Why I sympathize with Kidero

News & Politics
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I have watched with some amusement, and some disdain, the recent repeated harassment of former Nairobi governor Evans Kidero by the DCI and anti-corruption dudes. I would like to submit that the DCI might have found a vulnerable target that they can repeatedly harass, with the aim of duping Kenyans that they are fighting corruption.

There are two possible scenarios in regard to Kidero:

  1. Kidero might actually be genuinely wealthy. I understand the man does not do beer, liqour or snort pharmaceuticals. That he has led a pretty sober and fiscally disciplined life. That Kidero is a hard nosed hustler who was making serious cash as far back as 1984. Makongeni legend has it that while in primo, Evans sold candy at school and hawked soda from house to house in the evening. At Mangu High, Kidesh ran a rudimentary loan sharking business whose clientele was literally half of the student population. At Uni, Kidero had thriving side hustles selling mitumba, and also ran an off license beer joint in Mako. By the time he was hired by Smithkline in 84, Kidesh already had four prots near Kasarani, a chemist store in Nairobi and acres of prime real estate at Riat Hills in Kisumu. The man is just about as hard nosed in business deals and money making as Mwangi of Equity Bank. Lets give him that.

  2. The other side of the coin is that he might have made some cash through corruption. Should this be the case, I would only support his being charged in court if Kenya was genuinely serious about fighting the vice. As it is, I think Kidero is being singled out and victimized because he is regarded as vulnerable because has fallen out of political favor. Meanwhile, Nairobi has a jail escapee for Mayor and Homabay has a governor accused of murder. Worse still, Waititu is committing, millions in sending the Kiambu Army to South Sudan for "peace keeping", while in Rift Valley, kshs 21 billion has disappeared in towels-for-dams and liquor-for-turbines" . We cannot fight corruption by being selective. We either go the whole hog and make everyone accountable, or we quit pretending to fight the vice.

-I wish Kidero well in his fight against selective prosecution. But I hope he will be awarded a fair trial if he is prosecuted (and found guilty of corruption) in a system that genuinely and fairly wants to fight the vice

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Kidero is a thief hiding behind Tom Mboyas companies and property. His militia killed over 1000 kikuyu hawkers in Nairobi. Kidero used to steal over 40 million per day, and shared the loot with both Jubilee and Baba, lakini Baba sa ii hataki handouts za governors, anakula direct kutoka treasury. Uhuru does not care for anything. Thats why they are not helping their brother. Kidero should be hanged in public, together with Mike Sonkos cousin Kiamba, who is rumoured to be a son to Grace Kaindi.

(masaibu ya kidero ni eti io mali hataki kukula na watu, akishakubali kugawa case itaisha)

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The fact of the matter is whether you like it or not, the fight against corruption will always be muddied by politics. And this politics will always make the fight to be selectively applied. If all corrupt leaders were to be hunted down, then kenya will remain a country without leaders cause all our politicians would have to go home.

You cant explain our politicians lavish lifestyles unless you factor in corruption. And as I have said here before, even 3000 years from now our descendant’s politicians will be promissing to “rid kenya of corruption in 20yrs”.

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Your conclusion mentions ‘selective prosecution’, which suggests that the DCI must wait and catch ALL corrupt people from ALL sides and prosecute them on the same day for fairness. That is how corruption in Kenya survives so easily.

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we ni meffi tu!

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Ati Odhiambo the father of the unsung millionaire Mr Ronald kidero is innocent because he used to earn a decent income back when we had no color TVs well let me remind you that MaRoan is the son of our first president and the favorite son of one of the richest Woman in Africa, but bado anaiba kuiba

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akuna mtu mwenye ako na akili timamu anaweza omba mama yake pesa anunue suitcase inne ya cocaine na tickets za kuenda kuona grand prix.

lazima uibe kuiba