Angry with me for quarreling with Raila Odinga? You are wrong. Am his best student and supporter. 1. There are many reasons why I have never been elected to any office. Top among them is consistently supporting Raila against the likes of Wamalwa Kijana/Weta/kombo etc. 2. B4 the Thika Wamalwa/Raila contest over Ford Kenya leadership, Raila gave me his father’s Peugeot 505 KYY 999 to mobilize delegates for the Thika elections. Armed with Ksh 16k, I did my best and just survived lynching by FK men in Bukusu land. 3. After my brief marriage ceremony to Wamalwa Kijana’s first born, Wamalwa asked me to cross over to Ford Kenya saying “I will make you MP for Sirisia” I refused to do so siding with progressive forces. Raila respects me as his tough boy. 4. My conviction has enabled me to ignore electoral waves in my backyard coz I have known that to achieve a national goal, careers of some must be sacrificed. That is what I have done for comrade Raila. 5. Raila understands principled politics. In 1997, Maina Kiai requested me to plead with Raila to spare Prof Anyang Nyong’o in the Nyanza NDP wave. Nyong’o was vying on the SDP ticket. “You’re asking me to sacrifice an institution to protect individual interests. Not acceptable” Similarly, he knows I am defending a cause and threatening friendship by opposing his move. Am sure he’s ok with that.
6. Our relationship is not founded on food and material gains. The national Orange Vs Banana referendum was led by Rao. I led the campaign in Bungoma. He never at anytime give me a coin for this despite consistent conversations. I never requested either. 7. When he became Prime Minister. He asked me to give him my CV for a job in his office. I declined saying I did not want to be given a job that will humiliate me since I had no qualifications. “This is not Moi’s era. Am in charge and I know what you are capable of.” I still declined the offer. With hindsight, I regret my stubbornness. 8. Raila Odinga as PM kept giving me 100k per year for my son’s first term University fees except ones when Karoli Omondi was given the cash to give me. “How much did you want?” I had no answer. He extracted 25k from the bundle of 100k and gave me, kept the 75k and disappeared. Never forgiven him. 9. Director at ODM hqs. I was employed to rescue the secretariat from moles not for income purposes. Eliud Owalo proposed my name, Nyong’o seconded, Baba approved. We kicked out Magerer as ED. When my team Lee Makwiny , rosemary Kariuki, Norman Magaya among others called the media to announce my take over as ED, Nyong’o, my boss, called I refused to pick him call. Then Baba called twice, the team advised me to talk to him. I requested him to listen to me as a comrade not as an employee. After giving a list of wrongs that he had made I told him that: “on this matter sir, am not going to listen to you” “But don’t address the media. Is that clear?” I kept quiet. “Don’t do it. Ok?” He ordered me. “I have heard you views sir” and proceeded to announce myself as the ED. I knew I was gone. I told the only Director who was supporting the coup, Rosemary Machua. “Don’t worry comrade, I will sell my land and give you some money you do some business” THE POINT! Raila and I have a honourable relationship. Later he sacks me but I don’t quit his party. Angry friends! You are wrong. 5. Am not a dishonest parasite. Recently, my uncle Moses Nandalwe Moses Wanjala called me and handed the phone to Baba. They were in Malindi. “Am told you are doing very well. You have a chain of hotels” Baba spoke. “No sir, these are just kiosks” I replied. “I hear they are a chain like Hilton” he said. “Oh no. Anyway, you gave me a job and a salary that I didn’t qualify for. With my first pay I decided I had to invest so that when you sack me as happens in politics, I will be secure” Baba was happy.
“In fact if you have a Harambee now I can contribute 20k to 30k” I spoke. “Am so proud of you. Well done”. He concluded. If I was greedy I would still have acted poor to continue getting handouts. BABA IS BACK! WELCOME HOME! SOCIAL MEDIA MASS ACTION WORKED.
