By George Morara
Apparently Mandela made it clear he doesn’t want Kenyan
“illegitimate” president attending his funeral, thanks to his wife Graca
sharing!
Details are scanty as to what informed the African Icon’s decision
but too obvious that even a foolish madman can easily tell that the god
of freedom could not stand an ICC indictee to grace his final journey.
The slow analysts are attributing Mandela’s wish not have Uhuru at
his funeral to actions of senior Kenyatta’s land grabbing and
disenfranchising of the Mau Mau freedom fighters after independence…..
so many theories to keep kenyans talking as they hustle to survive in
the collapsed Kenyan economy, fighting jiggers, drinking cheap liquor
while waiting for retrenchment by the Uhuru regime.
And with a stroke, President Zuma and the funeral committee have
invited Former Prime Minister and the People’s President Raila Amolo
Odinga to represent the great people of the republic of Kenya at the
funeral!
Diplomatically speaking, Uhuru will find no place to hide his face! I
don’t want to dwell on the subject but bearing in mind when Mandela
came to Kenya, his priority was to find out how our freedom fighters
were being treated! Moi was deeply embarrassed not caring to know where
those who fought for our freedom were buried!
After Moi display of ignorance and his regime’s treatment of
surviving mau mau heroes icon Mandela cut links with Moi, in two
subsequent events while on transit Mandela refused to step Kenyan soil
instead chosing to relax in his presidential jet at JKIA – never to see
Moi again!
On the other hand Rt Hon Raila Amolo Odinga received his invitation
from South African President and Mandela’s Funeral Committee to attend
as dignitary in the celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life in
Johannesburg, South Africa.
The letter glorifies similarities of Raila’s sacrifices for
democracy, justice, human rights, change, unity and nationhood; and
their mirror image of Madiba’s. All Kenyans are proud of this honor from
South Africa and family of Eminent African Leaders!
Meanwhile the Kenyan media has edited the part in history where
Kenyatta refused to grant ANC operational base Kenya because the “West”
had tagged the organization a “communist” outfit.
Tom Mboya was so blinded by the west that when approached,he and Murumbi (then vp) just refused to help out!
In the end, Mandela only got Jaramogi Oginga Odinga on his side. But
the old grandfather had been tagged a communist and thus had very little
power in the larger scheme of things.
God bless Kenya!
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