This archive report was first published on 6 August 2020.
Compensational Politics Creates Conflicts ¶
Dr. David Matsanga, a political scientist and international relations expert, has warned that Kenya's structural challenges and compensational politics are creating conflicts.
Writing from London, Dr. Matsanga noted that the current debate on revenue allocation has both connotations - compensational politics and structural challenges.
He argued that the debate has taken a tribal angle and ethnic chauvinism, which is being used to confuse and divide the country for selfish political gains.
Dr. Matsanga pointed out that democracy is governed by a basic rule of universal suffrage, one man one vote, which every citizen of the world yearns for in a democracy.
He noted that the reason people go out to vote governments in power and out of power is to get quality, and that there is no other formula that is used since the Pluto Republic.
Dr. Matsanga also highlighted that the protraction on the revenue allocation is between two concepts - one based on population and christened one man, one vote, one shilling, and the other based on historical injustices and harsh geographical circumstances.
He emphasized that the debate has now taken a tribal angle and ethnic chauvinism, which is utilizing the same to confuse and divide the country for selfish political gains.
Dr. Matsanga concluded by saying that Kenya should avoid compensational politics that could plunge the country into structural conflicts.
God bless Kenya.
The writer is a political scientist & international relations with conflict resolution expert bias, an investigative journalist, and a pan-African based in Surrey London the United Kingdom.
Twitter @Dr.David Matsanga
