Tuesday, August 14, 2012

ICC case is not the only reason Uhuru cannot be our next president.

As the election date gets closer, the debate on who among the current kenyans running for the highest office in kenya gets more diverse and interesting by the day. At the rate we are going, we might be voting for the lesser evil because clearly there is no messiah coming to save us. And of course as the date gets closer, the candidates seem to get even better at the story telling game. Granted, every Kenyan has the right to run for office, but you would think that the statement between the lines here is that "Every Kenyan of credible character". It is no secret to Kenyans that the biggest source of tension in this country is land. I am however yet to hear any of the candidates speak comprehensively on how their stay in the statehouse will produce a solution to this problem. Even worse, some of the leaders still hold on to ridiculous amount of land at the cost of the Kenyans they supposedly want to redeem from the tribal conflict. Take Uhuru as an example, does anyone really know how much land the Kenyatta family owns for sure? It is no secret that this land was acquired during the first presidents tenure at statehouse. If Uhuru really wanted Kenyans to believe that he has our best interest at heart, wouldnt it be proper for him to start by relinquishing some of the land back to the people. I know that many other Kenyans have acquired land through dubious means but i doubt any of them has reached the Kenyatta family level and they also are not trying to become my next president, so the land commission will hopefully deal with the rest. But Mr. Kenyatta, how is the land commission to function effectively under your watch when you do not choose to lead by example? Where as the ICC case is a major hindrance to Uhuru's candidacy as Kenya's next president, I think he should disqualify himself by the mere fact that Kenya's biggest challenge to achieving peace i.e land ownership, will never be addressed so long as he is the president of this country. I challenge those planning to vote for the man to tell me how he plans to go around this issue.