Election of Senate and Parliament speakers has cast Jubilee in bad light

[Crucial Man]

Election of Senate and Parliament speakers has cast Jubilee in bad light


Updated 6 hrs 46 mins ago
By Micah Kigen

The first steps by the Jubilee Coalition in their quest to assume power have confirmed our worst fears, that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto are two politicians who lack nationalism and are out to build a government of two communities.

When Parliament (National Assembly and Senate) first sat on Thursday, they lobbied to ensure both speakers and deputy speakers are from Rift Valley (Ruto's) and the Mt Kenya (Uhuru's) regions.

Better candidates from other parts of the country were cut out.

So they took a crony of Uhuru Kenyatta, Justin Muturi for National Assembly Speaker with Ruto's ally, Joyce Laboso as his deputy. At the Senate, Ruto crony, Ekwe Ethuro was elected speaker and Uhuru's close ally Kembi Gitura given the deputy speaker's positions.

These acts have betrayed the two mens intentions: To appoint only their cronies from their communities to serve in Government. Kenyans are shocked that even their supporters from other communities were sidelined in the crucial decisions to pick the speakers.

In what is a shocking show of numerical arrogance, the great support and sacrifices the two got from areas like Coast (Ali Mwakwere, Najib Balala, and Danson Mungatana), Lower Eastern (Charity Ngilu and Kiema Kilonzo), Nyanza (Sam Ongeri and Onyango Oloo), Maasailand (Francis Kaparo, Katoo ole Metito, Julius ole Sunkuli, and Gideon Konchellah) and North Eastern (Adan Duale, Mohammed Yussuf Hajji, Abdi Kadir Mohammed and Ali Korane), the two Jubilee principals never thought of allowing these communities to produce the four speakers as a sign of accommodation. What a slap in their faces.

Now Kenyans can see what was being feared about the two leaders. Pride, arrogance, and tribalism. Even their predecessors: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki did better. Despite having entertained some tribalism, those statement at least did everything to distribute key national positions across the country's 42 communities and made many feel appreciated and accommodated.

The Supreme Court has now given them the green light to form the government. What can we expect?

Kenyans can now clearly see the direction these two are taking us. It is impossible to imagine how the two decided to sponsor Justin Muturi for speaker instead of the more astute and proven nationalist like Kenneth Marende or the veteran Francis ole Kaparo. Reason? The two dont belong to the two communities.

The remaining communities should take note of these actions and most likely similar ones during appointment of Cabinet secretaries (ministers), Principal Secretaries and parastatal bosses to know that they are on their own.

They should prepare for their future without any hopes in these gentlemen's government.

 

[Crucial Man]

Nazani hawa jamaa wamejipanga kuiloot kenya kwa hari mpya,nguvu mpya ,na kasi mpya.

 

[MkamaP]

Nazani hawa jamaa wamejipanga kuiloot kenya kwa hari mpya,nguvu mpya ,na kasi mpya.

Nafikiri kabla ya kuungana walikuwa tayari wameingia mkataba kati ya TNA+URP+Balala+Ngiru, nk. Sasa wanagawana nafasi kama mkataba wao waliongia kabla hawajangombea. Hii ndo ubaya sasa ya kugawana madaraka ktk mkataba.

 

[Dhuks]

Armchair analysts do not dissapoint, when Ekwe ethuro does not fall under the tribe bracket he becomes a crony.When they are nominating samburus and luos to national assembly it is conveniently forgotten.

 

[timbilimu]

Nafikiri kabla ya kuungana walikuwa tayari wameingia mkataba kati ya TNA+URP+Balala+Ngiru, nk. Sasa wanagawana nafasi kama mkataba wao waliongia kabla hawajangombea. Hii ndo ubaya sasa ya kugawana madaraka ktk mkataba.

kwa siasa za Kenya sioni ubaya wowote,hizo ni kelele za walioshindwa kuchanga karata zao vema,wanatafuta huruma hata na wao wapate vimifupa na makombo ktk enzi ya Uhuru na Ruto.

 

[symon karanja]

This extract is in the standard written by a Cord chief campaigner n u expect him jst to c the negative syd wat he forgt in his article z dat Ole kaparo z also frm the Rift.Another thing he forgt z dat Ekwo Ethuro is a Turkana one of the most marginalisd grps while Mururi aint a kikuyu bt a mbeere one of the minority tribes in a Kenya Leboso z also frm a minority that z kipsigis.We cant jst generalize Rift as one region wen it has 17 counties n mo than 15 tribes in it and also mt kenya that have 5 tribes in it n mo than 8 counties in it. Tgis two regions make up ova half of the counties in Kenya so gt ua facts ryt

 

[Jammu Africa]

This extract is in the standard written by a Cord chief campaige ner n u expect him jst to c the negative syd wat he forgt in his article z dat Ole kaparo z also frm the Rift.

Another thing he forgt z dat Ekwo Ethuro is a Turkana one of the most marginalisd grps while Mururi aint a kikuyu bt a mbeere onof the minority tribes in a Kenya Leboso z also frm a minority that z kipsigis.

We cant jst generalize Rift as one region wen it has 17 counties n mo than 15 tribes in it and also mt kenya that have 5 tribes in it n mo than 8 counties in it. Tgis two regions make up ova half of the counties in Kenya so gt ua facts ryt

Nice one,,,,,wamechanganyikiwa.

Ati Keneth Marende to be a nationalist,,,may be,,,but he was
in the wrong bus,,,the losing one.

Do you expect the CORD to have done,,any better if they
are the one,,,,on the driving seat??????????

Mmmmmm,,do you expect,,, the Jubilee side to behave like saints???

To go out of it's way and start picking people who fought them?????

Like Johnstone Muthama who turned the whole thing into something
personal,,,, referring to a whole tribe as,,waizis???????

Saying the president elect,,Uhuru Kenyatta was no better than a
cook,,,,,who is having now,,,,the last laugh?????????

Where is John Muthama,,,,,now???????

He cannot face cameras,,as it happened,,,,on Monday.

He is a senator and he better work for his people or risk being thrown out.

Be fair to the jubilee side,,,,they are not going against the constitution
by doing what they are doing.

What happens in other countries after a party wins,,in majority????

Do they go fishing on the opposite side?????????When they have
everything,,,in their side??????

The problem in Kenya is that,,,,for the last five years,,,we were
used,,,to a coalition government and those ones who were defeated,
expect a share,,,,,,,,,,,,???????????????? of what???????

Hapaaaaaana,,,,,,it does not go like that.

Hakuna nusu mkate tena,,,,we are past,,,that bridge and the best is,,,,sit down
and watch,,,, jubilee government in action til 2018 na wakijiangusha,,,,,
mshangilie but nobody has any right to tell the jubilee side ati,,ninani sijui nini???

Too bad for mr speaker,,sir,,Mr,,Marende and the deputy,,Mr Farah Maalim,,,too
bad..sirs,,i feel for you,,but the problem is that you were in the wrong bus,,taking
you the wrong side,,yaani,,the wrong route,,,no 46 instead of no 8,,too bad sirs.

For Marende,,,,,Jubilee may give you some position somewhere,,,may be,,,like that
of ambassadorial one or anything which is not,,,A MUST.

What is most important is that,,all communities in Kenya,, have their own counties and governors.

Why not turn your regions into success stories and bake your own cake,,,,instead of that lazy talk of,,
ati national look when we all know too well that this monster never helped anyone,,,,only those persons
in those positions and not where they came from.

Let us all make good use of regional governments and make a big difference to the people,,mashinani.

Let us be fair to all of us,,,,,,do not expect me to be an angel when you do not
try to be one.

:wink::wink::wink:

 

[Koborer]

This article is unfair and very biased. I think the election was all about competion and political supremacy between CORD and JUBILEE where the former lost. It is not right to allude that this was about tribalism. Those elected do not come from two communities only. Why don't we wait to see what kind of government will be crafted by Jubilee before rushing to make premature conclusions? Marende was an excellent speaker as was Kaparo before him, but the two could serve Kenya in other capacities. It is not cast in stone that they will forever remain speakers.

 

[PhD]

Nazani hawa jamaa wamejipanga kuiloot kenya kwa hari mpya,nguvu mpya ,na kasi mpya.

Wakenya wajiandae na miaka mitano ya maumivu mazito

 

[Rutashubanyuma]

Now Kenyans can see what was being feared about the two leaders. Pride, arrogance, and tribalism. Even their predecessors: Jomo Kenyatta, Daniel Moi and Mwai Kibaki did better. Despite having entertained some tribalism, those statement at least did everything to distribute key national positions across the country's 42 communities and made many feel appreciated and accommodated.

The Supreme Court has now given them the green light to form the government. What can we expect?

Kenyans can now clearly see the direction these two are taking us. It is impossible to imagine how the two decided to sponsor Justin Muturi for speaker instead of the more astute and proven nationalist like Kenneth Marende or the veteran Francis ole Kaparo. Reason? The two dont belong to the two communities.

The remaining communities should take note of these actions and most likely similar ones during appointment of Cabinet secretaries (ministers), Principal Secretaries and parastatal bosses to know that they are on their own.

They should prepare for their future without any hopes in these gentlemen's government.

can the scribe talk of Raila's nepotism at least to show he is not that biased. Again how do you judge them on only two posts while they still have more to pat a couple of loyal minions? neither Uhuru nor Ruto voted in the houses how can you easily put them there?