The Exceedingly Curious Case of Moses Kuria, Acts I-V

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The Exceedingly Curious Case of Moses Kuria, Acts I-V

By Standard Correspondent Updated Friday, October 9th 2015




So where does our story, our tragedy begin?

What happens in scene one of the epic drama being performed on a daily basis by the elite political class in Kenya? How do the opening lines of Act 1 Scene 1:Scene2: Somebody in Holland is listening. The International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo announces six Kenyans are criminally responsible for the post election violence that lead to the death of at least 1,300 people

Scene 3: Scene 4: But at the HQ of President Mwai Kibaki and his Prime Minister, Raila Odinga, there is no celebration. Rather there is shock and bewilderment. It seemed to them that the court had made a mistake, or so they thought. After all their coalition government had given the impression that it was trying hard to get the country moving on. And two of the accused Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto were leading lights and potential successors in their respective parties.

Scene 5:
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto decide to mend their political differences. Why? They are in opposing parties and they stand for different policies. But what binds them is the fact the ICC has accused them and is requesting them to come to the Hague and face trial. They are among the original Ocampo Six who have been named by the court. They are accused of inciting their supporters to fight one another.

Act 2 Scene 1:

 Things are looking bad for both Kenyatta and Ruto who are, after all, the highest profile of the accused. This demand to come to court could ruin both their political careers. Something has to be done.

Scene 2:
A prayer meeting somewhere in Kenya. The two young pretenders turn on Raila Odinga, another pretender. They accuse him of fixing the charges so that he can ascend to power. They move around the country, attending prayer meetings.

Scene 3:
The steps of the ICC building in the Hague, Holland. A choir, a different choir of Kenyan MPs renders in full voice the national anthem. They are there to support their two favourites, Uhuru and Ruto. The charges are solemnly read out and their presence is acknowledged by the court.

Scene 4:
Treachery rears its ugly head! Ruto returns to Kenya and threatens to leave the ODM, his party and that of his political mentor, Raila Odinga. He believes they have abandoned him to the mercy of international justice.

Scene 5:
The ICC formally presses the charges against four Kenyans, including Wiliam Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta.

Act 3 Scene 1:Scene 2:
Uhuru and Ruto join forces. They make a formidable team and they spend their time going the country defending themselves against the accusations they face. The ICC is a tool of the west, the imperialists, a plot to dictate to ordinary Kenyans who their leaders ought to be, and that Raila is being manipulated too. Some of this propaganda is being conveyed by a little known PNU strategist called Moses Kuria.

Scene 3: The election. Uhuru becomes president, Ruto becomes heir apparent. And Raila is opposition leader once again. The plan has worked. But still the shadow of the ICC looms large.

Act 4 Scene 1:Scene 2: Scene 5: Politicians aligned to Ruto are terribly shaken. They too cry foul. The grip of the Hydra-headed monster is growing tighter. What to do? Another round of prayer meetings seems the answer.

Act 5 Scene 1:
Enter the Procurer. A prayer meeting is astounded by the remarks of Moses Kuria. The Gatundu South MP alleges that he was part of a plot to get witnesses to give evidence against William Ruto. He says that he did so at the behest of the ruling party, PNU.

Scene 2:
Raila issues a statement that accuses President Kenyatta of being involved.

Scene 3; A confused Kenyan public look on and wonder at the absurdity and try to fathom its way through the clouds of confusion created by the latest twists and turns in this story. One man believes one thing, another something quite the opposite. Where to turn to? Perhaps today will bring an answer. Because this morning an ICC investigator appears on the scene.

He has been dispatched here to try and sort out fact from fiction, truth from lies, half truth from rumour. Good luck to him. But for a satisfactory ending to this drama, perhaps Shakespeare should enter the theatre of Kenyan politics. He alone, probably, could make sense of it.

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