We've sacrificed our rich cultures, talents on altar of ethnic politics

Nakuru residents celebrating New Year during the Pamoja concert at Nakuru ASK Show on January 1, 2020. [File, Standard]

As the political scene unravels around us, French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr's adage “plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (the more things change, the more they stay the same)" rings true. It is uninspiring to witness the nations’ political maestros retreat to their tribal cocoons in a bid to capture the top seat in the land.

While this may have been the norm in the years gone by, it lacks currency given the crumbling economic order. With businesses and households crawling from the ravages of failed economic policies and a health crisis, one would have expected a little ingenuity. A befitting course would have been a rallying cry to rebuild our broken economic walls.