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Kenyans should reject politics of clientelism and ethnic elitism

Ethnic elites change political allegiances every election cycle. [iStockphoto]

That Kenya must be a city upon a hill is non-negotiable.

This must be an ideal that we, the people of Kenya, must fight for and defend with everything we have got. It's for this reason that we must keenly interrogate whether our politics if its serving us or has become an enrichment tool for the privileged few at the expense of the masses.

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