Uhuru should step aside in 2017 if we are to free ourselves of tribalism

A brief analysis of the history of Africa’s political conflicts reveals that between 1960s and 1990s, there were about 80 violent changes of government in 48 Sub-Saharan African countries. During the same period, many of these countries also experienced different types of civil strife, conflicts and wars.

The governments that took over from the colonists were expected to correct, among other things, natural resource allocation which was previously skewed in favour of the colonists. However, no sooner did the colonists leave than the new leaders began their own accumulation of wealth.