For the past one month or so we have read in newspapers and watched on our television sets the atrocities being committed at the Tana Delta by rival ethnic communities. Some of us have had the chance to witness this first hand and I don't envy them any bit. I really feel sorry for those that have lost their loved ones and property in this mayhem. Just like the majority of you I long for a peaceful coexistence with my neighbour without regard to their colour, gender, height, weight, ethnic origin or any other distinctive difference.
This presidency that many of us were so optimistic about in 2002 has let us down not once but countless times. During the nyayo era our economy had been crippled by endless corruption and embezzlement of public funds. One of the many promises that led to the landslide victory of the current president was his promised to unilaterally eradicate corruption. As we near the end of his second term, a majority of his cronies and members of his kitchen cabinet have been mentioned in one scam or the other and corruption has become a way of life for the high and mighty in Kenya. I only hope the new found judicial independence will be our saving grace.
Insecurity is now at its worst across many counties and more some in some well known hot spots such as the Tana Delta. Kenya is famed in the entire East Africa region for its military might and topnotch intelligence apparatus yet a batch of militia-like criminals has been running amok at the Tana Delta. Either these security organs were deliberately dragging their feet or their superiority has just been blown out of proportion for far too long. This nature of attacks has being going on in various parts of the nation and the security organs seem overwhelmed or unwilling to suppress the attacks. I know the police have been accused of highhandedness when dealing with such in the past and with the passage of the current constitution their hands are in a way tied but not to the level of absolutely failing to perform their duties.
Insecurity is now at its worst across many counties and more some in some well known hot spots such as the Tana Delta. Kenya is famed in the entire East Africa region for its military might and topnotch intelligence apparatus yet a batch of militia-like criminals has been running amok at the Tana Delta. Either these security organs were deliberately dragging their feet or their superiority has just been blown out of proportion for far too long. This nature of attacks has being going on in various parts of the nation and the security organs seem overwhelmed or unwilling to suppress the attacks. I know the police have been accused of highhandedness when dealing with such in the past and with the passage of the current constitution their hands are in a way tied but not to the level of absolutely failing to perform their duties.
The nature with which our Executive operates has not helped at all in dealing with these criminal acts. Over two months since the demise of the then Minister for Internal Affairs & Provincial Administration and his assistant (may they RIP) they president and his principal partner in the coalition are yet to appoint their replacements. This is the most critical cabinet position and I don't see why the substantive appointments have not been made to date. We have seen positions vacated by ministers who are under investigations remain so until the ministers are cleared of the charges against them. However in the late Saitoti's and Ojode's case its not like they will resurrect to take up their positions. So what is holding the Executive back from filing these positions? Are they still playing the old fashioned carrot and stick game with the people of Kajiado, Kangema and Ndhiwa constituencies while they hold the safety and security of the entire nation at ransom?
I can only make one conclusion of all this, the heightened levels of insecurity in the country are solely as a result of the Executive and the policing organs failure to perform their duties. I guess this quote from Douglas MacArthur is more relevant to the kenyan situation today "I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within."
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