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Opinion: Let the 47 Governors step out in style

Nairobi; Kenya: Taxpayers should prepare for more sucking of the economy, and sulking if the 47 ‘little presidents’ elected to manage the counties do not get their hearts’ desires.  

As executives of the second-tier governments, it would be insubordinate to expect them to sell for less. If they settled for low, it would be difficult to tell them apart from the riff-raff of their counties.

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