One Kenya: Moving Beyond Ethnic Politics

Since independence, Kenya has been organized along ethnic lines. Political parties are ethnic coalitions. Resource allocation follows tribal arithmetic. Public appointments reward ethnic loyalty over competence.

This system has failed Kenya. It has produced corruption, inequality, conflict, and stagnation. It has turned elections into zero-sum ethnic contests where communities fight for 'their turn to eat.'

Senator Sifuna's One Kenya plan breaks this cycle:

- MERIT-BASED PUBLIC SERVICE: Every government appointment — from Cabinet Secretary to village administrator — will be based purely on qualifications and competence. No ethnic quotas. No tribal balancing acts.

- TRUE DEVOLUTION: Completing Kenya's devolution promise by ensuring every county gets equitable resources regardless of which community lives there.

- NATIONAL COHESION ENFORCEMENT: Real enforcement of the National Cohesion and Integration Act. Politicians who incite ethnic hatred will face consequences.

- END ETHNIC-BASED PARTIES: Constitutional reforms to ensure political parties are truly national, not ethnic vehicles.

Kenya is not 44 tribes — it is one nation of 47 million people. Senator Sifuna sees every Kenyan as a Kenyan first. That is the Kenya he will build.