Narrative on development wearing thin by the day

Deputy President William Ruto has never tired of regaling Kenyans with tales of an opposition that is fumbling along, unable to pick its presidential candidate unlike Jubilee Party that dispensed with such matters long ago. Days ago, the Orange Democratic Party gave direct nominations to candidates who did not get challengers in their respective areas and Jubilee went gaga. How that should provide fodder to Jubilee’s campaign machinery is baffling but betrays an ideological bankruptcy among the political elite.

Unforgiving Kenyans on social media where the political wars are being fought viciously are taking sides with glee. Two analogies have emerged that attempt to contextualise the ruling party. First, Jubilee has been depicted as a tortoise that finds itself atop a fence post. Obviously, the tortoise did not go up there by itself. Then, finding itself up there, it has no idea what to do next.