Focus lacking in Kenyan Politics

Kenyans will have to put up with quite some bit of politicking for the next few weeks. Opposition politicians have been shouting themselves hoarse as they call for the government's resignation. What started in 2002 continues unabated. We are seeing a new crop of leaders who speak nothing but politics. Where were these leaders when the ill-fated building at Nyamakima collapsed just days ago? Have they spoken out on the need to have a well trained rescue force? Sadly, no is the answer. They haven't at all. All they talk of and call for are resignations, sackings and who should take over the reins of power in the country.

Kenyan politicians have never really been committed to the fight against corruption. They have failed to point out acts of wanton corruption in the past and are only doing so now because it will help their political cause if they vilify the current government. It is not my intention to support or condone any form of corruption. Those who have engaged in corruption in the current regime must go. They should be charged in a court of law. But so should those who engaged in corruption in the past regime, many of whom are now prentending to be clean citizens battling the vice. What we are seeing is a generation of politicians who have acquired wealth through some shadowy process and who are using the same wealth to discredit the sitting government.

My concern is that there is just too much politics in the air right now. It is time to move on and the politicians should urgently address more pressing development matters.