Effective leadership, the only way

Institutions can't guarantee us development in Kenya neither in Africa till we find the resolve to acquire a good leadership. Indeed, personalities in  the past regimes  set up institutions for their own gain and as every regime takes over the office, the previous institutions are taken down and new ones developed. It's thus necessary to develop a long lasting foundation that serves all and not personal issues.

I get a look at the current Kenya and Government and the call to censor a motion concerning Non-Governmental Organizations in the parliament are a honest move. Nevertheless, the feeling behind it makes it miserable. Censoring a motion in  parliamentary procedure to enforce development and accountability is a movement that is welcomed by all Kenyans despite the political association. Nevertheless, the Uhuru Governments’s move to sensor the motion so as to win protection from the ongoing ICC cases is merely merely a display of poor leadership and bad, corrupt administration.

Similarly, the political affiliation in Kenya that came as a consequence of the repealing of Section 2A, was a welcome move by all in the exercise of sound administration and democracy. Yet, to date, the political affiliations have been a cause of mayhem in the nation and have blocked the state from achieving discrete development. The in-fight by the UDF, ODM, THAN and WIPER  parties is indeed a deterrent to the growth of the country. A great deal of the legislator time is utilized in solving petty issues within the party and coalitions. Indeed, there is a demand for sobriety and diligence in dealing with disputes that originate inside the parties.

CJ’s House Wars

The president of the Judiciary, Willy Mutunga, got himself into a twitter war over his official residence issue. The warfare between the Judicature President and former Judicature Chief registrar, Gladys Boss Shollei, came out after the CJ had tweeted to his follows a tweet that in part read, “I hold no official residence. Since my appointment I live in a rented apartment. My house allowance is 100k and is taxed.”  In reply, Hon Gladys said, “Let’s not be fooled. Judiciary purchased a house and the JSC approved it”

The tweet that got the CJ into war, with his former Chief registrar, got the attention of other politicians, including Former Presidential Candidate and Minister, Martha Karua who intercepted and said, “what about the house in Runda we are told the judiciary purchased as official residence for CJ?”.

The twitter war over the media got complicated when Shollei even gave an attachment of signed documents that indicate that the Judiciary arm of the Government acquired a house worth 100million that was to be a residential place for the Country’s Chief Justices’. The home that was purchased from an influential politician and current Machakos Senator, Hon Johnston Muthama, however, still remains vacant after about two years after its purchase. It however remains ironical that the CJ has a housing allowance of 100,000 every month and still resides in an apartment, whereas he has a mansion bought by the Government as his official residence that lies vacant to date.

The twitter war on the CJ’s house continues with Justice Gladys Boss shollei stating that she was extremely shocked by the tweet. Her statement read, “I am extremely shocked at how a respectable mmber and President of an Arm of Governmnet would openly lie.”

UNITY ABOVE ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT

“In politics, there are no permanent enemies.” The say goes so. Truthful it is and indeed a reflection of what politics is. As a matter of fact, the political; differences are simply due to the difference in opinions. Attesting to this true fact is the relationship that subsists between the Kenyan politicians; among them Former Premier, Hon Raila Odinga, President Uhuru, Former DPM Musalia Mudavadi and Former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. 

Indeed History is the best teacher and without it, we cannot advance.  The date 25^th October still remains on the history books as the date the founding father, Jomo Kenyatta was attacked while in Kisumu to commission the opening of Russia hospital. At this fourth dimension, he was in the company of the then Vice President Hon Oginga Odinga. 

It is indeed shameful that to date, the nation leaders are divided and some don’t see eye to eye. It’s indeed time for the Kenyan leaders make a resolve and work together to develop and advance the nation. The rural area has indeed undergone several problems as a termination of the variances among the leaders with the best example being the 2007/2008 Post Election Skirmishes that claimed several lives. The need for a resolve to work together among the leaders is beyond no doubt,  the necessity for the state as a whole to aid and advance its dream of travelling beyond the todays’ development impasse.

Presently, the nation has parties and associations formed along tribal and ethnic lines. The translation and radicalization of the politics of development in the nation is by not chance a great impediment to the increase and progress of the state. In resolving to achieve the Vision 2030, the nation leaders and decision makers have to make this resolve to exercise in concert to promote integrity, sincerity, independence, democracy and participatory development.

Unity is indeed an essential for Development. In order to earn the international recognition, to earn respect globally, the nation leaders have to come up together, take disciplinary actions and look to it that they act together towards the growth of the country. The country needs to move out of the political mood that adjure it throughout the five years and work towards developing itself. Nevertheless, the Citizens and decision makers, need to acknowledge the fact that the time for politics is long gone. As a consequence, at that place is the demand to live with the opinion that it is time for the execution of the goals, objectives and blueprints that the nation has ahead of it to ensure the achievement of development plans.