i am on the ground and the kabufalo euphoria is quicly gaining momentum. someone tell clifford to return to his parliament seat because he is in for a rude shock.

Siku hizi anaitwa Hotel 300

We are also on the ground.
It's not over until the fat lady sings!

Vijanaa wa kiambu most of them ni wa jinga. Sasa hiyo 300 ndo utakula for the next 5yrs?

Africa’s Switch To Old Leaders: A Conspiracy Of The Elite Class

Introduction:

First, let us appraise the concept of elite conspiracy. Across the African continent, politics is still largely in the hands of the resident power elite, usually less than 1 percent of the electorate.

They are the governors, senators, ministers, former governors, former senators, former ministers, former military heads of state and former presidents.

This bloc of power brokers is organised around a cabal of kingmakers who determine the nation’s political future.

Within this cabal are recycled leaders who refuse to vacate the political scene for emerging younger and more competent leaders.

Some of them have been in power since 1960 and are the ones so famously referred to by the late great African music legend, Fela Anikuplapo-Kuti in his song, Army Arrangement.

The Powerless Youth And Why They Remain Powerless:

Young people under 30 account for nearly 60 percent of the population. However this numerical strength does not amount to real electoral power.

The reason is simple.

The major political parties that control the political structure with enough resources to run a general election campaign are in the firm grip of the power elite.

This power elite control the political party machinery and determine the candidates that are presented to the electorate for validation on election day.

The implication of this set-up is a prevailing paradox where the real power brokers are not the electorate but those who control the processes that produce the candidates in the first place.


How The Highly Educated and Poorly Educated Are Exploited

In the course of marketing their choice candidate(s) to the electorate, youth participation is then mobilised across two categories:

(1) The more enlightened elite youth class and (2) the uneducated youth.

Some of the elite youths are recruited as consultants and celebrity advocates to package, re-package and promote old, archaic and unsalable candidates to their various youth constituencies where they wield considerable influence as opinion shapers.

The second category of youths often ends up as political thugs for electoral malpractices.

At the end of the day, the worst candidates win elections not based on any sound development blueprint but more interestingly, based on who is best able to mobilise the greatest political capital available to the power elite; money, media, and propaganda.

Second, illiteracy and lack of sound education continue to constitute critical barriers to the emergence of an informed electorate.

The absence of an informed electorate creates the existence of a political context where the worst candidates can emerge and waltz into the corridors of power with little or no scrutiny about their programmes, policies, pedigree and antecedents.

Worse still, illiteracy serves as a potent breeding haven for poverty; the third critical factor responsible for the resurgence of Africa’s timeworn leaders.

Poverty creates an electorate that is easily a willing tool in the manipulative hands of the power elite.

Voters are compromised with as little as branded bags of rice, clothing material and cooking salt.

Conclusion:

For Africa’s power elite, maintaining a solid grip on political power, notwithstanding the quality of candidates imposed on the electorate, is a game of political survival anchored on the existence of a people perpetually enslaved by sheer poverty and illiteracy.

the vijana have just realized that reataining kafogo is the wise choice. he is the only leader who has stood agaist the current corrupt mpigs who wwanted to loot kiambuu dryfry

Very true.Its like the tide has changed.

Monday evenning he had a meeting with all hair and beauty practitioners in town.Not sure what they were given or promised but hakuna lugha ingine hapa.Mundu ni Kabogo!