Uhuru and Ruto should not vie for presidency not because of integrity
of lack of but simply because they have a case in the Hague.
Why are we so afraid of facing the reality that we have to
circumvent to some vague aphorisms like integrity to see the obvious. One Jesus
was full of integrity but he had a case that saw him get nailed, if he was
standing for president I would clear him for elections but then again he ends
up dead and we have to do another election.
Let us be honest with ourselves we are not Sudan where
one man counts the shots and can refuse
to go to the Hague just because he is president. This is Kenya with a new
constitution a powerful legislature a reformed judiciary and indeed an educated
masses. If either of the Hague suspects becomes president and have to face
charges well probably impeach them and have another elections after this one not
to forget the probable runoff. Man no wonder we are said to be fond of
politicking.
It’s a reformist idea to put an integrity bar on leadership
but it is also a deluded idealism to imagine that any politician can pass the
acid test.
Leadership as is and has always been is borne of mans
inferiority to authority a sotto desire to obey superiority or a higher
morality. It is pegged in qualities of a person the larger majority endears to
but are insufficient off.
It is either in a brutal sense euphoria towards an
individual with wealth, demagogue, from a dynasty (hereditary principality) or
simply a hope giver who promises to better the lives of the masses as he has
proverbially seen the promised land.
And however concealed in the beautiful drapes of democracy,
in the vicious reality of autocracy or in the deserverdness of
aristocracy/subtleness of oligarchy leadership is only for those whom we see
things lacking in us and believe through setting them on the pedestal their
benevolence will drip down.
We can get skeletons out of everybody’s closet anyway, Obama
smoked bhang! We all did things that we will live to regret quoth Freidrich
Nietzsche the consequences of our actions
will come to haunt us without knowing that in the meantime we had ‘reformed’
So integrity should not bar candidates from vying per se but
the consequences of their injurious actions. If some candidate did a crime what
are the implications? If he stands to be convicted then why let them vie but if
a private citizen state or international power have not instituted events that
might lead to incarceration and thus necessities another unwarranted elections
then why stop the candidates.
If we are to move on let us leave our emotions at the door
and be rational, even this once
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