Go out and exercise your democratic right to elect leaders who'll steer Kenya to prosperity

The genius of democracy is that that no leader can rule in perpetuity. In our case, after every five years, leaders must go back to the electorate to seek a fresh mandate. The voters pick the most suitable from a list of contenders. That time has come yet again. Today, Kenyans will choose whether to re-elect the leaders they have had or inject fresh blood for the next five-year term. They will be electing president, governor, senator, woman rep, MP and MCA in a marathon of sorts.

To claim that democracy works, even in its imperfect form (like ours), is not hyperbole. It is true; representative leadership works. For Kenya, the experiment with popular government has borne fruit. It is not perfect, but in many places, the voters have risen up and uprooted leaders that have failed to deliver.