The post-election violence that rocked Kenya was a spontaneous reaction to the blatant-rigging and irregularities in the vote-tallying process and not incitement as some PNU members would like people to believe.
In fact, PNU and the government spokesman Dr. Alfred Mutua have not helped the situation at all. Mutua’s appearance on international media has served more to embarrass the nation than help Kibaki’s futile attempt to shove himself down our throats. His arrogant statements in attempting to cover-up the tragedy of the situation on the ground come off as a sad horror comedy.Sadly though, Mutua is only doing his job, the way he knows it.
Judging from the results in many constituencies where Mwai Kibaki trailed Raila Odinga badly, or where Cabinet Ministers were felled including those like VP Moody Awori who lost to political neophytes or the well-documented real-time constant media updates on the results from the constituencies, and the weird way the ECK mainly composed of Kibaki plants handled the process, makes his election one of the worst stinkers in memory.
Kibaki is now president because he managed a successful ECK and High Court-facilitated coup, which denied Kenyans their true presidential choice - Raila Odinga.
Many crimes were committed here. Yet those who committed these crimes are now asking that Raila and the ODM follow the law. How ironic.
The rush to swear-in Kibaki also showed a well-orchestrated plan to rig the election, throwing the country into a constitutional limbo which effort most unfortunately included among its co-conspirators the nation’s top law men, Attorney General Amos Wako and Chief Justice Evan Gicheru. These two presided over the highly suspect ceremony just an hour after disgraced ECK chairman Samuel Kivuitu announced the flawed results.
The solution to the current situation is not a government of national unity. We have been there, we've done that, and it clearly did not work. The solution cannot lie in giving Raila the vice-presidency or a premiership. That is an insult to the man Kenyans roundly elected. It is also a solution would also reward naughty Kibaki by putting him in charge of people who have through their votes declared that they do not want him, in other words it is a recipe for more chaos in the country.
The solution that would bring back integrity to the whole process in another presidential election conducted as soon as possible. The MPs should be sworn in and a transitional government run by both Kibaki and Raila should be formed to manage the affairs of the country for three months, within which an independent body acceptable to all participants should be named to conduct the polls. The number of votes should be announced at the polling stations in the full glare of the press, observers and public and then everything should be transferred to electoral body headquarters where the final tallying will be done in public with all parties represented.
To the winner the spoils and then Kenya can move on with a legitimately elected president.
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