First, let me apologize for getting back to you less promptly than the urgency of the matter at hand calls for. I do so because just like justice delayed is justice denied, I consider this late response – a response denied.

Politics is perhaps the only manufacturing plant that never shuts down for annual maintenance, and so are the observers.

Theodore Roosevelt, one time American President, told American diplomats to coo like doves, but carry big sticks.

When Higher Education Minister William Ruto speaks on the draft constitution, you get the sense that he is former President Daniel Moi clone, a handmaid; or better still, driven more by the desire to sell his “No” position, than to market the contentious issues.

Musyoka is the true face of resistance to change. How else does one explain indecisiveness in a situation where the second, or third in command, cannot fully defend his government’s position.

In as much as some of the concerns raised by the referendum “NO” camp are legitimate, it shakes conscience to see politicians with strings of mistresses, and despicable sexual escapades, occupying the enviable place of moralists.

The Princeton University defines a cult as “followers of an unorthodox, extremist, or false religion or sect who often live outside conventional society, under the direction of a charismatic leader.”

Professor of law, George Luchiri Wajackoyah, finally set foot in Kenya on Sunday, April 25, after nearly two decades of exile. His was a homecoming.

William Ruto is a good politician on accounts of eloquence and brinkmanship. However, along lines of strategy and negotiation, Ruto falls far too short.

The history of Kenya is characterized by myriad ups and downs. But one thing is constant- the Kikuyu insatiable hunger for political hegemony, which stretches across the nation like a colossus.

Prof. George Saitoti’s political fortunes grew fast under the tutelage of his mentor, former President Daniel Arap Moi. As fast as his gains spiraled, so they seem to be dwindling.

The constitution debate has taken an interesting turn. Kenya has now adopted American talking points with some legislators harping “pro-life” sentiments. They even got a boost from some amorphous organization staging a pro-life demonstration.