JUST IMAGINE 2008-2012:BY GEOFFREY MAKEKE

If the worst is to happen, or the best if that`s what it is to some people, and Kibaki is re-elected in 2008. Then what do you members of this group think will happen under his final years in power? Do I smell an odour of shameless greed, excited plans for monetary aggrandizement by a tired gang of hasty movers ? What if the 2007 elections are captured yet again by the same pack that is today riding the tired backs of wanjiku and atieno? If the slightest provocation to a sinking ship is the crew`s bulging pockets and excess baggage, will Kibakis presidency witness a rush for final loot? Will they all begin tossing their loot aboard in order to salvage the ship or will they choose to sink with the ship, their pockets and bellies full of course? Even more pressing, will he concede defeat like Uhuru did if he by legal means told to do so by the Kenyans? Don`t I smell a whiff of intolerance, which would with abandon grow into a more resolute tight fist of despondency? Is the gentle man in Kibaki silently aggressing, his wrath being with consistent flare rekindled? To what extreams can he fight back, or rephrased, how desperate is he for the presidency? How will the Michukis and Karumes brag, and what will be their role in Kibakis final term? Will they become statesmen, seeing beyond their narrow ethnic and capitalistic demands? How will they steer and advise the president? Will they soften their hearts to the opposition then and recognize the fundamentals of democracy in any society? Will the state machinery exist for the welfare of all, or will they be converted into arsenals of protecting the ruling elite from the paranoia of their own shadows? How will times improve for the wananchi, if he is to be given another term?What hopes of promulgating a new constitution under his tenure? Even more important, will we ever carry out real national reconciliation under Kibaki? Will real truth justice and reconciliation be attained in Kenya under his presidency? What historical role will Kibakis 'development' concious government play in the 2008-2012 period? What of the monster of negative ethnicity and tribalism? Will the Dorobo, Ogiek, Luo, Luhya, feel equally Kenyan as the Gikuyu, Aembu, Ameru etc etc. This are just a number of questions that need to be considered by all the youth and kenyans at large even as we plunge ourselves into the partying mood of christmass. THANKS and keep the discussion flowing, Im still yours, the only one Makeke, the person whose love for thinking resonates with his love for Kenya. Geoffrey O.Makeke,