Elachi calls for leaders’ dialogue, says country headed towards dangerous path
By Arnold Ngure, July 31, 2025Dagoretti North MP Beatrice Elachi has called on political leaders in the country to abandon their differences and come together to rescue the country from sliding into a dangerous path.
Speaking during an interview with K24 TV on Thursday, July 31, 2025, Elachi noted that the country had returned to the politics of ethnicity and that the trend posed a danger to the survival of the state.
“I am pleading to all leaders to go back to the drawing board and sit together, regardless of their political differences, for the sake of the people,” Elachi appealed.
Chains of tribalism
“Let us remember that we are Kenyans who don’t just live in one region; so, let us not antagonize where you know you have another brother or sister.”
She observed that Kenyans had yet to shake off the chains of tribalism, and that most people had resorted to their tribal cocoons ahead of the 2027 polls.
“We have decided to go into some regionalized balkanized politics; that is where we are as a nation, and it is a very dangerous trend,” Elachi said.
Ethnic balkanisation
“I know some people will get angry when I say this, but it is not the right way of doing politics; it is going to hurt, and it will hurt painfully.”
She stated that while the political class was pushing voters with certain narratives, their singular aim is to broker power for their own selfish interests.
“In politics, we have not changed; we are still the same. While people are singing ‘one-term,’ you will be shocked during the election because they are pushing you to think we are together, but we are not,” she said.
“We are very regional, in the sense that everyone wants to come and fight at the table and divide shares.”
The remarks come just days after ODM Party leader Raila Odinga renewed his calls for an inter-generational conclave dialogue in the country.
Raila, who recently affirmed his commitment to support President William Ruto’s government until 2027, believes the dialogue could end the tensions witnessed in the country.