SENSE OF BELONGING: DRUMS OF WAR
SENSE OF BELONGING: DRUMS OF WAR As we prepare for the 2027 election, we’re seeing political actors use their so-called “power” to divide the nation along ethnic lines. Most people who were around nearly 20 years ago—during the 2007/08 period—know what PEV means and still remember its tragedies. Many affected families carry the scars to this day. Even when they try to move on, the topic keeps resurfacing because they know how brutal it was. That’s my reason for never giving Kibaki full credit. He undermined the democracy that brought him to power and made people believe in a new democratic dawn that never fully materialized. Back to this ethnicity issue. We tend to believe humans are logical and can easily distinguish right from wrong. But the truth is, humans rarely operate that way. That’s why we have governments backed by security forces. If we were purely logical, governments wouldn’t need to exist in the first place. They exist because humans need leadership and direction. And who...
