The O-six, or is it the O-fourtysomething?

I have tried, without success, to ignore the Hague/Ocampo six or whatever you choose to call them, and the brouhaha that is the grotesque debauchery on our silver screens and newspapers, by the six and their loyal supporters. In a bid to ignore the saga, I have even taken to learning Luo, beautiful language by all means, ero kamano, but this ‘pregnant’ feeling just will not go away. So I have decided to do what I usually do when something is bugging the bejesus out of me, WRITE! Writing, to me, is a sense of relief – I express myself better through writing (some people choose to differ, accusing me of being the worst writer in history, others accuse me of talking more than I write but, I digress). Before putting something down into words, I always have a pregnant feeling, like I need to push and push, and the minute I write it down, the relief, to say the least, is out of this world, so bear with me as I push!
So yeah, the Ocampo six. Hard to ignore, seeing as, the same media I work for is pretty much obsessed, and one would think there is nothing else going on in Kenya, or the world for that matter. The starving Kenyans have been put in ‘pending tray’, so have the IDPs, so has the inflation which has been predicted to hit 15% in December – meaning, it is bad enough that bread, which cost Ksh30 only three months ago, now costs fourtysomething bob, depending on where you do your shopping. Imagine how much it is going to cost in December. Kenol/Kobil might be doing their bit in reducing their fuel prices, but even they will not help us much in December!
My final need to ‘push’, so to speak, was triggered by reading that my MP Peter Mwathi (Limuru), who is clearly the resident big mouth –is in part of the group that has travelled to Hague to give moral support to the O-six. No kidding! He actually thinks he was being funny when he said that he would have walked to the Hague were it not for the water expanse that separates Africa and Europe. Sir, are you high on something? I remember reading somewhere that, each person travelling to the Hague will use no less than Ksh500,000 to stay there, that is, if they do budge travel, and I highly doubt any of them will agree to such kind of travel. Now, I do not know how much money the IDPs need to be resettled, but if you multiply 500,000 x 40 (at least), you get 20,000,000, that’s a whooping 20 million shillings, on the lower side. Already, it is being whispered that one of the O-six used Ksh5million…okay, this math is giving me a headache, let us stick to Ksh20million. How much, dare I ask, would be done for the IDPs using this kind of money? Clearly, something happens to our MPs heads when they get to parliament – for starters, priorities are turned upside down, their common sense tumbles like a house of cards, not to mention, the humane side of their brains gets terribly distorted. Perhaps, we should not blame them; it must be the air in parliament! How else do you explain their behavior?
The Ksh20million (at least) is not all. Plans are in high gear to organize a homecoming party for the O-six! No prizes for guesses on how much is going down at this ‘bash’. What irks me more here is, one of my best friend’s father is actually in this committee – sir, if you read this, shame on you! The respect I had for you is quickly being corroded by your luck of sensitivity to those who lost their lives during the post election violence, their relatives, those who are still languishing in camps in Kenya and Uganda, those who lost their livelihoods, children who still have not gone back to school and just for effect, the Mau Narok! I will never look at you the same way again because, clearly, you have lost the plot big time. If there was a disease called ‘decadence’, you would be suffering from it big time!
True, the six are innocent until proven guilty, but does that mean we should ignore that they might actually be guilty of what they are being accused of? Why should six people, six rich boys I might add, hold the country at ransom? Guilty or not, this is a matter that does not call for any sort of celebration or public display. If you are innocent, shut up and let the evidence (or thereof lack of) speak for you. If you are guilty, praying and exchanging words will not make you innocent – it just makes us rather suspicious of your intentions. Next time you hold prayers, pray for the IDPs, they need the prayers more than you do, believe you me. Next time you hold a public rally, do not play the victim, surprise us and talk about the CDF projects – you are all so predictable I could make your speeches word for word without looking at the teleprompter (do you use those?)
The media circus that is the Hague is embarrassing to sane Kenyans. For lack of family friendly word, you look like idiots, wearing those flag dresses and including a Masai or two for (bad) effects. You are not doing tourism any favors by your displays and if I were the minister of tourism, I would be loudly protesting – oh, wait, it might actually do some ‘good’ for the tourism sector – how about a package that reads something like ‘have you ever wondered what a country led by morons looks like?....’
And while we are at it, somebody put a duct tape on one Esther Murugi – woman, you are embarrassing!
Note: I feel less pregnant, but I sort of feel that I was pregnant with twins, and there is one more on the way……PUUUUUSH!