It will be a miracle if Jubilee wins...

the puke that had been scribbled by @realtreaty is suddenly worth looking at...

Kenyans are waiting for February for the opposition to name their flag bearer......hii ingine yote ni kelele....sijui oh...Uhuru ame panic,sijui oh wa kenya wame choka...etc. Wakenya wali anza kuchoka 1980's huko.

Hi narrative ya wazee wame chapa (wame gacaa) does not sell in my remote location in Kenya. Hapa ni Uhuruto mpaka mwisho na sio tafadhali

c&p
The writing is on the wall. All is not well in GEMA land. There is no ICC, it will be purely issue based elections. We have chaps who promised everything and delivered nothing and they have less than 195 days to fight corruption, build 6 stadiums, deliver SGR upto Malaba, connect every home with electricity, piped water to every home, crush insecurity with modern technologies and above all deliver a world class health care ecosystem.
Honestly right now, let us pray for Hon. UMK. I rem in 2007 seeing former president Kibaki campaigning using torches in Kikima, Mbooni.

And they still voted for him.

c&p
The writing is on the wall. All is not well in GEMA land. There is no ICC, it will be purely issue based elections. We have chaps who promised everything and delivered nothing and they have less than 195 days to fight corruption, build 6 stadiums, deliver SGR upto Malaba, connect every home with electricity, piped water to every home, crush insecurity with modern technologies and above all deliver a world class health care ecosystem.
Honestly right now, let us pray for Hon. UMK. I rem in 2007 seeing former president Kibaki campaigning using torches in Kikima, Mbooni.

By Toni Kimani

The beauty of Democracy is that after a period of time (mostly 5 years or less), the people undertake an election for the purpose of choosing their next leaders or opt to retain some of them.

To the elected leaders, elections are akin to Armageddon.

Judgment day. The day when egos get a thrash.

When Uhuruto found themselves at the throne in 2013, they were full of themselves. UK shuttled the World like no other President before him. He flew to all corners enjoying himself and making merry.

Formula Ones in Dubai and partaking expensive wines in Europe. He spent more time abroad than he spent here in Kenya. The short time he was here, he donned military regalia and strutted the country like he owned it.

He was everywhere issuing title deeds and dismissing out of hand the opposition headed by Raila and Kalonzo. He even offered them jobs and brought a motion to Parliament to deny them their pension.

His people crafted draconian laws and media bills which were quickly passed by Parliament and ratified by him. Only the Courts’ came to our rescue.

Unlike Kibaki, he controlled both Parliament and Senate. What else would a President ask for?

Ruto on the other hand, was amassing wealth and trying to build his own dynasty. Drunk with power, he went round the country talking ill of opposition leaders and making fun of their political moves.

He had suddenly become a stand-up comedian. He made the poor congregants laugh with his funny anecdotes.

He became the new Robin Hood.

He gave Churches large amounts of money every week in Harambees. He invited leaders from all political divides to dinners and rewarded them heavily with money looted from the Coffers. Jubilee bought loyalty. And leaders were auctioned to the highest bidder.

Soon complacency set in.

They took everything for granted. PR became their sole agenda. Propaganda got airtime on our mainstream media. Online mandarins were all over with fictitious “FactsKe” crap. Uhuruto rubbished off the VISION 2030 blue-print, LAPPSET died a slow but sure death, KOMAZA became a cropper, Greenfields Project contracts were literally cancelled, the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board lost its vigor after funding was slashed.

The Government of “Kusema na Kutenda” immersed itself in projects which were not predicated on any policies. Foreign debt increased exponentially. Looting became the order of the day. The economic environment became murky. Lay-offs and downsizing became the norm. Credit to the private sector reduced.

The economy was on a spiral.

When the Government was being criticized for looting and messing up the economy, UK and his side-kick came out guns blazing.

Everything was blamed on one man: RAILA.

Everything. Including the grand theft of public funds.

Now the chicken are coming home to roost and JP has realized that PR and propaganda are not giving the desired effect. That you cannot feed the people on rhetoric and electricity alone. The populace has become restless and unruly. Some even in front of their eyes, on the podium.

Meanwhile, the loud mouths of JP, Kindiki, Duale and Murkomen have gone on silence mode. Things are not the same again. After all, they will also be facing the same angry and frustrated electorate.

The President can now spare the time, go to Kameme and belt out mugithi lyrics, complete with a one man guitar.

Things are thick, my friend.

When you hear the President of a Republic on radio singing mugithi to appease the populace, know that shit has hit the fan.

And that, my friend, is the beauty of Democracy…