If over half of the registered voters or 3/4 decide not to vote, will that not send a resounding message of no confidence to our 'political elite' status quo and give hope to the raising of a new crop of untainted for 2022?

This could present a perfect opportunity for the overhaul we so desperately need. Think about it, this coming elections, our choice is to vote for one devil in order to block the other. How sad is that?

Drain the swamp? Come down to reality boss......this is Kenya. Only a violent revolution may change things. Democracy in our context is a facade. A mirage

I do not understand this logic but forgive my age .Now, if i may just ask, if you are overwhelmed by cockroaches in your house, isn't burning down your house the quickest solution?.... C'mon.Uncast votes do not count and hence George Jean Nathan's comment and i quote, "bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who DO NOT VOTE". Capital letters at the end of the quote is my own emphasis.

@Rahatupu think of middle east is that what you want.Seriously! Give me Nasa or Jp any time than violence

No to violence. Let us mobilise 'wanjiko' to vote WISELY!!!!! Not voting is worse coz in our system, majority wins regardless of number of votes cast. Remember Kalembe Ndile in the by election

In all democracies where elections are freely conducted people always make "wise" decisions and the situation we have will be with us for very long...Even violent revolutions rarely bring better changes. Imagine war na hii ukame!!!
Look....its barely 5 yrs since we passed supposedly the best constitution anywhere. But are we better off really?? with devolved corruption??
Methinks the single biggest obstacle to our socio-economic progress is the "eating" mentality. ....mali ya serikali. Everyone, across all ages wants a piece of that pie you toil so hard to bake..there's no manners at all!

True that, but are you also suggesting that you'd rather cast your vote and elect the bad officials? I think very many patriotic citizens will want to find a good reason to get up early on 8th August.

If you must be eaten,why would you bother choosing the hyena that will feed on you in their den.

@Sheri,that has been the thinking and narrative being spread around by some people.And it did not start now.

In 2007 post election at the height of Otieno Kajwang's (RIP) arrogance he would proudly say lets burn Kenya and build it afresh.

When you hear words like Kenyans are not ready for another stolen election and 2M dead voters voted for President only....hapo ndio tunaelekea.

University Students from all over Africa did meta analysis declared Uhuru Kenyatta the best President in Africa, he really is offering great leadership, revolutions are "Zinjathropic" ideas, to quote Michael Joseph, "Kenya is headed for Greatness". Go and vote! As for the very bitter peope, wameze wembe! what other advice can you offer, except meza wembe, voters will turn out in large numbers, larger than 2013!