Insecurity causing cracks in Jubilee Government.

Insecurity causing cracks in the Digital Team (Jubilee Government.)

As political players within the Jubilee coalition begin taking sides and holding their cards close to their chests, the sceptical public and party members are left to watch supremacy battles take charge of what might just be but a well-organised game between the two coalition partners; TNA and URP.

The coalition that rode to power on a platform of fighting corrupt cartels and insecurity among other promises is currently having sleepless night as the country is slowly degenerating into a gangster’s den. Funnily enough, since the coalition assumed office, street families have returned to the city and the lighting program has also been neglected.

The several cases of pick-pocketing, daylight shootouts and frequent muggings at the city centre have left Kenyans wondering what’s next. The terror alert issued two days ago coupled with increase in theft cases as well as grenade planting in most areas and towns including the capital city, is just but a show that the Government had relented on the war against terror and are just waking up from slumber to a surprise that the vice has been on the rise.

The current escalating insecurity that has engulfed the state and that has threatened the activities of the Government and Businesses is a force to reckon with. But even as thugs, assailants, terrorists and other outlaws wreck havoc in the country in recent weeks, the Jubilee Government has been fast to speak and maintain that it’s up to task to maintain security and ensure safety of its citizens.

As the Government gets its tools ready for the war against the assailants and Alshabab militia, there has been a notion that the country’s insecurity is just but a war between the two faiths; Christianity and Islam.

Leaders from the two faiths have recently held joint meetings and have come up to rubbish these claims, maintaining that the insecurity in the country is a vice that has to be fought at all costs by the Government instead of taking chances at the expense of the citizens lives.

However seemingly, the insecurity problem is digging deep into the ruling coalition and causing divisions among its leaders. Recently, Muslim leaders led by the Majority Leader Aden Duale threatened to quit the coalition if the Government continues with its activities of discriminating against the Muslims and Somalis. The Coalition leaders from the Islam faith have maintained that they are targeted and have shown dismay and are thinking of re-assessing their support for the Jubilee Government.

The Garissa Township Member of Parliament has also stated that while they support the Governments efforts towards fighting terrorism, they are totally against situations in which their members (Somalis and Muslims) are arrested indiscriminately.

Consequently, 7 members of North Eastern Parliamentary Group including Senator Billow Kerrow have promised to down their tools and resign from the coalition. Speaking in Eastleigh, Senator Billow stated that Somalis are not terrorists and that Eastleigh residents are likewise not supporters and sympathisers of terrorism.