Unrest and fear of worse to come has again taken hold in Kenya as the country's political stalemate has again spilled out into the streets. While some commentators have taken to dreaming of future hopes, such as Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Jomo Kenyatta, most Kenyans are caught up in the here and now. I wrote yesterday that:
In all likelihood the masses are not going to raise arms over an issue as relatively esoteric (from the vantage point of the average Kenyan, anyway) as the composition of the country's cabinet unless someone stokes the fire of chaos.
I still fundamentally believe those words. But the reality is that one out of the tube, the toothpaste is tough to get back in. Kenya's leaders cannot allow this stalemate to continue indefinitely without thrusting the country back into chaos, or, to be more accurate, without thrusting chaos back onto the country.
