Why Ukambani will pull the greatest surprise Monday

Ukambani the clarion call is that hapa Chini Patia wiper kule Juu tumpatie Muthoniwa!

I was having this phone conversation with an aspiring candidate in Ukambani. I was just calling him to hear how he is fairing on and why he was not present in the recent Kangundo rally where the PM and the VP were Present. After a hearty laughter he asked me “did you see other Ukambani leaders other than the usual faces?” As I was struggling to get the clip online and watch it again he continued … “you see Ukambani is going to pull the biggest surprise in this election. We are not making any noise about it but watch this space my friend! In all honesty do you expect somebody like Mutua to go round campaigning for Raila?…. That’s stretching a joke too far. “I assumed he was referring to the former Government spokesman. I thought about it and the dots started connecting.

Then I remembered something I had seen online and asked… “There is this rumor online that your boss has sent some Lawyers to cut a deal with Jubilee having realized that the ground is hostile to cord how true is it?”His reply was candid and detailed…. “ In ukambani we have 22 constituencies and in majority of those apart from Kitui county with five constituencies and Narc’s candidates all wiper candidates have no opposition. In essence what I’m telling you is that the moment we were nominated we were as good as elected. So we can just sit pretty and wait for the confirmation next Monday because we don’t have any opposition. So ask yourself why is it that all these other candidates are not accompanying Raila in the National campaign? We made up our minds long time, that after we secure our seats, we shall let the electorate decide on the Presidency lakini hatutaki kupoteza pesa na ndoa ya kulazimishwa.”

I Laughed and then asked “Ndoa ya Kulazimishwa?” “eeeh” he replied “hii ni ile wanaita ndoa ya machozi bwana, you see the Problem with our partners is that they feel they own the Coalition , to them Kalonzo is just a flower gal to ensure he creates this façade of ethnic and regional balance. These partners are blind politically, they don’t know where they are heading and everything starts and ends with raila Odinga. If you look at even small things like the Cord adverts on TV they don’t mention a cord government but a Raila Odinga government. Kalolnzo does not feature anywhere. This is a one man affair. Contrast that with Jubilee where even Balala features in it. I tell you sisi tumechoka!, na tunangoja 5th tuingie kwa post election agreement na Jubilee. Sisi tutafanya Kazi na serikali ya Uhuru. You see we could have done earlier but wiper was too slow. There was a time just after Uhuru Park Humiliation 15 of us had threatened to walk out, I don’t know whether you had of that City hotel meeting that resolved that issue but we were really fed up. But to tell you the truth even Raila himself knows Ukambani he will get very little votes. Majority of us have never contributed to the National cord campaign kitty. We are not even going to contribute a cent! Kwa nini upoteze pesa? Hiyo ni kazi ya Muthama, Mutula na Tip tip. Sisi hatuna hiyo pesa ya Kumwaga!”

“So its true what I hear that in Ukambani the clarion call is that hapa Chini Patia wiper kule Juu tumpatie Muthoniwa?” -meaning Inlaws I asked. “If Raila Odinga gets more than 40% of Ukambani atakuwa amejaribu sana- take it from me!” he replied as a matter of fact! I looked for political clips online for both Uhuru and Raila In Eastern. I was shocked Uhuru gets more crowds in ukambani than Raila. Now the dots have connected!

After that eye opening Conversation I felt pity to one Man Raila Odinga. Here was a man who was so desperate to be President to the extent that he chose a VP who could not even deliver his own backyard. A VP whom he did not have even the faintest political chemistry. Here was a man who out of desperation chose the same man he has been having protocol wars with for the last five years. Here was a man who out of desperation would want the Vp foot soldier’s to campaign for him but had soiled the relationships while in government. Here was a man whose fate was sealed that he will never be Kenyan President! Facts sometimes are stubborn and crude but they are just that –FACTS!