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POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN KENYA IS ALWAYS A MIRAGE


         Kenya has the best minds when it comes to making impregnable policies. The policies we have are not just policies but a reflection of what Kenya should be for the well being of its progeny. The committee that Kenya makes are usually composed of unbreakable minds. Sad news is that these committees are normally word oriented and not action oriented.

          The new constitution was conceived inn 2010 and since then the implementation has gone from one ridge to the other in trying to implement some elements of it. The judiciary was one of the arms that needed emergency resuscitation since the successive governments had tried as much as they can to mutilate, rape and maim it to their advantage. Given the freedom the powers that be enjoyed from judicial immunity this arm has suffered some major bumps to achieve the independence it so deserves. After so much strain and noise the judiciary finally conceded some kind of breathing power and the space to cough but that is not just enough.

           Then came the juggernaut, elections and electioneering. I don’t even know why I am talking about when it is clear when and how the electioning process should be carried out. One thing that perturbs me is how slow Kenyans are to change. There is that sense of reluctance in doing the most obvious things. Setting the elections has just become a thorny is that now requires constant beguiling melodramatic gymnastics to come into conclusion. It stated with the conventional December date and went through to the March date, to which the court also assented to, now there are rumours that August could be the date.

            What is all these fuss about? An election date? Does this mean that we are such a hard society that when change is about we get jiggers in our legs that make a move becomes so lethargic? I cannot believe the way we are handling a well defined policies that they now become parodies and pastiches that now come to haunt us in laughter of our own creation.

           The suggestion to move the election date to several months after the agreed upon March date significantly shows that we are more than afraid to embrace the impeding change that once more is upon us.  We would rather procrastinate and push the most important issues than take in the impeding change.
          Time is upon us that we changed our perception of change. This callous behavior is picayune and uncalled for. It is that behavior that has led us into rubbing shoulders with enemies within and doing things that have proven to be a thorn in the flesh. This lethargy has made us suffer in the hands of dictatorial regimes and selfish leadership.

            We have been so sluggish that after creating kingdoms of the bourgeoisie in this country, we are unwilling to let them go. It is quite frustrating to read yesterday’s newspaper today and live as if the time is standstill. The yesterday in Kenya is today of tomorrow that kills future visionaries in the dungeons of despair.

              Ivan Pavlov did experiments that ascertained that conditioning an organism to a certain behavior that somehow relates to a common behavior makes that organism relate that uncharacteristic habit to exhibit their own common behavior. For example if I am to associate the ringing of bell with giving food to a prisoner, the prisoner will most likely associate bell ringing with the bringing of food. It kind off translates to a fact that we as Kenyans have been conditioned to re-electing the same same leeches during the electioneering period. Secondly, we develop watery legs when it comes to wielding our powers as leaders letting the kingdoms that were created at independence to continue with the mantle of leadership. What a shame?

               Why don’t we be radical and progressively build a society that admonishes redundancy and sleaziness? Why can’t we put in an effort of transforming this country into what we would like those of our ilk to enjoy? Are we that inept that we cannot see the transgressions being committed on daily basis? Are we so numb to realize that these kingdoms are bare bearing no fruits since those behind have no ideas to foster prosperity in our society?  Are we so misguided that we see the selfishness portrayed by those who rule as an extension of mercy?

            It is indeed time we woke up out of that dream of sharing the national cake which of course is not there. We should focus our attention in building a society that bakes her own cake since the central governance has availed a conducive environment for baking our national cake. We should be steadfast in sprinkling harmony and brotherhood and collectively self awaring ourselves to those priorities we have to be provided with to foster unity.

            All above all we should learn, in Okiya Okoiti Omtatah’s words fight for something rather than fighting against something like we did in 2002.

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