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The double standards in this Country and how we hold leaders accountable is one nauseating circus,..where outrage is selective, silence is strategic, and a call for responsibility depends on who is in power.
It’s hypocrisy dressed in calculated tribal lens and polished grammar for some and screaming headlines of “why is he still in office “with a barrage of fiery digital activism for some,..
Frankly the double standards reeks like burst sewer pipes,.. reason why I find myself endearing to William
It’s the selective amnesia for me. One President signs off on dodgy deals, piles up generational debt, and shrinks the economy into a begging bowl ,but conveniently we call him “Prince Charming ” who cannot be faulted and should be left alone to his retirement.
Remember the 2020 Jack Ma and the Alibaba Foundation PPE donation that vanished like morning dew in Tanzania?
The Kits could have saved lives and shielded our frontline health workers but they “disappeared “
There were no street protests with chants of Must go! No media frenzy, no online Hashtags, no nothing
Then there were the Covid Billionaires exposé by NTV,..where Ksh 7.8 billion vanished into thin air, with politically connected,.. named as beneficiaries.
Did we flood the streets with placards and National flags calling for their arrests? Nope. We shrugged, and moved on.
Enter Kibaki the one they were piling praises yesterday ,a reformist who’s government came with it’s own dents and warts.
Remember the Anglo Leasing scandal where between 2001 and 2004, the Kenyan government signed a series of contracts with a web of fake companies, and billions siphoned off in the name of security?
18 contracts worth over Ksh 55 billion,were paid,John Githongo the whistle blower and the then Permanent Secretary for Governance and Ethics under President Mwai Kibaki flew to exile while Kenyans paid for the fraud through their noses.
No one told him to resign,no pressers were made back and forth like Echoes of War!
He was the same President who perfected the ethnic State capture.The Nation, once united by the euphoria of “yote yawezekana bila Moi” began to fray along tribal lines.
The politics of exclusion,skewed development and appointments deepened,… the slow-burning resentment that exploded into flames during the 2007 post-election violence.
I’m not trying to excuse President William Ruto he’s not the best seed in the granary..,reason why i never voted for him in 2022.
We don’t have to like him or agree with his policies, but if you gave past Presidents the benefit of the doubt,..then surely you can extend the same grace to the current one.
Criticize constructively, hold him accountable yes, but let it not be through the lens of tribal bias, media rage, or recycled bitterness.
Because if we keep shifting goalposts depending on who’s in power, then we’re not building a better Kenya.
Let 2027 be the judge and the epitome of our political wokeness and vote him out.
Kila siku ni moto of critism tunawashasha jamani
