USING LAND AS A POLITICAL TOOL WILL LIGHT FIRE: By KIPKOECH TANUI; (Please Share this story if you agree with him like I do) So Jubilee in its wisdom decided that the best way to deal with the issue was to throw it at Cord, the very opponent Mr Kenyatta had earlier said was responsible for the killings in Lamu. In response, Orengo said he was a target of retaliatory attacks by Jubilee, especially the Deputy President who has had not more than a few issues to do with land in court. And predictably, Mr Orengo released his own list, and added that the Kenyatta family too has vast lands in Coast. In other words, he seems to imply that the President, a privileged son of the family, was living in a glass house and still had the temerity to throw stones. Mrs Ngilu came out hawkish in obedience and declared she would cancel all ‘fraudulent’ titles dating back to 1963. Ngilu did not say how she would achieve this. The issue of titles is sacred and once politics is sucked into it, then you know the meaning of the phrase playing with fire. Another Jubilee member who speaks faster than the tailoring machines you saw outside shops in the village centres, has come out and announced that Cord leaders will be probed for land fraud. The CID, at the behest of Jubilee, are investigating the land issue. The National Land Commission, whose chairman is at war with Mrs Ngilu because it seems it only exists in the Constitution, but not in the Jubilee-led governance machinery, has also declared it will investigate alleged land fraud starting from 1963. In the end, we are seeing several reports of land theft in the country taking shape, and all fuelled by politics. From where I stand, I see a big problem ahead........... First is whether Mr Kenyatta, Mr Ruto, Mrs Ngilu and Mr Duale really believe they can be trusted by majority of Kenyans to deal with the land question for which the dispassionate and non-aligned National Land Commission was formed. Secondly, do they expect that their proposition will be accepted when it is already tainted by politics? Thirdly, what formula would be used to identify the “land thieves” without discrimination and what the ‘post-mortem’ operations will do to the country’s sense of unity and stability? As for Cord, even though it claims to be a victim, how do they propose that the issue will be dealt with outside the Commission without setting the country on fire? That is why I said one side, which claims innocence, has poured paraffin on the bales, and the other side is holding the matchsticks ready to light the fire. If that happens ladies and gentlemen, be prepared to be scalded, smouldered or even incinerated by the Jubilee-Cord fireball.
Posted on: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:51:14 +0000
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