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If you vote based on tribe, you vote for bad leadership

A man confronts an anti-riot police officer for storming into his house in search of protestors demonstrating against the repeat presidential election, Kawangware, 2017. [Pius Cheruiyot, Standard]

As the political season gathers tempo, we are again being treated to politics of alignment and realignment, mainly based on tribal and regional persuasions.

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