This mindless obeisance to tribal chieftains is not the preserve of unschooled rural peasants or urban proletariat whose worldview does not extend beyond the immediate village or slum.

It is actually driven by educated fools, many of whom attended the most cosmopolitan public schools such as the Alliances, Nairobi, Kenya High, Starehe, Lenana, and State House Girls, or the most expensive private academies, before moving on to university in Kenya or abroad.

Many have actually done extensive stints studying and working in Britain, Germany, the United States, France, South Africa and other favourite destinations for the Kenyan diaspora.

Despite all that education and exposure, however, their minds remain captive to primitive ethnic loyalties that one must wonder what witchcraft or mind-control drugs Mr Kenyatta and Mr Odinga might have used on them.

People need to learn how to play reverse psychology. The demos across Kiambu is confirmation that Uhuru's supporters heard what Babu said and it hurts.

The script is so predictable and amateurish but it works all the time. He won with a razor-thin margin and it looks like a by-election is looming. The crime is basically a misdemeanor for which he will post a a cash bail of Kes.50,000/=. Then a home-coming in his constituency. Is there an easier way to solidify the base that made him MP ?

ION, So the same people who cheered Kuria calling Baba a dog, devil, cain and madman. The same crowd including female MPs that cheered as Kuria threatened to shave Mama Ida's ninio with a razor blade are now up in arms because.................