NARC KENYA WON’T GIVE KIBAKI VICTORY

Political parties are ideological institutions whose intentions of pursuing power are based on delivering election pledges in line with the party ideology. That’s why I believe coalitions which are the most popular political arrangements in Kenya today amount to abuse of democracy. Coalitions especially the post elections ones limit the electorate to elect groups of parties and individuals who do not necessarily uphold any common political principles. In most cases going by what happened in the 2002 elections Kenyans were limited to chose between only two serious contenders, kibaki and uhuru because most of other potential contenders had stepped down for president Kibaki to form a grand coalition,NARC.The wrangles that later bedeviled NARC were as a result of this, Leaders of different political ideologies. As far as a stable government with internal order unquestionable loyalty to the president is concerned, trade minister Dr.Mukhisa Kituyi is right to insist that NARC/Kenya will go it alone in the forth coming election. That is the most ideal situation. However, the practical political situation in Kenya is far from Hon.Kituyis imagination. It’s unfortunate but also true that most of the political parties in Kenya have been ethnicised. Such kind of scenario has made most Kenyans to believe that for anyone to ascend to power her/him needs to form alliances with other parties that hold greater popularity where his/her party cannot. Narc Kenya itself which initially had intentions of becoming a party with a national outlook failed the test because of such circumstances. It is a party to pride in for members from central province, while it’s so difficult to display NARC Kenya membership card in any other part of this country that does not have a large kikuyu population. The only sure way of winning presidency if that is the priority of NARC Kenya, is to unite with other parties with the same priorities. Instead of spending time insisting that they go it alone, they should unite with other parties that are already arranging formation of a coalition. Otherwise arguing that NARC Kenya can go it alone and win presidential elections is day dreaming. FWAMBA NC FWAMBA BOX 41046,NAIROBI +254721779445