Castigating Ruto’s Words Wrong and Selfish
It’s harrowingly difficult to be conscious and unbiased and still not be drawn to the events of the past week in Kenya’s political arena. Jokes have been told, memes and cartoons created in the typical Kenyan humorous ways, and on more serious notes articles written and social media posts done in this regard. The political orogeny created in and around the streets from what I’d call a very ordinary statement by the DP is amazing and hugely bemusing. Granted, the DP is the man of the moment politically speaking and his every statement is analysed and reanalysed word for word by our ever hungry media vultures and erstwhile political pundits, friend and foe, ally and adversary, expert and pretender, even smart and silly. The DP is not a man without controversy. He loves the limelight and he’s taking his moment with both hands and will definitely try to remain in the journalist’s focus in the foreseeable future. I mean that is what politicians feed on. His bottom-up proposal of an...