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Rebuking our love of belly politics

Kenya is undergoing massive change as the new Constitution is implemented and citizens learn to live with devolution.
In this kind of political environment it is important conversations on governance be held in a language common to all people.

This is what Juma Namlola’s latest novel, Kula kwa Mheshimiwa (Jomo Kenyatta Foundation, 2013), does – narrating Kenya’s political situation in Kiswahili, the national language.

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