Why this is the moment to declare war on grand coalition government

It is important to remember that the agitation for a new constitution has never gone away. Indeed, all regimes, including the coalition, have had to pay lip-service to this national project to gain a further lease of life.

There should be no doubt in Kenyans’ minds that this is the moment to declare war on the government. The ills and sins committed by the coalition are legion.

What we need is a leader or leaders who will urgently call a convention of passionate and committed reformers to state clearly that the coalition will not deliver on any of its promises, and that Kenyans need to express their lack of confidence in it.

It is time Kenyans launched a social movement that will call for the voting out of the coalition’s leaders.

The movement may focus on only one issue — the grand corruption — to show clearly that all the politicians are tainted and should be voted out.

If, on the basis of divisions based on ethnicity, class, region, religion, generation, gender and clan, we continue to tolerate and nurture the coalition, then we have resigned ourselves to servitude.

As Kenyans celebrate this month the martyrdom of freedom fighters Dedan Kimathi and Pio Gama Pinto as well as Cabinet minister Robert Ouko, the launching of an anti-coalition social movement will give meaning to the festivities.