It is Mwai Kibaki as Vice President who moved the motion to amend the constitution introducing single party dictatorship in 1982. He dismissed agitation for re-introduction of multi-party democracy as trying to cut down the hallowed Mugumo tree using a razor blade. Kibaki was a faithful student of Jomo Kenyatta and Daniel arap Moi as both ostracized, neutered and neutralised their opponents. Kibaki's leadership is a cocktail of both and can be summarised as a melting pot of manipulation, stealthy and incognito operation, and a perfected 'use-and-dump' case study.
He has dealt devastating blows to many friends with no remorse. It is not just individuals who have suffered under Kibaki. The constitution-making process wasn't spared. Remember the process leading to constitutional draft of 2005 (popularly known Wako draft)? It was journey from Bomas, Naivasha , Kilifi concluding in the middle of night in August 2005 on the floor of Parliament where it was whittled-down beyond recognization. It was rejected in a November 2005 Constitutional Referendum.
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