Politicians are the masters of skullduggery. Always inspired by the blind and selfish desire for one-upmanship.
A year ago, our streets were in the throes of violent and bloody protests triggered by runaway cost of living.
The protests would culminate in a series of peace talks, at Bomas, between the government and the opposition. The goal was to cushion the most vulnerable.
After endless push and pull, a number of bills, currently in Parliament, were put together to address both the cost of living and to reconstitute the elections commission.
But before the negotiated changes are debated and passed into law, the opposition coalition Azimio representatives are crying foul.
The opposition believes that the Bills, if passed as is, would automatically mean Azimio be disbanded.
It is alarmed that the Bills, jointly fashioned together with the UDA team, have been doctored.
One of their grounds for lament is a change that kills coalition political parties.
The Bills had been published and introduced in the Senate when the opposition representatives stumbled upon the changes.
The Bills in question include the Elections Offences (Amendment) Bill 2024, the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2024 and the Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, 2024.
When will our self-seeking politicians realise that the good of all trumps the thrill of a handful of mischievous minority?
Quote of the Day: “[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.”
Milovan Djilas
The former president of Yugoslavia Milovan Djilas sentenced to 5 years in jail on May 14, 1962
