The question, asked now more than ever, is this: why can’t the Kikuyu (and the Kalenjin) support a person from a different ethnic community to become president? After all, these two communities have occupied State House continuously for 50 years – effectively since Kenya’s independence. Should Uhuru not step aside and support a presidential candidate from another community to ascend to power? It is a vexed question brought into sharper relief by the Uhuru-Mudavadi drama. It implies the presidency should - as much as practically possible - be rotated among the different Kenyan communities...
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