President Uhuru Kenyatta and Nasa flag bearer Raila Odinga in a past event. Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has warned that the projected heated electoral contest between the two may see Kenya slide into anarchy similar to 2007. [Photo: kenyatoday.co.ke]
Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has released a worrying political hypothesis where he predicts that August 8 General election may be a replay of the disputed 2007 election.
The election violence that followed left over 1,400 people dead and thousands internally displaced.
Ngunyi, in his weekly hypothesis available on his YouTube channel, christened The Fifth Estate, argues that the country is in a chronic denial and does not want to admit that the forthcoming election will be a disaster.
"In 2007 we saw the violence coming and instead of doing something, we buried our heads in self-denial. Countrymen, we are taking this election lightly. Like in 2007, we are in a state of national blindness as the incompetent fight the reckless," says Mutahi.
He adds: In 2007 we knew that something was wrong but we could not exactly tell what it was. The country was uneasy but we did not know why. And like today, we decided to sweep the nagging feeling under the carpet. The country was in a state of war. Today the drums of war are being beaten."
Ngunyi goes on to argue that Raila's so-called parallel tallying centre is a disaster in waiting and one of the factors that will see the country slide into anarchy. He notes that the tallying centre will declare Raila the winner with little regard to IEBC's own tally.
He, therefore, concludes: "As we get into campaign mode today, we must remember that the country is not in a good place. We do not know where we are going, but we are going there very fast.