Last night you hosted a section of muslim leaders for Iftar at state house. This was in the fooststeps of your predecessors' tradition. You espoused to have organised the event in the spirit of Ramdhan and in solidarity with the Muslims. Granted, that was a kind gesture from you . However, I have a number of issues to pick with the whole event.
For your information, Ramdhan is the month of the poor. The faces I saw sitted on the table were the who is who and the cronies of your regime and past regimes. They were people who have taken too much from the poor Muslims. The event would have achieved its desired goal had you invited and hosted a cross sectional of the common poor muslims and the youth. I know those are people you dont want them littering the well maintained lawns of the state house but If that cannot be fathomed, you could as well host them in one of the hotels and the hotel owner would clean after their mess. Had you done that, I would have saluted you more but now you just called your friends for a get together. That is still plausible because you value friends.
Second, The Muslim community has so many problems to be solved by a plate of dinner at state house. The guys you called would not tell you the truth except sing your praises of "mtukufu raise tunakushukuru " Insecurity, lack of basic infrastructure, basic rights violations, poor quality of education, historical injustices, discrimination, blatant abuse and brutality by the enemy as well as the security forces has made many of the people resign to their fate. They question whether they belong here.
It is easy to criticise but let me give you a few issues that I believe will earn you accolades and restore the confidence some of us never had in the previous governments;
- Correct the historical injustices committed against Muslims and all Kenyans in general. You had the rare opportunity to receive a report on these historical injustices. The report itself had its fair share of shortcomings but let us not go there. Let there be retribution and reconciliation. let the wapawani have their land back, let all those who committed massacres in Northern Kenya face the full force of the law, let us have equal opportunities to the resources of the country. I know you may not be able to correct all the injustices but a sincere try will do. this, i believe, will a tone for your father's sins who i believe is the founding father of all the ills bedeviling the country today.
- Bring back the 7 Kenyans still being held in Uganda jails without any trial. let them join their families in this month of Ramadhan. Let them face a fair trial at home if they committed the crimes they are being accused of but holding them indefinetely without trial in a foreign land whose ruler is not a fan of the rule of law is not in the spirit of Ramdhan. this has widowed women whose husbands are alive and it has orphaned children whose fathers are still alive.
- Restore security in Northern Kenya and the country at large. Garissa was voted the most peaceful and growing town in east africa until Kibaki and yussuf Haji took us to war in Somalia. You may have been made to understand that the war was necessary to protect our border but far from it. It was meant to destablise Somalia further by creating another autonomus region for people who felt they also need to gain from the anarchy in Somalia. that is a story for another day. As a result of the war, Garissa is now not different from its lawless neighbors across the border. Ensuring that Children, women and innocent citizens' blood is not shed cheaply by criminals from across the border, by tribal and clan bigots and by your own forces will be in the spirit of Ramadan.
PS: You look nice in that Kanzu, you may consider making it a permanent feature in your wardrobe.
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