The Kangema by-election to be held on Monday is proving to be the most significant by-election to be held before
For the
presidential aspirants, whose parties are fielding contestants in the
by-election it will be a measuring of might for it will prove their popularity
not just in Kangema but in Central /Mount Kenya part of the country as a whole.
Straight up, the winning political party for Kangema will produce Central Kenya ’s preferred president come next
year.
But its three
out of what is slowly becoming a mass of presidential contestants that actually
will either affirm or be shamed out of the popularity contest.
Uhuru
Kenyatta of the most influential party in Central, TNA is in a sense out to
assert, prove (to others and to himself) that he is Central’s supremo while his
main antagonist, Raila Odinga of ODM, will be looking at himself through the
mirror. He (Raila) needs to see himself as Central sees him for him to realise
any authority in the region. That’s Kangema, his do or die.
But while
this two political forces of reckon wait for the Kangema show down, the emergence
of the “former” Mungiki leader and presidential contender, Maina Njenga has
created an unexpected surge of excitement.
Now the
twist here, and believe it ain’t no simple matter, is that PM Raila Odinga, the
self proclaimed no 1 reformer is the man holding hands with Maina Njenga. Both
are playing the forces behind Mkenya solidarity movement sponsored candidate,
John Githaiga.
This, many,
including me, see as the PM’s biggest mistake in Central Kenya where he is in dire need of self
assurance. His involvement with the former terror group leader, who still has
criminal cases to answer in court, is bent to cost him dearly.
It’s most
ironic that as a “reformer” who advocates for the continuation of the cases of
the four Kenyan suspects including Mr Kenyatta, the DPM, at the ICC, Raila has
gone into a coalition with Maina Njenga. A man who brought immeasurable misery
to the people of Central Kenya and Kangema itself. A man who’s “former” terror group Mungiki is prominently
mentioned in the same said cases at the Hague
Maina
Njenga on his side is boastfully dreaming of embarrassing Mr Kenyatta and
forcing his authority in Central and Mt Kenya region but his fate is at the
debe. Kangema will do, Central and then Kenya
Njoro.
