Uhuru’s strategy that appeals to the brain but ignores the heart

In the 1992 elections, Americans had their own Baba (spelt ‘Bubba’ but pronounced the same as our Baba). And he won the elections hands down. OK, let me start this story from the beginning.

In June 1991, George HW Bush had become the most popular president in modern American history. Under his leadership, the American army had just come back home triumphant from the Gulf War, having expelled Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. Euphoria was at its highest; in fact, one observer likened the soldiers’ homecoming to the majestic return of the legions of Ancient Rome.