A comparative study of the African political landscape yields a blurred picture. African politics are usually guided by either clan or tribe.

Some Political Science scholars opine that maybe the democratic system is alien to the African man.

Universal suffrage is a practice they abhor to the core! What matters is the tribe where the politician hails from, his last name.....

In Kenya, different tribal units coexist peacefully, sing, laugh, dance and even cry together until elections come.

During political campaigns, people suddenly start identifying with particular tribes, a leader who speak a language similar to theirs.

Tribalism is entrenched everywhere. The African man, specifically the Kenyan operates like a robot.

Sometimes one questions the quality of education they had acquired. You find a professor.... and if you want to test his intelligence, just comment that politician X of tribe Y is likely to win the next election, X is not from his tribe and wait. You Will be lucky if you will go home with you dental formula still intact.

Reason is thrown into the air the moment "our big man" is mentioned or criticised.

Tribal supremacy has led to complacency. We cannot question the nondescript and unpopular policies that only benefit the fat cats surrounding the top leadership even if the said economic policies are hurting us, the taxpayers. No!

Never touch "our" man!

Nobody chooses where to be born, the tribe or race to belong to. It is by chance, God's grace, God's choice, fate.

In a country where intermarriages are becoming the order of the day,it beats logic for someone to keep entertaining the notion of "my tribe" "my tribesman "

If Wafula is married to Karambu, will their children be Meru or Luhya? What about their children and children's children, who are definitely married to spouses from different tribes?

Even if Babu Wafula insists they be Luhya, the new generation will be more cosmopolitan in its core and pedigree.

Mixed blood, mixed or confused in terms of lingual makeup, why can't we simply say we are Kenyans?

I have seen many people who will die to be associated with a certain tribe, yet they cannot speak a single word belonging to that community. Why the much fuss about tribe? What does it matter???

A tribe can at times, lead to social disorder. Leads to unequal distribution of resources, discrimination, hate and anger. Anger leads to blanket blame, profiling and finally genocide, destruction of a nation.

If we really believe in God as we pretend with the many churches and mosques we are erecting daily, then we should know better that, there is no Kalenjin God or Kamba God.

We cannot praise God on Sunday, Saturday, and Friday but keep worshiping our tribes by imagining that they are superior to others.

Some tribes even think or believe that leaders cannot come from tribe J and that tribe L is anointed to rule othe tribes. Nothing of the sort....that is evil and utter madness

In a society like ours, several past aspects determine the current standing of certain people.

For instance, the Agikuyu people had the advantage of the proximity to Nairobi City, where Blundel, Eveline Barring, Lugard, and Meinertzaghen lived as governors and explorers.

As a result, they are the most affected community in Kenya today as far as land alienation is concerned, they are the most "landless" community.

They also tested western education earlier and the white man's lifestyle than many a tribe.

However that does not make them special or godly.....it is a chance, fate as they say.

Our country today lacks nationalistic leaders who can really unite the fragmented public, Luos are not special either, because they have produced many distinguished scholars in the past, we are all human beings, with flesh and blood, mortal beings......of the over 42 tribes none is complete without the other, just like a hand needs a leg, vice versa.

We need each other, complement each other, that is a nation, founded on diversity, strength in diversity, so they say.

When someone who speaks your native language ascends to power, nothing changes.

Beggars remain beggars, hawkers remain, hawkers, labourers remain as such;we remain nursing a false sense of owning the "leadership" as the leader impoverishes the whole nation in wanton plunder spree, rewarding fellow rich club members, as the common people just nurse an illusory "entitlement" of state power.

Finally, such development may make other tribes feel isolated, unwanted, shortchanged, robbed and exploited.

The result is usually catastrophic. Rwanda, South Sudan, Burundi and Eritrea's secession are clear examples, enough to teach Kenyans sobering lessons.

Let us address the tribe issue verbatim before it is too late. Tribe, tribal supremacy is sooner going to shred our beautiful nation.

We need to tackle this monster head on. By so doing, we shall be able to view leaders according to their abilities, qualification, weakness and strengths, so that we avoid electing jokers, just because they speak our local dialect.

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