Kenya has deep, structured, morally scandalous contradictions that have solidified into the ordinary furniture of public life. When those who need to be held accountable control the mechanism of accountability, the mechanism becomes theatre. The language of faith, of redemption, of divine favour, saturates public discourse from State House to the county ward. The letter of the constitution is invoked to frustrate its spirit, and the spirit is dismissed whenever the letter proves inconvenient. A word to the Church and the nationThese contradictions are not only political; they are moral.

Source: Daily Nation April 12, 2026 03:00 UTC