Is Raila Odinga Kenya's Biggest Problem?
Honestly, I have no business wondering about Mr. Moses
Kuria's latest assertion on the killing of Raila Odinga. Whether he meant it or
his remarks were taken out of context, as it often happens, it should not shock
at all. Again I do not think Moses Kuria said something very different from
what a section of Kenyans believe. There could be millions of people out there
who share similar sentiments. We have often heard people talk about Raila
Odinga being the only problem in this country, indeed the president of Kenya
recently said that there is one man who is a problem in this country and he
mentioned Raila Odinga and people cheered. Is Raila Odinga a problem? I do not
know. But granted he is, is he the only problem for Kenya? I do not think so.
We have much better problems in Kenya than Raila Odinga. Eliminating him may
not be the golden bullet for Kenya. On the contrary, it may be the start of
the end of Kenya as we know it. But getting back to Moses Kuria, we shall do
well to appreciate that he represents a constituency much bigger than Gatundu
South, after all, when he was speaking, there were people cheering him and they
did not all come from his constituency. Pursuing him as a person and
individually, in my view, would be wearing too narrow specs. We have a much
bigger problem in this country, one that we must be bold enough to address or
one that if not addressed will take us the route that will shock our conscious.
We clearly do not appear to have never learned anything from our past. How I wish we can take a
step back as a country, reflect deeply about what we think we want to become
and pick few lessons before we proceed at the speed with which we are racing down that
very slippery road.
Is Raila Odinga Kenya's Biggest Problem?
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
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June 13, 2016
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