Dear Hon. Raila Odinga,
Greetings.
I am NOT one of your ardent supporters though I feel
that my support for you is due to having no better
alternative. I have been forced to choose between
a cobra bite and a puff adder bite. I went for the
puff adder since the cobra is the In-Your-Face-
And-You-Will-Do-Nothing-Snake.
On Friday I was very busy throughout the day and
immediately after supper I watched some football
action to wind down.
I then read an online paper that you are asking
Kenyans not to go to work on 7th July!!! I’ve
checked my calendar and seen it will be on a
Monday.
You started so well but you have now lost focus.
When someone like you is asking me to boycott
work I think it is high time I reevaluated my
political inclination. You see, I have bills to pay,
school fees, food for my family and so much
more. Unlike you who doesn’t need to be in any
formal and structured employment setup, some of
us work because that is the only option we have
Mr.Raila. Unlike you, some of us cannot afford a
two months sabbatical from work unless it is a
maternity leave. To you work is a hobby and
leadership is a bonus. I think we are at that point
where I have to be forthright and tell you that you
are no different from that Uhuru you are
castigating. This makes you sound like a
commander who normally works from a heavily
fortified and guarded barrack while the really
soldiering is done by the unranked soldiers who
will never be recognized. The best they can make
is a footnote of the self-praising speeches you’ll
make after the combat is over.
No, I am going to be in my office that day, my
love for change notwithstanding. Thank you for
the fight you fought for democratic space but we
owe you nothing. Somehow that change was to
happen either way. It has happened elsewhere
and Kenya is no exception. I know you spent 8
years in detention. Fair enough. You got out
finally and went on with the struggle.
President. UK hasn’t done much to write home about…
I can see that. I need no rallies to see that. He is
more of promises with-put much to show for those
promises. But pointing out the obvious will not
change the fact that as Kenyans we are damned.
Come up with a better way to engage UK. If
Sonko can get him out of a ‘Kamkutano’ what
about you sir? Offer what can push this country
forward not some. chest thumping and a -whose-
pee -can go -farther -than- anyone’s contest kind
of game you are currently playing.
Allow me to sleep sir but please stop thinking
that by being your admirers, That Kenyans have no brain to
see that you have nothing new…