We see and hear them every single day. We have no choice! Even during the moments when we wish to shut out the on-goings out there in the world, they insinutate themselves in our lives with their endless banter, bickering, exchange of ignorance, nit picking and occasional off-the-cuff humor. Yet despite all the rancour and brouhaha, these burly, burping-from-being-overworked-with-eating mandarins do little to improve the lives of the ordinary mwananchi. They seem to be more concerned with growing their bank balances, driving bigger limousines, renovating their mansions to the tune of hundereds of millions of shillings and renting bigger premises in the leafy, serene suburbs of Karen and Lavington for their innumerable mistresses.
If a study was done, perhaps a great percentage of the ordinary Kenyan's life would be preoccupied with meaningless debate about politics. Never mind that this study would add to the rank of useless studies conducted by Synovate. Kenyans would fare so much better if we diverted all the energy and emotion to building our own lives instead. But, to each his own.
Since the media is awash with boring politics, i figure there must be a way to make it interesting and educative and as a result, i devised a little, harmless way to edify those reading this blog by having them play a little game called identify the leader. Its a really simple game actually. A picture of a present or future leader (if we must call them that) is provided. Beside it is a picture from the animal kingdom (sometimes it may actually be a bit difficult to decide which is which) of a beast which has an uncanny resemblance, either by appearance or behavior (sometimes both), to the pictured beauraucrat. A couple of facts about the person and animal are also presented for good measure. The take-away is that you get to jog your memory a little bit; you also get to learn a daft thing or two.
Today, we must lie as low as an antelope, nay, envelope if we wish to identify the leader. His brutish smile says it all; his laughter was once rumoured to have annoyed the gods. He served in the public service for twenty-five years and has the chutzpah to glorify his stay there. He claims to be an avid reader. Despite this, he has bequeathed humanity, particularly the younger generation, with a lovely sight to behold courtesy of his one wife.
Given these traits, a particular species of the animal kigdom would mistake him for one of their own, save for his beautiful offspring. Hyenas usually beget pretty hideous cubs if you ask me. Hyenas are fast and can run for long distances without tiring, much like our mystery leader has lived a long life and served as a civil servant for a long period. Hyenas usually squabble over the spoils of their prey. They are quite vocal and make a wide variety of sounds (among them laughing), again much like our mystery leader.
Speak up! 'Join the dots'
Who is our mystery leader?
More next week.
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