Sunday 3 March 2013

To each his own it does seem

In the wake of final rallies before the upcoming presidential election in Kenya, Michaela Wong's article To Each His Own is put in perspective. Her views reveal the nuance of Kenya's party politics that means that different tribes take cold, calculating and often brutal steps to protect their interests during elections. These steps clearly far removes from the notion that election violence in Kenya is "spontaneous". So what lesson may be learnt from this? A government such as Kenya's only serves to make things worse so long as it champions cronyism more, and invests less in encouraging ordinary Kenyans to see themselves more as Kenyans than as members of a particular tribe.