Despite Wajackoyah's 'wild' views, Roots Party wave is a wake-up call

Roots presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah. [File, Standard]

Kenya has made Wajackoyah necessary. To dismiss Wajackoyahism without a sincere analysis of its perspectives – as extreme as they are – is to miss out on a critical opportunity to critique ourselves.

One may read Wajackoyah as an abstract thinker detached from Kenya’s reality. Another may read him as a liberal who has little care for morals. Still, another may read him as a severe capitalist. We will read him here as a voice that jolts our minds to newer and higher levels of thought and reflection.