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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 15:29:26 GMT 3
ARISE! OH COMBATANTS OF THE THIRD LIBERATION!
I no longer wish to add my voice to the celebratory din of my fellow citizens, as they praise the advent of the second republic and her great constitution. One year of observing what the omens are, is enough to precipitate a cold feeling of disbelief and death in my heart. And I think I have the healthy pessimism of a realist.
This new constitution wont and can not be implemented within the present constellation of forces. It is dead on arrival, still born, the few patchworks of positive spin like the CJ not withstanding. Institutionally there is no change. For me this means I have to look at the GCG and her apparatchiks the way I looked at Moi and his KANU order. A historical aberration which must be fought, defeated and sent packing.
(In this essay, for reasons of palatability, I will leave out the thought which categorizes a constitution [and the legal order] as the institutionalization of existing property relations.)
What really motivates me so harshly, is my understanding of the role of corruption in national underdevelopment. Far from the level of productive forces [labour skills & higher technical expertise & managerial prowess etc], I think the real determinant has become corruption and her negation of meaninGful investment: the inability of Kenyans to have any project executed to technical specifications because of theft and graft and lack of professional honour. Bridges will collapse, buildings will collapse, light transformers wil be installed in heavy voltage lines, industrial products will not meet the technical standard (such that nails, pangas and makasis will crumble in fundi's hands) and drainage systems will become dams --because the engineers forgot the laws of gravity! And the rot infests everywhere: even certificates and diplomas, Phd degrees, will be issued without the necessary standard, but because of other considerations, like bribery cash. This is why a foreign degree carries such weight in Kenya (even if it is only from a football college in America where brain-damaged blacks from the ghettos pretend to be literate!)
This general malaise of standards, means Citizens look at each other and see just another swindler. Whether it is a doctor, a lawyer, a mkokoteni pusher, a wife or a husband, the common denominator is, it is safe to consider him/her, a conman. (The doc steals goodies from the public hospital and sells them privately; the lawyer sells you to the other side if they pay him more; and over spouses my lips are sealed). That is, the moral fabric of the nation is broken, is re-written by the kind of political system available, which has debased common decency and reduced elementary human values like honesty to stupidity.
A collapsed moral order must be a collapsed political order.
I am therefore certain, that given this prevailing moral disorder, Kenya is tethered to a hole she can not climb out of. Mass poverty and underdevelopment; a violent underclass kept in check by a murderous law enforcement agency hiring themselves to the thieving elite. #The police brutality and liquidation is necessary to keep hoardes of urban and rural lumpen in check. You can not police such desperate destitution by reading miranda rights at every corner. It is total repression, state terror. Or anarchy.
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Now, I have made a list of the mega corruption scandals in the last 5 years. And tried to follow up what has been done by the so called relevant authorities to follow them up. The trail grows invariably cold after the initial media circus. The police labs, the submarine, ID printings, currency printings... ardhi house.
The tendering system? that is another pungent can of worms! And whenever you talk to Kenyans in the know, they smile and say those are just the ones that made it to the media. There is more, much more that you have never heard of! I think they are right. This is the way it was under the old constitution, and there is no goodwill under the new to expect a significant headway.
This board is replete with many examples of mega scams [KenGen, Co-Op bank, Mombasa port, Oil blocks, Bursaries, Repatriated cash, Forex] ... one more audacious than the other, and the latest one is this National Health Insurance rip-off. --Fictitious clinics, formed and registered after the tender is awarded! No capacity on the ground, while already existing health institutions, like Russia which is to serve Maseno University, are called Mortuaries by the wananchi. And this one is particularly painful because it is under the watch of two great Luo professors, Nyong'o and Muga, who belong to the progressive wing of Kenyan politics! If this is what the progressive wing of your country's politicians let happen under their watch, men boasting the highest academic credentials, and coming from one of the most health challenged areas of the republic and therefore know the score of disfunctional medicare, then what do retrogressives look like on the other side?
I therefore after careful consideration, withdraw the benefit of doubt I have been habouring in my heart, seeing a window of opportunity with the promulgation last year. Now I consider that false hope. I will be lobbying for the institutionalization of the death penalty only for corrupt executives. Street robbers and suspected terrorists are of course already summarily executed daily by the 'kwekwe' look alike squads.
IMPLEMENTATION BY SLOW MOTION:
A constitution in itself is just a document. Without implementation it is a dead thing even as people sing about it. Democracy as a concept has been around for 3000 years! but you will be hard pressed to find it in practice. 100 years after all men are born free was promulgated in the American constitution, blacks were still slaves. It took a brutal civil war to resolve the issue, and even after that civil war, as recent as 50 years ago, blacks could not vote in the South. So I look at the new constitution and think: what a wonderful document! just like the 1963 one from Lancaster.
But, do we implement it, even if the price is civil strife or not?
I think that document will prevent Uhuru Kenyatta from running, but his classmates will do everything to protect him. So, what gives? Methinks the whole political class, one way or another.
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Post by marikopolitico on May 6, 2012 16:03:26 GMT 3
And this one is particularly painful because it is under the watch of two great Luo professors, Nyong'o and Muga, who belong to the progressive wing of Kenyan politics! If this is what the progressive wing of your country's politicians let happen under their watch, men boasting the highest academic credentials, and coming from one of the most health challenged areas of the republic and therefore know the score of disfunctional medicare, then what do retrogressives look like on the other side?
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CORRUPTION FACT 101: Tribe NEVER means a rats ass in the world of corruption.
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 16:45:43 GMT 3
And this one is particularly painful because it is under the watch of two great Luo professors, Nyong'o and Muga, who belong to the progressive wing of Kenyan politics! If this is what the progressive wing of your country's politicians let happen under their watch, men boasting the highest academic credentials, and coming from one of the most health challenged areas of the republic and therefore know the score of disfunctional medicare, then what do retrogressives look like on the other side? ------------------------------- CORRUPTION FACT 101: Tribe NEVER means a rats ass in the world of corruption. Absolutely correct, Mariko, yet in the political discourse of Kenya, ethnicity assumes mythical proportions. The most satanic of qualities will be ascribed to one, and the most righteous to another. It is all false conciousness as you point out, yet like religion we diligently go by its scriptures! all the way to hell! |
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Post by Horth on May 6, 2012 18:31:57 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,I posted the following on Jukwaa a couple of days before the promulgation of the new constitution about 2 years ago. First off, let me tell you that I did not bother voting for the new constitution because in my opinion, the constitution was never the problem. Secondly, the masses were, to a great extent, led by their tribal chieftains to either vote for or against the new constitution. All the chieftains eyes were on 2012 and how the new constitution would help them gain / hold on to power. Sadly, as you’ve noted, nothing has changed, even though some people willingly fool themselves that things have indeed changed. In two days, the country will be celebrating the promulgation of the recently passed new constitution. That’s something I’ve been thinking about lately and getting slightly worried. You see, the history of any revolution follows a rather predictable pattern, unless the aftermath is handled very carefully. Kenya has just undergone a revolution, peacefully giving birth to the 2nd republic, but with still a long way to go and many pitfalls along the way.
At first the revolution generates a tremendous burst of excitement and enthusiasm, as can be evidenced by the upcoming promulgation what with tanks, jets, roller-skates etc, the recent opinion polls, and the nonstop blabber shows on TV. The enthusiasm builds very quickly to a high peak. Predictions abound on the upcoming changes to the political, economic, and social landscape under the new constitution and what they portend for the common wanainchi. It will solve everyone's and every tribe's problems bringing peace, harmony, and everlasting prosperity. “Ya’aa’tey”, as the American Navaho’s would say: it is good. Resources will trickle down to each county. No stone will be left unturned to guarantee all this and more. Yes sir, we've found the magic drug for all the ills we've suffered as a nation, just two-and-half years after we tried butchering ourselves almost to oblivion. Line up for your shot, after all, it’s only a pinprick.
Soon, though, it will become clear that the new constitution won't solve everything. It truly can't solve everything. In fact, there will be new problems raised by the new constitution itself, issues in it that need to be debated upon (and for Pete's sakes, I'm not talking amendments here, ok?). Most importantly, societal behavioral changes outside of the framework of the new constitution must be initiated. Ignoring these may provide fertile grounds for the likes of Moi to sow seeds of discord. The focus must now shift to keeping wanainchi from getting disillusioned, not engaging in intellectual debates over “details”. Yes, the details are important but wanainchi are hungry for change. For fast change. For that’s what they’re expecting, not endless debates on this and that. Set my table, dinner is ready.
For over two decades, the new constitution has been awaited, promised to bring immediate relief to countless suffering wanainchi. But wait; it will take time and resources, but do I say it out loud? Disenchantment may set in and many of the original supporters may drop away, disillusioned by the unrealistic expectations they harbored or were promised. The long transition needed to rebuild our society may also disappoint, for expectations are high. In the while, our politicians may spend countless hours debating the implementation, trying to secure their political futures. Many of the voters who thought the new constitution would help them achieve instant prosperity may become rather bitter and suspicious, thinking that maybe, just maybe, they've been played. Played by our politicians. Their anger may flow, to be stoked by their tribal chieftains, looking for justification to continue their games of yore. They may then seek solace in the warm bosom of “comfortable” surroundings, where they speak in one tongue, to be convinced by the tribal chieftains that salvation lays by following them. Follow the leader.
With open arms and sacks of stolen cash, various tribal chieftains will happily welcome their disillusioned followers. Such followers will make them feel relevant once again, for they need to feel relevant. They will lie to them, for they are good at lying. They love disillusioned followers, to herd them together. They will be trusted by their followers. Comfort in numbers. The games of power. King of the sandcastle.
For in 2012, with desperation and frustration gaining an upper hand, many may become willing listeners to their tribal chieftains, counties and devolution be damned. These new-fangled words alone can never fill bellies, can they, the disillusioned may wonder? And the candidates for senators and governors, knowing which side of the loaf is sweeter, with glazy eyes firmly fixed on winning the race, may choose to sing the old song of unity. Of tribal unity. Gideon, spawn of Moi, has already told us what’s on his mind. On the minds of the butchers aka The Lords of Impunity. “Set my people free”, he cries in Nakuru, as we pity him. But halt; he may have disillusioned listeners, captivated by poverty, listening to his words of wisdom. Seeking redemption, to be set free, they fall upon his words and start eying their “guests” with glaring eyes. Let’s play.
And therein may lie problems, as our political thugs-in-arms gear up for 2012. Especially in the former Rift Valley, for did not a majority of the Kalenjin nation reject the new constitution, convinced by silky voiced and well versed liars led by one Hon. William Kipchirchir Samoei arap Ruto, MP, EGH? If Ocampo does not materialize, to smite down this man, this man called Ruto, one may yet wonder what he’ll bring forth, along with his ilk, when the day of voting draws nigh and the disillusioned gather around him. Hungry and disillusioned listeners for natural born predators. Hunting season is open.
As Yoda would say, “Vigilant must we be” and we must never underestimate the survival instincts of these predators we call Tribal Chieftains.
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Post by mwalimumkuu on May 6, 2012 18:58:38 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,
We are in a vicious circle of mediocre leadership, such that, the more things change, the more they remain the same. I read something from AO the other day on how he thought Kabatesi had lost his respect, and I couldnt help thinking that maybe Kabatesi is saying the exact thing too. Because the leaders we have, whether from the old school or the so called liberation school, their objective is one and the same; to position themselves so as to loot and loot even more.
Look at the scandals, nepotism and tribalism we have witnessed in this grand coalition government, everyone is in the mix. In fact, I dare say, the so called liberators are worse because they have taken full advantage of that image to plunder our resources and kill our nationhood.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 19:48:44 GMT 3
Jakaswanga, We are in a vicious circle of mediocre leadership, such that, the more things change, the more they remain the same. I read something from AO the other day on how he thought Kabatesi had lost his respect, and I couldnt help thinking that maybe Kabatesi is saying the exact thing too. Because the leaders we have, whether from the old school or the so called liberation school, their objective is one and the same; to position themselves so as to loot and loot even more. Look at the scandals, nepotism and tribalism we have witnessed in this grand coalition government, everyone is in the mix. In fact, I dare say, the so called liberators are worse because they have taken full advantage of that image to plunder our resources and kill our nationhood. funny how you always want to be seen to be agreeing with jakaswanga. Try disagreeing with him sometimes. I want to see how that goes! |
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Post by mwalimumkuu on May 6, 2012 20:17:07 GMT 3
Jakaswanga, We are in a vicious circle of mediocre leadership, such that, the more things change, the more they remain the same. I read something from AO the other day on how he thought Kabatesi had lost his respect, and I couldnt help thinking that maybe Kabatesi is saying the exact thing too. Because the leaders we have, whether from the old school or the so called liberation school, their objective is one and the same; to position themselves so as to loot and loot even more. Look at the scandals, nepotism and tribalism we have witnessed in this grand coalition government, everyone is in the mix. In fact, I dare say, the so called liberators are worse because they have taken full advantage of that image to plunder our resources and kill our nationhood. funny how you always want to be seen to be agreeing with jakaswanga. Try disagreeing with him sometimes. I want to see how that goes! Kathure, Interesting, it has now shifted from Kamale to Jakaswanga. I do not know why you thrive on sideshows. And you still doubt that you have a problem? |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 20:44:39 GMT 3
mwalimumkuufunny how you always want to be seen to be agreeing with jakaswanga. Try disagreeing with him sometimes. I want to see how that goes! Kathure, Interesting, it has now shifted from Kamale to Jakaswanga. I do not know why you thrive on sideshows. And you still doubt that you have a problem? please stop kissing jakaswanga's butt. |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 20:48:25 GMT 3
mwalimumkuu funny how you always want to be seen to be agreeing with jakaswanga. Try disagreeing with him sometimes. I want to see how that goes! Kathure-K, This is higly unnecessary, provocative and dowright insolent. We can not just be adversarial for the sake of it! I remember the days when I and mwalimumkuu had altercations here on a daily basis, and you had to come in to do your moderating activities! Patience, Kathure, the tides of jukwaa do change, and very soon perhaps we will indulge you, and you will see how that goes, and get merrily intertained!  |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 21:00:56 GMT 3
Horth
That was one hell of a pensive piece and it pretty much cut to the bone. (I will be commenting on various aspects of it as time goes and the situation further unravells).
But today I begin with this minor one: you did not vote.
I am sorry to hear you did not vote. Though I understand the objections. Infact some fellow teachers too did not vote, because they were of the opinion that a legal reform without an economic reform package was of no consequence.
One of them reasoned that the Lancaster constitution was better than the colonial constitution, but no sooner had it been promulgated than the butchery started. This was because the old economic order stayed intact, and because the new elite wanted to keep it so, they had to revert to the colonial legal infrastructure. Authoritarian. And so died the Lancaster spirit, and the KANU dictatorship emerged.
Anno 2010, they reasoned, the KANU economic relations are staying intact, while and idealistic contitution is being heralded before the public to bewitch them by the same KANU elite. Very soon it will be found to be impracticable, and will have to be mutilated to sustain or equivocate the real economic relations. [which is actually forceful expropriation of the populace, and usurpation/privatization of the collective purse, in the process of primitive accumulation]
I on the other hand, even if understanding the above, decided to vote because I thought the constitution would in any case represent a fundamental statement by the people of what their ideals and hopes are. Butchering it, would be putting the nation on a path of doom, because that elite would know they are openly betraying the people and signing their own death warrants. Because the resolution of the fundamental conflict is inevitable. Any which way. Because too, of the changed nature of the world: Authoritarianism is more difficult to run nowadays.
I may be right, I may be wrong. History can repeat itself, even if only comically like Marx alleges. There are no guarantees here!
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Post by reporter911 on May 6, 2012 21:04:24 GMT 3
mwalimumkuu funny how you always want to be seen to be agreeing with jakaswanga. Try disagreeing with him sometimes. I want to see how that goes! Kathure-K, This is higly unnecessary, provocative and dowright insolent. We can not just be adversarial for the sake of it! I remember the days when I and mwalimumkuu had altercations here on a daily basis, and you had to come in to do your moderating activities! Patience, Kathure, the tides of jukwaa do change, and very soon perhaps we will indulge you, and you will see how that goes, and get merrily intertained! Ha!!ha!! Jakaswanga is Kathure-k right about Mwalimumku? |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 21:16:16 GMT 3
Kathure-K, This is higly unnecessary, provocative and dowright insolent. We can not just be adversarial for the sake of it! I remember the days when I and mwalimumkuu had altercations here on a daily basis, and you had to come in to do your moderating activities! Patience, Kathure, the tides of jukwaa do change, and very soon perhaps we will indulge you, and you will see how that goes, and get merrily intertained! Ha!!ha!! Jakaswanga is Kathure-k right about Mwalimumku? Reporter, La! not that am aware of. He is his own man. But if these matters of kissing butts interest you  , and you want to joint the club, I will confess it is possible to catch me kissing butt! Whose butt or what kind of butt? that one I can not here possible reveal! though it is open knowledge where I get drunk! Have you ever kissed butt, Mr. Reporter? |
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Post by reporter911 on May 6, 2012 21:23:00 GMT 3
Ha!!ha!! Jakaswanga is Kathure-k right about Mwalimumku? Reporter, La! not that am aware of. He is his own man. But if these matters of kissing butts interest you , and you want to joint the club, I will confess it is possible to catch me kissing butt! Whose butt or what kind of butt? that one I can not here possible reveal! though it is open knowledge where I get drunk! Have you ever kissed butt, Mr. Reporter? Politic's!!politics's bwana!! example of Mudavadi joining UDF Party with his handlers Uhuru, Kibaki & Moi controlling everything.. that is the direction I thought Kathure-k was coming from.. are you Mwalimumku's handler hence the avid support from him? just my humble musing!  |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 21:34:52 GMT 3
[Politic's!!politics's bwana!! example of Mudavadi joining UDF Party with his handlers Uhuru, Kibaki & Moi controlling everything.. that is the direction I thought Kathure-k was coming from.. are you Mwalimumku's handler hence the avid support from him? just my humble musing! Reporter, Wacha ukora bwana! avid support wapi.. si jamaa ametoa tu maoni yake! and Kathure, and now you, are raining down on him! And answer the question, do you dig butt... ;D  |
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Post by reporter911 on May 6, 2012 21:52:25 GMT 3
[Politic's!!politics's bwana!! example of Mudavadi joining UDF Party with his handlers Uhuru, Kibaki & Moi controlling everything.. that is the direction I thought Kathure-k was coming from.. are you Mwalimumku's handler hence the avid support from him? just my humble musing! Reporter, Wacha ukora bwana! avid support wapi.. si jamaa ametoa tu maoni yake! and Kathure, and now you, are raining down on him! And answer the question, do you dig butt... ;D Bwana jakwaswaga when I log on Jukwaa i come to discuss issues pertaining to the political & economic realities of our beloved country Kenya.. I'm not here to get into peoples personal issues in regards to what they do, like, enjoy, in their private life's e.t.c.. your question was uncalled for.. but i guess there are those members here on jukwaa that don't mind exchanging such information with you.. please be informed that I'm not one of those members and lets respect each other as members here on Jukwaa. thank you! |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 6, 2012 22:01:37 GMT 3
Bwana jakwaswaga when I log on Jukwaa i come to discuss issues pertaining to the political & economic realities of our beloved country Kenya.. I'm not here to get into peoples personal issues in regards to what they do, like, enjoy, in their private life's e.t.c.. your question was uncalled for.. but i guess there are those members here on jukwaa that don't mind exchanging such information with you.. please be informed that I'm not one of those members and lets respect each other as members here on Jukwaa. thank you! Reporter, If what you claim above is true. Then go back and delete the following primitivity. [ mwalimumkuu
please stop kissing jakaswanga's butt.Ha!!ha!! Jakaswanga is Kathure-k right about Mwalimumku? Do you even notice what you highlighted! MY FOOT DISCUSSING ISSUES WHEN YOU LOG IN! BE YOUR AGE NOW! |
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Post by reporter911 on May 6, 2012 22:16:10 GMT 3
Bwana jakwaswaga when I log on Jukwaa i come to discuss issues pertaining to the political & economic realities of our beloved country Kenya.. I'm not here to get into peoples personal issues in regards to what they do, like, enjoy, in their private life's e.t.c.. your question was uncalled for.. but i guess there are those members here on jukwaa that don't mind exchanging such information with you.. please be informed that I'm not one of those members and lets respect each other as members here on Jukwaa. thank you! Reporter, If what you claim above is true. Then go back and delete the following primitivity. [ mwalimumkuu
please stop kissing jakaswanga's butt.Ha!!ha!! Jakaswanga is Kathure-k right about Mwalimumku? Do you even notice what you highlighted! MY FOOT DISCUSSING ISSUES WHEN YOU LOG IN! BE YOUR AGE NOW!
I do not GET into members personal issues on jukwaa period! and lets not get into insults on here Jukwasanga.. |
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Post by merlin on May 6, 2012 22:45:08 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,
The world does not look that hopeless. It is your expectation of progress which darkens your world. Progress never comes without a fight or pains and we see a lot of this happening. The second liberation is not still born. If you put your ear to it you can hear the crying and clatter of fighting. Liberation is works in progress.
We do make progress. People did come together and designed a new constitution overcoming many forces against it. It is still the biggest achievement of the last 10 years or so. Surely it looks like words on paper though there is commitment behind it. We also have to acknowledge that our society has people who can bring forward such an inspiring document.
However the forces against are still here though their manoeuvring space is getting less. They still try their old gimmicks though the results getting further away of what they expect. They are running in vain to their old friends to construct a dam against the flood wave of justice coming. Justice is coming and cannot be stopped as society is globalising. The space to manipulate Justice is closing as Kenya is part of the world and although local justice can be manipulated by the Masters of Impunity (MOI) they cannot manipulate the world.
We should recognise the gains we made; acknowledge them and make them visible to others. This will strengthen our conviction to fight for a better future. Elections can be won by forcing people in voting blocs and voting blocs can be made by fear though change happens when you can convince individuals - one by one - to change their habits and strive with you for this better society. So keep writing and talking to people around you and make them aware of this better society which is makeable.
Progress is like the growth of children; every day they look the same though growth is happening. You will become aware of their growth when you daily measure their weight and size. Progress can be slowed down though cannot be stopped and be realistic; we are leaping forward.
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Post by mwalimumkuu on May 6, 2012 23:38:09 GMT 3
Kathure, Interesting, it has now shifted from Kamale to Jakaswanga. I do not know why you thrive on sideshows. And you still doubt that you have a problem? please stop kissing jakaswanga's butt. I do not think jukwaa is as cheap as you want to make it look, people do not tangle here just for the sake of it or as a pass time. Even if there could be some here who may want to do that, and I am beginning to think you are one such character, they are very few, maybe one or two. This thread raises very pertinent issues that I think jukwaa may want to address itself to than engage in the kinds of lowly exchanges you want us to engage. On the flip side, could you be intentionally dragging this thread in the mad as it brings to question some characters that you hold high? If for any reason you will still be interested in child-play, let us meet on the other thread, we could start where we left the last time we met here. |
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Post by tnk on May 7, 2012 2:12:10 GMT 3
i will begin a response to jakaswanga's opening post and horth's input (hey horth umepotea sana, are you grounded or what?)
first, jakaswanga, you obviously put in a lot of thought into this and highlight a number of weak areas. horth further touches on this in his post (that he brings back from an earlier input)
the key points i'd like to make are as follows
a) no reformer/reformist ever contemplates reform or in this case liberation as a discrete and single event. it is considered a process. it may begin from a single event, as happened in the arab spring, or in fact a series of oppressive events as happened in the late years of kenyatta, moi and now kibaki eras. but the liberation/reform agenda is a process. even our first liberation known as independence from colonials, was a series of events, both through legislature, to mau mau, and even other not so well documented resistance, as well as the wave that was sweeping through africa in general at the time. these tied in with increased stretched resources from the colonialists themselves back home. in each of these liberation movements there are milestones such as declaration of independence, promulgation of new constitution, etc. but after these, milestones some other process/laws are activated/enacted and a whole change process put in place. naturally there are those who whole heartedly embrace change and appreciate where the society is coming from and where it wants to go to. but there are also those that are fiercely opposed to the change for a variety of reasons ranging from corruption to just plain insecurity on how this impacts their wealth/welfare. typically this is the lot that has benefitted the most from status quo. and then there are those who dont care one way or another
it is therefore premature, in my opinion to just see the challenges arising from those fiercely resisting change (liberation) and thus conclude that the (2nd) liberation has failed.
a look at history and you find that the 2nd liberation is almost 20 years running and a major milestone was commemorated aug 27 2010. ask the adongo's, the oloo's and others when they actually got involved in the 2nd liberation, how long it had been going on before their entry and how much longer before baby to real concrete steps were seen, culminating in the promulgation of the new constitution.
and then lets face it, many of the people in key institutions were either water-melons, or against the new constitution and now they are supposed to lead implementation.
b) the second point which ties into the first is that, liberation/reform is a process. even if we for a moment leave out those fiercely resisting change, for those ready to move on with reforms, we have to remember that already there are ingrained habits from previous administrations, take even simple issues like getting services from govt, there are those who will still bribe and be bribed to get or give services. in order for the reform process to be initiated, people need to be re-oriented or de-briefed from the previous regime and ushered to the new system. training, values, etc need to be carried out to escape from the old to the new. part of this is activities such as vetting of judges, etc. on this note i have to state with pride that the judiciary is miles ahead of any other instition in kenya, starting from the CJ, to supreme court to now the appeal court, the processes have been phenomenal
IMHO, the net impact of the new constitution will run over 6 year period, or earlier (if we elect liberation/reform minded politicians) or much later as we rely on technocrats such as CIC chief bw. Nyachae who so far has been doing a great job, and the CJ Dr. Mutunga. hopefully more institutions will get reformed and professionals pull their weight and implement much needed reforms
all these reforms as i've said can be given speed boosts by reform minded politicians, otherwise these politicians will continue to stifle reforms
so in conclusion, bw jakaswanga, unless you have found some new revolutionary concept, the 2nd liberation is still on its way, and a third liberation has not yet been defined, in fact your essay explicitly mentions the challenges in the 2nd liberation and not necessarily a new concept that would define a 3rd liberation.
noting that the 2nd liberation mainly focuses on the lies around the 1st liberation and the deviation from the goals and ideals of the 1st liberation. the 2nd liberation actually tried to re-focus administration to pursue the ideals envisaged in the 1st liberation
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 6:08:42 GMT 3
mwalimumkuuplease stop kissing jakaswanga's butt. I do not think jukwaa is as cheap as you want to make it look, people do not tangle here just for the sake of it or as a pass time. Even if there could be some here who may want to do that, and I am beginning to think you are one such character, they are very few, maybe one or two. This thread raises very pertinent issues that I think jukwaa may want to address itself to than engage in the kinds of lowly exchanges you want us to engage. On the flip side, could you be intentionally dragging this thread in the mad as it brings to question some characters that you hold high? If for any reason you will still be interested in child-play, let us meet on the other thread, we could start where we left the last time we met here. I waited for you to come back on the other thread but wapi. Even after kamalet woke up to coach you, I still haven't heard back. What's up with that? I was actually serious when I posed the question about your like of jakaswanga's take here. You see unlike you and your ilk he is a principled man. He takes his stance on issues and personalities and backs his positions up with facts and truth. Your team on the other hand spends all it's time here dedicated to the ignorant mantra of Anybody but Raila ABR! That is it for you people. Committed only to ensuring that the most backward and dangerous political forces continue to rule in Kenya. It suits your skewed agenda that jakaswanga being a principled man offers only critical support to the posibility of a Raila presidency. He engages in constructive criticism while all the while holding Raila's feet to the fire. Keeping Raila suspended there in pursuit of the grander aspirations of the Kenyan people as a whole who consist in large part of the wretched of the earth. So, mwalimumkuu your opportunism notwithstanding we can actually tell the difference between where you're coming from when you open your mouth here and where jakaswanga is coming from each time he speaks. That is why I was wondering why you were kissing his butt. I wanted you to tell me in your own words but I know by now that those words can not ever be trusted. |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 7, 2012 19:10:15 GMT 3
tnk,
{First, we have to accept that this thread will be a mixture of the very serious and the not too serious, since KK weighed in from a very invective angle! But life brings what life brings, and the living have to take it ins step!}
...But...
Without delving too much into academic mysticism, let me make a point here: You are right [and Merlin too] in the observation that liberation is a process, always a work in progress. That is a dialectical truth.
Yet [perhaps because of normative incompetence] we in Kenya speak of a second liberation. That would indicate we can define the 1st liberation, define from where it commenced in time [t1], to where it ended [t2], and the second began. Keeping in mind then, this 'normative' differentiation even if only for the purposes of making abstract reality more concrete, I felt pretty free to make an attempt to time-scale the second liberation, ... wondering if her end already is [fact]! Wondering if it had a speedier decay rate! Calibrating it just as the first liberation is understood [ to have began somewhere and ended somewhere!]
But on more plane sense, of course the historical process of liberation is a continuum, goes on, even in the country that professess the greatest freedom, Obamaland.
But if liberation is then a continuous, dialectical process, then it means every government in Kenya must critically be invigilated; kept on its toes; held to account and always against light. If I do these tests on the custodian of the second liberation, the GCG, the marks I can give is barely above zero, naught! [nono bwana ---if you have ever heard of Dolla Kabarry singing: di nabed gi pesa, ningekuoa we shemeji nyar-Jonam!]
Therefrom I do talk of the need for a full fledged third liberation! since in everyday usage the second liberation is already here! And it is a nightmare....
Aluta continua!
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Post by jakaswanga on May 7, 2012 19:18:17 GMT 3
so in conclusion, bw jakaswanga, unless you have found some new revolutionary concept, the 2nd liberation is still on its way, and a third liberation has not yet been defined, in fact your essay explicitly mentions the challenges in the 2nd liberation and not necessarily a new concept that would define a 3rd liberation. noting that the 2nd liberation mainly focuses on the lies around the 1st liberation and the deviation from the goals and ideals of the 1st liberation. the 2nd liberation actually tried to re-focus administration to pursue the ideals envisaged in the 1st liberation-iyo tu- Liberation from the colonial yoke! liberation from local tyrants who continue with the colonial mode... of political authoritarianism. Actually I dare not talk of liberation defined as 'freeing the productive forces'! Way too abstract for the moment in Kenya I think! but we we will get there! |
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Post by jakaswanga on May 7, 2012 19:25:02 GMT 3
Jakaswanga,The world does not look that hopeless. It is your expectation of progress which darkens your world. Progress never comes without a fight or pains and we see a lot of this happening. The second liberation is not still born. If you put your ear to it you can hear the crying and clatter of fighting. Liberation is works in progress.Progress is like the growth of children; every day they look the same though growth is happening. You will become aware of their growth when you daily measure their weight and size. Progress can be slowed down though cannot be stopped and be realistic; we are leaping forward. Just curious Merlin, how do you explain the different rates of progress in different countries? I mean it is a work in progress everywhere, but others go about a similar phase in one decade whereas others need half a century for it? I got reason to be impatient! |
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Post by tnk on May 7, 2012 19:50:10 GMT 3
jakaswanga
first i don't necessarily think that there is an "end time" (t2 as you call it) it may exist as a discrete event/time or it may just be something fading into oblivion over a long indeterminate time period. also the end of one time does not necessarily mark the beginning of the next phase. they may overlap and in some cases have significant gaps
anyhow
1st liberation - as you correctly noted is that for freedom from the colonials
2nd liberation - started when patriots realised that frauds masquerading as independence and freedom fighters (whereas they were actually homeguards and collaborators) had simply stepped into the gap left by the colonials and proceeded to milk the country dry
what you describe in your 3rd liberation are the continuing struggles for the patriots to contain these "executhieves"
i think the 3rd liberation should step away from liberation 1 and 2 and be a technology/economic liberation which takes kenya into competing with other world economies, showcasing technology and economic agility and/or other skills. already our athletes continue to do us proud, this is something that any other country would have invested heavily in, but guess what, we still use this as a marketing tool to get tourists to the parks (eeeiiiishhh)
anyway, my point is getting stuck in the struggles against the plutarchy does not make a case to call it 3rd liberation. even if successful its all about musical chairs, i.e replacing the colonials with homeguards, with leeches, with parasites, with patriots etc. we need to move on from there
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, and you want to joint the club, I will confess it is possible to catch me kissing butt! Whose butt or what kind of butt? that one I can not here possible reveal! though it is open knowledge where I get drunk! Have you ever kissed butt, Mr. Reporter?
