Voter Bribery Going Beyond Borders

A past diaspora event attended by DPM Mudavadi -picture courtesy of Google images

BY: Alfred Chege

Am so saddened today because I have just received reports from my friends in London that a certain Presidential candidate is dishing out 50 sterling pounds to Kenyans who attend his meetings.

Now that is good money for 2 hrs of sitting down, and having refreshments. It’s worth calling off from work for a common Londoner.

This money is definitely project money, which could even be Anglo-leasing money…

However, the problem with this is that our corrupt habits, and voter bribery is being exported overseas, our impunity is being taken to places where if it’s found out, Kenya could be an epitome of shame.

I hereby publish a conversation I had with my friend in London. I have with-held photos that appear during facebook chats to protect Identity, otherwise this is raw un-edited conversation, read between the lines:

With permission from the other party, below follows a conversation that my friend in London and I just had in a chat conversation:-

FRIEND: Hiya

 

ME: Report · 2:47pm

hi

 

FRIEND: Report · 2:47pm

same people came last night to find votes ha ha

let them bring money nobody will vote for them

 

ME: Report · 2:48pm

watu wa MaDVD?

 

FRIEND: Report · 2:48pm

yap

himself

 

ME: Report · 2:49pm

SAME 50 POUNDS?

 

FRIEND: Report · 2:50pm

he came with his group of people i wonder who pays for their air ticket hope not Kenyan gov

What do you think ? is he going to win the president sit ?

 

FRIEND: Report · 2:52pm

TAXPAYER MONEY

NOPE, he can’t win

 

FRIEND: Report · 2:52pm

Not good enough

well people are just taking his money over here but i don’t know any of them who is going to vote for him

 

ME: Report · 3:00pm

Report him to the scotland yard

Just make an anonymous call of a person bribing voters

 

FRIEND

Report · 3:02pm

Ha ha if (He has) as money to through away why not

Anyway i so happen to be at the right place at the right time last nite

so well money we can’t say not to it

but no votes

 

ME:

3:19pm

hOW Much was he dishing

 

FRIEND:

Report · 3:19pm

well i got 100

not bad for a night out ha ha

 

ME:

Report · 3:20pm

100 pounds is alot for 2 hours of a meeting, sitting in a hotel

Not even what a nurse of pharmacist makes in London right?

 

FRIEND:

Report · 3:22pm

Was not a hotel he just turn up where Kenyans hang out for nyamba choma

someone must have given him a tip off

 

NB: I urge Patriotic Kenyans in London to come out and corroborate this story: The story of an unpopular leader attempting to endear himself to the diaspora through dishing out cash.

 

First this is a shame, and it doesn’t bode well with Brand Kenya. I know we stink on matters corruption, but lets keep the stench of our corruption within our borders.

 

This is so difficult let me get some tissues, am out of here, so sad- if u have this manners then we are staring at a nation that is about to turn back the hand hands of time, a nation about to elect a despot.

 

Anonymous……… As a responsible citizen, I have with-held the names of the persons involved but if ur name is MaDVD then ur a shame on our country. You are old wine in new wineskins.