Eng. Wainaina’s stern message to Chebukati, Maraga and NASA.
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| Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina receiving some donation from Thika KNUT Branch Chairman John Kuria in aid of St. Matia Mulumba Catholic Church choir, Makongeni on Sunday. |
Thika Town MP Eng. Patrick Wainaina Wa Jungle has called on all those
heading public institutions not to drag themselves into the current political intrigues
in the country but instead be in the forefront to ensure that the will of the
people to reign supreme.
While speaking at St. Matia Mulumba Catholic Church Makongeni, the
legislator expressed his disappointment with the IEBC chair Wafula Chebukati
for the way he was handling the crisis in his commission. Wainaina described
the chairman’s memo to his CEO Ezra Chiloba as an instrument of politics pointing
out that Chebukati was simply playing to the whims of NASA by subjecting a
section of his juniors to the court of public opinion.
“Instead of offering leadership, Chebukati is creating anxiety through
the memo which in fact was not meant for Chiloba but to help NASA in their
quest to show that the August 8 elections were bungled,” said Eng. Wainaina.
He reminded the commissioners that the destiny of the more than 45
million Kenyans was in their hands and the people would not expect nothing
short of a free and fair elections from his team.
“All eyes are on you Chebukati and your team and we expect nothing but
a free and fair election on the 17th (of October). Go put your house
in order and execute your mandate as dictated by the Constitution of Kenya,” he
added.
The engineer also took a swipe on the decision of the Supreme Court
which he described as insincere considering the fact that it did not reflect
the will of the people of Kenya. He reckoned that justice was best served when guided
by the common sense of the people and not special interests that made the
noisiest commotion as sovereignty lied only with the people.
“It is the people, not politicians, who should decide the country’s
destiny. The people’s power should never be ceded to those we elect or
institutions ran through taxpayers’ money. Democracy breaks down when the voice of the people doesn’t matter and
their sovereignty is rigged in favour of some narrow interest,” said the Thika
MP.
He wondered what
logic Justice David Kenani Maraga and his team of judges used when nullifying
the presidential results on the account of a few clerical and technical errors.
He argued that Justice Maraga should have instead verified the votes by
ordering a recount.
Wainaina wondered
how the judiciary could be allowed to subvert the will of the people of Kenya
by deciding their leaders for them.
“This country does
not belong to the judiciary. Six people cannot sit down and reverse the will of
15 million people. Democracy is about numbers and this numbers don’t count then
there is a big problem with our courts.”
Wainaina dismissed as empty
threats, warnings by NASA legislators that they would boycott Parliament when
President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses a joint sitting of the bicameral House on
Tuesday, terming the threats are misguided because there is no vacuum in the
office of the President.
He boasted that Jubilee Party and
its affiliates had the numbers in both houses and that nothing would stop them
from kick-starting the 12th House business.
“NASA knows that Raila (Odinga)
cannot win the presidential election and they are using all sorts of mischief
to bring him to power through the backdoor. Threatening to skip Parliament or saying
that they will not go to the elections on the 17th (of October) if
certain demands are not met is defeatist and a ploy to force a ‘Nusu Mkate’ government which this time
round will not work,” he said.
He reminded them that Uhuru
Kenyatta was still the president of Kenya as the Constitution allowed him to
perform his duties until the next president is sworn in.
“If they fail to participate in the
elections, we shall swear in the president (Uhuru) on the 18th of
next month as there is no provision in our constitution which says that there cannot
be an election in Kenya if Raila’s name is not in the ballot,” he warned.
He however urged all Kenyans to
rally behind the president and get out and vote for him on the 17th so that
this matter could be settled once and for all. He urged everyone to look for
those people who failed to vote in August and convince them to, this time round,
get out and vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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