Interior CS Kindiki Clarifies His Viral 2020 ‘there is going to be a war’ Speech.
Interior CS Kindiki Clarifies His Viral 2020 ‘there is going to be a war’ Speech: Kindiki made the utterances before the Senate while as Tharaka Nithi Senator. He was comparing the leadership Former President Uhuru and that of the Biblical king, Belshazzar.
When Belshazzar succeeded his father, the Persian empire attacked Babylon to challenge his status as King at a time the kingdom was facing a severe famine
Instead of taking his kingship seriously and sparing basic supplies and fortifying his defenses, Belshazzar threw a huge banquet in his name. Because of his hubris, Babylon fell to the Persian empire in one night.
Kindiki stated, “Instead of being grateful that God had honored him among millions of citizens to be their leader, he entertained a government that was so divisive and oppressive. The Bible says he made a feast where he entertained other important people. He even committed sacrilege by using utensils taken from the temple of Jerusalem,”
“Mr. Speaker, as they were enjoying and making merry. As the deep state and system was celebrating, suddenly, there is going to be a war in this country, there is going to be a writing on the wall,” he added.
Kindiki has however, clarified that when he made the remarks he said “wall” and not “war” in reference to Belshazzar’s Biblical story.
CS Kindiki stated,”There are two differences between my speech in 2020 and what happened in June 25th (anti-government demos when Kenyans raided Parliament). The first difference of course is that towards the end of that clip, I said that there is going to be a ‘wall’; not war but wall…because I was talking about the writing on the wall,”
“It is the right of Kenyans to tell the government what they think about that government. That is the basis of democracy. Displeasure, disapproval, disaffection all those things are democratic,” he added.
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