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Sex-up our Politics

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Life is full of stress and the television news scene does not help make matters easier either. This is because our news is almost predictable to a point. Raila will attack Kalonzo, Ruto and his folk will attack Raila and Raila’s supporting politicians will respond with even more lethal salvos. But I think I have a suggestion that could be a solution to our boring way of predictable politics. It would save us from the wind driven politics of the Prime Minister. It would also save us from the politics of Kalonzo Musyoka who doesn’t care whether the wind blows or not as long there is a central route. But these can only change if we borrowed our politics from the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and South African President Jacob Zuma. We would be saved the agony of the dullness of having to deny positions that we have defended in the past for the sake of a headline. It would help us avoid the monotony of seeing colorless politicians who think that audiences care for their ve