Politics 101.

Politics 101.

As far as this no nonsense citizen is concerned, Kenya's self-serving parliament should impeach itself in its entirety rather than singling out one bad egg in the shape of DP Gachagua.

ODM Party.

An ODM throng massed in their signature orange colours. Nairobi's Uhuru Park /Freedom Park.

It's common knowledge that Kenya's opposition parties are short term affairs, constructed mainly for the expediency of sponsoring electoral candidates for the presidency. Historically however, some opposition parties have beaten the odds of short-termism and lasted longer than others.

Take ODM for instance. ODM are a reconfiguration of an umbrella grouping called FORD or the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy. And FORD was an outfit that mid-wifed multipartyism in Kenya before splintering into several opposition parties such as FORD-Kenya, FORD-Asili, FORD-People, and of course eventually movements such as the ODM who styled themselves as agitators for constitutional reform.

But whatever their claims to reformist militantism, ODM's detractors often accuse the party of being a cult of personality that's built around one man. Party members are perceived not as ideologues, but as stone throwing protesters who engage riot police in running battles whenever their man Raila Odinga loses yet another contest for the presidency.

Some political analysts have even speculated that were ODM to ascend to power, they'd be every bit dictatorial as those whom they condemn. In fact, so far ODM haven't been above the opportunism of eating with government whenever it suits.

Nevertheless where Kenyans who aren't willing to fight for anything are liable to sponge off the political gains that others fight for, one cannot fault ODM for lacking in appetite for a fight when it comes to realizing their long held dream of acquiring Kenya's presidency.

History; separating fact from fiction.

To think that an entire legend has been spun around Jomo Kenyatta, depicting Kenya's so called founding father as some kind of radical freedom fighter who helmed the struggle against British colonialism.

But in this interview (with the BBC presumably) which was held several years after independence from Britain, actual Mau Mau freedom fighters in vein of Bildad Kaggia and Fred Kubai reveal differently.

Because according to either Kubai or Kaggia it wasn't until the Mau Mau's Central Committee summoned Jomo Kenyatta to answer for one or two perceived slights, that the old man who was in no ways involved with the operations of the Mau Mau found out who its leaders were.

Isn't this the whole point of Reaganomics? You know, pauperization of the majority by trickle down?

Politics 101.

Wanted: Mtu Wetu politicians. Qualifications: Interested candidates should be experienced at graft and corruption, be proven purveyors of tribalism and division, show an extensive track record of non-performance in office, and above all posses a gargantuan sense of entitlement.

Heritage & Humour.

Yes, yes. Got it Sitting Bull. There's no confusing a Native American for a Punjabi Sikh who looks like Dr Manmohan Singh for some reason.