Just how many presidents do we need?

By Peter Nguli
 
With just about seven months to go, Kenya's presidential candidates are increasing in number. The number of political parties is growing faster than the wildebeest migration in Maasai Mara. What irks most is that the names of some of these political parties are so complicated that even my grandmother can never pronounce their initials, yet she is so eager to vote.

I was counting the number of those who want to occupy the house on the hill come 2013. At minimum I got a minimum of ten. Am still counting and am sure they are more than that. While it is their democratic right, it is interesting to note that some are just known within their villages; they have never bothered to criss-cross the country and get themselves known. If an election were to be called today, I guess some will only be voted by their wives, their mothers and their siblings.