Poll violence has no place in democracy

An IEBC official is pulled away at Munami Primary School in Matungu after violence erupted at the polling station over ballot stuffing allegations. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Guys. This is not it. Why do we still think that election violence is sexy? Surely, how does a country with a long history of tribal clashes—not to mention the brinkmanship that nearly pushed Kenya into the deep in 2007— still think that violence is an acceptable political tool? How self-serving and short-sighted can a people and its leaders be? Violence in elections and by-elections is expedient, no doubt. The problem is that a lucky minority live by the sword, but the unlucky majority die by it.