The real lord of poverty and violence is the government of Kenya

Listening to some Government functionaries and leaders articulate some point of view leads to despair. Occasionally, the inanities we get bombarded with help us realise why this country is stuck in a political rut.

A televised interview in which Government Spokesman Eric Kiraithe was the sole guest Monday this week caught my attention. In his trademark style of defending the establishment, he danced around sensitive issues, then went off on a tangent when the opportunity availed itself. While it would be preposterous to expect anything that could possibly rub the establishment the wrong way from Mr Kiraithe’s mouth, negating the obvious increases the blots on the fabric of the government he speaks for.