President Uhuru must rise to the challenge of leadership

That President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Jubilee Party are in political trouble is not in doubt. I have of course seen contrary opinion polls, published by a pollster who has lost all credibility and respectability – and does not seem to care about this anyway.PHOTO: COURTESY

Exactly a week from today, Kenyans will join the rest of the world in welcoming the New Year. We will shout away the ending year and shout in the new with the usual pomp.

We will even proclaim it a Happy New Year, as we have always done. But Kenyans are ending 2016 in hostile style, with the political class setting the ugly pace and agenda. It is understandable that we should want a Happy New Year. Yet, is this likely?