POLITICAL THOUGHTS AND WRITINGS

As Kangema political battle lines continue to be strategically drawn, one of Kangema 2022 MP aspirant the director of Premier Peak Leadership Forum Juliah Chege yesterday held a conference with Ms. Anne Nderitu, Registrar of Political Parties, former PS Irungu Nyakera, ODM Women League President Hon Beth Syengo, Director WPA-K Beatrice Kamau, Hon Wahome Ndegwa Chair County Assemblies Forum among other elected and aspiring leaders on the theme "Understanding Political Parties in Kenya." Julian Chege addressing media at Kangema in 2019 In the conference, madam Juliah insisted, "It is the early time women unite, work together, mentor one another and help one another" Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu said that we are in an election period and women should think, prepare and work through to take part in the forthcoming General Elections. She also insisted, "Two-third gender rule is mandatory to all political party nomination lists and women should be nomi

There's this secularism concept that "you should not mix religion with politics" and extends to an extent "religion and politics should not appear in the same sentence." Presumably because of another notion "Politics is a dirty game" and "if you mix religion with politics the result is politics." The wall of separation of the two was coined by American president Thomas Jefferson and promoted by English Philosopher John Locke during the enlightenment epoch. But it appears to operate largely in some developed countries like the United States while in most third world and developing countries like Kenya, religion, state, and politics are intertwined. Religion is even misused by Machiavellian politicians for their political interests to attain and maintain powers as Italian Philosopher Nicole Machiavelli argues "the end justifies the means" and "a prince should be highly religious." This empties religion its eternal meaning. S

How Democracies Die is a book on politics and political theory by Harvard University Professors, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt which was published in 2018.  How Democracies Die by Steven & Daniel It says that in our time, democracies will die, less at the hands of men with guns and more by elected leaders. It tells us how elected leaders can  gradually subvert democratic processes to increase their power, weaken and finally kill democracy. For examples, many elected leaders have subverted democratic and independent institutions in  many countries around the world. 'Autocratic tendencies in  elected autocrats.' Such leaders maintain a veneer of democracy while subverting its substance.  In such countries, citizens  who criticize the government  may often find themselves facing tax raids or other legal troubles. Their criticism may be dismissed as exaggerating. Further, a large number  of citizens may believe that they are living  under a democratic regime.  These el