President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto. [Photo/The Star]
The country is now under two months to the August 8, polls and according to a regular political pundit the Jubilee Party led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto is operating in a panic mode due to the massive 'political blunders' they commit everyday.
The political analyst Mr Daudi Mwenda hypothises that two events that took place last week are a clear indicator that UhuruRuto is operating in panic mode, the pundit picked the standard guage railway launch and the 54th Madaraka Day celebrations in Nyeri to support his opinion that the two leaders are falling into NASA's trap.
Mwenda first claims that orders from high authority to bar Mombasa county Governor Hassan Joho to attend the launch of the SGR was a big blunder by the Jubilee administration especially being that this is the second time this happens months after the Mtongwe Ferry launch fiasco.
"If these actions are designed to demean or embarrass Joho or diminish his political worth in Mombasa, then nothing can be further from the truth. His national political value is rising by leaps and bounds, all thanks to the Jubilee government," said Mwenda.
"He has now become a valuable asset to NASA and is one of its most sought-after political stars," he added.
Secondly, Mwenda sees the panic in Uhuru and Ruto during the Madaraka Day celebrations in Nyeri where the social media community and political pundits went berserk on claims that the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga despite being on the dignitaries list was supposedly snubbed by the Head of State.
"The Jubilee leaders chose to use a national holiday as a campaign platform instead of honoring and feting our Independence heroes. The presence of the opposition leader, in a complete breach of etiquette and protocol, was not acknowledged," said Mwenda.
"Indeed there appeared to be a deliberate conspiracy to ignore and confine him to an obscure corner. It remains unclear as to what this crude action was intended to achieve, why is Jubilee granting their arch-opponent extra political mileage," he asked.
"Kenya is now officially in campaign mode and the ruling party is surprisingly making a lot of basic mistakes. One cannot help forming the feeling that Jubilee is operating on panic mode," he added.
Finally Mwenda, lectured President Uhuru Kenyatta on his declaration during the SGR launch where he(Uhuru) said railway vandals will be sentenced to death, a declaration that the analyst feels was spoken out of panic because Kenyan law does not prescribe death penalty to vandalism.
" One wonders whether he seeks legal advice and, if so, who are his legal advisers? said Mwenda.
"Inasmuch as law-abiding citizens do not condone or abet railway vandalism or any other form of criminal activity, vandalism is currently not a capital offence," he added.
"Under the Kenyan Penal Code five offences carry a mandatory death sentence. These are murder, treason, violent robbery, attempted robbery and administering an oath to commit a capital offence. Parliament would have to pass a new law to create a sixth offence," said Mwenda.
Mwenda also intimated that the push by Jubilee to hang mere vandals and still failing to deal with major corrupt officials in their administration is another clear face of panic.
"Many Kenyans cannot help but wonder why our leaders are hell–bent on hanging petty vandals when the real economic saboteurs involved in mega corruption are walking free," said Mwenda.