On March 4, the year 2013, Kenyans woke up as early as 4 am to cast their votes in what was seen as a historic election.
It was historic in the sense that the elections were held in the month of March as opposed to the trend where elections were held in December.
It was also the first election after the coalition government which was formed following a bloody 2007 elections where 1133 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
Coalition for Reforms and democracy, Cord party lost to Jubilee party in what many attributed to "tyranny of numbers" that favoured the Jubilee party.
Tyranny of numbers or tyranny of the majority is where one (party) rides on the numbers as opposed to rational or rightful undertakings.
While many people jeered at the Jubilee party for riding to power through tyranny of numbers, what they do not know is that tyranny of numbers and democracy go together.
They are like two different sides of the same coin. No one can justifiably accuse President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto for having the majority of voters.
Democacy is letting the majority have their say. The population of Kikuyu community from which president Kenyatta comes from and the Kalenjin community from which deputy president William Ruto comes from makes the largest percentage of Kenya's population.
Kenyans vote along ethnic and tribal lines. As long as this pattern of voting will continue, then tyranny of numbers, which is a form of democracy in itself, will always play the biggest role.
I know for Cord supporters, this is a bitter truth to swallow but that is just the way it is.