Why Luhya Community Needs UNITY For Brighter Political Future

Luhyaland wants to be counted as one, 
but it is are not willing to unite as on (twitter pics)

The moment you set your foot for a certain goal,be ready to do the necessary if you really wanna reach a moment of jubilation and happiness. There is no short cut, unless you have a killer weapon awaiting for an appropriate moment to strike home. Politics also revolves under goals and ambitions. Oops! There are those waiting for 'XXX Tosha' magic that was around for some time until the person in charge chose not to entertain this nonsense any longer. This only hints that whoever is up for the challenge should use his or her own ways, means and necessities to make the dream come true. Nothing more, nothing less!

Now what for Western Kenya politics? 

This is rather an ugly question that no Luhyaland leader wants to face in reality. We already know that they only wish they could make things less complicated but the more they wait for a mysterious savior, the more the damage is happening and the more the distance between them.

Those In The Political Tunnel..

By now, a good number of Western Kenya leaders are allied to the ruling government under President Uhuru Kenyatta. These leaders believe that they are at the right channel that will someday sell their asses to the countrywide lot. They see the bright spot at the end of the tunnel and fall for it without thinking how much they should struggle in order to reach the end of that tunnel. To them, eating and making merry on food provided in the tunnel is much better than striving to get out and make their own meals. In this regard, they are the lost sheep but they are happy because the wolf is still pretending to be just like them…

On the other hand, we have the lost lot who are dining in the opposition. Some of these Mulembe leaders are only surviving outside the government because of laws and twisted circumstances. They wish they could jump the ship but they fear the word ‘bloody-traitors.’ Musalia Mudavadi knows better, and I guess he is careful enough, now that he learnt the hard way in UhuHuto saga. The man like the Bukusu political Kingpin and Senator of Bungoma, Moses Wetangula is like a lost sheep. He can’t sit quiet and do his calculations much better. What he has forgotten is the fact that FORD-K is no longer a national party but just another lost political scam that should coalesce with others just to make a noticeable impact in Kenyan politics.

Here is the bitter reality! 

For many years, Arap Moi, the former president of Kenya divided Luhya community because of the threat it was posing on his government. He knew that unity of Mulembe sub-tribes could have moved masses and threaten his tenor in office during multi-party era. This is why he chose to work with the channel of Luhyas and leave others alone for years. From then the Luhya community has been struggling to speak on one language and erase the past, just to move on as one. Other leaders are doing exactly the same to make sure this disunity stays put. And our leaders are dancing to this tune just like history dictates.

When are they gonna wake up?

Luhya nation needs to set goals, work with other communities as one and see how the future will unfold. We need to seal off short valleys and create an atmosphere that will land this great land into the promised land. Unity is the key to our future.