Audio By Vocalize A nation can be awake and still not be sober. It can hold elections, pass budgets, debate policies, build infrastructure, fill churches, and yet gradually lose its moral balance. Kenya must therefore ask a question deeper than who controls government: Are we sober? I am not speaking primarily about alcohol. I am speaking about the intoxication of power. There is a drunkenness that does not come from a bottle. Leaders can become drunk on applause, politicians on crowds, governments on parliamentary numbers, religious leaders on political access and citizens on ethnicity. Eventually, wrongdoing becomes acceptable because…
Author: By Levis K Mathu
Audio By Vocalize A nation can be awake and still not be sober. It can hold elections, pass budgets, debate policies, build infrastructure, fill churches, and yet gradually lose its moral balance. Kenya must therefore ask a question deeper than who controls government: Are we sober? I am not speaking primarily about alcohol. I am speaking about the intoxication of power. There is a drunkenness that does not come from a bottle. Leaders can become drunk on applause, politicians on crowds, governments on parliamentary numbers, religious leaders on political access and citizens on ethnicity. Eventually, wrongdoing becomes acceptable because…