HON.KALONZO MUSYOKA: STOP WAGGING AND WAXING LYRICAL OVER PERILOUS ETHNIC ALLIANCES.

Dear Sir/Madam, The vice president, Honorable Kalonzo Musyoka aka; the miracle worker, is never short of them. I mean dreams. He is over-stocked with dreams about presidency. Unfortunately, his dreams are tethered on the vice of negative ethnicity and they may never see the light of the day. A couple of years ago, he had none of the vile and vitriol characteristic of today`s howling pack. However, they say that a day in politics is too long. And true to this dictum, he has changed pretty fast. He is a stark difference of what he was yesterday. In fact, I am still struggling very hard to convince myself that he is still the staunch Christian faithful he was yesterday. Today, the VP is nothing but a nattering nabob and a purveyor of negative ethnic sentiments. He has lately made a spectacle of himself when every time he appears on TV he is either waxing lyrical about the 2007 sour grapes or he is brazenly wagging hopeful about his new found faith in ethnic alliances to help him ascend to the coveted presidency come 2012. His mathematical, nay, ethnic based calculations are almost driving him to a perilous political cliff. So depressing and disgusting it is to see Kalonzo desperately try to project a picture of himself as a nationalist when his vile rhetoric increasingly portrays him as a man so utterly bereft of any iota of morality and integrity. Were he to stretch his memory to the aftermath of the botched up 2007 presidential elections then perhaps he would see the consequences of simmering overtones of negative ethnicity in our country. But unfortunately he has deliberately and conveniently chosen to forget. Like the mythical witchdoctor and the King`s magical dress, Kalonzo`s ardent political supporters have been haunted into silence. They fear telling him that he is politically naked. But like the innocent child, somebody needs to tell him that he is not only naked but that he has also become the country`s wiseacre. It is time for all Kenyans of goodwill irrespective of their political persuasion, to take a stand, to say that we can do better than this. We must denounce negative ethnicity for the sake of the unity of this nation. And more so because we have witnessed so many times what can happen when this garbage gets out of control. This country has unbelievably sunk to low levels as a democracy courtesy of political leaders like him who have incessantly reduced issues of national importance to macho sparring. He has shown a shocking lack of judgment as his decisions are quite often made through the prism of ethnicity. He has totally failed to appreciate the fact that this nation can prosper faster through genuine and deliberate effort on the part of the political elites like himself resisting the temptation of seeking to lead on the platform of negative ethnicity. It is abundantly clear that should leaders refuse to learn from the past and ignore lessons from the country`s mistakes then they shall simply be leading this country in to a more tumultuous future covered with the deceptive warmth of their ignorance. Kenyans are dog -tired of this brand of leadership. My unsolicited advice to the VP is that much as many people may like his face, if he doesn`t proceed in a manner consistent with the spirit of National healing and Reconciliation then he risks being seen as a purveyor of negative ethnicity consequently his reputation will be severely dented. Perhaps, a journey through the 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and Joost Elffers might prove helpful to the VP. The fifth law states that “Reputation is the cornerstone of power. Through reputation alone you can intimidate and win; once you slip, however, you are vulnerable, and will be attacked on all sides. Make your reputation unassailable. Always be alert to potential attacks and thwart them before they happen. Meanwhile, learn to destroy your enemies by opening holes in their own reputations. Then stand aside and let public opinion hang them”. Honorable Kalonzo, it is time for you to change tact before you quickly become mince meat for the hawk-eyed political pundits. TOME FRANCIS, BUMULA CONSTITUENCY.