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THE TAKA TAKA MANTRA AND CONSTITUTIONALISM

photo courtesy: Illustration by Nation

Kenya is one of the democratic nations in the world. True to the definition of democracy, Kenyans enjoy electing leaders to represent them in various positions as it stands; representative democracy. 
Alongside democracy, constitutionality is upheld everywhere within Kenya's geopolitical borders and the patriots love it, because in the constitution, there are rights and freedom clearly spelt out. 

However, our leaders seem to exhaust many clauses of the constitution, they tend to be in the illusionary cognition that they are demigods and can do anything anywhere anyhow, and can spew words without applying any filter. Sensationalism it is! 

To begin with, Kibra MP Peter Orero's words carries the day and wraps the week with a lot of negative trolls, negative pictures of our Kenya's political leaders. I mean the 'taka taka' remarks and the second phrase in it is 'peleka kwa Ruto'. 

In the world, Kenyan members of Parliament are one of the highest politicians being paid, and presumably they live a lavish life, therefore making them feel they are entitled to no one, not even to the electorates. Analogically, they are a bunch of hawks donned in hens feathers, full of skinky narratives that they don't possess hollow bones and cannot fly which turns out to be pretenses, after getting elected they shake off the feathers and fly away from fellow hen and starts to fly with the likes of albatross and the eagles. 
This makes them be out of touch with reality. Perhaps this is a prejudice, only a few are deviants hence do not conform to the life of pomposity and have the constituents at heart. 

Who is above the law? Rhetorically, no one is above it, pragmatically, there is. Imagine one drives on the wrong side of the road and instead of being remorseful and apologetic, he becomes the opposite, 'taka taka' 'peleka kwa Ruto' is the response. Was the traffic rule of obstruction hibernated? What does the President's name (if he's the one being mentioned) have to do with being on the wrong side of law. 

Back to the point, no one is above the law, why was the legislator telling the other party they were involved with in the squabble to 'report to Ruto' meaning he is above the law and fear no one? Quite absurd! 

As the "DCIs" are doing an open search and are in pursuit of the 'taka taka' (garbage) statement owners, let it be known that damage has been done and perhaps they might walk scot-free, nonetheless, politicians should walk with a lot of decorum as they are the pictures of the constituents who elected them. Not unless they want to become comedians and content creators, let them have a designated place of doing it but not on a busy traffic that makes them to be seen flouting the rules that expose them as intelligently disabled or having a mental retardation syndrome, which is inexcusable.

Sad to say that our friends in wigs are ready to stand with him and defend him, leave alone his fellow minions he worships fellowship together with. There is defense to the ignorance and there is no point to justify the course. 

If he might be defended in line of mental health state, then he would well be seated back at home. 
Conclusively, the rhinoceros beetle doesn't complain of the horns being too heavy to carry neither do turtles complain of the shell being burdensome. 

THANKS FOR READING. 
WELCOME BACK NEXT TIME
By OKECH DON

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