We should elect president based on one’s competence

President Obama is in the country and everyone, rightly so, has welcomed him as “our son.” His visit has, however, got me thinking about his fortunes in ascending to the highest political office in the world given his background and what parallels can be drawn with the situation in his ancestral country.

Our current President Uhuru Kenyatta and the immediate former United States President George Bush have something in common. They are scions of former presidents of their respective countries. Both owe a good part of that achievement to their second name and the privileges that come with it.