Crack on the GEMA wall, is this the begining of the end?

Central politics has been determinant factor in the National politics

The much hyped Limuru 2B meeting did not take place yesterday as expected after police officers sealed off the venue of the meeting. The meeting which was attended by thousands of youth from the central region, was to be used to counter the GEMA initiative and air a different opinion on the leadership of central Kenya. However,  this didn’t happen as Police came in to disperse the attending crowd  lobbing tear gas canisters and live bullets and consequently, calling off the meeting completely.

Now, this has attracted tough reaction from leaders who had organized the meeting saying they will seek legal action. The leaders allege that there are certain leaders in the central region who are out to ensure residents don’t enjoy their constitutional given right to hold meetings. They also reacted negatively on ethnic groupings such as Gema and KAMATUSA saying they are out to divide Kenyans. But, all these are political defense statements from the mouths of politicians.

What I would like to highlight in bold colors is the emerging crack on the GEMA wall. On my previous article I had expressed my dissatisfaction with ethnic groupings being used to ferry politicians to their desired political destinations during election period. How I passionately engaged in a campaign to devalue GEMA and KAMATUSA as grouping prone to propagating ethnic based violence. Little did I know of a crack developing on the wall of GEMA.

Apparently, the death of Former Kiambu MP Njenga Karume left a very influential seat vacant and now it’s time opinion leader from the region are battling to see who secure this highly valued seat. This situation has welcomed in an unseen revolution in the grouping whereby the long-ignored, covered and hidden pregnancy has grown so big that it can’t be hidden no more. On one side is the formal GEMA, a group that is currently gaining recognition courtesy of the unlimited support from the current group of central leaders and Uhuru Kenyatta. On the other side is the Limuru 2B which is popular courtesy of the large number of youth drawn to it by former mungiki leader Maina Njenga. And in the middle is a developing crack.

This revolutionary group under captaincy of Maina Njenga has posed an infinite challenge ahead of the GEMA leadership and as far as my eyes can see the push has just began and I can clearly see a tsunami raging behind. The Limuru 2B, as it is popularly being known, has the advantage of numbers a factor I believe will cause sleepless nights to the GEMA. I am aware of the toughening GEMA went through in the 70s, 80s and the 90s but I’m not sure of how it will succeed on this one.

Last March during GEMA Maina Njenga was denied a chance to address the gathering and by doing so the grouping revealed a crack that has developed to expose Limuru 2B, a group that has the advantage of the large number of youthful members. 

From a neutral point of view, a solution between Maina Njenga and Uhuru Kenyatta could seal the crack and consequently, affect the system of leadership at GEMA.

But what about the youth, whom their statistics is the prime factor in this whole equation, will they benefit?

I highly doubt!

That’s why I rest my case, vowing to remain an independent voter who is free from tribal grouping influence.