Elections should unite, not divide Kenyans along tribal lines

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his running mate William Ruto waving at a cheering crowd as they headed to present their presidential nomination papers to IEBC at the KICC. Photo: Maxwell Agwanda

My father President Jomo Kenyatta once said: “Unity cannot be taken for granted.” We will be celebrating this year’s Madaraka Day in the shadow of national elections. As is usual and perhaps expected and most certainly welcome, elections are a time for robust discourse, and a pitting of opposing worldviews and ideologies. Unfortunately, in the past, election campaigns and their aftermath have brought out some of the worst, setting Kenyan against Kenyan.