Dear Hon. Raila Odinga,By Nyanyuki Tito
BY ESTHER WAVINYA · JUNE 14, 2014
Dear Hon. Raila Odinga,
Greetings.
I am one of your ardent supporters though I feel that my support for you is due to having no better alternative. I have been forced to choose between a cobra bite and a puff adder bite. I went for the puff adder since the cobra is the In-Your-Face-And-You-Will-Do-Nothing-Snake.
On Friday I was very busy throughout the day and immediately after supper I watched some football action to wind down.
I then read an online paper that you are asking Kenyans not to go to work on 7th July!!! I’ve checked my calendar and seen it will be on a Monday.
You started so well but you have now lost focus. When someone like you is asking me to boycott work I think it is high time I reevaluated my political inclination. You see, I have bills to pay, school fees, food for my family and so much more. Unlike you who doesnt need to be in any formal and structured employment setup, some of us work because that is the only option we have Mr.Raila. Unlike you, some of us cannot afford a two months sabbatical from work unless it is a maternity leave. To you work is a hobby and leadership is a bonus. I think we are at that point where I have to be forthright and tell you that you are no different from that Uhuru you are castigating. This makes you sound like a commander who normally works from a heavily fortified and guarded barrack while the really soldiering is done by the unranked soldiers who will never be recognized. The best they can make is a footnote of the self-praising speeches you’ll make after the combat is over.
No, I am going to be in my office that day, my love for change notwithstanding. Thank you for the fight you fought for democratic space but we owe you nothing. Somehow that change was to happen either way. It has happened elsewhere and Kenya is no exception. I know you spent 8 years in detention. Fair enough. You got out finally and went on with the struggle.
Prez. UK hasn’t done much to write home about…I can see that. I need no rallies to see that. He is more of promises withput much to show for those promises. But pointing out the obvious will not change the fact that as Kenyans we are damned.
Come up with a better way to engage UK. If Sonko can get him out of a ‘Kamkutano’ what about you sir? Offer what can push this country forward not some. chest thumping and a -whose-pee -can go -farther -than- anyone’s contest kind of game you are currently playing.
Allow me to sleep sir but please stop thinking that by being your admirers, we have no brain to see that you have nothng new.
Thank you