I hope this message finds you well, Mr Prsident. Having witnessed the events of last week, I thought of reaching out to you through this forum.
Last week was probably the busiest and longest in your political life. You may have experienced and witnessed events that followed the 2007 general election and the subsequent cases at The Hague-based ICC.
Three things have happened, and the fourth might happen if you don't swiftly act.
It is under your leadership that the following three things have been witnessed: a finance bill has been withdrawn; Parliament was invaded by raging youths and the military deployed to help maintain law and order.
The fourth thing that may happen is you being the first one-term president. You can avoid the fourth if you put your house in order while the metal is still hot.
With the multitude of expert advisers around you, this is the moment to face the truth: It is either you are getting the wrong advice or you are ignoring their advice.
Mr President, the young people in the streets are not your enemy, and neither are you their enemy.
They are venting their frustration in the streets because the majority of them are graduates but jobless. When they are called for interviews, they lose jobs because they either don't have godfathers or the money to buy jobs.
They are angry because it is alleged that some of your close friends dish out employment letters at funerals and at their homes on weekends. They are angry because some of those close to you arrogantly address them when they raise questions on governance. They are bitter because some of your close associates display an extravagant lifestyle. They are bitter because you have not condemned this.
They are bitter because they think you abandoned the promises you made during campaigns that, under your leadership, there would be no enforced disappearance of political dissenters, activists, influential social media users and bloggers.
They are angry because you promised that when you take over power, never again will Kenyans witness such incidents.
Mr President, my crystal ball tells me that the rage in these youths will spontaneously end when you do the following:
Reorganise the Cabinet and drop any member who has been mentioned in any scandal, whether prosecuted or not.
Drop those insensitive youthful MPs surrounding you and replace them with other considerate ones from their regions and make changes to your party in both Houses because it is better to lose four MPs but gain the masses.
When you go to the church, resist the urge to address the congregation from the altar. Instead, let your aides inform the clergy to announce that you will address the crowd outside of the church gate as former president Moi used to.
And in case you meet a hostile crowd, swallow your anger and hide your disappointment. Minimise your foreign trips and your entourage.
Change your communication team and your advisers because they may have been telling you what you want to hear against what the people want to hear.
You can also change your social media account managers and the tone of message dispatch.
Although you trust your aides, read newspapers and watch the news in person. You can also have direct access to your social media handles and see how you interact with the public.
It is not too late to start afresh and mend the relationship with the people.
Like President Kibaki did after losing the 2005 referendum, he reached out to his predecessor Moi. Reach out to your predecessor Uhuru, and you will unite the country.
Make changes in the security sector (the DCI, NIS,and the police) because their image has been dented.
Finally, recall the military to the barracks because the Constitution contemplates their deployment where there is instability, unrest or emergency. While the protests may have reached this level and thus justified their deployment, your wisdom of withdrawing the contentious bill calmed people's emotions countrywide.
This will rebuild confidence in the people. By this, you will win the hearts of the people and cool the political temperature.