By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you...
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By Hon Kajiita Mutegi Daniel
It is not Kenyans that will decide who the
next president shall be; it is the system and
a few votes. Mt Kenya is already dying
from the Ruto phobia. Ruto is certainly
under siege. With census and referendum on
our card, things are not going to be EASY.
As we await the release of the Building
Bridges Initiative report for a far-reaching
constitutional amendments that could
require a referendum, Ruto’s owes continue
escalating. The national census is
increasingly a politicized event. The
referendum out of the BBI is likely to be a
Ruto-Raila duel – a loud, noisy, raucous and
divisive prequel to 2022 elections. In
Kenya, census is not just about counting
people, cows, goats, sheep and huts but a
competition between regions that and ethnic
groups for the numbers that then determine
the political equation and access to
national resources. Both the BBI and the
census will be heavily political. Uhuru is
busy crafting a legacy along his so-called
Big Four Agenda but he will certainly need
to fight hard to maintain relevance
especially where his own Mt Kenya allies
are busy trying to secure their political
future in East, West, South and North
directions. Murathe, Tuju etc are system’s
mouth pieces. What they are saying
regarding Ruto and 2022 is what the system
is already handling. Moses Kuria’s assertions
are nothing but the hot jitters in the
Jubilee Party House. As we move on, only
time shall tell who the real Simba between
Ruto and Raila shall be. Ruto brought to
himself his present predicament. How? The
Kikuyu nation gave Ruto three tests which
he failed and nailed his own coffin. One
was being given an opportunity to oversee
Jubilee Party nominations. When he
proceeded to uproot their strong sons and
daughters and replace them with novices in
Central Kenya he became a marked man. The
second one was being given a chance to
nominate 50% of the cabinet. When he
proceeded to nominate only his people while
Uhuru shared with other Kenyans, his
leadership value system came under scrutiny.
The third, which he swallowed hook, line
and sinker was when he took a
confrontational mien against the handshake
and rubbished referendum talks even before
he had taken time to understand the
content. To him, Raila had come to snatch
that which was his for the taking and he
was not going to sit back and see it go. He
seems to have abandoned his boss to
struggle with BIG FOUR as he himself goes
into high gear campaign. The worst mistake
was using his lieutenants to apply pressure
on Uhuru and Central Kenya to state their
position on 2022. When he sensed that he
might not get the Central Kenya vote, he
made forays into Western, looking for every
excuse to attend anything that looked like
a gathering. Even the cultural bullfighting
has not been spared. When he sensed
Musalia and Western leaders are building a
formidable force and working closely with
Gideon in Rift Valley and Central Kenya,
Coast and Nyanza, he then begun throwing
jibes at Musalia through proxies, jibes that
have not washed.
According to me, DP Ruto has dimmed his
own star and should start rethinking his role
in Kenya's politics in the days ahead. It is
difficult to initiate such battlefronts and
win a presidential election.
#EngineerMD
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