Renowned Kenyan lawyer PLO Lumumba has said that he will not consider running for presidency in the upcoming general polls since the time is not yet "ripe".
Speaking during an interview with NTV on Monday, May 12, Lumumba said that the country's current political landscape, which he says is ethnically orientated, does not favour his running for president; however, if this changes, he might consider running for the country's top seat in the years to come. "We are trying and telling Kenyans that we must be wedded to ideas rather than ethnic and clan affiliation.
For instance, look at the formations that are now emerging; they are ethnic, because every region is saying that they have their own," he said "You cannot run a nation that wants to be a member of the East African Community and the African Union on pre-modern, preindustrial instincts, would I?
Yes, I would, but is the time ripe?
