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Kenyans never learn from the past; that’s our biggest problem

Hon. Kalonzo Musyoka speaking at a press brief where he said he will go out of his way to campaign for the BBI document.:[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Nothing new happens in Kenya. May be the only reason we are so into divisive politics is that we lead such flat lives that we crave something new -a new lie, a new promise, some excitement, to break what Russian writers used to describe as the flatness of existence.

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