Who is paying Government Printer to sabotage the New Law?

Mysterious hand of evil forces act on Government Printer?

Updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Story by: MEEME JOSHUA

Situated along Haile Salesie Avenue in Nairobi, is a house that has been on the lips of many Kenyan for long; but for all the wrong reasons. Welcome to the Government Press.

According to the mission declaration of this department under Office of the President it aims, 'to provide quality printing services to the Kenyan Government promptly and at the most economical costs and to ensure adequate security and supply of all documents ...' While it is clear the Kenyan Government is entrusted in leadership by the people of Kenya, Government Printer seems to be dancing to the tune of some strange forces pulling Kenyans backwards.

Despite a clear mission statement, the department does not either offer printing promptly or with adequate security. This Government Printer seems to be working for some retrogressive forces in this country. Let us though not condemn them without a reason.

The insertion of strange clauses in the Draft Constitution in May 2010 was a case in point. Having failed to insert the draconian clause, the Government Printer has now embarked on a mission to frustrate the implementation of the Constitution that they desperately opposed.

In delaying the publishing of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act as was required, the Government Printer is dragging the implementation process into crisis time schedule. The question that begs an answer is: who does this Government Printer work for? Definitely not the Kenyan people! Some strange evil forces seems to have converted the Government Printer into their marionette.

In May 2010 a strange insertion of “national security” in the Bill of Rights, could have sneaked justification of human rights violations on allegations of threat to national security. Just to jog our memory back, the controversial clause had been inserted in Article 24(1)(d) on Limitations of rights and fundamental freedoms. The Article had been changed to read "the need to ensure that the enjoyment of rights and fundamental freedoms by any individual does not prejudice national security, the rights and fundamental rights of others."

The phrase “national security” was inserted by a phantom hand. The mystery surrounding the insertion has never been solved. The puzzle seems to have died a natural death. The Government Printer's version of the Bills signed into law or the Constitution is the official one and would be legally binding. This means other documents with similar text are not legitimate. Suspicions emerged on who inserted the clause when AG Amos Wako denied having any knowledge of the changes.

Fast forward, July 2010. A critical bill is signed into law after Commission on the Implementation of the Constitution raised a red flag on the delay at the AG's office after the Bill was passed in Parliament one month earlier. Lame duck excuses of unavailability of the Clerk of the National Assembly did not hold any water. When the Bill was finally signed into law July 5, 2011 the delay was shifted to its publishing. Ideally, the Government Printer's version is the legally binding. Kenyans have waited but wasted!

Despite the importance of this legislation into the preparations of the next general election, some unseen forces had delayed the publishing of the law. First copies of the legislation were received July 18, 2011, two weeks after it was signed into law. However, the Government Printer does not offer any explanation of the delay. This is a conspiracy to defeat the implementation of the Constitution.

This critical law sets in motion mechanisms to set up a new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Among the issues the Commission is expected to address is carving out an additional 80 constituencies to make a total of 290 as stipulated in the Constitution, putting together a new voter register, and starting voter education to reduce voter apathy. The task ahead is enormous and delaying the establishment of the commission would crash its schedules. Am not a conspiracy theorist but my crystal ball tells me that the delay is a well orchestrated plan to delay the implementation and hence postpone the date for the general elections.

Mr Government Printer, whoever you work for, We the Kenyan people are watching your actions with keen interest. Andrew Rukaria, you owe Kenyan people an explanation.

joshmemento@yahoo.com