Class over Tribe?
please note that this post reflects my opinion of the current moment and it is subject to, and ought to, change in light of new information or the evolving situation. I rarely delve into contemporary political issues. This is because, for most of my life, I have been able to ignore Kenyan politics because I was not the base politicians pandered to; I am the base politicians dog whistle to, and backroom deal with by virtue of my middle-class stature and membership in Kenya's dominant tribe. This means that I had lived my life, relatively apolitically; a privilege I know. However, this changed in 2021; when class interest was mobilised in our politics. I am talking about the hustler vs dynasty paradigm. While both of these classes have evaded a concrete definition, an issue so problematic that the 'dynasty' tag was dropped altogether and is now referred to euphemistically, the impact they have had on our politics is...interesting. Not because its' proponent, William Ru...