MUSALIA COULD BE ‘A NEW CATCH’ FOR KENYAS WHO IS WHO

Kenya is a country economically but an individual politically. It is very open and candid that Kenya only unites in the annals of commerce where products are exchanged at the altar of friendship and mutualism. Turn around and bury yourself into politics the country rapidly changes into a house in disarray. The worms of hate float on the surface and the ugly side of politics start slowly metamorphosing out of that cocoon of lies that it has forever lain.

The stem of most political parties in Kenya has always been tribe. KADU was formed to represent minority tribes while KANU was representing the majority tribes. As Musalia steps into the political arena it will be interesting to see how the events will unfold. It will be quite impressive to watch how events of the coming months will reveal the audacity of Mudavadi.

Let me   emphatically hit on the impeding issue, was Mudavadi bought or did he just make that, ULTIMATE CHOICE? Did  he just wake up to a realization that his teenager politicians had grown into adulthood and were now gaining popularity while he was still sucking on his thumb? That is a question for another day. With UDF in tow we expect so much to play in the Kenya’s political arena.

Been contemplating and evaluating the politics that have been playing part in the front since Uhuru Kenyatta resigned as the finance minister. If you monitor the events closely, there is a master chess player using his pawns well to protect the king.

Let me take you back to 2002 when Mudavadi first made that controversial move back to KANU. Many would think that, that was his point of weakness or act of cowardice to challenge the master in whose wing he sought refuge. There were many factors that played out to ache out that move which to some might be clear but to others are raising eyebrows. Still it could be looked as a game to disarm Raila who found refuge in Kibaki and Kibaki did not disappoint. Musalia could be looked at as that dog that backs for all the wrong reasons, that 2002 step back only signified a betrayal that any political king maker would never forgive. It also killed the confidence of the people in him. No wonder he never made it to the cabinet.  In those early days of Musalia backing Uhuru, I remember he made a landing at chamakanga, his home tuff, in a chopper and was almost beaten, the anger on the masses evident.

Raila and Kibaki became allies in the first glitter of the NARC regime until they fell out and Raila launched his own ambition. He took in his arm, the cold Musalia Mudavadi and tethered him to become his second in command. If anything is to be said Raila is one of the bitter men in the country presently. He builds the wave of NARC and later was betrayed by Kibaki. He took Mudavadi in during the ODM revolution and Mudavadi, just like he did in 2002, defected to UDF, a party which raises eyebrows to those who see sense and can read between the lines. It will be interesting to see how Mudavadi as a lonely curb ventures into the political wild.

The year 2002 was a year which the many facets of Kenyan elites were brought onto the surface. Many laughed out at MOI, taking him as the biggest loser. Kibaki, Moi’s close ally, played a convincing role of showing the former tenant of the house on the hill a well crafted sneer, which more than amused the public as they ranted on, “everything is possible without Moi”

Many would come to see Moi as the greatest loser, yet the man left statehouse laughing at the foolish Kenyan citizens. Moi had perfected the art of trickery; he knew that if he removed Mudavadi from Raila’s side, the son of Odinga will have no option to play than take Kibaki a perfect father in whose wing the young Uhuru will learn the art of leadership. And Kibaki has done just that. Kibaki was once a finance minister in Moi’s regime and if history is to play tact, Uhuru has passed through the treasury. This shows a well calculated move by Moi that is now just revealing the fruits the old man from Sacho is enjoying. Belching and having the last laugh.

In the months that have preceded Musalia’s migration from ODM, so many events have been happening. I said that there is a perfect chess player in the game here. This chess player has been removing Raila’s pawns in a well crafted manner. One by one Raila’s inner circle has disintegrated. This chess player sacrificed a seat from central Kenya and precariously placed it in western Kenya on one of the presidential contenders from the region. By so doing, he had already established a status quo. The game was on. Now the hard task was to rip of Raila’s close ally.

Musalia Mudavadi is not just an easy guy to pull. He has his principles and ego to protect. Meanwhile, there was something that would make him, just be the perfect bait. Show him the perfect paths, and an easy road and you will win him over. He can never be bought, he only needs a perfectly laid out plan and he will fall for it. And that is exactly what happened. Musalia leaves the undemocratic ODM and joins the DEMOCRATIC UDF! Alas, ODM is on rocks!

One thing the proletariat does not understand is that politics is a game controlled by stakeholders who know how to manouevre. So many people know who the ghosts behind UDF are but they would rather ignore it. Kenya has its owners. We continue playing in politics while the owners click glasses in celebrations.

Let us look at what Mudavadi has to offer. The son of Mudamba is a liberal conservative, just like the sitting president. Why do I say so, Mudavadi, the onetime vice-president of Kenya, does not just make rational decisions without giving a glance to what the very decision might bring to the table. That is one quality that Raila lacks. Raila on the other hand is a radical. My evaluation of this man from the lake is that, he is that leader who can steer Kenya to heights unimagined but be an ultimate failure. Why? The reason is simple; Kenya is still a tender economy which demands patience to wake into a first class economy.

Radicalism could work well with the emerging youth entrepreneurs if my guess is to be right, but there are those Kenyan conservatives, who run the country’s economy who wouldn’t be pleased with the policies which Raila is standing for. Therefore, this school of anti-radicals has found bait enough to pull Mudavadi to their side. One thing that you should note is; this conservative class is looking for somebody who could protect their interests. Going by the way Raila Odinga propelled the destruction of buildings when he was the roads minister; I believe nobody would love to have such a leader. If Musalia is to play a perfect game for Kenya, then he should learn the tact of a rat, that is, biting without letting the bitten feel the pain. Only that will make him win the love of Kenya and admiration from not only the proletariat but also the undermined in the country. And that is where the quality of his liberal conservative plays out well. I wish he uses it well to rip Kenya off from its owners and place it in the hands of the common mwanainchi.

I strongly believe that some people think that, the people of the slopes are eyeing their very own to take over from Kibaki. Kill that from your mind, the silence by the leaders from that part of the country, clearly inundates the stand of the most of them. Clandestine observation has shown that a majority or rather a significant number of them would vote in a leader from the other parts of the country. Western being spot on. The reason is; they don’t want to create so much enemity with the rest of the country. As I said, Kenya is a country only in business, and so them (those from the slopes) have interests diverse any dent will mean a sore in the business environment.

My observation points out to a fact that Musalia is the man with the quality enough to act as the cover of the interest of this ‘secret society.’ He also has some skeletons in the closet as you may know, if you don’t that is better.

As we prepare for the elections, let us look for a leader who has the national outlook. Pay attention to those outside. Those who have interest in changing this country and have little voice to do so. We should not just overfeed on two or three leaders, singing the same old song when some songs unsung are sweet to the ear that those sung. Kenya is waiting for us to make a decision, universal decision for her to begin. Kibaki’s administration has just set the bus Kenya on the idle mode. We should therefore look for the perfect starter to that unity and peace and understanding and equitable distribution of resources and the balance of nature, hence free roll this country to prosperity.