Kenya: Political Class Testing Citizens' Patience

22 January 2011
opinion

Nairobi — I have been in a funk for several weeks. But my depression is political, not clinical. Last August, I mistakenly thought the new Constitution would change minds and the language of political discourse. But I was in lala land. Nothing has changed. Zilch - nada.

Which invites the question - do the mandarins in ODM and PNU know that they are sitting on a deadly volcano? Can "a Tunisia" happen in Kenya? It's possible, even probable. Here are five reasons why.

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