These men have security of tenure so they don't have to listen to anyone. With sterling careers, international reputations. Must be the quick cash that beats them. A corrupt AG or DPP - seriously powerful jobs - is bound to retire with loads of billions. You can smell it on Wako who has retired into the Senate. Unlike other idiots who are now clamoring for governor, Wako knew the Senate is toothless and is content to be there.
They certainly could do a lot better ... but, looking at what it must look like from the other side: At the end of the day, it has to do with what Kenyans want. For the most part---that is unless they are getting some serious shafting, Moi style---they are mostly content with "our man!" and "eating" and getting "sponsored" .... Perhaps fair enough: as a general rule, the rabble is good for cannon fodder in "the revolution", but that's it; by definition, they cannot lead. (I am hard-pressed to think of any "people's revolution" that actually succeeded without "topP leadership.)
Now, if the people at the top---the so-called leaders---have other priorities, and the rabble are preoccupied with their rabble business---e.g., suffering and starving while surfing the web on the toddler's tablet---what's a person in the middle to do? Do the right thing and get it from both sides? Depending on the stage of life, it might be hard to resist the temptation to "retire on the job". That is what Wako is doing in the Senate; Tobiko is in a slightly different position, because he has to show signs of life ... daily cases to be prosecuted or allegedly prosecuted, etc. But signs of live and actually living, let alone doing the right thing in life, are quite different.
There is now a lot of excitement about the IEBC. All of it has to do with the counting of votes and the declaration of
eaters winners. But a major part of the IEBC's mandate is "
voter education". Has anyone---IEBC, Government, Opposition, ...---shown any real effort, of even just concern, in that direction at any time in the last 5 years?
Perhaps we should just accept that most Kenyans actually have few problems with things as they are. Yes, when (think Aug 8th) there are new openings for the "eating", there will be a certain amount of jockeying-for-position, and, inevitably that will generate a great deal of excitement, but that's about it. Nor should it be surprising that much of this excitement comes rather later in the day and intensifies as "D-Day" gets closer ... but a "plus" is that the "preliminary mayhem" is not what it used to be.
A CS loses her job because of excessive theft in her watch? Well, then, the next step is (with the support of the "our people") to run for high political office. An escaped-convict manages, by way of handouts, to worm his way into some political office? Well, then, the next step is surely higher political office. We are a country of thieves and scoundrels and what-not, from the lowest level to the highest. Here's an "exercise" I suggest, and I have done it so I know the results: use Google (!) or whatever to look at "Kenya News". For any given year, count the number of weeks without some serious stuff on theft and all sorts of corruption.)
Now, here we are. June 2017. All sorts of "appropriate" representatives of the aforementioned state of things are lining up all sorts of political office, but apparently there is not a single one of them that can be barred (as per the laws of the land) on the basis of questionable character, dodgy integrity, etc. All are
safi kama pamba.
I see don't see much fundamental change in Kenya until the people decide that they want it. Historically that has required a certain amount of savagery, e.g. Moi beating the crap out of them. We have, relatively, done well with the new Constitution, but (after the initial round) that required the mayhem of the PEV.
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