I am stressed. I have been experiencing massive post-election trauma since 2017’s tale of two polls. Bands constrict around my heart every time I think about Kenya’s ruling class, and the endless supply of disdain it reserves for the electorate. My blood runs hot when I think about the energy that was leeched from “ordinary” Kenyans who participated in a voting ritual that was conjured to steal their power, and lock them into a five-year cycle of broken promises.