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| Businessman Kithinji Kiragu (Left) with Embu governor, Martin Wambora |
You are about to know the reason why some politicians will
never win…
Long long before the so-called civilization – when people
would comfortably use leaves picked from path-side shrubs to wipe off mucus
their noses and dispose them, as opposed to today when we use handkerchiefs
and put the waste back into our pockets – children were so obedient to their
parents and so disciplined as far as adhering by the societal norms was
concerned.
Instead of Law Courts and the Penal Code, rules would be passed
along from generation to generation through a network of myths, folk tales and
taboos propagated by their elders.
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| Traditional African elders; propagators of the taboo system |
In spite of modern education, westernization and all
brainwashing that has evolved over the years, the African traditional belief
system still holds strong. When a father instructs his son on what to do and
what not to before the former passes away, the latter will follow the
instructions to the letter, lest calamity befall him. For instance, we have had cases of some
men who have sold ancestral land against their late fathers’ instructions, and ended up becoming desperately poor. But before I go on and on with
examples, allow me to relate all this to politics today, specifically politics of Embu
County (Siasa za Embu)
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| gubernatorial aspirant Leonard Muriuki |
According to reliable sources, one of the five gubernatorial
aspirants in ‘the land of opportunity’ (Embu), may well be a victim of this
traditional belief system. The five are businessman Kithinji Kiragu (KK),
former P.S Cyrus Njiru, entrepreneur Leonard Muriuki, lands magnate Lenny
Kivuti (LK) and the incumbent governor, Martin Wambora.
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| Former P.S Cyrus Njiru |
Those who are in the
know inform us that the businessman in the list had been sternly warned by his
late father, not to engage in politics. He had been advised to do business only
and avoid politics by all means; that if he would involve himself in politics,
something will always happen to make him unsuccessful.
As it appears, the man seems to have been haunted by his
late father’s directive, judging by the many years he has sought an elective
position and failed miserably every time. Well, his businesses do quite well,
but politics is evidently not for him.
