Study exposes unholy axis of power, politics and sex

Imenti Central MP Gideon Mwiti accused of raping a woman in his private office.

Are influential and powerful men more inclined to sexually molest women? Well, Kenyan politicians currently embroiled in sex scandals could take temporary solace in the answer to this question.

Research findings published in the authoritative scientific journal Psychological Science suggest that philandering politicians stray largely because of the power they wield: “The likelihood (of infidelity) increases the more powerful someone is,” observes Joris Lammers, an assistant professor of psychology at Tilburg University in the Netherlands, who authored the study.