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Open Letter to President Kenyatta on need for structured national dialogue by Raila Odinga: I wish again to convey my sincere condolences to the people of Mpeketoni, Lamu County, over the senseless and brutal killings of many innocent Kenyans and to share with you the grief and sadness over the tragic events that occurred in the county. This occurrence is an unfortunate additional tragedy to the now growing and harrowing statistics of attacks that the Kenyan people have suffered over the last one year. We must stand together as a nation to fight terrorism in all its forms and your Excellency can be assured of my full support in the war against terror. I commend the people of Kenya who have shown unity and resilience and demonstrated courage and patriotism in defence of the motherland. Last year after the Supreme Court heard and determined my petition challenging the presidential elections, I accepted the verdict. I did that as a true believer in constitutionalism and the rule of law and declared that Kenya is greater than any one of us. However, since then, Kenya has been faced with major problems and challenges that may tear the country apart if not immediately addressed. I have chosen the path of dialogue as the lawful and sensible way of dealing with what the country faces today. There are obvious signs that if we do not confront these problems and challenges now through a structured process of national dialogue then the road to peace will be thorny and difficult. I seek no office or reward. CORD does not want to share power with the Jubilee administration. We have a constitutional mandate as the opposition in parliament and as a coalition of political parties. However, the problems and challenges facing the country cannot all be addressed as an exercise of law making or oversight. Nor can they be resolved on the basis of the classical interplay between the three arms of government. All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and the people may exercise their sovereign power directly. The national values and principles of governance include participation of the people. We are seeking national dialogue within the context of the Constitution and not outside it. I therefore urge you, my brother, to read the words of Prophet Isaiah found in Chapter 1, Verse 18 (King James Version); “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it”. These words constituted the political choices that Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Junior took and which later informed and guided the resolution of the national question in South Africa. So I offer the hand of peace and an olive branch so that we may “dwell in unity, peace and liberty” and in happiness and prosperity. CORD wishes to put on the table of dialogue five issues, which are; inclusivity and national unity, devolution, corruption, the electoral process and national security. INCLUSIVITY AND NATIONAL UNITY One of the running themes of the Constitution is the question of unity and inclusivity as a mechanism of slaying the hydra of tribalism, racism and other forms of discrimination. And every state organ and institution is required to be guided by the principles of competitiveness and transparent processes of appointment of state officers and the promotion of gender equality in the management of public affairs. Recruitment in state organs must reflect the diversity of the Kenyan people in equitable proportions. No single community, group or coalition should establish a hegemony over the public service or the distribution of state resources. These are the standards and the imperatives set by the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. Less than a year after the last general elections, several communities are feeling excluded on the basis of ethnicity, identity or gender. DEVOLUTION One of the objects of devolution is to ensure that there is equitable sharing of national and local resources throughout Kenya. The guarantee for achieving this is found both in Article 203(2) and (3) as read together with Article 229 of the Constitution. In requiring that the Auditor General, the Executive and Parliament conclude financial audit in time, the Constitution protects the counties from the mischief by the National Government of using historical and old audited and approved accounts in the division of revenue. The funds allocated to the counties must be based on the audited accounts of the financial year immediately preceding the current financial year. The county governments have lost nearly 600 billion shillings in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 because the National Treasury has used outdated accounts for the purposes of sharing of revenue between the national government and the county governments. The centralism of the old order has been retained by establishing and restructuring the provincial administration in its old tradition and format as a tool of colonialism before 1963 first and later the imperial presidency after independence. The interventions of the National Government through the Ministry of Devolution and Planning and other agencies are suffocating devolution and down grading and undermining the relationship between the two levels of government which otherwise must be conducted on the basis of consultation and cooperation between distinct and inter-dependent entities. CORRUPTION Despite promises made that corruption will be eradicated, the menace has resurrected vigorously and has compromised flagship projects of Vision 2030 and new development initiatives. The unlawful payment of Kshs. 4.5 billion to Anglo-Leasing related companies is shrouded in mystery and raises questions of lack of integrity, transparency and accountability. The Standard Gauge Railway project, which is a key and vital development in the expansion and modernization of Kenya’s infrastructure, has raised serious credibility concerns and it would appear that costs have been escalated in order to accommodate rents and kickbacks for brokers. Major questions are being raised about the probity and accountability of several pork-barrel and ‘sweetheart’ deals in the energy, oil, mining and agricultural sectors. Mega projects have become the handmaiden of grand corruption. ELECTORAL PROCESS AND THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION The Kriegler Commission articulated the basis for the reform of the electoral law in Kenya. The problems of 2007 general elections visited 2013 general elections and currently there is no doubt that unless a proper review and overhaul is undertaken, the conduct of free and fair elections will continue to be a mirage in Kenya. It is not my wish to contest the results of the presidential elections held in 2013. Rather, I want Kenya to develop a political culture based on the proposition that elections should not be remembered through the repulsive images of disputes and even conflicts that arise after every election but rather by the power and might of the ballot exercised and cast in freely contested democratic election. NATIONAL SECURITY Under Articles 238 and 239 of the Constitution, the national security organs have important functions of protecting life, freedom and property. They protect Kenya’s territorial integrity and sovereignty against external and internal threats. The security organs need the unequivocal support and cooperation of the people particularly by denying terrorists and criminal elements sanctuary in our land. But we have been hit very hard and complacency and firefighting activities will not rid Kenya of terrorist attacks. People have lost confidence in our national security system and feel disappointed with the incompetent leadership at the head of our security and intelligence organs. Questions are also being raised about our military operation in Somalia not in terms of its validity or legitimacy but in terms of longevity and lack of clear operational objectives. In terms of the confluence and the fast and furious sequence of terrorist activities, 2014 may turn out to be the worst year since the attacks on the American Embassy in 1998 as Kenya lost in two days this week more than 70 people in Mpeketoni. This is besides the shooting, grenade attacks and IED explosions in Diani, the church in Likoni, Pangani Police Station, Mwembe Tayari, the outskirts of the Reef Hotel in Nyali, Thika Road, Nairobi and Gikomba market. And we are still counting. To deal with this sequel of terror and its fatal and devastating effects the nation must sit and dialogue together and in unison combat terror and other invasions to our peace, prosperity and the rule of law. I want to assure your Excellency that we hold no grudges nor do we want to interfere with your tenure and that of the jubilee administration as the President and the Government of the Republic of Kenya. We have been holding very peaceful rallies as a way, under the Constitution, of engaging the people in an open and public discourse on how we can make Kenya great and prosperous; a free nation, a people liberated and an independent country in the international community of nations. RAILA AMOLO ODINGA NAIROBI, 20TH JUNE 2014
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washiku wrote:Open Letter to President Kenyatta on need for structured national dialogue by Raila Odinga:
I wish again to convey my sincere condolences to the people of Mpeketoni, Lamu County, over the senseless and brutal killings of many innocent Kenyans and to share with you the grief and sadness over the tragic events that occurred in the county. This occurrence is an unfortunate additional tragedy to the now growing and harrowing statistics of attacks that the Kenyan people have suffered over the last one year.
We must stand together as a nation to fight terrorism in all its forms and your Excellency can be assured of my full support in the war against terror. I commend the people of Kenya who have shown unity and resilience and demonstrated courage and patriotism in defence of the motherland.
Last year after the Supreme Court heard and determined my petition challenging the presidential elections, I accepted the verdict. I did that as a true believer in constitutionalism and the rule of law and declared that Kenya is greater than any one of us.
However, since then, Kenya has been faced with major problems and challenges that may tear the country apart if not immediately addressed. I have chosen the path of dialogue as the lawful and sensible way of dealing with what the country faces today.
There are obvious signs that if we do not confront these problems and challenges now through a structured process of national dialogue then the road to peace will be thorny and difficult.
I seek no office or reward. CORD does not want to share power with the Jubilee administration. We have a constitutional mandate as the opposition in parliament and as a coalition of political parties. However, the problems and challenges facing the country cannot all be addressed as an exercise of law making or oversight. Nor can they be resolved on the basis of the classical interplay between the three arms of government.
All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya and the people may exercise their sovereign power directly. The national values and principles of governance include participation of the people. We are seeking national dialogue within the context of the Constitution and not outside it.
I therefore urge you, my brother, to read the words of Prophet Isaiah found in Chapter 1, Verse 18 (King James Version);
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land. But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it”.
These words constituted the political choices that Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Junior took and which later informed and guided the resolution of the national question in South Africa. So I offer the hand of peace and an olive branch so that we may “dwell in unity, peace and liberty” and in happiness and prosperity.
CORD wishes to put on the table of dialogue five issues, which are; inclusivity and national unity, devolution, corruption, the electoral process and national security.
INCLUSIVITY AND NATIONAL UNITY
One of the running themes of the Constitution is the question of unity and inclusivity as a mechanism of slaying the hydra of tribalism, racism and other forms of discrimination. And every state organ and institution is required to be guided by the principles of competitiveness and transparent processes of appointment of state officers and the promotion of gender equality in the management of public affairs. Recruitment in state organs must reflect the diversity of the Kenyan people in equitable proportions. No single community, group or coalition should establish a hegemony over the public service or the distribution of state resources.
These are the standards and the imperatives set by the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya. Less than a year after the last general elections, several communities are feeling excluded on the basis of ethnicity, identity or gender.
DEVOLUTION
One of the objects of devolution is to ensure that there is equitable sharing of national and local resources throughout Kenya. The guarantee for achieving this is found both in Article 203(2) and (3) as read together with Article 229 of the Constitution. In requiring that the Auditor General, the Executive and Parliament conclude financial audit in time, the Constitution protects the counties from the mischief by the National Government of using historical and old audited and approved accounts in the division of revenue. The funds allocated to the counties must be based on the audited accounts of the financial year immediately preceding the current financial year. The county governments have lost nearly 600 billion shillings in 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 because the National Treasury has used outdated accounts for the purposes of sharing of revenue between the national government and the county governments.
The centralism of the old order has been retained by establishing and restructuring the provincial administration in its old tradition and format as a tool of colonialism before 1963 first and later the imperial presidency after independence. The interventions of the National Government through the Ministry of Devolution and Planning and other agencies are suffocating devolution and down grading and undermining the relationship between the two levels of government which otherwise must be conducted on the basis of consultation and cooperation between distinct and inter-dependent entities.
CORRUPTION
Despite promises made that corruption will be eradicated, the menace has resurrected vigorously and has compromised flagship projects of Vision 2030 and new development initiatives. The unlawful payment of Kshs. 4.5 billion to Anglo-Leasing related companies is shrouded in mystery and raises questions of lack of integrity, transparency and accountability. The Standard Gauge Railway project, which is a key and vital development in the expansion and modernization of Kenya’s infrastructure, has raised serious credibility concerns and it would appear that costs have been escalated in order to accommodate rents and kickbacks for brokers. Major questions are being raised about the probity and accountability of several pork-barrel and ‘sweetheart’ deals in the energy, oil, mining and agricultural sectors. Mega projects have become the handmaiden of grand corruption.
ELECTORAL PROCESS AND THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION
The Kriegler Commission articulated the basis for the reform of the electoral law in Kenya. The problems of 2007 general elections visited 2013 general elections and currently there is no doubt that unless a proper review and overhaul is undertaken, the conduct of free and fair elections will continue to be a mirage in Kenya.
It is not my wish to contest the results of the presidential elections held in 2013. Rather, I want Kenya to develop a political culture based on the proposition that elections should not be remembered through the repulsive images of disputes and even conflicts that arise after every election but rather by the power and might of the ballot exercised and cast in freely contested democratic election.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Under Articles 238 and 239 of the Constitution, the national security organs have important functions of protecting life, freedom and property. They protect Kenya’s territorial integrity and sovereignty against external and internal threats. The security organs need the unequivocal support and cooperation of the people particularly by denying terrorists and criminal elements sanctuary in our land. But we have been hit very hard and complacency and firefighting activities will not rid Kenya of terrorist attacks. People have lost confidence in our national security system and feel disappointed with the incompetent leadership at the head of our security and intelligence organs. Questions are also being raised about our military operation in Somalia not in terms of its validity or legitimacy but in terms of longevity and lack of clear operational objectives. In terms of the confluence and the fast and furious sequence of terrorist activities, 2014 may turn out to be the worst year since the attacks on the American Embassy in 1998 as Kenya lost in two days this week more than 70 people in Mpeketoni. This is besides the shooting, grenade attacks and IED explosions in Diani, the church in Likoni, Pangani Police Station, Mwembe Tayari, the outskirts of the Reef Hotel in Nyali, Thika Road, Nairobi and Gikomba market. And we are still counting. To deal with this sequel of terror and its fatal and devastating effects the nation must sit and dialogue together and in unison combat terror and other invasions to our peace, prosperity and the rule of law.
I want to assure your Excellency that we hold no grudges nor do we want to interfere with your tenure and that of the jubilee administration as the President and the Government of the Republic of Kenya. We have been holding very peaceful rallies as a way, under the Constitution, of engaging the people in an open and public discourse on how we can make Kenya great and prosperous; a free nation, a people liberated and an independent country in the international community of nations.
RAILA AMOLO ODINGA
NAIROBI, 20TH JUNE 2014  But he doesn't sign off the letter with "Yours Faithfully" Experts on communication will view this as rude. 
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Dear Mr…
If these are the issues why do you have to hold highly charged rallies collecting views from general public?
Why issue an ultimatum to government to hold dialogue by 7/7 or face unspecified action? Which action?
Why can’t cord come up with bills / laws how to deal with these challenges and present in parliament / national assembly?
Please note these people were voted in and given a term of 5 years to deal with these same challenges ---which you did not manage to resolve in your 5 year of power--- After 5 years we will evaluate their performance and decide whether to give them another term or not. If they do not manage to solve the issues, we are ready to live with / deal with the consequences, since we voted them in full knowledge that they will stay for 5 years minimum. Once a leader has been chosen there is no middle ground, he has to run full course, that’s the inevitable truth about democracy. And please note the message being communicated so loudly we can’t hear… is that someone thinks he is better able to govern than the president himself. Now while everyone has the luxury to think the same, it is lack of etiquette to say such in public. This is sheer lack of respect and demeaning to the high office of the head of state. The head of state deserves the respect of everyone in order to perform his duties authoritatively and with dignity.
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Yes Mr. Riek Nusu Mkate, before the C.I.C can answer you, could you read this Letter as well loudly. C & P If there is one truth I have learnt while observing the perennial tumult of our democratic discourse, it must be the utter futility of warning certain politicians against eating their cake and having it. One might as well bay for the moon or whistle at a whirlwind. One of Raila Odinga’s key propositions in the ill-fated CORD campaign was that he was the candidate whose presidency would see through the implementation of the Constitution in full. It was a fervently held Cord dictum, never mind that Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, famously known for flip-flopping, was a principal of the coalition. Today, Mr Odinga has executed a most astounding about-turn, and become the Constitution’s chief antagonist by a long mile. Initially, his assault on IEBC seemed to be understandable, even if not statesmanlike bitterness at losing the election. Before long, he was going at the Judiciary hammer and tongs, even calling the Supreme court korti bandia (bogus court). To bring it all home, he lumped the IEBC, NIS, Supreme Court and KDF in a most delirious conspiracy theory. Mr Odinga was not done. He recently stated that he prefers the country to revert to a Parliamentary system of governance. As he warmed up to this absurd proposition, he went further and declared that indeed, he has never been in favour of the current presidential system, which he blamed on Deputy President William Ruto and Hon Martha Karua. Apparently, they run him over at Naivasha. And that he devoutly supported the draft at the referendum because everything else in it was great and, besides, there was devolution. A painful contortion, and a most pedestrian, baby-with-the-bath-water fib, if I ever saw one. Mr Odinga’s latest outrage went largely unremarked. At a live TV interview, he said that the dialogue he is demanding cannot take place under the aegis of the present legislative framework. To suit his needs, Parliament would have to be reconstituted into a constituent assembly for the momentous parley to happen. By discrediting IEBC and the Supreme Court, Mr Odinga aims to delegitimise the Presidency. But there is a little hitch there. Every Cord legislator, Governor and MCA has endorsed not just IEBC, but the outcome of the last General Election. All its members whose election was challenged in the courts not only submitted to the courts’ jurisdiction with alacrity, they emphatically vouched for the veracity and integrity of IEBC and its conduct of the election. In fact, since the IEBC is a necessary party to each petition, these Cord luminaries routinely lodged pleadings endorsing whatever IEBC filed, and fought tooth and nail to vindicate the electoral body. All those voluminous tomes and hefty bundles hauled by defence lawyers before courts throughout the Republic are nothing but lengthy and lyrical forensic paeans to the virtues of IEBC. Ask Moses Wetang’ula. The only Cord members who have a problem with IEBC are those who lost the election. That is why Odinga wants mass action – the elected members of his party are not animated with his bitterness and angst. Even so, Mr James Orengo, ably goaded by Johnstone Muthama, ominously suggested that one needs not wait for 2017 to take over power. In fact, he has gone ahead and further averred that no one needs an election to take over power. No one in Cord has taken these gentlemen to task over their utterly problematic ideas. In a season when Kenyans remember the aborted, but nonetheless tragic coup of 1982, Mr Odinga suggests that the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary are illegitimate. His allies also refute elections as a means of acquiring the mandate to govern. He has clearly run afoul of Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution. He has defiled his obligation to respect, uphold and defend the Constitution. He claims the right to exercise State authority outside the Constitution. He suggests that it is possible and lawful to acquire power by unconstitutional means. Throughout his career, Mr. Odinga has experienced innumerable defeats, setbacks and reversals. It seems that he has never accepted nor learnt from any of them. Except in one instance, he has strived to manoeuvre within the constitutional dispensation of the day. In 1982, anyone implicated in the coup attempt had the excuse that the Constitution and government of the day left little room for the actualisation of popular and legitimate aspiration. This point was emphasised by the three decades of attempts at constitutional overhaul that followed, culminating in the referenda of 2005 and 2010. As a major mover and shaker in the Second Liberation, and especially in the processes culminating in August, 2010, Raila Odinga has no excuse to assail the Constitution. As a candidate whose platform was the defence and implementation of the Constitution, his present conduct is shocking. It is not the Presidency that Mr Odinga is going at. Neither is it Parliament, the Judiciary or constitutional institutions. These are mere collateral damage. In essence, Mr Odinga has decided that the Constitution no longer suits his purposes. When he unilaterally purports to create public holidays, he’s driving his point home: he respects no law. Raila Odinga is impeaching the Constitution. @EricNgeno i.am.back!!!!
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Harry, please also remind that we the sovereign peoples of Kenya are the ones who appointed uhuruto, and gave them delegated authority as per constitution. If they fail to perform,we are ready to take responsibility, but he should not keep distracting them. If he has any concerns, let him refer to us 'the sovereign' peoples of kenya not uhuruto
But we only allow such discourse once in 5 years, 4 now we are too busy to have time for sideshows
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As shoud be covered in the Headlines "😖😡KQ makes money for everyone except the shareholder 😏😏 " overheard in Wazua
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/10/2008 Posts: 9,131 Location: Kanjo
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Siringi wrote:As shoud be covered in the Headlines kesho atakanusha! i.am.back!!!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/10/2008 Posts: 9,131 Location: Kanjo
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C & P Dennis Itumbi The Theological interpretation of Isaiah 1:18, that has been in the news recently, has an interesting insight...very illuminating I must say. Come now, and let us reason together.— 1.The Official Version points to the the thought of a discussion between equals. 2. The Hebrew version on the other hand implies the tone of one who gives an authoritative ultimatum, one that cannot be challenged, as from a judge to the accused, who had no defence, or only a sham defence, to offer - In other words assumes automatic guilt on the other person 3. The Persona saying Come is actually God himself and he promises atonement ... cleansing of sins and restoration to 'white as snow' Only GOD can do that. (Attribution Theology of the Church and Divinity in Bible Exposition) i.am.back!!!!
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harrydre wrote:Yes Mr. Riek Nusu Mkate, before the C.I.C can answer you, could you read this Letter as well loudly.
C & P
If there is one truth I have learnt while observing the perennial tumult of our democratic discourse, it must be the utter futility of warning certain politicians against eating their cake and having it. One might as well bay for the moon or whistle at a whirlwind.
One of Raila Odinga’s key propositions in the ill-fated CORD campaign was that he was the candidate whose presidency would see through the implementation of the Constitution in full.
It was a fervently held Cord dictum, never mind that Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, famously known for flip-flopping, was a principal of the coalition.
Today, Mr Odinga has executed a most astounding about-turn, and become the Constitution’s chief antagonist by a long mile. Initially, his assault on IEBC seemed to be understandable, even if not statesmanlike bitterness at losing the election.
Before long, he was going at the Judiciary hammer and tongs, even calling the Supreme court korti bandia (bogus court).
To bring it all home, he lumped the IEBC, NIS, Supreme Court and KDF in a most delirious conspiracy theory.
Mr Odinga was not done. He recently stated that he prefers the country to revert to a Parliamentary system of governance.
As he warmed up to this absurd proposition, he went further and declared that indeed, he has never been in favour of the current presidential system, which he blamed on Deputy President William Ruto and Hon Martha Karua. Apparently, they run him over at Naivasha.
And that he devoutly supported the draft at the referendum because everything else in it was great and, besides, there was devolution.
A painful contortion, and a most pedestrian, baby-with-the-bath-water fib, if I ever saw one.
Mr Odinga’s latest outrage went largely unremarked. At a live TV interview, he said that the dialogue he is demanding cannot take place under the aegis of the present legislative framework.
To suit his needs, Parliament would have to be reconstituted into a constituent assembly for the momentous parley to happen.
By discrediting IEBC and the Supreme Court, Mr Odinga aims to delegitimise the Presidency. But there is a little hitch there. Every Cord legislator, Governor and MCA has endorsed not just IEBC, but the outcome of the last General Election.
All its members whose election was challenged in the courts not only submitted to the courts’ jurisdiction with alacrity, they emphatically vouched for the veracity and integrity of IEBC and its conduct of the election.
In fact, since the IEBC is a necessary party to each petition, these Cord luminaries routinely lodged pleadings endorsing whatever IEBC filed, and fought tooth and nail to vindicate the electoral body.
All those voluminous tomes and hefty bundles hauled by defence lawyers before courts throughout the Republic are nothing but lengthy and lyrical forensic paeans to the virtues of IEBC. Ask Moses Wetang’ula.
The only Cord members who have a problem with IEBC are those who lost the election. That is why Odinga wants mass action – the elected members of his party are not animated with his bitterness and angst.
Even so, Mr James Orengo, ably goaded by Johnstone Muthama, ominously suggested that one needs not wait for 2017 to take over power.
In fact, he has gone ahead and further averred that no one needs an election to take over power. No one in Cord has taken these gentlemen to task over their utterly problematic ideas.
In a season when Kenyans remember the aborted, but nonetheless tragic coup of 1982, Mr Odinga suggests that the Executive, Parliament and the Judiciary are illegitimate.
His allies also refute elections as a means of acquiring the mandate to govern. He has clearly run afoul of Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution.
He has defiled his obligation to respect, uphold and defend the Constitution.
He claims the right to exercise State authority outside the Constitution. He suggests that it is possible and lawful to acquire power by unconstitutional means.
Throughout his career, Mr. Odinga has experienced innumerable defeats, setbacks and reversals. It seems that he has never accepted nor learnt from any of them.
Except in one instance, he has strived to manoeuvre within the constitutional dispensation of the day.
In 1982, anyone implicated in the coup attempt had the excuse that the Constitution and government of the day left little room for the actualisation of popular and legitimate aspiration.
This point was emphasised by the three decades of attempts at constitutional overhaul that followed, culminating in the referenda of 2005 and 2010.
As a major mover and shaker in the Second Liberation, and especially in the processes culminating in August, 2010, Raila Odinga has no excuse to assail the Constitution.
As a candidate whose platform was the defence and implementation of the Constitution, his present conduct is shocking.
It is not the Presidency that Mr Odinga is going at. Neither is it Parliament, the Judiciary or constitutional institutions.
These are mere collateral damage. In essence, Mr Odinga has decided that the Constitution no longer suits his purposes.
When he unilaterally purports to create public holidays, he’s driving his point home: he respects no law. Raila Odinga is impeaching the Constitution.
@EricNgeno
 Hivyo ndivyo! TULIA.........UFUNZWE!
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