You don’t need to invent any wheel
to know that Dr Harry Mwakiembe Kyela
(CCM) is a man of many faces, many words and many worlds. On the one hand,
there are those who see him as a saintly being thanks to his rhetoric and
sometimes sideshows. On the other hand, there are those who see him as a wolf
in sheep’s clothing. Dr Wilbrod Slaa, CHADEMA’s General Secretary hit him hard
recently alleging that Mwakiembe is corrupt through and through. I was waiting
to hear him defuse this bomb deservedly to no avail. This is why I am writing
today asking him to do something about it.
For those to
whom Mwaki is new, need to know the man who has stolen thunders on many
occasions. Mwaki is one of the first journalists who studied law and later
became famous. After attaining a PhD in law, Mwaki became a lecturer in the
faculty of Law of the University of Dar es salaam. At the same time he’s an
advocate who made fame so as to end up vying for Kyela Constituency he’s
captured twice.
Mwaki came to the limelight after
being appointed the chair of a parliamentary select committee that was
appointed to look into Richmond scam. Thanks to how Mwaki Committee crucified
the then untouchable Eddie Lowassa. All of the sudden; Mwaki became a man of
another world.
Presumably, when Mwaki’s enjoying his new found fame, some
blind spots started to surface in his comportment. His deportment started to
show a many-faced creature that can do anything to gain power. This came to
light when Lowassa complained that the committee did not do him justice. Mwaki
hit back hard saying that Lowassa should keep mum due to the fact that there’s
some other sensitive information the committee concealed. Then many people
started to argue and wonder; why hiding such denting and sensitive information,
for whose benefit and why? Sadly though, Mwaki didn’t bother to mount his defense
on this.
What followed after Mwaki and his
team hid such sensitive information became an eye opener. We all know what transpired. For reminder,
Mwaki, Sam Sixx who’s then the speaker of Mjengo and one Stella Manyanya were
rewarded with ulaji. Some analysts saw
this as shotgun marriage after the trio crucified Lowassa who was regarded as a
sacrificial lamb that save the outfit. Mwaki was appointed a junior minister,
Sixx a full minister and Manyanya a regional Commissioner. Wow! Sometimes
crimes pay. Don’t they? Whether Jake Kikwete appointed this guy meritoriously
or dubiously who knows? Again, circumstantial evidence leads us to believe that
there was horse trading of sort.
So, those who used to know one face
of Mwaki started to look for other faces. They got them easily. The other time
Mwaki became a celebrity is when he fell sick from unknown malady. As usual,
those who regarded him a fighter for the right of hoi polloi started accusing
the enemy of the nation of poisoning him as an attempt on his life. Mwaki went
ballistic so as to assert that he truly was poisoned. Who poisoned him? Top
national security secret. The man was taken to India for treatment. After a
stint in India, Mwaki resurfaced as triumph as never before.
Again, his noises paid handsomely.
For after arriving from India, Mwaki was appointed a full minister responsible
for a lucrative ministry of transport.
At last the son of gun got what he was made for. As usual, the man
started stealing thunders once again. He declared wars on various enemies of which
are drug barons. He went a mile further saying he’d name names. Everybody was
held captive waiting for Mwaki to name names.
What followed thereafter is another ball game. The guy ended up frying
small fish as he pampered sharks. Again, can Mwaki rebut allegations Slaa made
that he is corrupt through and through? Please Mwaki; mount your defense before
we take Slaa’s allegations upfront. Come with wise nuggets but not offal and
political hoo-ha and cat-rat tales sir.
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