Political Ideology: Why intellectuals must help redefine our politics.

Kenya is probably one of the few places in the world where belonging to a political party loses meaning soon after elections. Here, people do not elect parties, policies or ideologies. Rather, they elect personalities. There is need to have strong political parties anchored on lifelong ideological foundations. Only then, maybe, shall we have sober politics, minimise corruption and tribalism, and have sustained political stability.

Political parties in Kenya have funny names. Only a few of such names have ideological connotations like it is supposed to be. For instance, with no intention whatsoever to demean any political grouping, we have parties/coalitions with names like “Wiper”, “Jubilee” etc. Good names I must say, but where is the ideological indication in the name?