“They gave us tribe so we’d never discover unity.”
“They taught us to bleed for our clans- while they feed on our divisions.”
“This is not cultural pride. This is strategic control.”

This blog confronts the ugly truth behind tribal politics in Kenya– how it was designed to keep citizens fighting one another instead of confronting the real enemy: systemic control.

Tribe was once sacred.
Now it’s been weaponized.

Tribe Was Never the Problem

Let’s be clear.

Tribe is not evil.
It is:

• Identity
• Ancestral memory
• Language
• Culture
• Wisdom passed through generations

Africans organized around clan and tribe long before colonialism- and it worked.
There was leadership. There was respect. There was order without oppression.

But the moment colonialism came, that which was sacred was twisted into a trap.

🧠Divide and Rule- The Original System Hack

The British, and every empire after them, knew one thing:

“If they unite, we lose. If they divide, we win.”

So they:

• Favored one tribe in administration.
• Starved others of resources.
• Planted mistrust among communities.
• Taught us to compete, not collaborate.

And after independence, what happened?
The same strategy continued- only now, the oppressor wears our face.

🗳️ How Tribal Politics Work Today

In modern Kenya:

• Politicians rise not by merit, but by ethnic loyalty.
• Elections are framed as “our turn to eat.”
• Entire regions are neglected or rewarded based on tribal voting patterns.
• Citizens are taught to see leadership as tribal entitlement—not national service.

And the result?

We vote with our blood- not our brains.
We support corruption- as long as it wears our surname.
We defend leaders- not because they’re right- but because they’re “ours.”

This is not democracy.
This is weaponized identity.

🤯The Psychological Damage of Tribalism

Tribal politics does more than divide regions- it divides minds.

It teaches:

• Suspicion instead of solidarity.
• Loyalty to tribe over loyalty to truth.
• That some are born to rule, others to serve.

It blinds citizens to:

• Shared suffering.
• Common enemies.
• United solutions.

As long as we see ourselves through a tribal lens-we’ll never see the bigger picture.

💣 How the Elite Profit from Tribalism

The truth is, the ruling class is not divided.
They:

• Do business together.
• Attend the same schools.
• Marry into each other’s families.
• Fly over the same borders they built between us.

They use tribe to divide the masses so we never realize we outnumber them.

Every election cycle:

• They revive tribal tensions.
• They promise “representation.”
• They fuel fear that “your people” will suffer if “they” win.

Then after the votes, they share the spoils together, behind closed doors.

The tribal war is ours.
The peace deals are theirs.

✊🏾What Must Be Done

We cannot heal the nation until we unlearn tribal politics.

This doesn’t mean abandoning your roots.
It means honoring your heritage without becoming a hostage to it.

What we must do:

✅ Vote for values, not tribes.
✅ Teach national history, not just ethnic folklore.
✅ Refuse leaders who weaponize tribal fear.
✅ Build alliances across regions—not just counties.
✅ Create platforms that celebrate unity through diversity.

Tribe should be our flavor- not our prison.

⚠️

“You were not born to protect a surname. You were born to protect the soul of a nation.”
— The Book of Rose

Until Kenya rises beyond tribal politics, it will remain a nation run by clans, not citizens.
By loyalty, not law.
By emotion, not vision.

It is time to end the era of the ethnic gatekeepers, and usher in a generation of sovereign souls.

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📣At Awakening Souls Institute, we honor every tribe

But we pledge allegiance to truth, wisdom, and spiritual sovereignty.

Let your tribe be your root.
But let your vision be for all of Kenya.