Tyranny of numbers is merely democracy at play

Majority leader Aden Duale

Democracy has been aptly described as majority having their way and minority having their say. So what’s this talk about tyranny of numbers? Let’s put it into perspective.

The phrase ‘tyranny of numbers’ crept into the political scene just before the 2013 elections. In presciently predicting a huge victory for Jubilee, a political analyst had used it and since then it has become a permanent feature in our political discourse.