Playing to the gallery only kills the purpose of integrity principle

No question is as vexing in Kenya’s political discourse as the issue of leadership and integrity and the role it ought to play in the electoral process.

There is no doubt that framers of the 2010 Constitution intended to place a higher threshold on leadership than had historically been the case. However, unlike the appointment process where the parameters of how the integrity considerations would be applied were fairly clear, the Constitution left enough room for conjecture on the application of the integrity standard in elections for this to be a political minefield.