It was then essentially, a search for a constitutional solution to the problem that Kenya had a long-serving president who simply could not lose an election, no matter what the opposition did to try and dislodge him. Moi never got beyond 40 per cent of the votes cast in a presidential election. But he had an undeniable capacity for creating schisms among those who opposed him. The new governing structure of devolution that came with the 2010 “new constitution” for example, was intended to take away from future Kenyan presidents, one of Moi’s standard tools for domination. This was that he used to personally direct which regions of the country received “development”, and which did not.

Source: The Star January 02, 2020 00:56 UTC