Re: ODM-K AND THE REVOLT OF THE PYGMIES

Mtumishi Orina has captured the issues we ought to face fairly more candidly. There are only two areas he ought to have delved into, which I will do.

The struggle in ODM-K is a continuation of the pre independence tag of war, where the home guards went away with our Independence. Those who genuinely fought for Independence, never even enjoyed that fruit of their struggle.

They were shown the doors, and the home guards, and their side kicks ruled until 1992, when again, Kenyans were denied the chance to elect a true reformer. This time around, children of privilege ganged up and made sure that there was no united opposition.

Ironically, the coming together of these children of privilege, helped derail the chances Jaramogi had of ever becoming the president of this country.

When we had the best chance in 2002, again the battle was between two non reformers. One, a child of privilege, the next, a son of privilege. All the two front runners never knew what it took to liberate Kenya from the colonialists, and they were also not involved in the second liberation.

They did not know what Kenyans wanted, and all the same, they all wanted to be president.

When we elected one of the two, it was business as usual. He promptly forgot all the promises he made to Kenyans. About what Kenyans desired in his presidency, he did not know. So he never bothered to do anything about tribalism, corruption and the burning need to have a new constitution.

This is basically what is playing out again now in ODM-K. The chicken are coming home to roost. The children of home guards and the children of privilege have re group to continue in their plunder of Kenya.

They all have one thing in common; they are non reformers. They all believe in the status quo, and it is only Kenyans who will stop them in their tracks. Kenyans MUST now come up and say enough is enough.

We must now look at all these individuals, and place them accordingly. We must not abort the struggle again when we have a bridge that will cross us to the Kenya we all want.

Odhiambo T Oketch
Komarock Nairobi