, however noble, of the other side. The result will be an election in 2012 in a Kenya battered and bruised than it was after last year’s post-election skirmishes.