HOUSE of Chiefs Chairperson Chief Choongo is right to warn that politics can be the quickest route to disunity, and that in an election year the country must insist on a fight of ideas, not a fight of tribe, region or ethnicity. Although as a country we have not experienced any serious post-election civil unrest, the stakes are always high during elections and we should never take this process for granted. Elections heighten emotions, and people are normally willing to do anything to ascend to power. When that happens, it is ordinary people who pay the price long after politicians have shared handshakes and positions. In villages and townships, one careless remark can ignite rumours and reprisals. This is why...