As we are approaching election period many political aspirants are hopeful of making debut and comeback in political sphere. The incumbent are also doing their best in order to see their way back into the political arena. Many have already launched their political weaponry tools that will lash at their arch rivals.
This is the time when a politician cannot miss a meeting and will make sure they attend lest they lose grips to their opponents. It doesn’t matter the nature of the meeting be it a health seminar, an agriculture meeting, Christian communities, funerals and fundraising events.
Most of them will snatch a moment and talk to the voters even if they are not allowed. If they are in office currently, they will remind voters of how they have not completed their projects and will complete them once re-elected. They will warn voters against electing new leaders who may not complete the current projects in progress. The aspirants will also jostle their political path by criticizing those in office for failing voters by enriching themselves, employing their kins and discriminatory tactics of allocating projects. They will promise heaven voters, the same policies that those in office gave to voters before they were elected. They will give their policies and show passion to voters’ woes, the good side of it Kenyans are used to these phrases. It is just like seducing the same woman who was heartbroken, promising her of never breaking her heart and as she naively gives in you manipulate her.
Furthermore, there is this group of individuals who brand themselves as ‘opinion shapers’ and political brokers. They are point men of politicians deployed in the wards, constituencies, counties and country to sell policies and manifestos of political affiliations they belong to. They are all over; in villages they will confront drunkards in brewing dens how their preferred candidates will dethrone those in office with a landslide victory. Some have no academic portfolio owing to their unquestionable academic background but when they lecture a political move you think they have a political science degree from one of the world’s first class universities.
The last group is the voters; sometimes very gullible and at a times very cunning. The moment campaigns will gain momentum, every voter will be yearning to benefit from cash and free food. They will throng politicians’ homes in the hope of being assisted financially. It is worth noting that they craft sweet talking skills to convince politicians till they heed to their quests. Until the day the aspirant fails terribly they will ensure that they appear before breakfast, lunch and supper. Some may temporarily relocate to politicians homes and siphon them terribly. They will blackmail politicians of being their desired candidates and praise them with faked supremacy theories although some are told off just after giving out handouts.
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