Banana Republics
16
April
It is said that the first step is denial. Well, I am pleased to report that I am no longer in denial.
This country, ladies and gentlemen, is for all intents and purposes a banana republic, only without the bananas.
Reading from light to left:
- An indecisive president rejoicing at the miles of fencing he has at State House at his disposal to sit on.
- An ineffective Prime Minister, allegedly charged with coordination of Government Ministry. Judging from the Babel from the said ministries, we are pleasantly surprised he can coordinate trouser and coat
- A government spokesman whose own mother is unlikely to take seriously, let alone 29,998,000 Kenyans
- A cabinet which judging from the intelligence demonstrated by their banter and pronouncements, are unlikely to have the capacity to tie their shoes before descending on their Morning Cerelac
- An Attorney General who fondly believes he is perpetually auditioning for a Colgate advertisement
- An anti-corruption commission that zealously goes after chicken thieves and pickpockets
- A trigger happy police force that lurches from crisis to crisis
- A civil service run by tottering old men that refuse to give way that continues to amaze with its ineffectiveness
- A juvenile parliament, complete with soiled diapers that is more interested in grandstanding than legislating.
- A self deluded judiciary that fondly believes it is effectively discharging its mandate
- An ever naive public that refuses to see that it is viewed as nothing more than a source of funds, votes and foot-soldiers.
- A now defunct electoral commission unable to accurately count a single coin toss. It takes some effort and quite the imbecility to announce with a straight face a candidate had 40,000 votes in a constituency that has 30,000 people, let alone voters.
Most people in positions of governance give impressions of an urgent need of a swift kick in the seat of the trousers.
The nail in the coffin was this public announcement laying blame for corruption at the foot of couples working in Government offices.
Digest that for a minute. The Government position is that people who answered in the affirmative to the question “Wilt thou?” are the source of stolen public money.
After laughing myself to tears, I deployed my crack investigation team, whose findings stunned even me.
Pictured below is the Government Of Kenya Policy Maker & Decision Making Device
This device, acquired in 2002 has been behind all Government decisions and policies to date.
To many of us who have long been of the opinion that some of the decisions taken by the Government cannot possibly have come from a Homo Sapiens with opposable thumbs and binocular vision, much makes sense.
Going back to the couples, I have in my possession I card from Reverend Moon that I feel the authorities should investigate further






1. vituvingisana
(38 Comments) | April 16th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
“An indecisive president rejoicing at the miles of fencing he has at State House at his disposal to sit on.”
Yes, that describes him… to a T…
“An ever naive public that refuses to see that it is viewed as nothing more than a source of funds, votes and foot-soldiers.”
And that is a nutshell WHY Kenya is in deep do-do…
2. Our Kid
(40 Comments) | April 16th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Next you will hear Government saying friends or buddies working in the civil service are encouraging corruption. So hate your colleague. Next up. Religion. Presbyterians working in the same department are corrupt.
An we will all blame the rat!
3. Jogoo wa Shamba
(73 Comments) | April 17th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Aptly put, I am in the process of writing a research paper titled “The Making a of Banana Republic - A Case Study of Kenya”. I will be sure to cite the points highlighted above…
4. prousette
(143 Comments) | April 17th, 2009 at 11:01 am
And all along I was thinking that those on Rev Moons list were eligible bachelors. They are so aptly matched.
5. edge.of.sanity
(42 Comments) | April 17th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
WTF?
Oh wait, I knew that…married couples are most certainly the bane of our existence as a functional nation in the modern world.
Yes, just terminate exactly one half of each marriage unit working in government and voila our GDPs growth will be unstoppable! Kenya will be the sole force behind the revival of the world’s economy. That’s the magic bullet.
We just have to package and export that idea to the world and we’ll be Obama’s #1 creditor.
How about packaging it as ABSOLUT® KENYA since the characters who hatched the idea must’ve been on some really strong
shitstuff!M, I’m entrusting you the task of coming up with a one of a kind graphic for the marketing campaign of product ABSOLUT® KENYA. How about it?
Jogoo, we are teetering on the brink of becoming a bona fide [INSERT FRESH FRUIT/VEGGIE/TUBER] Republic if we aren’t one already - no bananas necessary. That paper will be an interesting read and I hope you will publish it online.
6. donworry
(57 Comments) | April 19th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
It is true that there is so much wrong with our leaders, our institutions, and our country. The above post summarises our existence today most accurately. There are always 2(or more) sides to an argument.
You shine a bright light on the truth but me thinks that you stop short of telling us who you really think is resposible for this mess. By doing so you also avoid telling us what you think needs to be done to get us away from what edge of sanity calls…the brink.
I believe that we owe it to ourselves and the 29,900,000+ other souls to fix this mess. This is your boma here and perhaps you may feel that it is not polite to tell off your guests…but call a spade a shovel; We…. are the cause of this problem and it’s down to us, to find the solutions.
Like many others, I will not be there to see Mr JW taking Mr DK up the aisle as I had a prior engagement
7. Mama
(1 Comments) | April 20th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Hahahahaha! Edge of Sanity… you made my day
8. farmgal
(101 Comments) | April 24th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Young man, I’ve tagged you. Please visit my blog!
9. savvy
(27 Comments) | May 15th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I am one of those people who wonders if Kenya can ever be fixed?