Kenyans Inherited A Colony Intact As It Was And That Is Why Our Leaders Continue To Behave Like Colonial Masters

When Americans declared their Independence from the Queen, they sat down, took their time and created a system of governance that was best suited to their divergent interest; a federal system of governance was born; the first of its kind in the universe, the rest is history:

Kenya's situation was different; they never declared their Independence nor won it; they were given their Independence after a UN Security Council Resolution against colonialism; they were given their Independence and in that package was a Constitution from Lancaster; the same Constitution the colonialist used in developing economic and social systems created purposely for suppression, brutality, plunder, and most notably, divide and rule:

With the colonial structures intact, Kenyatta simple took over from the white man as the new black colonialist; him and his kinsmen took over everything that was owned and controlled by the white man and became the new colonialist at the helm; the only difference is that he and his kinsmen became worse colonialists:

What Kenyatta presided over during his regime was not tribalism but colonialism; he essentially colonized all the other ethnic communities; when Moi accidentally took over he never bothered to destroy this colonial structure he claimed he hated instead, he perfected it; however, belonging to a group that was championing for a decentralized system of governance just before Independence, it was surprising that Moi now saw no need for change; most likely it was because he was no longer at the receiving end; very typical of an African mindset in leadership:

Kenyans got a perfect chance to destroy the colonial system of governance in 2010 but instead came up with a mongrel of a Constitution; they came up with a system that is still essentially centralized; very little was achieved by the 2010 review process; the reason being that the colonialist communities were allowed to hijack the process:

It will take another overhaul of the Constitution for this part of the world to realize real democratic governance; and genuine positive overhaul shall be achieved only if the colonialist are excluded from participation in the next process of constitutional review:

For now, all other ethnic communities shall have to continue to bear the burden of being colonized.

AWITI VERSUS WAKIAGA RACE FOR NDHIWA HAS JUST BEGUN AND IT HAS BEGUN WITH A BANG!

In my post on "Awiti's 2017 chances", I was bashed by both Awiti's and Wakiaga's supporters for being biased; however, believe it or not, partiality was very far from my intention and the fact that I received criticisms from both quarters vindicated me; interpretation of that post depended purely on the reader and the reader's own inclination:

Since Awiti is the incumbent and so far, Wakiaga appears to be the most formidable contender, my intention is to play out an Awiti vs Wakiaga contest in 2017; however, if in the course of time, the situation changes and more formidable players enter the scene, I shall certainly have to adjust accordingly; and therefore, in the meantime, I will continue to put focus on the above two:

And therefore I have made it a point to closely follow these two:

In the same post I pointed out that Ndhiwa, the most populous constituency, will be vital to winning 2017 and especially for the incumbent because he must contest, whether he gets the coveted ODM ticket or not.

The two have very recently patronized two fund raisers in Ndhiwa within a week of each other; now sample this:

On the 29th of April, Awiti was the guest of honour at a fund raising at Andiwo School in Kologi Ward, Ndhiwa in aid of the business community/women groups in that Ward; this is my home Ward so I followed the function very keenly: the contributions were as follows:

1. Guest of honour, His Excellently Governor Awiti gave his contribution of 150,000.
2. Hamilton Orata gave 50,000
3. Martin Owino (PS Treasury) gave 30,000.
4. Beatrice (Cabinet Water) gave 20,000.
5. Olago Nyandira (host MCA) gave 10,000.

The various groups and other guests present brought in their contributions and the final tally was about KES 400,000:

It was like Wakiaga had informants planted and following the proceedings at Awiti's function because today, 8th of May, Wakiaga has countered Awiti's function with one of his own in the same Ndhiwa at Kanyikela Ward with what looks like a sledge hammer:

Wakiaga arrived in two choppers and a convoy said to be of about 100 cars was on the ground; Wakiaga's contribution was 500,000 while the effort of his entourage raked in 4.5 million; the tally stood at 5m.

It is important to note that the ODM National Chairman and the County Chairman were both part and parcel of Wakiaga's fund raiser.

The battle for Ndhiwa votes between the incumbent, Awiti and his foremost contender, Wakiaga, has just begun with a very strong statement from Wakiaga that if it is cash, he is ready to spend ten times as much as the incumbent:

The BIG QUIZ:

Is Wakiaga trying the incumbent or does he know the incumbent's financial limits; is he in for a surprise? Will Awiti surprise him with an equally strong counter?

Let’s wait and see but if the incumbent does not have this kind of spending power then he must come up with some different but equally effective counter strategies, otherwise, he is in for the roughest ride of his life:

[Money buys and excess money buys excessively].