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THENCE THE TRIBE


Every performer goes to an audience that applauds him the most, so the saying goes. The events of the recent past events have more than revealed what corners we attribute to the most. The 2013 elections just exposed the lack of elitist view of all and sundry. It exposed the very true and ugly face of tribal monstrosity in Kenya’s elites who quickly took to the social media to expose their tribal marks in jubilation that they had voted. Voted my foot!
There was no exercise of the democratic rights when it was clear where the vote was inclined. The large voter turnout, the long queues and the break in IEBC devices was just a stamp to what we clear embody in our silly minds-the tribe.
Kenyans should be ashamed of themselves! Righteously speak, nobody is virtuous on the pedestal of tribe. Our actions signify our embodiments and our true blood in the vein. It surpasses our intelligence and sense of reasons. It breaks the bonds of civilization we cling to and traverses the peace that forever desperately escapes our mouth as a scapegoat.
Can’t we just be something else apart from the tribe? Could we enhance a more elaborate scheme of handling issues?
The heinous messages flying across the social divide be it on the social media are not what we should worry about. The big enemy here is not what we say but what we practically espouse in our day to day undertaking.
When one filters into senior public appointments, the filth that comes out is menacing not pleasing. It stinks of years of manipulation and lies. It revokes the bitter feelings and a deprivation of the highest order. Let’s be frank, the reason of tribal animosity in this country is not just the country has 1001 tribes; it is what lies in the vestiges of the distribution of power.
The only way to come out of the deeply ached tribal divisions in this country is by learning to treat each individual in their own capacity. It is trying to build not a wall around a specific community on leadership but digressing by breaking down the walls through being open and candid.  
The fact is that not all the 40 or so tribes can be in leadership at the same time and no matter how much we try; there is no way Kenya can accommodate these dozens of tribes into appointments. What it leaves with is, planning to understand the psychology of roll playing and the economy of equitable distribution of resources. If we can sit that tool on the table then we are good to go.
Lastly, the president elect must learn to come up with a plan to reach out to all Kenyans by almost traversing the entire country make them feel they belong.
    

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