Nairobi is a shiny city with skyscrapers and a citizenry in smart cars and suits who also happen to be virulent tribalists devoid of any values except making money at any cost and willing to kill for their warlords at election time. This in turn makes our main political parties ideologically vacant raw mobilization contraptions that are exit-avoidance machines; aimed at capturing ethnic blocs with the promise to eat ‘only if you ascend to power’. One wonders what Kenya would be like if Kenyatta hadn’t made his big shift at independence. More on this next time…
Kwao wao, Zanzibar inapaswa kuwa chini ya miguu yao milele, maana kinyume chake ni kuhatarisha siasa za mtawala, ambacho ni kitu kinachowaunganisha wote waliokikalia kiti cha enzi cha Magogoni kwenye kapu moja. Hivyo, Rais Magufuli anaweza kumuona Kikwete alikosea kwenye mradi wa Bandari ya Bagamoyo, anaweza kumuona hakuwa makini kwenye vibali vya sukari, akamuumbua kwenye usimamizi wa bandari, na mengine kadhaa wa kadha yaliyopo na yajayo, lakini kamwe hataweza kumuona alivurunda kwenye “Zanzibar Project”. Na kwenye hilo, atamsitiri uso wake daima milele.