Political hijack of graft war, handshake dangerous

As the saying goes, politicians will always be politicians. That is why I long made up my mind to simply let politicians play their games as I attend to the duties God has placed upon my weak shoulders. Though every once in a while, our paths converge at national platforms, it has been my deliberate choice to neither align myself to any of their ever-mutating parties, nor allow their theatrics to derail my life or vision. However, whenever such drama tends towards the breach of national peace, we are constrained by our divine duty to respectfully caution our leaders. One such time is now.

The recent spate of wrangling among our political leaders can only be considered unfortunate. Coming at a time when the nation is faced with more serious challenges such as drought and famine, this bickering is becoming a distraction and tending towards being destructive. In the last several months, the political rhetoric has been mainly toxic and has been growing worse by the day. Sadly, these negative themes have been strategically developed around what would otherwise be considered positive efforts to place our nation on a growth trajectory – the Handshake and the fight against graft.