Why House of Mumbi should back Raila’s presidential bid

NASA flag bearer Raila Odinga

Today I want to turn politics on its head – literally. What I am proposing may appear rocket science at first, but on second thought, it’s common sense. Every five years, Kenyans cry about the ethnic matrix in our voting patterns.

Kenya’s 42 ethnic groups vote almost to a person for their ethnic baron, or the leader endorsed by their ethnic kingpin. Then – almost as predictably – the same voters complain about tribalism in our politics. That’s because most of our citizens are tribalists, not nationalists – or Kenyans.