Ruto led his tribe into a military formation with one aim, to get Raila into power by all means necessary. Moi used to use the tribal card to whip tension during election year. So, Kenyans are not tribal par say, the leaders are the problem, they use tribalism to retain or get into power.

Most of my friends are from other tribes until election time approaches.

Can you explain how Kikuyus have always lived peacefully for yrs in the Rift Valley (don't give me the shit about ancestral land). Then one day, the Kalenjin wake up and decide the Kikuyus, Kisii and Kamba must vacate?

Good question, Kikuyus settled in the Rift Valley but the Kalenjins did not settle in Central Province. Granted, there was no land to be settled on by the ever rising Kikuyu population. Land here was also being demacated day and night especially inherited land. Kisii ppl also have been having less land even after dividing it into strips and belts. The obvious was thus to look elsewhere. If you cannot get that, explain yourself.

But at the end of the day, I know for sure that Kenyans are not tribal but our leaders are tribal. Ruto is a case in point, and so are those who incite their tribesmen against otehr tribes.

don't absolve the ordinary kenyan..just give him a few shillings and see how tribal he becomes..kenyans were born very tribal..don't call that shit

Okay, how many friends do you have right now? How many are from your tribe. In fact, in mycase, the more reliable friends are from another tribe. I remember at home, we used to divide ourselves according to the fair skinned and brown skinned. If our parents wanted to use the same to divide us to a point of killing each other, they would have easily done so. But because they were sensible, they did not divide us according to fairness or darkness of the skin, nor sex, nor height, nor fatness etc. In Somali, Clans are killing each other. Is it over ancestral land? Given a chance, Ruto can make African Americans to fight the Pinks in order to get to power. If you cant get that, be more convincing in your argument.

Good People, believe it or not,there is nothing like tribe in Kenya. Hakuna Kabisa.

Kenyans ( and indeed all humans) are divided into two Haves and Have nots. Humans will play ANY card to be on top; to be able to feed themselves, govern themselves, be at par with the other one. It does not matter what card it is, colour of skin, length of hair, size of waist, clan, you name it.

So long as resources are allocated equitably, you will never hear of Tribe ever again. As long as each can buy their own drink, food, rent, you will never even know what 'tribe' the fellow is from. And if you know, it will just be a joke.

There can be no peace without equity. That is why Kenya has a new constitution. We hope it solves the distribution of resources.

There is no such thing as incitement to evil. You've quoted a bible verse as your signature (yeah, that's a bible verse and it's not Rev. Rev Canon K who said it but Solomon - look for it in Proverbs - the book isn't long - you'll find it - and along with that know who said what and where) and so you know that what I say is true. You cannot blame your own evil doing on some other part. You Kenyans (and I never calimed I was Kenyan) are tribal to the bone. You are just tribal and you cannot help it. You cannot blame leaders for your own mistakes. Try blaming Satan for the mistakes you did when you're being thrown into the lake of fire and see if you will be pardoned. In the same way that the anger of Kenyans rose to boiling points never seen before when Mutua opened his mouth so does the blood of Kenyans boil when they hear that another tribe is this or that. Call it hate, call it jealousy, call it evil but don't dare blame leaders - you are the one who chopped off your neighbors head with a machete and no leader lifted a single stone, match stick or sword. It was all your doing and you hatred for your brothers.

@Insurgent, very few are from my tribe, but that is beside the point? I'm trying to get the root of tribalism, and I thought you'd shed some light on it...I had no argument, unless you got one from my statement... The reason i brought in parents, is that some of them communicate that you will not marry from community X....but I still haven't got the root of the problem, if you know, kindly share..

Silly theory. There was one linking Kaleos with Egyptians some time back

Dude, truth is stranger than fiction... Most parents do that out of the fear that if you marry cross border, you will not be fully accepted in either community and so will not be in the best position to 'eat' when the time comes. That advise is basically done out of ignorance and the fear of the unknown more than anything else.. Every parent wants the kid to be among the haves and will not accept anything which to him might deny the kid that access.. either due to other people's foolishness ( possible) or otherwise.

Have you ever heard of a parent refuse his kid to marry from another community if the other family is better positioned to gain? ( well other than religion?)

Have you watched this?
LINK: Kenya's state of tribalism