It appears president Kibaki's knowledge about the dynamics of the UN security council and the voting patterns on issues of importance to the members is as basic and misguided as that of his deputy VP on matters Wikileaks.
There's something in the UN/diplomatic circles known as the veto power. This means if all the five(5) UN permanent members were to cast their votes on an issue considered important, say for instance, the Kenyan attempt/request for a deferral of her cases from the ICC, and it happens that one member votes against that request, the whole project will come to a naught.
Am pretty sure about a few things concerning the way the vote normally goes or rather the patterns, going by how the five(5) permanent members have been casting their votes over the years. Normally, China and Russia behave like 'rebel' council members always at cross-purposes with the wishes of the other three(3) members; the US, Britain and France. These three(3) have been consistent in their voting patterns on issues as controversial as the sanctions to be slapped on countries like Iran breaching the non-proliferation treaty ratified by the world nuclear powers, to measures to be taken concerning terrorism and the politics of the former Yugoslavia and Gorgia's moves for cessation from the larger USSR among many others.
These patterns are largely driven by the politics of the balance of power by the countries(Russia and China's), their history and governance systems and structure largely leaning towards communism contrary to the other three(3) who embraced capitalism for decades now.
If this trend is anything to go by, the attempts made by the president (obviously without consulting the PM and thus contravenes the spirit of the National Accord ratified by the two(2)) are futile considering that the west(in this case meaning the US, Britain and France), abhors the way this country (Kenya) has been run. The high levels of corruption, inefficiencies, human right violations and yes, impunity haven't gone unnoticed even by the whistle blowing site Wikileaks.
I personally reckon that the recent leaked diplomatic cables about US Amb. Ranneberger perception of our leader's commitment to reforms and the full implementation of the constitution, resonates well and are in tandem with those of Barrack Obama and other western countries.
This therefore is another waste of tax payer's money on a mission that lacks a wider public support and can be interprated by the victims of the post-election violence(PEV) as an attempt again by the president and his allies to deny them the much awaited justice. Mark you, we haven't finished auditing what the VP's recent shuttle diplomatic missions to some African countries some of which are in the brink of collapse like Libya and Egypt. We haven't gotten a report from him or whoever sent him there what he achieved and how does that benefit the ordinary Kenyan or is it another blatant display of impunity?
As a country we must not allow such futile moves by the politicians to waste public money yet as i write this article, there are some Kenyans still languishing in Internally displaced people's (IDP's) camps spread in different parts of the country with the government coming up with shoddy attempts at resettling them which in a way violets their human rights and human dignity something the government is convinced they are not doing.
As a country and young people of good will, we must say enough is enough by demanding for accountability and answers from the custodians of this country beginning with those who lead the government.
Lets all be vigilant and act as the third eye.
There's something in the UN/diplomatic circles known as the veto power. This means if all the five(5) UN permanent members were to cast their votes on an issue considered important, say for instance, the Kenyan attempt/request for a deferral of her cases from the ICC, and it happens that one member votes against that request, the whole project will come to a naught.
Am pretty sure about a few things concerning the way the vote normally goes or rather the patterns, going by how the five(5) permanent members have been casting their votes over the years. Normally, China and Russia behave like 'rebel' council members always at cross-purposes with the wishes of the other three(3) members; the US, Britain and France. These three(3) have been consistent in their voting patterns on issues as controversial as the sanctions to be slapped on countries like Iran breaching the non-proliferation treaty ratified by the world nuclear powers, to measures to be taken concerning terrorism and the politics of the former Yugoslavia and Gorgia's moves for cessation from the larger USSR among many others.
These patterns are largely driven by the politics of the balance of power by the countries(Russia and China's), their history and governance systems and structure largely leaning towards communism contrary to the other three(3) who embraced capitalism for decades now.
If this trend is anything to go by, the attempts made by the president (obviously without consulting the PM and thus contravenes the spirit of the National Accord ratified by the two(2)) are futile considering that the west(in this case meaning the US, Britain and France), abhors the way this country (Kenya) has been run. The high levels of corruption, inefficiencies, human right violations and yes, impunity haven't gone unnoticed even by the whistle blowing site Wikileaks.
I personally reckon that the recent leaked diplomatic cables about US Amb. Ranneberger perception of our leader's commitment to reforms and the full implementation of the constitution, resonates well and are in tandem with those of Barrack Obama and other western countries.
This therefore is another waste of tax payer's money on a mission that lacks a wider public support and can be interprated by the victims of the post-election violence(PEV) as an attempt again by the president and his allies to deny them the much awaited justice. Mark you, we haven't finished auditing what the VP's recent shuttle diplomatic missions to some African countries some of which are in the brink of collapse like Libya and Egypt. We haven't gotten a report from him or whoever sent him there what he achieved and how does that benefit the ordinary Kenyan or is it another blatant display of impunity?
As a country we must not allow such futile moves by the politicians to waste public money yet as i write this article, there are some Kenyans still languishing in Internally displaced people's (IDP's) camps spread in different parts of the country with the government coming up with shoddy attempts at resettling them which in a way violets their human rights and human dignity something the government is convinced they are not doing.
As a country and young people of good will, we must say enough is enough by demanding for accountability and answers from the custodians of this country beginning with those who lead the government.
Lets all be vigilant and act as the third eye.
