Was Auditor-At-Large Morara Impromptu Meeting At Kiawara Disrupted Or It Was A Stage-Managed Episode?
The Mt Kenya Times 
Screengrab of A fire Engine and Lawyer Morara Kebaso addressing a rally.
By: Joseph Mutua Ndonga
Worth Noting:
- First, the fire engine should have stopped and fight fighters step out and be seen spraying Morara’s vehicle with water. But this was not the case.
- Morara’s vehicle had instead stopped but the engine was moving along Nyahururu-Nyeri highway. In addition, we never saw photos of the police or any showing confrontation and altercation.
- Besides, I can say without fear of contradiction that the person who took these photos was not smart.
- He seemed to be more of an amateur in the field of photo-shopping.
- There was also no clear photo of the crowd. This again depicted Morara in bad light. Had he been snubbed by the locals?
Two days ago, I came across a post in social media that claimed Auditor-At-Large Morara Kebaso’s impromptu meeting at Kiawara in Nyeri County was disrupted.
The post showed the photos of what looked like Morara addressing the area residents while atop his top-of- range vehicle and a firefighting engine that was moving with its head-lights on.
I’m not saying Morara was not in Kiawara because he is a Kenyan and hence free to travel to any part of republic.
However, the story of disruption of his meeting sounded like a stage-managed episode.
To justify this, allow me to give two reasons.
First, the fire engine should have stopped and fight fighters step out and be seen spraying Morara’s vehicle with water. But this was not the case.
Morara’s vehicle had instead stopped but the engine was moving along Nyahururu-Nyeri highway. In addition, we never saw photos of the police or any showing confrontation and altercation.
Besides, I can say without fear of contradiction that the person who took these photos was not smart.
He seemed to be more of an amateur in the field of photo-shopping.
There was also no clear photo of the crowd. This again depicted Morara in bad light. Had he been snubbed by the locals?
As a writer, I would not come to make a conclusion. This is because I was not there.
While noting that this incident reportedly took place in the county of Nyeri, the first step I took was to seek a clarification from the Office of the area Governor Mutahi Kahiga.
He responded immediately and told me ‘don’t believe in everything that you come across in social media. The engine was on its way to refuel and fill in water’.
Well, I fully concurred with His Excellency the Governor but with all due respect I did explain to him why I opted to send the photos on his WhatsApp.
The people of Kenya were known to at times fall prey to propaganda, half-truth and sometimes outright lies.
We know these were some of the tricks used by Generation-Z to mobilize Kenyans to participate in their protests.
At 27, Morara fall in this category and he is on record stating the job he is undertaking was meant to further the course of GenZees.
One can understand why Governor Kahiga reacted with speed. Since he became the Governor, he has indeed shown with actions that he is a strong believer in accountability, transparency and rule of law.
In light of this, you would not have expected him to obstruct Morara from exposing the dead and stalled projects initiated by the current and previous governments.
There is no doubt that Morara’s work was drawing the attention of the current administration.
In his recent interview on Citizen TV’s Jeff Koinange Live (,JKL), we saw President William Ruto’s Spokesman Hussien Mohamed calling in to give the position of government on the matter.
We do not have any problem with the Auditor-At-Large Morara Kebaso.
This is because the government of President Ruto strongly believe in accountability, transparency and rule of law.
He however stated some of Morara’s expos’e were not based on truth.
For instance, some of the stalled projects he listed had not been initiated by the current government.
We, therefore, ask Morara to be liaising with the line ministries and contractors awarded to implement these development projects.
This will help him get factual information. This is in terms of when the projects were started, the timelines and why they stalled.
Hussien further stated: The position of President Ruto is very clear.
He has repeatedly stated that his government is committed to implement the stalled projects initiated by his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta. President Ruto is walking the talk.
In a swift response, I heard Morara saying that he was not doing his job blindly. I knew what I’m doing and I will continue to lay bare the dead and stalled projects.
He would not however give a clear picture on how he was gathering and verifying the information.
This is my unsolicited advise to Morara. It is good to engage and listen to all the sides. Besides civil society and other non state actors, the line ministries, Auditor General and Ethic and Anti-Corruption Commission can be of much help.
Joseph Mutua Ndonga Is A Writer And Political Analyst Based In Nairobi
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