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From Jomo to Uhuru: The rise of politics of the stomach in Kenya

Opposition leaders, among them Martin Shikuku and James Orengo, during the Saba Saba rally in Nairobi in July 1990. [File, Standard]

Dissent in Kenya has strayed a long way from issue-based engagements of gone years to selfish focus in the political class.

Competition for control of the State among the political elite today makes everything look like pursuit of personal political agenda within the political cream.

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