The coronavirus pandemic has dominated our local news so completely in recent months that it is almost a relief to see politics return to the headlines. The focus currently is on a scheme intended to politically neutralise Deputy President William Ruto, by taking down his key supporters in the National Assembly and the Senate. Historically, the Kenyan vice presidency (or deputy president as it is now) has always been a crown of thorns. There is never a time when politics takes a break. This was illustrated recently in international media reports of an anniversary which under normal circumstances would have been celebrated with great pomp and circumstance.

Source: The Star May 28, 2020 00:56 UTC