Why our Politicians are divided!
In the unfortunate game we find ourselves thrust into, a vicious cycle of who is fooling who, where truth is what the speaker of the moment determines is at his best interest. Before we get lost in all the momentary craziness sponsored by politicians attempting to clinch even more power to ensure their continued enrichment. It’s very important the patriot let’s known to you the pedistel on which politicians stand.
Kenyan politics, as am sure you have heard started off in institutions of higher studies, most notably of these is University of Nairobi, termed the oldest and arguably the best University in Kenya! In the past students who got the valued and scarce education had the will power to chang the norm they grew into, and slowly influenced country to revolt against colonization, dictatorship and corruption of all manner. As such these institutions have been a power to reckon with and a birth place of almost all our political class.
Notably for this case, it’s important to note that due to the different cultures, different regions and the diversity represented within the same institutions of higher education, there emerged tribal clubs where individuals would meet their own tribesmen and interact; to keep the students closer to their normalcy or perhaps to reduce the influence of Western civilization which in these formative years was viewed to control the education sector. What many of us don’t realize, or unknowingly overlook is that such organizations, clubs or otherwise still exist! Intact with group cultures, traditions.
These groups in turn turned to looking for a leader among themselves and present him for student leadership, and consequently, unsurprisingly they presented leaders as per their various tribes. When numbers mattered, unions were made comprising different factions and as such some tribes took to branding themselves friends and others enemies. Consequently the alliances and enemies created resembled what was happening in the national political front. In an uncanny nature university politics stopped being the influencer and slowly became the influenced, what with all the funding the student leaders got from political parties trying to control the political narrative.
Fast forward to 2017,the election year of present, a group ot youthful leaders are called to speak on the political catastrophe brewing in country. Illiteracy has been cited as one of the reasons why there has been divisive politics in the country, why the political scene has been marred by tribal bigotry. In this interaction from these leaders we learn of a new reality,
“the learned leaders we have have been on the forefront of promoting tribal alignment!”
“we have seen very highly placed, very exposed individuals go ahead and result to basic, animalistic tribal, divisive politics, further dividing the country….”
‘Where do these leaders come from?’
Here is where they come from, the filthy pond that manufactures our national leaders in our Universities. If Babu Owino’s rise into National politics isn’t evidence enough, then lack of police intervention on allegations of his brutality against political rivals in University should scare us, lest we forget.
To most of us wondering why the leadership is making a mockery of our collective intelligence and why they are determined to put their worst foot forward. We should let this reality sink in and if there’s need to change, let’s all pick a bucket and take out the water from the ship!….
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