Let Kenyans look beyond the tribe factor

NAIROBI: Columnists, especially opinionated ones, have become an endangered breed. Then again, if there’s anything the recent times have taught us, it is to stand on the soap box at your own peril. It’s preferable to hide behind the little (and big) white lies.

So obsessed are we with maintaining status quo that we will vilify anyone who speaks out loud what we all think and whisper in the sanctity of our closed, trusted circles. Yes, let us continue peddling mediocrity.