The Most Selfish group of MPs in Kenya’s history.
The current crop of Parliamentarians have taken selfishness
to unprecedented levels. Parliament is now chock full of individuals with
little or no concern for their constituents. All they do is look for ways to
line their already bloated bank accounts while doing precious little for the
people they are supposed to represent. And this applies to both the ruling
party and the opposition.
Kenyans have watched helplessly as they continue to award
themslves hefty pay raises while the pay of most civil servants have stagnated.
Then came the proposition to increase the number of constituencies by 90 in
order to increase their chances of being re-elected. Add to this the fact that
most ministries now have two ministers and four assiastant ministers and one is
left wondering if these MPs are capable of feeling shame. They have also gone
directly against the will of most Kenyans by demanding t postpone the elections
by a year. Now they are considering another increase in salary and benefits.
That the MPS would even consider another pay raise when they are already making
obscene amounts is mind boggling.
Kenyans would be much better off If these MPs spent as much
energy tackling more pressing issues. As I write this I am struggling to come
up with any legislation that has been passed in Parliament of late for the
benfit of Kenyans. Why is it that these MPS will not even raise a whisper to
support a pay raise for teachers or nurses ? By the way any MP who can read
this passage should thank a teacher.
One only has to live abroad to see how badly this kind of
leadership reflects on Africans as a whole. Most Westerners think that Africans
are incapable of governing themselves and would be better off being
re-colonized. I have heard Radio hosts even make statements like "70% of
Africans are retarded by Western standards". As a student I have heard
several University lecturers make derogatory statements about how even giving
Aid to African countries is a waste of time and money.
Initially I tried to counter such arguments by explaining
that Africans are really forward thinking people but we are badly let down by
our leadership. But I have now finally given up.
History however will take note. Fifty years from now, Kenyan
history books will contain narratives about how our leaders committed an
economic holacaust against the very people they should have been helping. MPs
should sit back and consider what kind of legacy they want to leave.
Rachel Kabata
Memphis, Tennesee