Kioni Would Not Be Putting A Sufuria On His Head If He Landed A Job At EALA
The Mt Kenya Times 
Former Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni
By: Joseph Mutua Ndonga
Worth Noting:
- Tomorrow, Raila is hoping to take advantage of the controversial Finance Bill 2023, now an Act, to lit the fire of defiance across the country. I doubt he will succeed. Going by his recent moves of slowing down his campaigns, Kenyans are starting to question his commitment to push their interest. If he meant well, he could have organized the forums to oppose the Bill before being tabled, debated and passed by parliament. It is now law after the President assented to it.
- Raila is coming out when it is too late. Could it turn out he has already eaten something? That is why he kept quiet during that period.
Former Ndaragwa MP Jeremiah Kioni is arguably the most vocal and a leading footsoldier of the Azimio La Umoja-OKA leader Raila Odinga in Mount Kenya region.
I’m sure he is raring to join Baba Raila tomorrow at Kamukunji grounds for the commemoration of the Saba Saba.
This day we remember the brutality meted on the leading lights in the clamor for multi party democracy and thier diehard supporters.
This is after they defied the police order banning the Kamukunji rally scheduled for July 7, 1990.
Seemingly, the heavily armed security forces had been instructed by their seniors to use all means at their disposal to stop them from accessing the ground.
In the ensuing running battles and confrontations, the police at some point were overwhelmed by surging agitated and charging crowds. They resorted to using live bullets killing dozens of the protestors.
As expected, the opposition leaders pointed thier fingers at then President Daniel Arap Moi. They accused him of using the police to unleash terror on innocent citizens.
Kenyans have a right to chart the destiny of thier country. We want to tell Moi that he cannot stop an idea whose time has come.
One year later, President Moi caved in to mounting pressure and allowed the repeal of Section 2A of the constitution paving way for reintroduction of multi-party democracy.
If you ask me, Kenyans at the time fought for a worth cause. The clamor was hinged on making Kenya a better place to live for all of us. It was anchored on achieving three main goals; expansion of democracy, good governance and social justice.
Today, things have changed. The opposition politicians have become pretenders. They would talk tough alleging that the government had abandoned ‘Wanjiku’ (ordinary Kenyans) and hence it deserves to be removed from power but in the actual sense were out to push for thier selfish and personal interest.
They know that President William Ruto is a hard nut to crack.
This is unlike former President Mwai Kibaki and his successor Uhuru Kenyatta.
So, forcing Ruto to address thier personal demands is not a walk in the park.
They can only succeed if they are able to mobilize majority of Kenyans to support their ’cause’.
This explains why you have been hearing them vehemently denying they were angling themselves for a ‘Nusu Mkate’ (a half bread government).
They know that Kenyans would immediately abandon them if it dawned on them that this was their intention.
Tomorrow’s Saba Saba rally is designed to push the same selfish agenda of Azimio leader and his running mates.
Take note of this. Previously, Raila did not see the importance of this day. As a result, it was marked as a low-keyed and at times passed unnoticed.
Tomorrow, Raila is hoping to take advantage of the controversial Finance Bill 2023, now an Act, to lit the fire of defiance across the country. I doubt he will succeed. Going by his recent moves of slowing down his campaigns, Kenyans are starting to question his commitment to push their interest. If he meant well, he could have organized the forums to oppose the Bill before being tabled, debated and passed by parliament. It is now law after the President assented to it.
Raila is coming out when it is too late. Could it turn out he has already eaten something? That is why he kept quiet during that period.
With due respect, I want to ask Raila this question. If you could have won the elections, where would you have gotten money to run your government? No miracle, No shortcut. You would have resorted to taxing Kenyans, the same thing that Ruto is doing.
Back to Kioni, I’m sure tomorrow he will mince no word in hitting out at the President and his deputy.
For starters, Kioni was one of those eyeing the position of a member of East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA).
By virtue of being the Secretary General of the Jubilee Party, he had high expectations that he will get it.
The mainstream media was awash with stories of strategies he employed to lobby MPs within precinct of Parliament and outside to support his candidature.
For Azimio members, he seemed to have a sense of entitlement that all of them will vote for him.
He, however, realized at some point that he was just deceiving himself.
Majority of members did not believe in him as he thought. This was indeed a big setback.
Former Kieni MP Kanini Kega, who was his rival, emerged as the winner after garnering the highest number of votes.
Sometimes, Kioni unveiled a Sufuria as the symbol of his anti-Ruto campaign.
When I see him with a Sufuria on his head, I ask this question. If he landed a job at EALA, would he do this? Many believe the answer is a Big No.
Today, Kioni is pretending that he is fighting for Wanjiku. For how long the politicians will make fools out of us?
Kenyans have been learning big lessons. Moving forward, I doubt they will accept to be taken for a ride anymore.
Joseph Mutua Ndonga is a writer and political analyst based in Nairobi
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