The power of big brothers

It is a jungle where characters are not judged by their traits but their names, to be specific their surname. Fortune is with you if your parents enjoy or enjoyed the league of political doyens in Kenya. One can rise to any political rank or job with no hurdle to confront him/her.   

Uhuru is the president because of Kenyatta, Odinga junior was the prime minister while the senior was the first vice president of Kenya and Moi junior is fighting to salvage the pride and influence of Moi’s name in Rift valley and the whole country.

In Western Kenya political fathers of the Luhya nation Wamalwa, Masinde Muliro and Mudavadi have their sons in the political rings throwing punches to scoop the leadership medal. Nyachae’s son is relevant today because of his father’s political muscles.    

Several leaders have succumbed to this strength of big brothers such as Raphael Tuju, Peter Kenneth, Moses Wetangula, where a few such as William Ruto and Kalonzo Musyoka have battled the big names to enjoy the cake reserved for the might.  We are forced to believe a notion that we have few families that produce leaders not considering what they will yield or giving other young leaders whose political and leadership skills are formidable and great.