End Senate bravado and political drama holding Kenya back

For the apolitical, the unusual drama in the Senate – the bravado over funds and the ominous arrests – has been baffling, if not altogether annoying. Yet from a broader perspective, it raises pertinent questions.

Why does politics capture and captivate our every sense of being? Why is it that when it comes to politics, people seem to go berserk and even in the most developed nations, caution is thrown to the wind in a do or die contest? Possibly because, Politika, as the Greeks first called it, is associated with power and with making decisions for the wellbeing of individuals and communities.