Bits of the Gospel

The uproar caused by Ringera's reappointment as the chair of theanticorruption commission is, perhaps, what Kibaki's advisors wanted togenerate. Kibaki is a politician because he decides the course of the political wave in this country. He grabs the headlines by all means [for the wrong or right reasons]. His bold action of ignoring public opinion and the opinion of the parliamentarians is itself a move to draw the attention of the public and of the legislators from the urgent and pertinent issue of the Special Local Tribunal. For sometimes, we will be discussing this. By the way, it is not the integrity of Kibaki in question. It is Retired Justice Aaron Ringera being discussed. If Ringera's reappointment is quashed he willstill remain a friend to Kibaki. If he stays, Kibaki will have a friend up to the time he leaves office. We are, in fact, also discussing the Rt Honourable Raila Odinga. Is he in talking terms with the president? May be not. Those who told us that the two...

The media houses are constantly talking about the Kenyan situation as it unfolds. The story of the destruction of Mau forest and the consequence drying of rivers has been around for sometimes. Before that came the painful truth that Kenya is a thirsty country because of lack of rains. Kenyans are a hungry people because of failure of rains for about three seasons in a row. We are a people faced with every possible challenge. Without forgetting that the Cabinet, led by the two principals has already decided to push the errant MPs to accepting the Special Local Tribunal by going to a much lower choice [may be not a choice at all] that of TJRC. Kenyans are now getting used to the reality that after one crisis another is coming. If we focus on solving the problems of the North Eastern Province and other dry areas in Kenya, some unpatriotic fellows will be busy cutting forest cover in the Rift Valley, Mount Kenya, or other water catchment area. Well, simply reducing the grain basket of this...

For a Kenyan who lives outside Kenya, the only news one is likely to get are those filtered by the journalists and foreign diplomats. That is the reality. For those living in Kenya, there are a little bit more genuine sources, less biased and probably less selective. Now, a renown political analysts Mutahi Ngonyi has consistently helped us Kenyans to look at the Kenyan situation, not as an hopeless one but as a necessary passage in the making of a new Kenya. I am a priest and one of my duties is to become a listening presence to my people so that I may relay their sensations and desires to God from their own point of view. This is to say commenting on the situation of Kenya is obviously the fruit of this ardent listening and reflection on my part. I would like therefore, to beg the indulgence of the professional political analysts, if not their forgiveness, before I dare even to begin. The political instability seen in this country since the December 2007 elections is clearly a cha...