Intolerant name calling show can’t be referendum debate

The tail does not wag the dog. It is the other way round, the dog wags the tail. It is convoluted logic - basically subterfuge - when you want to walk on the head rather than use your legs. This is where the diatribe that disguises itself as a “referendum debate” in Kenya belongs.

It is diatribe because nobody is listening to anybody else. One morning, someone wakes up and shouts that there is going to be a national referendum on the Constitution. Like frogs, the rest of the country is expected to croak along that “Yes, there will be a referendum.” If you say no, they scream your name all over the place, saying that they have seen you with the devil.