Political Generation Weaned on Deception

Yet another season again when our politicians are all over themselves mouthing superlative accolades to catch their ears of the bosses. In the din of all the broad smile in support of the peace deal, politicians are falling over themselves in fashions that would make the late Shariff Nassir and Kariuki Chotara green with envy.

The game remains the same, the players have swooped positions but the script is predictably the same. You listen to Martha Karua manufacture facts about Kibaki's foresightedness in partially filling his cabinet and you are reminded of Ezekiel Bargetuny's polished antics from the yonder years.

Trust Kenyan politicians to be converted overnight from pedestal of objective to swim swim in shameless psychophancy. The adage that the more things change the more they remain the same couldn't have been mare apt in describing our leaders. Enter Kiraitu Murungi and last week the good minister rediscovered his former reformist self in urging equity and respect to all political shades. Contrast that with his hitherto gate keeping of the present rot just three weeks ago.

Inverted virtues
Nothing hurts like politicians treating their electorate with utter contempt. These scoundrels for leaders must be entertaining in their small minds the myth that Kenyans have no brains of their own and we also elect them to think for us. Otherwise the obtuse goofs that has become their forte only exposes the selfish realms on which they premise their politics.

The present generation of Kenyan politicians were conceived and weaned on deception as an inverted virtue. This vice spares none of them. Seeing Raila all over a sudden showing Kibaki with untrue and hollow praises only goes deep enough to expose the fact that our politicians and leaders in general stand for nothing.

Our only saving grace is that Kenyans are far ahead of their leaders. We know what we want as the falling of giants in last elections clearly proved. While the present lot stand for nothing and only scheme to ride on our collective backs towards realizing their selfish ends, the ultimate booting price is guaranteed. The know-it-alls may delude themselves by fooling some people some time but not all Kenyans all the times. Never and soon we will reclaim out beautiful country.