Have Multi-parties dumped efforts for national unity?

Since the advent of multi-party politics in the early 1990s within the Kenyan governance spectrum, significant democratic dividends have been realized. This is ostensibly the positive side of the Kenyan multi-parties continuum which most ‘forward-thinking’ politicians and political activists often refer to. This is rather a subjective reference and perspective.

In incorporating a substance and touch of objectivity, it is fundamental to note that indeed the principle of multi-parties has to a greater extent contributed to the ethnic polarization of the Kenyan state. Multi-parties have been a ground on which the divergence of nationhood has taken place rather than the initial perceived convergence that it was touted to generate.