Uhuru’s political problems due to his unforced errors

It’s not uncommon for a great tennis player to beat themselves. We’ve seen the great Serena Williams, arguably the greatest female tennis player of all time, self-destruct. When Ms Williams plays, you know only she can beat herself. She’s done that innumerable times by committing unforced errors. As an ardent fan, I’ve often been forced to turn off the TV when she starts to hurtle down the cliff. I can’t bear to watch her lose—it’s too painful. In a sport that’s highly racialised, Ms Williams usually carries the weight of the entire black race on her broad shoulders. I can’t say the same of Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta. But the son of Jomo—the Burning Spear—knows how to “self-immolate.”

Mr Kenyatta has become a master of unforced errors. His one singular accomplishment was getting himself tenancy in State House. Everything went south after the coronation. It’s as if getting to the mountaintop was all that mattered. The man from Gatundu has forgotten that he’s Kenya’s CEO—its numero uno. He’s not a co-governor, entertainer-in-chief, or lecturer extraordinaire. He isn’t Kenya’s First Scolder, or the country’s Chief Spanker. No—he’s in charge of the state, even though I vowed never to recognise him. That’s why—even I, the naysayer—am concerned that Mr Kenyatta has left Kenya on auto-pilot in severe turbulence. Bad things happen when human pilots leave auto-pilots completely in control. This is an emergency appeal.