As the political temperatures heighten in Kenya, as we approach the August 8 General Election, as a sober Kenyan, you need to think with your head and not with your heart or stomach.... Do not swallow everything Mheshimiwa says, hook and sinker.

In one of the 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene cautions about trusting too much, he, therefore, warns about trusting in people and situations: no condition or situation is permanent! The only permanent aspect is change- change is permanent. Change is inevitable.

Elect one of your own

 Someone will come with a tribal card propaganda, claiming that he is yours. Say no to covert hoodwinking. He is actually not your own.

He is just a politician, a rich man using you to reach the highest table of dividing public resources and later have a say on how you get or not get your economic rights.

 You only share a language with him. That is where it ends. If you have improved economically since you elected him in 2013, then you must be a close relative of his or " a mpango was kando."

The rich belong to a class of theirs. They have no tribal bounds. They drink coffee, wine, and munch fried gizzards together in the members' club, as they discuss business deals. After five years, they come and remind you, how pure Kamba, Kisii or Giryama you are. Instead ask them to show what they have done for you, since you are one tribe.

Infrastructure my key agenda: Liar!

Infrastructure is your right. It is a key meant to spur an economic boom. No politician should promise that. Every well learned policy maker knows that roads, railways, airports, pipelines and waterways are crucial engines of economic progress.

It is like blood in your vessels. Tell him you have heard that song before. If promises were miracles, then there would be no dusty or muddy impassable paths in Nairobi, in the name of roads.


I will end poverty

A big joke. Even in American, we have many poor people. Poverty eradication is a personal decision-making issue, if the socio-economic environment is conducive. If a rich politician thinks he can make you rich, then even River Tana can flow upstream.

 In fact, challenge him to share his idle Sh1 billion amongst 1,000 villagers, making each a millionaire: a thousand investment oriented millionaires will change a village.


I will bring change

 Another big lie. Kenyan leaders are simply jokers, always taking wananchi for fools. They are good at promising. The only change he will bring is that true to his words, next, you will see them driving even a bigger fuel guzzler, three wives, public opinion and has a house in the leafy surbabs of Karen or Muthaiga, but not change that affects you. They know we are fools because we clap happily when they launch even just a public toilet!


I am better than my opponent

 Just clap the more and cheer him louder so that he can give you the public loot for your back fare. He is simply being greedy, he either wants to put his snort on the feed though or keep competitors at bay, In order to continue drinking from the ‘independence pipe.’

If he is not selfish, he can as well share his ideas with his opponent, so that he can implement his good meaning change, for the benefit of all.

Finally, remember that no politician thinks about you completely. You are just his bridge to success: affluence and influence and once he has crossed the poverty valley, you cannot stand by his jealously manned gate. You will be thrown away. Work harder, instead, change your mindset and you will be rich, just like him.

 However, don't forget to elect good leaders, how to tell who is a good leader, is your own business, if good leaders are in power, we all stand to benefit.