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'Hybrid' government birthed by protests, but point clearly missed

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Cabinet nominee before the Committee on Appointments at the Mini Chambers,County Hall,Nairobi . August 1st,2024 [Elvis Ogina ,Standard]

After a month of Gen Z-led pro-good governance, not anti-government, protests, we are back to default settings. Instead of the Great Reset, we have a political deal that ridicules our lining up every five years to vote. This latest contraption is called "Broad-Based Government" (BBG).

The atavistic nature of our politics means that we don't get that our "forwards then backwards" evolution is a spark away from "enough is enough" revolution. We prefer dealing to leading.

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