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Kenya Needs A Benevolent Empath Dictator With An Affinity For Fidelity To The Constitution: A New Dawn For Kenya

BY Steve Biko · July 20, 2023 09:07 pm

KEY POINTS

The challenges we are facing will not be addressed by the current crop of political class. Only Raila Odinga merits the title of leader in the country. The rest are mere politicians who are ethically challenged, morally bankrupt, and spiritually demonic. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Since we as Kenyans hate to think at all, leave alone critical thinking, let me elucidate what I mean with my cryptic headline. The phrase "Kenya needs a benevolent empath dictator with an affinity to fidelity to the Constitution" calls for a leader with a unique combination of qualities: strong leadership, compassion, and commitment to upholding the rule of law.

Kenya is going through the worst political rebirth in its entire history. We are facing a future with a lot of uncertainty. Kenya is crying for a leader who will be able to manage her better with her people in the future.

I believe I hold the answer to what kind of a leader Kenya deserves. We need a benevolent empath dictator with a deep affinity for fidelity to the Constitution and the rule of law.

The current democracy as enshrined in our Constitution is that of a Constitution Democracy and hence making me opine that we need a leader who has all these qualities put together.

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Since we as Kenyans hate to think at all, leave alone critical thinking, let me elucidate what I mean with my cryptic headline. The phrase “Kenya needs a benevolent empath dictator with an affinity to fidelity to the Constitution” calls for a leader with a unique combination of qualities: strong leadership, compassion, and commitment to upholding the rule of law. Such a leader would be devoted to improving the well-being of the people, addressing societal issues with understanding and empathy, while also ensuring that all actions and policies are in line with the principles enshrined in the country’s constitution. While the concept of a “benevolent empath dictator” is not without its challenges and potential risks, the hypothetical scenario described aims to highlight the potential benefits of a leader who combines authority with compassion and respect for the rule of law.

As an entrepreneur and industrialist in a country that hates job makers, I believe that the issue of reducing the cost of living, having affordable energy, creating jobs, ending corruption, streamlining proper sustainable reforms in the tax code, reforming the police sector from how we recruit them to how they are trained to handle issues are possible with a leader who has benevolent dictatorial tendencies, with a shade of an empath whose fidelity to the Constitution is unrivaled. I have said before on several occasions that reducing the cost of living is not possible because of political reasons. What many of us fail to understand is that the current political class lacks any political will to change the fortunes of the country for the better. All they are seeing is how best they can fulfill the desires of their stomachs and wallets. Business, Money, economics, and growth are all functions of the political ecosystem. We cannot separate these from politics hence why the leader we pick must have the right qualities, the needed characteristics, and the drive to push through change without compromising on his integrity.

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Reducing the cost of food is easy. Having cheap and affordable energy is possible and achievable. Ending corruption would be a walk in the park. Creating the right business environment is easy as saying amen. Addressing the rising insecurity would be achieved with critical reforms in the hiring, training, and management of the police force. Dubai had done it. Saudi has done it. Finland has done it. Norway has done it. Botswana is doing it. Why can’t we do it too? Are we different? Are we a lesser race? No. We can do it. In fact, we can do it better than any other country. We produced the FIRST Black USA President. In conjunction with Tanzania, we have produced the current UK Prime Minister. We have dominated long-distance running for ages and we are about to take over the short races. So yes, we have what it takes. So what is the problem when it comes to the leaders we elect? My SI unit question to leadership when having a conversation with my fellow Kenyans is this; would you employ a thief or a murderer or drunkard or an ethically challenged person as your house girl? 100% the answer is always no. So why do we employ ethically challenged Kenyans to be in charge of our national resources where we complain daily?

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