At both levels of government, party discipline is low or non-existent, a clear indicator that the parties are weak.
Another indicator of weak parties is the idea of “universal suffrage” party elections – where party leaders are picked by all party members.
In the run-up to next year’s elections, parties are rebranding. And I should know. Having been independently elected in 2017, I have my antennae out as I consider whether to remain independent or whether there is any party whose ideology is close to mine. As I scan the environment, a vexing question recurs. Why does it seem like the political elite prefer weak parties?
Perhaps a good starting point is Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi’s recent assertion that his beloved Jubilee is dead. And further that it follows in the history of PNU and Narc before it. That these parties are loose coalitions whose sole purpose is the delivery of a presidential election and then they die.
