well, here i am in kenya.

Kenya’s elections happen every 5 years and everyone - President and MPs - get elected at the same time. The elections are scheduled for this December, and things started heating up a few months ago.

I had a political conversation with a middle-aged Kikuyu man who drives taxis in Nairobi.
Me: So, who do you think will be the next President?
Him: It must be Kibaki. (current President, for 1 term now)
Me: Well now, what about ODM? (the relatively new major opposition party. it formed from a bunch of opposition parties late last year, and predictably now has at least 12 people who are vying to be the ODM Presidential candidate)
Him: No, it cannot be.
Me: Well, what about that Raila Odinga? (one of the many ODM front-runners for Presidential candidate, and a very controversial figure who was jailed and tortured during Moi’s time. He recently imported a Hummer.) People say there would not be a Kenya today without him.
Him: Yes, it is true. He was very important. But he will never be President; he is Luo.
Me: Oh...?
Him: They are not circumcised.
Me: Oh.
Him: Have you ever seen an uncircumcised man?
Me: .....(startled)
Him: Have you ever seen an uncircumcised man?
Me: .....(looking for an escape route)
Him: ...The penis? The penis of an uncircumcised man?
Me: (there is no escape route; i am in a moving taxi) Um, yeah, yeah, sure.
Him: It is like a little boy’s. (chuckles) Yes, just a little boy. How can a boy be the President of our country?
Me: Oh. I see. (just relieved he is not going to show me said body part)
Him: Yes, he cannot be the President.
Me: Okay.
Him: I would vote for him, but that is how people are. That is just how people are.
Me: Well, yes.