But ODM leader and National Super Alliance luminary Raila Odinga promptly spat at the national government’s figures, dismissing them all out of hand. Wikipedia defines post-truth politics, “(also called post-factual politics) as a political culture in which debate is framed largely by appeals to emotion disconnected from the details of policy, and by the repeated assertion of talking points to which factual rebuttals are ignored. Post-truth differs from traditional contesting and falsifying of truth by rendering it of ‘secondary’ importance. On Monday, President Uhuru beseeched Kenyans, “It is going to take effort. Raila’s attempt to reduce Jubilee’s four-year scorecard to a car crash at which only the drivers were present will not wash.

Source: The Star April 14, 2017 21:00 UTC