Election cycles are the best times to bring out our fears

We are at the crossroads of the best of times and the worst of times. Hope and despair beckon us concurrently. In this age of comically compulsive individuals in Kenya’s political arena, we are reminded of Charles Dickens’ opening lines in the seminal work, A Tale of Two Cities.

Dickens cast his work in Europe in the age of the French Revolution (1789 – 1792). This fascinating story was set in London and Paris, the two cities. Yet you would think that Dickens had looked into the seeds of time and seen an African town, over two hundred years later.