The widespread celebration of lawyer Fred Ngatia because of his superb performance at JSC interviews was astounding.

Fellow Kenyans, we are so gullible; we don’t know how to connect events in TIME AND SPACE

No wonder we are so easy to oppress and exploit
We cannot see the connection between the near-collapse of the Kenyan nation TODAY with the IEBC election debacle in 2017.
We cannot relate the mega corruptions, ballooning debt, and widespread despondence, and mass suffering to the election rigging.
Sawa tu
Election rigging has THREE main effects.
First, the President knows he is unpopular and not liked by the people. YOU CAN CHEAT PEOPLE BUT YOU CANNOT CHEAT YOURSELF.

A president in power through rigging knows it even if he successfully defends himself in court
Hence, he lacks any obligation to the people whom he knows do not like him.
Secondly, the feeling of guilt and illegitimacy haunts him and his government.

The indirect consequence of this is to be insensitive to popular opinion at best and being outright anti-people at worst
It is notable that the worst scandals of Moi’s government were recorded after the rigging of1992 elections.
The Goldenberg scandal- from which the country has never recovered - happened after this. Also, many GOK assets including farms and forests were grabbed after this
Lastly, election rigging involves collaboration between the government and public servants.

Once a section of public service is allowed to break the law to favour the government, the same government cannot later uphold rule of law or enforce integrity in public service
Government in power through theft of votes lacks the moral courage or legitimacy to question any other form of theft or crime.

Those who murdered Msando, to pave way for government “victory”, who would ask them if they murdered somebody else for fun OR STOLE A FEW BILLIONS?
Thats why election rigging sets the nation into a downward spiral.
Kenyans should even brace for more scandals, insecurity, price hikes, and instability.

Yet, the lawyer who stood fiercely in defense of election rigging has mesmerized you with charisma and knowledge of the law
Law is not VALUE NEUTRAL. The ultimate point of law is to render justice. Hence, the head of the Judiciary is called CHIEF JUSTICE.

What we saw with IEBC in 2017 was flagrant criminality (fake ballots) and impunity (defying court order on servers)
Anybody who defends theft, lies, and impunity cannot then be a custodian of justice – however brilliant, talented, experienced, eloquent.

Remember behind every dictatorship and national scandals are always “brilliant lawyers."

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