Since all other options to stabilise Kenya politics, and therefore lift all (or at least most) citizens from poverty have failed, it is time to try another strategy.
The country needs a complete reset – a Coup d’état that will result in 12 months of military rule – during which time crucial, pro-stability constitutional amendments will be made; ALL cartels in government crushed; a new patriotic electoral commission established; and new election laws enacted, that will make it impossible for crooks and charlatans from ever becoming candidates during general elections.
Unless someone is already benefiting from corruption, no mwananchi would oppose enactment of laws that will lock out corrupt people from politics for life.
Those currently in power claimed that leaders could be corrupt, and also lead the country towards achieving high economic growth.
Their economic advisers even came up with economic models to prove that was possible.
They have had 11 months to prove their case.
They have failed miserably.
The opposite has happened. The economy is collapsing. The Kenya shilling cannot even hold its own against Somalia shilling…
Within 6 months of Mr William Ruto and Mr Rigathi Gachagua coming to power, the government didn’t even have money to pay civil servants.
They are currently borrowing hundreds of billions of shillings every month, just to run government departments and pay salaries.
STATE CAPTURE
Powerful cartels in government are ruining the country, deliberately.
They have completely Captured the State.
They are ruining the health sector; They are ruining agriculture sector; They are ruining manufacturing sector…they are ruining the whole economy.
How else can they be destroyed, if not by the military?
1. If it was 30 years ago, The Church could have been no.1 option to rescue Kenyans from these inhumane cartels.
But a lot has changed in the past 3 decades.
The most shadowy character in Kenya is ‘patron of 50 churches’.
Enough said about that subject.
2. In some countries, the Judiciary could be trusted to act as midwife of the country’s political reset.
But would you trust Kenya Judiciary to do that?
Even if most Judges are patriotic, would they be able to defeat the powerful cartels?
3. Would you trust Kenya parliament to do that?
(see below about many MPs relationship with the executive)
4. Powerful foreign ‘benevolent entities’.
Would you trust them to midwife the country’s political reset?
NOTE: Recent global events have proved that, if citizens want their country to be stable, they must stabilise it themselves, else, the country gets conquered by foreign ‘benevolent entities’.
A disciplined military has one major advantage that makes it impossible to be conquered by criminal cartels (and I believe Kenya military is disciplined) – The fact that they have a clear hierarchy, and rigid rules that govern how a person rises from one level to the next.
In a disciplined military, you would never find a Major giving orders to a Brigadier.
In a country on the verge of collapsing like Kenya, persons with no formal job description, do order even Cabinet Secretaries around.
There are government departments where even the CEO cannot dare sack a junior clerk, because if he tries to do that, it is him who will go home.
With the military taking over the government for 12 months, no civil servant would be un-sackable – And that is the only way STATE CAPTURE can be ended.
How did STATE CAPTURE in Kenya come about?
One can write many pages about this, but I will summarise it as follows:
– STATE CAPTURE was caused by result of CORRUPTION; As CORRUPTION thrived in the country, STATE CAPTURE thrived. It is a SYMBIOTIC relationship.
Without CORRUPTION, there can be no STATE CAPTURE; And without STATE CAPTURE, CORRUPTION (corrupt people) cannot thrive (most will be caught, charged in court, convicted and jailed).
– FAKE DOCUMENTS: The ability to buy fake documents, then go through corrupt politicians to secure big jobs – and therefore your loyalty is to those corrupt politicians, not to the country…This is to STATE CAPTURE, what fertiliser is to crops.
This cannot happen in a disciplined military – You cannot be recruited directly as a Colonel, just because you have a PhD, whether genuine or not.
Military has the advantage that, even if you managed to get recruited using fake documents, your fakeness will be recognised before you climb too high up the ladder.
You want to end STATE CAPTURE, that has made millions of Kenyans’ lives miserable?
Let the military do it.
They have the resources.
And most importantly, it is the only “ARM” of government that is not (yet)CAPTURED.
Signs that Kenya is a Failing State – Teetering on the Brink of Total Collapse
1. Mr William Ruto addressing senior government officials at State House, Nairobi, on August 1, 2023: “I speak to many of you on the phone…I ask you questions – you know that – on programs, on projects. And, I find that many of you don’t even know what is going on in your ministries or departments. You have very scant information. The moment I know more than you in your ministry, then you must begin to understand that something is very wrong…”
Media, October 2022 (Media link in PDF below): “Some of the President’s [Cabinet Secretary, CS] nominees face charges, including murder, rape and corruption…”
This is not an error – At least one person was appointed by Mr Ruto as Cabinet Secretary (CS) while having an active murder case in court.
When the head of state deliberately appoints incompetent people, criminals and scoundrels to head various ministries and government departments, then complains publicly that his appointees are incompetent, what does he expect the people to do?
At least 90 of the top 100 appointments Mr Ruto has made are of major crooks – apart from the crimes mentioned above, there are also human traffickers, weapon smugglers, drug barons…
SIGN I: Why did Mr Ruto KNOWINGLY appoint crooks to head various government departments?
2. In Kenyan homes, when Trade CS comes on TV, responsible parents rush for the remote, to either mute TV, or change channels, because of the filth that comes from his mouth.
The Trade CS is so ill-mannered that news about his primitive misogyny and dirty mouth has reached foreign capitals.
As a result, foreign dignitaries are refusing to meet him.
SIGN II: Why did Mr Ruto KNOWINGLY appoint a misogynistic imbecile as Trade CS, yet he knows that he [Trade CS] would have to deal with representatives from all genders during trade negotiations?
3. There is a Kenyan politician who has for long been rumoured to be closely allied with Somalia-based Al-Shabaab terrorist group.
For whatever reason, when Mr Ruto came into power, he appointed this politician as Defence CS.
In the past few months, Al-Shabaab has killed a lot of Kenyan civilians.
The Defence CS doesn’t seem bothered by these atrocities committed against Kenyans by Al-Shabaab.
Currently, Al-Shabaab terrorists are on the verge of controlling 30% of Kenya territory – in the East of the country, that includes the Defence CS home county.
Has the Defence CS called an emergency security meeting to plot how to stop this terrorism?
NO.
SIGN III: Why did Mr Ruto KNOWINGLY appoint a known Al-Shabaab ally as Defence CS?
4. Last week, Mr Ruto camped at Sagana State Lodge in Nyeri county for 5 days.
He received delegations from all Mount Kenya counties, but strangely, the media was not having any real news to report about from these meetings.
The only ‘news’ they reported was about thousands of locals being invited to the State Lodge to feast on beef stew and rice.
Some walked many kilometres to eat the free meal.
Those interviewed by the media appeared very happy after eating the meal at Sagana State Lodge.
Many thanked Mr Ruto for the generosity.
One of the villagers also happily added, “The cost of living is not high here (in Nyeri)”.
A few days after Mr Ruto finished the 5-day camping in Mount Kenya, the media started reporting that, the reason all was so quiet about the meetings at Sagana State Lodge was that, every suggestion or opinion regarding local development matters that MPs brought to Mr Ruto’s attention, he demanded these matters must not be discussed, not only there at State Lodge, but anywhere else, including parliament and public meetings.
In essence, Mt Kenya politicians have been ordered by the head of state not to discuss issues that their constituents want discussed…
And out of fear, they obeyed these orders. (Apparent reason for this undemocratic order is so that Mountain people don’t then start asking why they were duped during political campaigns.)
SIGN IV: Taxation Without Representation – What will happen when most residents of the Mountain realise that they are technically without any political representation, because their supposed representatives fear pushing for their interests?
Clearly Kenya is a failing state.
Only a Coup detat – 12 months of military rule – will prevent the country from diving from failing state, to failed state.
1. First 3 months after coup – Finish STATE CAPTURE & its twin, CORRUPTION.
2. 3-9th month – Constitutional amendments, electoral commission, election laws.
3. 12th month – General election, minus all crooks and impostors.
New civilian government sworn in.
Politically stable Kenya starts thriving economically.
Any Kenyan with a better suggestion about how to rescue our country from collapsing completely, please write about it online/social media.
Debate about this very serious matter is very healthy.
14 August 2023
UKWELI 