Jubilee merger: An irony of unity

The Jubilee Merger became a reality yesterday after months of haggling and false starts some 12 parties affiliated to the Jubilee Coalition agreed to formally collapse into one big family. In what the President and his Deputy said was a symbol of unity and an act of political inclusion.

President Uhuru Kenyatta said all he wants is, all Kenyans to feel included in the Government. I fail to understand how a merging of political parties into a big family is supposed to unite a nation. You do not unite a country by forming big political parties. A country can only be united by sound policies which promote equality and equity. In fact this sounds as a threat to many citizens who view it as an old and redundant tactic to claw back on the Constitution of Kenya in Article 4(2) which is unmistakable that Kenya is a Multi-Party democracy state. It is similar to calling all the parties in Kenya to join under an umbrella party with a scapegoat of unity as the agenda.