Sadly none of those in power today were part of the second liberation struggle. Not Ruto, Not Duale, Not Uhuru, Not Githu Muigai, Not Karangi, Not Kindiki, Not Murkomen, Not Itumbi ... the list is endless. I was shocked when a friend drew my attention to this. We have a regime that at best denigrates and minimizes the achievements of the 90s and last decade and at worst ridicules and reverses the same.
It is foolish to imagine that one can create the conditions of the 60s and avoid the consequences of the same. If you take away the freedom of the people, they will respond by seeking to take away yours.
Duale will learn the hard way that this bill will target his own people. Yes, as a rule Luos will come third after Kikuyus. Achebe wrote: "As was in the beginning, so will it be in the end!" Uhuru thinks the best ever rule was his father's. How foolish can he possibly get! He could not be more wrong. Moi had more peace after destroying the Kenyatta draconian state than before.
He took over in 1978 and by the end of 1979 he was beginning to feel the heat. By 1981 it was an all out war against him culminating in three plots to over throw him in August 1982. He was forced to call snap elections in a desperate move to cleanse parliament of elements of the second second coup plot that he had not known of before. 1984 - 88 marked more dissent and plots. He resorted to the party to tame opposition. The Mlolongo thing damaged even his own political base and by 1990 it was ruling by crisis.
But as soon as he allowed multi party politics and engaged the opposition, Moi new peace. He could manipulate the opposition at will.
Topic: Mad Mullah for once stopped fawning at Uhuru and call the bill what it is (Read 2871 times)