How to make Uhuru pledge to back Ruto credible

A prominent former MP once told me that the biggest hurdle to good leadership in Kenya is the lack of trust among Kenyan politicians. In his view, this state of affairs inhibits planning, weakens institutions, and leads to a general belief in people, rather than institutions.

He gave an example of a former minister who found himself unable to delegate tasks to his assistants or Permanent Secretary because he feared that the two had direct lines to State House. The result was that everything that happened in the Ministry had to pass through the Minister’s office, thereby delaying several important projects.