Leonard Njoroge Says: KSB, for the last five years you have being complaining about rigid election. Kibaki ruled and Kenyan moved on. This time after your candidate was rejected by over 2.8 million voters you still crying the same song rigging… for another ten year you will continue to cry as president elect Uhuru , continue to rule our great nation Kenya. Those calling for revolution remember we saved u from Ida amin, when he wanted you guys, what a great mistake kenyatta did.
KSB: You seem not to understand what tallying means. You also have a simplistic view of revolution because you tend to think that it is about taking up arms. Revolution actually starts in the mind and taking up arms is just a tactic if the democratic process (elections blah blah) fails. There is no reason for opting for armed struggle if peaceful mass action can work. This is also another tactic of revolution. It was recently used in Egypt while in Syria, armed struggle is at work. I hope you and your ilk learn something there.
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Ksb, Did you watch Raila speech Yesterday he read a statement which I doubt if he had checked prior to reading. How else do you explain his allegation that the votes for Laikipia North were tallied/counted twice when indeed he won the constituency when the figures were announced? He made all sorts allegation that the failure of BVR (if it ever did) or the voter result transmission failure as part of an elaborate plan to rig the election. keep on educating us about revolution
KSB: Njoroge, Raila did mention the Laikipia vote but his point was not that he lost. He was demonstrating that if two different figures existed for one constituency which was announced, it means that the results were being doctored. The importance of his court case is that the action is provided for in the New Constitution and so as an aggrieved party, he has a right to use it regardless of whether or not it will be dismissed. If he is denied this opportunity, it will confirm the Socialist perception that the Constitution is just a piece of paper. Secondly, allowing him to take the matter to court stops him from calling for mass action as an option of protest. If the law cannot be followed today, it will not be trusted tomorrow. Re-tallying does not take one year. It could take three days. The law allows for three weeks for his thing to be sorted. What is so difficult?
On further education about revolution, I can say that in Kenya, there is a lot of misunderstanding about the subject. Millions of Kenyans are not even aware that on the political scene, Kenya has undergone at least four key revolutions. Revolution is said to have occured if a drastic change happens. The Mau Mau war was a revolution to overthrow British colonialist and was called the “Colonial revolution” after which we had the revolution which reverted Kenya to a multi-Party state (the Saba Saba revolution). We then had the revolution which removed Moi from power after 24 years of tyranny (the Rainbow revolution) after which we had the revolution which changed the Constitution. These were revolutions which all opened the democratic space which we enjoy today. The colonial revolution was waged through “armed struggle”, the Saba Saba revolution through “mass action”, the Rainbow revolution through “the ballot” and the “Change the Constitution” revolution through “consensus” at Bomas.
Despite the success of these revolutions, Kenyans cannot still put food on the table, afford health care, education for their kids, have a roof above their heads among other human deprivations. The view of KRA is that Kenyans are suffering because of capitalism, a profit system designed to benefit the rich. KRA’s position is that to correct the problem, the country needs another revolution to change the system from capitalism to Socialism. This revolution is called the “Socialist revolution” and it can happen “through the ballot” (like the Rainbow revolution) as long as Kenyans have decided. If we have a working IEBC, the task of KRA will be to sell socialist ideas to Kenyans at the Party level, convince Wananchi so that they can vote for KRA and once the Party seizes power, we change the system from Capitalism to Socialism. Let me know if you have any questions on this installment. I will leave it there for now.