THE MAKING OF A "GRIGORI RASPUTIN"

Before the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, Russia was ruled by powerful Emperors (Tsars) and the last one was Tsar Nicholas II. The Tsars were autocrats who controlled the lives of people and the wealth of the country. People lived the life of serfs where they were paid meager wages for their livelihood.Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Tsarina Alexandra had an only son named Alexei who suffered from hemophilia. The royal family were introduced to one Grigori Rasputin who was said to have special healing powers so that he could treat their son. With time Rasputin won  so much trust and confidence of the royal family such that he started advising them on senior government appointments including the army, judiciary , public service and even selection to parliament. This made Rasputin  a much loathed person by those aggrieved, jealous and the suffering citizens. Rasputin is said to have been murdered just before the start of the revolution and thereafter the Tsar and his family were also killed during the revolution. It was after this Revolution that USSR was born and grew to become the only super power to rival the USA. So, who is our Grigori Rasputin, you may ask?
After the British arrived to establish a colony in our country at the beginning of 20th Century, they took away fertile land and confiscated peoples livestock who they left  destitute. They subsequently introduced their culture, religion and basic education so that people could learn to serve them. They also subdivided the country into administrative units so as to restrict movement of people to stem any organized uprising. To assist them in the administration they appointed loyal people as Chiefs, headmen and in the Tribal Police (now AP). The loyalists used their proximity to the people to spy on them and report to the colonialists any threat to their power. Thus the seed of future Grigori Rasputins in the name of these quislings was planted. It was through these confidants that the colonial government was able to get inside information about the MauMau which they used to neutralize and kill them. For their effort , the Rasputins were rewarded with promotions, land and livestock confiscated from the MauMau and their sympathizes, etc.
When Mzee Jomo Kenyatta took the reins of power in 1963, he seemed to have accepted the status quo by taking over these colonial administrators and subsequently fast tracking their promotions in the army, police, judiciary, etc. as the white colonial officers left. Obviously, this may look fine from the outside but affirmative action could have been used in this instance to incorporate the children of the Mau Mau. Instead the children of the MauMau families were treated as pariahs by the independent government. Shame!
The  appointed Africans took advantage of their new positions to amass wealth, power and influence all over the land including parliamentary elections. Upon the death of Kenyatta in 1978, President Daniel Moi promised to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor and with new administrative units and rampant corruption, new Rasputins were born.
As we embark in the implementation of the new constitution which has many new positions in the Counties, Senate and Parliament, the Rasputins are positioning themselves in earnest so as to get the "right" people appointed  to forestall any chance of the government going to the wrong hands (read the majority will). As they do their night meetings they are  in good company of those who get lucrative government tenders and contracts so as to generate enough cash to maintain the status quo. The Rasputins are likely to be descendants of colonial Chiefs, clergy, politicians, soldiers, etc. They are the defenders of the status quo. However, we all know that history has an uncanny way of repeating itself , even in the form of the Russian Revolution!