Diplomats should keep away and desist from calling for dialogue

Kenyans must reject calls for “dialogue” as proposed by a section of the political class. The notion created is that our country is in crisis, and indeed the country risk ranking by specialist risk consulting firm Control Risks Ltd, puts Kenya below banana republics such as DRC, Zimbabwe and Cameroon.

We are not in a crisis; we simply are experiencing an elongated “sour grapes purgatory”. In western democracies, which we so love to mindlessly ape and draw references from, the rules of competition are clear and well-laid-out. Losers either retire or humbly take the back bench.