NAROBI: WHAT THE U.S THINKS OF RAILA AND UHURU

Prime Minister Raila Odinga (left) and deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (right) at a past function.Wikileaks has released damning reports on the two as communicated by the US embassy in Kenya and Washington.

Damning reports by Wikileaks have revealed much more on what the United States Ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger thinks of Kenya and its leaders.According to a cable released yesterday on a communicaiton between the Diplomat and White House in the year 2010,Wikileaks alleges that Prime Minister Raila Odinga attempted to suspend former Agriculture Minister William Ruto inorder to divert attention from his family's suspected involvement in the 2 Billion shillings maize scam.

Secret cables that were sent by Rannerberger to Washington reveal that Raila wanted to create confusion when he said that he was suspending Ruto and Education Minister Prof.Sam Ongeri claiming that this was a move that Raila wanted to public debate to focuson the two and not his family's role in the scandal.However the U.S believe that Raila took this action soa as to be seen as fighting corruption but to divert attention on his family's involvement and Raila's knowledge and/or involvement in the scam that have got no solution this far.The cable reveals that the US has enough and credible reports that members of Raila's family had a hand or two in the scam.The cable released by Wikileaks also shows that Raila's leadership is increasingly dissilusioned in the ODM camp and that the party was becoming adirectionless and less united party than before.The Prime Minister have also been perceived as feckless,unable or unwilling to govern effectively and move forward the reform agenda.

On Deputy Prime Minister and  Minister for Finance Uhuru Kenyatta the cables released shows that  if Uhuru decides to follow his pursuit for the presidency,he has several major strenghts which are potentially offset by weaknesses.According to the Diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks,Uhuru is bright,charming,even charismatic and is enormously wealthy and has not had to engage in corruption.Although Uhurus's wealth is the inheritance from his father's corruption,the family still holds a special place in Central Kenya.The cables add that his liabilities are at least as important as his strengths .

The cables claim that Uhuru drinks too much and is not a hardworker anf further allege that Uhuru is linked to the outlawed Mungiki Sect and that coulod be the same reason why Uhuru is assumed to be on the Waki list of suspected perpetrators of the 2007 post-election violence..The report addds that Uhuru's links to the Mungiki make him one of those of the opinion against extra-judicial killings must stop since most of them have been carried out by the police against the Mungiki.Uhuru may see shifting political dynamics as opening the way for a presidential race with the PM.
These damning reports show what the US thinks of our leaders and the truth is upto one's decison.

Kelvin Mwangi,
Nairobi.