Economist David Ndii’s interview with Tony Gachoka has exposed the expiring contract marriage between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto.
Get the excerpt below.
Tony Gachoka: There were problems when the international criminal court came into the country because many think that jubilee government came into power as a result of ICC compromise, do you think the compromise was hard to make?
David Ndii: One of the mistake we made is we did not have an election after the 2010 constitution, if we would have held an election, those who were championing for progressive agenda would have taken over, but the misfortune is we placed the new constitution in a cold storage and allowed old forces to regroup behind ICC and so the first thing that we did in 2013 was to throw away chapter six of the constitution out of the window, once you throw the integrity chapter you set the bar for public leaders who instead of jumping over the bar they go under it.
Tony Gachoka: There were problems when the international criminal court came into the country because many think that jubilee government came into power as a result of ICC compromise, do you think the compromise was hard to make?
David Ndii: One of the mistake we made is we did not have an election after the 2010 constitution, if we would have held an election, those who were championing for progressive agenda would have taken over, but the misfortune is we placed the new constitution in a cold storage and allowed old forces to regroup behind ICC and so the first thing that we did in 2013 was to throw away chapter six of the constitution out of the window, once you throw the integrity chapter you set the bar for public leaders who instead of jumping over the bar they go under it.
Tony Gachoka: Some people say that through the coalition government and towards the new Government in 2013, it changed the voice of the civil society since many voices of reason were either absorbed as politicians and others by government commissions; such that it affected civil action in as far as fighting corruption is concerned.
David Ndii: I don’t think that is the reason. Kenyans got mobilized along ethnicity and injustice and the trampling on the constitution, this took the wind out civil societies control. When the ICC came we were labelled evil societies, people turned against us for fighting for justice and for standing with post-election violence victims. If the society turns against you for doing the right thing what do you do?
Tony Gachoka: This intra-jubilee wars we are seeing targeting the deputy president William Ruto and his people, are these manufactured wars?
David Ndii: We know from the outset that Jubilee was a marriage of convenience to fight ICC. As soon as the ICC ended, this fallout has been coming along time.