Why this is not our war but its us who will suffer its consequences and its them the Al shaabab and the donor community that will benefit from it. Somebody convince me how this is a Kenya war aiming at protecting our pride and territorial integrity when our officers in the army have been accused of recruiting and training the Al shaabab in various army camps in the country.
Convince me if its about territorial integrity why we are not fighting with Uganda and Ethiopia where our hardworking brothers and sisters are being harassed daily by Ugandan authorities and only when the media exposes such does the government pretend to act. 40 Kenyans on single night 2 or 3 months ago were brutally murdered and many more maimed and injured by an Ethiopian militia. Pleasantries were exchanged by the two government's few days later, guess what the militia is back and still hurting our fellow Kenyans. But there no beaches in turkana, there are no investors in Turkana so why bother throw resources to a region that has no value to the economic.
The over dependence on AID by most African countries makes them address issues to do with foreigners as opposed to acting on issues to do with Kenyans,there lacks enough income from tax to sustain the bloated government and ballooning salaries of Kenyan MPs. That's why every year the minister of finance reads a budget that is imbalanced with more weight on recurrent budget as opposed to development budget. To enable the goverment to cater for the above said ills the govt seeks 'help' from development partners through grants and loans to fill the deficit( and think i the former they are not supposed to pay back). Now i hope you know why the Kenyan who is in Turkana doesn't count to the authorities soo much, the protection of the international is the priority of the Kenyan govt and may be a distant 100 there comes Todonyang when the outcry from Kenyans is deafening or and most likely they want to play politics.
Otherwise how do you explain the govt lack of resources to feed Kenyans just a few months ago and now it has tonnes of money to go to war we don't know when it will end. The govt has resources to go to war as its citizenry succumb to various cancer ailments due to lack of care and quality treatment in the country. The youths are unemployed because the government has not taken them seriously on issues of job creation and support of innovation through research and business enterprise ventures. The government have unpaid teachers and seriously demotivated civil servants who knock on their door year in year out with minimal success. But when foreigners are abducted note not dead the government is up in arm to defend border sanctity.The border has been constantly been mutilated by the immigration and provicial administration through receiving bribes to allow people who dont qualify to be refugees in the country unvetted. This what you should be fixed not going to war.
Kenyans lets be vigilant lets hold our govt accountable, alot things are going at the moment and this could be another theatrical exercise to divert the attention of Kenyans from what really matters the implementation of the constitution.
They may amend the constitution, they may pass faulty bill that dilute what we voted for overwhelmingly. They may trivialise the irregularities of purchasing 40% of De la rue as they trivialised the sale of Grand regency.
Open your eyes because when they finish eating what is ours they will come for what is yours. And they have already started through passing all the effects of inflation to the consumer and through this they reward the goose that lays the golden eggs.
Am so smelling something. Lets be vigilant
Wandai
A Thinking Kenyan
