Who is petty here...the government or Raila?

Me thinks it is Raila, who is just seeking that uncalled for attention I don't know for what. Why can't he just go and attend to other important personal issues other than looking for media coverage?

This is the as petty as any gov't can ever become.

I don't like Moi, but I'd surely accord him VIP treatment wherever he went, same for Kibaki, Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, Kalonzo. All people I would like see taken to court first but they are our leaders and should be treated in the manner deserving of respect.

I think the problem is the word Raila. If this was done to Kibaki, the same people saying he deserved it here would be crying like babies.

Remove the wool in your eyes.

Heshima sio utumwa. If the gov't cannot see it prudent to respect other leaders just because they are the leaders now, then they are petty and probably don't deserve any sort of respect.

Aii Mboss! Are you sure Kimemia is acting like a kid. The question you should ask is what are the contents of the letter sent by Kimemia to the airport authorities. This is like the CJ saga, misinterpretation of contents. And wasn't it mentioned that it took top government officials' intervention for the former PM to be allowed? Couldn't it be that Kimemia was one of those? Wacha overreaction bana.

maka i think you are right. Both these sides are too childish.

There must be a gov't policy somewhere on who exactly is a VIP. I think we are in the process of confusing a lot of well meaning airport officials who don't want to lose their jobs.

First serakali needs to accept and move on. Raila is former PM and he deserves protocol observed when he goes anywhere.

Second, Raila should avoid showing the need to be treated as a VIP.

But I'd be expecting too much from these two groups.

In other news, the TJRC report may have been doctored says three international members of the TJRC who refused to sign up to it.

Jus Blazing, please understand that anything that happens in this country is the fault of the gov't. All good things and bad things. This includes bad decisions by petty gov't officers.

If you want to blame the junior you are trying to say that the senior officers are not able to communicate their positions. Which makes them bad leaders. So what are you saying?