Saturday, September 4, 2010

New wine in old wine skins and vice versa. These games have to end.

Back in the days when my old man used to take us to Jamhuri Park for the International Show, my siblings and I would start planning for it way in advance even before it was confirmed that we would actually be going- with him it was never a 'Go' until he would say,'..get in the car, it's getting late'.- Then we knew for sure we would be 'going to 'the show''. As soon as second term commenced, the show spirit was in the air and we would promptly get in the mood. The Air force fighter planes practice flights only heightened the growing hysteria and anxiety attacks- we would plan what rare delicacies we would eat; fish & chips, mandazi, lollipops, ice-creams, biscuits, we would start betting on who would eat the most mandazis, we would get ready to collect as many balloons, sun visors and brochures as possible ( to produce next day at school as evidence that we had gone to 'the show')
When in the show ground, our confusion and unpreparedness became most apparent at the entrance to the 'Fun Fare'. For all kids, and parents with dominant kids, all roads led to the fun fare section of the show. That was 'The Show'. Everything else was just a side show. At the entrance, we could not decide which lane to take first. We could not decide whether to take the merry-go-round, the go-cart rides, the myriad games on offing, the circus shows or other kiddish entertainment events available.
For no proper prior arrangements, we ended up spending excessive time at particular stands and by the time  we grudgingly navigated the way back to where Ol'man had dictated we meet to start our ride back home, we always felt we missed something or other and this would be proven next day at school when some kids would proclaim having seen this or that, a five legged cow or a banana so big one person could not lift it off the ground- there was always something one missed- but, so much for the 'Show'.

Why is Amos Wako behaving like us (in our childhood) this day in time?  Why is he taking us back to the Fun fare entrance? So many months after the CoE passed the draft to him for perusal, editing and reference. So many days after the 'Yes' vote and now he wants us to be happy that he's expecting to go to Europe and Asia to engage constitutional experts to help craft the  numerous bills expected to enact the new constitution. Why had he not foreseen the incapacity of local (indigenous) law experts all this time? And anyway, the CoE which was primarily indigenous produced the law why not get another body of indigenous legal drafters to draft the bills?
I need to be enlightened.

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