The MCA position has widely, and accurately, been described as “lucrative”. It is no wonder, then, that many are scrambling for the position – but even that doesn’t begin to explain the ferocious interest in the MCA position. The two might see the MCA position as their first rung in electoral politics, hoping to use their experience in the Upper House as leverage among voters. It has to do with the interplay between economic and political opportunities in Kenya. But when a country has more economic than political opportunities, the converse is true: people use wealth to seek power.

Source: Standard Digital March 10, 2017 20:14 UTC