We should plan for proletariat electoral revolution in 2027

IEBC officials inspect election materials at a polling station. [File, Standard]

We can build a new brand of politics that can carry our common hopes and dreams. I make this assertion in the view of the heightened political activity both within the broad-based coalition and the 'Opposition-Amalgamated'. Parties are rebranding while others are celebrating anniversaries. Politicians, who have been hitherto unseen and unheard of, are suddenly coming out of the woods. I was amused when I saw Kivutha Kibwana giving us hints on how to get the President out of office. Isn't he a Kenya Kwanza insider? I remember seeing him in Karen with William Ruto as a last minute defector. Or did they ignore him?

In a conversation, my mentor told me that the only thing politicians can't countenance is being ignored. With Hustler Fund default rate hitting 64 per cent and the health care in crisis, no one needs convincing that our friends manning the State are out of their breath and thus unable to be the custodians of our collective aspiration. This is before you turn your eyes to their human rights record which speaks for itself in the many unmarked graves that litter this Republic as a consequence of the Kenya Kwanza's lack of restraint on the law enforcement front.