Migingo yawa!

"the island is in Kenya, but the waters are in uganda"



I do not think it is wise to continue with the sentence up to the slur on the lakeside Kenyan Luo, for i feel it is too demeaning...or really it may have been the political statement that hon museveni was making? fishy business!



Consider that 160million shillings, half of which was contributed by you, the Kenyan tax payer, is being used for the survey. And now there is a presidential joke about it.



Consider that museveni and kibaki have twice met over the island, and each time, there has been political ill will from uganda.



then ask the questions

1. whose ploy was it that the migingo island became a political issue?


2. what interest does uganda have on the island?


3. if museveni knew that the island was in Kenya, why did he order a flag to fly on the island? he readily could have had a buoy anchored nearby and floating on the waters flying a ugandan flag!


4. what political mileage kibaki got/didn't get from the migingo saga?


5. what political mileage raila got/didn't get from it?

in museveni's latest utterance, apart from the ethnic slur, or because of it, we are made aware that all this bickering has been a side issue, a side kick from the more pressing matters of the day. so what happened when we were talking of migingo?

1. the ugandan flag was flying in a part of kenyan territory (migingo!)
2. the democratic space was constricted by the state. there have been several cases of people and groups denied - on grounds of security - the space to hold public meetings


3. discussions on extra judicial killings have gone to the back burner


4. the Kenyan parliament has gained ground on all other arms of government and has rode rough shod on the electorate and we, indeed, face a likelihood of parliamentary dictatorship


5. the economic crunch hit Kenya, and we are still reeling in confusion


6. mungiki reared its ugly head and many Kenyans now lie dead in shallow graves


7. kilanguni happened, and we missed the point when we concentrated on raila and kibaki and forgot about ourselves -the tax payers


8. the attendance to and presentation at the akiwumi commission has gone on a low key...and there is the possibility of maintaining status quo at the least or mps salaries being increased


9. kibaki appointed judges alone, sending karua into a paroxysm and sending signals of his unrelenting belief in the all powerful presidency


10. maize maize maize stolen stolen stolen and contaminated consignment released to public


11. the constitutional debate died, with committee of experts grounded and a non-reformer appointed to the ministry


12. the treasury thieves outsmarted parliament on about 15 billion irregularity
13. etc

today, 80 million poorer, Kenya -the people of- are abused by a despotic leader of a neighbouring nation and the said Kenyan leaders see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil

migingo yawa!