Tribal politics; Is this the only type of politics Kenyan leaders know of?

Kenya has a reputation of tribalism as the main factor that politics is mainly involved in. The political punditocracy analyses politics with respect to “communities” and their voting patterns. The political leaders who are charismatic enough to command respect from members of their tribes, are the ones who get media coverage. Most “wananchi” believe that their communities and regions would only develop if, and when, they have “one of their own” at the helm of the country’s leadership.

Now, assume that tribes never existed, or that we were all members of one community, which would then be called a nation. Assume that also, the same people existed, with the very thinking, habits, levels of knowledge, experience, exposure or lack of it thereof, as it is of now, comprised the citizenry. What, would have been the main rallying call, the political card, or glue that politicians would use to psyche up their tribes against their “enemies”? Since there would be no tribes, and therefore no tribal voting blocs, what manner of voting blocs would we have?