Helicopters (part- portfolio) acquired by Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee coalition to facilitate luxury campaigns (pictures by google images)
By Munene Njagi
A few days ago, it was reported by section of the press that Uhuru Kenyatta will spend more than 10 billion in this year’s elections; well, presidential campaigns are known to be expensive world over.
Often, political parties carry out aggressive fundraising campaigns both local and abroad to raise the necessary cash to finance campaign operations. Uhuru Kenyatta the heir of Jomo Kenyatta’s empire -documented by Forbes to include thousands of hectares of land, business interests abroad among others is said to foot the bill by himself.
Well, he need not hustle at all, the Mau Mau worked hard for it, they spend years in the bush, others got killed, wounded and when independence was declared whatever they were entitled to get was unfairly acquired by Mzee Kenyatta who later bequeathed it to Uhuru.
It is unfortunate that a leader whose constituents are terrorized by jiggers and extreme poverty cannot initiate meaningful sustainable project to break the cycle of poverty instead spend billions in a doomed presidential campaign.
Morally, Uhuru upon attaining age of majority could have returned the bad inheritance to the public, in fact he can do it today; he can resettle the thousands of squatters especially at the Coast and other internally displaced persons elsewhere in the country, initiate community projects and give the already aged Mau Mau veterans a good retirement package all of whom are on their sunset years.
James Mutwiri says
This is the reason why MRC is fighting 4succession.imagine one family owning half of coast land when others are sleeping in the street! and u want 2 vote him kenyan 4th president.think about this guys.
Makapia Abdallah says
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Ben Langat says
This is a propaganda engineered towards Jubilee. Wait and see where CORD and the rest will vote. We understand this stage managed campaign to maligned jubilee. When you realized that Kenyans are not buying your ICC argument you now go personal…wait and see come March 4th Kenyans will make their choice. We know those who worship the west and we cannot allow this to go on.
Wesley Melly Kipwizzy Gunner says
Its unfortunate that u are one myopic fella.. The fact is that we need them bro. So just swallow the bitter pill and move on…………
Ben Langat says
Wesley Melly Kipwizzy Gunner he he he am not as brainwashed as you and I have no bitter pill to swallow here. Being myopic is when you fail to realize that they(West) need us more than we need them….come to my class I will give you a 1000 reasons why they need us more than we need them
laban says
ya ben tell him,cord will not win use whichever propaganda u want
Wesley Melly Kipwizzy Gunner says
No one has denied you the chance to support the party of your choice, but ukweli nimekwambia, whether Jubilee or CORD forms the next govt.
Peter Otieno says
To you everything will be engineered so long as they do not support your interest. Even a toddler understands this bare fact. Let me educate you a bit,` kidole kimoja haki vunji chawa`we are in a global village buddy where we all need each other be pro-west or not the bitter truth is that we need them more than they need us ignore this at your own peril. I know you can sound and argue tough, reason so eloquently in scribe by giving some non tested 1000 reasons and may be tempted to eye east. However, holding a number of facts constant and dissecting your 1000 reasons limb after the other you will realize a new view point. This is not parading any party.
Timmy Wafula says
may be yes, it is unfortunate that my father wasnt a freedom fighter, maybe we would be talking of something different. Number two Kenya was made out of scramble and partition of Africa so hata some of us are in UGANDA while Some in tanzania others are Somalis….. so mau mau or not maumau we want a fair kenya. To me Uhunye is not the right boy for prezzo.
Nakoba Janice says
don't undastand anything here.
Justus O'magasi says
kenyans have alot to ask those families that inherited what was not theirs and why even if it was aride for them, why don't they help the poor most atleast with food and housing instead of being proud and wanting to be aleader of jigger invested people.also remember I can smell and feel that the very individuals stealing from the poor to spend in politics woukld have been more happier if all kenyans died or vacate kenya for the greedy thieves pretending as leaders.the questionable characters wanted at icc also would be even more happier if they will manage to brain wash kenyans that if elected as leaders, kenya and kenyans can do alone without involving the world meaning the poor will be grounded totally if possible burried and forgotten because the rich thieves have already secured the heaven ticket at state house.who cares that you can spend billions in the campaigns?spend but dont fool the poor!
G aimez Situma says
Vote for Uhuru if u hate Kenya