Embakasi East MP Babu Owino fights Starehe Counterpart Charles Njagua [Photo/nairobinews.nation.co.ke]
Defining a Kenyan politician is not easy. It is only in Kenyan where a politician can do anything he wants and people queue for hours to re-elect him or her when the electioneering period comes. I'm tempted to question the sanity of some Kenyan voters. Why elect someone who is accused of stealing millions? Here are habits five habits Kenyan politicians must stop.
1. Using the dead for political mileage Let the dead rest in peace. Kenyan politicians are boring citizens of this nation by using funerals to seek support. Some of these leaders do not care about the family of the deceased. They tend to think that money is everything. Do they know how it feels to lose a loved one? Time has come for politicians not to speak in funerals.
2. Fighting in public A few weeks MCAs from Murang’a County exchanged blows before the public. If leaders are fighting what will prisoner do? Leaders need to know that they are role models for our children.
3. Abusing each other Abusive language has become part and parcel of the political arena. Kenyans leaders think that being abusive makes you great. A true serves the people and does not fight the government.
4. Asking for pay rise Over years we have been hearing politicians want pay rise. Why reward yourself for killing the economy of this nation. Kenyans want leaders who care about them and not themselves.
5. Doublespeak We have heard politicians from both political divides defending one of their own even before investigations are conducted. A Kenyan leader will say one statement somewhere and deny the same in another meeting. They only fight to tell Kenyans what they want to hear and not the truth.