Post by Onyango Oloo on Mar 2, 2018 13:30:17 GMT 3
A Digital Essay by Onyango Oloo in Durban
Yesterday there was a demonstration in Eldoret by men and women who voted overwhelmingly for a second Jubilee mandate. They were not railing against Raila.
Rather their arm raised fists were matching the war cry calling for the ouster of Deputy President William Samoei Ruto, apparently one of their own who hopes to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya come 2022.
Kisa na maana for the disquiet?
On the face of it they were angered by the court ruling which nullified the election of Nandi Hills MP Keter, coming only days after he was arraigned in some controversial charges accusing the two term legislator of some fraudulent allegations.
Even Uhuru's Joshua Kutuny former personal advisor had come out publicly to denounce the regime on its rather draconian law and order dictums. In the meantime some youth leaders had broadcast their intentions of throwing their weight behind KANU leader Gideon Moi as opposed to William Ruto.
In the National Assembly the Jubilee appointed Speaker Justin Muturi threw out a petition that sought to get rid of Chief Justice David Maraga even as Duale- Jubilee's Number Three hastily clarified that the anti-Maraga petition did not emanate from them.
The only arm of government that has been exercising some relative autonomy is the judiciary with various judges overturning the controversial so called deportation of Miguna and stopping the police from charging maverick businessman Jimi Wanjigi and ordering that Orengo and his team to travel to Zimbabe just to cite three examples.
So what is going on in Kenya?
As a Marxist-Leninist I turn to my ideology for guidance.
I believe it was the great Vietnamese revolutionary thinker and strategist Le Duan who wrote, decades ago:
"...Far from pinning our hopes on antagonisms within the ranks of the enemy, we are fully aware that the development of these contradictions and the extent to which they be capitalized upon are in the last analysis determined by the strength of the revolution. The experience of all genuine popular revolutions shows that the stronger the revolutionary forces become and the higher the revolutionary tide rises, the more the enemy’s ranks are torn by contradictions and are likely to split. Ultimately the time comes when these conflicts have grown so exacerbated as to render impossible all compromise between the various enemy factions. This constitutes one of the unmistakable signs of the maturity of the revolutionary situation. The revolution then breaks out and the enemy’s rule is overthrown in decisive battles....The victory of the revolution depends primarily on a correct determination of the general orientation and strategic objective, as well as the specific orientation and objective for each period. But just as important as defining the orientation and objective is the problem of how to carry them into effect once such decisions are made. What road should be followed? What forms should be adopted? What measures should be used? Experience has shown that a revolutionary movement may mark time, or even fail, not for lack of clearly defined orientations and objectives, but essentially because there have been no appropriate principles and methods of revolutionary action. Methods of revolutionary action are devised to defeat the enemy of the revolution, and in the most advantageous way, so that the revolution may attain its ends as quickly as possible. Here one also needs wisdom as well as courage; it is not only a science, but also an art. Decisions over methods of revolutionary action require, more than in any other field, that the revolutionary maintain the highest creative spirit. Revolution is creation; it cannot succeed without imagination and ingenuity. There has never been nor will there ever be a unique formula for making a revolution that is suited to all situations. One given method may be adaptable to a certain country but unsuitable in another. A correct method in certain times and circumstances may be erroneous in other situations. Everything depends on the concrete historical conditions..... It is a matter of principle that either in the daily policies or in the practice of revolutionary struggle... a revolutionary should never lose sight of the final goal. If one considers the fight for small daily gains and immediate targets as ‘everything’ and views the final goal as ‘nothing’... then one displays the worst kind of opportunism which can only result in keeping the popular masses in eternal servitude. However, it is by no means sufficient to comprehend only the final objective. While keeping in mind the revolutionary goal, the art of revolutionary leadership lies in knowing how to win judiciously step by step. Revolution is the work of millions of popular masses standing up to overthrow the ruling classes, which command powerful means of violence together with other material and spiritual forces. That is why a revolution is always a long-term process. From the initial steps to the final victory, a revolution necessarily goes through many difficult and complex stages of struggle full of twists and bends, clearing one obstacle after another and gradually changing the relation of forces between the revolution and the counter-revolution until overwhelming superiority is achieved over the ruling classes...”
This is an excerpt from:
- Le Duan, The Vietnamese Revolution: Fundamental Problems and Essential Tasks, New World Paperbacks, New York, 1971, pp22-27.
We have seen over the last few months how the Uhuru-Ruto kleptomaniac killer dictatoriip has washed large swathes of the country-mostly NASA strongholds, and more specifically, ethnically where Luo people reside in gallona and litres of blood unleashed by Mungiki thugs and cops carrying out with impunity grevious acts of state terrorism in direct violation of the Constituion they swore to protect.
Now as Senator Orengo quipped the hyena as I call it is coming to devour its cubs.
The tribulations that the like of Keter are undergoing just confirms the truth of the Marxist concept of contradictions.
At the level of imperialism, we have witnessed how the US Embassy headed by Godec has intimidated quislings like Kalonzo, Mudavadi Wetangula and their lieutenants to vilify Raila Odinga starting from their cowardly absence at the Uhuru Park swearing in of the People's President to their ongoing lies and fulminations on radio,television, the print and social media.
But in desperation because they fear ceding Kenya geo-politically to China we witness the impending visit by Trump's Secretary of State in a bid to protect the US-EU monopoly capitalist neo-colonial agenda .
My plea to NASA, Raila, Miguna, NRM and all freedom loving democrats Kenyan is to mobilize and organize even further to make Jubilee a sad footnote in our history.
Yesterday there was a demonstration in Eldoret by men and women who voted overwhelmingly for a second Jubilee mandate. They were not railing against Raila.
Rather their arm raised fists were matching the war cry calling for the ouster of Deputy President William Samoei Ruto, apparently one of their own who hopes to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as President of Kenya come 2022.
Kisa na maana for the disquiet?
On the face of it they were angered by the court ruling which nullified the election of Nandi Hills MP Keter, coming only days after he was arraigned in some controversial charges accusing the two term legislator of some fraudulent allegations.
Even Uhuru's Joshua Kutuny former personal advisor had come out publicly to denounce the regime on its rather draconian law and order dictums. In the meantime some youth leaders had broadcast their intentions of throwing their weight behind KANU leader Gideon Moi as opposed to William Ruto.
In the National Assembly the Jubilee appointed Speaker Justin Muturi threw out a petition that sought to get rid of Chief Justice David Maraga even as Duale- Jubilee's Number Three hastily clarified that the anti-Maraga petition did not emanate from them.
The only arm of government that has been exercising some relative autonomy is the judiciary with various judges overturning the controversial so called deportation of Miguna and stopping the police from charging maverick businessman Jimi Wanjigi and ordering that Orengo and his team to travel to Zimbabe just to cite three examples.
So what is going on in Kenya?
As a Marxist-Leninist I turn to my ideology for guidance.
I believe it was the great Vietnamese revolutionary thinker and strategist Le Duan who wrote, decades ago:
"...Far from pinning our hopes on antagonisms within the ranks of the enemy, we are fully aware that the development of these contradictions and the extent to which they be capitalized upon are in the last analysis determined by the strength of the revolution. The experience of all genuine popular revolutions shows that the stronger the revolutionary forces become and the higher the revolutionary tide rises, the more the enemy’s ranks are torn by contradictions and are likely to split. Ultimately the time comes when these conflicts have grown so exacerbated as to render impossible all compromise between the various enemy factions. This constitutes one of the unmistakable signs of the maturity of the revolutionary situation. The revolution then breaks out and the enemy’s rule is overthrown in decisive battles....The victory of the revolution depends primarily on a correct determination of the general orientation and strategic objective, as well as the specific orientation and objective for each period. But just as important as defining the orientation and objective is the problem of how to carry them into effect once such decisions are made. What road should be followed? What forms should be adopted? What measures should be used? Experience has shown that a revolutionary movement may mark time, or even fail, not for lack of clearly defined orientations and objectives, but essentially because there have been no appropriate principles and methods of revolutionary action. Methods of revolutionary action are devised to defeat the enemy of the revolution, and in the most advantageous way, so that the revolution may attain its ends as quickly as possible. Here one also needs wisdom as well as courage; it is not only a science, but also an art. Decisions over methods of revolutionary action require, more than in any other field, that the revolutionary maintain the highest creative spirit. Revolution is creation; it cannot succeed without imagination and ingenuity. There has never been nor will there ever be a unique formula for making a revolution that is suited to all situations. One given method may be adaptable to a certain country but unsuitable in another. A correct method in certain times and circumstances may be erroneous in other situations. Everything depends on the concrete historical conditions..... It is a matter of principle that either in the daily policies or in the practice of revolutionary struggle... a revolutionary should never lose sight of the final goal. If one considers the fight for small daily gains and immediate targets as ‘everything’ and views the final goal as ‘nothing’... then one displays the worst kind of opportunism which can only result in keeping the popular masses in eternal servitude. However, it is by no means sufficient to comprehend only the final objective. While keeping in mind the revolutionary goal, the art of revolutionary leadership lies in knowing how to win judiciously step by step. Revolution is the work of millions of popular masses standing up to overthrow the ruling classes, which command powerful means of violence together with other material and spiritual forces. That is why a revolution is always a long-term process. From the initial steps to the final victory, a revolution necessarily goes through many difficult and complex stages of struggle full of twists and bends, clearing one obstacle after another and gradually changing the relation of forces between the revolution and the counter-revolution until overwhelming superiority is achieved over the ruling classes...”
This is an excerpt from:
- Le Duan, The Vietnamese Revolution: Fundamental Problems and Essential Tasks, New World Paperbacks, New York, 1971, pp22-27.
We have seen over the last few months how the Uhuru-Ruto kleptomaniac killer dictatoriip has washed large swathes of the country-mostly NASA strongholds, and more specifically, ethnically where Luo people reside in gallona and litres of blood unleashed by Mungiki thugs and cops carrying out with impunity grevious acts of state terrorism in direct violation of the Constituion they swore to protect.
Now as Senator Orengo quipped the hyena as I call it is coming to devour its cubs.
The tribulations that the like of Keter are undergoing just confirms the truth of the Marxist concept of contradictions.
At the level of imperialism, we have witnessed how the US Embassy headed by Godec has intimidated quislings like Kalonzo, Mudavadi Wetangula and their lieutenants to vilify Raila Odinga starting from their cowardly absence at the Uhuru Park swearing in of the People's President to their ongoing lies and fulminations on radio,television, the print and social media.
But in desperation because they fear ceding Kenya geo-politically to China we witness the impending visit by Trump's Secretary of State in a bid to protect the US-EU monopoly capitalist neo-colonial agenda .
My plea to NASA, Raila, Miguna, NRM and all freedom loving democrats Kenyan is to mobilize and organize even further to make Jubilee a sad footnote in our history.
