This map here shows the distribution of Kenyan communities, not all of them but am sure everyone knows where they lie.
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The British came and setup the Tribal reserves thing. So, I was just wondering. Since Kenyans tend to harbor a propensity to coalesce around their communities whenever politics comes up, what if instead of counties, we had Tribal states in our respective homelands. Then we allow the states to work according to a standardized version of african administration. You know, like the Amakuru and Chiefs in Western.
Then everyone we have neutral centers for the sake of national administration, trade and commerce. Which would be run through representative democracy. For instance Nairobi, Mombasa…
Where would you choose to stay ? Comfortable familiar Tribal cocoon or Neutral ground ?
because there is no tribe called Kalenjin… There is also no tribe called Luhya originally… And if it suited Moi, there would be KaMaTuSa instead of Kalenjin.
We might pretend otherwise but the only solution is less tribalism. Less acknowledgment of tribes.
Make ID county based with a 5 year expiry.
Remove place of birth from ID.
Limit non-Kiswahili & English media (TV/Radio) to small broadcast radius.
We should be doing everything in our power to counties from tribal identity but we are actually going the opposite direction.
The advantages of tribelessness are very clear to those from small tribes or those of multiple ethnicities. In the current system the only winners are a few politicians.
What happens when people start complaining that central government is marginalizing a particular region? Highly likely a single community will be called all kind of names, thieves, power hungry, patriarchy.