All seems quiet, but strong undercurrents abound everywhere

The Maragoli sub-tribe of the larger Luhya community is arguably the most peaceful and sociable. When, therefore, they heckled and unceremoniously ejected Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa from the annual Maragoli cultural festival at Mbale Town in Vihiga County, the writing was on the wall.

Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in the October 26 presidential election and eventual swearing-in as Kenya’s fifth president were the bandage and gauze used to cover a festering political wound. This may have succeeded in keeping the flies at bay, but little has been done to guarantee the wounds heal cleanly. The antiseptics and antibiotics under the brand name ‘Dialogue’ have not been applied or administered; the reason why the wound will get more septic under the heat of the bandages.