In the Game of Voter-Turn-Out, NASA is Loosing Again

August 8^th is almost here and Kenyans will flock to their polling station to choose their most preferred candidates for elective office. Unlike other advanced democracies where the candidate with the best ideas wins; in Kenya the candidate with the largest tribal alliance wins. In his speech at the Fearless summit, Dr. Lumumba bluntly describes the Kenyan election as a competition of who will bring forth the largest tribal alliance. Sad as it is that is how the Kenyan democracy operates in its current stage of development and NASA is too moral to acknowledge this and play by the rules of this dirty game. By the end of the day on August 8^th the alliance that would have convinced the most members to come out on election day will win.

In the previous election, Jubilee had the upper hand on the turn-out game. The alliance had chosen the most appealing mantra for their followers. President Uhuru and his deputy knew that martyrdom is a deeply emotional subject and by presenting themselves as sacrificial lambs who had been unfairly singled out to be sacrificed for the sins of all their people; they would give each jubilee supporter a liberating reason to turn-out on election day. By turning out on election day, almost every average jubilee member had a liberating feeling that they were saving themselves from the guilt of abandoning one of their own to suffer for the sins of a whole community.