Politicians will open their mouths even when they have nothing to say.
They get excited in front of a crowd or when they have an opportunity to address the media. Their sharp, loose tongues spew out vitriol without thinking of the repercussions.
Unfortunately, the gullible public takes in what they say hook, line and sinker, and turn against each other.
On Friday, some politicians claimed that the government is arming chiefs and is in the process of setting up private militias ahead of next year's election.
Such claims charge their supporters who immediately go into defence mode and look into ways to protect "us" from "them".
The 2022 election will be one the most hotly contested, maybe only comparable to the 2007 polls.
Many are yet to recover from the wounds suffered in the killing and destruction orgy witnessed in the 2007 post-election violence
However, our politicians never learn from past mistakes and are at it again because their agenda is always about me, myself and I.
The National Cohesion and Integration Committee must not let Kenyans be led down the garden path and into an abattoir.
Media must equally call out politicians who incite Kenyans.
There is an Arabian proverb that says "The words of the tongue should have three gatekeepers: Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?"
Kenyan elections must not always be accompanied by bloodshed.
Quote of the Day: “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
Aldous Huxley
The English author was born on July 26, 1894
