Why Uhuru should discard hope of leaving rich legacy by 2022

President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past function [Tabitha Otwori, Standard]

By his deeds, it seems leaving a rich legacy is the least of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s concerns despite this being his final term. The deeds lend credence to the truism that you can judge a man by the company he keeps. Hence, the political rejects (the electorate did not find them worthy of their trust) and sycophants that Uhuru has chosen to champion his cause cast him firmly on the highway to failure, and it will be all the more spectacular because he is allowing himself to be marooned and advised by self-seekers.

Some of Uhuru’s appointees to powerful offices are weighed down by the burden of impropriety. As someone aptly put it, the internet does not forget. Today, quite a number of unsavoury photographs adorn social media. If anybody can bear such shame and stare the public in the face, determined to be called ‘mheshimiwa’, you can be sure nothing would faze them.