US has no moral authority to dictate values to Africa

US President Barack Obama is coming to his ancestral home at the tail end of his two terms, not for the love of this nation but to tick the boxes. His disdain for Kenya was exemplified when his administration announced in 2013 that “choices have consequences” in relation to the presidency campaign by UhuruRuto, shortly after their indictment at The Hague.

In democracies, a person is innocent until proven guilty by a court; but the US warned that Kenya would suffer the consequences. Two years on, Uhuru has been cleared, and Ruto too will likely be cleared soon. The US had to bite the bullet and transact with the duo.