Simeon Nyachae, a good friend of mine and political mentor, passed on at 89, while Garissa Senator Yusuf Haji passed on at age 80. My intention was to pen a public tribute to him and highlight a simple point: Daniel Omwenga Mayaka was an honorable, dedicated civil servant who served our country as a diplomat and to the day he retired. Do we have men and women of high honour and integrity; men and women who put the public interest first and not their self-enrichment when seeking public office? Raila’s anti-corruption credentials were muddled up following the handshake but, politically, his being clean or not clean is neither here nor there. Raila has not announced whether he will vie come 2022 but, given the fanfare with which Dr Mukhisa Kituyi has splashed himself into the succession waters, one cannot help but conclude Kituyi is the compromise candidate for the handshake duo.

Source: The Star February 21, 2021 08:03 UTC