President William Ruto has brought in members of the Orange Democratic Party into government to shore up his struggling administration.
Upon his election, the President raided the Jubilee party to give him numbers in Parliament to steamroll his legislative agenda.
Traditionally, coalition governments or governments of national unity are crafted when the President's party has inadequate numbers like in the recent case in South Africa, during a war or major crisis like the current scenario in Israel.
Unfortunately, in Kenya, the two are used as a tool to tame opposition and comfortably enable incumbents continue with their repressive ways.
A robust and firm opposition is healthy in any democracy as it keeps the government on its toes.
Presidents Daniel Moi, Mwai Kibaki, Uhuru Kenyatta and now Ruto have all incorporated the opposition into their governments when the going gets tough.
This, however, does not solve the issues raised by the public. It's simply tribal politics and a divide and rule tactic to ease pressure on the incumbent.
Little change - in terms of addressing the issues raised by the Gen Z - will be achieved by ODM joining government.
And truly as Albert Einstein said: 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. '
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 writer and philosopher was born on July 26, 1894
