When the gavament shut-down three main TV stations, almost the entire country breathed a sigh of relief. We were all tired of the biased, prejudiced talking heads - who rotated from station to station - spewing ethnic hatred and propaganda couched as informed analyses.
We were tired of the spin in news that made our beautiful country sound like Syria or Libya - a doomed enterprise.
Which is why a majority of us - sane, right-thinking Kenyans whether in Nasa or Jubilee - welcome the current crackdown on fake news, indiscipline, tribal and ethnic war-mongering, etc etc etc.
The TV stations must stay shut. And Kenyans are so OK with it you won’t hear complains!
The fact is media freedom must come with media responsibility. All rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including the rights of the media, must be exercised in a way that they do not impinge on the rights of others or endanger the survival of the nation.
The Kenyan media has in particular failed to observe this basic tenet. It has given platform to the likes of Miguna, for instance, to call for the rape of Nairobi Women representative, and Babu Owino to call the president the son of a dog. Where in the world does a responsible media allow that to happen? If CNN and BBC are our standards, are these kind of things allowed there?
Citing its freedom to broadcast, the Kenyan media has in addition failed to observe even the basic rules and regulations it has set ITSELF. These include a few seconds, say 30, delay of live transmissions to enable editing out of unsuitable material. So today you have all manner of idiots saying all manner of trash on live TV. Where does that happen?
The gavament must move with similar determination as it did with the media to bring discipline and order in other sectors.
The evil society for one must be tamed, and individuals who think they are a law unto themselves must be cut down to size.
It is instructive, for instance that in most of the West, which prides itself as the beacon of democracy, that NGOs that are funded by foreign donors have to register as ‘foreign agents’. Australia just passed a law on this.
Only in ‘weak’ countries like Kenya are we expected to put up with all manner of shit dished by the likes of Wainaina, Kegoro, Kiai, etc etc who are funded by foreign entities. It is as if we Africans should forever accept to be the chattel of their foreign masters. First it was slavery, then colonialism and now neo-colonialism using NGOs.
This must end, one way or the other.
Finally, let me end with Raila Amolo Odinga, being an example of how the gavament should deal with recalcitrant individuals.
To cure this country once and for all of its stupidity, Raila must be arrested, prosecuted and jailed for committing high treason. Nobody should be above the law. What will happen, you ask.
Take a map of Kenya.
Nothing will happen in Central or Eastern province. Nothing will happen in North Eastern province. Nothing much will happen in the Rift Valley. That’s about 70% of Kenya.
Shit will hit the fan in Nyanza and parts of Western, Nairobi and Coast provinces. Hundreds will be shot. Then after two weeks, everybody will be tired of dying and go back to their lives.
Raila embodies all that is wrong with Kenya. An egocentric megalomaniac with a die-hard tribal following he is Bokassa, Idi Amin and Machar all rolled into one. To cure the country of his ilk, he must be cut down to size - when you get rid of the alpha baboon or hyena, the rest scatter.
One final word.
A gavament MUST NEVER BE AFRAID TO KILL - ALL GAVAMENTS DO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. Bush killed 5,000 American kids for Saddam’s oil, for instance. The Gavament of Kenya must realise that governance and leadership is not a beauty pageant - it is a serious business where all organs of state must pursue only one agenda - the preservation and promotion of the nation-state.
All those that threaten this - media, politicians, individuals, whatever, - must be crushed like rats and be disposed off on the rubbish heap of history.
Kenya is greater than any individual - Raila, Uhuru, Ruto, You or Me. Whoever threatens the survival of the majority must be dealt with with extreme prejudice.
