Kenya: Politics of exclusion and inclusion

MPs at sitting the National Assembly

This exclusion and inclusion thing. I thought the idea of devolution and its components, so dear to the opposition campaign, was meant to deflect attention from the national government. In Kenya, exclusion-inclusion, to paraphrase an old saying, is the last refuge of political scoundrels.

And by the way, how inclusive can a government be? Can we, in all honesty, form a government where all tribes are represented? Count 42 tribes, each with an average of five sub-tribes, each howling to have one of their own at the top.