Who Tipped Off Mbarire and Lumumba?

Written By Daniel Saenyi

Some call Him Jah, Jehovah, Mohammed, Dios, or Were, with each believing theirs is the true God despite the fact that he’s one being with a billion aliases. When it comes to politics, the recent additional ‘religion,’ every one seems to have their God as the case of Cecil Mbarire and PLO Lumumba.

This scenario leaves one wondering what God really represents. Did He tip off Mrs. Mbarire as she claims, or did He tip off Lumumba? Or is He part of the conspiracy? All in all Politics is a dirty game and no one comes out clean.

It’s only in times of need that we remember this superior being, or when we don’t jump into fire from the frying pan as Mbarire did. Her not falling into Lumumba’s trap was CPR to her faith though she is a prayerful woman, her words not mine.

PLO Lumumba, KACC, Boss

On the other hand Lumumba also claims to have the almighty’s help in not falling into  Mbarire’s trap, “its by the grace of God that we managed to nail them when they were expecting to nail us,” Said Lumumba.

Clearly God can’t be the savior of both these parties, as much as he is merciful; the guy has some nasty temper when it comes to evil doers.  He destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah for their futilities, Cain went crazy, and the 10 Plagues, well, He is messy too. He is no Joker. With all this considered, He is on the righteous side helping out while the other has some mysterious force to their aid not the Almighty.

The fact remains that there are three sides to a story, the two party’s versions, and the true version, God always supports the true side of the story. If He is the one who helped both sides, how do people know who is telling the truth then?, or is the devil on the third side of the story this time round? This is the question that I doubt even our clergy can pin an answer to.

When it comes to passing Judgment God has a mean way of doing so and this case no one has been judged yet, but not to rush things, lets wait and see maybe one will be struck by lighting, though am not a voodoo priest, but  they will face justice.

Cecil Mbarire showing her Evidence to the Press

As both parties claim to have Gods help, we should have a battle whose God is greater the Elijah style, Mbarire’s or Lumumba? we should have each of them build an alter and let them pray until one  catches fire, then the virtuous one will be revealed. But that’s just me; in this techno world anything is possible if babies can miraculously be born and disappear.

The two parties’ have made the agenda of the day with their scandal without providing full proof evidence to incriminate the other, both have been saved from the clutches of the other by the catalyst, “God” who seems to have made the situation more complicated. That might just be the reason both parities have him as witness as he can’t appear before the court, and even if he did, who will He swear to?

Lumumba and Mbarire can go for each others jugular for all we care but at the end of the day, its ones word against the other. The only person who knows the truth to pass the correct judgment is no citizen of any country, and not even a being for that matter, as tax payers we are all counting on our Mystery God to deliver us from this evil of corruption.

In Fighting for Gender Equality, Are Women biting more than they can chew?

By Daniel Saenyi

On the verge of implementing the new constitution, equitable distribution of power has been eminent with women on the front line demanding for the one third positions in parliament in the next general elections. What they are forgetting is that the positions won’t or should not come on silver platter.

Whilst the committee of experts had the noblest of intentions in including this clause, they should have gone ahead and stated how, especially for the elective posts. Passing the buck to parliament is like expecting my three year old nephew to solve a calculus problem for me. What is happening is clearly what we all expected from a house that is dominated by the majority gender and for once I conquer with the majority.

Martha Karua, A major female figure in parliament and woman rights activist

For one to get into the August house, one has to be elected a decision which solely falls in the hands of the constituents something our sisters tend to forget. The positions won’t magically materialize if the female leaders don’t make an effort to acquire them, and even so, there are very few who have stood out.

According to the bible, God helps those who help themselves, so its time the women stop bickering about what the constitution stipulates and take a step or else, am sorry but the lord isn’t listening, unless the devil is an option.

People should learn from history even though it’s passed, domestic violence was a normal routine with the man beating the hell out of the woman. The cards have changed because the woman learnt to through back a sucker punch and now some big men are crying their way to police stations. That’s how you fight for equality like a man or for this matter like a woman.

How is the country going to manage the one third positions for the women if only a hand full of the women are brave enough to stand out? Take Bungoma County for example, there is only one aspiring female and generally the whole parliament has less than thirty female leaders. Where is the Country going to “fish” the one third from? Unless others will be forced to take up the positions, the clause should be amended to avoid the unnecessary arguments in parliament and tax payers’ money in future.

The law of nature seems to have its own mind when it comes equality, to refer to the good book once more, the Lord made Eve as Adams’ helper and if recent events are to go by, this law of nature is still in full force, Only one woman dared to apply for the position of chief Justice while the rest flocked to the Deputy Chief Justice post. Question is why? The answer is very simple, the law of nature.

Not to put all the blame on the women for not acting upon their rights which they have struggled for, it was over ambitious for the clause to be added with men among the committee of experts when we know well that the women will probably shy away.

I hate to be the prophet of doom, but in this case unfortunately I have to put it across that this does not only sound insanely ridiculous but also is destined to fail. This reminds me of the young man in Kitale who had this humongous dream of building an aircraft or something like that which sadly never even attempted to defy the law of gravity.

 Everything starts small “Baby steps” but we went way ahead to start running before we learnt how to walk. The possibility of achieving the desired number of women in parliament is very minimal if not none, let it not be said that am not a reformist, I believe we should give a chance to our sisters to see what policies they come up with to get their fair share of the pie.