Elections 2017: Unless the BVR Kits Malfunction, Here Is Why UhuRuto Might not be Reelected
By Albert Nyakundi Amenya – Banana Pedlar, Kitutu Chache North
As I look forward to August 2017 elections, I can only make intelligent guesses. First off, as I make these remarks, and going by the political temperature, I am not sure if elections will take place. Given the harsh political atmospheric pressure facing this administration following failed promises coupled with mega corruption scandals, there are strong indications that Uhuru will postpone 2017 polls, but I am not sure. Let us assume there’s no going back to 2007 and that somebody is not planning to force “Kivuituâ€, at gunpoint, to throw in the towel.
I hope that Kenyans will seize the opportunity of the ballot box to redirect the course of our history. It remains to be seen if Kenyans will vote back the ‘apostles of continuity’ or the ‘Apostles of Change’ Dear fellow Kenyans, voting for the Apostles of Continuity will mean that we shall continue to live in darkness and led by impunity and corruption infested administration. Valiant people of this great nation, voting for the masters of continuity will further nail our confine and consign the poor vulnerable to be perpetual slaves in their land of birth. But, voting change beckons in unmistakable terms and I known when placed side by side, Kenyans will vote for change rather than continuity.
There is no gainsaying the fact that the ascendancy of the Jubilee Coalition to the highest office in the land has brought nothing but untold hardship on the people. Uhuru and Ruto promised pupils milk but failed to notify them that the milk they wanted to give them was not from the cow, but that of an elephant which is expected to give birth this April – exactly 21 months since they took over, and also the normal gestation period of an elephant. This is a government that has watched while its officials plunder the nation’s treasury to near zero.
This is an administration that went prodigal with our resources only to slam austerity measures on the poor masses at the slightest economic shocks. This is a government that could not or refused to tackle insurgency in parts of the country only to claim it has achieved a measure of victory in just five weeks. This is a government whose policies or lack of it have sufficiently hampered industrial growth and yet say it is providing jobs through ‘you-win’ or ‘you-lose’ enterprises.
Kenyans must now decide between change and continuity. The former promises great hope and optimism while the latter spells doom because they can only continue to buffet us. For over 15 years Kenyans have continued to suffer from the effects of impunity and corruption. We have lived in darkness – no electricity, no water, no opportunities for our children. The Jubilee government has ruined the lives of generations.
The inability or unwillingness of the Uhuru administrations to checkmate the history of impunity for very serious crimes has emboldened politicians to continue to engage in acts inimical to the growth and development of our country. We must ensure we elect a President that will not only dismantle this architecture of impunity but rebuild our society based on the rule of law.
What dire challenges confront us today? The institutionalization of armed robbery and terrorism, the endless series of kidnapping, the ravages of ethnic militias like the Mungiki and Sungusungu, the nepotistic awarding of mouth-watering contracts to policymakers through rub my back I rub your back charade by the present administration, political actors and indeed the government who create militia groups for political ends and deny it later?
Now they are out on the streets. Who is more poised to give the anti-corruption commissions the needed impetus to end the stealing and misuse of public wealth? Who among the two frontrunners will strengthen the judiciary and provide it with adequate resources, reform the security sector and ensure that Kenya’s teaming population can benefit from the country’s abundant natural resources?
Whereas as a nation we owe it to our youth to provide them with an opportunity to gain the skills that will enable them to keep Kenya as the greatest nation in the world, successive Jubilee administrations including the present one have frustrated them and turned to them to recruit for political banditry. We need a President who can give the youths their pride of place as future leaders. We need a president who will not only turn our socio-economic woes around but one that will make our country to become a destination of pride and purpose.
We need a President who will reform and reequip our security forces and root out endemic corruption which for decades impeded Kenya’s access to basic health care, education, and other socio-economic rights. Despite the recent rebasing of our economy and vast valuable mineral resources Kenya remains one of the world’s poorest countries on the World Bank Index. The recent assessment by the World Bank on the situation of poverty in the world, where it ranked Kenya fifth among the world’s 10 countries with extreme poor citizens cannot be allowed to continue by those championing “continuity†in the forthcoming elections.
Kenyans must as a necessity realize that the woeful result of the World Bank report is a wake-up call to vote “changeâ€. From the assessment, the World Bank established that Kenya with about 45 million population falls among countries with extreme poverty whose over 70% population live on $1 (Ksh.85) or even less per day. Specifically, the report showed that 3 per cent of the 1.2 billion people living below poverty line in the world are Nigerians. “The fact is that two-thirds of the world’s extreme poor are concentrated in just five countries: India, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). If you add another four countries: Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania, Ethiopia and China, the total grows to 80 per cent of the world’s extreme poor,†the report stated.
In 2017, it is only the presidential election, not the Gubernatorial, Member of Parliament, Senatorial, Women Rep, or Member of County Assembly election expected on the same day, that will truly matter. Although the BVR kits will as well be the cynosure of naked eyes, I expect the devices to spark a revolution to the general elections. Unfortunately, it might be the game changer.
I will rather vote for a forward looking candidate with a rich pedigree and royal courage, I’d rather vote for a leader with a clear vision and adept proactiveness in leadership. As an already humiliated Kenyan I’ll elect a dependable and a shrewd manager of the people’s resources than a profligate, visionless and laid-back candidate in the name of continuity. We are at a crossroads and the way we cast our votes come 2017 will determine whether we are ready to leave Egypt for the Promised Land or stay in Egypt and dine with the Pharaohs.
What we need more than ever is a visionary leader whose bipartisan efforts, cross-sector support, resilience in the face of obstacles, and singularity of focus will raise and put our country on the path of growth again. Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga – the Presidential candidate of the Coalition of Reforms and Democracy (CORD) today represents the face of change in Kenya. He is widely acclaimed both at the local and international levels to posses the Midas touch that will ensure growth and speed on our progress.
Anonymous says
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Timothy Ruto says
look at the young leadership, the JAP is there 4 20 years, izo zingine ni porojo, who else in this nation can be to reform the long rotten governmental institutions which was made rust by grand coalition “mkate nusu” if not their Excellencies Uhuru the youngest president since independent with his younger brother who is also the first youngest and DP since independent? wazee wamekua kwa serikali since independent and we as citizens the only news we have been reading is all about scandals which these young gentlemen are tirelessly dealing with them to bring culprits into book, such as the molasses scandal, the anlgo leasing scandal and many others which were malpractriced by by the people you their candidature of presidency, bure kabisa wazee, leave uhuruto government to deliver to us we common citizens, imagine even Nyanza people led by the right former prime minister Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga A.K.A Waguambo have vowed to endorse JAP led by His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta and his DP Ruto.
Deusdit Gitonga muriithi Jr. says
you are a real banana peddler. who are these “Kenyans” who voted for him? Kenyans can not win against TNA and URP members!!
kepher says
TNA swallowed URP to formanother amorphous body called JAP ama in full Jaluo Atakuwa President. Now this has led to a collapse of URP in Rift Valley and KANU has a new lifeline.All URP members are defecting in masses to KANU! For how long do you think that you will cheat other Kenyans? The game is over…!!
peter ngeno says
i will vote uhuruto,finish,banganga kando.
Dr Henri Wafula says
Hi Albert bananpedler!! Sir if I may venture my humble opinion regarding your fronting PM RAO for the post of president-what provisions have you put in place to ensure that kenyans will not be disappointed come RAO’s presidency?? Don’Make a constitution that builds t you know that the kenyan presidency is like a prison??Those who vote for RAO will want to have their turn to eat!! And rightly so! Unless you change this constitution whereby the tribes that get the presidency and deputy president forfeit other executive posts in govt. as well as public bodies there will still be part of kenyans crying foul!!Make a constitution that builds agnation-not divides people into losers and winners. The rules the colonisers used to hold tribes together to form an administrative unit called kenya are still the same -nobody has really asked kenyans if they really belong to this organisation called kenya willingly!! Who has tried to build a nation out of these tribes?? Coming to RAO do you know the mafia that surrounds him?? Do they seem ok to you?? Are they democrats or tribalists?? Will they not say it is their time to eat_thus we end up replacing one evil with another!! Let us have a constitution for the future-not for us at the moment since we are still learning how to co-exist and trying to overcome the barriers the past masters created in order to rule easily over the tribes. Above all I dare you think wider-remove the so-called boundaries created somewhere in Europe to share the continent amongst the merchants who were only after one thing-the wealth emanating from the african continent. Anybody who still thinks along these borders is not a true african and this is why the removal of these borders should be the first important item on RAO’s radar. Inward -looking at this artificial borders and shouting “Am proud to be Kenyan!!” surely has no meaning at all. Ask ourselves where did this name come from?? even Mt Kilimanjaro was gifted to Tanzania as a birthday present!! Don’t even go there!!
Anonymous says
Ngombe wewe hiyo niyako jamaa uhuruto upende usipede,
Deusdit Gitonga muriithi Jr. says
Ngombe wewe hiyo niyako jamaa uhuruto wanaenda nyumbani upende usipede,
Demo says
Paychopants and rapists are the order of the day in this great nation of ours.When will the people of Kenya wake up to the real facts that our countrt is deeply polarized by the zealots and tribalists.Kenya is for Kenyans,if we do not change our ways our future generations are doomed..Wake Up before its too late….
joshua okumu .UON says
GOD is above everything,,let us glorify him because his LORD.
Justus Atuti. says
Good read. Bravo comrade…
Boy says
total bullshit .. hater
anonymous says
one tribe want to hold other 41 hostage n as time pass by they r holding strong that theirs is real theory that without,this tiny nation too cease to exist.Now ,there is crisis or poverty of a friend in this quarter,but still they hold that things r still working.mr Amanya,it is not uchaguzi,but change-phoebia n fear -attack in that quarter that lead us to
employ strong countanence
maina says
Hakuna Ngombe hapa. Some skunks can’t stand to take other peoples opinions,, who doesn’t know this government is rotten n it nids change as yesterday
raphael says
Under, the jubilee successive dictatorial,regimes, has never decisteted, to become a Kenya colony. Remedy: Burkinafaso way.
charl says
I hope some comments are untrue. I hope under uhu/ruto regime thats when our shillings has risen with a big margin against the dollar. Although they have not met all of what they pledged i
i hope they are failing quite well. Those watchdogs in PAC lead by the cord secretary general are the failures. We are loyal to UHU/RUTO and come 2017 Kenyans who are reaping from their good governance shall bsck them.
Anonymous says
the shilling is much weaker now than ever man
[email protected] says
Rafiki hamna malaika,serikali ya mahuluti iliokuwepo,mafisadi walikuwepo wetangula aka tokyo,RAO aka kazi na vijana,n.k hamna mtu mzuri tunashukuru hii serikali imetupa tittle deed,sisi watu wa mombasa,uhuruto sio hao wameleta umaskini hii report ya extreme poverty goes back to kibaki/Raila.tu mpe uhuru 10 year kisha tu mjudge opposition are not angel there are the same rotten fellow,propagandalist.
Koth Wuon Chiemo says
shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will…..Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think………The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: ” If i stop to help this man, what will happen to me ? ” BUT……the good samaritan reversed the question: ” If i do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him? Now guys lets stop chassing the squiral here i believe that their is an antelope in the content ! we have 42 tribes……think along.
Reuben Ewoi says
All what is commented is not what it takes Kenya to the success nor failure, BUT from all the scenes of Kenyan episodes,views, and such reflections,we can gather the necessary,ditch the unnecessary and take iniatives to mould Kenya.So,lets mould Kenya with positive collective ideas.NOBODY CREATED KENYA,KENYA HAS A CREATOR-GOD!
Peter omae says
HI GUYS NIMESOMA ALL THIS COMMENTHS TUMEANDIKA ,KWELI KENYA TUKO NA UKABIRA .NANI ATATUOKOA KWELI ?
joby says
kwani kenya ni ya wakikukuyu?wajinga nyinyi mnaosema eti uhuru miaka 10.Enda mpupu naye.Tumechoka na siasa za uhuru.Uhuru enda mkae na mama nyumbani.Hautoshi kuongoza kenya.Ulilenga kutoka Hague ushatoka rudi gishagi hauwezi.Na we ruto uko mfisadi na dikteta toka hague kwanza.Otherwise serikali ya uhuruto imenyamba,yanuka kila aina ya minyambo
Anonymous says
You want to award the highest office in Kenya to a man who at previous posts accomplished nothing but complain of mkate nusu. Even as an mp of Langata the man did nothing to improve thae place….. Kibera slum has infiltrated n expanded to langata. He did absolutely nothing there but shout n ask riddles….. This is not a nursery country u go round asking kitendawili??
Even the people that indly voted for him continuously he did nothing in kibera…… Uhuru the other day commissioned the bypass there its almost complete…. Raila would leave karen come see you banana peddlers sitting on trash…. Blocking the railwayand come ask Kitendawili like the fools u are you say Tega,,,, n there after vote for him… Then go back to peddling bananas,, as he returns to karen. Open your eyez…. Its JAP TIME.
Mkenya Halisi says
You began your opinions well only to be campaigning for raila?To hell with that dictator. We shall make SONKO the man to watch.
Mkenya Halisi says
Tell them! When will they ever open their eyes n c 4 emselves?
Otok says
We Need To See Both Vision And Action In Our Leaders,not Tribe!
sepeto says
Truth be told JAP hasn’t delivered anything for this country but it has done very well when it comes to corruption,employment in terms of ethnicity and hurling abuses from DUALE. Therefore the earlier Kenyans removes this government the better.Recently your president was branded a tourist and you all attest to this he has broken a record and he has increased the national debt level that even economists fear if Kenya will sustain that. Eurobond issue is a pain in jubilee’s ass. so fellow Kenyans set aside the notion “modo wa nyumba” and put Kenya forward for the better of life from our kids who we have borrowed the country from.
JAP SHOULD STYLE UP. I know they have killed URP and TNA is very live and kicking as JAP.to the URP sycophants is time you see the light at the end of the tunnel these people are draining you very dry
diba says
Kenya inaitaji mtu kama mwelusi katika kitabu entitiled kifo kisimani ambaye alijaribu kuikomboa butangi ambaye alitawaliwa mbaya na bokono. Kenya si lazima itawaliwe na wakikuyu na kalenjin. Kenyan know ur right n stand up for truth not tribalism. How can u face God if ur heart if full of tribalism during day of judgment.
jummah says
it is true all our eyes is direct towords RAO is the helpper.
kinuthiah says
we need good leader . uhuruto they don’t have quality ov leading , they should give chance to RAO as they going to train . there is no way abind man can lead another blind to jump ahole .jap is led by blind people.
kenuthia says
RAO bado mapambalo we must win as the champion.lift up strongly your okumba we are after u . NO door 4 jap blind people.