Imagine the president of the US attending the funeral of the New York head of the Mafia.
Or the UK Queen attending the burial of a failed City of London banker who pilfered depositers’ funds.
Impossible, right?
But Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta, the Head of State of the Republic of Kenya, sees absolutely no harm in using state resources to fly hundreds of kilometres to attend the funeral of a suspected thief, Bruce Odhiambo.
True, Bruce made some considerable contributions to Kenyan music in his private capacity. True, Bruce and Uhuru went to the same high school and were long-term buddies.
But a president of a country that is buffeted from all sides by the storms of corruption must, MUST, be careful what message he’s sending to the nation when he personally drops all matters of state to attend the burial of a thief already in court for looting public funds. And not just any funds. Money meant to help thousands of young Kenyans from poor backgrounds set up businesses and become financially empowered.
Bruce Odhiambo, you may recall, together with his then CEO Catherine Namuye, also now dead, transferred at least Sh400 million to private accounts and proceeded to dish it between themselves and their friends. Their criminal case is still pending in the High Court. This as millions of youth went hungry due to unemployment.
I, on a personal level, bitterly regret waking up early to drive up to Kijabe to vote for this clown. TWICE. Afadhali ningelala tu.
I apologise to my children and all other Kenyan children who look up to me and other adults for letting them down. Hopefully, before I die I will make up for that stupid error.
As for Uhuru, I know he doesn’t need my vote again and he can call me a ‘mshenzi’. But he and his cronies should be wary of the ‘prayerful’ anger of 45 million Kenyans. Karma is a bitch, na hatuwezi kuweka all our hope in you na mambo iwe ni kutuita ‘washenzi’.