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Why tribalism should never be a factor in our elections again

President Uhuru Kenyatta (center) ODM leader Raila Odinga (left) and Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka at WRC in Naivasha on June 27, 2021. [Courtesy]

The outcome of this country’s General Election for the last three decades has been determined to a large extent by the tribal factor. Candidates who did not pitch their campaigns on tribal support miserably lost out to those who had the backing of their tribes.

Although people may say that everywhere people vote for one of their own and cite examples of former President Barack Obama being overwhelmingly voted for by fellow blacks in the US, this should not lull us into the comfort that voting along tribal lines is right.

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