The Big Man Syndrome In Kenya

Yesterday, I spent half my day commuting to and fro the Nairobi Hospital where none other than Mr. Muthaura lay.

I had gone to visit a friend at lunch time but some lunatic felt it was more pleasing to tell us that there would be no visiting at lunch hour without giving any  plausible reason (just cited unavoidable circumstances). We found out later on, that some dignitaries were scheduled to visit the Ambassador and hence the reason why everybody and their uncle was frozen at the door. Very, sick relative, dying one, one in ICU, HDU, I don't know where, who cared? Muthaura came first and his visitors(read MPs, Ministers, PSs and a lot of other wannabes) were the only ones allowed to visit him! After all who told you to be born poor?

Since the lunch hour visit was out, we were forced to go back in the evening and I can tell you the amount of security there was unbelievable! You had to announce to those stupid bodyguards stationed at every corridor exactly where you were going and which bed number you were visiting! Talk about idiocy!!

The friend I was visiting narrated how visitors (read dignitaries) had just been streaming in and out of hospital one after the other to go see their beloved Muthaura. Even those, who it is on public record that they don't see eye to eye with the man. In fact, I was made to understand that some were coming for the second and third time to see a man they don't even like and ati since they had come individually the first round, they felt compelled to make tax paying Kenyans be subjected to this nonsense of theirs so that they can see Muthaura "in a group"!! What the hell for?

Doctors had a hard time seeing the patient because the stupid waheshimiwas felt it was their right to have thousands of bodyguards walking up and down the corridors and keep the rest of the people outside. The poor sick man wasn't even allowed time enough to rest from what I gathered coz people just kept streaming in and out of his room (including very late at night)! I have been told that Alfred Mutua even begged people yesterday NOT to go visit him to allow sufficient time for doctors to tend to him. Kenyans are hard of hearing I guess, coz that didn't stop, and people continued to do so.

However, I can tell you how much people cursed this big man syndrome Kenyans have. It's like the rest of us are valueless, don't matter at all coz the big people have all the money and therefore all the rights. Screw you people who have sick relatives and what not, your feelings don't matter when the big people need to see each other regardless of how much (information in the public domain) they hate each other. The worst bit about this, is, I believe his own family members were not allowed the privilege these big people were to see and care for their relative in pain.

I thank God he is not a respecter of persons and treats all of us equally, coz seriously some of us would not have air to breathe if was controlled by some people! 

I have now heard they sent him to South Africa for urgent medical attention, I don't want to say anything bad about him, but I can tell you, I know a whole lot of people, who were cursing him to kingdom come yesterday. 

Although I wonder, if they want to discriminate against people and all that nonsense I witnessed yesterday, why don't they just open up a high security hospital for themselves instead of inconveniencing others? Anyway, that's Kenya for you. 

On a whole separate matter altogether.... I came across this video link in my inbox today, it made me laugh and I watched it about 5 times (it's only 19 seconds anyway) As always, I thought that I should share it with you guys.....hope you get to enjoy it as much as I did. 

Don't do this at home!!

Have a great end of the week!