I recently met an old man from Mombasa who proudly kept on reminding me that he was from the Mijikenda community, the guys who never take things lying down. On discovering that I was doing some research on what kind of impact the issue of Tom Mboya's assassination would have on the electorate on the ground this December, he started telling me a very fascinating stuf.
He started by declaring that corruption WILL NEVER end in Kenya.
Why, I asked?
"Do you know a man called Murungaru?"
"The former Minister, now banned from enetering the UK?"
"Yes, that is the one. You know as late as 2002, I used to see the man frequently in Mombasa around the Pembe ya Ndovu (that is the important landmark of Elephant tasks along Moi Avenue in Mombasa) area. You know what he was doing? Hawking medicine to pharmacists. He was always sweating and wiping the sweat under his spectavles. Where is that man today? Is he still hawking dawa?"
"No," I replied totally fascinated and engrossed. "He is a very rich man."
"Since independence the government has gotten rid of anybody who has dared stand in the way of the corrupt ways of powerful individuals within those governments. The man you are talking about, was one of the first victims."
"Tom Mboya," I asked not quite understanding what he meant.
"Yes, Tom Mboya. The truth is that there was no good piece of land that Jomo Kenyatta saw that he did not grab for himself. I've heard some people say that he owns land the size of one province. That is a big lie. It has to be a minimum of 2 provinces at the very least. While the mzee grabbed the land, the other ministers also grabbed the left over land and whatever else they could get their hands on.
"The kitchen cabinet noticed that Tom Mboya was not grabbing anything, he remained clean. That was a big threat because they were only safe when all of them were in it together grabbing and stealing public property.
"Now you tell me. No matter how stupid you are, could you feel comfortable with such a person around?"
What the old man was saying was that as long as there are governments in Kenya, corruption will never end because government and top kitchen cabinet characters are the main source of mega-corruption.
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I have thought long and hard about the words of that old semi-illiterate Miji Kenda man since we had that discussion some time back. I then asked myself the following questions.
Why did JM Kariuki die?
Answer: He said he did not want to see a Kenya with 10 millionaires and 10 million beggars. The 10 he meant were the kitchen cabinet and those close to the Kenyatta government. That was why he had to die.
Why did Robert Ouko die?
Answer: He was working on a dossier that detailed corruption in high places, precisely the same kitchen cabinet around the president, who at this time was Moi. Just like in Mboya's case, he made the other cabinet ministers nervous because he was clean. Tom Mboya and JM Kariuki were political heavyweights, Ouko was a political nobody in life but he still made the powers that be nervous because he did not touch corruption. So he had to die.
Why did John Githongo fear for his life and flee?
Answer: Because he refused to live a lie and when he discovered Anglo Leasing (carried out by the very same kitchen cabinet surrounding the president) and tried to expose it, he was a marked man and it was only a matter of time. He got away in the nick of time.
Conclusion: You cannot de-link political assassinations in Kenya from corruption. Look how rich those who got rid of Mboya are today. Even those who have died have left great fortunes behind for their families, enough to ensure that the next 10 generations of their families will never need to work again.
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