Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:11:18 +0000 KENYA is on a knife edge as millions go to the polls today. There is no doubt that a Government that comes into office on the basis of ethnic representation will have little legitimacy, hence the trepidation and nationwide wariness. There is no doubt that fear and uncertainty will loom large today as the electorate across the country cast their votes to determine how the country will be governed. The stakes are high and so is the danger that the country could once again degenerate into inter-tribal internecine reminiscent of the 2007 blood bath. Since the introduction of multipartism in 1992 Kenya has been afflicted by the blight of ethnic politics driven in mainly by the political elite who call on tribal loyalty to seek, nurture and promote a nebulous ethnic enclave mentality seeking to assume political power. In all probabilities when Kenyans decide, their final decision may not […]
