PNU on Fire!

From the look of things, life is getting back to normal throughout the country after the power-sharing agreement between ODM and PNU.

While ODM supporters are getting back to work, unrest and uncertainty has crept into the PNU camp.

Things are not very rosy for the PNU side. Just today, the BBC released a report quoting Mungiki and unidentified police sources indicating that the Kibaki government held a meeting at State House with Mungiki leaders. It looks like the Mungiki revenge attacks in Nakuru and Naivasha was coordinated and sponsored by the government which was supposed to guarantee security to all Kenyans.

No wonder the police could only stand by or shoot rubber bullets in the air as Mungiki progressed with their orgy of decapitating their victims. This is sharp contrast to what was seen in Kibera, Rift Valley and Kisumu where the police were given direct shoot to kill orders.

And as if this is not enough, the loose coalition in the name of PNU is falling apart. Many PNU hardliners feel that Kibaki has betrayed them by agreeing to a power-sharing agreement with Raila. This mood is better captured by what Martha Karua, the minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, told the press. She said that she still cannot understand why Kibaki would agree to sign that agreement despite the international pressure.

In addition, the 50-50 power sharing agreement will mean that PNU will have fewer carrots to dangle to their supporters. No wonder several pressure groups including ODM-K, Safina, Narc-K and PNU proper are trying to reposition themselves so as to enhance their bargaining power. However, the numbers of slots available are very few and going by what Kenyans want, the number of ministries needs to be reduced to cut down on government expenditure and increase efficiency.

The other victim is the vice president - Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka who rushed into a coalition agreement with PNU. Many of his supporters see him as a traitor who sold his party in order to get a vice presidency slot. However, the power sharing agreement does not recognize ODM-K and there are already calls that Kalonzo resigns/dropped from government and take his rightful place as the leader of opposition in parliament.

All eyes are now on Kibaki to see whether he is going to bend and listen to the hardliners in his camp who would like to through every obstacle you can imagine of to derail the new government or is he going to put the interests of Kenyans into consideration.

What the country seriously needs now is reconstruction, clamping down on insecurity, death to tribalism and corruption, reconciliation and constitutional reforms.

Kenyans are enlightened and value their freedom and democracy and will never allow anyone to take them back to oppression.

Long live Kenya!