Political parties not only mock the idea of a constitutional democracy, they also sabotage it. Since the return of multi-partism, political parties are formed and organised on the basis of tribe. We camouflage this shameful reality by giving a few token party leadership positions to members of other tribes.
However, no one is fooled as to which ethnic community owns which political party. We have “advanced” to having coalitions of tribes. Essentially, therefore, Kenyan elections are a competition between tribes or coalitions of tribe
