Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidency seems to be sliding into an erratic phase marked by much foreboding and fear of blows struck by mockers, rowdy crowds, madmen, or even his own deputy. An enraged President Moi - perhaps in derisive reference to his nagging detractors - correctly warned that future Kenyan presidents won’t be having much sleep. Yet by any frame of reference, the frequency with which citizens, politicians, the civil society and some state apparatuses have been taking the stage to insult the Kenyan presidency has been perplexing, and arguably qualifies the presidency as a ‘vulnerable institution’. Our own creative and liberative constitution is eating our presidency, which is a necessary symbol of national unity. And it is the 2010 Constitution.

Source: Standard Digital June 14, 2021 21:00 UTC