Friday, February 13, 2004 Our country is full of nonsense Going by recent events, I find Kenyans full of nonsense.
President Kibaki has failed to provide leadership. He is ridiculed left and right, yet people say it is democracy at work. This is nonsense. His kind of leadership style is a recipe for civil war.
How can the constitution review be left to the likes of Orie Rogo-Manduli, Martin Shikuku and Otieno Kajwang' since they are the ones who seem to be calling the shots?
This is dangerous nonsense, yet people don't see the gravity of the matter - turning an elected President into a ceremonial Head of State and an appointed Prime Minister as the chief executive.
Why would an MP earn over Sh500,000 for talking three days a week while those in the civil service who produce and protect wealth don't earn such amounts in a year? This is nonsense.
Why on earth does a time keeper (Speaker) earn Sh1.2 million every month? What contribution does he make? We wouldn't mind if it was Kenya Airways, KRA, or KPA boss earning such amounts, but not a Speaker or an MP for that matter.
Take another nonsense of the Kaca boss earning Sh2.5 million per month. Why on earth should he earn such colossal sums? Is Kenya going to witness high levels of corruption perennially to warrant such an establishment? The police force should take care of that because they are trained to fight any crime, corruption being one of them. After all the Ethics Bill should curb or reduce the level of corruption.
Another nonsense is from our so called leaders. They are supposed to serve us, not to be our bosses. But once we elect them, they award themselves big packages and get duty-free vehicles. One wonders why they shouldn't pay tax yet they earn such hefty sums. But nobody says a thing because Kenya is full of nonsense.
Kenya lacks an identity. We teach our children English, yet we the parents like conversing in our mother tongue. During his visit, German Chancellor G. Schroeder addressed us in his native tongue and took a lot of pride in it. We should learn from the Far East Asian countries, who have always resisted Western influence but this has not stopped them becoming industrialised.
When I listen to FM radio stations, I feel sick. The advice they give on issues of love is pathetic. Some are young and unmarried, yet they will feed you with their nonsensical "expertise."
After 40 years of independence, Harambee Stars is yet to come up with National uniform because our country is full of nonsense.
PETER KAMAU, Mombasa.
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