Four questions for the Cabinet team

• Waki is a competent Judge. But has it occurred to you that he could be wrong?

What you have, therefore, whether you are on the list or not, is a ‘‘bastard’’ government. Not trusted, not credible and not legitimate enough!

But then you must ask the question: who is saying this? Is it the people of Kenya or the international community out there?

This brings me to the third question to you. What is Mr Kofi Annan still doing in town? And why is he appointing people to our commissions and receiving secret ‘‘lists’’ meant for government? Hasn’t he outlived his usefulness?

In my view, this man is too much on our face. He is beginning to sound like a retired old man looking for relevance.

But this is not fully true: peace-making is more political than war. As such, a peace-maker like Mr Annan is a skilful operator and a foremost politician.

As Cabinet, therefore, you must not embrace the man uncritically. He is not a priest or a traditional medicine man. At the core, the man is a raw politician with an agenda and interests to serve.

And this is why you must question the ‘‘envelope wisdom’’ of the Waki commission. But you must also question Mr Annan’s eagerness to go The Hague way!

My fourth question is about The Hague. How many of you are conversant with this international criminal court? My bet is that most of you are not.

BUT AS A PROFESSIONAL WHO works in conflict countries, I can confirm to you that this is not a tested path. In fact almost all the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commissions (TJRC) I have visited across Africa have been a flop.

Similarly, the idea of The Hague and the Special Tribunals suggested by Justice Waki are old school and driven by international interests. In other words, dignified nations do not take their suspects to The Hague.

This is a court used by ‘‘banana republics’’ arm-twisted by the West. As Cabinet, you must therefore spare the nation from the indignity of this process.

But you have one problem. According to the Waki Report, if you botch the establishment of a Special Tribunal, Mr Kofi Annan has to take the ‘‘envelope’’ to The Hague. This means that the process is unstoppable.

What is more: it has to happen by a certain date.

But if you are convinced about the folly of this process, you can stop it. And this is how.

Mr Annan is involved in our politics because you invited him. Without this invitation, he would have to return the ‘‘envelope’’ and go back to Kumasi in Ghana or wherever he came from.