Day Two: Leadership Development and Political Education Training.
Privileged to tap from the expertise of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) through Mr. Douglas Bargorett, Ag Manager, Litigations and Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD) Executive Director, Franklin Mukwanja. Key take-away was this quote borrowed from BERTOLT BRECHT. "The worst illiterate is the political illiterate. He does not hear, does not speak, nor participate in political events. He does not know that the cost of living, the price of beans, of fish, of flour, of rent, of shoes and medicine all depend on political decisions. The political illiterate is so stupid that he is proud and swells his chest to say that he hates politics. He does not know that from his political ignorance comes the prostitute, the abandoned child, the robber and, worst of all, the corrupt politician,” Mukwanja quoted.