05/05/2026
PRECAUTION: UHURU GAGGING IS MORTAL DANGER TO ALL KENYANS
Freedom of expression!
It is provided for in the constitution.
It cannot be abridged by ethnically or cartel motivated objective targeting one person without violation of basic rights of all Kenyans.
The gagging of former president Uhuru Kenyatta, inasmuch as it is justified as poised to tame his misconduct, is part of the long term broader struggle to gain total control of information and minds of the people, which in itself is quite symbolic. Reason?: the public will wonder:' if a retired president cannot speak, then who can? Who am I?'
This emergent threat at the highest level, as it is bound to be perceived by ordinary Kenyans, has far reaching implications on the shaking the confidence, and spreading despondency and gloom over the right to point out wrongs, be it at the family village, or the national policy making levels.
It amounts to a state- centric declaration that the govt is the most exclusive, sort of angelic actor in public affairs and it is always right.
It cannot be faulted. Its actions are beyond debate and criticism, and most important, it is suicidal to criticize it, just as it was in pre multiparty era, treason to image or dream, leave alone talk, about the mortality of the president.
At another level it says that the ruling party is infallible and all citizens must, without conditions, agree with it, and sing praises to it.
It is also a declaration by the proponents of this action that citizens have since ceased to have brains, and must surrender their thinking to the ruling clique.
This is an absolute deprivation of the right to take part in governance which instructs the citizen: ' Let the ruling group do as they wish. You are their subjects; they are your masters, not fellow citizen'.
Slowly this will create blanket fear which cascades down to the individual level, and encroaches on decision making for example, public participation.
Those who speak anything contrary to the mainstream view will be reminded: 'If Uhuru has gone silent, who are you?', just they way Kenyans who harboured activist ideas were reminded:' You want to agitate for freedom... Where is JM, Adungosi, Ouko, Bishop Muge and Kimathi?'.
By extension, the
Press reporting any contrary views would be seen as distracting the smooth running of the govt, and appear harmful to public welfare and this could form a basis to threaten them into self censorship, apathy and self prohibition from publishing statements that challenge the ruling group.
It will leave only one voice or a monologue, or a command ruling all aspects of development and lives of citizens.
Without debate the discretion to veto ideas will rest with the executive, quickly degenerating into oppression sustained through intimidation, abductions and imprisonment.
The veto can later be expanded to cover Uhuru allies like former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, on the surface, but below the surface it will target to silence all perceived 'enemies' of the regime, key among them, the social and mainstream media.
This will help to hasten the long - desired evolution of an autocratic rule in Kenya in 2026 and beyond.
There is no gagging of Uhuru separately from gagging all other Kenyans.
Fear, like freedom is indivisible and it it cannot be directed at Uhuru in isolation from the other Kenyans. Fear travels to family, community and across borders giving autocracy a golden chance to flourish and run mad knocking down and muzzling all freedoms.
Fear travels from state to state, and it contigiously jumps from leader to leader who learn from each other how coordinate to hunt down critics they will describe as radicals, terrorists, betrayers and inciters.
It is the reason thoughtless MPs, bent on advancing convenants of powerful self perpetuating cliques in power, fail to see the wider sacred responsibility in their hands, and only end up becoming such disgraceful charlatans who are an apparent mortal danger to the country as a whole.
