Throughout his presidency, Muigai has pulled this stunt of behaving like an ordinary mwananchi when in reality, he's president. He's Kenya's gaslighter no. 1.
BBI is just the latest of such incidents where he uses the presidency to pretend he's not president.
BBI is just the latest of such incidents where he uses the presidency to pretend he's not president.
https://twitter.com/citizentvkenya/status/1410509486826078212
The most famous of times was when he asked the nation what he should do about corruption, claiming that the constitution had neutered him and so he had no power to hold anyone accountable.
Two years earlier, he held the public responsible for sexual assault, showed no sympathy for victims, and behaved like he was an ordinary observer, not the president.
In 2017, he reacted to the Maraga judgement in a public rant that was embarassing. Later, in his campaigns for the second vote, he gave a poor excuse of an apology by pleading that he was only human. capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/09/i…
The problem with all these pleas of helplessness and ability to act as a private citizen is that it suggests that Kenya is his private property. Because if he can act in Kenya's name but as a private citizen, what else can it mean other than that Kenya is his private property?
The second problem is this: You are in charge of the army. You have state security. The world recognizes you as that. No other Kenya has claim to a similar post.
If you can claim to be powerless, what are the rest of us 52.kindu million Kenyans supposed to say?
If you can claim to be powerless, what are the rest of us 52.kindu million Kenyans supposed to say?
The third problem is this: once you have power, you necessarily lose moral standing. You can't plead to be helpless, and or to be acting individually. The more you have, the more you have to give. It's a basic philosophical principle that applies in most cultures and religions.
From the African oral literature, to Greek tragedy to the crucifixion, the principle is that "we kill the king because he matters enough." It's just the way the world works. To those whom much is given, much is expected.
If Mr Muigai doesn't want the responsibility that comes with the post that HE campaigned for, which he paid Cambridge Analytica 600m to campaign; if he wants to behave as a private citizen, then Muigai should give up his post.
As they say, if you can't stand the heat....
As they say, if you can't stand the heat....
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