Two brothers fight? That is the worst manifestation of primitivism. A sign that as family, you have a long way to go before anyone can take you seriously.
Unfortunately, that is how the Luhya community has portrayed itself in the case regarding Wafula Chebukati and Ezra Chiloba.
The IEBC chair and his former CEO have tore each other in public. Each one of them trying to prove that he is stronger than the other. In the end, Chebukati fired Chiloba but I can bet with my life that he will not be the IEBC chair when the next elections are held in 2022.
However much we wish to deny it, Kenya is a highly ethnic society. We live and breath tribalism. Your second name will determine the kind of service you will receive at a university canteen.
So what happens when two Luhya decide to fight in public? How does the rest of the country view them? They come out as people who cannot be trusted with anything. How can you trust a guy who is ready to roast his own brother as long as he gets what he wants.
For a long time, the Luhya community has been branded as disjointed greedy lot who cannot be united for the greater good, and the Chebukati-Chiloba fiasco has vindicated this belief.
Most of us believe that if Luhya unite, then they can easily produce a president. But talking about Luhya unity is as good as talking about ending corruption in Kenya.
It is 2018, talks have shifted to the 2022 general elections. But Luhyas have not decided on the direction the community should take.
On one hand we have Senate Speaker and former Bungoma governor Ken Lusaka, who thinks that the closest path to the presidency is through William Ruto. He has been joined recently by former Kakamega governor Boni Khalwale. Both of them lost their respective sits last year.
Musalia Mudavadi believes he is ready for presidency. But his ANC Party doesn’t even have a single governor. He has failed to form an alliance with Moses Wetangula of Ford Kenya.
As things stand, Luhya will be left out of the next government.