Biologically: The Infertility of The Handshake’s BBI and 2022 Government Aspiration.

 

Biologically in animals, a male and female of the same genetic family, genus and species can reproduce and give birth to a viable offspring but a male and female of the same family and genus but of different species can reproduce but give birth to an unviable offspring. ‘Viable’ is defined biologically as “able to reproduce a fertile young one/offspring” while ‘unviable’ means “unable to reproduce a fertile offspring/young one.” Unviable generally means barren/sterile/impotent. If we take “The Handshake” between the president (government) and ODM leader (opposition) to be the parents of the Building Bridges Initiative; we can attempt to explain the fate of BBI and the 2022 presidential outcome for The Handshake partners from a genetic approach. In this case, “The Handshake” parents are members of the genus (politics) but of different species (government; opposition). BBI is thus the firstborn and the 2022 Presidential Win second born political offspring of the government and opposition (The Handshake) political marriage. Scientists bred a horse and a donkey when long distance traders of the past used animal transport and wanted to have their merchandises bigger and delivered faster. A mule was born. Horses, donkeys and zebras belong to the same family (Equidae), same genus (Equus) but different species.  A mule has resemblance to both a horse and a donkey. It is faster than a donkey and carries a heavier load for a longer distance than a horse but it is sterile/barren/infertile and dies without reproducing a young one. Now, the opposition is the political party opposed to the party or government in power. It attains the position because it was unable to win in the race for power (majority elected leadership) against the ruling party/government. Donkeys are slow and horses are fast. Let’s take the opposition as our ‘donkey;’ the Jubilee government as our ‘horse;’ and BBI and 2022 Presidential Win as our ‘mules.’ H.E. Uhuru’s government wanted a “peaceful time to actualise his development legacy” which was not possible due to progressive chaotic demonstrations against his government and even a ‘People’s President’ swearing in of the opposition leader Hon. Raila Odinga. His closest confidants often say he’s too young to retire. Hon. Raila Odinga, then the “People’s President’s,” and his demonstrating NASA supporters were in constant insecurity danger and he thought if he approached the president, the chaotic demonstrations would cease, the retiring president would have time, space and energy to focus on his legacy while Odinga’s 2022 presidential aspiration whould be thrived by their union (The Handshake). Their union gave birth to BBI which projected to amend the constitution to primarily create more government executive positions (adding the prime minister and two deputy P.Ms positions); a power sharing formula for the multiethnic Kenya; add 70 more constituencies; increase budget allocation from 15% to 35% to county governments among other recommendations. The BBI report presidential taskforce was conceived in a National Prayer Breakfast and dedicated by prayerful “persons of God;” died of a very unethical and immoral legal disease in the Court of Appeal full of “persons of the bar.”  Very ironical! Isn’t it? The BBI was born and dedicated in 31st May 2018 during the National Prayer Breakfast at Safari park Hotel, Nairobi; baptized “Reggae” at the Bomas of Kenya in 26th October 2019. It was the firstborn of the “Handshake” political marriage between the president and leader of opposition. Finally, it painfully shook its falling fake rasta as it whisperingly sang its last “nobody can stop re…” in 20th August 21, 2021; when the Kenyan appellate court judges conducted it’s immature legal death announcement after succumbing to “illegal disease.” Now, the 2022 aspiration for Hon. Raila Odinga’s presidency and as widely spread, the notion of “President Uhuru is too young to retire in politics” is the second born mule that will surely die childless like the BBI died in the appellate court. Taking that the president will retire politically as he has oftenly said, Hon Raila Odinga should reshuffle his political cards and reinvent new moves, even his current favourite political casino to deliver a viable 2022 presidency child. The Handshake’s babies are a mule. Written by Gitau wa Kung’u. profgitauwakung'u@gmail.com (The Editor; The Legacy Media,Moi University, blogger, strategist, poet, youth activist)