Why it's extremely unwise for citizens to give up on politics

Voters at a polling station during the 2022 General Election, at KICC, Nairobi on August 9, 2022. [File, Standard]

The truth is simple but brutal: The quality of your life mirrors the quality of your politics. Every shilling in your pocket, every tax deducted from your payslip, every road you drive on, and every hospital bed you lie on is shaped by political decisions. To say “politics is not my business” is to sign away your future to people who have made it their business. Not to serve, but to steal.