Two political stories continue to dominate the headlines:
First, the debate rages on about whether or not to implement the Waki Report on the post election violence. This may very well be the page on which ODM comes unglued: Raila, Kosgey and Musalia have taken a pro Waki Report implementation stance while William Ruto and the rest of the ODM Rift Valley Caucus are taking a vehemently anti Waki Report stance.
(By way of an almost but not quite detour: speaking to Julie Gichuru on Citizen’s Sunday Live, Martha Karua called those who are suggesting that the only reason that she’s supporting the implementation is because it’ll eliminate some of those who stand in the way of her presidential aspirations in 2012 ‘Crybabies,’ wondering whether she made those whose names are on the Waki list commit the acts they did. When Martha Karua is in her element, she cracks me up, she really does.)
I've relaxed somewhat re the Waki Report. Somebody, somewhere will implement it. It may be a Kenyan tribunal, it may be the Hague. I had rather it be the former, but I'll take the latter over nothing.
Second, our erstwhile Members of Parliament have gone and done it again. They’ve quashed an attempt to tax their benefits because of course once we’ve elected them and they’re back in the House, they suddenly become more special than we, their constituents. So now, if they have their way, they will be consuming public services alongside the rest of us but, despite their hefty paychecks and allowances, we will have to foot their bill.
You've got to hand it to Kenyan politicians for their consistency in one regard: They will always choose the most self-serving option on the menu. Seriously, this is always a no-brainer.It's my window, but I don't own the view.
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Kenyan Politics, This Week's Edition Posted: November 16th, 2008, 1:52pm EST