WIKILEAKS - HOW TRUE IS THIS?

For the past few weeks the whistleblower site Wikileaks has been publishing US diplomatic cables from all over the world. Kenya and its leadership have not been spared either. The cables have been too blunt in their description of world leaders. Our very own have been described as “old guard” and the country has been described as a haven of corruption and drug trafficking. I therefore do understand the fury of the President and the Right Honorable Prime Minister as regards to the leaked US diplomatic cables which have cast aspersions as to their commitment to the reform agenda. But on the other hand they should be grateful to the Wikileaks publishers for bringing to light how the US foreign policy/diplomacy works. However let’s not forget the content of the leaked cables. The cables would not have been published at a more opportune time than now when the country is grappling with the problems of drugs trafficking and corruption at the highest levels. Rather than engage in public mud-smearing competition with the US ambassador, the two Principals should be convening meetings with security chiefs and anti-corruptions tsars to deliberate on how these two problems will be dealt with once and for all.