Insane in the Membrane

As I write this, the First Crazy is on a complete rampage through all the media houses in Nairobi. Early this morning, actually late last night she went to the Nation House which is home to the Daily Nation newspaper and said she was going to stage a hunger strike at their offices until they printed her version of the story. She demanded to see the editor who’d approved the story about her late night antics on Friday. She was also upset because the Standard newspaper had reported that she had gone to the Muthaiga police station to file a statement and she was wearing shorts. She went on to say yes she was wearing shorts, they should have taken a picture, she can wear anything she wants, shorts, pants, mini-skirts and "yes, I even wear bikinis". You gotta see this lady to truly marvel at such bravado. She completely took the Nation office hostage and when one news crew arrived a little late and began to film, she came over and slapped a cameraman’s equipment down and the reporter across the face. I actually shouldn’t call her the First Crazy because she’s showing all signs to the fact that something is truly not right upstairs. Anyway, read the articles, the story is unbelievable. I’m starving here; I skipped breakfast because I had to watch news of this lunacy. Oh, on top of that, she wanted to have the World Bank president arrested on grounds of disturbing the peace but the police had to delicately remind her that he enjoyed diplomatic immunity and could not be arrested.

Where is the president in all of this? Good question, no one knows. She cannot be "silenced" as she constantly insists. Lol, she said that she has always been known as the woman who got things done and now that she’s First Lady they are more publicized. She said something to this extent, "When I moved to the State House and power went out in Muthaiga, people would call me and say, ‘Lucy, we have no power, we can’t sleep because all the generators are running. Please, can you do something?’ I would call KPLC* and I would order them, yes I give orders, you can put that in your papers! And I would tell them, the people of Muthaiga have no power and cannot sleep, do something. And they would listen to me and power would be restored. I stand for the weak and the voiceless people of Kenya and I get things done." For those of you who’ve never been to Kenya, Muthaiga is one of the richest neighborhoods among the suburbs. I mean the place is lavish, huge mansions and just plain loaded but evidently those folks are downtrodden and oppressed and need Lucy to be their voice.

http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=19507

She’s still running over town right now, visiting media houses and insisting that she’s the voice of reason. And elections are not until 2007 so there’ll be two more years of this or according to her, 7 more because she knows that her husband will get reelected.

*KPLC is the Kenya Power and Lighting Company but are commonly referred to as Kenya Paraffin Lamps and Candles in the rural areas and other urban areas as the service is so often interrupted some folks haven’t had electricity for months.