Am not particularly enthusiastic about elections. Why?

At this moment I'm a 100% saturated of Kenyan politics and I don't want more. I am eagerly awaiting the election date like a cloud to shed off this weight that is enshrouding my mind so that nothing else seems to function right or get enough of my brain time.

Everywhere I look as I do my rounds are just posters and all I can hear as I sit at my office are blaring sounds of 'vote for me, I'm better than the other guy'. In the evening when I sit to watch my telly, they'll be telling me who is ahead of whom and who went where and what they said. Seriously am kind of fed up with all this clatter.

In a meeting held by me, myself and I, the question that constantly came up is where I stood in the equation. Right now there are two leading 'horses' as they say and that means my choice is limited, its either one or the other. Even if I voted outside these two horses, the constitution I passed makes sure that I'll end up with just two candidates in the likely runoff that would ensue.

For fifty years this country has been led by men who have not performed to par with regard to the country's productivity potential, human resource and geographical location just to mention but a few. The common comparisons are Malaysia and Singapore who have moved eons ahead of us in development and cementing their nations cohesiveness and unity. Kenya on the other hand surprisingly enough is digging dipper into the abyss of polarization due to tribalism, nepotism and outright greed. The current leaders seeking high offices have not been able to shed these staining spots but rather are showing an open assent to these evils if the current party nominations are anything to go by. Development agendas took a back seat a long time ago and its only the outgoing president who showed us a glimpse of what we had shelved by implementing development projects that had been planned in the sixties and seventies.

I don't necessarily adhere with enthusiasm the optimism that I see most people having when discussing who is going to lead this country for the next five years for I really don't expect much from them. What I foresee is a new Kenya where a blotted government will mean an increase in government expenditure and that money will have to come from somewhere. Just this morning I learned that the new government is going to inherit a broke treasury. What I know is that the new government is and must be very efficient in tax collection and that means everyone is going to get it rough in the name of making it right due to increase in commodity items.

When the going gets tough the western countries will come in seducing us with loans but we'd have to agree to let them have the oil recently discovered in Turkana and Lamu and that means it won't be cheap for us as we'd be paying loans. Some guys say no 'we'll give that to the Chinese'. Even the Chinese have their agenda and being philanthropic to Kenya isn't one of them.  The repercussions for this will be what Nigeria currently finds itself in , you never really pay the debt and their stronghold on your oil continues for ages. Call it what you like but that's going back to colonialism and we'll add 'neo' to it to make it look modern. I am praying hard that those elected will go another way on this and already have concrete plans for this economy for we all know what happens to paper manifestos.

None of the candidates have come up with clear ways of feeding this nation. We have just but forgotten the shaming pictures that are broadcast umpteenth times every time this country goes into a cycle of drought. Currently the said  'master planners' of this country are coming up with concepts of modern cities like Konza and Tatu but are doing it on arable land. When other countries are planning how to feed their countries we are planning more concrete jungles and encouraging rural urban migration and and this begs the mega question. Who will be feeding all these people in these cities? The problem is not construction  of mega modern cities, it is the accompanying food production belts and plans that are missing.

I would pour out my thoughts some more on this but time does not allow me, both mine and yours but what is evident is, fold your shirt like Mbaru, tighten your belts some, eat less and work more just to feed those we elect into office for they'll be quite a bunch and everyone of them will have his development agenda that will require more money. If anyone would ask me, it's better to get quiet and work like mad as we elect whomsoever you want and don't be so diva like someone on 'Tujuane' not to plant your own vegetable garden. It might come in handy somewhere in the next five years.

It's time you build your Kenya and let's meet at the ballot.