The day Uhuru Kenyatta failed to get his way

President Uhuru Kenyatta

A little shock therapy from the Supreme Court pushed Uhuru Kenyatta off track, soured his mood, and thoroughly ruffled his feathers. For someone who only a few days previously had asked Raila to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court in the election petition, it was dishonest of him not to heed his own counsel.

In the pre-August 8, 2017 period, we listened to the President and his deputy confidently tell Kenyans they would trounce the Opposition. In Turkana, Uhuru told the residents he did not need their votes to win. To the opposition-leaning chiefs in Ukambani, the President did not mince his words when he told them they would be fired once the coast was clear.