Away with politics, it's time to build our economy and our lives

Last Monday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the reelection of President Uhuru Kenyatta in the repeat presidential election of October 26. This came after a high voltage political season, the most elongated in Kenya’s political history. It would be fair to say that 2017 was a political year, where everything else took second place and virtually every facet of our lives was directed by politics.

Nonetheless, I feel that Kenya is transitioning into a very strong democracy; an example in Africa in spite of all the drama in our politics. I would like to be on the side of the optimists who consider the recent political intrigues as an acid test to our future democratic processes. I disagree vehemently with the argument that our highly divisive politics will lead to a tattered nation.