[quote=simonkabz]The emerging alliances r the epitome of ethnicity, right? Anyway someone kindly answer the 1st question.[/quote)

I wonder why any mention of two Kikuyu elders meeting becomes the epitome of ethnicity. It becomes even worse when a Kikuyu is seen dining or having some coffee with a non-Kikuyu. This is always code-named a tribal alliance. This has been the gospel according to RAO and the like minded opportunists since 2005. He perfected it and he is at it again. If UK were to visit a Luhya MPig in Western, RAO (and his infantry) will have something to light their jiko with the following morning. What am I saying in short? This tribal talk will never intimidate some us and will countered with the same measure of venom. Stop this talk of Kikuyu, Kikuyu every time your political star is dwindling!

@much know,i like your 'callin as you see it' attitude.
we the electorate did fail in our duty,we vote for the wrong pple and for the wrong reasons;kuyos, kaleos,luos all endure bad governance but come election time,tribe becomes the only criteria,not who can deliver.it becomes a matter of them vs us not issue a vs b. what we sow is what we reap. Now what can we do to change this tribe based politics?

So who is waiting for who to change first?The politicians will always throw the tribal bait at every opportunity because they know very well the masses will bite it hook and sink,forget about all about that perfomance record stuff.This forum is already charged so you can already tell what will inform how they vote in the next GE!

Yours is a very big question and hope some genuine strategies and contributions can be developed in such a forum, was about to give up on it. I doubt though tribalism will fade as fast as we would like it to, but I think one of the things we ought to do is quickly punish those who perpetuate tribal violence and intimidation as a political strategy and to stump out tribal practices in government employment, contracts etc through prosecutions and demands for resignations as with the Kosgey/koskey etc so there are no big benefits to being tribal, i guess that would help control it. We should work against tribal favoritism in government the way PLO is dealing with corruption. Racism for example is very hard to deal with, but dealing with racial violence and discrimination is a good start. We need to control any benefits "power" an individual accrues from his community by offering tribal goodies, this is how Moi messed up Kenya, entrenched tribalism and is what some violent community misses.

We do face a daunting task as a nation because we are on a train to destruction. the politicians that we are so quick to blame are products of our tribal society. so lets start with us. lets deal with issues in an honest manner.