The Prophecy of Gema Tower of Babel

Kenya’s ethnic-based politics works in interesting ways. PNU’s fear of ODM and Raila in particular is the singular glue that makes them parrot reactions anytime salvos are fired at their shaky camp. Granted, our political parties are carbon copies of each other and the difference is as deep as the native languages spoken by their leaders. But Kibaki took that simplistic view of parties a notch high by patching an edifice called PNU less than 100 days before last year’s polls.

The noise fro within PNU is symptomatic of a rudderless ship drifting in the doldrums and Kibaki’s will spell its demise as fast as it emerged on the Kenyans political landscape. Real political competition is won with wits. Only proactive leadership guarantees a successful political coup. PNU’s perennial reactions to salvos doesn't do it any good besides proving the fact that the party is a headless chicken and Kibaki has never pretended to give it one. The truth remains that ODM is the singular threat that galvanizes PNU into all its shades of unity. Very soon Grand Regency will be in the hands and pockets of few.

River Chania divide
Selective amnesia and application of the law is Kibaki’s forte. Even before Kenyans said Kamlesh Pattni Ringera had KACC’s guns pointing at Mudavadi’s head. That would have been a very bold move towards combating corruption were it not for the obvious mistiming. Any pedestrian political observer won’t fail to see the soft political underbelly PNU is busy looking for in ODM. They are simply furthering their propaganda of painting formidable opponents in Raila and Ruto as more polarizing so why not corner a gullible big catch to be paraded as level-headed and acceptable to both sides?

The hitherto Chania River divide will soon be compounded by Embu/Meru revolt. As it was during Moi’s time so shall it after Kibaki's presidency. There is no gainsaying the predictable fallout from within GEMA as PNU's bedrock of support once the presidency leaves the vicinity of Mt. Kenya cannot be gainsaid. The tower of Babel prophecy is only a matter of when and not if. Things can only remain the same within the circumference of the heads of Kibaki’s foot soldiers.