Of paper parties and paupers, and the battle for the real hustlers of Kenya

From left - Ford Kenya party leader Moses Wetangula, KANU Chairman Gideon Moi, Wiper party leader Kalonzo Msyoka, and ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi at Etete market for a political rally where they were campaigning for ANC candidate Peter Nabulindo on February 17, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Some two dozen parties are awaiting registration, from a larger pool of nearly 200 parties that applied early this year.

Apparently, the rest were knocked off because of their insistence on a certain term: “hustler”.