Why Jubilee is Retracting from the National Dialogue Called by CORD

I watched with utmost clemency as Budalangi Member of Parliament hon. Ababu Namwamba floored leader of majority in Parliament professor Kithure Kindiki in a television interview moderated by Citizen TV’s Hussein Mohamed. In articulating issues, hon. Ababu was superabundantly on point as Prof. Kithure superconsciously conceded Jubilee’s failures through his body language and one did not need a psychiatrist to ascertain that the professor was non compos mentis.In defense to CORD’s attack on Jubilee overall performance, Ababu’s arguments were vastly inalterable. Prof. Kithure lacked words to defend his inadvisable government that has rendered common Kenyans beggars. Jubilee’s refusal to dialogue with CORD is absolutely inane and unarguably inapposite. Its incapability to run the government soberly is a blessing in disguise to the opposition in one way or another. By pointing out the governments’ intellectual bankruptcy and powerlessness to address the problems facing the common Mwananchi, CORD outscores. Jubilee’s woes make CORD impervious to any form of criticism given the fact that the issues they raise are factual and directly impacting the Mwananchi. One of the issues raised by CORD is nepotism and other exclusive preferential treatments accorded the Kikuyu community in the government. Naturally, the only way to remedy the situation is to do a fresh overhaul and consider ethnical and regional balancing in government appointments. To President Kenyatta, that is absolutely irremediable. Another tear-jerking concern pointed out by the opposition for discussion is the demobilization of the Interim Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). During elections, rigging was apparently demonstrable and Uhuru knows he never reached the 50%+1 vote threshold, and, when mentioned to him, that fact exasperates him big time. Uhuru knows that if IEBC chairman Isaak and his commissioners go down, they will go down with his dignity and integrity. Uhuru is ready to dialogue with CORD on all other issues except the abovementioned. CORD should not expurgate any of its concern and they should be dialogued wholesomely. If this country is to grow economically, politically and socially, the Jubilee’s implacable abhorrence towards the Kenyans who never voted for it must come to an emergency end. Members of the Kalenjin community must get out of denial and make public their strife and tribulations. They should have understood by now that Uhuru Kenyatta and his government are a benefactor of William Ruto only and not the Kalenjin community. They should have woken up to the fact that the one and only beneficiary is William Samoei Arap Ruto and not the larger Kalenjinstans. I can readily confirm that Kalenjins and Turkanas are economically equal despite their voting patterns. It is well documented that during the NARC reign, Raila Odinga appointed more Kalenjins than even his fellow Luos. For instance, he appointed to the cabinet William Ruto, Dr Sally Kosgei, Henry Kosgei, Kipkalya Kones, Isaac Ruto, Frankin Bett and Magaret Kamar, just to mention but a few. He appointed quite a number of ambassadors unlike Uhuru who has appointed only his fellow tribesmen and women. Nonetheless, as Honore de Balzac once opined, “It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.” Albert Nyakundi Amenya, Banana Pedlar, the County of Kisii.