
Mad or Moron?
Mohamed Haji
Yesterday, social media was awash with messages from a WhattsApp group page used by NFD politicians and other pastrolist MPS that shocked locals. The exchanges were as debased as any from a deranged teenager high on drugs. The messages of accusations and counter-accusations were full of insults, innuedos and outright foolish tantrumns that has exposed the hearts and brains behind those who represent us in the August house. Not that they are any different from most politicians from the rest of the country, only that theirs was played out in the open. The dearth of leadership and off-the-hook mannerism of the politicians who were sadly not even discussing anything remotely related to policies, politics or people from NFD was exposed. Not that much of it is secret but their incompetence continues to shock. In the end it is an indictment of the electorate.
One of the most shocking messages was from the Majority Leader Aden Duale who in the midst of the lowly female exchanges in the forum could neither restrain himself nor contribute anything sensible but join in the throwing of the vitriolic insults the legislators were indulging. He was ageist calling a former respected legislator who is now an EALA representative, an old woman (he wrote old women!) and some other unprintables. It was disconcerting to see the Majority Leader, of all people, exchanging insults with what were supposed to be his members most of them female and younger. Duale did not stop at that. He as is usual with him did not even try to restrain himself from insulting the respected former Wajir County women Rep Fatuma Ibrahim. In a poorly written message, he called Hon Fatuma Ibrahim, a woman who has had a difficult childhood,with poor upbringing and something else too, a man cannot say to a woman. He calls her a poverty stricken woman as if poverty is an insult.

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