Alfred Keter’s honesty is refreshing, MPs’ work is to break the law

I am getting to like Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter every time he opens his mouth to speak, especially when he is a little slurred, so the syllables are well enunciated, eliminating any prospects of being misquoted.

"Tell your b-boss he-is sssstupid!" He tells a policeman in that famous video doing its rounds online, before promising that the officers would be without a job the following day.

He then expresses his dismay that the officers don't seem to have any respect for lawmakers, especially since their work is to make the laws that they are also implicitly expected to violate, so that they make new ones.

I think Keter's rant reflects refreshing honesty.

Seldom do we hear anyone in a position of power admit they are empowered by law to violate it; they simply do it and keep mum.

But Keter states it clearly that any legal instrument deemed to stand in his way and that of his ilk, is going to be reversed.

PHYSICAL FIGHTS

That is the power in the hands of our MPs, and from what they have done in the past, we know they truly mean business.

Kenyans may remember how the gang in Parliament outmaneuvered the Salaries Review Commission and set their own salaries upon election.

And it is not too long ago that the Security Bill was rushed through Parliament, even as some MPs engaged in physical fights.

Now thanks to Keter, Kenyans are coming closer to understanding what they mean when they say they make the laws and so they should be allowed to break them.