Legislators come in many shapes, sizes and colors, and our August (read imposing) house has been festooned with men and women from all walks of life. From the brazen, outspoken and rash (some have even been rumored to have gone to the extent of urinating on ballot papers in order to swing elections in their favor), to the humble, confident and unassuming type who get things done without making unnecessary waves or wanton rabble-rousing.
Today's legislator does not fit into the latter category, for he is as virulent and opinionated as they come. It is in fact no coincidence that he ended up as the main voice and proponent of the highly unpopular and incredibly self-absorbed parliamentary motion to increase the legislators' salaries to an astronomical amount. The fact that he had just secured a parliamentary seat notwithstanding, he went ahead to label his constituents as swine, allegedly for having exercised their democratic and constitutional right to cast a ballot.
“If the MPs are thieves, then Kenyans who elected them are also thieves because they are the ones who, in their wisdom, elected these legislators,” he averred.
With skills such as these, what else does one need to survive in the real wild, no, not in the murky jungle that is Kenya today, but out there in Nairobi national park or some other decorated far-flung hideaway far away from the August house?
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