Defend politicians at your own peril, they don’t care about you

That Kenyans voters are forgetful is never in doubt. It has been said in some quarters that their collective poor memory is a coping mechanism because some of the experiences they have gone through as a nation are traumatising and better forgotten, deliberately.

That might not be gospel truth, but it does not sound like a lie because living, or just surviving in Kenya, is increasingly becoming an extreme sport, or even something worse. Early this week, Kenyans were hit by an increase in fuel prices, and that means an increase in cost of items and services across the board.