Regional nature of our politics unfortunate but unavoidable

The other day, I received a message which was widely circulated to Kenyan bloggers where a reader gave me as an example of how hypocritical Kenyan politicians can be. His reason is that my column is often about good governance, but he felt there was a contradiction in my campaign with Uhuru Kenyatta who is facing charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.

He said I support Uhuru because I am a tribalist. He probably did not know that I am with Uhuru because I am in the party he leads, TNA and that I do not belong to the same ethnic community as him. In any case, my integrity cannot be judged purely on the basis of which candidate I support for President unless you are sure there is a clear personal vested interest on my part.