I had sworn not to include political commentaries on this blog about the state of Kenyan politics because politics tends to be a rather emotive topic - more so in an election year - and you never know whose sensibilities you may rub the wrong way and land youself in a tight spot.
In any case there are enough armchair politicos providing unabashed, unashamed and equivocal support and opposition on the world wide web to each political development as it happens depending on whether their favorite candidate is euphoric or depressed!!
My change of heart is informed by the rather dramatic events of the past week that will surely change the course of history of our beloved Kenya regarding the confirmation of charges of the Ocampo 4. Momentous and life changing events do not occur often in the life of a country more so fundamental events that change the way millions of people will relate to each other in the political sphere in years to come. It is something akin to the dramatic events that took place in 1903 when the Wright Brother, Wilbur and Orville Wright took the first few steps in transforming the aviation industry into what it is affecting the way millions of people travel the world currently.
The confirmation of charges against the four individuals named - Uhuru Kenyatta, Willam Ruto, Francis Muthaura & Joshua Sang - will have the effect of taming that hydra-headed monster called impunity that has for too long ruled the corridors of politics in this country. By whatever name you wish to call it - tribalism, cryonism, corruption etc, impunity has been dealt a lethal and fatal blow because no longer will any Kenyan across the country even contemplate taking up arms against their fellow Kenyans at the instigation of their political masters thanks to that genius at the ICC called Ocampo.
Never again will women and their children wake up at night unsure of whether that bump in the night is the silent footfall of a neighbor high on some bootleg liquor out to terrorise an innocent civilian because he has been 'ordered' to do so by some politican somewhere who has paid him a pittance for his troubles. Never again will meetings be held in the dead of night or in the full glare of sunlight in some of the most exalted and dignified places in this country to plan mayhem and terror against other Kenyan's.
Innocence or guilt of the 4 is neither here nor there because either way I gain nothing personally whether the go to jail or not. The only winner will be justice for the people of Kenya who have for too long been made marrionettes and puppets to do the bidding of their tribesmen clothed in the silk ties and shirts of opulence. After all there are thousands of individuals in this country that can be real leaders of change and uplift us to that level of positive energy that is needed to drive the economy to the next level.......watch our Malaysia here we come!!
It is therefore a waste of time continuing to focus on irrelevant matters affecting a few people while the stakes for the majority have just inched up several notches on the pendulum that measures improvement and it is incumbent that we all ignore the sideshows that will invariably be screened every night on our television sets and instead begin to dream of a Kenya free from the clutches of impunity.
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