Was the heroin ship blown up to destroy evidence and protect drug lords?

Photo: The seized ship, MV Al Noor goes up in flames after President Kenyatta's order.

Kenya is a nation of endless political marksmanship, self-preservation and deception by elites with deep interests in the economy and government. That's for certain as is in many other nations.

In this group are unscrupulous business people, drug barons, land grabbers and corruption rings some of whom are in positions of power and influence, in the government. They have a hand in nearly if not all government decisions and operations. The executive is usually most affected by these individuals with personal interests.

To gain political mileage, those in office must dance to the tune of the cartel holding the nation hostage. Those in positions of power protect the corrupt, drug barons among other nasty criminals whose rightful place should be in Kamiti Maximum Prison. Those in power help these criminals to evade the law in sneaky ways. Consequently, justice and truth never sees the light of day.

I could go on about drug barons, land grabbers and, name them. But that's probably a piece for some other time.

The recent blowing up of a supposedly heroin laden ship by president Kenyatta stirred up a fair amount of controversy. The act, whatever the intention, raises more questions than answers.

It was executed swiftly and could appropriately be likened to the deportation of the Artur mercenaries or assassins or whatever they were. Even a court order could not stand in the way of the president's illegal move. Unfortunately, we have become accustomed to an alarming trend with a president who only applies the rule of law when it fits him.

So what prompted the destruction of the ship rather than the heroin? And how certain can we be that the heroin wasn't moved from the ship before it went boom?

The move, judging by subsequent political hype by Mr Uhuru, had nothing to do with the combat against drug trafficking. He seemed more intent on saving the face of a corrupt administration that has lost public confidence, especially at the coast.

Conceivably, the ship could have been containing incriminating evidence against powerful cartels, who promptly ordered the president to blow up the ship and destroy such leads. In which case,

If the president and his government is sincere about the battle on drug-trafficking, then they must fight within the constitution. He must learn that he is not above the law and like any other Kenyans he must respect the Judiciary.

We cannot fight lawlessness by becoming even more lawless. It is most unfortunate that the president chooses to disregard the very constitution he was sworn to protect.

Blowing up ships and much hot air by the president will not get us far in the long run. We need to see arrests and prosecutions of these cartels in government.

So the guy blew up the ship. Others applauded. Others swallowed it, hook, line and sinker.
However, we decline to accept such public relations foolery and criminal cover-ups by Uhuru.