This probably is a question of “descriptive vs normative”. In theory, that’s how it’s supposed to work, but in practice, the so-called president runs every show you can imagine. Kwenye hii nchi, uwezekano wa kuwa na VP ambaye Rais hamtaki is unsustainable. VP akifurushwa na chama atakuwa an ostracized outcast. Atatekelezaje majukumu yake?
Hiyo tutabaki kuisikia Kenya na kwingineko tu!
Tatizo si kuwa ostracized au kuwa outcast.
Tatizo si kutoweza kutekeleza majukumu yake.
Tatizo ni kukosa principle.
Mtu mwenye principle anaweza kukubali kuwa ostracized na kutoweza kutimiza majukumu yake ili principle isimame.
Kwani Makamu wa Rais ana kazi gani ya ajabu useme asipotimiza majukumu yake nchi itasimama?
Tundu Lissu yuko jela, hawezi kutimiza majukumu yake, wamempa masharti atoke kakataa, kwa sababu anajua anasimamia nini. Ana principle.
Hawa kina Nchimbi hawajui wanasimamia nini. Hawana principle.
Nchimbi kajifanya hapohapo chawa wa Samia na hapohapo mwanaharakati.
That is what is unsustainable.
Alipoongea mambo ambayo Samia hayataki, kamsaliti Samia. Akalazimishwa kujiuzulu. Alipokubali kujiuzulu, akawa kawasaliti wanaotaka mabadiliko wasiomtaka Samia.
Hilo ndilo tatizo.
Nchimbi alikuwa hajaamua anaenda au anarudi, alikuwa mpanda punda wawili ambaye mwishowe msamba umepasuka.
Marekani kuna mwanasheria anaitwa Preet Bharara. Alikuwa Federal Attorney for The Southern District of New York. A presidential appointee. Aliteuliwa na Obama. Hiyo position ni very powerful kwa sababu huyo Federal Attorney ndiye Prosecutor aliye in charge of New York City anasimamia ma fraud yote ya financial markets hapo Wall St, anasimamia kesi za ma Mafia wote wa New York City.
Trump alivyoingia madarakani akawa anamuita Bharara wakutane waongee, something unusual and unethical. Inaonekana Trump alikuwa anataka kuzima kesi fulani za New York kwa maagizo kutoka juu.
Mr. Bharara alimkatalia Trump hata kukutana naye kwa sababu za kimaadili. Trump akamwambia ajiuzulu. Bharara akakataa kujiuzulu. Trump akamtishia kuwa atamuondoa. Bharara akasema niondoe tu, lakini sijiuzulu ng'o. Mwishowe Trump akamtoa.
Sasa huyo ni mtu anayesimamia principle yake. Hata alivyoondolewa, tulielewa kuwa huyu kasimamia principle mpaka mwisho, mpaka kaondolewa, hapa hatumdai, kapambana mpaka mwisho.
Sasa Nchimbi naye angeweza kusimamia principle yake, kama angekuwa anaamini katika principle, lakini hana principle tu.
Kitu cha kwanza kakosea ni kumuahidi Samia kwamba ataondoka wakati wowote Samia asipomtaka.
Kwa sababu Nchimbi, in principle, tukiondoa matatizo ya uchaguzi wetu, kachaguliwa na wananchi, hajachaguliwa na Samia.
Sasa kwa nini Makamu wa Rais ajiuzulu kwa sababu tu Rais hampendi?
Mbona huyo Samia alikuwa hapendwi na Magufuli, Magufuli kamfanyia visa kibao, lakini hakujiuzulu?