Gachagua’s statement over Kalonzo anger Ukambani leaders

Riggy G Stokes Anger in Ukambani!

How can he tell them to abandon their beloved son, Kalonzo Musyoka, like a casual cough? They will abandon him for who, especially when he assured them he’d chase Zakayo to Sugoi village by 2027? People are playing around.

I wonder: Doesn’t Riggy G know that this community has been seething with anger ever since Baba Jimmy left them at the crossroads after retiring, leaving Kalonzo and the Kambas in the dark?

Doesn’t the Deputy President, fondly known as “Mkweli” in Mount Kenya, hear the tales of how their in-laws from way back would send bees to deal with those not in their favor?

Read also:Gachagua Hints at Odinga’s Alleged Handshake Plans

Riggy G’s only luck is that these days, the residents of the eastern region don’t use bees to confront their enemies; they’ve made some progress. I say “some progress” because I’m not sure whether their steps are forward or backward.

Between bees and stones, which signifies development? Personally, I find stones tiring. Perhaps I don’t know. I’m told that in this age of technology, they have abandoned their old “technology” of using bees and resort to demonstrations, rioting in the streets, and they even know how to hurl stones.

Ironically, they’ve closely aligned themselves with their political allies, learned how activities are carried out in the Opposition, and now they’re organizing protests even in Kitui! Yet they haven’t figured out how to uproot a railway, and I hope they never do because the reasonably paced one called SGR passes through their areas, and if they do so, we won’t reach Mombasa.

We’ll miss out on salty water just for fun, the traders will face major losses, and the economy will deteriorate. Zakayo’s anger will raise the temperature to the point of boiling the ugali water!

Riggy G will start crying, claiming that traders in the highlands conducting their business between Mombasa, Nairobi, Naivasha, and Nakuru aren’t getting any business. That’s the beauty of our country, meaning we depend on each other for everything. No one or region can isolate itself and fulfill all its needs, so we need to take care of each other.

We can use our tribal diversity to our advantage, not for manipulation, i.e., we should rely on building each other up, not tearing each other down. Interdependence was witnessed firsthand in the Mathare slums of Nairobi during the 2007/2008 riots.

Two rival groups – protesters and shopkeepers – operated on a schedule. Shop owners were given a few hours to open their businesses, and those causing trouble would buy food and drinks, then the riots would begin.

Each one was expected to follow this schedule, or else they’d be identified without being told “we don’t know you!” and shown the way out.

Riggy G should understand that the Kamba community, like a pregnant woman, has simmering anger close at hand, and they don’t take jokes lightly, such as the suggestion to abandon Kalonzo.