Politically Incorrect!

 Politically incorrect

That Martha Wangari Karua, a presidential hopeful is worth only Sh.56 million is not only ridiculously unbelievable but also treacherous.

In a country where what you have and not what you can do is the only thing that matters, her confession yesterday  can only boost her political career and also prove to her doubting critics that her level of integrity as a leader is unrivalled.

56 million shillings is a lot of money by certain standards, but that coming from a presidential aspirant raises some questions as most Kenyans believe only the filthily rich can govern.

Just last week, The National Alliance, a political party that sponsors Deputy Prime minister Uhuru Kenyatta for presidency declared that it will use 13 billion shillings only to campaign for the next two months.

What is most appalling is that Kenyans cannot stand up and ask where they got all this money, but they will, in their usual characteristic fashion, worship the money and the leaders and forget about the modest and sincere leaders who have not stolen our money, leaders like Martha Karua.

Yesterday I met a friend who was complaining that every time she withdraws cash from her bank ATM, a cool 300 shillings disappears.

Her position was that a presidential front liner, who is among the majority shareholders in the said bank, might be robbing her hard earned money to campaign.

That aside, Kenyans might have gotten their answer in the form of Martha Karua.

If her figures are true, which I presume are, she is a person of modest means and there is general comfort in knowing that we can for once break from the power mandarins featuring the same names since independence, Names like Kenyatta, Odinga, Mudavadi, Moi have been circulated and regurgitated for the last half of a century, that s why Kenya will never move forward as these cronies are after safeguarding what their fathers had stolen in subsequent regimes.

Uhuru Kenyatta was estimated to be worth 56 billion shillings by the Forbe’s magazine.

It is completely clear that he is not after leading this country to greener pastures but to safeguard certain interests. What will a salary of 4 million that he will earn as president do to his fat wallet and treacherously deep pockets, anyway?

It is common knowledge that a Karua presidency will deliver the goods, at least for the dirt poor of this country whose interests have never been represented. They have only been raped by one regime after the other, they have been used, misused and abused, and they have witnessed stinking corruption, high levels of crime, murders, violence and have been made to kill each other after being divided along tribal lines by the so called leaders.

Now let’s look at the figures.

Martha Karua has represented Gichugu constituency for the last 20 years.  Let’s assume she earned a cumulated salary of KES 1 million per month. That amounts to a cool 12 million in one year.

Let’s multiply 12 million with the twenty years she has been in parliament. What do we have? 240 million shillings.

Factor in the lavish lifestyles that MPs live and the figure of 56 million in fixed assets, including a home and two vehicles, looks more than convincing.

That said; can all those doubting the figures stand up? And shut up!

That implies that we can now exempt Hon. Karua from corruption, thieffery, and misappropriation of funds. That’s the best measure on integrity.

Now let’s have a look at his rivals.

Peter Kenneth

Kenneth is a Member of Parliament representing Gatanga constituency in Murang’a County.

His history is scarce and scattered. He has been in parliament for the last ten years; he had a short stint heading the Kenya Football Federation and the Kenya Reinsurance.

Kenneth is a proud owner of three choppers each costing a staggering 300 million shillings, making him a big fish.

In simple terms, three choppers cost a whooping 900 million shillings, or rather five times what Matha Karua has earned for the entire 20 years she has been in parliament.

Peter kenneth is filthily wealthy. With all due respect, Kenyans might want to know just how you acquired the wealth, so be the gentleman you are and declare your wealth. I rest my case!